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The Mount Edziza volcanic complex (MEVC) is a group of volcanoes and associated lava flows in northwest British Columbia, Canada. Located on the Tahltan Highland, the MEVC has a broad, steep-sided lava plateau; its highest summit is 2,786 metres (9,140 feet). Its volcanoes formed over the last 7.5 million years during five cycles of magmatic activity which spanned four epochs; the most recent eruptions took place in the last 11,000 years. Current activity occurs in the form of hot springs. The MEVC has warm summers and cold, snowy winters; snow and ice remain on the highest peaks year-round. Indigenous peoples have lived adjacent to the MEVC for thousands of years. Historically, the local Tahltan people used volcanic glass from the MEVC to make tools and weaponry. Animal species such as birds, rodents, bears, sheep, goats, moose and caribou inhabit the area. A large provincial park dominates the MEVC which can only be accessed by aircraft or by a network of footpaths. (Full article...)

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Suggestion: Defenestrations of Prague - precipitate of the Thirty Years' War. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.24.84.55 (talkcontribs) 2006 January 16.

Precipitate ? The Eighty Years' War started on the same day in 1568, and Joan of Arc was captured on the same day in 1430. Thanks for the suggestion, but we already have two very strong items related to Medieval European military history. Let's diversify. -- PFHLai 19:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another suggestion: 1945 : End of the Flensburg government under Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz. -- PFHLai 21:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added the assassination of Giovanni Falcone one of the two most prominent anti-mafia prosecutors of the 20th century (the other one, Paolo Borsellino will be killed the same year, less than two months after Falcone's death). This year marks the 20th anniversary of the killing of Falcone and Borsellino. --DarTar (talk) 20:44, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 16:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 05:43, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:54, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 01:46, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:17, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse, totally unimportant[edit]

Seriously. Local news, nobody died. This is barely notable, and certainly not a major historical event that should ever make it to SA. If we want to be US centric, 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak, while local news too, at least had some casualties and it is plausible it was reported in international media. The terrorist bombings in Syria had double the death toll, but of course, it's Syria, so there's no dedicated article yet. Or we could mention the Good Friday Agreement, an event which, unlike this ridiculous bridge collapse, is mentioned in history books. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:48, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: Well it's already up for this year, so it's not going anywhere, but I thought it was interesting that a bridge that had been recently examined and found to be structurally sound could collapse after a single collision (unrelated to its location). Also, we don't have that many bridge collapse articles, so that's another point in its favor. Maybe we can just make a note for this article to not appear very often. As for your other suggestions, Good Friday Agreement normally appears on April 10 (you can see the OTD box on Talk:Good Friday Agreement), but the article is currently ineligible due to maintenance tags. The tornado one looks to be in good shape, but I'm not really sure what day to put it on. The infobox has May 22 as the start date, but that's not mentioned in the article anywhere. I suppose May 23 is as good as any. Truth be told, I tend to avoid tornado articles because we have a lot of them, although they (like hurricane articles) are clustered around August and September. howcheng {chat} 16:10, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: I think my reply to this crashed a while back. As long as we replace it with anything else it should be ok. The bridge incident is a very trivial news. Quality of article is a factor, but if we cannot find anything better, it would be preferable to just remove this line. Its very existence alongside other events is ridiculous: just consider what we talk about: pope elected, famous battle/war, major organizaton estabilished, important political event - and a 'no fatalities car/infrastructure accident'. For now, I'll simply remove the line. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:05, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Piotrus: Do you realize it was on the Main Page the whole day and there were no other complaints besides yours? And believe me, people don't hesitate to complain about this sort of stuff (as you did). Please consider the possibility that you might be the only one who feels that way. howcheng {chat} 07:14, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: Would you like to have an RfC on this? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:42, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse[edit]

Per discussion above, I think this event does not rise the level of importance that merits its inclusion in 'On this day...'. User:Howcheng disagrees. We clearly need more input, since in the past year nobody else commented here. TIA. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 03:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my issue with your RFC. For this day, the pool of eligible articles only contains six items. So even if the event is relatively minor (and I still think it's interesting, which is a plus), my standards for inclusion (not in terms of quality) are going to be a little bit lower than on a day where there are a lot of available articles. howcheng {chat} 06:54, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's better to not rotate any events then to rotate and include such minor ones, IMHO. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:58, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 16:47, 23 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 15:57, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 23:51, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for 2021[edit]

The Aromanian National Day, celebrated on 23 May, has a well-referenced article that also explains why it is celebrated. It is also an official holiday in North Macedonia. If it is included, it can be either displayed as "Aromanian National Day in North Macedonia" or simply as "Aromanian National Day" without specifying any country. I prefer the latter since Aromanians from other countries also celebrate this holiday on this day. Super Ψ Dro 11:58, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 22:00, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:08, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]