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Kinkaku-ji

I suggest including mention of the burning of the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji (properly Rokuon-ji) in Kyoto on this date in 1950. Fg2 (talk) 23:40, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some reason why this article has been tagged with {{expand}} essentially since April 2008?[1][2] Zzyzx11 (talk) 13:57, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. Perhaps if you ask on the talk page of the article, you'll get an answer. Fg2 (talk) 21:27, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can "... destroying what is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan" be worded to be less astonishing? We seem to be inferring the pre-1950 building was less popular than the reconstruction, which, reading the article, is still far from clear. Sparafucil (talk) 04:23, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ending div tag

{{editprotected}} This template has an ending div that that isn't needed after the list. This tag is messing up the display of User:Dudemanfellabra/Sandbox2, my personal main page. Could someone take this out? --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 06:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The tag was used for the early stages of the old version of the main page, but apparently this particular one was missed with the conversion of the current version of the main page. Zzyzx11 (talk) 14:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Dudemanfellabra (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Vietnam (maintenance)
Omitted: Qianling Mausoleum; James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield; Kinkaku-ji; Vicente Fox
Included: Xuanwu Gate Incident (4th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Amelia Earhart (8th appearance, last in 2010); 1997 Asian financial crisis (5th appearance, last in 2010); Steve Fossett (first appearance; 10th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Marston Moor (8th consecutive appearance, 8 total)

—howcheng {chat} 05:01, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 observances

Omitted: Xuanwu Gate Incident; Battle of Marston Moor; Amelia Earhart; 1997 Asian financial crisis; Steve Fossett
Included: Qianling Mausoleum (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Sherman Antitrust Act (first appearance); East St. Louis Riot (first appearance); Kinkaku-ji (2nd appearance, last in 2011); Vietnam (7th appearance as blurb, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 06:11, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Sherman Antitrust Act; East St. Louis Riot; Kinkaku-ji; Vietnam
Included: Battle of Marston Moor (9th appearance, last in 2012); James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2011); Civil Rights Act of 1964 (6th appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary); Vicente Fox (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: Qianling Mausoleum (2nd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 10:32, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Omitted: Qianling Mausoleum; Battle of Marston Moor; James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Vicente Fox
Included: Xuanwu Gate Incident (5th appearance, last in 2012); French frigate Méduse (1810)/The Raft of the Medusa (both: first appearance); Amelia Earhart (9th appearance, last in 2012); Walmart (first appearance); 1997 Asian financial crisis (6th appearance, last in 2012)

—howcheng {chat} 05:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Sherman Antitrust Act (maintenance)
Omitted: Xuanwu Gate Incident; Amelia Earhart (ineligible—maintenance); Walmart; 1997 Asian financial crisis (ineligible—maintenance)
Included: Qianling Mausoleum (4th appearance, last in 2014); Kinkaku-ji (3rd appearance, last in 2013); Vietnam (8th appearance as blurb, last in 2013); Steve Fossett (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
Repeats: French frigate Méduse (1810)/The Raft of the Medusa (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:14, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Vicente Fox (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Ernest Hemingway
Omitted: Qianling Mausoleum; Kinkaku-ji; Vietnam; Steve Fossett
Included: Xuanwu Gate Incident (6th appearance, last in 2015); Battle of Marston Moor (10th appearance, last in 2014); East St. Louis riots (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 100th anniversary); Amelia Earhart (10th appearance, last in 2013; 80th anniversary); Theodoor Rombouts (first appearance); Robert Peel (first appearance); Leonard J. Arrington (first appearance)
Repeats: The Raft of the Medusa (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total; blurb also previously featured French frigate Méduse (1810), which is currently ineligible)

—howcheng {chat} 07:09, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Vietnam (maintenance)
New articles (unused): Charles Tupper
Omitted: Xuanwu Gate Incident; Battle of Marston Moor; The Raft of the Medusa; East St. Louis riots; Amelia Earhart (ineligible—maintenance); Theodoor Rombouts; Robert Peel (ineligible—maintenance); Leonard J. Arrington
Included: Qianling Mausoleum (5th appearance, last in 2016); James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield (Garfield: first appearance; Assassination: 3rd appearance, last in 2014); Finlandia (first appearance); Kinkaku-ji (4th appearance, last in 2016); Kerberos (moon)/Styx (moon) (both: first appearance); Denmark Vesey (first appearance); Harriet Brooks (first appearance); Ernest Hemingway (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:12, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Sherman Antitrust Act
New articles (unused): Alicia Patterson
Omitted: Qianling Mausoleum; James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield; Finlandia; Kinkaku-ji; Denmark Vesey; Harriet Brooks; Ernest Hemingway
Included: Xuanwu Gate Incident (7th appearance, last in 2017); The Raft of the Medusa (4th appearance, last in 2017); Walmart (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Vietnam (9th appearance as blurb, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); Stephen III of Moldavia (first appearance); Wilhelm Cuno (first appearance); Alex Morgan (first appearance; 30th birthday)
Repeats: Kerberos (moon)/Styx (moon) (both: 2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

—howcheng {chat} 00:23, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Qianling Mausoleum (maintenance); Finlandia (maintenance); Kinkaku-ji (maintenance)
Omitted: Xuanwu Gate Incident; The Raft of the Medusa; Walmart (ineligible—maintenance); Kerberos (moon)/Styx (moon); Stephen III of Moldavia; Wilhelm Cuno; Alex Morgan
Included: Battle of Göllheim (first appearance); Battle of Marston Moor (11th appearance, last in 2017); East St. Louis riots (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Thomas Harriot (first appearance); Fumiko Hori (first appearance); Alicia Patterson (first appearance)
Repeats: Vietnam (2nd consecutive appearance, 10 total as blurb)

—howcheng {chat} 19:17, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Battle of Marston Moor; East St. Louis riots; Vietnam; Fumiko Hori Alicia Patterson
Included: The Raft of the Medusa (5th appearance, last in 2019); James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield (Garfield: 2nd appearance; Assassination: 4th; both last in 2018); Ponary massacre (first appearance); Kerberos (moon)/Styx (moon) (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2019); Charles Tupper (first appearance; 200th birthday); Ernest Hemingway (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 60th anniversary)
Repeats: Battle of Göllheim (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Thomas Harriot (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 400th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 18:38, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes

Omitted: Battle of Göllheim; James A. Garfield/Assassination of James A. Garfield (ineligible—POTD for 2022); Ponary massacre; Kerberos (moon)/Styx (moon); Thomas Harriot; Charles Tupper; Ernest Hemingway
Included: Xuanwu Gate Incident (8th appearance, last in 2019); Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (2nd appearance, last in 2013); East St. Louis riots (4th appearance, last in 2020); 2013 Aceh earthquake (first appearance); Theodoor Rombouts (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 425th birthday); Denmark Vesey (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 200th anniversary); Maria Lourdes Sereno (first appearance)
Repeats: The Raft of the Medusa (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

—howcheng {chat} 18:27, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]