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Blackrocks Brewery is a craft brewery and taproom in Marquette, Michigan. Taking the name from a local landmark, former pharmaceutical salesmen David Manson and Andy Langlois opened Blackrocks in 2010. At the time, it was a nanobrewery with a small brewing system in the basement of a Victorian-style house. Two other floors formed the brewery's taproom. High demand for Blackrocks' beer quickly led them to add to their brewing capacity with larger systems and by purchasing a former Coca-Cola bottling plant. The brewery's taproom was expanded into an adjacent property in the early 2020s, doubling its available indoor area. An outdoor patio with firepits is also available. Blackrocks produced about 12,687 barrels of beer in 2023, up about 11% from the year prior, and As of 2024 [update] is the largest brewery in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Their most popular beer is 51K, an American IPA named for a local ski marathon. ( Full article...)
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Was wondering if we could add Assyrian mardyrs day to the list. Chaldean 16:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
He apparently crossed the Pacific in 101 days, all on August 7. Hmm.
Actually, he arrived on August 7; can we correct the item about it? — crism ( talk) 03:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:28, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:09, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
No. 1: the word "of" is missing: one of the symbols Saint Petersburg --> one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg No. 5: "simultaneously exploded" should be reversed to "exploded simultaneously" since adverbs normally follow the verb (whereas in the article, "simultaneous explosions" is correct, since adjectives normally precede the noun). Awien ( talk) 23:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 05:52, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
The entry's current wording, suggesting that "Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against the separatist region of South Ossetia, opening the six-day Russo-Georgian War" is not NPOV. By endorsing one of the competing versions, we are definitely taking sides as circumstances of the August 7 2008 escalation are highly disputed. It is not that difficult to describe the event in a more neutral vein. Any thoughts? -- Kober Talk 16:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
The current entry indeed regurgitates Putin's propaganda claiming that Georgia initiated armed conflict. This claim has long been debunked as war propaganda. In reality, South Ossetian separatists, encouraged by Russia, were attacking Georgian villages in the disputed area until Georgian military responded. Putin and Medvedev painted Georgia's reaction as a wanton assault on peaceful Russian citizens compelling Russia to defend herself from Georgian attack.
The following entries would be factual and neutral:
South Ossetian separatists initiated armed hostilities by launching artillery attacks against Georgian villages on August 1, which would lead to a war between Georgia and Russia.
After months of staging provocations against Georgia, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Georgia with the pretext of self-defense from Georgian "aggression" on August 8. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.22.86 ( talk) 12:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 16:41, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:28, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:47, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Due to a lack of time, I only checked the articles that were included for this year. — howcheng { chat} 08:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 20:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 17:23, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
This is the talk page for making suggestions or discussing improvements to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 7.
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Today's featured article for August 7, 2024 |
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Blackrocks Brewery is a craft brewery and taproom in Marquette, Michigan. Taking the name from a local landmark, former pharmaceutical salesmen David Manson and Andy Langlois opened Blackrocks in 2010. At the time, it was a nanobrewery with a small brewing system in the basement of a Victorian-style house. Two other floors formed the brewery's taproom. High demand for Blackrocks' beer quickly led them to add to their brewing capacity with larger systems and by purchasing a former Coca-Cola bottling plant. The brewery's taproom was expanded into an adjacent property in the early 2020s, doubling its available indoor area. An outdoor patio with firepits is also available. Blackrocks produced about 12,687 barrels of beer in 2023, up about 11% from the year prior, and As of 2024 [update] is the largest brewery in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Their most popular beer is 51K, an American IPA named for a local ski marathon. ( Full article...)
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Was wondering if we could add Assyrian mardyrs day to the list. Chaldean 16:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
He apparently crossed the Pacific in 101 days, all on August 7. Hmm.
Actually, he arrived on August 7; can we correct the item about it? — crism ( talk) 03:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 06:28, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:09, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
No. 1: the word "of" is missing: one of the symbols Saint Petersburg --> one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg No. 5: "simultaneously exploded" should be reversed to "exploded simultaneously" since adverbs normally follow the verb (whereas in the article, "simultaneous explosions" is correct, since adjectives normally precede the noun). Awien ( talk) 23:03, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 05:52, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:13, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 07:14, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
The entry's current wording, suggesting that "Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against the separatist region of South Ossetia, opening the six-day Russo-Georgian War" is not NPOV. By endorsing one of the competing versions, we are definitely taking sides as circumstances of the August 7 2008 escalation are highly disputed. It is not that difficult to describe the event in a more neutral vein. Any thoughts? -- Kober Talk 16:39, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
The current entry indeed regurgitates Putin's propaganda claiming that Georgia initiated armed conflict. This claim has long been debunked as war propaganda. In reality, South Ossetian separatists, encouraged by Russia, were attacking Georgian villages in the disputed area until Georgian military responded. Putin and Medvedev painted Georgia's reaction as a wanton assault on peaceful Russian citizens compelling Russia to defend herself from Georgian attack.
The following entries would be factual and neutral:
South Ossetian separatists initiated armed hostilities by launching artillery attacks against Georgian villages on August 1, which would lead to a war between Georgia and Russia.
After months of staging provocations against Georgia, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Georgia with the pretext of self-defense from Georgian "aggression" on August 8. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.237.22.86 ( talk) 12:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 16:41, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:28, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 15:47, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
Due to a lack of time, I only checked the articles that were included for this year. — howcheng { chat} 08:34, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 20:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
— howcheng { chat} 17:23, 8 August 2021 (UTC)