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Well, the 1990 entry is as wrong as it can be (the change of basic law abolishing Article 23 came into force September 29, 1990). On November 14 the Treaty confirming the border was signed ... See e.g. pl: or de: (and I DO hope the collegues at th: got it right and not from en: ... Interpretix TALK 06:41, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Coventry bombing[edit]

I've also posted the following in "Errors in Selected anniversaries/On this day", my apologies if such multiple posting goes against wikipedia etiquette

"1940 - Coventry Cathedral and much of the city centre of Coventry, England was destroyed in heavy Luftwaffe bombing"

Not so much an error, but "luftwaffe bombing", currently linking to Battle of Britain, should perhaps link to The Blitz (or even Coventry Blitz). The former is the battle for air superiority over Britain, the latter the partly concurrent bombing of civilian and infrastructure targets of which the bombing of coventry was a part. The Battle of Britain is generally considered to have finished by October, though the Blitz was only just beginning. --Mongreilf 10:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the suggestion. The line is now re-written to feature Coventry Blitz. --PFHLai 13:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing Colombia with Columbia[edit]

It's "Colombia" and "Colombian", not "Columbia" and "Columbian"! Please fix both mistakes. Chanheigeorge 00:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WDD[edit]

I'd like to see World Diabetes Day listed on this page. --Ali'i 13:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unnecessary "One of"[edit]

Going by the main article, it seems Mariner 9 indeed was the first spcecraft to orbit another planet. In that case the "one of" in the below sentence need to be removed. (If it was among the first, then "spacecraft" to be changed to "spacecrafts")

1971 – NASA's Mariner 9 reached Mars, becoming one of the first spacecraft to orbit another planet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.243.253.254 (talk) 11:36, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 07:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sebastian Vettel[edit]

There's a word missing fron his blurb, apparently "youngest". Awien (talk) 23:31, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 10:27, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 14 November 2014[edit]

should be

ships are always a "she" not an "it"; see the HMS Ark Royal (91) page Palaeozoic99 (talk) 03:51, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: That's not true - see WP:SHE4SHIPS. Also, fixes for items currently on the Main Page are usually better placed on WP:ERRORS. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 04:58, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Done Actually, on second thoughts, I'll make the change. There isn't a reason to prefer "she" over "it" for ships in general, but I admit that we should probably be consistent between articles and their Main Page summaries. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 05:02, 14 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 08:32, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion to add Ruby Bridges' first day at school (first black child to attend an all-white school in the US), 1960[edit]

Hi, I'd like to suggest that this day also feature the historic first day of school for a black child at an all-white elementary school in the US - the child was Ruby Bridges, in the year 1960. Thanks! MurielMary (talk) 02:41, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

She was the first in the entire country? The article says she was the first in Louisiana (or at least, it's ambiguous). If it's the latter, I'm reluctant to add it in. —howcheng {chat} 17:14, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Howcheng it's taken me a whole year to get back to this! Yes you are right Bridges was first to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the southern states of the US (not in all of the US obviously because other states didn't have segregated education systems). I still think this is notable enough to include - Bridges is considered the first black child to break the colour barrier of white schools in the south - and there is also a great picture in the article of the US State Marshals accompanying Bridges to school which could go on the main page too. MurielMary (talk) 10:12, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Error to fix in 2016 staging area[edit]

Howcheng I can't see how to edit this myself, but FYI the text in the 2016 version of this needs to be fixed as it still reads "pictured" next to the line about the guy and the ship although the image is now of something else. MurielMary (talk) 09:52, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 21:01, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 08:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:14, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 17:12, 15 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 04:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

—howcheng {chat} 18:43, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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