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Birthdays and Wills

Latest comment: 13 days ago5 comments4 people in discussion

There seems to be an ongoing slow-motion edit war about whether to include in the list the "1,000-something" birthday of ancient figures, and whether to include the scheduled release dates of the wills of various people, including members of the Royal Family. Personally, I think that this is WP:TRIVIA that doesn't need to be mentioned, but the Royal Family Wills does have a citation behind it (the other stuff doesn't), and I'm preemptively bringing this here (and will also request temporary page protection as all warring parties are already confirmed) for further discussion. I take no position on the content myself. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 17:54, 31 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Content is just vandalism. Take the first item, 2217: The will Bella Bond is scheduled to become public knowledge, like a two year old murder victim has a will. Same for 2904: The will Dean Shillingsworth is scheduled to become public knowledge, same applies with the additional caveat of 900 years being preposterous. FDW777 (talk) 18:14, 31 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yikes... I didn't notice those two. Definitely not a good look. Though at least some of the disputed content was/is definitely plausible like the tidbits about the Royal Family and something or another concerning a time capsule. So it's not obvious vandalism, even if parts of the content are implausible. Thus even if I had noticed the two questionable entries I would probably have still treated it as routine edit-warring to be safe. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 21:15, 31 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Some of these are not even millennial anniversaries. For instance 2902 "886th anniversary of Alfie Evans." 21stCenturyCynic (talk) 17:08, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

c. 2500: Climate projections predict a barren landscape for the Amazon rainforest amid low water levels due to vegetation decline.^[1]^[2]
January 3, 2502: 553rd anniversary of the birth of Sylvia Likens.
February 2, 2502: 525th anniversary of the birth of the singer Shakira.
September 7, 2502: 538th anniversary of the birth of the rapper Eazy-E.
July 1, 2507: 546th anniversary of the birth of Diana, Princess of Wales.
August 9, 2511: 548th anniversary of the birth of Whitney Houston.
August 31, 2514: 517th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
February 18, 2516: 1000th anniversary of the birth of Mary I
c. 2531: Professor Hiroshi Yoshida of Tohoku University conducted a study in 2024 which suggests every Japanese person will have the surname "Satō" if a law requiring couples to share a single surname is not changed before this time.^[3]^[4]
September 7, 2533: 1000th anniversary of the birth of Elizabeth I.
May 19, 2536: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Anne Boleyn.
June 22, 2535: 1000th anniversary of the execution of John Fisher.
October 12, 2537: 1000th anniversary of the birth of Edward VI.
July 28, 2540: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Thomas Cromwell.
December 10, 2541: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Francis Dereham.
February 13, 2542: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
December 8, 2542: 1000th anniversary of the birth of Mary, Queen of Scots.
January 22, 2552: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset.
April 11, 2554: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Thomas Wyatt the Younger.
March 21, 2556: 1000th anniversary of the execution of Thomas Cranmer.
November 17, 2558: 1000th anniversary of the death of Mary I
December 5, 2560: 1000th anniversary of the death of Francis II of France.
March 19, 2562: 563rd anniversary of the birth of Gabby Petito.
August 29, 2594: 636th anniversary of the birth of Michael Jackson.

ElizabethJapan1420 (talk) 07:57, 18 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Move discussion in progress

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2040s

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

As it is now only 14 years away can we give the 2040s its own article? PatGallacher (talk) 18:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

27th century

Could somebody add something like this?: c. 2600: Due to Earth's axial precession the point of March equinox will move from the constellation of Pisces to that of Aquarius, according to the official constellation boundaries defined by the International Astronomical Union in 1929.

2061 event

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I believe the fortune of Halley's commit in August of 2061 should be added to this list. ~2026-25567-40 (talk) 16:02, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

2100 etc.

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

2100 is the end of the 21st century, not the beginning of the 22nd. In general: $100 x$ is the end of the $x$ th century, not the beginning of the $x +1$ st. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 14:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

How many of these "predictions" are actually plausible and which are just baseless speculation ?

Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

I belive that many of these topics are things that are highly unlikely to happen. We also need to have serious discussion on what should be included in the list and what shouldn't. ~2026-27869-71 (talk) 09:37, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

To add on;I dont think the long player deserves a mention. ~2026-27869-71 (talk) 09:39, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

"2637" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect 2637 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 May 31 § 2637 until a consensus is reached. Renerpho (talk) 13:53, 31 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

The 2099 upper year limit in BIOS

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I find this sentence:

2099 is the maximum year that can be set on computers with BIOS firmware [...]

in need of some clarification: which BIOS? I presume the sentence was written back when UEFI wasn't a thing yet, e.g., those pre-2010 old BIOSes. Modern BIOSes with their fancy GUIs and FHD output has extended the time limit into arbitrary values, (only that Windows will give up working if one dares to do so. Don't set it to 9999/12/31, how I know...) 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk / Commons /} 12:17, 21 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

↑ Lyon, Christopher (September 2021). "Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100". Global Change Biology. 28 (2): 349–361. doi:10.1111/gcb.15871. hdl:20.500.11850/521222. ISSN 1354-1013. PMID 34558764. S2CID 230588117.
↑ Dunhill, Alex; Beckerman, Andrew P.; Burke, Ariane; Allen, Bethany; Smith, Chris; Lyon, Christopher; Hill, Daniel J.; Saupe, Erin; McKay, James (26 September 2021). "Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
↑ "日本における佐藤姓増加に関する推計方法と結果について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Hiroshi Yoshida. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
↑ McCurry, Justin (April 2, 2024). "Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor". The Guardian. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[1] Lyon, Christopher (September 2021). "Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100". Global Change Biology. 28 (2): 349–361. doi:10.1111/gcb.15871. hdl:20.500.11850/521222. ISSN 1354-1013. PMID 34558764. S2CID 230588117.

[2] Dunhill, Alex; Beckerman, Andrew P.; Burke, Ariane; Allen, Bethany; Smith, Chris; Lyon, Christopher; Hill, Daniel J.; Saupe, Erin; McKay, James (26 September 2021). "Our climate projections for 2500 show an Earth that is alien to humans". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

[3] "日本における佐藤姓増加に関する推計方法と結果について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Hiroshi Yoshida. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[4] McCurry, Justin (April 2, 2024). "Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor". The Guardian. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

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