Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 25

message: *The song title "Silent Night" should be in quotes, not italicized. Italics are reserved for long-form works (i.e. albums); songs are rendered in quotes. --FuriousFreddy 14:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Christmas" is there already. The birth of Jesus on the 25 of December is a tradition and most scholars agree it's not an accurate date, it's just a celebration. Besides, we don't even know the year that Jesus is born in. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Again, no one knows but it's not generally believed to be 1 A.D. (there's no such thing as year 0). Check out Christmas and Nativity of Jesus for more details Nil Einne (talk) 13:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

message: "800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor, a title that had been out of use in the West since the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476. "
"the West", I believe, means "the Western Roman Empire" in this context. It should therefore link there. I have explained here. Aran|heru|nar 05:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A title to be used in the "Western Roman Empire" in the year 800 ? That empire was done centuries earlier. I'm not sure if the current link is right, but I don't know how to fix it. --PFHLai 21:59, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: "the West"

message: Silent Night was first performed on 24th, not 25th, see  or . --Japo (talk) 16:47, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake 

message: Could someone please link to Hessian (soldiers) instead to the disambiguation page Hessian. Thanks a lot in advance. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --BorgQueen (talk) 05:07, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That was fast ;-) Thanks a lot! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 05:10, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hessians 

message: *Removed: St Paul's Cathedral (appears on October 20)
*Moved to Ineligible: Charlemagne, Hirohito, Beagle 2
*Swapped out: William the Conqueror, Christmas Island, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang, Nicolae Ceaușescu, National Anthem of Russia
*Swapped in: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River (6th appearance, last in 2009), Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (3rd appearance, last in 2009), Stone of Scone (2nd appearance, last in 2007), San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks (first appearance), St Mel's Cathedral (first appearance)
--howcheng  {chat} 00:54, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  2011 notes 

message: *Omitted: Battle of Trenton; Japanese occupation of Hong Kong; Stone of Scone (ineligible—maintenance); San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks; St Mel's Cathedral
*Included: Christmas Island (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Handel and Haydn Society (first appearance); Hirohito (4th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible; moved from November 10); Nicolae Ceaușescu (4th appearance, last in 2010); Northwest Airlines Flight 253/Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (first appearance)
—howcheng  {chat} 08:08, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  2012 notes 

message: *Omitted: Christmas Island (ineligible—maintenance); Handel and Haydn Society; Hirohito; Nicolae Ceaușescu; Northwest Airlines Flight 253/Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
*Included: William the Conqueror (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Ephraim McDowell (first appearance; moved from December 13); Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Mikhail Gorbachev (6th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); St Mel's cathedral, Longford (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
—howcheng  {chat} 07:21, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 notes 

message: Thinking we should put Christmas Truce of for this year. Currently a Good Article and it is the 100th anniversary  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.203.88.210 (talk) 16:58, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The article normally appears on December 24, but it's featured as POTD for today, so that makes it ineligible for inclusion. —howcheng  {chat} 06:36, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  2014 notes 

message: *Omitted: Ephraim McDowell; Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng; Mikhail Gorbachev; St Mel's cathedral, Longford
*Included: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River/Battle of Trenton (Crossing: 7th appearance; Battle: 2nd appearance; both last in 2011); Hirohito (5th appearance, last in 2012); Nicolae Ceaușescu (5th appearance, last in 2012; 25th anniversary); San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
*Repeats: William the Conqueror (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)
—howcheng  {chat} 19:22, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  2014 notes 

message: *Omitted: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River; Hirohito; Nicolae Ceaușescu; San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
*Included: Handel and Haydn Society (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 200th anniversary); Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (4th appearance, last in 2011); Kilvenmani massacre (first appearance); National Anthem of Russia (2nd appearance, last in 2010)
*Repeats: William the Conqueror (3rd consecutive appearance, 5 total)
—howcheng  {chat} 11:21, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  2015 notes 

message: *Deleted: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River/Battle of Trenton (moved to December 26)
*Omitted: Handel and Haydn Society; Kilvenmani massacre; National anthem of Russia
*Included: Ephraim McDowell (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Hirohito (6th appearance, last in 2014; 90th anniversary); Mikhail Gorbachev (7th appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
*Repeats: William the Conqueror (4th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 950th anniversary); Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 75th anniversary)
—howcheng  {chat} 01:09, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  2016 notes 

message: *Omitted: William the Conqueror; Ephraim McDowell; Hirohito (ineligible—maintenance); Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (ineligible—maintenance); Mikhail Gorbachev (ineligible—maintenance)
*Included: Baldwin I of Jerusalem (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Baptist War (first appearance); Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 90th anniversary); Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu (first appearance; blurb previously featured Nicolae Ceaușescu and is making its 6th appearance, last in 2014); San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks (3rd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary); Makan ibn Kaki (first appearance); Nina E. Allender (first appearance); Sadiq al-Mahdi (first appearance)
—howcheng  {chat} 01:26, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  2017 notes 

message: *Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 (blurb previously featured Stone of Scone, which remains ineligible)
*New articles (unused): Chengjia; 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
*Omitted: Baldwin I of Jerusalem; Baptist War; Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng; Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu; San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks; Makan ibn Kaki; Nina E. Allender; Sadiq al-Mahdi
*Included: Halley's Comet (3rd appearance, last in 2016; moved from May 25); Handel and Haydn Society (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (6th appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Kilvenmani massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2015; 50th anniversary); St Mel's cathedral, Longford (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Zhang Jingda (first appearance); Otto Frederick Hunziker (first appearance); Atal Bihari Vajpayee (first appearance)
—howcheng  {chat} 21:32, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 notes 

message: - On 25 December 1819, Thelnetham Windmill was first set to work. Can it be featured on OTD, with photograph please? Mjroots (talk) 13:04, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: 2019 request

message: *Moved to Ineligible: Sadiq al-Mahdi (maintenance)
*Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mikhail Gorbachev
*Omitted: Halley's Comet; Handel and Haydn Society; Japanese occupation of Hong Kong; Kilvenmani massacre; Zhang Jingda; Otto Frederick Hunziker; Atal Bihari Vajpayee
*Included: William the Conqueror (7th appearance, last in 2016); Ephraim McDowell (4th appearance, last in 2016); Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 30th anniversary); Sverker I of Sweden (first appearance); Lady Grizel Baillie (first appearance); Joan Miró (first appearance)
*Repeats: St Mel's Cathedral (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 10th anniversary)
—howcheng  {chat} 21:14, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  2019 notes 

message: *Moved to Ineligible: Handel and Haydn Society (maintenance)
*New articles (unused): Dorothy Wordsworth; Fatima Massaquoi; Sadiq al-Mahdi
*Omitted: William the Conqueror; Ephraim McDowell; Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu; St Mel's Cathedral; Sverker I of Sweden; Lady Grizel Baillie; Joan Miró
*Included: Chengjia (first appearance); Baldwin I of Jerusalem (4th appearance, last in 2017); 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone (first appearance; 70th anniversary); WorldWideWeb (7th appearance, last in 2016; moved from February 26; 30th anniversary); National anthem of Russia (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 20th anniversary); Peter the Venerable (first appearance); Nina E. Allender (2nd appearance, last in 2017); China Machado (first appearance)
—howcheng  {chat} 19:24, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  2020 notes 

message: *Omitted: Chengjia; Baldwin I of Jerusalem; 1950 removal of the Stone of Scone; WorldWideWeb; National anthem of Russia; Peter the Venerable; Nina E. Allender; China Machado
*Included: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (5th appearance, last in 2010; 975th anniversary; previously appeared on June 4); Baptist War (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (5th appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on February 10); Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (7th appearance, last in 2018; 80th anniversary); Mikhail Gorbachev (8th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Dorothy Wordsworth (first appearance; 250th birthday); Young Tom Morris (first appearance); Sadiq al-Mahdi (2nd appearance, last in 2017)
—howcheng  {chat} 05:48, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  2021 notes