Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 1

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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.

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Expanded membership of the European Untion

1776 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Germany; they and the Freemasonry will be banned in 1784
1884 - Proclamation of the demand for eight-hour workday in the United States
2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will join the European Union.

Shouldn't May Day maybe come first? It's a lot more international in scope.--Pharos 23:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree. --Soman 21:04, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May Day a.k.a. Labour Day or International Workers Day is the most prominent worldwide event of the day. This should come first. Linhart.stephen (talk) 16:58, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yom HaShoah (2008) in Israel

(begins at sunset the previous day). It needs to be moved to May 1 as the Israeli government advanced it one day this year due to it's adjacency to the Jewish Sabbath.[1] (it doesn't say the reason for it at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but they, and everywhere else, mark the day this year as the 26th of Nisan, sunset April 30-May 1). Thanks, Valley2city 16:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Marriage of Figaro

Please remove the File:Marriage of Figaro.ogg (an arrangement for winds) and replace it with File:Overture low.ogg (a proper chamber orchestra). -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:37, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Omitted: Nea Ekklesia; Kingdom of Great Britain; Carl Linnaeus; Treaty of the Triple Alliance; Portella della Ginestra massacre
Included: The Marriage of Figaro (4th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Boulou (first appearance); Citizen Kane (3rd appearance, last in 2006); Minamata disease (5th appearance, last in 2010); Carol Ann Duffy (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Moved to Ineligible: May Day (maintenance); Empire State Building (maintenance)
Omitted: The Marriage of Figaro; Battle of Boulou; Citizen Kane (ineligible—maintenance); Carol Ann Duffy
Included: Illuminati (4th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Penny Black (7th appearance, last in 2009); The Great Exhibition (first appearance); Ramakrishna Mission (first appearance); Portella della Ginestra massacre;
Repeats: Minamata disease (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Citizen Kane
New articles (unused): Ramakrishna Mission; Scofield Mine disaster; All-China Federation of Trade Unions; Bagong Alyansang Makabayan; Rickey Henderson/Nolan Ryan (Ryan: moved from August 22); Mission Accomplished speech
Omitted: Illuminati; Penny Black; The Great Exhibition; Portella della Ginestra massacre; Minamata disease
Included: Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon (both: first appearance); Acts of Union 1707/Kingdom of Great Britain (Acts: 4th appearance, last in 2007; GB: 4th appearance, last in 2011); Battle of Manila Bay (4th appearance, last in 2010); Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Ayrton Senna/Death of Ayrton Senna (Senna: 2nd appearance, last in 2005; Death: first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday of Ali ibn abi taleb

Hello @Howcheng:, this year (2015), the birthday of Ali which is of a great importance for both shia and sunni muslims, coincides with the 1 of May, based on this link. Please consider that his birthday is not based on Georgian calendar it changes from year to year. How can we include it here in "on this day"? Mhhossein (talk) 12:47, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mhhossein:: First of all, the article is currently ineligible to be listed due to the {{external links}} template at the bottom. Secondly, it is already listed on WP:Selected anniversaries/January 27. As the rules state, an article may only be featured once per year, so if we were to include the article on his birthday annually, we would have to remove it from the other day. Which is fine, and I don't mind doing that, as long as you understand how this works. Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 07:12, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Empire State Building; Gujarat/Maharashtra
Omitted: Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon; Acts of Union 1707/Kingdom of Great Britain; Battle of Manila Bay; Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo; Ayrton Senna/Death of Ayrton Senna
Included: Nea Ekklesia (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Carl Linnaeus (3rd appearance, last in 2011); Treaty of the Triple Alliance (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Citizen Kane (4th appearance, last in 2012); Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (first appearance; 30th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 03:07, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

New articles (ineligible): Norman invasion of Ireland (date not cited); EDSA III (maintenance)
Omitted: Nea Ekklesia; Carl Linnaeus; Treaty of the Triple Alliance; Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Included: Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2014); The Marriage of Figaro (5th appearance, last in 2012); Ramakrishna Mission (first appearance); Minamata disease (7th appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Citizen Kane (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:41, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Howcheng, references have now been added for the 1 May date regarding the Norman invasion of Ireland. ~Asarlaí 18:42, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Acts of Union 1707 (maintenance); The Great Exhibition (maintenance); Treaty of the Triple Alliance (maintenance); Battle of Manila Bay (maintenance); Empire State Building (maintenance); Gujarat/Maharashtra (Gujarat: maintenance)
Omitted: International Workers' Day (ineligible—maintenance); Law Day (United States) (ineligible—maintenance); Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon; The Marriage of Figaro (ineligible—maintenance); Ramakrishna Mission (ineligible—maintenance); Citizen Kane; Minamata disease (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Norman invasion of Ireland (first appearance); Illuminati (5th appearance, last in 2013); All-China Federation of Trade Unions (first appearance); Portella della Ginestra massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Carol Ann Duffy (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Ralph Stackpole (first appearance); Magda Goebbels (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

International Workers' Day

Shouldn't International Workers' Day be mentioned maybe? There are three holidays or festivals in specific countries mentioned, but International Workers' Day is observed all over the world and an official public holiday in most of the world! (see the little map in the article!). On top of that the Loyalty Day mentioned in the USA that is included is, according to its article, only some ploy to prevent International Workers' Day from being celebrated. It isn't a holiday and doesn't seem to have any widespread traditions associated with it. --83.128.131.207 (talk) 09:54, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, I already figured out what happened. --83.128.131.207 (talk) 10:08, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the refimprove tag that was added yesterday (problematic timing) from the article and added the entry to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 1, as I found ~75 refs to be sufficient—please use inline tags for any specific issues. As mentioned, Loyalty Day has just as many issues, including but not limited to: CN in the lead section, a ref with Missing or empty |title= (help), as well as a section without any citations whatsoever. El_C 11:07, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In the past year, the consensus has been to begin ensuring that articles featured in OTD are of high quality. We have taken out a number of high-profile holidays/observances, including Mother's Day, Father's Day, and a number of major religious holidays including Passover and Easter. Nobody is targeting International Worker's Day specifically. @El C: Two of the faults that you mentioned ({{cn}} tag in the lead and the malformed reference) are not enough to disqualify the article from appearing. The section that you identify has having no references does in fact have a reference to the law itself as an external link instead of footnote. However, one could make the argument that because Loyalty Day was created specifically in opposition to Int'l Workers Day, it doesn't make sense to include it if the thing it opposes also omitted, so I'm fine with taking that out. —howcheng {chat} 16:39, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon (Báthory: maintenance); Penny Black (maintenance); Mission Accomplished speech (maintenance)
New articles (unused): 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Omitted: Norman invasion of Ireland; Illuminati; All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ineligible—maintenance); Portella della Ginestra massacre; Ayrton Senna/Death of Ayrton Senna; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Ralph Stackpole; Magda Goebbels
Included: Species Plantarum (first appearance; blurb previously featured Carl Linnaeus, which has been moved to January 10, death anniversary, and last appeared in 2015); Second Battle of Boulou (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Moses Fleetwood Walker (first appearance); Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Honora Sneyd (first appearance); Anna Jarvis (2nd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on November 24, her birthday); Ulric Cross (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 05:50, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Rickey Henderson/Nolan Ryan
New articles (unused): Recapture of Bahia
Omitted: Species Plantarum; Moses Fleetwood Walker; Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo; Bagong Alyansang Makabayan; Honora Sneyd; Anna Jarvis; Ulric Cross
Included: Maharashtra Day (first appearance); Nea Ekklesia (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Norman invasion of Ireland (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 950th anniversary); Empire State Building (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Ayrton Senna/Death of Ayrton Senna (Senna: 4th appearance; Death: 3rd appearance; both last in 2017); Franciscus Junius (the elder) (first appearance); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 250th birthday); Eldridge Cleaver (first appearance)
Repeats: Second Battle of Boulou (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:56, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

@Howcheng: Should Asian Pacific American Heritage Month be mentioned on this date?--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:32, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@RightCowLeftCoast: I don't think it's good enough quality. The Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage section is clearly a straight copy-paste from a National Park Service web site (someone just pasted in the HTML). —howcheng {chat} 02:35, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 02:39, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

New articles (ineligible): Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (POTD for 2020)
Omitted: Nea Ekklesia; Norman invasion of Ireland; Second Battle of Boulou; Empire State Building; Ayrton Senna/Death of Ayrton Senna; Franciscus Junius (the elder); Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Eldridge Cleaver
Included: International Workers' Day (rescued from Ineligible); Samhain (goes with Beltane); Loyalty Day (rescued from Ineligible); Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon (Báthory: 3rd appearance, last in 2016; Jagiellon: 4th, last in 2019 on October 18, her birthday); Recapture of Bahia (first appearance); The Marriage of Figaro (6th appearance, last in 2016); Gwendolyn Brooks (2nd appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on June 7, her birthday; 70th anniversary); Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo (3rd appearance, last in 2018); François de Troy (first appearance); Henry DeWolf Smyth (first appearance); Magda Goebbels (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:23, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Norman invasion of Ireland (maintenance); Species Plantarum (actual date unknown)
Omitted: Stephen Báthory/Anna Jagiellon; Recapture of Bahia; The Marriage of Figaro; Gwendolyn Brooks; Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo; François de Troy; Henry DeWolf Smyth; Magda Goebbels
Included: Acts of Union 1707/Kingdom of Great Britain (both: 5th appearance; Acts last in 2017; GB last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Citizen Kane (6th appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); Rickey Henderson/Nolan Ryan (Henderson: first appearance; Ryan: 5th appearance, last in 2013, previously appeared on August 22; 30th anniversary); 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire (first appearance); Alexander William Williamson (first appearance); Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos (first appearance); Ranasinghe Premadasa (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 07:08, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (maintenance)
Omitted: Acts of Union 1707/Kingdom of Great Britain; Citizen Kane; Rickey Henderson/Nolan Ryan; Alexander William Williamson; Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos; Ranasinghe Premadasa
Included: Nea Ekklesia (4th appearance, last in 2019); Illuminati (6th appearance, last in 2017); Moses Fleetwood Walker (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Portella della Ginestra massacre (4th appearance, last in 2017; 75th anniversary); Paul I Šubić of Bribir (first appearance); Adelsteen Normann (first appearance); Aram Khachaturian (first appearance)
Repeats: 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:14, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]