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Today's featured article for January 21, 2025
Ada Wong is a fictional character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ada was first mentioned in the original Resident Evil (1996), before being introduced as a supporting character and antiheroine in Resident Evil 2 (1998). The character was initially conceived as a researcher named Linda for the prototype of the second game, but her name was changed to Ada and she was rewritten as a spy and mercenary for the final build to connect its story to that of the original. Over the course of the series, Ada is often hired to steal biological weapons for various organizations, although she betrays her employers on numerous occasions to save protagonist Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations. Ada is featured in several Resident Evil games, novelizations, and films, and has also appeared in other game franchises such as Project X Zone, Teppen, and Dead by Daylight. (Full article...) Recently featured: Andrew Jackson Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh Freston causewayed enclosure Archive By email More featured articles About view – talk – edit – history – watch
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Actually, Saint Agnes was executed for performing witchcraft, not for refusing a wedding proposal. She was sent to a bordello for that.Soothing R 12:10, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please change and cite Saint Agnes#Biography first. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Yet again, there is an ending div that doesn't need to be here in this template. It needs to be changed to an end li. Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 02:46, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Bechuanaland Protectorate (ineligible—maintenance), Flag of Quebec (blurb, not observance), 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash, Concorde, Newt Gingrich (moved to Ineligible because of his presidential campaign)
Included: The Power of Sympathy (first appearance), Isaac Isaacs (first appearance), Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (first appearance), Battle of Khe Sanh (5th appearance, last in 2010), Eyak language (3rd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 06:02, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Newt Gingrich
Omitted: Isaac Isaacs; Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom; Battle of Khe Sanh; Eyak language
Included: Anabaptist (5th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Tripura (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Concorde (5th appearance, last in 2011); 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations (first appearance)
Repeats: The Power of Sympathy (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:49, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: The Power of Sympathy; Tripura; Concorde; 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations
Included: Alid Revolt (762–763) (first appearance); Raymond Poincaré (first appearance); Battle of Khe Sanh (6th appearance, last in 2012); Newt Gingrich (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Anabaptist (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:55, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes (preliminary)

Omitted:Anabaptist (two times featured)
Included:Jules Dumont d'Urville (first time)

--BabbaQ (talk) 00:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Alid Revolt (762–63); Anabaptists; Raymond Poincaré; Battle of Khe Sanh; Newt Gingrich
Included: The Power of Sympathy (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Jules Dumont d'Urville (first appearance); Isaac Isaacs (2nd appearance, last in 2012); 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (2nd appearance, last in 2011); 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations (2nd appearance, last in 2013)

—howcheng {chat} 06:09, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: The Power of Sympathy; Isaac Isaacs; 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash; 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations
Included: Alid Revolt (762–63) (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Raymond Poincaré (2nd appearance, last in 2014); State of Katanga (first appearance); Concorde (6th appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary)
Repeats: Jules Dumont d'Urville (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:32, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Omitted: Agnes of Rome (ineligible—maintenance); Jules Dumont d'Urville (ineligible—maintenance); Raymond Poincaré; State of Katanga; Concorde
Included: The Power of Sympathy (4th appearance, last in 2015); Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Tripura (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Newt Gingrich (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 20th anniversary)
Repeats: Alid Revolt (762–763) (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:27, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Raymond Poincaré (maintenance); Isaac Isaacs (maintenance); Flag of Quebec (maintenance); State of Katanga (maintenance); Concorde (maintenance); Eyak language (maintenance)
Omitted: Tripura; Newt Gingrich
Included: Battle of Khe Sanh (7th appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary); 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Yemelyan Pugachev (first appearance); John C. Frémont (first appearance); Freda Utley (first appearance)
Repeats: Alid revolt of 762–763 (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); The Power of Sympathy (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total); Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:47, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Omitted: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom; Battle of Khe Sanh; 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations; Yemelyan Pugachev; John C. Frémont; Freda Utley
Included: First Dáil (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 100th anniversary); Tripura (3rd appearance, last in 2017); 2017 Women's March (first appearance); Chaim of Volozhin (first appearance); Eusapia Palladino (first appearance); Frances Gertrude McGill (first appearance)
Repeats: Alid revolt of 762–763 (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total); The Power of Sympathy (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 19:14, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): Robert Webster Cary/Telesforo Trinidad (both: maintenance)
Omitted: Alid revolt of 762–763; Tripura; 2017 Women's March; Chaim of Volozhin; Eusapia Palladino; Frances Gertrude McGill
Included: Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (4th appearance, last in 2018); 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (3rd appearance, last in 2015); DMC DeLorean (first appearance); Anna Morandi Manzolini (first appearance); Joseph Wolf (first appearance); Cecil B. DeMille (first appearance)
Repeats: The Power of Sympathy (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total); First Dáil (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:20, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Oriel College, Oxford (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Edith Tolkien
Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Concorde
Omitted: First Dáil; Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (ineligible—maintenance); Anna Morandi Manzolini; Joseph Wolf; Cecil B. DeMille
Included: Alid revolt of 762–763 (7th appearance, last in 2019); 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations (4th appearance, last in 2018; 10th anniversary); Augustin Robespierre (first appearance); Olav Aukrust (3rd appearance, last in 2019; also appears on November 3, his death anniversary); Trương Tấn Sang (first appearance)
Repeats: The Power of Sympathy (5th consecutive appearance, 8 total); 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); DMC DeLorean (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:44, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash; DMC DeLorean; 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations; Augustin Robespierre; Olav Aukrust (deleted—appears elsewhere); Trương Tấn Sang
Included: First Dáil (6th appearance, last in 2020); Tripura (4th appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); 2017 Women's March (2nd appearance, last in 2019); Theodor Fliedner (first appearance); Edith Tolkien (first appearance); Vincent Lingiari (first appearance)
Repeats: Alid revolt of 762–763 (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); The Power of Sympathy (6th consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:07, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]