Anniversary articles
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Sometimes we can predict when an article is going to be in the news, and as we learned with 2014's en:Battle of Clontarf, getting a group of articles up to scratch in advance of an anniversary is a great way to keep Wikipedia ahead of the curve. It can also be something that engages with experts. There are of course far more anniversaries than we have capacity to hold editathons, but there are other ways to plan improvement of articles, including buying reference books for editors keen to work on particular anniversary events. So we'd like to use this page to discuss what the forthcoming anniversaries are that people are interested in working on, and what hot topics we are likely to see in 2015 and explore what the interest level is.
- 2015
| Subject | Key dates | Anniversary | Articles | State of articles | Interested editors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First English Parliament | 20 January 1265 | 750 | De Montfort's Parliament | Stub, with refs needed tag | See Middles Ages project talk |
| Tripartite Indenture | February 1405 | 610 | cy:Cytundeb Tridarn | Stub; map and article needed! | ?? French, Gàidhlig articles also needed |
| Foundation of the Homebrew Computer Club | 5 March 1975 | 40 | Homebrew Computer Club | C | Leutha (talk) |
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society | 6 March 1665 | 350 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society[1] | Start, short | Johnbod (talk) 15:59, 14 November 2014 (GMT) Sjanusz (talk) 16:21, 14 November 2014 (GMT) |
| Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp" released | 11 April 1915 | 100 | The Tramp | Stub | Editathon at the Cinema Museum 7th March |
| International Congress of Women | 28 April 1915 | 100 | Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | C | ? |
| Dunkirk evacuation | 27 May to 4 June 1940 | 75 | Dunkirk evacuation | GA | ? |
| Magna Carta | 15 June 1215 | 800 | Magna Carta | C/B (Recent work has got it near to GA standard) | Rodw (talk) 18:27, 14 November 2014 (GMT) |
| Women's Institutes | 16 June 1815 (first in UK) | 200 | Women's Institutes | ? | Roberta |
| Waterloo | 18 June 1815 | 200 | Battle of Waterloo | GA | |
| Foundation of The Salvation Army | 2 July 1865 | 150 | The Salvation Army | C | |
| 7/7 bombings | 7 July 2005 | 10 | 7 July 2005 London bombings | B | |
| Jacobite rising of 1715 | 6 Sept 1715 (raising of Standard) | 300 | Jacobite rising of 1715 | Start/C | |
| Official opening of BT Tower | 8 October 1965 | 50 | BT Tower | Start | |
| Agincourt | 25 October 1415 | 600 | Battle of Agincourt | C | |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | 26 November 1865 | 150 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | B | |
| Birth of Rudyard Kipling | 30 December 1865 | 150 | Rudyard Kipling | B | |
| Cleveland Pools | Opened 1815 | 200 | Cleveland Pools | Start (just received HLF grant for restoration) | Rodw (talk) 17:24, 15 November 2014 (GMT) |