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ATLAS experiment

ATLAS is the largest general-purpose particle detector experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland. The experiment is designed to take advantage of the unprecedented energy available at the LHC and observe phenomena that involve highly massive particles which were not observable using earlier lower-energy accelerators. ATLAS was one of the two LHC experiments involved in the discovery of the Higgs boson in July 2012. It was also designed to search for evidence of theories of particle physics beyond the Standard Model. This image shows the eight toroid magnet surrounding the calorimeter in the center.

ATLAS experiment

credit: Maximilien Brice, CERN

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Tyrannosaurus[edit]

Is a fossil discovery noteworthy? Is there something special about this fossil? RickK 06:10, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)

That's the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever found. Is this significant enough to be included on the MainPage ? I'd say it's a weak case. -- PFHLai 18:57, 2005 August 9 (UTC)
The History Channel currently seems to think it's noteworthy that it is the current lead story on its "This Day in History" page for Aug 12.[1] I just re-added it here to replace another item that needs cleanup – the only two reasons I picked that one first is because of The History Channel page, and an excuse to bold and feature the current FA Tyrannosaurus. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 03:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 10:31, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 08:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:36, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 02:42, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 03:44, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 22:42, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:47, 13 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 17:49, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2023 rationale[edit]

  • 1099 is included due to wanting to have at least one not from the 20th century
  • Avoided Fort Andross as the article was featured on June 16
  • Avoided quagga since it would have been the 4th consecutive time it has appeared, despite it being it's 90th anniversary
  • Avoided the 1914 and 1944 entry as to avoid having a war heavy day since I included the 1099 entry on the Battle of Ascalon

Heart (talk) 13:05, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HeartGlow30797. Thanks again for working in this area. Couple of comments - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Abraham Zacuto is undercited in general and I couldn't see a citation for the birth date?
  • For 2023 we have started featuring four borths/deaths a day, so another should be added. I am trying to improve our coverage of non-American and non-European figures so would be good if one of these is eligible - Dumelow (talk) 10:09, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the notes on this one! I have removed Abraham Zacuto. In my off time, I have been trying to find new articles in general to feature here. Heart (talk) 01:32, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Dumelow, I have completed them. Thanks so much for the feedback as it helps me improve! Heart (talk) 01:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]