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2012 notes

Deleted: Flying disc (moved to January 23)
Omitted: St. Knut's Day (ineligible—stub), J'accuse, Birth of public radio broadcasting, Doctors' plot, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Included: William Brydon (5th appearance, last in 2010), Gnassingbé Eyadéma (3rd appearance, last in 2006), At Folsom Prison (4th appearance, last in 2010), 2001 El Salvador earthquakes (first appearance)
Repeats: Action of 13 January 1797 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:09, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Action of 13 January 1797; William Brydon; Gnassingbé Eyadéma; At Folsom Prison; 2001 El Salvador earthquakes
Included: St. Knut's Day (rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Fort Peter (first appearance); J'accuse (4th appearance, last in 2011); 1915 Avezzano earthquake (first appearance); Doctors' plot (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 80th anniversary); South Yemen Civil War (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 13:07, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

New articles (unused): Li Keyong
Omitted: Battle of Fort Peter; J'accuse; 1915 Avezzano earthquake; Doctors' plot; South Yemen Civil War
Included: William Brydon (6th appearance, last in 2012); Birth of public radio broadcasting (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Josip Broz Tito (5th appearance, last in 2009; previously appeared on April 7); At Folsom Prison (first appearance); Costa Concordia disaster (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:21, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Josip Broz Tito moved to January 14 (wrong date); replaced with Doctors' plot (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total). —howcheng {chat} 07:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: William Brydon; Birth of public radio broadcasting; Doctors' plot; At Folsom Prison; Costa Concordia disaster
Included: Li Keyong (first appearance); Battle of Fort Peter (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 200th anniversary); J'accuse (5th appearance, last in 2013); 1915 Avezzano earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 06:53, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Li Keyong; Battle of Fort Peter; J'accuse...!; 1915 Avezzano earthquake; Ignatius Kutu Acheampong
Included: Action of 13 January 1797 (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Flag of Greece (2nd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Doctors' plot (4th appearance, last in 2014); South Yemen Civil War (2nd appearance, last in 2013); January 2001 El Salvador earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 07:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Deleted: Gnassingbé Eyadéma (blurb was incorrect)
Moved to Ineligible: Li Keyong (maintenance); William Brydon (maintenance); Costa Concordia disaster (maintenance)
Omitted: Doctors' plot; South Yemen Civil War; January 2001 El Salvador earthquake
Included: 1915 Avezzano earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2015); 1963 Togolese coup d'état (first appearance); Steve Ballmer (first appearance)
Repeats: Action of 13 January 1797 (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Flag of Greece (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:50, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 suggestion

Suggestion- is this suitable? In 1878 Ada Anderson completed her US Pedestrian debut, earning her $8000. Nejaby (talk) 22:48, 6 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Nejaby: I did some cleanup on the article. Looks good. Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 17:31, 11 January 2018 (UTC).[reply]

@Howcheng: Thanks I have now added it to the main page but not put it on for tomorrow (guessing that is too soon?). Nejaby (talk) 09:57, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: South Yemen Civil War (maintenance); January 2001 El Salvador earthquake (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Ada Anderson; Michael Bond
Omitted: Action of 13 January 1797; Flag of Greece; 1915 Avezzano earthquake; 1963 Togolese coup d'état; Steve Ballmer
Included: Sicut Dudum (first appearance); Treaty of Cahuenga (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Birth of public radio broadcasting (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Costa Concordia disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Edmund Spenser (first appearance); George Fox (first appearance); Nate Silver (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 09:14, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 suggestions

I've added a 1976 event about Sarah Caldwell: this does mean we have two based around the Met Opera so it might be a year to give a break to the public radio broadcasting? I've also added Winnie Byanyima to the births. As well increasing the gender diversity of the content, it also moves away from a American/European bias. Moira Paul (talk) 21:13, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Moira Paul: Two problems with Caldwell: the date is not in the article, and even worse, the article has very few footnotes, so I've added a maintenance tag to it, making it ineligible for inclusion. —howcheng {chat} 17:34, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Thanks for flagging the issues with the page. I had some sources that were not in the article - including ones for the date - so I have added these, and improved the inline citations. I did a bit of a tidy as well. Hopefully, those may be enough to remove the maintenance tag. Moira Paul (talk) 22:59, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Moira Paul: Sorry, not good enough yet. Most the list of items in Boston is not cited (and it may be better to change that to list form), the NY/PA/MN section is mostly uncited, and the quotes are cited to an unreliable source. However, we do have a new article on a woman (Ada Anderson) and I added a second one to the staging area for future use (Bernice Gera). —howcheng {chat} 00:03, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Howcheng: Thanks for the feedback: The biog is part of several projects to improve biographies, so I'll let them pick up the rest of the amends as opera is not my specialism (finding dates is!). Moira Paul (talk) 00:17, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: J'Accuse…! (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Sarah Caldwell (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Bernice Gera
Omitted: Sicut dudum; Treaty of Cahuenga; Birth of public radio broadcasting; Ignatius Kutu Acheampong; Costa Concordia disaster; Edmund Spenser; George Fox; Nate Silver
Included: Action of 13 January 1797 (5th appearance, last in 2017); Ada Anderson (first appearance); 1915 Avezzano earthquake (4th appearance, last in 2017); Doctors' plot (5th appearance, last in 2016); 1963 Togolese coup d'état (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Sibyl Hathaway (first appearance); Michael Bond (first appearance); Winnie Byanyima (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:03, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Costa Concordia (blurb previously featured Costa Concordia disaster, which remains ineligible)
New articles (unused): Art Ross
Omitted: Action of 13 January 1797; Ada Anderson (ineligible—maintenance); 1915 Avezzano earthquake; Doctors' plot; 1963 Togolese coup d'état; Sibyl Hathaway; Michael Bond; Winnie Byanyima
Included: Battle of Fort Peter (3rd appearance, last in 2015); William Price (physician) (5th appearance, last in 2018; moved from January 18); Birth of public radio broadcasting (4th appearance, last in 2018); Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (4th appearance, last in 2018); Steve Ballmer (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (first appearance); George Fox (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Brynhild Olivier (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:06, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Gaius Marius (date not certain); Salmon P. Chase (POTD for 2021)
Omitted: Battle of Fort Peter; Birth of public radio broadcasting; Ignatius Kutu Acheampong; Steve Ballmer; Æthelwulf, King of Wessex; Brynhild Olivier
Included: Sicut dudum (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Doctors' plot (6th appearance, last in 2019); At Folsom Prison (6th appearance, last in 2014); January 2001 El Salvador earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 20th anniversary); Art Ross (first appearance); Claudia Emerson (first appearance)
Repeats: William Price (physician) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); George Fox (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 request

@Howcheng: - 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia shipwreck. Mjroots (talk) 21:59, 7 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Sicut dudum; William Price (physician); Doctors' plot; At Folsom Prison; January 2001 El Salvador earthquake; George Fox; Art Ross; Claudia Emerson
Included: Action of 13 January 1797 (6th appearance, last in 2019); William Brydon (7th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); 1915 Avezzano earthquake (5th appearance, last in 2019); Bernice Gera (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Costa Concordia (first appearance; 10th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible; blurb previously featured Costa Concordia disaster, which remains ineligible, and is making its 3rd appearance, last in 2018); Lucy Filippini (first appearance; 350th birthday); Salmon P. Chase (first appearance); Guido Dessauer (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:28, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]