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Memorial plaque to the victims of the massacre
Memorial plaque to the victims of the massacre

The École Polytechnique massacre was an antifeminist mass shooting that occurred on December 6, 1989, at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada. Fourteen women were murdered; another ten women and four men were injured. The perpetrator, Marc Lépine, entered a mechanical engineering class and separated the male and female students, ordering the men to leave. He shot all nine women in the room, killing six. The shooter then moved throughout the building, killing eight more women and wounding students before fatally shooting himself. The massacre is regarded as misogynist terrorism and representative of wider societal violence against women. In response to the massacre, the Canadian parliament passed more stringent gun control laws. It also led to policy changes in emergency services protocols for shootings, such as police intervening immediately to reduce casualties. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually as White Ribbon Day. (Full article...)

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Great Yarmouth Town Hall

Great Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building on Hall Plain in Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England. It is the meeting place of Great Yarmouth Borough Council and is a Grade II* listed building. The town hall was designed by John Bond Pearce in the Queen Anne Revival style, with terracotta facings and a 110-foot-tall (34-metre) clock tower with a lantern above. It was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), on 31 May 1882. The building served as the headquarters of Great Yarmouth County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and has continued to operate as the local seat of government following the formation of the enlarged borough council in 1974. This hand-colored photochrom shows Great Yarmouth Town Hall in the 1890s, seen from opposite the River Yare.

Photograph credit: Detroit Publishing Company; restored by Adam Cuerden

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2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 17:50, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • If I had a guess, simply due to lack of space coupled with there already being a major Canadian topic in the Halifax Explosion (and possibly it having a round number anniversary - 95th). It'll probably be back on next year if I had a guess, and most certainly in 2014 on the 25th anniversary. Resolute 15:44, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • From the looks for things, as it appeared in 2004/05/06/07/08/09 and 2011, it was not included this year so that other articles that either had not been included before or had not been included for a few years could appear. It is no reflection on the incident that it has not appeared this year. See Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries for the principles that govern selection of the five or so items each day. BencherliteTalk 15:59, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's the idea. We have a pool of 15 eligible articles, out of which 5 or possibly 6 that can be featured in any one year. The Montreal massacre is simply out of rotation this year. —howcheng {chat} 17:12, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 6 December 2012

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"On this day in 1928" should read: 1928 – At the behest of the United States

It currently reads

1928 – On the behest of the United States

"At the behest of..." is more correct. Thanks.

Boleslaw (talk) 11:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. BencherliteTalk 16:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request for 6 December

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"On this day" calls the Halifax explosion of 1917 as the largest manmade accidental explosion, but the supporting article List_of_the_largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions says the N1 rocket explosion was larger (and equally accidental and manmade).

Marfinan (talk) 18:58, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Thanks for spotting that. —howcheng {chat} 20:03, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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2023 comment

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@Z1720, re this edit, an earlier portrayal of Béla I of Hungary than a sculpture from 2001 would have been better; possibly this or a crop of it – or the Nefertiti Bust, which is a featured picture and, happily, faces left (towards the page content) rather than right (away from it). I appreciate that the bust of Béla I was in the staging area, but a different image should have been used there. Ham II (talk) 09:51, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ham II: thanks for your comments. I chose a bust image because it has been several weeks since a bust was used as the OTD image, and I strive for variety. I did not select the Nefertiti Bust because it had been used in 2018 and 2019 as the OTD image, and I wanted to bring other images to OTD. The Bela I bust image was in the selected images bank at the top of the page, so I used it. If anyone has additional images that can be used for OTD, I invite you to add it to the selected anniversary day. Z1720 (talk) 14:36, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720: Now that 6 December has passed, I've replaced the photo of the bust with the image I suggested. Is this the best way to ensure that that image is the one that appears for Béla I in the selected images bank in future years? To expand on why I wanted the photo of the bust replaced, it's too recent and idealised – as a general rule, the closer in time to its subject an artwork is the more suitable it is. Ham II (talk) 22:05, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Ham II: Replacing the image is the best way to do this, and it might take several years before this image is used on the main page. Z1720 (talk) 02:52, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Z1720: Thanks – that’s fine by me; my aim is only to make sure that the bust doesn’t appear again in another year. Ham II (talk) 10:17, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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