Talk:1989

The Tank Man needs to be added to june 5th. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.66.76 (talk) 14:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Matthew DiGiovanni-one of the youngest Itallian pro skateboarders was born in December of 1989. not sure on what date

(edit) He was born the 14th.

page layout years

Joshua Michael Turner was born on November 23, 1989 Benjamin Wesley Berry was born on December 5, 1989 68.62.164.191 (talk) 18:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically).

talk--BozMo 13:46, 7 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

can someone mention that this was in fact the year of the snake?? it would seem appropriate

Max William R. Pirkis British Actor, born 6 January

Most reverted?

I seriously think 1989 qualifies for the most reverted page on Wikipedia. 1/2 the edits are reverts practically. and it's call cause silly people wanna get their name on Wikipedia. It's sorta funny. Stormscape 08:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed that problem. I asked to have the page protected from future vandalism. You won't have to deal with reverts anymore. Bkissin 03:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable?

Thought I'd remove the entry below, because it seemed non-notable, but I didn't know the etiquette on the year pages, so I thought I'd put it here, in case it should go back.

May 5- North London M.F. Taylor born.

Terri G 16:57, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Link update

Events -> Unknown date -> Retirement of the Alize aircraft: Alize should link to Breguet Alizé

-The link stating that in January James Watkins was appointed Secretary of energy should be redirected to "James D. Watkins." Wikipedia's entry for "James Watkins" is a different person.

pish

I have an entire book on the year 1989, I would like to add the most important events but i cant as i am newly signed up, sigh. Bob2006ty 20:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why protect this page?

What's the point of protecting this page?Ndp2005goh 14:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because, as soon as we unprotect the page, 70,000 idiotic kids born in 1989 will post their names in the births section. After countless reverts, (Which were basically the only edits on this page) it was finally decided to protect it from further vandalization. Bkissin 21:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Point of interest--adding the {{sprotect}} tag doesn't actually protect the page. --Fang Aili ^talk 03:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then what tag should we use? Bkissin 15:17, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about not protecting? If persistent vandalism continues, it can be protected again. But protection in general goes against the spirit of 'anyone can edit'. If it needs re-protection, let me know. --Fang Aili ^talk 18:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another Summer

In a public enemy song there was a lyric, "1989 the number another summer (get down) sound of the funky drummer" I also request for permission to post lyrics that relates to the year. Does a sysop object? Vladimir Stalin 10:18AM EST 4.1.07

What in the name of high school football!!!!

I'm not sure whether this article is correct or not... I'm pretty sure Filippo Inzaghi didn't die in 1989! Deleted that bit anyway, but not going to check anything else 7+1 02:07, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Calvin Goldpsink

Was not born on 24th February 1989, he was born on 24th JANUARY 1989. Please correct this. 82.12.250.153 15:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cold War, ongoing?

Under the ongoing section it lists the Cold War. Unless I'm mistaken most people believe that the Cold War ended with the fall of the USSR. The tensions between USA and USSR that made up the Cold War no longer exist Superstarwarsfan (talk) 23:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Cold War was ongoing in 1989. The tensions let up around 1991. This article is about the year 1989, so the Cold War was ongoing. Jons63 (talk) 00:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't ongoing mean that it's still going on today? Superstarwarsfan (talk) 01:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, this article is about what was going on in 1989. that statement means that it was ongoing at the end of 1989. Look at 1988 it says the same thing. It should say the same thing for every year since the early 1950s. Jons63 (talk) 01:57, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well then never mind. But in my defense that is a little confusing. Superstarwarsfan (talk) 02:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Superstarwarsfan: When you read this article, imagine that 1989 is right now, and "ongoing" makes a little more sense. Though I admit this has potential for confusion, if you read the article and mind the timeframe, it should sound proper. For example, if something was "ongoing" back in 1984 and is written that way, the context (I think) is logical as long as somewhere it is mentioned that "now" is 1984 (in this case, the article title eponymously implies that we are looking at this as if it were happening right now.) I hope my comments made sense and lessened the confusion instead of making it worse. 98.202.38.225 (talk) 05:29, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Stone Roses

I'd like to add the date that the Stone Roses released their first album. Whether it's to your taste or not, it is regularly in the top five of 'greatest album ever/in the world/etc' polls in the UK, so it can be argued that it is quite significant.

Will the page remain locked for some time?

It's already listed on 1989 in music, where events related to music are recorded. --TM 13:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you for pointing that out! (80.193.99.43 (talk) 14:06, 22 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]

United Airlines Flight 811

" ...rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers and crew out of the first class section."

In cases of explosive decompression, high pressure environments tend to expel their contents. They transition from high pressure states to low pressure states. In an aircraft, this means they are blown out into the atmosphere, not sucked. (121.45.44.161 (talk) 12:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]