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The oceanic whitetip shark is a large pelagic requiem shark inhabiting tropical and warm temperate seas. It has a stocky body with long, white-tipped, rounded fins. The species is typically solitary, though they may gather in large numbers at food concentrations. Bony fish and cephalopods are the main components of its diet. Females give live birth after a gestation period of nine to twelve months. Though slow-moving, it is opportunistic and aggressive, reputed to be dangerous to shipwreck survivors. Up to the 16th century, mariners noted that this species was the most common ship-following shark. The IUCN Red List considers the species to be Critically Endangered, with a decline in every ocean region they inhabit. Recent studies show steeply declining populations as they are harvested for their fins and meat. As with other shark species, the whitetip faces mounting fishing pressure throughout its range. (Full article...)
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stone "was laid" at a particular minute?[edit]
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Clocks in the 12th century were not very accurate. I rewrote the text in the Charles Bridge article to make clear that this 5:31 a.m. is a "specified time". If they got it right to the nearest five minutes, then they were probably doing pretty good for that era. We do not know what really happened, but I suppose there is no need to change the text. That is, unless we care about reporting "the Truth". -- 75.26.5.242 00:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Edit request[edit]
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One of the entries on this page does not read well:
1944 – World War II: American forces defeated Japanese on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
I would suggest a change to:
1944 – World War II: American forces defeated Japanese forces on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
Yes, I know it's mind-blowingly trivial but that's the consequence of page protection! Cynical (talk) 18:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
South Sudan[edit]
No reference to South Sudan's independence?--Tim Thomason 23:07, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
- I agree, if we indicate Argentina's independence day, we should indicate South Sudan's independence. JaumeBG 00:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
2012 notes[edit]
- New articles (unused): Cross of Gold speech (TFA for 2012); Starfish Prime
- Omitted: Battle of the Monongahela; Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (ineligible—maintenance); Allied invasion of Sicily; Iran student protests, July 1999; African Union (ineligible—maintenance)
- Included: Avitus (first appearance); 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake (first appearance); Millard Fillmore (first appearance); Campbell's Soup Cans (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 50th anniversary); Great Prophet III (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 04:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
2013 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Iran student protests, July 1999 (maintenance)
- New articles (unused): 1877 Wimbledon Championship (blurb previously featured The Championships, Wimbledon); 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
- Omitted: Avitus; 869 Jogan Sanriku earthquake; Millard Fillmore; Campbell's Soup Cans; Great Prophet III
- Included: Martyrs of Gorkum (first appearance); Battle of Melle (first appearance); Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (5th appearance, last in 2010); Allied invasion of Sicily (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 70th anniversary); Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario (both: first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 05:44, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
Edit request on 9 July 2013[edit]
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Ramadan Begins on 10 July till 9 August (estimate)
81.111.208.158 (talk) 12:22, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
- Not done: It looks like this page was right but the Ramadan article was wrong - see this page. I've updated the article instead. Also, for next time things on the front page should be reported to WP:ERRORS. Best — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 12:59, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
2014 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Avitus (maintenance)
- Omitted: Martyrs of Gorkum; Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Allied invasion of Sicily; Donkey Kong (video game)
- Included: 1877 Wimbledon Championship (first appearance); Cross of Gold speech (first appearance); 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami (first appearance); Navaly church bombing (first appearance)
- Repeats: Battle of Melle (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
—howcheng {chat} 06:38, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
2015 notes[edit]
- Omitted: Battle of Melle; 1877 Wimbledon Championship; Cross of Gold speech; 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
- Included: 869 Sanriku earthquake (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Battle of Svensksund (first appearance); Constitution of Australia (2nd appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Johnny Weissmuller (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible)
- Repeats: Navaly church bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 20th anniversary)
—howcheng {chat} 06:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
- Addendum: Martyrs of Gorkum added later for balance (2nd appearance, last in 2013). —howcheng {chat} 03:25, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
2016 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Saipan (maintenance)
- Omitted: 869 Sanriku earthquake; Martyrs of Gorkum; Battle of Svensksund; Constitution of Australia; Johnny Weissmuller; Navaly church bombing
- Included: Battle of Melle (3rd appearance, last in 2014); David Thompson (explorer) (first appearance); Allied invasion of Sicily (4th appearance, last in 2013; rescued from Ineligible); Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario (both: 2nd appearance, last in 2013); Great Prophet III (2nd appearance, last in 2012)
—howcheng {chat} 16:20, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
2017 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Monongahela (maintenance)
- Omitted: David Thompson (explorer) (ineligible—maintenance); Allied invasion of Sicily; Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario; Great Prophet III
- Included: 1877 Wimbledon Championship (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Constitution of Australia (3rd appearance, last in 2015); 1937 Fox vault fire (first appearance; 80th anniversary); Navaly church bombing (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Edmund Burke (first appearance); Eugenia Tadolini (first appearance0; Jessica Anderson (first appearance0
- Repeats: Battle of Melle (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)
—howcheng {chat} 08:27, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
2018 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Johnny Weissmuller (maintenance)
- New articles (unused): John Punch (slave)
- Omitted: Battle of Melle; 1877 Wimbledon Championship; Constitution of Australia; 1937 Fox vault fire; Navaly church bombing; Edmund Burke; Eugenia Tadolini (deleted—date of birth not verifiable); Jessica Anderson (ineligible—maintenance)
- Included: Martyrs of Gorkum (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (6th appearance, last in 2013; 150th anniversary); Allied invasion of Sicily (5th appearance, last in 2016; 75th anniversary); 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami (2nd appearance, last in 2014; 60th anniversary); Great Prophet III (3rd appearance, last in 2016; 10th anniversary); Jan van Eyck (first appearance); Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545) (first appearance); Tom Hanks (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 16:07, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
2019 notes[edit]
- New articles (unused): 551 Beirut earthquake
- Omitted: Martyrs of Gorkum; Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Allied invasion of Sicily (ineligible—maintenance); 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami; Great Prophet III; Jan van Eyck; Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545); Tom Hanks
- Included: 869 Sanriku earthquake (3rd appearance, last in 2015; 1150th anniversary); Battle of Carpi (first appearance); Battle of Svensksund (2nd appearance, last in 2015); Starfish Prime (first appearance); Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario (both: 3rd appearance, last in 2016); Ann Radcliffe (first appearance); Clarence Campbell (first appearance); Shin Jae-chul (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 17:53, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
2020 notes[edit]
- Deleted: Jessica Anderson (moved to September 25)
- Moved to Ineligible: Martyrs of Gorkum (maintenance); Millard Fillmore (TFA for 2020-01-07)
- New articles (unused): Anastasius I Dicorus; Sebald Heyden
- Omitted: 869 Sanriku earthquake; Battle of Carpi; Battle of Svensksund (ineligible—maintenance); Starfish Prime; Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario; Ann Radcliffe; Clarence Campbell (ineligible—maintenance); Shin Jae-chul
- Included: 551 Beirut earthquake (first appearance); Battle of Melle (5th appearance, last in 2017; 275th anniversary); 1877 Wimbledon Championship (3rd appearance, last in 2017); Russell–Einstein Manifesto (4th appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Navaly church bombing (4th appearance, last in 2017); Ariwara no Narihira (first appearance); Elias Howe (2nd appearance, last in 2004; previously appeared on September 10); Margie Gillis (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 22:21, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
2021 notes[edit]
- Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Carpi (maintenance)
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Millard Fillmore
- New articles (unused): Shelton Benjamin
- Omitted: 551 Beirut earthquake; Battle of Melle; 1877 Wimbledon Championship; Russell–Einstein Manifesto; Ariwara no Narihira; Elias Howe; Margie Gillis
- Included: South Sudan (rescued from Ineligible); John Punch (slave) (first appearance); Battle of Svensksund (3rd appearance, last in 2019; rescued from Ineligible); 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami (3rd appearance, last in 2018); Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario (both: 4th appearance, last in 2019); Anastasius I Dicorus (first appearance); Sebald Heyden (first appearance); Mercedes Sosa (first appearance)
- Repeats: Navaly church bombing (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)
—howcheng {chat} 17:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
2022 notes[edit]
- Rescued from Ineligible (unused): David Thompson (explorer)
- Omitted: Argentina (ineligible—maintenance); South Sudan (ineligible—maintenance); John Punch (slave); Battle of Svensksund; 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami; Donkey Kong (video game)/Mario; Navaly church bombing; Anastasius I Dicorus; Sebald Heyden; Mercedes Sosa
- Included: Mozart family grand tour (first appearance); 1877 Wimbledon Championship (4th appearance, last in 2020); Cross of Gold speech (2nd appearance, last in 2014); 1937 Fox vault fire (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Campbell's Soup Cans (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Ariwara no Narihira (2nd appearance, last in 2020); Elizabeth of Austria (1526–1545) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); John Archibald Wheeler (first appearance)