Talk:August 14

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August 14: Arba'in (Shia Islam), Independence Day in Pakistan (1947) Defeat of the Villasur expedition depicted on buffalo hide 1720 – The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed (depicted) by Pawnee and Otoe forces. 1888 – One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph. 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release. 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board. 2007 – Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others. Badr al-Mu'tadidi (d. 902) Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871) Connie Smith (b. 1941) Enzo Ferrari (d. 1988) More anniversaries: August 13 August 14 August 15

Frank and John Craighead

There's a bit of an edit war going on about including Frank and John Craighead that I am not a party to. I'll point out that this is a weird case, perhaps warranting an exception to the rule that the person has to have an article about them to be included. They have both a joint article about them and a joint birthday - they were twins. I'd argue in favor of inclusion. Just my €0.02 worth. Toddst1 (talk) 03:35, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Toodst1. I am one of the parties. I probably wasn't going to pursue it further, but I do favor an exception. For anyone interested the policy is in the first paragraph of WP:BIRTHDOY, and we have made other exceptions, most notably for Wilbur and Orville Wright. Dan Bloch (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

I guess that's a consensus then. I'll put back the Craigheads. Dan Bloch (talk) 21:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Reliable sources

If Kayla Sims does streams where she confirms her birthday is August 14, 1999, shouldn’t the videos be considered a reliable source. Janers0217 (talk) 06:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)