Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 2

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[edit] Source for Einstein

What is the source that claims this:

1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 6: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917 does not mention this date. --romanm (talk) 00:08, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I was asked to respond, but I'm not really an expert on this. I do think 1915 is the right date, however. It's surprising you can't find it. Johnleemk | Talk 10:35, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
I agree that 1915 is the right year, but is the December 2nd the right date? --romanm (talk) 14:00, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
Since the date cannot be confirmed and cannot be found on either articles, I've removed the anniversary from the template. -- PFHLai 23:58, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Austerlitz

(moved from Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries .)

I've noticed, that the home page of the English Wikipedia completely ignores the fact, that today (December 2, 2005) is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Austerlitz, an event of great importance in the history of Europe, for whose celebrance a set of several huge ceremonies with international participance including top politic representants taking part is taking place in the venue of the 1805 battle. Yes, I see that there is accidentally already one event on Napoleon in the Selected anniversaries, but I myself prefer this one to be of a greater importance - same like for example the French Wikipedia does, as I have noticed - they have had the article on the Main Page for the whole present week, since it is their Cooperation of the Week. I think the Wikipedia should report on this anniversary, at least this year when there is the jubilee and extraordinary celebrations taking place. Blahma 22:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Wish I had seen this earlier. Too late to do anything about it now. :-( -- PFHLai 21:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
This ""Battle of Three Emperors" should be mentioned every year (not only because of 200 anniversary). Could some admin add it there for next year? Szalas
I was thinking more along the lines of alternating this battle with Napoleon's coronation.... Anyway, the template should be updated a few days before its appearence on the MainPage. We'll re-visit this at the end of November 2006. -- PFHLai 20:57, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately, Battle of Austerlitz was selected as the TFA for this day in 2006. Therefore, I not only had to hide that here, but also hide Napoleon's coronation so there are less French topics on the main page (I have no idea what is going to by posted on ITN and DYK). The rotation will have to start next year. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 07:36, 1 December 2006 (UTC)