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Frequently asked questions

Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted?: A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted.

As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.

Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.

Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture.

Q2: There are way too many 20th-century events listed. Why aren't there more events from the 19th century and before?

A2: The short, basic reason is the systemic bias of Wikipedia. There are not enough good, well-written articles on 19th-century and earlier events for all 365 days in the year. Currently, a majority of users seem to be generally more interested in writing articles about recent events. If you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

Q3: This page seems to be biased toward events based in [Insert country or region here]. What can be done about it?

A3: This again is attributed to the systemic bias of Wikipedia. Many users are generally more interested in working on good, well-written articles pertaining to their home country. Since this is the English Wikipedia, there will be more English-speaking users, and thus more articles pertaining to English-speaking countries. And if there are more users who are from the United States, there will probably be more well-written articles about events based in the United States. Again, if you would like to further help mitigate the systemic bias in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?

A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion.

Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order?

A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed.

Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean?

A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them:

Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year.
National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.

Today's featured article for September 10, 2024
Ken "Snakehips" Johnson was a swing band leader and leading figure in black British music of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in British Guiana, he was educated in Britain and travelled to New York to immerse himself in the Harlem jazz scene. He returned to Britain and established the Aristocrats (or Emperors) of Jazz, a mainly black swing band, with Leslie Thompson. In 1937 Johnson took control of the band through a legal loophole, causing the departure of Thompson and several musicians. Johnson filled the vacancies with Caribbean musicians, the band's popularity grew, and it changed its name to the West Indian Dance Orchestra. In 1938 the band broadcast on BBC Radio, recorded their first discs and appeared in an early television broadcast. Johnson was considered a pioneer for black musical leaders in the UK. Employed as the house band at the Café de Paris, a German bombing raid in 1941 hit the facility, killing Johnson. (Full article...) Recently featured: KNXV-TV Jersey Act Wolverton Viaduct Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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2012 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mickey Mantle
Omitted: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh; Battle of Lake Erie; Lattimer massacre;
Included: 1509 Istanbul earthquake (first appearance); Empress Elisabeth of Austria (7th appearance, last in 2010); Wolfgang von Trips (first appearance)
Repeats: Mother Teresa (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Large Hadron Collider (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 04:10, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Deleted: Anna Lindh (wrong date; should be September 11)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mike the Headless Chicken
Omitted: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh; Empress Elisabeth of Austria (ineligible—maintenance); Mother Teresa; Wolfgang von Trips; Operation Barras; Large Hadron Collider
Included: Battle of Lake Erie (6th appearance, last in 2011; 200th anniversary); Nyon Conference (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Mickey Mantle (4th appearance, last in 2006); Nawaz Sharif (first appearance)
Repeats: 1509 Constantinople earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:25, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Gibraltar National Day (ineligible—maintenance); 1509 Constantinople earthquake; Battle of Lake Erie; Mickey Mantle; Nawaz Sharif
Included: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Empress Elisabeth of Austria (8th appearance, last in 2012; rescued from Ineligible); Wolfgang von Trips (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Large Hadron Collider (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Nyon Conference (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:15, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh; Empress Elisabeth of Austria; Nyon Conference; Large Hadron Collider
Included: Ajacán Mission (first appearance); Lattimer massacre (7th appearance, last in 2010); Mike the Headless Chicken (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 70th anniversary); Operation Barras (first appearance)
Repeats: Wolfgang von Trips (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Lake Erie (maintenance); Empress Elisabeth of Austria (maintenance); Mickey Mantle (maintenance)
Omitted: Ajacán Mission; Mike the Headless Chicken; Wolfgang von Trips; Operation Barras
Included: Battles of Kawanakajima (first appearance); Mother Teresa (4th appearance, last in 2012; 70th anniversary); Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Large Hadron Collider (4th appearance, last in 2014)
Repeats: Lattimer massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:54, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: 1509 Constantinople earthquake (maintenance)
Omitted: Battles of Kawanakajima (deleted—moved to October 18); Mother Teresa; Basilica of Our Lady of Peace; Large Hadron Collider (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (4th appearance, last in 2014); Nyon Conference (4th appearance, last in 2014; 80th anniversary); Abebe Bikila (first appearance); Nawaz Sharif (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Harriet Arbuthnot (2nd appearance, just appeared on her death anniversary of August 2); Mary Wollstonecraft (3rd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on April 27, her birthday); Virginia Satir (first appearance)
Repeats: Lattimer massacre (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:15, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh; Nyon Conference; Abebe Bikila; Nawaz Sharif (ineligible—maintenance); Harriet Arbuthnot; Mary Wollstonecraft; Virginia Satir
Included: Ajacán Mission (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Mike the Headless Chicken (4th appearance, last in 2015); Wolfgang von Trips (4th appearance, last in 2015); Large Hadron Collider (5th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible; 10th anniversary); William Morgan (Bible translator) (first appearance); Jeppe Aakjær (first appearance); Misty Copeland (first appearance)
Repeats: Lattimer massacre (4th consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:43, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Deleted: Mary Wollstonecraft (normally appears on April 27)
New articles (ineligible): H.D. (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Bob Heffron; Glen P. Robinson
Omitted: Ajacán Mission; Lattimer massacre; Mike the Headless Chicken; Wolfgang von Trips; Large Hadron Collider; William Morgan (Bible translator); Jeppe Aakjær; Misty Copeland
Included: 1509 Constantinople earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (5th appearance, last in 2017); Mother Teresa (5th appearance, last in 2016); Abebe Bikila (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Operation Barras (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Harriet Arbuthnot (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Adele Astaire (first appearance); Ho Feng-Shan (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 16:00, 11 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Ajacán Mission (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Louis IV of France (maintenance)
Omitted: Mother Teresa; Abebe Bikila; Harriet Arbuthnot; Adele Astaire; Ho Feng-Shan
Included: Mike the Headless Chicken (5th appearance, last in 2018; 75th anniversary); Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (9th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); H.D. (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Gunpei Yokoi (first appearance); Erna Mohr (first appearance)
Repeats: 1509 Constantinople earthquake (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Battle of Pinkie (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total); Operation Barras (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 02:33, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Giovanni Antonio Grassi (TFA for 2021)
Omitted: Battle of Pinkie; Mike the Headless Chicken; Basilica of Our Lady of Peace; Operation Barras; H.D.; Erna Mohr
Included: Lattimer massacre (11th appearance, last in 2018); Mother Teresa (6th appearance, last in 2019; 75th anniversary); Wolfgang von Trips (5th appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary); Bob Heffron (first appearance); Jon Brower Minnoch (first appearance)
Repeats: 1509 Constantinople earthquake (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Gunpei Yokoi (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 80th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 06:37, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

New articles (ineligible): Tuscarora War (maintenance; moved from September 22)
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Giovanni Antonio Grassi
Omitted: 1509 Constantinople earthquake; Lattimer massacre (ineligible—maintenance); Mother Teresa; Wolfgang von Trips; Bob Heffron; Gunpei Yokoi; Jon Brower Minnoch
Included: Battle of Pinkie (7th appearance, last in 2020; 475th anniversary); Nyon Conference (5th appearance, last in 2017); Abebe Bikila (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Operation Barras (4th appearance, last in 2020); Large Hadron Collider (6th appearance, last in 2018); Harriet Arbuthnot (4th appearance, last in 2019); H.D. (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Chandra Khonnokyoong (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 21:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]