Talk:1998

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). talk--BozMo 13:39, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Windows 98?

shouldn't it be mentioned windows 98 came out? that was an important thing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.15.216.208 (talk) 14:24, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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. 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. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.105.57 (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Missing economic events

LTCM bail-out, Russian crisis and default... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.195.71.41 (talk) 08:30, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

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Seinfeld finale

May 14, 1998 I think it was a significant moment in TV history. Shouldn't it be mentioned? Rayansb (talk) 23:32, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

No, it's for 1998 in American television. 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. 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 The ganymedian (talk) 22:45, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

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Edit semi-protected

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 2600:100C:A206:F6CD:CC6D:1BB3:6327:1ACE (talk) 06:45, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the Template:Tlx template. They are likely not notable enough for the main year article. Perhaps 1998 in the United States? 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. 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? – MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 21:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

After , I've decided to reiterate my point and ping Template:Ping who created the collage back in 2023 and also previously introduced that anachronism a further back with this edit in order to replace a collage created by The ganymedian, who with this edit had tried to introduce File:1998 Events Collage.png, which was deleted from Commons for using a copyrighted image.

File:Google 1998.jpg

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 "the Facebook one" is still a better choice for 2004 than the current Google picture is for 1998. – MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)