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Matthew Shepard in selected anniversaries

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Copied from the village pump:

Re: Template:October 6 selected anniversaries, today is the anniversary of the attack on Matthew Shepard. I'm worried that our write-up is needlessly wordy and sensational. It reads "1998 - Gay-bashing & Hate crimes: University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was viciously and fatally attacked for being gay." I think there is one too many adverbs and one too many categories. We should remove either "gay-bashing" or "hate crimes," and also remove the sensational word "viciously." Rhobite 02:54, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Since it only gets a day of coverage and I'm going to bed, I'm going to go ahead and make these edits. This is just a style nitpick, please nobody accuse me of homophobia until I've had my morning coffee. Rhobite 04:52, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
I like the simplicity and the readability. Thanks. :-) -- PFHLai 05:26, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

Fast of Gedalia

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While other Jewish holidays have been mentioned in selected anniversaries, the Fast of Gedalia which this year (2005) falls today has not. It is minor so it need not be listed, but I thought I'd suggest it because its minor nature makes it even more curious. --jnothman talk 02:22, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. This holy day is listed on Holidays and events in Israel, so it's not that minor. And we actually have an informative page in Wikipedia about this. I'll post it up. -- PFHLai 05:29, 6 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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howcheng {chat} 05:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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howcheng {chat} 00:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 6 October 2013

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Matthew Shepard

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While the attack was, in the end, the source of his death, the term "murder" implies that he died today. He was attacked, and died on the 12th. This wording leads the reader to believe that his attack and death occurred at the same time. While we should avoid too morbid of a description, perhaps it could be edited to read along the lines of "was attacked, leading to his death days later" or restoring "fatal attack" Antiwesley (talk) 01:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. howcheng {chat} 04:47, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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2015 notes

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howcheng {chat} 08:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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howcheng {chat} 07:35, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Replace

  • [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Honvédség|honvéd]] generals... 

with

  • [[1849]] – In [[Arad, Romania|]], present-day Romania, 13 Hungarian rebel [[Royal Hungarian Landwehr|honvéd]] generals... 

and

  • [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

with

  • [[618]] – [[Wang Shichong]]'s army [[Battle of Yanshi|defeated]] that of [[Li Mi (Sui Dynasty)|Li Mi]], allowing Wang to consolidate his power and soon depose China's [[Sui dynasty]].

Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 00:15, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb I believe you intended for this to be a fully-protected edit request, not a conflict of interest edit request. The queue for the former process is monitored much more actively than the latter. Altamel (talk) 04:52, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done Seems like the Li Mi bit was done per WP:ERRORS, I've done the other one. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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howcheng {chat} 06:52, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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howcheng {chat} 01:11, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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howcheng {chat} 16:11, 7 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 request

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@Howcheng: - it's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Jenny Lind OTD. Mjroots (talk) 05:29, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

She normally appears on May 19, but we can temporarily move her for this year. howcheng {chat} 06:20, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Mjroots: Oops, forgot about this. howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Howcheng: Never mind, stuff happens. Mjroots (talk) 05:12, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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howcheng {chat} 03:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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howcheng {chat} 01:21, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

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Heart (talk) 06:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

'Spanish republican regime'

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The word 'regime' is nowadays, more often than not, used as a pejorative to imply a dictatorship, which is not adequate for this case. 'Government' would be a neutral replacement. I have made the corresponding edit in the article about the Events of 6 October. 62.73.72.3 (talk) 02:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]