Frequently asked questions Q1: Why is , 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 . 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 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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The Xbox 360 is a video game console released by Microsoft in 2005. This is the "Pro" model from the launch line-up, which featured a 20GB hard drive, wireless controller and a silver DVD bezel. The production date of this unit is 2005-11-05, making it a very early unit. Of note is the gray on the hard drive at the top, which is very shiny and silvery. This was changed to a matte gray in later models. credit: Evan-Amos Recently featured: Archive More featured pictures view talk edit history watch file page create protected version (To create the protected version, replace the first line with {{subst:POTD row and save the page.)

The image of Lyndon Johnson was changed to Image:Johnson Oath of Office.jpg --evrik 22:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. -- PFHLai 16:02, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

• New articles (ineligible): Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (last appeared in 2005, but got deleted somewhere along the way)
• Moved to Ineligible: Assassination of John F. Kennedy (maintenance)
• Omitted: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius; Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa; Boléro (ineligible—maintenance); Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit; Angela Merkel
• Included: Blackbeard (4th appearance, last in 2010); Canut revolts (3rd appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible); Denver (first appearance); United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (4th appearance, last in 2007); Orange Revolution (5th appearance, last in 2010)

—howcheng {chat} 13:09, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I would like to know why his assassination is "ineligible" to be included on this day. Every year it is mentioned in the U.S.'s world news broadcasts, so I think it should warrant inclusion. — WylieCoyote (talk) 13:42, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

There is a yellow-level maintenance tag in the External links section. Even if that's fixed, It will probably be still be omitted this year so that it can roll on for next year's 50th anniversary. —howcheng {chat} 17:20, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I see. I missed that part in the guidelines #8. Too bad the tag is 18 months old and never been fixed. Thanks! — WylieCoyote (talk) 13:25, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

• Moved to Ineligible: Cutty Sark (maintenance)
• Omitted: Blackbeard; Canut revolts; Denver; United Nations Security Council Resolution 242; Orange Revolution
• Included: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius (Symmachus: 3rd appearance, last in 2012 (also appeared on October 23); Laurentius: 2nd appearance, last in 2011); Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Assassination of John F. Kennedy (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 50th anniversary); Angela Merkel (4th appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 07:43, 21 November 2013 (UTC)reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Juan Carlos I of Spain
• Omitted: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius; Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa; Assassination of John F. Kennedy; Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit; Angela Merkel
• Included: Lebanon (rescued from Ineligible); Blackbeard (5th appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Wild Cat Creek (first appearance); Revolt of the Lash (3rd appearance, last in 2011; moved from November 21); United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (5th appearance, last in 2012); Orange Revolution (6th appearance, last in 2012; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 08:52, 21 November 2014 (UTC)reply

• Omitted: Blackbeard; Battle of Wild Cat Creek; Revolt of the Lash; United Nations Security Council Resolution 242; Orange Revolution
• Included: Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Canut revolts (4th appearance, last in 2012); Juan Carlos I of Spain (6th appearance, last in 2010; 40th anniversary); Toy Story (first appearance; 20th anniversary); Angela Merkel (5th appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 20 November 2015 (UTC)reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius (both: maintenance); Mike Tyson (maintenance)
• Omitted: Canut revolts; Juan Carlos I of Spain; Angela Merkel
• Included: Blackbeard (6th appearance, last in 2014); Revolt of the Lash (4th appearance, last in 2014); Boléro (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible)
• Repeats: Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Toy Story (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:42, 21 November 2016 (UTC)reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Canut revolts (maintenance); Juan Carlos I of Spain (maintenance); Orange Revolution (maintenance); Angela Merkel (maintenance)
• Omitted: Lebanon; Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa; Boléro; Toy Story
• Included: Battle of Wild Cat Creek (2nd appearance, last in 2014); China Clipper (first appearance); United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (6th appearance, last in 2014; 50th anniversary); As-Salih Ayyub (first appearance); Serranus Clinton Hastings (first appearance); Hans Adolf Krebs (first appearance)
• Repeats: Blackbeard (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Revolt of the Lash (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:15, 22 November 2017 (UTC)reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Denver (maintenance); College lacrosse (maintenance)
• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Mike Tyson
• Omitted: Battle of Wild Cat Creek; Revolt of the Lash; China Clipper; United Nations Security Council Resolution 242; As-Salih Ayyub; Serranus Clinton Hastings; Hans Adolf Krebs
• Included: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius (Symmachus: 4th appearance; Laurentius: 3rd appearance; both last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); SS Ville du Havre (first appearance); The Beatles (album) (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (4th appearance, last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Johann Christian Reil (first appearance); Katherine Plunket (first appearance); Scarlett Johansson (first appearance)
• Repeats: Blackbeard (3rd consecutive appearance, 8 total; 300th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 07:04, 22 November 2018 (UTC)reply

• Moved to Ineligible: China Clipper (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion
• Omitted: Blackbeard; SS Ville du Havre; The Beatles (album); Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit; Johann Christian Reil; Katherine Plunket; Scarlett Johansson
• Included: Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (5th appearance, last in 2016); Revolt of the Lash (6th appearance, last in 2017); Cairngorm Plateau disaster (first appearance); Francis Willughby (first appearance); Mary Boykin Chesnut (first appearance); Marjane Satrapi (first appearance)
• Repeats: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius (2nd consecutive appearance; Symmachus: 5 total; Laurentius: 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:01, 25 November 2019 (UTC)reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Wild Cat Creek
• New articles (unused): Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres; George Eliot
• Omitted: Pope Symmachus/Antipope Laurentius; Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa; Revolt of the Lash; Cairngorm Plateau disaster; Francis Willughby; Mary Boykin Chesnut; Marjane Satrapi
• Included: Blackbeard (9th appearance, last in 2018); SS Ville du Havre (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Mike Tyson (3rd appearance, last in 2005); Toy Story (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 25th anniversary); As-Salih Ayyub (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Katherine Plunket (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 200th birthday); Asima Chatterjee (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 04:13, 24 November 2020 (UTC)reply

• New articles (ineligible): Baby Huwae (POTD for 2021)
• Omitted: SS Ville du Havre; Mike Tyson; Toy Story; As-Salih Ayyub; Katherine Plunket; Asima Chatterjee
• Included: Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa (6th appearance, last in 2019); Congress of Manastir (first appearance as blurb; previously was included as observance); Boléro (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Cairngorm Plateau disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 50th anniversary); Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (first appearance; 300th birthday); John Alsop (first appearance); Mick Shann (first appearance)
• Repeats: Blackbeard (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

—howcheng {chat} 07:45, 23 November 2021 (UTC)reply