Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/August 28
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Bäckadräkten is Sweden's first unisex folk costume, designed in 2022 by musician Fredy Clue and textile designer Ida Björs. Their mission was to encourage wider participation in folk traditions by providing an outfit that is not restricted to any gender or geographic region. The design merges elements traditionally considered either male or female and borrows heavily from older folk costumes. The release generated international press attention and discussions on social media, much of the latter about the relationship between folk arts and gender. Many welcomed the design, saying it provides an opportunity for non-binary Swedes to be more involved in folk culture. Others reacted negatively, resisting the social change they see as associated with it. Clue released a sewing pattern in 2023 and started taking custom orders by 2024, encouraging users to modify as they see fit. Said Clue: "The real work continues with us learning to listen to oneself and others." (Full article...) |
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2008 Krishna Janmashtami falls on August 24, and not on August 28[1].--124.184.230.33 (talk) 04:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Feast of Dormition or Assumption
In Macedonia, this holiday is not "Feast of Dormition" but, like in the Western Christianity, "Feast of Assumption" (Uspenie = Assumption). Due to the fact that in some Eastern churches it is "Assumption", and in others it is "Dormition", I would suggest to keep the same format as for the WP:Selected anniversaries/August_15. So the more accurate wording would be:
- Feast of the Assumption/Feast of the Dormition (Julian Calendar). Crnorizec (talk) 20:25, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Enceladus Error
Saturn's moon Enceladus was discovered with a forty foot telescope, not a 1.2 meter or 3.9' telescope. This error is also present on the page for Enceladus itself, which uses citation 22 "Herschel, W. (1795) Description of a Forty-feet Reflecting Telescope" to support a statement that, "Enceladus was discovered by Fredrick William Herschel on August 28, 1789, during the first use of his new 1.2 m telescope, then the largest in the world.[22][23]" Raphael Luckom (talk) 20:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
- Please see my comment at WP:ERRORS; 1.2 m is correct. It's an aperture measurement, not a length measurement (40 ft is a length measurement). --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:25, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
2012 notes
- Omitted: St. Augustine, Florida (ineligible—maintenance); Republic of San Marco (ineligible—maintenance); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914); August Uprising; Strom Thurmond
- Included: Enceladus (moon) (first appearance); Scientific American (5th appearance, last in 2007; rescued from Ineligible); Silliman University (2nd appearance, last in 2010); Goudi coup (first appearance); Emmett Till (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
—howcheng {chat} 04:33, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
2013 notes
- Omitted: Enceladus (moon); Scientific American; Silliman University; Goudi coup; Emmett Till
- Included: Battle of Newburn (3rd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible); Lohengrin (Wagner) (7th appearance, last in 2010); Toyota (first appearance); I Have a Dream (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible; 50th anniversary); Stockholm syndrome (first appearance)
—howcheng {chat} 08:50, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
2014 notes
- Omitted: Battle of Newburn (ineligible—maintenance); Lohengrin (Wagner); I Have a Dream; Stockholm syndrome
- Included: Tom Thumb (locomotive) (first appearance); Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) (5th appearance, last in 2011; 100th anniversary); August Uprising (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 90th anniversary); Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge—Evergreen Point (first appearance)
- Repeats: Toyota (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)
—howcheng {chat} 06:43, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
- Addendum: Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) removed for phrasing issues; replaced by Silliman University (3rd appearance, last in 2012). —howcheng {chat} 07:29, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
2015 request
This year I suggest including the following as it is the 205th anniversary.
A British naval squadron surrendered to a French force at the Battle of Grand Port
This is the only French naval battle, which is commemorated on the Arc de Triomphe. It is the only time a British squadron surrendered to the French in the Napoleonic Wars. Although the Battle finished on the 27th, the squadron did not surrender until the morning of the 28th. [1]
Murfas (talk) 21:06, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- That article is already included on Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 27. —howcheng {chat} 07:18, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
2015 notes
- New articles (unused): Solar storm of 1859
- Omitted: Tom Thumb (locomotive); Silliman University; August Uprising; Toyota; Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
- Included: Lohengrin (opera) (8th appearance, last in 2013); Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (first appearance); Goudi coup (2nd appearance, last in 2012); Emmett Till (4th appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Stockholm syndrome (2nd appearance, last in 2013)
—howcheng {chat} 07:37, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
transclusion error
There is a missing { before {SelAnnivFooter|Month=August|Day=28}} and I am not authorized to fix it. Randall Bart Talk 00:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)