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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.

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Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?

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2012 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

New articles (unused): Truman assassination attempt; Mackinac Bridge
Omitted: Name of Austria; The Tempest/Othello; 1755 Lisbon earthquake (ineligible—maintenance); Turkish alphabet
Included: White House (5th appearance, last in 2010); Provinces of New Zealand (first appearance); Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (first appearance); Jacques Plante (first appearance)
Repeats: European Court of Human Rights (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:46, 31 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

- For coming years, do consider the article All Saints' massacre. --Soman (talk) 04:12, 2 November 2012 (UTC)Reply
  - Unfortunately, that article is far too short to be included. —howcheng {chat} 05:08, 31 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

2013 notes

Latest comment: 10 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: White House; Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Jacques Plante; European Court of Human Rights
Included: Empress Matilda/Stephen, King of England (both: first appearance); Turkish alphabet (6th appearance, last in 2011); Algerian War (4th appearance, last in 2006; rescued from Ineligible); Arecibo Observatory (7th appearance, last in 2009; 50th anniversary)
Repeats: Provinces of New Zealand (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:13, 31 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

2014 notes

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Empress Matilda/Stephen, King of England; Turkish alphabet; Algerian War (ineligible—maintenance); Arecibo Observatory
Included: Name of Austria (2nd appearance, last in 2011); The Tempest/Othello (both: 4th appearance, last in 2011); Truman assassination attempt (first appearance); Lê Quang Tung/1963 South Vietnamese coup (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 09:54, 31 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

2015 notes

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: White House (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka
Omitted: Name of Austria; The Tempest/Othello; Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman; Lê Quang Tung/1963 South Vietnamese coup
Included: Stephen, King of England (2nd appearance, last in 2013; blurb previously also featured Empress Matilda, which was moved to April 7); Turkish alphabet (7th appearance, last in 2013); Athenagoras I of Constantinople (first appearance); European Court of Human Rights (3rd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Provinces of New Zealand (4th consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 11:09, 30 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

2016 notes

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Mackinac Bridge (maintenance)
Omitted: Turkish alphabet; Athenagoras I of Constantinople; European Court of Human Rights
Included: The Tempest/Othello (both: 5th appearance, last in 2014); Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka (all: first appearance; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Stephen, King of England (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total; 975th anniversary); Provinces of New Zealand (5th consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:22, 1 November 2016 (UTC)Reply

2017 notes

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Name of Austria (maintenance); Turkish alphabet (maintenance); Athenagoras I of Constantinople (maintenance); Arecibo Observatory (maintenance)
Omitted: All Saints' Day (ineligible—maintenance); Algeria (ineligible—maintenance); World Vegan Day (ineligible—maintenance); Stephen, King of England (ineligible—maintenance); The Tempest/Othello (Tempest: ineligible—maintenance); Provinces of New Zealand (ineligible—maintenance); Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka
Included: Siege of Sinope (first appearance); First Australian Imperial Force (first appearance); Jacques Plante (2nd appearance, last in 2012); European Court of Human Rights (4th appearance, last in 2015); Matthew Hale (jurist) (first appearance); Emma Albani (first appearance); Walter Payton (first appearance)
Repeats: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:24, 1 November 2017 (UTC)Reply

2018 notes

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): The Tempest/Othello
Omitted: Siege of Sinope; Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico; Jacques Plante; European Court of Human Rights (ineligible—maintenance); Matthew Hale (jurist); Emma Albani; Walter Payton
Included: Stephen, King of England (5th appearance, last in 2017; previously appeared on February 2; rescued from Ineligible); Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka (all: 2nd appearance, last in 2016); Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (first appearance); Józef Zajączek (first appearance); Jan Matejko (first appearance); Joan McCracken (first appearance)
Repeats: First Australian Imperial Force (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:40, 1 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

2019 notes

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

New articles (ineligible): Tina Arena (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Caroline Still Anderson; Edward Said
Omitted: Stephen, King of England; First Australian Imperial Force; Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka; Motion Picture Association of America film rating system (ineligible—maintenance); Józef Zajączek; Jan Matejko; Joan McCracken
Included: All Saints' Day (rescued from Ineligible); October 1503 papal conclave/Pope Julius II (both: first appearance); The Tempest/Othello (both: 6th appearance, last in 2016); 1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan (first appearance); Jacques Plante (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 60th anniversary); William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros (first appearance); Antonio Canova (first appearance); Walter Payton (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:07, 4 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

2020 notes

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Moved to Ineligible: Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman (maintenance)
Omitted: All Saints' Day (ineligible—maintenance); The Tempest/Othello (Othello now ineligible due to maintenance); 1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan; Jacques Plante; William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros; Antonio Canova; Walter Payton
Included: Siege of Sinope (2nd appearance, last in 2017); First Australian Imperial Force (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Rwandan Revolution (first appearance); Józef Zajączek (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Caroline Still Anderson (first appearance); Anthony van Hoboken (first appearance)
Repeats: October 1503 papal conclave (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; blurb also previously featured Pope Julius II, which is currently ineligible due to maintenance)

—howcheng {chat} 18:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

2021 notes

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Omitted: Siege of Sinope; October 1503 papal conclave; Rwandan Revolution; Caroline Still Anderson; Anthony van Hoboken
Included: Stephen, King of England (6th appearance, last in 2018); Juventus F.C. (first appearance); Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (4th appearance, last in 2017; 80th anniversary); Kerala/Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka (all: 3rd appearance, last in 2018); Stephen Crane (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 150th birthday; normally appears on June 5, his death date); Joan McCracken (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Józef Zajączek (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); First Australian Imperial Force (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:03, 2 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

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