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To discuss improvements to the corresponding June 18 article, see Talk:June 18 instead.
Frequently asked questions
Q1: Why is [Insert event here], an event that is "more important and significant" than all the others that are currently listed, not posted?
A1: Relative article quality along with the mix of topics already listed are often deciding factors in what gets posted. Any given day of the year can have a great many important or significant historical events. The problem is that there is generally only room on the Main Page to list about 5 events at a time, so not everything can be posted.
As stated on Wikipedia:FAQ/Main Page, the items and events posted on the Main Page are chosen based more on how well they are written, not based on how much important or significant their subjects are. It is easier for admins to select a well-written, cited, verifiable article over a poor one versus trying to determine objectively how much a subject is important or significant.
Keep in mind that the quality requirements only apply to the selected bolded article, not the other links. Thus, an event may qualify for multiple dates in a year if there is an article written in a summary style and an article providing detailed content; if one of those pages have cleanup issues, the other page can be bolded as an alternate.
Another criterion is to maintain some variety of topics, and not exhibit, just for example, tech-centrism, or the belief that the world stops at the edge of the English-speaking world. Many days have a large pool of potential articles, so they will rotate in and out every year to give each one some Main Page exposure. In addition, an event is not posted if it is also the subject of this year's scheduled featured article or featured picture.
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Q4: Why is the birthday/death anniversary of [Insert name here] not listed?
A4: There are only four slots available for birth and death anniversaries. As with the events, article quality and diversity in time period, geography, and reason for notability are all contributing factors in whether an article gets selected for inclusion.
Q5: Are the holidays/observances listed in any particular order?
A5: Yes, there is a specified order: International observances first, then alphabetically by where observed.
Q6: Some of the holidays/observances that are listed have dates in parentheses beside them. What do they mean?
A6: There are two reasons that some holidays/observances have dates next to them:
Non-Gregorian-based holidays/observances are marked with the current year as a reminder to others that their dates do in fact vary from year to year.
National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country are generally marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed.
The information in the Wikipedia article on Ted Kaczynski indicates the indictment took place in April, not June "A federal grand jury indicted Kaczynski in April 1996, on 10 counts of illegally transporting, mailing, and using bombs. He was also charged with killing Scrutton, Mosser, and Murray.[77]"Eltrace (talk) 13:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Appeal of 18 June is very historically important and also has today's date in the name, so I would argue that it's worth adding. Would also recommend the addition of Churchill's "Their Finest Hour" speech delivered the same day. DarkLanius (talk) 21:24, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Please make it a regularly celebrated anniversary in Wikipedia.
Autism awareness and autism pride isn't same thing. Autism pride stresses on the thing that autistic individuals have right to be ourselves and we do not have to force mask ourselves into a broken version of neurotypicals. We have the infinite potential but for that we need the niche which is accessible for us. We also speak that world needs more of us. We speak against eugenic elimination of genetic diversity. We encourage cognitive diversity. We believe that strength lies in diversity and not in sameness. We say "Nothing about us without us. We share day to day our experience about hidden disability and how the disability doesn't belong to the affected person but it belongs to an inaccessible world. As a person in the spectrum, I feel these messages are missed or omitted in the autism awareness programs; and both are very different.
Now why to spread autism pride? Because awareness is misleading. Awareness often leads to fear about autism. What helps us, is understanding, acceptance and confidence. Yet awareness is a majoritarian (neurotypical) view, funded by neurotypical agencies, governed by mostly neurotypical-led charities. Awareness programs are something about us without us. In contrast, what actually helps us to flourish and expand our potentials, is not promoted by neurotypical authority. It is promoted by our little efforts.
@RIT RAJARSHI: this was delisted for having a unreferenced section. Articles in OTD need to be properly referenced. The section Autistic_Pride_Day#Themes is lacking in references for many of the asserted statements. You, or others, can resolve this by appropriately editing the article. Once this is done, you may activate this as an edit request by changing answered=yes to "no" at the top of this section. Best regards, — xaosfluxTalk10:31, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've excised the unreferenced section (it wasn't very encyclopedic in any case) and cleaned up the article a little. I think the article might pass muster for OTD now, although it might still be a little on the shorter side. — RAVENPVFF·talk·16:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Yes I know this page isn't protected right now - if there are to objections in a day or so its probably fine to re-add now) — xaosfluxTalk13:58, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@RIT RAJARSHI: We've relisted this for the "On this day" section that will appear on the main page. This section acknowledges that an event occurs, and directs readers to the article. Best regards, — xaosfluxTalk10:12, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]