Talk:1988

message: There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout. 
For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at). 
Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done. 
Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). talk--BozMo 13:47, 7 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page layout years

message: 's recently reverted two edits by .  Both of these edits by Mike seemed reasonable...adding Bill & Ted's to movies and Animated Beast to Games.  I'd like to see consensus developed here.   Both of the linked articles reference 1988, and regrettably, due to my age, seem reasonable.  :)  Wikibofh 04:12, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent reverts... 

message: Is there a limit on the number of people who can be listed under "births"? I just listed the entire category. User:Carie 21:15, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to set a precedent a while back, and people complained. So list every single person who was born in that year if you wish, but this might finally persuade people that I might have had a point when the article becomes dominated by births. Personally, I think it should be restricted to internationally famous individuals (household names, in other words, with the rule "if you have to ask, they're not notable enough") if not globally then at least over a continent Average Earthman 15:19, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Births 

message: should the top few even be here
*Shefali Chowdhury, British actress
*Mark Davies, British footballer
*Delanie Fitzpatrick, American actress
*Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
*Ateqeh Rajabi, Iranian child offender (executed 2004)
*Alejandro Ramirez, Costa Rica chess player
*Laura Ross, American chess player
*Everlyn Sampi, Australian actor
*Michael Shabaz, American tennis player
*Tempest Smith, American religious discrimination victim (d.2001)
*Star Wars kid, Canadian internet celebrity
*June 30 - Sean Marquette, American actor
//Betacommand (talk • contribs • Bot) 21:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I found this commented out 

message: Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected President of Mexico.. Please add it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.14.240.200 (talk) 07:20, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  10 September 

message: William Shatner is born March 22, 1931.  Someone please add it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hedfones (talk • contribs) 07:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He is listed in the Births section of the 1931 article. This is the 1988 article. He's alive, so he so he shouldn't be listed here. Best name (talk) 05:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow I'm retarded, my bad.  Hedfones (talk) 16:38, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  22 March 

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message: Should the Superbowl be included for this year?  Centralized discussion at WT:YEARS#Superbowls — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 17:09, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Superbowl 

message: When Gorbachev was a premier?--2A02:2168:83F:81A7:0:0:0:1 (talk) 08:38, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Premier [[Gorbachev]]? 

message: "Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government; by October 10 the army has tortured and killed about 500 people in crushing the riots."
were the 500 tortured and killed or were there more than 500 tortured but only 500 were killed; were they killed on thr spot or died later from their injuries.2605:E000:9143:7000:8137:276C:2FA4:A843 (talk) 07:52, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lazy writing leading to vague statement; needs clarification 

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message: See WT:YEARS#Eclipses for a matter relevant to this page.  Arthur Rubin (alternate) (talk) 23:10, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Eclipse]]s 

message: José J. Coello (talk) 22:40, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done for now: Please provide an image that is free of any copyright issues and has a compatible license. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:50, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 17 June 2021 

message: Since my original collage was taken down, I would like to hear everyone's thoughts about what pictures/events should or should not be included. I wish to see a collage restored as soon as possible. The ganymedian (talk) 22:28, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collage 

message: Can someone please add the December 6 formal adoption by the UN of the IPCC on December 6, 1988? On that day the UN "Endorses the action of the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP in jointly establishing an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." There is a UN document confirming this located here: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/54234 RPeel (talk) 07:27, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  UN IPCC established 1988 

message: At Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Years#Lead_image, a discussion on whether to depreciate collages in general in going on. Please share your thoughts.--Marginataen (talk) 21:42, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collage depreciation