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Arthur Edington's experiment gave confirmation for part of General relativity. While GTR is indeed a part of the Theory of relativity, it's imprecise to say the experiment confirmed part of Theory of relativity. Please change it to confirmed part of General relativity, which is the more precise term. Loom91 05:57, 29 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

entry proposal

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

1453 May 29: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. adriatikus | talk 19:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

2012 notes

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Battle of Legnano; Fall of Constantinople; W. S. Gilbert; The Rite of Spring; Battle of Sardarabad; Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay
Included: Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); RMS Empress of Ireland (3rd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); White Christmas (first appearance); Bilderberg Group (first appearance); Heysel Stadium disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 07:17, 28 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: The Rite of Spring (TFA for 2013)
New articles (unused): Battle of Waxhaws
Omitted: Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867; RMS Empress of Ireland; White Christmas (song); Bilderberg Group; Heysel Stadium disaster
Included: Byzantine Empire (first appearance; blurb is making its 8th appearance, last in 2011; it previously featured Fall of Constantinople, which is currently ineligible); Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 (both: first appearance); N'Djamena (first appearance); Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition (Hillary/Norgay: 6th appearance, last in 2011; Expedition: first appearance; 60th anniversary); Battle of Goose Green (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:37, 28 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): The Rite of Spring
Omitted: Byzantine Empire; Jenny Lind; N'Djamena; Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition; Battle of Goose Green
Included: Battle of Legnano (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Waxhaws (first appearance); RMS Empress of Ireland (4th appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Bilderberg Group (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Heysel Stadium disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 05:55, 28 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Added and deleted: Charlotte Perrelli (not notable enough)
Omitted: Battle of Legnano; RMS Empress of Ireland; Bilderberg Group; Heysel Stadium disaster (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2013); W. S. Gilbert (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Messerschmitt Bf 109 (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition (Hillary/Norgay: 7th appearance; Expedition: 2nd appearance; both last in 2013)
Repeats: Battle of Waxhaws (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 27 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

White Christmas

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I put a section up for White Christmas and it didn't show. I took it down but could somebody get it to work? Thanks, (Utzdman55 (talk) 23:05, 30 April 2015 (UTC))Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: N'Djamena (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Waxhaws; W. S. Gilbert; Messerschmitt Bf 109; Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition
Included: Byzantine Empire (2nd appearance, last in 2013); The Rite of Spring (5th appearance, last in 2011); Bilderberg Group (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Battle of Goose Green (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:47, 27 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Waxhaws (maintenance); RMS Empress of Ireland (maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Legnano (ineligible—maintenance); The Rite of Spring; Bilderberg Group; Battle of Goose Green (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: W. S. Gilbert (3rd appearance, last in 2015); White Christmas (song) (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition (Hillary/Norgay: 8th appearance; Expedition: 3rd appearance; both last in 2015); G. K. Chesterton (first appearance); John F. Kennedy (first appearance); Joyce Yakubowich (first appearance)
Repeats: Byzantine Empire (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 (both: 3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:41, 29 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Messerschmitt Bf 109 (date disputed)
Omitted: Democracy Day (Nigeria) (ineligible—maintenance); W. S. Gilbert; White Christmas (song); G. K. Chesterton; John F. Kennedy; Joyce Yakubowich (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: The Rite of Spring (6th appearance, last in 2016); Battle of Sardarabad (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Bilderberg Group (4th appearance, last in 2016); Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (first appearance); Patrick Henry (5th appearance, last in 2008; previously appeared on March 28); John Barrymore (first appearance)
Repeats: Byzantine Empire (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition (2nd consecutive appearance, Hillary/Norgay: 9 total, Expedition: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:17, 29 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Proposed addition: Eddington experiment for 29 May 1919 (100th anniversary):

1919 – the Eddington experiment tests General Relativity during the total solar eclipse of 29 May.

Would this be suitable for inclusion? @Howcheng: picture of eclipse is available at article. Carcharoth (talk) 14:36, 27 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Carcharoth: Sorry, there's a general lack of footnotes in the Background, Expeditions, and Later research sections, enough so that the entire article is worth a {{refimprove}} tag. —howcheng {chat} 16:25, 27 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Howcheng: understood. Will try and improve it over the next few days. Probably not in time for 29 May this year, but I'll probably submit it at DYK in any case. Thanks for considering the request. Carcharoth (talk) 08:36, 28 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (unused): Diane Leather
Omitted: The Rite of Spring; Battle of Sardarabad; Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition; Bilderberg Group; Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier; Patrick Henry; John Barrymore
Included: Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 (both: 5th appearance, last in 2017); Messerschmitt Bf 109 (2nd appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); White Christmas (song) (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Winfield Scott (first appearance); Hubert Opperman (first appearance); Ana Beatriz Barros (first appearance)
Repeats: Byzantine Empire (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total); Bilderberg Meeting (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 15:48, 29 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Goose Green (maintenance)
Omitted: Byzantine Empire; Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52; Messerschmitt Bf 109; White Christmas (song); Bilderberg Meeting; Winfield Scott; Hubert Opperman; Ana Beatriz Barros
Included: Pope Paul VI (moved from June 21); Battle of Legnano (4th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Gallipoli (1416) (first appearance); N'Djamena (2nd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Diane Leather (first appearance); David Beaton (first appearance); Erich Wolfgang Korngold (first appearance); La Toya Jackson (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:39, 30 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: The Rite of Spring (TFA for 2021-04-06)
New articles: Trần Văn Đôn/Lê Văn Kim (Trần: maintenance)
Omitted: Battle of Legnano; Battle of Gallipoli (1416); N'Djamena; Diane Leather; David Beaton (ineligible—maintenance); Erich Wolfgang Korngold; La Toya Jackson
Included: Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind's tour of America (both: 6th appearance, last in 2019); Battle of Sardarabad (3rd appearance, last in 201); Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition (Hillary/Norgay: 10th appearance; Expedition: 5th; all last in 2018); Olusegun Obasanjo (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Louise-Adéone Drölling (first appearance); G. K. Chesterton (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Margaret Barr (choreographer) (first appearance; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:29, 2 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

2022 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Ana Beatriz Barros (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Benedetto Pistrucci (TFA on 2022-01-30); Uroš Drenović (TFA on 2022-04-27)
Omitted: Jenny Lind/Jenny Lind's tour of America; Battle of Sardarabad; Edmund Hillary/Tenzing Norgay/1953 British Mount Everest expedition; G. K. Chesterton; Margaret Barr (choreographer)
Included: Mongol siege of Kaifeng (5th appearance, last in 2018); Byzantine Empire (6th appearance, last in 2019); The Rite of Spring (7th appearance, last in 2018; rescued from Ineligible); White Christmas (song) (4th appearance, last in 2019; 80th anniversary); Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2nd appearance, last in 2020; 125th birthday); John Barrymore (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary)
Repeats: Olusegun Obasanjo (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Louise-Adéone Drölling (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 225th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:03, 30 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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