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What about See You at the Pole? 74.137.230.39 01:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC) reply

Already replied at Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries#See You at the Pole is today. -- PFHLai 18:02, 16 October 2006 (UTC) reply

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Could you replace the E=mc² with the MOS-compliant E = mc². I.e.

{{*mp}} [[1905]] – The physics journal ''[[Annalen der Physik]]'' published [[Albert Einstein]]'s fourth [[Annus Mirabilis papers|Annus Mirabilis paper]] "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", which introduced the equation '''[[Mass–energy equivalence|E=mc²]]'''.

with

{{*mp}} [[1905]] – The physics journal ''[[Annalen der Physik]]'' published [[Albert Einstein]]'s fourth [[Annus Mirabilis papers|Annus Mirabilis paper]] "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", which introduced the equation '''[[Mass–energy equivalence|{{nowrap|''E'' {{=}} ''mc''<sup>2</sup>}}]]'''.

Thanks. Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC) reply

 Done Skier Dude ( talk 04:18, 28 September 2010 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Shenzhou 7 (appears on September 25)
• New articles (unused): Dawn (spacecraft) (ineligible—just appeared on ITN)
• Omitted: Iyasu V; Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy; Taliban/ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• Included: Liberty ship (first appearance); GNU (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Sukhumi massacre (first appearance); Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University (first appearance)
• Repeats: Treaty of Melno (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

— howcheng { chat} 05:50, 26 September 2012 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Dawn (spacecraft)
• New articles (unused): BAC TSR-2
• Omitted: Treaty of Melno; Liberty ship; GNU; Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University
• Included: Lancaster, Pennsylvania (3rd appearance, last in 2010); Ellen Southard (first appearance); Iyasu V (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy (Aung San Suu Kyi: 5th appearance, last in 2011; National League: first appearance; 25th anniversary)
• Repeats: Sukhumi massacre (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 05:33, 26 September 2013 (UTC) reply

• New articles (unused): SS Arctic disaster ( TFA for 2014)
• Omitted: Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Ellen Southard; Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy; Sukhumi massacre
• Includes: Battle of Kircholm (first appearance); Stockton and Darlington Railway (7th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); BAC TSR-2 (first appearance; 50th anniversary); Dawn (spacecraft) (first appearance)
• Repeats: Iyasu V (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

— howcheng { chat} 07:26, 26 September 2014 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): SS Arctic disaster
• Omitted: Battle of Kircholm; Stockton and Darlington Railway; Iyasu V; BAC TSR-2; Dawn (spacecraft)
• Included: Treaty of Melno (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Jean-François Champollion (first appearance); Ellen Southard (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Ford Model T (5th appearance, last in 2010); GNU (6th appearance, last in 2012)

— howcheng { chat} 07:51, 25 September 2015 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Lancaster, Pennsylvania (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Last use of capital punishment in Spain
• Omitted: Treaty of Melno; Jean-François Champollion; Ellen Southard; Ford Model T; GNU
• Included: Stockton and Darlington Railway (8th appearance, last in 2014); SS Arctic disaster (first appearance); Iyasu V (4th appearance, last in 2014; 100th anniversary); Liberty ship (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 75th anniversary); Taliban/ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban: 4th appearance; Afghanistan: 2nd appearance; both last in 2011; 20th anniversary)

— howcheng { chat} 16:19, 27 September 2016 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Kirchholm (maintenance); Sukhumi massacre (maintenance)
• New articles (unused): Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (blurb previously featured Ford Model T which is currently ineligible); Bobby Jones (golfer); Silent Spring; 2014 Mount Ontake eruption
• Omitted: Stockton and Darlington Railway; SS Arctic disaster; Iyasu V; Liberty ship (ineligible—maintenance); Taliban/ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
• Included: Treaty of Melno (4th appearance, last in 2015); Ellen Southard (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Flag of China (first appearance); Last use of capital punishment in Spain (first appearance); Dawn (spacecraft) (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 10th anniversary); Thomas Nast (first appearance); Edgar Degas (first appearance); Avril Lavigne (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 15:42, 27 September 2017 (UTC) reply

@ Howcheng: Thanks for your efforts in OTD. I nominated Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh for OTD of 27 September but I find out that you removed it from the list. What's my fault, would you explain to me? Saff V. ( talk) 06:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC) reply

@ Saff V.: Please see this edit. There are some problems with the article. — howcheng { chat} 15:36, 26 September 2018 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Bali tiger; Tripartite Pact; SS Patrick Henry/ Liberty ship
• New articles (unused): Mohammad Najibullah (moved from September 28 and added to Taliban/ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan blurb)
• Omitted: World Tourism Day (ineligible—maintenance); Treaty of Melno; Ellen Southard; Flag of China; Last use of capital punishment in Spain; Dawn (spacecraft); Thomas Nast; Edgar Degas; Avril Lavigne
• Included: Stockton and Darlington Railway (9th appearance, last in 2016); SS Arctic disaster (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Bobby Jones (golfer) (first appearance); BAC TSR-2 (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy (ASSK: 6th appearance; NLD: 2nd appearance; both last in 2013; 30th anniversary); Felice della Rovere (first appearance); Ivan Goncharov (first appearance); Gwyneth Paltrow (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 15:53, 27 September 2018 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Bali tiger (date questionable)
• Omitted: Stockton and Darlington Railway; SS Arctic disaster; Bobby Jones (golfer); BAC TSR-2; Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy; Felice della Rovere; Ivan Goncharov; Gwyneth Paltrow
• Included: Treaty of Melno (5th appearance, last in 2017); Jean-François Champollion (3rd appearance, last in 2017; also appeared on December 23, his birthday); Flag of China (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 70th anniversary); 2014 Mount Ontake eruption (first appearance); Guillaume Rondelet (first appearance); Braxton Bragg (first appearance); Kenji Nagai (first appearance)

— howcheng { chat} 18:00, 30 September 2019 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Bobby Jones (golfer) (maintenance); Silent Spring (maintenance); Mohammad Najibullah/ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Afghanistan: maintenance); Avril Lavigne (maintenance)
• Omitted: Treaty of Melno; Jean-François Champollion; Flag of China; 2014 Mount Ontake eruption; Guillaume Rondelet; Braxton Bragg; Kenji Nagai
• Included: Locomotion No. 1/ Stockton and Darlington Railway (Locomotion: first appearance; S&DR: 10th, last in 2018); Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (first appearance); Tripartite Pact (6th appearance, last in 2010; 80th anniversary); GNU (6th appearance, last in 2015); Flaminio Scala (first appearance); Bernard Courtois (first appearance); Asashōryū Akinori (first appearance; 40th birthday)

— howcheng { chat} 06:40, 30 September 2020 (UTC) reply

• Moved to Ineligible: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyanga University (maintenance)
• Omitted: Locomotion No. 1; Ford Piquette Avenue Plant; Tripartite Pact; Flaminio Scala; Bernard Courtois; Asashōryū Akinori
• Included: Jean-François Champollion (4th appearance, last in 2019); Ellen Southard (4th appearance, last in 2017); Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (5th appearance, last in 2016); SS Patrick Henry/ Liberty ship (PH: first appearance; Ship: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Alphonsus Liguori (first appearance; 325th birthday); William Rulofson (first appearance); Sylvia Pankhurst (first appearance)
• Repeats: GNU (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

— howcheng { chat} 07:46, 28 September 2021 (UTC) reply

• Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
• Omitted: Jean-François Champollion; Ellen Southard; Lij Iyasu; SS Patrick Henry/ Liberty ship; GNU; Alphonsus Liguori; William Rulofson; Sylvia Pankhurst
• Included: Siege of Inabayama Castle (first appearance); Pedra Branca, Singapore (first appearance); SS Arctic disaster (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Aung San Suu Kyi/ National League for Democracy (Aung San Suu Kyi: 7th appearance; National League: 3rd appearance; both last in 2018); Mohammad Najibullah (first appearance); Felice della Rovere (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Flaminio Scala (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Asashōryū Akinori (2nd appearance, last in 2020)

Heart ^(talk) 04:00, 29 July 2023 (UTC) reply