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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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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.

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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.
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2012 notes

Omitted: Timur's invasions of Georgia; Port Arthur massacre (China); Brazilian battleship Minas Geraes/Brazilian battleship São Paulo/Brazilian cruiser Bahia/Revolt of the Lash; God Defend New Zealand (ineligible—POTD for 2012)
Included: Lwów pogrom (1918) (first appearance); Canoe River train crash (first appearance); Birmingham pub bombings (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Who Done It (Dallas) (first appearance); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 11:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: Lwów pogrom (1918) no longer eligible; replaced with Port Arthur massacre (China) (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total). —howcheng {chat} 17:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

Omitted: Port Arthur massacre (China); Canoe River train crash; Birmingham pub bombings; Who Done It (Dallas); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion
Included: Timur's invasions of Georgia (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Lwów pogrom (1918) (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Sino-Indian War (2nd appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Humberto Vidal explosion (first appearance); Pierre Amine Gemayel (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 06:30, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Deleted: Revolt of the Lash (moved to November 22); Who Done It (Dallas) (A House Divided appears on March 21 and "Who Shot JR" is not so important that it deserves two different blurbs)
Omitted: Sino-Indian War; Humberto Vidal explosion; Pierre Amine Gemayel
Included: Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh) (rescued from Ineligible); Port Arthur massacre (China) (4th appearance, last in 2012); Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (3rd appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary); Birmingham pub bombings (4th appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total); Lwów pogrom (1918) (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 06:23, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Lwów pogrom (1918); Verrazano–Narrows Bridge; Birmingham pub bombings
Included: Bloody Sunday (1920) (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); God Defend New Zealand (7th appearance, last in 2011); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (3rd consecutive appearance, 4 total); Port Arthur massacre (China) (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:10, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Friendly suggestion for next year:

2013 – Massive protests started across Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended singing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement. — Yulia Romero • Talk to me! 22:18, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (maintenance)
Omitted: Bloody Sunday (1920); God Defend New Zealand; 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion
Included: Canoe River train crash (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Humberto Vidal explosion; (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 20th anniversary) Pierre Amine Gemayel (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (4th consecutive appearance, 5 total); Port Arthur massacre (China) (3rd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 03:21, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Bloody Sunday (1920) (maintenance); Sino-Indian War (maintenance)
New articles (ineligible): Euromaidan (maintenance)
Omitted: Canoe River train crash; Humberto Vidal explosion; Pierre Amine Gemayel (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh) (rescued from Ineligible); HMHS Britannic (first appearance); God Defend New Zealand (8th appearance, last in 2015; 40th anniversary); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Columbanus (first appearance); James Hogg (first appearance); Annie (singer) (first appearance)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (5th consecutive appearance, 6 total); Port Arthur massacre (China) (4th consecutive appearance, 7 total)

—howcheng {chat} 17:20, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Omitted: Timur's invasions of Georgia; HMHS Britannic (deleted—moved to February 26); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion; Columbanus; James Hogg; Annie (singer)
Included: Lwów pogrom (1918) (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 100th anniversary); Rebecca Latimer Felton (first appearance); 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing (first appearance); Anne de Xainctonge (first appearance); Alexander Berkman (first appearance); Leopold Berchtold (first appearance)
Repeats: Port Arthur massacre (China) (5th consecutive appearance, 8 total); God Defend New Zealand (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 23:46, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Humberto Vidal explosion (maintenance)
Omitted: Lwów pogrom (1918); Rebecca Latimer Felton; God Defend New Zealand; 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing; Anne de Xainctonge; Alexander Berkman; Leopold Berchtold
Included: Timur's invasions of Georgia (7th appearance, last in 2017); Canoe River train crash (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (4th appearance, last in 2014); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion (4th appearance, last in 2017); Henry Purcell (first appearance); Hetty Green (first appearance); Victor Chang (first appearance)
Repeats: Port Arthur massacre (China) (6th consecutive appearance, 9 total; 125th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 17:33, 22 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Lwów pogrom (1918) (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Bernardo Pasquini; Joe Darling
Omitted: Port Arthur massacre (China); Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion; Hetty Green; Victor Chang
Included: Bloody Sunday (1920) (8th appearance, last in 2015; 100th anniversary; rescued from Ineligible); Operation Ivory Coast (first appearance; 50th anniversary); 2015 Brussels lockdown (first appearance); Alexander Berkman (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 150th birthday); Stan Musial (first appearance; 100th birthday)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total); Canoe River train crash (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total; 70th anniversary); Henry Purcell (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 325th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 23:44, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

New articles (ineligible): Bernardo Pasquini (maintenance)
Omitted: Bloody Sunday (1920); Canoe River train crash; Operation Ivory Coast; 2015 Brussels lockdown; Henry Purcell; Alexander Berkman; Stan Musial
Included: Port Arthur massacre (China) (10th appearance, last in 2019); Alan Freed (first appearance); Birmingham pub bombings (5th appearance, last in 2014); 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion; Columbanus (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Joe Darling (first appearance); Michael Strahan (first appearance)
Repeats: Timur's invasions of Georgia (3rd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 08:31, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]