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Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in 2003
Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in 2003

Rumours is the 11th studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Released in 1977 by Warner Bros. Records, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Expanding on the band's self-titled 1975 album, the music includes a mix of electric and acoustic instrumentation, accented rhythms, guitars, and keyboards. The lyrics, written in the aftermath of several breakups among the band members, concern personal and often troubled relationships. Rumours became the band's first number-one album on the UK Albums Chart and topped the US Billboard 200, supported by the singles "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun". It became the ninth-best-selling album of all time, with more than 40 million copies worldwide. It garnered widespread acclaim from critics, with praise centred on its production quality and vocal harmonies. In 2020, Rumours was ranked seventh in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". (Full article...)

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American white pelican

The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Costa Rica, in winter. Along with the trumpeter swan, it is one of the longest birds native to North America, with an overall length of about 50–70 in (130–180 cm). The beak measures 11.3–15.2 in (290–390 mm) in males and 10.3–14.2 in (260–360 mm) in females, while its wingspan is around 95–120 in (240–300 cm). The American white pelican does not dive for its food as some other pelican species do, instead catching its prey while swimming. Each bird eats more than 4 pounds of food a day, predominantly fish, which ranges from the size of minnows to 3.5-pound pickerels. This adult bird in non-breeding plumage was photographed at Las Gallinas wildlife ponds in San Rafael, California, United States.

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An excellent addition by Zzyzx11. Very interesting.... Maybe the letter 'c' should be dropped. :-) --PFHLai 14:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's defiantly interesting, but should quirky technicalities of history take precedent over events with major historical impacts? --Arctic Gnome (talkcontribs) 22:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki[edit]

  • Maguan?

Seems kinda weird that a treaty signed in a Japanese city is translated using the Chinese transliteration of the place name? (And this is a Sinophile talking :P) Kelvinc 08:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • 'unequal'

The treaty is unequal, without the quotes. That's a fact. Or, the other method: if you think the unequal treaty is a term, as in the article linked, then quote both words: 'unequal treaty'. Aran|heru|nar 11:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Both problems have been fixed. In future, please use WP:ERRORS. Response is usually quicker there. Thanks. --PFHLai 17:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 05:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:05, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 05:34, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:13, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Checking the list[edit]

@Howcheng: Ineligible articles are still ineligible while one of the articles and Canute IV of Denmark in the eligible list has "CN" tags which needs to be addressed. Public holidays in Syria cites to no reference and has to be moved to the Ineligible list. Mhhossein (talk) 12:25, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A few {{cn}} tags are fine. There's no hard number as to at what point we say no – that's a judgement call, based on how well-referenced the rest of the article is. Both of these look OK to me. howcheng {chat} 05:58, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 07:25, 15 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 03:36, 17 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars should be deleted from this day and left on May 25. howcheng {chat} 04:21, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Countermand the above suggestion, because May 25 has more eligible articles than this one. howcheng {chat} 01:05, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 17:05, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 15:48, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 19:18, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 06:29, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2022 notes[edit]

howcheng {chat} 03:38, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]