# Talk:2003

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All other events have both a Wikipedia article on the event and a citation.  This addition has neither. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 22:43, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

There hardly needs to be a standalone article when its covered in the main article, i.e. the George Ryan article itself.  It's not only covered in the lead, but in the main body.  This means we're okay to list it here!  Feel free (if you are able) to add an inline citation too!!  The Rambling Man (talk) 22:46, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
Just added two sources, found on the Ryan and Burge articles, and verified. Mformatt(So it goes.) 23:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Why is she significant?  Or is this section to include all persons born in 2003 who have a Wikipedia article?  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 17:43, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

See WT:YEARS#Eclipses for a matter relevant to this page.  Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Matt Campbell: I like the image of STS-107, but it really doesn't meet the year article guidelines. I want to establish consensus.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 09:14, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

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Please let me know if anyone has any disagreements on the images included in the collage, and I will put it up for vote. Thanks The ganymedian (talk) 22:46, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Please fix the collage so that the pictures are in correct proportion. If this can't be done, the collage will be removed. Deb (talk) 09:08, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
I feel like we should change the STS-107 photo from the crew to an image of the disintegration. Also, I have a feeling that we should replace the Bam earthquake with the July heat wave in Europe, but I feel like there's a reason that the earthquake is there instead of the heat wave. Correct me if I'm wrong. DementiaGaming (talk) 21:43, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
yes, change the STS-107 photo from the crew to an image of the disintegration, makes a lot more sense. 4me689 (talk) 14:52, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The redirect January 7, 2003 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 July 3 § January 7, 2003 until a consensus is reached.  TartarTorte 14:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

out of the 8 images in the 2003 collage, 5 are related to the iraq war, I have a plan to at leash replace three of them. keep the picture of saddam hussein's statue fallen and the picture of the protests but remove the other three and replace them with War in Darfur which was a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that went on for 16 years, the 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, which killed over 2,200 people and over 10,000 injured, and Myspace, which was one of the first social media platforms to be created and was one time one of biggest websites on the internet. 4me689 (talk) 14:50, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

@4me689 I also have a plan similar to yours, but my approach may be slightly different. My plan is to only keep the image of the fallen statue and replace all the others. The candidates I have chosen are:
Daegu subway fire
2003 Boumerdès earthquake
2003 European heatwave (which was the deadliest heat wave in recorded and the deadliest natural disaster of 2003)
Mars Express (which was the first Mars probe from Europe Union). Nagae Iku (talk) 15:06, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I like your plan, keep the image of the fallen statue, and replace all the others with 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, 2003 European heatwave, Myspace, and the Mars Express. 4me689 (talk) 15:08, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I agree with the choice of myspace over the subway fire Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 15:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Actually, my personal opinion is that I don't really support MySpace. It completely lost to Facebook after 2010, and I prefer use the Darfur War to replace it. Nagae Iku (talk) 15:17, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
However this is 2003 and really led to the rise of social media if we didnt have myspace then facebook wouldnt have taken over as there would be nothing to take over Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 15:20, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
@OlifanofmrTennant @4me689 But as far as I know, the first social media in human history was SixDegrees.com, which was born in 1997 and once had 3.5 million registered users. I think it was more revolutionary than MySpace. Personally, I still hope MySpace can be replaced by the Darfur War. I will make 2 versions of the collage later. Nagae Iku (talk) 17:29, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
myspace was revolutionary back in 2003 and most social media platforms (including facebook) wouldn't exist or would not be as popular if it wasn't for myspace. 4me689 (talk) 15:24, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
This is late, but, we have to talk about Myspace. 4me689 said that the website was revolutionary in 2003 - it didn't even reach its peak popularity until much later, so as discussed in the 2006 and 2001 discussions, it is illogical that it should be on here, which brings us back to the Iraq War. I say we replace it with the Battle of Baghdad or the Mission Accomplished speech. DementiaGaming (talk) 21:38, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
That would bring us back to the old version centered around the Iraq War. So why not try replacing that grid with the Darfur War? This conflict resulted in over 300,000 deaths and drew multiple African countries into the conflict, which fits the "international event" criteria very well. Nagae Iku (talk) 22:10, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
Again, we have the peak intensity paradox - the war in Darfur only began in 2003, and it reached its peak intensity in 2006 and 7. DementiaGaming (talk) 22:25, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

@4me689 @OlifanofmrTennant @DementiaGaming @The0Quester @The ganymedian @Ryansean071 @Wjfox2005 @Jim Michael 2  The second version of the 2003's collage has been completed, and I invite everyone to express your opinions. If my @ to you is considered harassing behavior, I apologize in advance. And the difference between the two collages is MySpace and War in Darfur. Nagae Iku (talk) 18:57, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
v2.1 as per my previous comments, again it was 2003 and without Myspace most social media platforms would not exist today. 4me689 (talk) 19:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I like the upper one The0Quester (talk) 19:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I also agree with the top version Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 19:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
My opinion is to include at least two or three images centered around Iraq. Of course, keep the statue toppling, but at least include Abu Ghraib and the protests. I also revoke my say on the heat wave. DementiaGaming (talk) 21:08, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestion, DementiaGaming. However, I would like to say that regarding the idea of the European heatwave, I had actually already made a raw collage privately before you suggested it, which included the European heatwave. I believe that a record-breaking disaster that caused 72,000 deaths should not be ignored. Also, you mentioned the need to have at least three grid for Iraq in the collage. I don't think it's necessary as those events can be summarized in a brief introduction. Nagae Iku (talk) 21:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
agreed, we don't need the collage being Iraq war-Centric. 4me689 (talk) 21:27, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
@DementiaGaming: The consenses already reached is that only the statue will remain all other images have been decided the only one that its up for discussion is Daegu subway fire or Myspace which it seems has landed on Myspace. Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:49, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Infact the point of the discussion is making the colladge less Iraqi centric Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:50, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
I may need to clarify that in our later conversation, I shifted my support from the Daegu subway fire to the Darfur War, because I also realized that the Daegu subway fire incident was somewhat localized and did not have enough international impact. On the other hand, the Darfur War had significant international impact, as many African countries were involved in the power struggle between the warring factions, and the war resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 people. The V2.2 version of the collage I made includes an image of a small house destroyed by darfur war. Nagae Iku (talk) 17:47, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Yeah that works what I had issue with was the inclusion of myspace which seems like we have agreed on includingQuestions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 18:02, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
The reason I say this is because I realized that the Algeria earthquake was not that deadly or notable in collage standards and did not draw in international attention. Abu Ghraib was a great scandal with international implications, and so were the protests. At least put Abu Ghraib on the 2004 collage if you do this, and consider replacing the Algeria earthquake with the protests. DementiaGaming (talk) 16:41, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

According to your strong request, I made this version of the collage and replaced the Mars express and Algeria earthquake to meet your requirements. However, I personally don't like this collage because the events you strongly requested could have been achieved by writing a few more lines in the description below the collage.Also, if there are any events other than the Iraq War that you are not satisfied with, I can replace them at any time. Nagae Iku (talk) 17:30, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
I think this is a great Middle ground, this collage is great. 4me689 (talk) 17:39, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
I prefer the second version but I am okay with the third Questions? four OLIfanofmrtennant (she/her) 17:43, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. The collage looks great. The Mission Accomplished speech and the Battle of Baghdad are also not important enough to be on the collage, so if everybody agrees, this collage should be put on there. DementiaGaming (talk) 18:52, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
update: I have put up the collage V2.3 as per consensus. 4me689 (talk) 21:02, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
Why did you have to change it ? it was perfect as it was (the original one). For sure it was Iraq centric because it was the majors events of the year. I don't like the new collage either,  i think my space have nothing to do in it. I don't understand the launch of a social media being in a collage of the majors events of a year when at that time they had no importance and reached the peak of their popularity only years later (For Exemple Facebook for 2004 when it wasn't even avaible for everyone, Twitter for 2006.) This is why Tiktok for exemple isn't in the collage of 2017 Gennicyro4 (talk) 00:22, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
hey @Nagae Iku, you mind replacing the icon of Myspace on the v2.1 with this icon of Myspace that is actually from 2003 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myspace.svg 4me689 (talk) 21:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
done Nagae Iku (talk) 02:42, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Years#Lead_image, a discussion on whether to depreciate collages in general in going on. Please share your thoughts. Koopinator (talk) 07:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

The redirect January 2, 2003 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 14 § January 2, 2003 until a consensus is reached.  Utopes (talk / cont) 16:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

The redirect January 1, 2003 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 14 § January 1, 2003 until a consensus is reached.  Utopes (talk / cont) 16:46, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

The redirect January 3, 2003 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 15 § January 3, 2003 until a consensus is reached.  Utopes (talk / cont) 15:54, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm confused about why the calendar for 2003 was removed. Can someone tell me why the calendar this year's calendar removed? 2A0A:EF40:5BD:C501:A4D0:1AFF:FE05:7D0F (talk) 16:58, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

i added it back. pls Wikipedia don't remove it. K1220186 (talk) 19:28, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

it should have one K1220186 (talk) 19:26, 8 October 2025 (UTC)