Talk:February 6

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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February 6: Sámi National Day (1917); Waitangi Day in New Zealand (1840) News reel of the Munich air disaster 1788 – Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the constitution of the United States. 1819 – British official Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, establishing Singapore as a trading post for the East India Company. 1919 – More than 65,000 workers in Seattle began a five-day general strike to gain higher wages after two years of U.S. World War I wage controls. 1958 – The aircraft carrying the Manchester United football team crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem Airport in West Germany, killing 8 players and 23 people in total (news reel featured). Joseph Priestley (d. 1804) Barbara W. Tuchman (d. 1989) Jack Kirby (d. 1994) Gary Moore (d. 2011) More anniversaries: February 5 February 6 February 7

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Michael Jordan slam dunk

It claims that Michael Jordan's dunk at the Slam Dunk Contest in 1988 inspired Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo, but the Air Jordan brand and Jumpman logo had already existed for several years. I can't find any source supporting the assertion that the dunk was the inspiration for the brand or logo. Releere (talk) 13:41, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

@Releere: As the dates don't work and I couldn't find a reliable source I've removed the entry from the list. Suonii180 (talk) 23:32, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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I have removed several of the more recent historical events. Regarding the importance of the older events, the newer ones seem entirely irrelevant and almost laughable. For example, what is the Slam Dunk of Michael Jordan compared to the foundation of Singapore, of the capture of Fort Henry? I think inclusion of such things does not really befit an encyclopaedia which shouldn't be biased towards more recent events. Certainly as the years pass these things would be removed.

Kate McGarrigle

@Redsky89: Dear fellow editor,
I noticed that in your mass-edit earlier today, here, you reverted the change I had applied yesterday, here, in which I had improved on Kate McGarrigle's description by changing 'accordion player' to 'multi-instrumentalist'.
Since I am not sure whether your revert was intentional or accidental, please may I therefore invite you simply to visit her article page, Kate McGarrigle, and look at the Instruments clause in the infobox? I am hopeful that you will agree that it would be more complete to refer to her as a 'multi-instrumentalist', since she played piano, guitar and banjo, as well as the accordion. In fact, I've just noticed that I should update Kate's infobox because she also played the fiddle.
Thank you in advance for letting me know, at your convenience, that you would have no objection to my re-instating the more general description of 'multi-instrumentalist' in this case.
Thank you for your help and consideration.
With kind regards;
Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 20:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

@Redsky89: Dear fellow editor,

I am leaving this second message, out of courtesy to you and other editors watching this article, to confirm that I will soon update the entry for Kate McGarrigle (1946, in Births) from Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player to Canadian musician and singer-songwriter. I am hopeful that you will agree this is more general and also in line with the main article on Kate McGarrigle. For consistency, I will apply the same change to the entry for her death (2010) in the article on January 18 and to the entry for Anna McGarrigle (1944, Births) in the article on December 4. Thank you.  Done

With kind regards;

Patrick. ツ Pdebee.^{(talk)(guestbook)} 10:31, 10 February 2016 (UTC)