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Tony Cascarino, Gillingham's leading scorer in 1984–85
Tony Cascarino, Gillingham's leading scorer in 1984–85

During Gillingham F.C.'s 1984–85 season, they competed in the Football League Third Division, the third tier of the English football league system. It was the 53rd season in which Gillingham competed in the Football League, and the 35th since they were voted back into the league in 1950. Gillingham started the season with five wins in the first seven games and were challenging for a place in the top three of the league table, which would result in promotion to the Second Division. The team's performances then declined, and by November they were in mid-table. They won 12 out of 16 games to go back up to second place, before a poor run in March meant that they again dropped out of the promotion places. Gillingham finished the season fourth in the table, missing promotion by one place. They also competed in three knock-out competitions, winning no trophies, but won three times to reach the fourth round of the 1984–85 FA Cup before losing. The team played 56 competitive matches, and won 30. (Full article...)

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Amphipoea oculea

Amphipoea oculea, the ear moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae, with a wingspan of 29 to 34 millimetres (1.1 to 1.3 inches). Its range includes southern England, where it is widespread and common, as well as Ireland and continental Europe, with the exception of Albania, Greece and Turkey. Adults are found from June to September depending on the location, with one generation occurring per year. At night the moths come to light and flowers, seeking honeydew and sugar. During the day they feed at the flowers of thistles and ragwort. This female A. oculea moth was photographed feeding on field scabious in Keila, Estonia. The photograph was focus-stacked from 22 separate images.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake should definitely be included in Selected anniversaries, as it was "among the deadliest disasters in modern history". Phoenix2 02:34, 23 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake killed 2,30,000 people. The Wikipedia article is 86,737 bytes long, and quite detailed. Should certainly be included. Jose Mathew C (talk) 07:49, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

USSR

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IMHO, "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" looks stupid by itself (if you know that term, you know it means USSR, and vice versa), more so when it's a link, more so when the links are generally bold (instead of the initials appearing bolded, the rest of the words appear unbolded). Can we make it "Union of Societ Socialist Republics" or at worst "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the USSR)"? Or even "Soviet Union (the USSR)"?

And the wording is unclear. Took me a second to realize that you were talking about the collapse of the USSR, not about some random technical action by the Supreme Soviet. What about simply "[[1991] - Fall of the Soviet Union: The Supreme Soviet officially dissolved itself."?

Edit protected request

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{{editprotected}} Please disambiguate the following:

Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:47, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Skier Dude (talk 04:47, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2011 notes

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--howcheng {chat} 20:52, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 09:42, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 08:31, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:31, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 08:14, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Trenton

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The Battle of Trenton was fought on the morning of December 26. It can cause confusion with readers by listing it on December 25. (e.g. Special:Diff/600294847) Also, the crossing of the Delaware was completed in the early, pre-dawn hours of December 26, not the 25th. Consider listing both on the 26th. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 11:51, 24 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Zeete: OK, point taken.  Done. —howcheng {chat} 01:17, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 09:54, 25 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 01:56, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 21:36, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 17:15, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 07:36, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

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—howcheng {chat} 04:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2024 notes

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The Bach cantata should not run this year because there's a Bach cantata on DYK this year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@: Done. Thanks, Zeete (talk) 12:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removal

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@Zeete: Why was 2015 Garland tornado removed last-minute? It was added in October, and was removed with no apparent reason given. "Rotate for 2024" was something that had already been done, and the article is a GA. Maybe an error? EF5 01:40, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EF5: This was my error. I did not notice that it was new when I did the rotation. Sorry, Zeete (talk) 11:36, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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