Talk:January 26

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January 26: Australia Day (1788); Republic Day in India (1950) The dome over the Hale Telescope 1564 – Livonian War: A Lithuanian surprise attack resulted in a decisive defeat of numerically superior Russian forces. 1808 – William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history. 1949 – The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light. 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people. 2009 – Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana. Manuel do Cenáculo (d. 1814) Seán MacBride (b. 1904) Wayne Gretzky (b. 1961) Lindy Delapenha (d. 2017) More anniversaries: January 25 January 26 January 27 Archive By email List of days of the year About

 (rv - previous two edits added non-notable people) 

Who decides who is notable here? I added someone whose influence is quite widespread and is well-noted in education circles, even if not by the person who removed this.

The best way to show that someone is notable is to provide a source. If the person is notable enough to qualify for inclusion in an encyclopaedia, they will have been written about in a number of places - reputed sources, not personal blogs or school newsletters. I reverted this one because a web search for the name as you entered it failed to turn up a single hit. A wider search under first and last names only turned up one reference to a high-school counselor and someone at Ohio State, all incidental mentions. If there are articles or publications out there, web or otherwise, that show I'm wrong, I'm more than happy to stand corrected. Pipnosis 19:55, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should have added this link to the Wikipedia Notability policy. That might clarify my intent better. Pipnosis 20:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed Polycarp from list of saints--according that page, his feast is 23 February. RCanine 20:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]