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Assassination of British Officers Rand and Ayerst

If this is suppose to be a landmark event during the Indian independence movement, shouldn't there be an actual article about the incident, or at least biography articles on Rand and Ayerst, instead of linking to a 1979 film about the incident (which essentially only has references pertaining to the film, not the incident itself)? It would be like linking to the recent film Valkyrie instead of the 20 July plot article. Such films are essentially historical reenactments based on historical events, which most often are not totally 100 percent historically accurate and representative of the events they are respectively depicting. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Barbarossa

Moved from WP:ERRORS[1]

Following event looks very biased though it is just example of Systemic bias of Wikipedia: 1941 – World War II: As over 4.5 million Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front took the opportunity to start an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation and establish a new government.

Events of completely different historical significance combined together in this sentence which contradicts The criteria for inclusion in the selected anniversaries queue (2. The event needs to be of moderate to great historical significance (relative to the other historical events that occurred on the same day of the year).

Please change it to something like this: Over 4.5 million Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union de-facto joined Allies despite its controversial role in the begining of the World War II. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.240.128.75 (talk) 19:03, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, per rule # 7 of the criteria, the Operation Barbarossa article does not qualify to be bolded because its "Reasons for initial Soviet defeats" and "Weather" sections are both tagged with {{refimprove}}. Therefore, the option is to NOT mention any 1941 event at all, suggest an alternative article to feature and bold, or stick with this compromise. Which of the three would you like to use? Zzyzx11 (talk) 20:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I should also mention that this compromise of bolding June Uprising in Lithuania was done to help placate two groups of established Wikipedia users who regular make general complants about the events listed on Selected anniversaries/On this day: those who want rule # 7 to always be strictly followed, and those who insist that core topics like the 22 June 1941 event should never, ever be removed from the page. So far, you are the only one to complain that we should remove all references to the June Uprising in Lithuania here, and only mention Operation Barbarossa (which is not a surprise since we get relatively very few complaints, like yours, that are based more on trying to judge, compare and contrast the amount of importance or significance between two events). Unfortunately, the complaints of one person does not immediately change consensus. Therefore, either please suggest an alternate article to feature and bold, or please help cleanup the Operation Barbarossa article. Otherwise, the June Uprising in Lithuania article may be bolded again next year (especially if there is a group of users who come out and argue that the June Uprising was as important or significant as Operation Barbarossa -- or those users who want rule # 7 to always be strictly followed end up making that page a featured article). Thank you. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:04, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Kodachrome
Omitted: Battle of Sisak; Laura Secord; Operation Bagration (ineligible—maintenance); Charon (moon) (ineligible—maintenance); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision
Included: Chesapeake–Leopard Affair (first appearance); George V/Mary of Teck (George: 4th appearance, last in 2010; Mary: 2nd appearance, last in 2010); Camille Chautemps (3rd appearance, last in 2006); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Galileo affair (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:36, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Galileo affair; Chesapeake–Leopard Affair; George V/Mary of Teck; Camille Chautemps; 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake
Included: Battle of Sisak (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Laura Secord (5th appearance, last in 2011; 200th anniversary); June Uprising in Lithuania (4th appearance, last in 2010); Cuyahoga River (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Kodachrome (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Laura Secord is TFA for June 23, 2013; replaced with Chesapeake–Leopard Affair (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total). —howcheng {chat} 04:24, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Chesapeake–Leopard Affair; June Uprising in Lithuania; Cuyahoga River; Kodachrome
Included: Laura Secord (5th appearance, last in 2011); Camille Chautemps (4th appearance, last in 2012); Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) (6th appearance, last in 2010); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Battle of Sisak (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:06, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Sisak; Camille Chautemps; Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision
Included: Galileo affair (3rd appearance, last in 2012); George V/Mary of Teck (George: 5th appearance; Mary: 3rd appearance; both: last in 2012); Cuyahoga River (2nd appearance, last in 2013); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Laura Secord (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:20, 21 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Laura Secord; George V/Mary of Teck; Cuyahoga River; 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake
Included: Chesapeake–Leopard Affair (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Charon (moon) (5th appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) (7th appearance, last in 2014; 30th anniversary)
Repeats: Galileo affair (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 09:55, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Camille Chautemps (maintenance); Cuyahoga River (maintenance); Kodachrome (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Judy Garland
Omitted: Galileo affair (ineligible—maintenance); Chesapeake–Leopard Affair; Charon (moon) (ineligible—maintenance);
Included: Battle of Versinikia (first appearance); Laura Secord (7th appearance, last in 2015); George V/Mary of Teck (George: 6th appearance; Mary: 4th appearance; both: last in 2015); Operation Barbarossa/June Uprising in Lithuania (Barbarossa: 6th appearance, last in 2009; Uprising: 5th appearance, last in 2013); Paulinus of Nola (first appearance); Pascual Díaz y Barreto (first appearance); Elizabeth Warren (first appearance)
Repeats: Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:59, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Deleted: Seigneurial system of New France (moved to December 18)
New articles (unused): Pat Nixon
Omitted: Battle of Versinikia; George V/Mary of Teck; Operation Barbarossa/June Uprising in Lithuania; Paulinus of Nola (ineligible—maintenance); Pascual Díaz y Barreto; Elizabeth Warren
Included: Battle of Sisak (4th appearance, last in 2014); HMT Empire Windrush (first appearance; 70th anniversary); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2015); Sayf al-Dawla (first appearance); Howard Staunton (first appearance); Judy Garland (first appearance)
Repeats: Laura Secord (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:36, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Lola Baldwin
Omitted: Battle of Sisak; Laura Secord; HMT Empire Windrush; Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake; Sayf al-Dawla; Howard Staunton
Included: Battle of Versinikia (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Chesapeake–Leopard affair (4th appearance, last in 2016); George V/Mary of Teck (George: 7th appearance; Mary: 5th appearance; both last in 2017); Operation Barbarossa (7th appearance, last in 2017); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision (4th appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Lucrezia Tornabuoni (first appearance); Matthew Henry (first appearance)
Repeats: Judy Garland (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 50th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 20:56, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Omitted: Chesapeake–Leopard affair; George V/Mary of Teck; Operation Barbarossa/June Uprising in Lithuania; Lucrezia Tornabuoni; Matthew Henry; Judy Garland
Included: Laura Secord (9th appearance, last in 2018); HMT Empire Windrush (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup) (10th appearance, last in 2018); Leonardo Loredan (first appearance); Maximilian von Spee (first appearance); Lola Baldwin (first appearance)
Repeats: Battle of Versinikia (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Paulinus of Nola
Omitted: Battle of Versinikia; HMT Empire Windrush; Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision; Maximilian von Spee; Lola Baldwin
Included: Battle of Sisak (5th appearance, last in 2018); George V/Mary of Teck (George: 8th appearance; Mary: 5th; both last in 2019); Operation Barbarossa/June Uprising in Lithuania (Operation: 8th appearance; Uprising: 7th; both last in 2019); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (6th appearance, last in 2018); Matthias Vanden Gheyn (first appearance); Terttu Savola (first appearance; 80th birthday)
Repeats: Laura Secord (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total); Leonardo Loredan (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 500th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 02:41, 24 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Versinikia (maintenance); HMT Empire Windrush (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Sisak; Operation Barbarossa/June Uprising in Lithuania; Leonardo Loredan (ineligible—maintenance); Matthias Vanden Gheyn; Terttu Savola
Included: Thích Trí Quang (first appearance); June 2009 Washington Metro train collision (5th appearance, last in 2020); Sayf al-Dawla (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Maximilian von Spee (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Elizabeth Warren (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
Repeats: Laura Secord (3rd consecutive appearance, 11 total); George V/Mary of Teck (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; George: 9 total; Mary: 7 total); 2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:40, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]