Gunsopedia:Article of the day
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This page not only provides instructions on how to make and get approval for an AOTD, but it also provides a handy list of, and links to, all active AOTDs.
Creating AOTDs
Criteria
Approval
Just like featured articles, no article should be posted as an AOTD until it has been approved by an administrator.
January
February
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Page | Subject | Rationale | Approved? |
February 1 | |||
February 2 | |||
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February 5 | Hiram Stevens Maxim | It's his birthday (in 1840). | Yes |
February 6 | |||
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February 9 | London Armoury Company | founded on this date in 1856. | |
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February 23 | AK 47 | "Defender of the Fatherland Day" in former USSR | Yes |
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February 28 | |||
February 29 |
March
There are AOTDs for this month | ||||
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Page | Subject | Rationale | Approved? | POTD |
March 1 | March 1 | |||
March 2 | Rob Furlong | Start of Operation Anaconda, during which his record was set. | Yes | March 2 |
March 3 | March 3 | |||
March 4 | March 4 | |||
March 5 | March 5 | |||
March 6 | March 6 | |||
March 7 | March 7 | |||
March 8 | Shooting and pregnancy | March 8th is International Women's Day and this is definitely an important topic for a lot of us. --Carmen Santiago 17:00, 4 October 2010 (EDT) | Yes (good call, Carmen) -Com-Admin | March 8 |
March 9 | March 9 | |||
March 10 | March10 | |||
March 11 | March 11 | |||
March 12 | March 12 | |||
March 13 | March 13 | |||
March 14 | March 14 | |||
March 15 | March 15 | |||
March 16 | March 16 | |||
March 17 | March 17 | |||
March 18 | Rob Furlong | End of Operation Anaconda, during which his record was set. | Yes | March 18 |
March 19 | March 19 | |||
March 20 | March 20 | |||
March 21 | March 21 | |||
March 22 | March 22 | |||
March 23 | March 23 | |||
March 24 | March 24 | |||
March 25 | March 25 | |||
March 26 | March 26 | |||
March 27 | March 27 | |||
March 28 | March 28 | |||
March 29 | March 29 | |||
March 30 | March 30 | |||
March 31 | March 31 |
April
May
June
July
August
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Page | Subject | Rationale | Approved? | POTD |
August 1 | August 1 | |||
August 2 | August 2 | |||
August 3 | August 3 | |||
August 4 | August 4 | |||
August 5 | August 5 | |||
August 6 | August 6 | |||
August 7 | August 7 | |||
August 8 | August 8 | |||
August 9 | August 9 | |||
August 10 | August 10 | |||
August 11 | August 11 | |||
August 12 | August 12 | |||
August 13 | August 13 | |||
August 14 | August 14 | |||
August 15 | August 15 | |||
August 16 | August 16 | |||
August 17 | August 17 | |||
August 18 | August 18 | |||
August 19 | August 19 | |||
August 20 | August 20 | |||
August 21 | August 21 | |||
August 22 | August 22 | |||
August 23 | August 23 | |||
August 24 | August 24 | |||
August 25 | August 25 | |||
August 26 | August 26 | |||
August 27 | The AR-15 rifle | why not? | Yes | August 27 |
August 28 | August 28 | |||
August 29 | August 29 | |||
August 30 | August 30 | |||
August 31 | August 31 |
September
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Page | Subject | Rationale | Approved? |
September 1 | |||
September 2 | Veronica Foster | WW2 (started the previous day) forever changed the role of women in industry. Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl was Canada's Rosie the Riveter. | Yes |
September 3 | |||
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September 6 | |||
September 7 | Uziel Gal | Date of his death in 2002 | Yes |
September 8 | |||
September 9 | |||
September 10 | Veronica Foster | The day Canada declared war on Nazi Germany. | Yes |
September 11 | |||
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September 15 | |||
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September 17 | Molon labe | The battle of Termopylae, where king Leonidas I used it as a battle cry, began on 9/17, 480 BC. | Yes |
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September 22 | Bill C-391 | Bill killed this day 2010. I think this one's a no-brainer. | no |
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September 29 | |||
September 30 |
October
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October 1 | |||
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October 4 | Charlton Heston | Born this date, 1923. | Yes |
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October 11 | Pink Pistols | Oct 11 is "National Coming Out Day" and Pink Pistols is a gay-oriented org. | No |
October 12 | |||
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October 16 | the Henry rifle | The rifle was patented October 16, 1860. No other prominent articles related to the date. | Yes |
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October 30 | |||
October 31 |
November
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Page | Subject | Rationale | Approved? |
November 1 | |||
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November 9 | |||
November 10 | Mikhail Kalashnikov | Born this day in 1919 | Yes |
November 11 | |||
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November 13 | |||
November 14 | Joe Horn | Anniversary of the incident that brought him to public light | Yes |
November 15 | |||
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November 21 | |||
November 22 | The magic bullet | Anniversary of JFK assassination which led to the single bullet theory | Yes |
Eugene Stoner | born today in 1922 | Yes | |
November 23 | |||
November 24 | Hiram Stevens Maxim | Died this day, 1916. | Yes |
November 25 | |||
November 26 | John Moses Browning | Anniversary of his death in 1926; birth date is uncertain | Yes |
November 27 | |||
November 28 | |||
November 29 | The magic bullet | Date the Warren Commission was established by Johnson. | Yes |
November 30 |