Talk:January 1

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Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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January 1: Independence Day in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (1993); Public Domain Day; Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Roman Rite Catholicism) Lehms, c. 1715 1726 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16, his church cantata for New Year's Day to a libretto by Georg Christian Lehms (pictured). 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The town of Norfolk, Virginia, was burned and destroyed by the combined actions of British and Whig forces. 1785 – The Times began publication in London as The Daily Universal Register. 1926 – Ireland's first broadcaster, 2RN, began broadcasting. 2011 – A suicide bombing took place outside a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, following a New Year service, killing 23 people. Wilhelm Canaris (b. 1887) Maria Frisé (b. 1926) Eiichiro Oda (b. 1975) Shou Zi Chew (b. 1983) More anniversaries: December 31 January 1 January 2

Sources required

I am loathe to tag this article unduly, but not in agreement with its current condition. I have stated in comments above that birth and death dates can be verified through the sources in the articles on people listed, and need not be repeated here. But the section on events has no such backup for sources, and particularly when events of recent (or current) years (or decades) are concerned, there is a tendency for edits to be made without sources, appearing as unsubstantiated or contentious claims, and often requiring reversion or other correction. This correction then falls to the equally unsubstantiated knowledge and good faith of current editors, who may not challenge what they don't know to the contrary. That is backwards. Verification is a fundamental principle of WP, and that which has no source, and is not common knowledge (as in, "the unclouded sky is blue"), needs to be removed as unknown and possibly incorrect or misleading or unnotable. But it doesn't strike me as right, out of hand, to blank the events section in one stroke. I intend to start challenging certain entries on this basis, though, and proceeding gradually over time, and especially with regards to new entries. I invite all to contribute sources where they know of them, as I will. Each event should have at least one source unless there is an article on the event, in which case the article can be linked as with births and deaths. Feel free to comment if you disagree. I'd rather not start at all unless there is at least implicit consensus. Evensteven (talk) 19:39, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

The events section does not need sources per WP:DAYS. Each entry must link to an article that supports the claim. Anything that does not have this type of support should be removed. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 21:06, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Ah, I wasn't aware of that arrangement, but it makes sense. Thanks. Evensteven (talk) 06:48, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

And things have changed. Sources are now required. It makes sense. Toddst1 (talk) 18:31, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Lithuania in 1362.

How could Lithuania make it in 1362 if Lithuania was pagan at the time? Or it was not meant as a Christian holiday? --Yomal Sidoroff-Biarmskii (talk) 21:32, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Grand Duchy Lithuania 1362

>>January 1 became the official start of the year as follows: 1362 - Grand Duchy Lithuania, etc. Is there any reference on that fact? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mepfkartophelus (talk • contribs) 12:58, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

I don't understand what you are asking for? Could you please explain? If you want something added to the article, you need to provide a citation. Deb (talk) 15:21, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

I interpreted Mepf's question as a virtual {{cn}} tag on the Grand Duchy line. There was no reference provided. Yomal effectively challenged it above, as well. In the spirit of the grand cleanup, I've removed it as an unsourced entry. Toddst1 (talk) 18:28, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 22 February 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: This is not the place to discuss Wikipedia:WikiProject Days of the year basics. Toddst1 (talk) 06:49, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

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• January 1 → January 1stJanuary 1st
• January 2 → January 2ndJanuary 2nd
• January 3 → January 3rdJanuary 3rd

– Why are all the date articles not have the ending? Jishiboka1 (talk) 02:36, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Jishiboka1 has also requested the two above moves. They are very closely related so I'm directing the discussions here. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose – contrary to MOS:ORDINAL / MOS:BADDATE. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 03:30, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per MOS:ORDINAL and MOS:BADDATE. Using cardinal numerals instead of ordinal numerals in dates have been a staple of Wikipedia's Manual of Style since as far as I remember. I have assumed because the use of the cardinal numerals in date stamps seems to be more common in reliable sources around the world. For example, take any article from CNN.com like this one and the date stamp when it was updated is in the cardinal numeral instead of the ordinal numeral. Any further proposal on this issue should be moved to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 06:14, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Apology

I did not know these things, I will now read the guidelines before requesting any of these controversial topics. I deeply Apologize, please forgive me. Thanks! Jishiboka1 (talk) 01:57, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey, there's absolutely no need to apologise, @Jishiboka1: it can take a while to get to grips with such conventions. The best thing is to read, understand, contribute, even argue a different point of view. Kiwipete (talk) 06:28, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2023

Could you add Ali Maâloul, the Tunisian footballer his year of birth was 1990, to (Births)? and my source is: 102.11.121.209 (talk) 08:55, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thank you. Liu1126 (talk) 22:13, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

References

Incorrect information

Haruo Nakajima is incorrectly listed as having died in 1929, rather than being born. I can't seem to edit the page myself. 96.245.80.164 (talk) 04:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I've fixed the entry. Kiwipete (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 January 2024

1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers the coast of Brazil.[12] not the correct date, he discovered and landed on Brazil on the April 22nd 1500, as referred on other articles / languages. Oliveira82 (talk) 09:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

You appear to be correct and I've removed that entry. Deb (talk) 09:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Deb -- Please ensure you close requests that have been responded to. (You probably know this and just forgot, which I get...) Thank you for carrying it out, though! :)
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} 13:22, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2025

1920 - Barys Rahula was a Belarusian political activist (d. 2005) Grazik (talk) 16:10, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Kiwipete (talk) 20:52, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2025

Add the Cybertruck terrorist attack at the Trump Hotel Las Vegas for 2025 Booklover9876 (talk) 00:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ––kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 17:09, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Here is a reliable source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-cybertruck-appears-burst-flames-trump-hotel-las-vegas-rcna185932 Booklover9876 (talk) 00:06, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

January 1 to 1 January

I see throughout Wikipedia that calendar dates' articles are written incorrectly. For example, this date is written as January 1 when it should be 1 January. Can this be changed? I think all 365/6 days need to be amended. Thank you. RyanPLB (talk) 16:41, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2025

Add Valery Sablin to the list of births on January 1st, 1939 Taboritsky Midnight (talk) 12:31, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Charliehdb (talk) 14:37, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 October 2025

Add missing birthdays:

1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor 1987 – Gia Coppola, American director and screenwriter Alexandru Ene (talk) 07:24, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Already done x2step (lets talk 💌) 07:43, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2026

Add birthday of Eiichiro Oda on Births section, under 1901–present, 1975 specifically Yoowry (talk) 15:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Note that Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source (see WP:CIRC). Day Creature (talk) 16:40, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

The japanese wiki page for Eiichiro Oda lists "Manga Seek and Nichigai Associates co-authored "Manga Artist Biographical Dictionary," Nichigai Associates, first published February 25, 2003. ISBN 978-4-8169-1760-8 、pg.89" as the source for his birthday.

Please have a look there

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BE%E7%94%B0%E6%A0%84%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E#cite_note-mangaseek-1 Yoowry (talk) 06:24, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

For the second time, Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source. Please find actual sources. MosquitoDestroyer (talk | mosquitoes destroyed) 20:25, 11 January 2026 (UTC)