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== Page layout years==
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout. this dint tell me nothing
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). [[user talk:BozMo|talk]]--[[User:BozMo|BozMo]] 13:39, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

== [[Windows 98]]? ==
shouldn't it be mentioned windows 98 came out? that was an important thing  <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.15.216.208|98.15.216.208]] ([[User talk:98.15.216.208|talk]]) 14:24, 29 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:It was indeed, Windows 98 was revolutionary (globally) and before Windows XP it was the most used OS. I personally think its date of release should be noted. [[User:Dilbaggg|Dilbaggg]] ([[User talk:Dilbaggg|talk]]) 08:02, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

== [[European Court of Human Rights]]? ==
That's nonsense, the Court was instituted by the European Convention on Human Rights in 1950.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/163.1.105.57|163.1.105.57]] ([[User talk:163.1.105.57|talk]]) 16:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Missing economic events ==
LTCM bail-out, Russian crisis and default...  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/178.195.71.41|178.195.71.41]] ([[User talk:178.195.71.41|talk]]) 08:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

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== [[Seinfeld]] finale ==
May 14, 1998 
I think it was a significant moment in TV history. Shouldn't it be mentioned? 
[[User:Rayansb|Rayansb]] ([[User talk:Rayansb|talk]]) 23:32, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
:No, it's for [[1998 in American television]]. [[User:Jim Michael|Jim Michael]] ([[User talk:Jim Michael|talk]]) 14:50, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

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== Eclipses ==
See [[WT:YEARS#Eclipses]] for a matter relevant to this page.  [[User:Arthur Rubin (alternate)|Arthur Rubin (alternate)]] ([[User talk:Arthur Rubin (alternate)|talk]]) 23:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

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== Collage thoughts ==

Please let me know if anyone has any disagreements on the images included in the collage, and I will put it up for vote. Thanks [[User:The ganymedian|The ganymedian]] ([[User talk:The ganymedian|talk]]) 22:45, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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== Edit semi-protected ==

{{Edit semi-protected|1998|answered=yes}}
Under Deaths, for July, please add actress [[Sylvia Field]] for July 31.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-08-12-9808110425-story.html [[Special:Contributions/2600:100C:A206:F6CD:CC6D:1BB3:6327:1ACE|2600:100C:A206:F6CD:CC6D:1BB3:6327:1ACE]] ([[User talk:2600:100C:A206:F6CD:CC6D:1BB3:6327:1ACE|talk]]) 06:45, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done for now:''' please establish a [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for this alteration '''[[Wikipedia:Edit requests|before]]''' using the {{Tlx|Edit semi-protected}} template.<!-- Template:ESp --> They are likely not notable enough for the main year article. Perhaps [[1998 in the United States]]? [[User:ScottishFinnishRadish|ScottishFinnishRadish]] ([[User talk:ScottishFinnishRadish|talk]]) 12:58, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

== Half-Life release date ==

It actually came out on November 19, not November 8. The Steam store page uses an incorrect release date. [[User:AppleiBend6|AppleiBend6]] ([[User talk:AppleiBend6|talk]]) 20:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

== Anachronistic collage ==

The collage used features a modern picture of the Google webpage. Would it be bad to replace that with an image of Google as it appeared back in 1998? – [[User:MrPersonHumanGuy|MrPersonHumanGuy]] ([[User talk:MrPersonHumanGuy|talk]]) 21:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

:After {{age in years, months and days|April 18, 2024|February 18, 2025}}, I've decided to reiterate my point and ping {{ping|The0Quester}} who created the collage back in 2023 and also previously introduced that anachronism a further back with [[Special:Diff/1127543777|this edit]] in order to replace a collage created by [[User:The ganymedian|The ganymedian]], who with [[Special:Diff/1113983738|this edit]] had tried to introduce {{code|File:1998 Events Collage.png}}, which was deleted from Commons for using a [[:File:Google1998.png|copyrighted image]].
:[[File:Google 1998.jpg|thumb|If the collage for 1998 is to include Google, then it should feature a picture like this, not one that shows a logo the company wouldn't have until 2015.]]
:'''PS''' On the other hand, I think "[[:File:Mark Zuckerberg - 3481555455.jpg|the Facebook one]]" is still a better choice for 2004 than the current Google picture is for 1998. – [[User:MrPersonHumanGuy|MrPersonHumanGuy]] ([[User talk:MrPersonHumanGuy|talk]]) 13:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)