Gunsopedia:Article of the day

Keepin mind that everything here is in the middle of a major overhaul after the move from the old domain, especially with the new page structure (i.e., <date>/featured article instead of a portion on a date's page).

An Article of the Day or AOTD is a small lead-in/teaser placed on the front page describing the featured article that is being showcased that day. Since we don't have a the staff to do all the writeups ourselves, we allow individual users like you to suggest AOTDs and even design the front page intro yourself it you want.

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 and inactive pages in the AOTD namespace.

Creating AOTDs

Criteria

To qualify as an Article of the Day (AOTD), a page should be:

• Directly related to the date in question somehow, such as:
  • the date of birth/death of the person the page is dedicated to
  • the date a firearm was adopted for use by a major military
  • the date of the passing of significant legislation
• A complete article; not a stub.
• Well written, in such a manner that it provides useful information to the reader.

Approval

NO article should be posted as an AOTD until it has been approved by an administrator.

January

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?
January 1
January 2
January 3
January 4
January 5
January 6
January 7
January 8
January 9
January 10	Sam Colt	Date of his death in 1862.	Yes --Dennis 16:43, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
January 15
January 16	Appalachian School of Law shooting	It occurred on Jan 16/'02	Yes
January 17
January 18
January 19
January 20
January 21	John Browning	One of two possible dates for his birth	Yes --Dennis 16:43, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
January 22
January 23	John Browning	One of two possible dates for his birth	Yes --Dennis 16:43, 1 September 2010 (EDT)
January 24
January 25
January 26
January 27
January 28
January 29
January 30
January 31

February

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?
February 1
February 2
February 3
February 4
February 5	Hiram Stevens Maxim	It's his birthday (in 1840).	Yes
February 6
February 7
February 8
February 9	London Armoury Company	founded on this date in 1856.
February 10
February 11
February 12
February 13
February 14
February 15
February 16
February 17
February 18
February 19
February 20
February 21
February 22
February 23	AK 47	"Defender of the Fatherland Day" in former USSR	Yes
February 24
February 25
February 26
February 27
February 28
February 29

March

There are AOTDs for this month
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

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?	POTD
April 1				April 1
April 2				April 2
April 3				April 3
April 4				April 4
April 5				April 5
April 6				April 6
April 7				April 7
April 8				April 8
April 9				April 9
April 10				April 10
April 11				April 11
April 12				April 12
April 13				April 13
April 14				April 14
April 15	none			April 15
April 16	none			April 16
April 17	none			April 17
April 18				April 18
April 19	none			April 19
April 20				April 20
April 21				April 21
April 22				April 22
April 23				April 23
April 24	Eugene Stoner	Anniversary of Stoner's death in 1997; birthday (Nov 22) is already taken by the Magic bullet article, since it's the day JFK was assassinated.	Yes	April 24
April 25	none			April 25
April 26	none			April 26
April 27				April 27
April 28				April 28
April 29	LA riots	Riots began on April 29 1992.	No.	April 29
April 30				April 30

May

There are no AOTDs for this month yet
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?	POTD
May 1				May 1
May 2	none			May 2
May 3				May 3
May 4	Morris Fisher	born this day, 5 Olympic golds in shooting	Should be okay but can we have an actual article first? --Dennis 16:43, 1 September 2010 (EDT)	May 4
May 5				May 5
May 6				May 6
May 7	none			May 7
May 8				May 8
May 9				May 9
May 10	Jeff Cooper	It's his birthday (1920)		May 10
May 11				May 11
May 12				May 12
May 13				May 13
May 14				May 14
May 15	Evelyn Owen	His birthdate in 1915.	no	May 15
May 16				May 16
May 17				May 17
May 18				May 18
May 19				May 19
May 20				May 20
May 21				May 21
May 22				May 22
May 23				May 23
May 24				May 24
May 25				May 25
May 26				May 26
May 27				May 27
May 28				May 28
May 29				May 29
May 30				May 30
May 31				May 31

June

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?
June 1
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5
June 6
June 7
June 8
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17	Smokeless powder	Patented by Hudson Maxim on June 17, 1890.	No
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26	DC v. Heller	Anniversary of the decision in 2008	Yes
June 27
June 28	McDonald v. Chicago	Anniversary of the decision in 2010; case finally settled, once and for all, the question of the incorporation of the 2nd amendment for all states.	Yes
June 29
June 30
June 31

July

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?	POTD
July 1				July 1
July 2				July 2
July 3				July 3
July 4	Second Amendment	Because it's the 4th of July. Should be a no-brainer.	Yes	July 4
July 5				July 5
July 6				July 6
July 7	AK 47	I know it already has a day to be featured, but the AK47 started production on this date in 1947. It would just make sense. How do I have someone do this? * A good idea but you're off by a day (see the article). --Anonymous 11:44, 8 July 2012 (EDT)	NO	July 7
July 8				July 8
July 9				July 9
July 10				July 10
July 11				July 11
July 12				July 12
July 13				July 13
July 14				July 14
July 15				July 15
July 16				July 16
July 17				July 17
July 18				July 18
July 19	Sam Colt	It's his birthday.	Yes	July 19
July 20				July 20
July 21				July 21
July 22				July 22
July 23				July 23
July 24				July 24
July 25				July 25
July 26				July 26
July 27				July 27
July 28				July 28
July 29				July 29
July 30				July 30
July 31				July 31

September

There are AOTDs for this month
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
September 4
September 5
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
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 15
September 16
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
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22	Bill C-391	Bill killed this day 2010. I think this one's a no-brainer.	no
September 23
September 24
September 25
September 26
September 27
September 28
September 29
September 30

October

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?
October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4	Charlton Heston	Born this date, 1923.	Yes
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 11	Pink Pistols	Oct 11 is "National Coming Out Day" and Pink Pistols is a gay-oriented org.	No
October 12
October 13
October 14
October 15
October 16	the Henry rifle	The rifle was patented October 16, 1860. No other prominent articles related to the date.	Yes
October 17
October 18
October 19
October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23
October 24
October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31

November

There are AOTDs for this month
Page	Subject	Rationale	Approved?
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 4
November 5
November 6
November 7
November 8
November 9
November 10	Mikhail Kalashnikov	Born this day in 1919	Yes
November 11
November 12
November 13
November 14	Joe Horn	Anniversary of the incident that brought him to public light	Yes
November 15
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
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