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December 31

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December 31, 2022 (2022-12-31) (Saturday)

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(Posted) RD: Jeremiah Green

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Article: Jeremiah Green (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety, RollingStone
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Drummer for Modest Mouse. Orange tagged. Needs some work. Anarchyte (talk) 08:01, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD/Blurb: Pope Benedict XVI

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Consensus will not change, and no need for additional supports. Requests to change the blurb should be taken to WP:ERRORS. Anarchyte (talk) 10:55, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Pope Benedict XVI (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Former pope Benedict XVI (pictured) dies at the age of 95. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI begins in Vatican City
News source(s): BBC, Rappler (Reuters)
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Former Pope, probably a blurb. ✨  4 🧚‍♂am KING  09:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
okay, Wait Not really tagged, but significant referencing work needs doing. Kingsif (talk) 09:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
He wasn't 'Vatican king' - there is not and never has been such a title. GenevieveDEon (talk) 14:24, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Vatican City is an Absolute Monarchy with the Pope as Head of State, making him King. This isn’t a fact that’s up for debate. Spman (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hogwash. It's an elective monarchy (you don't need capitals for the names of types of government, by the way), and not every monarch is a king or queen. The Grand Duke of Luxembourg isn't, the princes of Monaco and Liechtenstein aren't, the Emperor of Japan isn't, and nor is the Pope. GenevieveDEon (talk) 14:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment No CNs left now, I will try to get to awards section this evening (UTC) if not already fixed by then Josey Wales Parley 13:41, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We should stick with the original blurb. That is the standard format for death blurbs of any kind. No need to add extra fluff.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:22, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
He's not standard, he's the pope. When people have notable funerals, that's saying something (everyone has an age). And his death has begun, it's his life that's over. Anyway, just a suggestion. I'm also OK with the boring standard line. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'His death has begun' is not idiomatic for describing a person who is fully dead, in any dialect of English I know. The death-and-funeral article is linked in the original blurb. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As an event, yeah, he's no longer dying. He is now in the state of death, among the dead, however you say. In any words, the death and funeral seem more timely still, should (in my opinion) be the bolded news. InedibleHulk (talk) 13:51, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The blurb The death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI begins in Rome is just not gramatically correct. He died, so death can't begin. The funeral did not begin too, only plans and preparations for funeral. Choosing this as target article is one thing, phrasing is another. It is in blurb anyway. Kirill C1 (talk) 14:11, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not set in stone, it was the best I could do without piping. You want to pipe something, go for it. But just as a general bit of advice, I'm telling you, death begins at death as surely as life begins at birth/conception/what-have-you. It's one of those weird things about English, like how two moose are moose. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:19, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's grammatically wrong. He died: this is not ongoing; like "his death" it is a singular event. "He is dead" is an ongoing state. There is nothing weird about the English on this! SchroCat (talk) 14:28, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Dead" is the adjective for those in the lasting noun of death. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:34, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore, the death/funeral is not taking place "in Rome" as the alt blurb states. It is taking place in Vatican City, which is another entity entirely. Throw this whole blurb out. 174.113.161.1 (talk) 14:41, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How about I just fix that for you and you don't choose it? InedibleHulk (talk) 14:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'Pope Emeritus' is the usual style, and I think we should use it here. GenevieveDEon (talk) 15:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, “Pope Emeritus” is the formula we should use in the blurb. _-_Alsor (talk) 16:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree. Let's stick with plain language. -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Former and emeritus have different meanings. Kirill C1 (talk) 19:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. We wouldn't blurb "Former Queen X" if we meant "Dowager Queen X." Emeritus is a distinction with a real difference. Dr Fell (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would definitely support an image. (If either of the other death-blurb nominations below succeeds, we could perhaps rotate the images, but we've had Pelé for a bit now.) GenevieveDEon (talk) 15:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Because he was massively influential in his field. Even as a cardinal he was very prominent and influential, and then he was elected to the highest post in the billion-plus member organisation he belonged to, and then he made history by being the first Pope in centuries to resign. GenevieveDEon (talk) 15:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I dont quite get how he was "massively influential" in any field tbh, and his resignation probably was ITN when it happened. I dont get how old retiree dies is front page blurb worthy. Much less with a photo. nableezy - 17:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to make it more about his continuing decomposition and journey through Purgatory, but failed miserably. In the end, the people get what the people want. This time, like other times, they want old age! InedibleHulk (talk) 16:06, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
(?) This is a major event that affects Catholics worldwide, former Pope or not. MarioJump83 (talk) 20:32, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Says who? In what world is any Catholic affected by this? nableezy - 00:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The death of any pope would warrant a blurb, regardless of perceived influence. Not all states and churches (nor their leaders) are equal. Suggesting this is 'old man dies' is inaccurate. Dr Fell (talk) 22:43, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Really, inaccurate? He hasnt been pope in almost a decade, he is a former head of state (being generous with the term state). We dont blurb former heads of state when they die of old age. A current head of state, like the current pope, sure. This is firmly old man dies of being old. nableezy - 00:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
He was the very first Pope to resign in 600+ years. --RockstoneSend me a message! 01:40, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We did with the former Angolan dictator. Curbon7 (talk) 01:43, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And George H.W. Bush. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 05:58, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Deposition of Guaidó

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No consensus to post. --Tone 21:54, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Venezuelan presidential crisis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Venezuela interim president Juan Guaidó deposed by opposition. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Venezuelan opposititon votes to dissolve the contested interim government led by Juan Guaidó (pictured).
News source(s): Voachinese
Credits:

Article updated
 FK8438 (talk) 08:11, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Kingsif: As far as I know, the original vote planned to dissolve the presidency on 4 January 2023 (while maintaining structures to keep foreign assets), but another vote took place yesterday to confirm the decision. Based on the sources I'm reading, the decision has been made effective just after the vote. Here's a Reuters source, too: Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido. --NoonIcarus (talk) 11:03, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I mean, I didn't think it would warrant ITN when I first saw it, so it's rather immaterial really that it got re-confirmed. Kingsif (talk) 04:18, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, as per article, his presidency was not universally recognized and some countries (the EU members) do not recognize him anymore after he lost his position as head of parliament. So, this is really an internal political story. --Tone 10:38, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I would support this if there was a different blurb and the linked article was the Venezuelan presidential crisis. "Deposed" is not a neutral term, and more context would be useful. Marking the end of the presidential crisis, however, is newsworthy. (edit conflict) --NoonIcarus (talk) 10:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose While I do think the story is notable, neither the Juan Guaido nor the Venezuelan presidential crisis articles are in any shape to be posted. Mount Patagonia (talk) 11:42, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The blurb is misleading, making it sound as though a sitting president has been deposed by his opponents. In fact, the opposition faction has dissolved its own shadow presidency as part of moves to normalise the nation's political situation. As such, I don't think this merits posting. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now - The blurb as currently phrased is misleading or incorrect, and I think trying to construct a more accurate blurb would be more likely to confuse our readers than interest them. --🌈WaltCip-(talk) 16:26, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added altblurb - To more accurately convey the situation. GamerOfStrategy (talk) 04:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on notability. Nothing has changed on the ground. The ⬡ Bestagon[t][c] 12:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support altblurb Guaido was not "deposed," but the end of the presidential crisis and opposing governments is notable. The Kip (talk) 20:41, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Any expert in Latin American politics around here? The article states that the Venezuelan presidential crisis ends on 5 January of this year with the end of Guaidó's pseudo-presidency. But I, without being an expert, have my doubts that this movement of the opposition will lead to an end of the crisis and not to a simple replacement of leadership that maintains the dispute and the tension. If this will put an end to this stage of the Venezuelan crisis, I support this nomination. _-_Alsor (talk) 23:10, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    The opposition government didn’t just vote to remove Guaido, but to dissolve itself, ending the presidential crisis at least. There won’t be a successor, and Maduro is effectively the sole government of the country now. The Kip (talk) 00:02, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    The elections for the leader of the house are at the start of each year. The house have voted to agree - twice - that when it comes, they will change all roles (not allowing the incumbents to run) and, thus, dissolve the acting government. That will end the dispute of the presidency. It will not end tensions, of course, but there is an end date to the crisis of different groups recognising different people (which the opposition has realised is unsustainable and possibly doing more harm to the people than the alternative is, bad as the alternative is and bad as relinquishing the challenge is.) Kingsif (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Got it! Thanks! The end of a presidential crisis that mobilized the international community is ITN-worthy, and by far. The article is sufficiently quoted and up to date. Support altblurb. _-_Alsor (talk) 11:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality due to the quality of the articles. Abcmaxx (talk) 08:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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December 30

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December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) (Friday)

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(Posted) RD: Janaki Ballabh

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Article: Janaki Ballabh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Indian sinologist. Ktin (talk) 21:23, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jian Xianfo

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Article: Jian Xianfo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): 3g.163.com (Chinese)
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: An article I created last year whose subject has just died. Chinese politician. Dumelow (talk) 23:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(RD Posted) RD, Blurb: Barbara Walters

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RD posted, no consensus for a blurb. --Tone 10:48, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Barbara Walters (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  American television journalist Barbara Walters dies at the age of 93. (Post)
News source(s): [1]
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
 – Muboshgu (talk) 02:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD: This is a given, while I would even Support Blurb for her stature in the whole world broadcasting legacy she has made for women.GovernmentAssistant (talk) 03:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD: Her legacy in broadcasting, interviewing every US president from Nixon to Biden (Albeit Trump and Biden were before being president) makes this one a given. Weak oppose blurb Probably a hard case to make. Might make more sense with some further discussion. TheCorriynial (talk) 03:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note I made a procedural addition of a blurb to the nom, since there have been multiple comments already.—Bagumba (talk) 04:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD & Blurb: RD is a no brainer. Support Blurb role in breaking barriers for women and being a legendary broadcaster. Rushtheeditor (talk) 23:06, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb: I don't think quite top-tier influential/transformative in her field, and, to me, "legendary" and "breaking barriers" is news-speak that doesn't tell us too much. I don't think she has much of a worldwide legacy - she was well-known broadcaster in North America but she is utterly known outside of it, and I do think that counts for something if we are talking about a journalist's impact. Humbledaisy (talk) 04:15, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb. Blurbs should only be considered when there could be a separate article on the death and/or funeral of the person. Abductive (reasoning) 04:25, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Abductive: That's never been the status quo. If someone is a significant enough figure in their field (e.g. Pelé), we post them. Kurtis (talk) 07:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    You will note that Pelé had worldwide news media attention earlier for just being sick, and therefore meets the rule that for a blurb there needs to be suffiecient sourcing for an article on their death and/or funeral. Pelé's article also has just had 2.5 million pageviews in two days. He is orders of magnitude more important than most blurb nominees. Stop nominating doomed RD blurbs. Abductive (reasoning) 13:27, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, oppose blurb: I don't think she was notable and impactful to such a degree to warrant being on top of the In the News Category. She still however was a trailblazer in many ways so a RD listing is certainly required. Knightoftheswords281 (talk) 04:27, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • RD - close to blurb-worthy but just shy imo. Though I do think some of the above comment understates her significance a bit. And we dont have a Death of Pele article either, though that was an obvious blurb. nableezy - 04:25, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose RD on quality at the moment; oppose blurb or we'll need to be blurbing every veteran national newsreader from around the world. Frankly, even in 20th century American broadcast journalism as an industry, I'm not sure she's even the most prominent woman - Nancy Dickerson, no? She had a great career and impact within a limited sphere, but if Pelé is obvious and Vivienne Westwood is debatable, Barbara Walters is a firm no, I'm afraid. Kingsif (talk) 04:30, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Any honest assessment of her career will show that Barbara Walters was not a mere "newsreader." - Fuzheado | Talk 10:03, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you're replying to the wrong person. Either that or read my comment like Swiss cheese. Kingsif (talk) 10:08, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD, soft support blurb: Too frequently heretofore unknown rules are used to lobby for or against a blurb. Was Walters top-tier influential and transformative in her field? Yes. Should a death be blurbed only if the death itself and/or funeral be worthy of an article? No. Would blurbing the death of this journalist require blurbing every the deaths of every veteran newsreader from around the world? No. She was the dean of television journalism (but without the heft of a Cronkite) and a media touchstone. Dr Fell (talk) 04:46, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agree 100%. Curbon7 (talk) 04:47, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I and a number of other editors state the rule every single time a bad nomination for an RD blurb is made. Users who pretend not to hear us are engaging in Wikipedia:IDIDNTHEARTHAT which is a kind of disruptive editing. Abductive (reasoning) 05:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Is this rule documented?—Bagumba (talk) 05:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming your argument is the one you state above ("Blurbs should only be considered when there could be a separate article on the death and/or funeral of the person"), you far overstate your hand, considering I do also recall Jean-Luc Godard passing pretty easily a few months ago. Curbon7 (talk) 05:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know that not all users agree with the rule. Still, it would be nice if users would stop nominating ~80% of RD blurbs beginning in the new year. Make it a resolution to stop stinking up this page in your efforts to stink up the main page. Abductive (reasoning) 06:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I know that not all users agree with the rule.: So it is not documented, correct? —Bagumba (talk) 07:06, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, now let the wikilawyering begin. Abductive (reasoning) 13:27, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You;re the one asserting the existence of a rule no-one has heard of. Decrying requests that you produce is as 'wikilawyering' is tendentious. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:38, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not wikilawyering. Your assertion that this is the only standard by which death blurbs are posted is outright false per WP:ITNRD. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 15:07, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There is no such rule. If you disagree, point us to it. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:38, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, Oppose blurb Same reason as Westwood. IMO, doesn’t meet global/public renown standard. We can’t just blurb people because they’re the “among the best in their field;” hypothetically, would we really blurb a little-known ornithologist or a museum curator upon their passing, just because they were recognized as such? The Kip (talk) 05:51, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Old Woman Dies, suggest Photo RD. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Blurb Vague descriptors that this person was "legendary" and that she "broke barriers", was "top tier influential" or "transformative", are just vague descriptors. The same low-effort vague labels could be equally applied to many TV presenters. Chrisclear (talk) 06:15, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb - Walters is close in my view, but as I comprehend the standards currently in place on this page, and compare the unanimous support for Pele, I oppose a blurb for the main page in this case. I must add that I hope 2023 will bring more kindness in our rhetoric here. Cheers! Jusdafax (talk) 06:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb - Pele was well-known to people who have little-to no knowledge or interest in football. Not the case here. The ⬡ Bestagon[t][c] 06:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb A transformative figure, and household name at a similar level to Pele who was just posted as blurb. Davey2116 (talk) 07:56, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Please tell me this one is trolling, at least. Trying to claim Walters has the same international renown and impact as Pelé is going to hurt your argument more than anything. Kingsif (talk) 08:06, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    An absolutely ridiculous comparison. Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:33, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    If it were about international renown and impact, sure, that's stupid. But there's nothing weird about Barbara Walters being the bigger name in househoulds where she was on TV for most days of the week for years and Pelé only showed up now and then in archival footage. It's all relative, fans. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The !vote did try to claim comparable renown, though. Which it shouldn't, you're right, and what I was trying to point out: a support based on comparing the global icon status of Pelé and Walters basically legitimises using such a comparison as an argument, when each item should be considered on its own merits. And surely the overwhelming majority of people comparing the two in such a way will deduce that Walters doesn't measure up. Like, she belonged to a much more niche field, and may have led in an even more niche part of it. They shouldn't be compared, really, because of the difference in scope… Kingsif (talk) 02:33, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb I think it’s highly disrespectful for Vivienne Westwood and utterly humiliating for Pelé to put them in the same basket as a mere newsreader.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:32, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not supporting a blurb, but any honest assessment of her career will show that Barbara Walters was not a "mere newsreader." - Fuzheado | Talk 10:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I know. That was a deliberate belittling for the sake of the comparison to Pelé and Westwood because some people really got very unreal in the discussion.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:44, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Calm everyone down. Just because Pelé has been included does not mean that the rest of the very famous/important people have to be included. The international impact of Walters is very low unlike him (and that also matters) and not because she is a transformer in the American television she has to be included. _-_Alsor (talk) 08:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, oppose blurb Very notable journalist but unfortunately her demise comes between that of Pele and Pope Benedict XVI, who are (let’s face it) more notable than her. Vida0007 (talk) 10:21, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, oppose blurb A notable journalist within the US but barely known in the rest of the world. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 10:24, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD Not notable enough for blurb; certainly enough for RD. Compusolus (talk) 10:47, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose blurb Major politicians, generals or religious figures are notable because of the large numbers of victims/people under their control/influence, researchers/scientists and to a degree artists can be evaluated based on new inventions/discoveries/concepts/techniques that they developed, sportspeople can be evaluated on new innovations or vast statistical superiority. There is no evidence of any technical/stylistic advance that the subject contributed to, and if so, it should be explained in their article. Meeting a lot of famous people is not a sign of superiority or improved skill Bumbubookworm (talk) 10:53, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This is nonsense, and basically writes off professional broadcasting as an area of expertise. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I hope the admins give this statement as much respect as it gives to journalism as a whole. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 15:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Our readership takes a different view as Barbara Walters is currently beating both Pelé and Pope Benedict (views). See how they compare with the other RD blurbs of 2022 (22M total). For comparison, here are 10 celebrity deaths which didn't get blurbs (52M total). Queen Elizabeth is best done separately because she's in a class of her own (44M total).
Andrew🐉(talk) 10:02, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Opposition leader arrested in Bolivia

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Proposed image
Camacho at his gubernatorial inauguration
Article: Luis Fernando Camacho (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Luis Fernando Camacho, (pictured) the governor of Santa Cruz and opposition leader of Bolivia, is arrested on terrorism charges and sent to four months preventative detention. (Post)
News source(s): AlJazeera, TheGuardian, Reuters, BBC, AP
Credits:

Nominator's comments: The governor arrested is recognized to be the opposition leader of Bolivia by WP:RS. The arrest has caused a political crisis and protests. Covered by every news outlet out there, and due to the nature of the arrest, nomination worthy (being the opposition leader). BastianMAT (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 29

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December 29, 2022 (2022-12-29) (Thursday)

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RD: Keenan Cahill

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Article: Keenan Cahill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Article has some issues, hoping someone can update this. Rushtheeditor • talk 23:01, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Don West

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Article: Don West (wrestling) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Article updated with death, has a few citations needed, just working my way through the article. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 20:54, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Looks good now. --Vacant0 (talk) 17:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: The article title violates NPOV, considering the significant amount of time he spent in the public eye apart from working as a professional wrestling announcer. The structure of the article violates NPOV, as the "Career" section gives excessive weight to trivia about his time as a professional wrestling announcer, while the following "Personal life and death" section relegates his life as a whole to a mere footnote in comparison. We have the temerity to call that a biography. To make matters worse, it smacks of forum-shopping to nominate this at ITNC, where editors are solely concerned about superficial "article quality" concerns such as how pretty the formatting looks or whether it happens to have citations of some sort in certain places, and aren't likely to give it the degree of scrutiny I gave it. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 19:52, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ian Tyson

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Article: Ian Tyson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Toronto Star, New York Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Canadian folk singer active in the U.S. and Canada, citations still needed for a handful of sentences and discography. Yeeno (talk) 19:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Edgar Savisaar

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Article: Edgar Savisaar (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ERR, Estonian World
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: A central figure in Estonian politics from the 1980s till recent times. Abc347834 (talk) 16:40, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ruggero Deodato

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Article: Ruggero Deodato (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian, Variety, The Independent, EW.
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Important film director. Saddly, the article is not ready and still need some work. --Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 00:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) (Posted to RD) RD/Blurb: Vivienne Westwood

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RD posted, no consensus for a blurb. --Tone 10:49, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Vivienne Westwood (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (pictured) dies aged 81. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (pictured), who is largely credited with bringing modern punk fashion into the mainstream, dies aged 81.
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: The article is in pretty good shape, but there are still a couple of citations needed here and there. SchroCat (talk) 21:28, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support in principle One CN tag that needs fixing by the looks of things. Part of me wants to blurb it because of her impact on fashion but that might just be a British bias coming from me. XxLuckyCxX (talk) 21:32, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD, Oppose blurb as per above. MyriadSims (talk) 23:16, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD, Oppose Blurb Tommie345 (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
support blurb At the dawn of punk, the dawn of new wave music and fashion, made a Dame; of course she's worth a blurb. Her inspiration goes from 60s to today. A worthy event. Ofdoktorb wordsdeeds 21:16, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb: Transformative and influential, with a lasting impact. And free from the RD/death blurb bias toward athletes and trivial 'Google Doodle' type figures. Dr Fell (talk) 04:52, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb. Famous and influential. Kirill C1 (talk) 10:14, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If we blurbed everyone who was famous and influential there would be a recent death blurb up virtually all the time. There has to be a higher standard than that. Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think she goes beyond that. She was one of the most influential designers of the late 20th century, with a unique relationship between fashion and popular culture in the punk movement. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:41, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Mihalj Kertes

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Article: Mihalj Kertes (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Danas, N1, Politika, Radio Free Europe
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Close associate to Slobodan Milošević --Vacant0 (talk) 21:12, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Proposal to merge current glut of new PMs into one line

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Consensus to merge the PM blurbs is unlikely to develop. --PFHLai (talk) 23:48, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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So, Nepal, Fiji, and Israel have all swapped in new prime ministers within the past few days, meaning that half of ITN will be lines on these new figures being elected. I propose smushing them into a single line:

After elections, Pushpa Kamal Dahal becomes Prime Minister of Nepal, Sitiveni Rabuka becomes Prime Minister of Fiji, and Benjamin Netanyahu returns as Prime Minister of Israel.

No image needed, as Pelé will occupy that box anyway. BD2412 T 20:57, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose this isnt how we do things at ITN. Each item gets its own line. that's how it's always been. NoahTalk 21:02, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fiji will get pushed off once Bibi gets posted, so its not a big deal in this case, I think. I can see this solution being useful if circumstances were different, though. Curbon7 (talk) 21:16, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Ongoing removal: Mahsa Amini protests

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Article: Mahsa Amini protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: Article is not receiving continued substantial updates. Most recent substantial update regarding events on 23 December, and this was just a 10-sentence quote from Reuters (possible borderline WP:OVERQUOTING?), without any description of specific new events. Outside of "As of # December" casualty updates, the only other major update in the past 2 weeks appears to be 2 sentences about New Zealand placing travel bans on several members of Iranian security forces. SpencerT•C 19:33, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is not the case that nothing happens, see [3][4] [5] Kirill C1 (talk) 19:54, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I did not say that nothing is happening; I stated that the article is not being regularly updated, which is a requirement for items to remain in Ongoing. SpencerT•C 20:50, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Just as the Invasion of Ukraine is still happening, so are the Mahsa Amini Protests. MyriadSims (talk) 20:52, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose there are still protests going on, and we are still receiving updates. Editor 5426387 (talk) 15:50, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

support at Best Its a side story, but more importantly theres no update.171.103.249.78 (talk) 02:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) (Posted blurb) Blurb/RD: Pelé

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No need for any more pile on supports. Consensus to post this as a blurb is not going to change. If there are any other issues they can be handled at WP:ERRORS. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:44, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Pelé (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Pelé (pictured), the only three time Men's World Cup champion, dies in Brazil at the age of 82 (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Brazilian footballer Pelé, considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies in Brazil at 82.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Brazilian [soccer player/footballer] Pelé dies aged 82
News source(s): [7]
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Expect debate about blurb, RD should be fairly quick with the editing activity at the article. Kingsif (talk) 19:04, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • My only concern is there isn't a dedicated section about his health. If the article is attracting readers because of his passing, it maybe needs to be mentioned more than just the date. But as said, the article is busy, I expect it will come soon. Kingsif (talk) 19:13, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting blurb support. Clearly entailed as a legend/top of field in the article. This is a no brainer for blurbing. Masem (t) 20:37, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) All solar system's planets visible in night sky

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Good faith nomination, but won't gain consensus. Anarchyte (talk) 10:56, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: solar system (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ All solar system's planets will be visible in the night sky on Thursday (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.
Nominator's comments: I am not sure it is ITN worthy, but interesting fact. Kirill C1 (talk) 17:42, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
2. Not sure the proposed target is suitable. That article is about the solar system and it'll probably contain a maximum of 1-2 sentences on this event (haven't checked it though), which is not enough to meet WP:ITNCRIT. For this type of event, a separate article is best, but I don't know if this meets the notability criteria.
3. The event sure is interesting, and I'll be happy to support this nomination, albeit with a better blurb, if the above issues are resolved.

Regards, The ⬡ Bestagon[t][c] 18:20, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The name of BBC article is "All solar system's planets visible in night sky". The lead says "There will be a chance to see all the planets in the solar system in the night sky on Thursday." Kirill C1 (talk) 18:53, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but what I meant by "this is not mentioned in the target article" is that it is not mentioned in Wikipedia's article on the solar system. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 19:00, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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New PM in Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019
Articles: Benjamin Netanyahu (talk · history · tag) and 2022 Israeli legislative election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Israel after the legislative election. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) becomes the Prime Minister of Israel after the legislative election, for the third time in total.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:

Nominator's comments: New prime minister of Israel. Rushtheeditor talk 16:56, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 28

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RD: Alain Bernheim

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Article: Alain Bernheim (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): 450.fm
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: French pianist and historian --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:21, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: Any additional information about his area of research? The article describes it as "Masonic research" and then lists an overview of number of publications, but I don't get a good sense about what his research entailed. A couple of sentences and this should be adequate. SpencerT•C 03:35, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Spencer, I checked, but didn't find much more. I tried to be a bit more specific in the lead. Not my field at all, - I'd be better with the musical part. - I couldn't find more about the Bucharest competition either. It seems to be a precursor of the 1958 Enescu competition, but he and the other won in 1953, and the other has no mention of it, his successes beginning in 1955. Any help? I found a ref for his POD, at least. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Arata Isozaki

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Article: Arata Isozaki (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Japanese architect. Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Thriley (talk) 06:23, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2022 North Kosovo crisis

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Unlikely that a consensus to post will develop. Anarchyte (talk) 10:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2022 North Kosovo crisis (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: In global news around the world every day for a while now. Very tense, global politics at play, underlying historical grievances, ethnic-based divisions in a fragile part of Europe. The article is very good though and updated. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:37, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: John Bird

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Article: John Bird (actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Sky
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Died on the 24th, but not announced until today. Sourcing problems in the main (career) section. Sunshineisles2 (talk) 20:42, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Have added a BFI source for Film and TV; do all of the items need separate sources individually as well? 86.187.226.58 (talk) 17:34, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, IP editor. No, individual items of the list do not be sourced separately if the top level source covers the items in the list. However, someone needs to do the check that the BFI source covers all of the items mentioned in the list below. Tagging Sunshineisles2. Cheers.

(Posted) RD: Abdul Hamid (voice actor)

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Article: Abdul Hamid (voice actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [8]
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Recently died, article start, expansion very welcome if it doesnt meet minimum crit for ITN Nyanardsan (talk) 04:52, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 27

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December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27) (Tuesday)

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(Posted) RD: Arnie Ferrin

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Article: Arnie Ferrin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Salt Lake Tribune
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Basketball player won two championships with the Minneapolis Lakers in the BAA/NBA. Four-time All-American in college and member of National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. —Bagumba (talk) 09:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Mindanao floods

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Article: 2022 Northern Mindanao floods (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Monsoon floods in Northern Mindanao, The Philippines, cause at least 13 deaths and a further 23 people are missing according to the national disaster agency. (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Article needs major expansion, event is currently ongoing though, recent news. Abcmaxx (talk) 13:59, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 26

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December 26, 2022 (2022-12-26) (Monday)

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(Posted) RD: John Kinch

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Article: John Kinch (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Legacy.com
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Died on December 23, appears to have been first reported on December 26. BeanieFan11 (talk) 02:30, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[Needs attention] Ongoing blockade of Artsakh

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Article: 2022 blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): France24
Credits:

Nominator's comments: 120,000 people have been under blockade for 13 days already, while peacekeepers have not opened the road by removing protestors with what many believe to be ulterior motives. Seems unusual and important. Not sure if this is how "ongoing" stories are proposed. --RaffiKojian (talk) 17:14, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"A country (in this case Azerbaijan) cannot blockade the entity not recognized by that country." - This is nonsense. Recognition is a legal/political position; blockading is a matter of practical fact. And I'm very tired of procedural quibbles being used to oppose the inclusion of important news stories. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:39, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
While Azerbaijan does not recognize Artsakh, it does recognize that Armenians are living there. In Aliyev's own words in 2016, he mentioned "an autonomous republic" of Nagorno-Karabakh. Whether or not Azerbaijan recognizes Artsakh as a political entity is irrelevant to the fact that the community of 120000 people is being blockaded. Humanatbest (talk) 13:35, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle - We still have the problem of relatively few English-language sources for this event. But as I stated before, it's my understanding (gained from informal statements by Anglophone journalists familiar with the region) that this is a serious ongoing situation. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:39, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    This part of the world doesn't get as much English language news coverage as some others, it's true, but the UN Security Council has met over this, the head of the UN, UNICEF, the EU, the pope, the Council of Europe, and many of the governments of the world's leading powers have spoken out against this blockade already. It is indeed a serious ongoing situation and while there isn't an avalanche of articles about it, there has been coverage by serious, international news companies (I've linked to a couple). The longer it continues, the more it will get coverage, as it has now been 16 days and shortages of food, medicine and fuel are only going to get more acute :( RaffiKojian (talk) 17:16, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The dispute has been ongoing since the breakup of the Soviet Union and there are numerous border disputes of this sort around the world. This one does not seem sufficiently in the news or major enough to warrant an entry. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:31, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A blockade, that includes the blockade of food and other essential supplies, of over a hundred thousand people, is easily significant enough to be included in ITN. BilledMammal (talk) 10:14, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - The article was recently translated from the Armenian Wikipedia, and no consensus on the stable version has yet been established. The article currently has a number of WP:NPOV issues, one of which is an ongoing controversy concerning the article name. Artsakh is a self-proclaimed unrecognized republic, the territory of which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. No UN country or respectable reliable source acknowledges Artsakh's existence as a republic, instead using the neutral term "Blockade of Nagorno Karabakh" to describe events. Taking the article to the news at this moment is not a good idea; we should at the very least wait until there is consensus on how the article should be titled, because otherwise it will be an advertisement for a low-quality article with a POVname. A b r v a g l (PingMe) 17:43, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • So fix it - I agree that Nagorno-Karabakh is the WP:COMMONNAME of the region, so we should just use that and get on with it. The existence of the blockade is newsworthy, ongoing, and independent of what we call the affected area. GenevieveDEon (talk) 20:30, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't care whether it's called one or the other, I'm fine with either. Perhaps it can be posted with the ITN blurb text saying Nagorno-Karabakh, and linking to whatever the article is called? Whatever it is, I think the discussion can go on forever, especially with some people seemingly not wanting this news to get out. It needs a final decision. RaffiKojian (talk) 04:43, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The situation is unique - 120 000 Armenians besieged by Azerbaijan, deprived of free movement, food, fuel, medicine, with families torn apart. It is not "just another border event" - the sole humanitarian corridor of a large ethnic group is blockaded for 18 days now, with looming threat of a humanitarian catastrophe highlighted by Genocide_Watch [9], Human Rights Watch [10], World Medical Association [11], UNICEF [12], United Nations Security Council [13], PACE [14], Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights [15], EU, US [16] and France [17] with another dozen countries. The events are covered by BBC [18], RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty [19] , Euronews [20], Reuters [21], Forbes [22], Le Figaro [23], Le Monde [24], France24 [25]
The situation has attracted the attention of leaders such as Pope Francis [26] and President Emmanuel Macron [27], celebrities such as Jean Reno, Pierre Richard and Carole Bouquet [28], and so on. I do not see how the preferred wiki-name under discussion or the political status of the blockaded entity should affect featuring an article that describes an ongoing, widely commented-on humanitarian catastrophe. ZaniGiovanni (talk) 02:23, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- The existence of the blockade is noteworthy (a humanitarian crisis affecting 120,000 people). The UN security council convened precisely on this and virtually every country that spoke used some variation of the phrase "humanitarian crisis/catastrophe." Additional coverage has come from independent sources such as Aljazeera, Eurasianet, Crisis Group, and Human Rights Watch. The article title is not important to whether this is worthy of being considered news. Besides, significant edits have been made to the article since it was translated to English. Humanatbest (talk) 13:43, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the article has concerns over neutrality, even its title is in dispute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qızılbaş (talk • contribs)

December 25

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(Posted) RD: Haim Drukman

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Article: Haim Drukman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-12-25/ty-article/.premium/israels-most-influential-religious-zionist-rabbi-haim-druckman-dies-at-90/00000185-4abe-d7b9-a3ed-cebf95bc0000
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Knesset member and Israel Prize winner in 2012 who was the most influential spiritual leader of the Religious Zionists in Israel. I have done my best to improve the article before nominating it. There is more to add, but I must take a break, and I think it is a lot better than it was. Havradim leaf a message 13:56, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Fabián O'Neill

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Article: Fabián O'Neill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Uruguayan footballer with unusual surname and unusual life story. Described by Zinedine Zidane as his best ever teammate, even though his career had already crashed by the time he partnered the Frenchman at Juventus. A life ruined by alcohol and gambling sadly ends on this "merry" date, out of all possible days in the year. I've expanded the page; subject is much more widely covered in Italian and Spanish than English. 90.240.29.158 (talk) 19:19, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Stephan Bonnar

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Article: Stephan Bonnar (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Independent
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American MMA fighter and professional wrestler  The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 12:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) New PM in Nepal

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Pushpa Kamal Dahal in 2016
Articles: Pushpa Kamal Dahal (talk · history · tag) and 2022 Nepalese general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Pushpa Kamal Dahal (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Nepal after the general election. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
Credits:

One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: New prime minister of Nepal. Rushtheeditor talk 16:56, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 24

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RD: Kathy Whitworth

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Article: Kathy Whitworth (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-26/kathy-whitworth-lpga-record-victories-death/101809166
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Nominator's comments: All-time leader in victories by a player on a professional golf tour. HiLo48 (talk) 04:52, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Wallasey pub shooting

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No consensus to post. SpencerT•C 04:10, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Wallasey pub shooting (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A gunman opened fire at a pub entrance in Wallasey, England, killing one and injuring four. (Post)
News source(s): BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, ITV News
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Mass shootings are uncommon in the UK, and this is being covered by all the main news sources in the UK. greyzxq talk 15:46, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per above. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 21:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Royal Applause

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Article: Royal Applause (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RacingPost
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Racing horse. - Indefensible (talk) 08:03, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Removed source from article. - Indefensible (talk) 19:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Racing horse. Kirill C1 (talk) 13:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post..." --65.94.214.205 (talk) 15:11, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Franco Frattini

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Article: Franco Frattini (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNBC, PerthNow
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Italian Foreign Minister, European Commissioner of Justice. Needs some ref improvement but otherwise looks comprehensive. - Indefensible (talk) 07:21, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The cn tags have been addressed. - Indefensible (talk) 00:42, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Tunisha Sharma

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Article: Tunisha Sharma (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Indian Express, India Today
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Indian actress. - Indefensible (talk) 20:31, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 00:16, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could use expansion with regards to early life. Curbon7 (talk) 00:19, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Curbon7, Tried expanding the early life section. Hope this help. Thanks C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 16:28, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) New PM in Fiji

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Proposed image
Sitiveni Rabuka
Articles: Sitiveni Rabuka (talk · history · tag) and 2022 Fijian general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Sitiveni Rabuka (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Fiji after the general election. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: ITN/R, but haven't looked at the articles. If this passes, it should replace the current blurb on the election, I guess. The ⬡ Bestagon [t] [c]  14:31, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I remember we blurbed the election beforehand. I'm not sure as to whether or not we should blurb both the results of an election and the party actually getting into power. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 21:47, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We did so with Melloni. Curbon7 (talk) 02:01, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Support PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Explosion of tanker in South Africa

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Article: Boksburg tanker explosion (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A fuel tanker explodes in Boksburg, South Africa, killing eight people. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters ABC AP
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Article needs expansion. The ⬡ Bestagon [t] [c] 12:42, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fire in Russian nursing home

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Article: 2022 Kemerovo nursing home fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A fire at a nursing home in Kemerovo, Russia kills 22 people and injures six others. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Kemerovo, Russia, a fire at a nursing home kills 22 people.
News source(s): Reuters Euronews The Guradian Independent
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Article might need some work. The ⬡ Bestagon [t] [c] 12:35, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support - So many tragedies today. Notable enough for posting, but probably needs some work on the articles. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:03, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The holiday season is the absolute worst time to have this much loss. So many families, altered irreparably, during what's supposed to be the happiest time of the year. Kurtis (talk) 20:01, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability. Haven't actually checked the article, so I can't comment on its current state. Kurtis (talk) 20:01, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above Editor 5426387 (talk) 21:18, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Barry Round

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Article: Barry Round (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/24/afl-mourns-438-game-legend-and-brownlow-winner-barry-round
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Australian Rules Footballer. Hall of Fame member. Brownlow Medallist. Unfortunately, the article needs a lot of work on the referencing front. HiLo48 (talk) 07:13, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2022 Paris shooting

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No consensus to post after lengthy discussion.—Bagumba (talk) 03:05, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2022 Paris shooting (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A gunman attacks the Kurdish community in Paris, killing at least 3 people. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, HuffPost, Reuters
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Potential terrorist attack in France covered by international news. - Indefensible (talk) 06:11, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Authorities are treating it as a racially motivated shooting, which riding it above a basic "domestic incidebt" that we'd normally overlook. --Masem (t) 14:34, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You're right. It's also resulting in protests. I suppose this isn't any different than posting the Boston Marathon bombing back in 2013. --RockstoneSend me a message! 22:06, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I demand that you cite the source of this long-established precedent and when it became consensus.--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 17:49, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Really? How about every mass shooting in the United States over the past year, including ones that had exponentially more coverage around the world than this. nableezy - 17:17, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to read WP:HOWITNWORKS and specifically look at the "Mass shootings" section. We definitely post mass shootings on ITN. The fact that the United States comprises the outsize majority of those nominated does not mean we discount the ones with low death tolls that happen outside the U.S. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 18:10, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to drop the condescension a few notches. Im aware of how euro-centric ITN is, where insignificant stories that are barely covered around the world are breathlessly brought here as earth-shattering events, but ITN should focus on stories that are widely covered. This shooting barely rates, with the NYTimes for example not even mentioning it on its homepage, same with ABC (Australia), same with al-Jazeera in English and Arabic. So, given how shootings with significantly greater coverage are routinely shot down, mostly by people supporting this one, I continue to oppose this as not meriting coverage here. nableezy - 19:58, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Support these shootings don't always happen in Paris, and three people is enough. Editor 5426387 (talk) 21:29, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - This has motivated protests from the Kurdish community all over France(which we should probably put in the blurb as well), and has made headlines throughout the world. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 21:49, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support The location & motive for the attack makes it notable enough for ITN. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 20:32, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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December 23

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December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

RD: Maxi Jazz

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Article: Maxi Jazz (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

 The ⬡ Bestagon [t] [c]  06:52, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Txetxu Rojo

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Article: Txetxu Rojo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Pais (Spanish)
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Spanish football player & coach. Needs some ref improvement currently. - Indefensible (talk) 03:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jean-Robert de Cavel

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Article: Jean-Robert de Cavel (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [30]
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: updated, sourced. Valereee (talk) 22:26, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Big Scarr

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Article: Big Scarr (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): People Magazine
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American rapper. - Célestin Denis (talk) 20:00, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Zhang Youshang

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Article: Zhang Youshang (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guangming Daily (Chinese)
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Chinese scientist. - Indefensible (talk) 18:18, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Late December 2022 North American winter storm

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The storm system over the east of the continent on December 22
Articles: Late December 2022 North American winter storm (talk · history · tag) and 2022–23 North American winter#Pre-Christmas blizzard and cold wave (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Winter Storm Elliott causes intense cold across North America, killing at least 60. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A once-in-a-generation winter storm causing record-breaking cold across North America, killing at least 60 people.
Alternative blurb II: ​ A winter storm brings record-breaking cold temperatures across North America, knocking out power to over a million people, and killing at least 60 people.
Alternative blurb III: ​ A winter storm causes record-breaking temperatures and leaves more than 60 people dead across North America.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ A winter storm leads to 60 deaths in the United States, as well as record-breaking temperatures.
News source(s): Al Jazeera; BBC; CNN; NYT; USA Today
Credits:

Nominator's comments: The media are not sure what to call this or how many Ts there are in Elliot(t) but they all seem to agree that it's going to be big. As the death toll has started, it seems ready for consideration here. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:05, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Have we blurbed storms of similar size before? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:19, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Here's one which was posted last year. This one is expected to be the worst for 40 years and so will be breaking new ground. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:37, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We don't post weather forecasts. HiLo48 (talk) 10:32, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - I can see indications that this storm might turn out to be pretty big, and ITN-worthy, but as of right now it is just a forecast. Lets wait until the impact of this becomes clear. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:55, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait - Although I know stormamania has a tendency to sweep across ITN/C on occasion, I think it'd be in our best interests to wait.--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 14:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait & Oppose Blurb: The name “Winter Storm Elliott” is an unofficial name given by The Weather Channel, which is naming winter storms despite NWS directly asking them not to. So, Wikipedia cannot include “Elliott” anywhere in a blurb on the main page. P.S.: Pretty sure every WP Weather member would instantly do a pull !vote if the name was included. Lol Elijahandskip (talk) 14:11, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pointless drama.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
As I have been told many, many times in the past (even at ANI by admins), editors can have personal opinions & in this case, my personal opinion is that any editor, who has knowledge of “Elliott” being an unofficial name & who supports it being on the main page is not fit to edit weather related articles on Wikipedia. That’s a personal opinion and I am perfectly allowed to have it. Elijahandskip (talk) 22:40, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jason Rees: do NOT tell people to "shut up". That's rude. --RockstoneSend me a message! 01:56, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Rockstone35 and @Elijahandskip: It is extremely rude to be told that im not fit to edit weather-related articles or Wikipedia after 15+ years, just because I see no reason why the name Elliott shouldn't be included in the blurb on the main page. After all, I have knowledge of the TWC naming scheme as well as various other naming schemes that would go up on the main page where relevant and we include names assigned by PAGASA on the mainpage that are also completely unofficial. it is also interesting to note that weather naming was extremely controversial when it first started with Mr Wragge. Jason Rees (talk) 02:10, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose and Wait first off, the storm is in winter, which is to be expected in North America, second, the death count is relatively low for front page, and third, "Winter Storm Elliot" is not even the official name yet. Editor 5426387 (talk) 17:23, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait just a cold snap is not a reason to post, but given numerous power outages I've read, there is a potential for a death toll, and we should wait on that. --Masem (t) 17:27, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Kiril. Winter is cold. Nothing that special about this storm. DarkSide830 (talk) 17:44, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    There is a lot of buzz about this storm being particularily severe, and while you can attribute that to media hype, it has still already killed ten people. We shouldn't discount it just yet. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 18:00, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I still think it would take a serious turn of events to make this storm ITN, IMO. 10 deaths is not nothing, but I think 10 deaths in conjunction with a winter storm is different than 10 deaths during another event, simply due to scope and the natural danger of low winter temperatures (and there is something to be said about the fact that the death totals for winter storms can take into account a large number of cold-related deaths that can not be properly separated from the storm but may not explicitly be related to the storm itself). DarkSide830 (talk) 18:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - it's cold in the midwest in December, shocking development. nableezy - 18:01, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose alt3 as well, as it simply isnt true. There are on this day records being broken but definitely not all time record low temperatures or wind chills. nableezy - 02:17, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    No need to be patronizing. This is more than just "winter cold", and could be one of the biggest this decade. Either way, we shouldn't immediately discount it. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 18:57, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Im not patronizing anybody. But as a Chicagoan I assure you this is nothing. Every year there is a wicked cold snap out here. This isn't even that extreme, we usually have some days with the windchill below -50. nableezy - 22:57, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not just the midwest. It's the entire country.. and Canada --RockstoneSend me a message! 05:16, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    If "it" is intense cold, it is not in Canada. Just bringing wind and snow to the Old Provinces, potentially ruining thousands of Christmases and Boxing Days with reduced visibility, travel and electricity. The unseasonal heat carries on, albeit slightly cooled for four days. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:38, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I dunno what to tell you, the BBC is reporting that parts of Canada are affected too. --RockstoneSend me a message! 05:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Affected by power outages and flight cancellations due to wind and snow, though. In provinces far away from this particular system, the BBC also notes some cold advisories. Nothing deadly, unusual or whatever shocking adjective, just a more stereotypical Canadian winter than Ontario and Quebec have been having. My condolences to you in Florida. I get how that ain't right. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:04, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: in the US, the EPA estimates that every year, the death rate due to cold exposure is 3-6 deaths per million. Multiplied by 331 million, this comes out to ~1000-2000 deaths every year. So 11 deaths so far is terrible, but not out of the ordinary.VR talk 21:45, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait -- the people saying that this is expected weather because it's the winter must not have the appropriate context -- it's not just cold out, it's going to get REALLY cold out, across the entire continent -- much more than usual. As of this moment, it's probably not worth posting, but it's still extraordinarily and unusually cold, and it's possible that things could get really bad. Here in Florida, we're going to see temperatures drop below 32F (0C) for the first time in five years; it may actually snow in some parts of the state. That's unusual for us. --RockstoneSend me a message! 21:56, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Across the entire continent? Including Mexico, and Panama? Silly hype like that doesn't help. HiLo48 (talk) 01:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mexico is our friend, but Panama is not our guy, buddy! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:18, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you cast the spell force continent (7) or force continent (6, Eurasia) on the target Sol 3 Panama resolves to North America and a lot of druggy places in Colombia with cool names like Medellín, Barranquilla and Cartagena resolve to South America. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:01, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait - Since the storm is still ongoing I think we should wait until death tolls, # of power outages, cost of damage, etc. is out until we put it in. Perhaps we should wait until after Christmas Day? Phrogge (talk) 21:59, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - this is still ongoing and we need to see the effects of the storm before we can blurb it. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:02, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait -- US-centrism of a relatively insignificant (so far) weather event. Would be a better candidate if long-term societal significance was apparent, such policy changes or economic consequences. --K.e.coffman (talk) 22:21, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • How cold can it get on your part of the Shield? If your weakest province record is -35F PEI 1884 then even Sudbury must be holy crap. Ontario even beats Nunavut! (though maybe North Ontario has better weather station coverage than Nunavut) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 02:26, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • My people have largely given up on degrees, and now go by what it "feels like", as a simple number. Minus forty is certainly holy crap, but not uncommon in the Old Normal. Today it's a balmy freezing (or about 30 above, in your southern lingo). The hydro/power is still quite on in this neck of the Woods. Nunavut is presumably still a hellscape (I was wrong), but the relative handful of Inuit know what they're doing, eh? InedibleHulk (talk) 02:44, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since Manhattan's weather records started Jan 1.0 1869: 29F always happened 22 to 99 times a year, 19F always happened 1+ times a year, 9F happened 19 of the last 30 years and a mild minus ONE only happened 2 of the last 13,850 days (2016, 1994). Minus TWO last happened 1994, minus THREE TO EIGHT last happened 1943 (World War 2 blackout?). Minus NINE TO FIFTEEN only happened 1 day in the Great Depression. Unofficially the record is minus SIXTEEN (-26.7C) in the British occupation of 1776-1783 when the saltwater froze so thick people walked across the 5 mile long harbor. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some damn fine facts and figures, thanks. I'll change my vote to Weak Pfft. Not for any of that relatively ancient history, but because I lost power for about SIX HOURS shortly after my last post. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:06, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I also say Meh as it didn't snow, power loss ZERO HOURS and only reached PLUS SEVEN which is only about an average year's low these days. How am I supposed to be impressed by "too thin to measure" when I've seen 2 feet of accumulation? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 02:37, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Change to Support -- continues to be in the news. Prefer Alt blurb III; or at least those that do not use 'once in a generation' and 'Winter storm Elliot'. These are not what's being used. --K.e.coffman (talk) 16:42, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the alternative blurb as we should not be calling a storm "once-in-a-generation" in wikipedia's voice as if there was some broad consensus on that being true. There have been three category 5 snowstorms in the US[31] in the last 20 years. VR talk 02:04, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I will point out that the National Weather Service called it a “once-in-a-generation” storm, therefore, it is perfectly fine to use it. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:55, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As a former resident of the Midwest I have lived through 4 or 5 "once in a lifetime" storms. Its clearly a euphanism that has no right to be used in wikivoice. Masem (t) 20:59, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Your welcome to add a new alt blurb, but I strongly oppose the current blurb and semi-support the current alt-blurb. Elijahandskip (talk) 21:07, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've added an altblurb2 that does not mention the unofficial name nor once in a generation, but adds a salient point about power outages which are a contributing factor to the deaths Masem (t) 21:26, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually it looks like the NWS predicted it was going to be a once-in-a-generation storm on the 21st while it was still developing over the Great Plains. We'd need to see them calling it that in retrospect. Valereee (talk) 21:31, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait If something crazy happens, the storm gets more severe or something, there's reason to put it. However, we are still early in the storm, and while there has been a couple deaths, unless things get more severe, or something major happens as a result, we should hold off on this. TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 02:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support coverage of one of the most severe arctic outbreaks and winter storms in decades, not only based on its severity but also on its disruption to the holiday season. I'm not sure why this section is full of snide comments mentioning how it's cold and snowy in the winter...that isn't the point. The point is that this system is especially intense compared to normal. By that line of reasoning, no hurricane should ever make it in the news, since hurricanes are common in the summer and fall after all. Just more broadly, this system has attracted constant coverage not only in the United States, but also in Canada and Europe from sources I've seen today alone. If our in the news section isn't covering things that are...actually in the news...then I'm not sure what its purpose is. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · contributions) 02:57, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    We have to take in media bias which us US heavy, in addition to news otherwise being slow. Cold snaps like this have happened before and are typical, and its only the media trying to ramp up the story. Masem (t) 03:53, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I would ask every American editor keen to see this posted if they any idea what the weather is doing in other parts of the world right now. Does their media ever tell them? HiLo48 (talk) 04:35, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm the nominator and I'm British, not American. I'd noticed the story building in the media and nominated it when it was the top read story on BBC News -- a British institution. I've also noticed other weather stories around the world like heavy snow in Japan and flash flooding in Mecca. It would be good if ITN did more to keep us informed about all such events but you have to start somewhere. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:16, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Both the BBC and the Guardian amplify US news Moreno than other regions (though obviously not as much as their UK coverage) so just saying the BBC covers a topic. Also as a reminder, placement on online news pages should not be used as a factor since these can be customized by geolocation or time. Masem (t) 22:56, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I also must add, beyond the previous comment I made, that this article is a complete mess. There are way too many subsections to the article and each very short. There is practically no information in the lede. This article is nowhere near ready to post in its current state. DarkSide830 (talk) 04:26, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I am seeing headlines from USA Today to this one on the front page of the Times of India. Death toll mounting. Airline and land travel halted. Millions without power. It's in the news, all right. Arguments to the contrary are unconvincing. Happy Holidays to all. Jusdafax (talk) 10:52, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait for death toll finalization, but conditional support We go by level of media coverage - even if we subjectively think this is just another winter storm, if there is global widespread news coverage, then it becomes ITN worthy. Per above, this is the case here: news outlets are treating this as a particularly notable winter storm. Other winter storms which were not so particularly notable as to gather widespread and global coverage may not make it to ITN, but this one does. I think that's fairly logical and consistent with ITN precedent re: inclement weather events. FlipandFlopped ツ 15:02, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality, support on notability An all time record low was broken in Casper, WY. Several temperature drop records were broken. Over two million lost power. Over ten thousand flights were delayed or cancelled. Twenty were killed. This is making major headlines across the world. However, the article is a mess, and the subsections need to be removed and the article needs heavy reorganization, all without removing information from the article. That will be a nightmare for an editor to do. Or, we can expand the subsections significantly, which will make the article quite comprehensive in the coverage of the storm. 64.25.27.224 (talk) 16:42, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Also Manhattan had 58F and 8F on the same day. 50F range is the most volatile day on record (153.980 years of data) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:22, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    ITN is not a place to capture weather records, we're looking at outcomes from that. Hence why just being an intense cold snap is not sufficient, but the resulting damage it may bring (which is happening but the extent doesn't seem to be too great, yet) Masem (t) 18:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per TropicalAnalystwx13. Agree the name Elliott should be nowhere near the blurb, though I'm not that thrilled with the phrasing of the altblurb either. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 18:44, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt Blurb 2: After discussion with other editors, the starting blurb and alt blurb one are going to cause problems from various editors. Alt blurb two covers the topic well. Previous !vote was a wait/oppose original blurb. Elijahandskip (talk) 22:36, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Moving from oppose. I am now satisfied that this is not a run of the mill cold snap. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:10, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt-blurb 2 only The impact of the storm is sufficient to merit posting. Quality appears to be acceptable. NorthernFalcon (talk) 01:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Now support. This was the impact we've been waiting for and the reason why it was too premature at the time of nomination to support or oppose. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 15:16, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Major weather event, as significant as any major tropical storm. I would also support disregarding the !votes that are opposing because they seek international notability. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 16:32, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The US is not the center of the world. It seems notable to you, okay, but it's not a really remarkable event. Bedivere (talk) 03:13, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm pretty sure if this was striking Britain or something, we'd be posting this. --RockstoneSend me a message! 10:11, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Bedivere: For goodness sake, drop the "center of the world" invective. The use of it is lazy and also false. People have their own reasons for supporting something besides nationality. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 14:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Maybe I'm biased because I'm right in the middle of the storm, but given the scope of damage I believe this is a major news story of international significance. dekema (Formerly Buffaboy) (talk) 22:03, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the name at least North America is everything from Panama to Alaska. Chatted with a relative in Alberta for Christmas. It's warmer there than usual. Apparently there is a storm somewhere, but it's NOT affecting much of North America at all. Please narrow down the location in the title. HiLo48 (talk) 23:08, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Even the 1-2% of Colombia that still looks like part of the umbilical should be North America. Many agree Turkey is (at least physical geographically) transcontinental but the part of Colombia clearly in the umbilical and suddenly the border is God. Anyway the non-tropical cyclone traveling over the Great Lakes sucked air in counterclockwise making the map of air warmer and colder than normal look like a yin-yang symbol without the fishes' eyes. With mild air that came from low latitude swirling all the way around to northernmost Ontario by now and cold air from Northwest North America swirling to Mexico and further counterclockwise to the northeast tip of USA and the coming extreme mildness (I'm guessing drunk jet stream not storm this time) already reaching Alberta (jet stream undulations usually move west to east in North America, I've read New York City could have the warmest year change on record (12/31/1868 23:59:60 to now) which is bonkers as the record is 14.44C at midnight. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 00:52, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The alternate altblurb is getting better, but still suggests the cold knocked out the power and killed most of the people, rather than the snow and wind. Not trying to diminish the importance of the homeless people who legit froze, they're just few and far between the car crashes. Anyway, Merry Christmas! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:10, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    No, thats not how its phrased. The storm (already implying wind and snow) brought low temps which gad both e effecr of knocking out power and killing several (not necessarily only to those without power). There's a point in being too pedantic in wording blurbs. Masem (t) 00:45, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I am a pedant, so there's no such thing as too pedantic, in my opinion. Would you be OK with changing "knocking" to "knocks" and "killing" to "kills"? That'd make it seem like a list of three storm effects instead of one effect and two subeffects (I won't fight you on the serial comma and concede that sometimes low temps cause power outages indirectly by making consumers turn up electric heaters and necessitate rolling blackouts). InedibleHulk (talk) 00:56, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the corresponding states along the same longitudes were just about the only places that did not see extreme weather over the past 72 hours (south of, oh, 60-ish.) The Pacific northwest actually saw two separate storms, each highly disruptive. Four highly unusual things about the Dec 22-25 storm. (1) The deep jet stream trough has dragged freezing temperatures, often colder than Nunavut (northern Canada), all the way to the Gulf of Mexico; (2) This is the second generational-level storm to hit Buffalo / Niagara region within a single month; (3) More than 2/3 of Canada and U.S. (and parts of Mexico) were or are under weather warnings: rainfall, flash flood, wind / sieche, flash freeze, freezing rain, freeze (in southern states), snowfall, winter storm, extreme cold, blizzard -- at the SAME time. Most of the Canadian population and more than half the U.S. population were directly affected. Many places transitioned from an above-freezing warning to one or more below-freezing warnings without the storm ending. Many of those areas were under warnings for DAYS. (4) Transportation disruptions across Canada and the U.S. were exacerbated by Christmas holiday travel. All travel was shut down at the two largest airports in Canada (YYZ, YVR) for nearly a day -- and that simply does not happen in Canada with typical snowfalls. (Other countries come to YYZ to learn how airports can continue to function in snow.) Add to this the heavy cancellations of passenger rail in both Canada and the U.S., due entirely to weather. (VIA Rail had to cancel all Christmas Day and nearly all Christmas Eve travel on its most heavily used route -- train was hit by a tree, trees across the rails, and a CNR derailment on the same tracks. The weather in that region was the same as Buffalo conditions.) Add to this that in Buffalo and other places, all fire trucks and a significant number of other first responders were immobilized by the snow. (How many police cars were struck in accidents while responding to other accidents?) Add to this the death rate (which will climb, because in this kind of situation, specific news is slow in getting out -- remember Buffalo part 1, and multiply by 10). But please, don't use a storm name. It is not government-issued, like hurricane names. It is only one commercial media channel's branding. Btw the last event at all comparable to this in intensity and scale happened in 2008 -- and I would say, based on precipitation, temperature, wind etc, it was not as severe, and definitely not as severe over as wide an area. (Yes, I know the U.S. has had other winter storms since then, even large-scale ones -- but not as severe overall, by several magnitudes.) - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 00:43, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I do think the emphasis on this storm needs to be on its scale (percentage of U.S. and Canadian population affected), its intensity (which is what created those winds), and (not least) the deep cold that stretched all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, even to where it borders Mexico (and also see Mexican weather alerts). The last, in particular, is exceptional. Deep cold in the Plains is not all that unusual, frost and freezes happen occasionally in northern Florida, but when sub-freezing cold gets to Houston, Corpus Christi, and New Orleans, it is another animal altogether. One of the ironies of this storm is that northern Ontario actually did not get hit that hard, compared with the south. It was not just the snow (I am from the snow belt: shrug), and the temperatures were/are not all that cold for CANADA in winter. However, the extreme and prolonged SW winds associated with this storm were MUCH stronger in the south than the north, in a much more heavily populated region. Anywhere those winds met unfrozen water (see above-average temperatures prior to this storm), heavy snow and whiteouts were inevitable. Again, the holiday timing also coincided with the busiest time of year for travelling, which certainly contributed to the overall travel chaos (and, regretfully, many injuries and deaths) -- but storms on different tracks have significantly affected holiday transportation before this. - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 01:20, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
God, who'd love to read this comment? Howard the Duck (talk) 02:12, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you could boil that down to 100 words? Valereee (talk) 04:00, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support Major weather event with multiple, 48 at last count, deaths. Wide scale impacts and international coverage. yorkshiresky (talk) 16:03, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as this is a weather event over a very large geographic region with any country yet to declare a national emergency. Oriental Aristocrat (talk) 21:14, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt blurb 3 or alt blurb 4 This storm has caused many deaths & received a lot of coverage. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 21:17, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posting. The article looks fine, the update tag in the casualties section can probably be removed because updates will be going on as long this is taking place. --Tone 21:51, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ridicuous "Across North America" is insanely inaccurate. Look like classical American hype to me. North America goes from Alaska to Panama. HiLo48 (talk) 09:35, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    When there were European weather systems, we said "across Europe", even though countries in Eastern Europe got little of the effects. Its a simple enough shorthand for a blurb. Masem (t) 13:29, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Both Canada and U.S. combined (the countries which this storm affected the most) represent 19,631,761 km2 of land compared to the total 22,319,941 km2 that North America represents. Cheap argument? Yes, but I can certainly understand the use of "North America" in ITN-speak, since we use similar terminology for storms that affect Europe, as Masem says. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 18:14, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    But it didn't even affect most of Canada and the USA. We would NEVER write "across North America" for a storm that impacted everything south of the Mexican border, would we? HiLo48 (talk) 21:53, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    If a storm mostly affected counties like America. Panama, and others, we'd use "central America". Terms that have well known neaninfs to readers. Masem (t) 23:22, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm guessing you meant Mexico, rather than America. We have an article called North America. It says I am right. HiLo48 (talk) 02:56, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Land of Canada and US combined is only less than 18 and a quarter million, you included some of the many levels of water (internal (not an international waterway), internal (international waterway (i.e. Lake Superior), low enough to be ocean more than half of the time but close and/or high enough to be private property in that state, the 3+ nautical miles of the ocean that's part of the states instead of just part of America, 12 nautical mile territorial sea, 24 nautical mile customs zone, 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone). Greenland alone is almost 2.2 million, Greenland plus Mexico is over 4.1 million, plus 7 Central American countries too is about 4.6 or 4.7 million, plus Caribbean is about 4.8 or 4.9 million, all land and land ice only (American land that might be double-counted here is only 0.027 million). We're both bigger than Oceania but we're not that big. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:11, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support Huge event covered by major news outlets and has brought significant impacts to several parts of the US and Canada. I honestly prefer the fourth altblurb (just add Canada to that one; BC had 4 fatalities related to this), but I can live with the current one. As for the unofficial name, unless this becomes like the February 2021 event (aka Uri), I don't think it should be included in the blurb (just yet); as of this writing, it is not universally used by all major news agencies. Vida0007 (talk) 20:48, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 22

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December 22, 2022 (2022-12-22) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Sports

RD: Alikram Hummatov

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Article: Alikram Hummatov (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Qafqazinfo.az
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Azerbaijani politician in exile. - Indefensible (talk) 18:47, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: John Moffat Fugui

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Article: John Moffat Fugui (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Australian, The Straits Times
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Solomon Islands politician & diplomat. - Indefensible (talk) 18:25, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • This is a stubby wikibio, currently with 272 words of prose and a single-sentence intro. It should get into start class once there is information added about what he did while he was a govt minister, MP and ambassador. Please also expand the intro. --PFHLai (talk) 09:58, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Thom Bell

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Article: Thom Bell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Philadelphia Inquirer
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Songwriter, Producer, mainly known for writing songs in the Philly Soul style. Wrote many Billboard hits, including I'll Be Around, You Make Me Feel Brand New, and produced US Billboard #1 Then Came You. May have a few things needing cited. User:TheCorriynial (talk) 13:12, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ronnie Hillman

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Article: Ronnie Hillman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Fox Sports, CBS
Credits:

Article needs updating
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Nominator's comments: former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion. Cheers. WimePocy 13:12, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ali Ahmed Aslam

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Article: Ali Ahmed Aslam (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

Article needs updating
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Nominator's comments: inventor of the chicken tikka masala

no longer true as I created an article just now. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 21

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December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

International relations

(Posted) RD: Nasser Abu Hamid

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Article: Nasser Abu Hamid (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Haaretz, JPost
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: A prominent Palestinian militant. Sakiv (talk) 20:57, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can people express their thoughts on this candidacy? The article is in good condition.--Sakiv (talk) 12:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are we going to put it or what? It's been almost a week.--Sakiv (talk) 19:33, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - a few cns remain. Anarchyte (talk) 06:43, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Anarchte: Sources were added to the sentences, and information was added about the place of his birth and the beginning of his life. Sakiv (talk) 14:32, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: This wikibio seems to be oddly structured. The lead section is supposed to be an introduction or summary, highlighting main points of the article, and the main prose is supposed to be where details and footnotes should go, starting materials on the subject's early life or how the career started, etc. Perhaps the materials in this wikibio need to be re-arranged for better flow. Also, where is the footnote for the date and place of birth? Info in the infobox needs to be mentioned and referenced in the main prose. --PFHLai (talk) 09:02, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I have no idea what you are talking about. Much shorter articles were accepted, including one about an Indonesian actress that no one had heard of outside her country. Sakiv (talk) 11:37, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Length is not an issue. The wikibio is long enough with 400+ words. The concern is how the materials are organized within the article. I have moved things around a bit, please have a look. There is still a gap in coverage between his two releases from prison in 1987 and 1999. (Why in prison again?) This gap needs to be filled. Another (minor) concern is that many of the references lack info on authorship and when & where they were published. I am unlikely to be able to log in again later today (UTC). Perhaps another admin can look at this nom while it is still eligible. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The article has been reformed to the extent that it now meets the conditions, but time passes and no one puts a summary. It was archived earlier today because no one could put an end to it. Sakiv (talk) 16:30, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted to RD. SpencerT•C 17:33, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Diane McBain

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Article: Diane McBain (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/diane-mcbain-dead-surfside-6-spinout-1235286200/
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American actress HiLo48 (talk) 04:29, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Failed Gambian coup d'état

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Consensus to post unlikely to develop. Anarchyte (talk) 06:37, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2022 Gambian coup d'état attempt (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Four soldiers are arrested after an alleged coup attempt in The Gambia. (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
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Article needs updating
Nominator's comments: An attempted coup in a sovereign state is notable and we have precedent in support. Also frequent coup attempts in Western Africa do not make it less notable than in other countries; nor has "nothing happened" as is frequently erroneously argued in response to nominations about failed coups, assassinations or similar, as they do have a lasting effect on the country and its governance and the people involved. Article needs a lot of expansion but sources present which should help. Abcmaxx (talk) 08:26, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support once article is improved I still think that a coup d'état, even if it is a (very) failed attempt, is ITNR-worthy. The article needs a lot of work, btw. _-_Alsor (talk) 09:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The president of the Gambia is at odds with the army and uses foreign troops to support his rule. In such circumstances there will be natural friction and allegations will be made. As the scale of the allegations is not large and they are unproven, they seem insufficient. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:08, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Andrew Davidson: care to add this information to the article please? Seems significant in this context and therefore to the event. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:15, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • The information comes from the BBC article cited in the nomination: "He has been distrustful of the military, with troops from neighbouring Senegal in charge of his personal security, while the main international airport and sea port are guarded by troops from Nigeria and Ghana respectively. This has made him unpopular with many Gambians, who feel that he has undermined the country's sovereignty by relying on foreign forces." Andrew🐉(talk) 13:22, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait the information at this stage is insufficient to support significance. This is essentially a press release stating facts that (as the BBC properly points out) are not supported by independent sources. GreatCaesarsGhost 13:09, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - Per Great Caesar PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:41, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Unless the significance and notability of this becomes clear, oppose PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:07, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Aminah Cendrakasih

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Article: Aminah Cendrakasih (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kompas
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Indonesian actress. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 04:17, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Tony Barry

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Article: Tony Barry (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Daily Mail NZ Herald, THR, ABC
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Australian actor HiLo48 (talk) 03:44, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd certainly prefer to not use the Daily Mail, but it was the only Australian one I could find. HiLo48 (talk) 08:49, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Here's an Australian one. Hope this helps. --PFHLai (talk) 05:48, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Zelenskyy addresses Congress

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Good faith nomination, but consensus to post will not develop. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Volodymyr Zelenskyy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the US Congress in his first foreign visit since the Russian invasion. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-confirms-zelenskyys-travel-us-ahead-massive-bill-funding-ukrainian-military, https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/20/ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-may-meet-biden-address-congress/10933312002/
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Nominator's comments: Historic visit, first time Zelenskyy is overseas since the start of the invasion. I could see why this wouldn't be notable for ITN, but it's being covered in the news, and is very high-profile. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:15, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and Speedy Close Per above. MyriadSims (talk) 01:44, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Treatment of women by the Taliban

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Article: Treatment of women by the Taliban (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Afghanistan, the Taliban indefinitely ban women from University education on orders of the Minister of Higher Education (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Afghanistan, the Taliban ban women from education
Alternative blurb II: ​ In Afghanistan, where women are prohibited from returning to secondary school since August 2021, the Taliban extended the ban on education also to the attendance of University and primary school.
Alternative blurb III: ​ The Taliban institute a total ban on women from attending or teaching at schools in Afghanistan
Alternative blurb IV: ​ In Afghanistan, the Taliban institute an indefinite ban on women attending university and working in non-government organisations.
News source(s): The Guardian, Wall Street Journal for blurb 1 + 2, Wall Street Journal for blurb 2, NYT for blurb 4
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Article updated

Nominator's comments: Article is updated but maybe there will be a better article to wikilink to. The fact that a country consciously deprives half the population of higher education I would see as a prominent issue. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 04:01, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Per above. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on quality - I would actually support this but the article makes little to no mention about this at all. Because of that it's hard for me to actually support this. i would support it once added though. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:16, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Article quality is now better. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:02, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per above Editor 5426387 (talk) 17:04, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is the worldwide news section for big events. The Taliban in Afghanistan oppressing and restricting women (like they always do) is a bad thing and I feel sorry for the women but isn't really ITN-worthy. Evan224 (talk) 01:00, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to dramatically misunderstand what ITN does and does not consider for posting. Not to gatekeep, but as this is only your 4th edit, I would highly recommend observing first before participating, as there is load of nuance that goes into blurbing. Curbon7 (talk) 01:08, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'd sure like to direct you to WP:ITNGLOBAL... Yes, this is just an essay, but the point is still the same, no matter how you read it: there is no requirement for international notability on ITN. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:42, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle. While I was originally inclined to oppose under the premise of "well that's just what the Taliban does", a complete education ban is certainly worth posting. DarkSide830 (talk) 05:23, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait until Taliban's ban on primary education becomes clearer. The Taliban ban of women from universities is well supported by RS, but banning women from primary schools is not clear. NPR's article (dated Dec 21) states, in present tense, "They allow girls to attend school until the sixth grade, when primary school ends. But they have prevented most girls from attending formal secondary school education..." CNN (date Dec 20) quotes the US State Department as saying "With the implementation of this decree, half of the Afghan population will soon be unable to access education beyond primary school". WaPo's article (Dec 21)[32] also gave more nuanced coverage than WSJ"While the official statement issued Tuesday by the Ministry of Education only covered universities, some female teachers and girls at primary schools in the Afghan capital, Kabul, reported being turned away from classes Wednesday morning." It might be that the primary education ban happened very recently and RS haven't yet caught up to it. Alternatively, I would support a blurb along the lines of "Taliban ban university education for women".VR talk 06:33, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oposse per Evan224. Shadow4dark (talk) 13:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to politely ask that Evan224 and Shadow4dark be reminded that at the top of this page is a banner that reads "Please do not... Oppose an item solely because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. This applies to a high percentage of the content we post and is generally unproductive."  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 19:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and note of concern This event has received widespread, global media coverage: the India Times, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, the Jerusalem Post, the New York Times, Le Monde, etc. The RGW concerns have more of a basis in the subjective views of editors here than the actual level of coverage this has received. On that note, I would like to note with concern that proposals for ITN to ignore this event - despite every major news outlet in the world's coverage of it - simply because according to them, "it's just not that big of a deal coming from the Taliban, women are always going to be oppressed" reflects a deeper-seeded problem which we collectively must seek to avoid. FlipandFlopped ツ 17:21, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • More than just that one bias, there American and Euro-centric biases. The WP:CSB response to the WP:RGW argument seems pretty obvious to me. We would of course be covering a move like this if it wasnt targeting poor brown women in a country that doesnt speak English. nableezy - 17:58, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. BilledMammal (talk) 17:38, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt 3 - the update looks sufficient now.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:42, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose alt 3 for being misleading (which is a WP:V violation). I am totally disgusted with Taliban's despicable treatment of women, but we need to maintain accuracy. I agree that Taliban banned university education for women, but did they ban primary education? NPR's Dec 22 article gives a more nuanced picture. It points out that some Taliban did indeed kick out female teachers from primary schools, but allowed "male staff" to remain (implying school wasn't totally shut down), and that this happened at a time the schools were closed for the winter anyway. It also adds that "It's unclear how extensive the ban will be; it was largely reported in one swath of Kabul." Further, the article says "[Taliban] ministry of education official said the "mujahideen" or Taliban security forces, who ordered female employees to go home had acted on a "misunderstanding." "Until there's an official letter," the notice said, "they are allowed to continue their jobs and come to school." Most RS are only reporting Taliban's ban on university education and are currently refraining from reporting Taliban's alleged ban on primary education.VR talk 21:00, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Times of London 22/12/22:

    The Taliban have banned girls from attending primary school, the day after excluding women from university education. They also decreed women would no longer be able to work in any form of educational institutions in a further blow to personal freedoms in Afghanistan.

    The decisions were made during a meeting between clerics, community leaders, police, the General Directorate of Intelligence and the Ministry of Vice and Virtue. They were declared to be temporary measures, but were introduced as such in the 1990s and never lifted by the previous Taliban regime.

    nableezy - 21:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the response. Is the Times story merely reporting the WSJ story? I see that both seem to quote a shopkeeper named "Ghulam Sarwar Haidari" and I know newspapers often quote each other.
The NPR seems to have info that contradicts part of the WSJ story. WSJ states that "Taliban officials on Wednesday also barred female staff, including teachers, from working in schools". But the NPR, as shown above, says female teachers were thus far only expelled in part of Kabul and also quotes some Taliban officials as saying that expulsion was a "misunderstanding" and female teachers "are allowed to continue their jobs". The NPR article has more depth of coverage than the WSJ or ToL articles.VR talk 22:13, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Adding to that, most countries (US[33], EU, Qatar[34], Turkey, Saudi Arabia) have condemned Taliban for banning women from universities. Yet a total ban on all female education is even worse, but I don't see any country condemning Taliban for that. Prominent Afghans, like Rahmanullah Gurbaz[35], have also condemned the ban on universities but said nothing about a ban on all education. Taliban minister defended the university ban, but said nothing about a total ban.VR talk 22:33, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Vote Tally: I count 14 votes in favour, 8 opposed on principle, 2 opposed due to blurb/article quality. Hopefully this is helpful to a passerby assessing whether there is consensus to post. FlipandFlopped ツ 23:04, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Whether a piece of news is ITN-worthy is largely a vote count, yes. But concerns regarding blurb accuracy (which is fundamentally a WP:V issue) should be treated as WP:PNSD.VR talk 23:43, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      The two opposes per quality here and here were withdrawn/changed to support here and here. One who opposed for WP:RGW now opposes the inclusion of the Taliban in the blurb and wants the inclusion of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (if that makes sense...). It is not Islam that bans women from university its the Taliban and Afghanistan is in the blurb. Another oppose was per the one who opposed for WP:RGW... One opposed because this is what it be expected of the Taliban and therefore not newsworthy, another one per the former one. Millions of women will be deprived of eduction for being women, its been announced by the Government. If it was the complete education or only University education is disputed, fact is, the announcement for the ban from universities was widely reported on.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 04:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • I do think my question on whether this is actually a change from the March 2022 plans still stands. The article as it exists now suggests women were already banned from going to university. I do feel more comfortable with blurbing this either way now that even primary schools are included, though! ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:23, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • But putting the event on is mainly about arguments. One argument is about righting wrongs. But I do not see how it applies here because hardly anyone used that as an argument. Second argument was that it the page is for worldwide events. But this is a big event that achieved worldwide coverage and analysis in reliable sources, see article by Gordon Brown. Suspending education for females in a country is a worlwide event. I don‘t find arguments that convincing, and other opposes were on quality or “per above“, but there were hardly substantial Arguments above. And I argue that even if it was expected from Taliban, this does not mean that it is not significant event. We post significant expected events, like election results, sports events, awards. This still important milestone, albeit negative one. Kirill C1 (talk) 12:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Vice regent: there some more sources on the primary school ban. The Evenening Standard says The second edict, prohibiting girls from attending primary school, came on Thursday. The step came following a meeting between police officials, the ministry for the propropagation of virtue and prevention of vice, and the country’s national intelligence agency. The latest move, which was not officially announced, means Afghan women and girls now effectively face a total ban on education. ABC News has completely blocking female students' access to education through a series of crackdowns culminating on Wednesday in a ban forbidding them from attending elementary school, setting the country's women back decades. Do you still oppose alt3? nableezy - 17:28, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Nableezy: yes I still oppose that blurb. The Evening Standard is hardly a reliable source, and the source it cites for the primary school claim is sourced to WP:DAILYMAIL, which is so bad that it is deprecated. ABC News is a better source, but it mentions a ban on "elementary" (is that the same thing as "primary"?) school in passing; for that claim it links to an article that only affirms the university ban but says nothing about primary nor elementary schools.VR talk 19:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • CNN is now covering the primary school development too, see this video from 1:36 onwards. The CNN reporter, Nada Bashir, notes that 3 primary schools for girls were shut down in Kabul, but also notes that schools in Afghanistan are already closed due to winter holidays, and "its still unclear how far reaching this policy will be". VR talk 19:46, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, elementary is the same as primary and would be the word most often used in the United States. And ABC is not mentioning it passing, it is saying the university ban was extended the following day, the same as the other sources report. I think this is reliably sourced and dont really see a reason to question it on the basis that some other sources have yet to report that development. nableezy - 19:54, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There are rather glaring omissions by other sources. For example, the UN mission which has personnel inside Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Wednesday "The UN and its humanitarian partners also urge the de facto authorities to reopen girls' schools beyond the sixth grade". Wouldn't they know about such a ban if it existed?
And NPR quoted a contradicting order from the Taliban minister of education saying that female teachers are still allowed to teach. Both CNN[36] and WaPo[37] have used the word "some" to describe the amount of primary schools that the Taliban have closed.VR talk 19:59, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support. This is the major development. I would vote support even in case of university ban alone, but here is comprehensive ban for female education and for women to be teachers. I do not see how the uncertainty with primary education affects importance of the event, because it is huge. Gordon Brown commented on this. It may not be so surprising - but isn't this fact a bit schocking, that we know and knew that females are going to be stripped of basic rights? We posted some unknown to most people sports competitions, this is a big thing that changes much fundamentally. [38].Kirill C1 (talk)
  • Can also add the latest development, banning women from NGOs. Maybe a hook like The Taliban increasingly restrict women from education and civil society. I really dont get how this isnt getting posted though. nableezy - 17:07, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • The ban on women from NGOs looks widely covered, so I would be fine with adding that to the blurb. However, the fact that so many RS covered the university ban, and are now covering the NGO ban, but saying nothing about the supposed primary school ban is even more reason to doubt the veracity of WSJ's claims. See the coverage of the NGO ban by Reuters, BBC and Al-Jazeera, Dawn (from neighboring Pakistan) - all of which mention the university ban, but none say anything about the supposed primary school ban.VR talk 00:42, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with that entirely, that other sources dont also report something but do not dispute does not bring a reliable source in to question. There need to be sources disputing it. Anyway, there are more sources covering the primary school ban as well, eg The Telegrapgh. nableezy - 00:49, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nableezy, I mentioned 3 sources that gave information both in support and against a country-wide primary school ban for girls in Afghanistan (NPR, CNN and WaPo). The 4th source to give information both in support and against such a ban is the NYT article you linked above (emphasis mine): "[Taliban] security forces in the capital, Kabul, this week held meetings with school principals, teachers and administrators of private education centers, instructing them to shut down their winter courses for all girls — including those in primary schools — and send home their female teachers, according to six education professionals across five districts in Kabul. Schools are currently on winter break but many students have been attending supplementary courses at private schools and education centers before the spring semester begins next year. When asked about the meetings, a spokesman for the [Taliban] Ministry of Education denied other reports that the government had officially banned girls from attending primary schools. But the meetings raised fears that the Afghan government may be laying the groundwork to further restrict girls’ education next year." The telegraph is behind a paywall for me.VR talk 01:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 20

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(Posted) RD: Vladimír Krčméry

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Article: Vladimír Krčméry (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): SME (Slovak), Blesk (Czech), CNN (Czech)
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Nominator's comments: Slovak doctor. - Indefensible (talk) 18:57, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Nasser Abu Hamid

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Article: Nasser Abu Hamid (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Haaretz, JPost
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Nominator's comments: A prominent Palestinian militant. Sakiv (talk) 20:57, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can people express their thoughts on this candidacy? The article is in good condition.--Sakiv (talk) 12:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are we going to put it or what? It's been almost a week.--Sakiv (talk) 19:33, 26 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - a few cns remain. Anarchyte (talk) 06:43, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Anarchte: Sources were added to the sentences, and information was added about the place of his birth and the beginning of his life. Sakiv (talk) 14:32, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: This wikibio seems to be oddly structured. The lead section is supposed to be an introduction or summary, highlighting main points of the article, and the main prose is supposed to be where details and footnotes should go, starting materials on the subject's early life or how the career started, etc. Perhaps the materials in this wikibio need to be re-arranged for better flow. Also, where is the footnote for the date and place of birth? Info in the infobox needs to be mentioned and referenced in the main prose. --PFHLai (talk) 09:02, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I have no idea what you are talking about. Much shorter articles were accepted, including one about an Indonesian actress that no one had heard of outside her country. Sakiv (talk) 11:37, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Length is not an issue. The wikibio is long enough with 400+ words. The concern is how the materials are organized within the article. I have moved things around a bit, please have a look. There is still a gap in coverage between his two releases from prison in 1987 and 1999. (Why in prison again?) This gap needs to be filled. Another (minor) concern is that many of the references lack info on authorship and when & where they were published. I am unlikely to be able to log in again later today (UTC). Perhaps another admin can look at this nom while it is still eligible. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Franco Harris

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Article: Franco Harris (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AP via ESPN
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Nominator's comments: His death comes days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception, which will be commemorated at this weekend's game. rawmustard (talk) 12:45, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege

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Article: 2022 Bannu counterterrorism centre attack and siege (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Pakistan's security forces storm and re-take a counterterrorism office in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ending the siege and freeing all the hostages but resulting the death of 2 officers and all 33 local Pakistani Taliban insurgents. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Over 30 Pakistani Taliban insurgents attack a counterterrorism centre in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing two officers before being shot dead.
Alternative blurb II: ​ An attack and siege involving Pakistani Taliban insurgents, hostages and Pakistan's security forces in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa results in over 30 deaths.
Alternative blurb III: ​ In Pakistan, an attack and siege involving Taliban insurgents, hostages and security forces results in over 30 deaths.
News source(s): BBC News
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Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: A significant amount of deaths in a short space of time and rare fashion. Article needs to be significantly expanded and linked to the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa article. Clumsy blurb but unsure how to cut it down, suggestions welcome. Abcmaxx (talk) 08:46, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proposing a reworded blurb that may be more lean?: Pakistan's security forces free all hostages at a counterterrorism office in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 33 local Pakistani Taliban insurgents and losing 2 officers. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 15:24, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
it maaaaayyyyyy be okay to ommit "losing 2 officers"?
Alternatively:
Pakistani security forces end the Bannu counterterrorism office hostage situation, freeing all hostages, killing 33 Pakistani Taliban insurgents, and losing 2 officers. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 15:41, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the numbers seem to be changing - so maybe it will be best to omit the numbers and say somethign like, "killing all the Pakistani Taliban insurgents / hostage takers"? Sorry for multiple comments instead of one unified one.
The article itself could also use some work, so Oppose on quality. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 15:43, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above, suggesting alternative blurb. Editor 5426387 (talk) 17:06, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I suggest to wikilink a bit fewer articles. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:04, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Holy WP:SEAOFBLUE Batman! Added altblurb3. Black Kite (talk) 01:15, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Altblurb III per above. MyriadSims (talk) 01:48, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment should definitely link to Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa though. Abcmaxx (talk) 08:13, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
All the blurbs include a piped link to the insurgency in KP. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 09:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
They do now, yes, because I re-linked it. Abcmaxx (talk) 08:13, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 19

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RD: Sandy Edmonds

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Article: Sandy Edmonds (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AudioCulture.co.nz
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: British-New Zealander singer. - Indefensible (talk) 19:13, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: Article could use some sections, otherwise has good depth of coverage. SpencerT•C 01:20, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Added some sections. - Indefensible (talk) 03:40, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    A closer look at the references shows some issues. Added some CN tags; the sergent.com.au reference appears to be a personal blog/website so those would need to be adjusted, especially since it references claims that the subject was a "pin-up girl"; the Auckland Index ref was not working for me and also is used as a reference for material related to the subject's personal appearance; the smfforfree ref appears to be for a forum (it requires some kind of username/password so I cannot access that). This is just from some spot-checking, so needs a good look at all the referencing to ensure that it is appropriate and accurate. SpencerT•C 21:31, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Manfred Messerschmidt

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Article: Manfred Messerschmidt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): nd
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: German historian who researched the Wehrmacht and clarified wrong perceptions. The article was good and mostly sourced, but new sources add more detail. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Stanley Drucker

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Article: Stanley Drucker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: 49 years principal clarinetist New York Philharmonic Grimes2 (talk) 17:28, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Grimes2 (talk) 14:09, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Gary Knafelc

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Article: Gary Knafelc (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Green Bay Press-Gazette
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Professional American football player. - Indefensible (talk) 20:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Encarna Hernández

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Article: Encarna Hernández (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABC (Spanish), RTVE (Spanish)
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Spanish professional basketball player & coach. - Indefensible (talk) 20:50, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Mircea Dușa

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Article: Mircea Dușa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Romania Insider
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Romanian Minister of Interior, Minister of Defense. Could use some article expansion. - Indefensible (talk) 20:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Max Brito

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Article: Max Brito (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Daily Monitor, The Sun, Rugbyrama (French)
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Ivorian professional rugby player. - Indefensible (talk) 20:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Tom Browning

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Article: Tom Browning (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
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Nominator's comments: American baseball pitcher. Needs some work. GreatCaesarsGhost 19:19, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Martin Duffy

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Article: Martin Duffy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Keyboard player with Primal Scream, The Charlatans and Felt. Article is short but cited. Black Kite (talk) 09:54, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sufficiently improved to strike my "weak." -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:02, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Terry Hall

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Article: Terry Hall (singer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Lead singer of The Specials, Fun Boy Three and a few others - a musical legend. Unfortunately there is a fair amount of work needed in providing citations before it can go on the FP. Should now be all all supported with citations. - SchroCat (talk) 13:27, 20 December 2022 (UTC) SchroCat (talk) 23:01, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on quality - This is going to need a lot more citations before this can be supported. Onegreatjoke (talk) 00:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Santino (chimpanzee)

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Article: Santino (chimpanzee) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [39] [40]
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Chimpanzee who earlier in life has been source of both national (Swedish) and international media, as cited in article, was shot and killed under circumstances which has generated media intensity. Chrill (talk) 22:59, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Sargam Koushal

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Good faith nom but consensus to post will not develop. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:25, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Sargam Koushal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Sargam Koushal of India selected as Mrs. World in 2022 competition. (Post)
News source(s): The National, Hindustan Times and India Today
Credits:

Article updated
 ​​​​​​​𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟕𝟐𝟖🧙‍♂️Let's Talk ! 12:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Elon Musk to step down as head of Twitter

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Consensus not to post, at least not now. --Tone 13:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Twitter (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Twitterverse citizens decide in a referendum in favor of Elon Musk stepping down as head of Twitter (Post)
News source(s): Twitter
Credits:

Article needs updating
 Count Iblis (talk) 10:44, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - Even though this result seems likely, the poll is still going on. We don't call an election before all the results are in, even if a candidate winning seems overwhelmingly likely. This is especially true in this case, where we don't know what role Elon will assume at Twitter, or what will even happen. It's quite a vague poll.
As for the actual notability, it does seem dubious to post the results of a Twitter poll to ITN, but if it leads to Elon stepping down from the company entirely, that could be notable for ITN. Either way, there is no way to know what exactly this will lead to, and thus we should wait until after the poll, and after whatever change takes effect in order to make a decision. Though this is a good faith nomination, remember WP:CRYSTAL. We can't predict the future. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:51, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Changing to Oppose, as the nomination mainly addresses the Twitter poll, which in itself isn't notable. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:59, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose First, the Twitter poll itself is not notable. Only the potential outcomes that may result from the completion of the poll. Second, the blurb is at best misleading. The word "referendum" implies that this poll has some sort of official status, when it is in fact just a Twitter poll. Chrisclear (talk) 10:56, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Just another useless nomination by Count Iblis. _-_Alsor (talk) 11:05, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    There's no need to be rude, Alsor. We should always assume good faith, and while this nomination wasn't quite notable, we shouldn't disparage and put down others. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Watch this space/wait If a leadership change happens, I believe it would be notable. Also as a note, the time has expired and the Yes vote has prevailed. Musk has not reacted yet as of posting. I likely will likely be offline when something does happen, so I can't change my "vote"/comment on this nomination yet. -TenorTwelve (talk) 11:36, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - And just what are we going to do?! Call the United Nations if he doesn't adhere to the results of this meaningless poll? Let's wait for something tangible rather than this disincarnate bullshit.--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:08, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Until we know for sure, and what the implications are (he's implied he might close down Twitter completely which would be newsworthy), we're in the realm of speculation. --Masem (t) 13:17, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on its face. This is a proposed reshuffling of deck chairs. Ownership, and therefore power over the company, remains the same no matter whether a functionary is named as a titular new "head". BD2412 T 13:26, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) 2022 Fijian general election

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Article: 2022 Fijian general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ FijiFirst win a plurality of votes in the Fijian general election (Post)
Alternative blurb II: ​ In the Fijian general election, FijiFirst (leader Frank Bainimarama pictured) wins a plurality of votes
Alternative blurb III: ​ Following the Fijian general election, People's Alliance led by Sitiveni Rabuka forms a new coalition government with Social Democratic Liberal Party and National Federation Party, ending FijiFirst eight-year rule and Frank Bainimarama's 16-year tenure as prime minister.
News source(s): RNZ
Credits:

Article updated
The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: was hoping they would have formed a government by now for a more concise blurb but it's unlikely to happen any time. Nonetheless the article is great. Abcmaxx (talk) 10:58, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Blurb 3 is misleading. The blurb indicates that the coalition parties has now formed government when in fact they just agreed to form a coalition government. No government has been formed yet. The Parliament that is yet to be summoned by the President (Section 67) will elect the new PM per section 93 of the Fijian constitution. I think we should hold off for now because the ruling FijiFirst party still has not conceded. (Source). KRtau16 (talk) 08:07, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sitiveni Rabuka has been elected as Prime Minister. KRtau16 (talk) 02:43, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 18

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(Posted) RD: Wim Henderickx

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Article: Wim Henderickx (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): operaballet.be (in English), de Volkskrant
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Prolific internationally recognised Belgian composer of operas and other classical music. The article was there but references were missing or no longer available. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:58, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) HTMS Sukhothai

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Article: HTMS Sukhothai (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Royal Thai Navy's HTMS Sukhothai (pictured) capsizes and sinks leaving 31 crew members missing (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ HTMS Sukhothai (pictured), a corvette of the Royal Thai Navy, capsizes and sinks, leaving 31 crew members missing
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Article needs work but feels fairly significant, commissioned naval vessels don't sink that often. I'll see if I get time to improve the article today - Dumelow (talk) 13:29, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Significant event (ships in general, but particularly military ships, tend to not randomly slip below the waves during peacetime, even in storms), but the article is very minimal and needs some serious improvement. 173.179.105.16 (talk) 15:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on merits, weak support on quality. Unusual event with (probably) substantial loss of life. Apparently this is only the fourth Thai warship to have sunk, ever. The article is quite bare-bones but does just about meet our minimum requirements. There's a disappointing lack of detail, both about the ship and the capsizing. I hope this can be improved while discussion continues; I don't see anything that would prevent it being posted though. Altblurb added. Modest Genius talk 15:05, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support once properly updated. Warships sinking is a big deal. GenevieveDEon (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per above Editor 5426387 (talk) 15:08, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support article looks good, pretty significant event I would say? QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Argentina wins World Cup

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Article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ ​In association football, the FIFA World Cup concludes with Argentina defeating France in the final. (Lionel Messi pictured) (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Argentina wins the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, after defeating France in the final.
Credits:

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: We said we'd blurb the final, and we did back in 2018. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:54, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support Let's just do it Twa0726 (talk) 18:07, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the main blurb is the format for which we post these types of event, so oppose ALTBLURB. Curbon7 (talk) 18:14, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry didn't realize there was a format convention.VR talk 18:50, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No worries :) PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:04, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ks0stm: yes I think the alternative blurb is good and neutral, but I suggest the change (FIFA World Cup in Qatar) to (2022 FIFA World Cup) that the most common name. Ibrahim.ID ✪ 19:34, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How in the world is the blurb at all Americo-centric? Curbon7 (talk) 19:35, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm guessing this is a dig at the use of "association football". – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 19:46, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Au contraire, the altblurb might be the American-centric one, as it does not follow MOS:PLURAL per British English: ​Argentina win the FIFA World Cup in Qatar... —Bagumba (talk) 19:53, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Afghanistan tunnel fire

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Article: 2022 Salang Tunnel fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A fuel tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel, Afghanistan killing at least 31 people and injuring over 30 others. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A fuel tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel, Afghanistan, killing at least 31 people.
News source(s): Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Guardian
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Needs expansion. Ainty Painty (talk) 15:48, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Notable tragedy, though the article needs a lot of work. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:14, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Cleaned the article up and added a new section. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:34, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment What global significance does this tragedy have? What long-term impact will it have? 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 16:18, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Those aren't necessary for an article to be posted to ITN. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 15:14, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's exactly what I thought too. So I wonder why the aquarium story got shot down on those terms. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 16:57, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The AquaDom breaking isn't as notable because no people were killed. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 19:28, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
But it is unique. Gazozlu (talk) 21:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 17

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(Posted) RD: Dieter Henrich

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Article: Dieter Henrich (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BR
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: German philosopher, internationally known. Article expanded. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:42, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Mike Hodges

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Article: Mike Hodges (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: British film director. Thriley (talk) 21:34, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Werner Leich

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Article: Werner Leich (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MDR
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: German regional Lutheran bishop under the East German regime. Article expanded. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Philippe Tillous-Borde

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Article: Philippe Tillous-Borde (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Figaro (French), Le Monde (French)
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: French agriculturalist, businessman, cofounder of Avril Group. - Indefensible (talk) 21:15, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Drew Griffin

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Article: Drew Griffin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, People, NYT, WaPo
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American journalist. - Indefensible (talk) 21:01, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Christian Saulsberry

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Article: Christian Saulsberry (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sportsnet
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

 BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:30, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Philip Pearlstein

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Article: Philip Pearlstein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT, WaPo
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American painter. - Indefensible (talk) 05:35, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: P-22 (mountain lion)

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Article: P-22 (mountain lion) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times, USA Today
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Wild mountain lion that lived in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, and became something of a local fixture. Captured this week and euthanized due to health issues. Article is detailed, well referenced, and updated with P-22's death. Ackatsis (talk) 19:55, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Needs attention) New Taoiseach in Ireland

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Articles: Leo Varadkar (talk · history · tag) and Government of the 33rd Dáil (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Leo Varadkar (pictured) becomes Taoiseach of Ireland, as Micheál Martin steps down. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Leo Varadkar (pictured) succeeds the resigned Micheál Martin to become Taoiseach of Ireland.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Leo Varadkar (pictured) succeeds Micheál Martin to become Taoiseach of Ireland, as provided for by the terms of the government's coalition
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63945064
Credits:

One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Taoiseach is the head of the government of Ireland, and while not head of state, is still a major position. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:58, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support with 33rd gov't as the target. As Varadkar's article already covered the agreement, an update to his BLP significant enough to satisfy ITNCRIT would surely violate BALANCE. GreatCaesarsGhost 14:33, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 16

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(Posted) RD: Elia Alessandrini

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Article: Elia Alessandrini (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Switzerland Times
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Swiss professional football player. - Indefensible (talk) 21:19, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Oppenheimer

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Article: J. Robert Oppenheimer (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (pictured) is cleared of allegations that led to the 1954 revocation of his security clearance (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times, Department of Energy
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: An unusual nomination; both the linked articles are high quality featured articles, and the number of page views on the main article has shot up by over 30,000 per day since the announcement, indicating substantial reader interest. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:30, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:57, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Jose Maria Sison

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Article: Jose Maria Sison (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters, Inquirer
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Filipino activist and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines who died yesterday in the Netherlands but his demise was only announced today. There is still some work to do on some sections (six {cn} tags remain) but I believe this is RD worthy. Vida0007 (talk) 08:26, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AquaDom explosion

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Article: AquaDom (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The world's largest cylindrical aquarium (pictured) explodes in Berlin. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Germany, over 1,000 fish are killed when the AquaDom aquarium (pictured) bursts.
News source(s): BBC; NYT; DW
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Over a thousand fish seem to have died. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - This is currently ITN on the German Wikipedia, perhaps that is an indication of notability. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 20:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
support. i think using "explosion" is fine; earwitnesses describe being awoken by a loud bang. the quality of the article appears sufficient now, although i am a little wary of how the disney and dubai incidents are mentioned, as i believe those were leaks rather than catastrophic failures, while the current wording may suggest otherwise. also, i believe the aquarium in dubai is not the world's largest; the mall it is in was the world's largest mall (by total land area) at the time. dying (talk) 05:58, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I've adjusted the wording and added a source. Please feel free to pitch in too if you're familiar with the details. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:47, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Fish will be missed, but this isn't quite ntoable, despite being unusual. Perhaps a better fit for DYK PrecariousWorlds (talk) 18:54, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For goodness sake, DYK is for newly created articles or articles expanded fivefold, not for events like these. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 20:19, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
PrecariousWorlds, You really need to read Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news#ITN_isn't_DYK. This is not the first time you have this. Curbon7 (talk) 01:20, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
to be fair, an article about the explosion could be created and it would be DYK-worthy. Bedivere (talk) 02:03, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Read it. I apologise if I was being patronizing, but I would still oppose this on notability.
Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of both ITN and DYK though, so I will make sure to read up on WP:DYK. Thank you PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:31, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support because not only a lot of exotic fish have died but this was a tourist attraction and the news seems to have made the world, one source also claims two humans were injured in the burst, there's also no saying if they will rebuild it this early on. OGWFP (talk) 20:46, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  1. The story is not especially tabloid in nature as it has been reported by numerous respectable sources such as the BBC and NYT.
  2. We are currently blurbing other explosions and structural failures which seem similar in scale
  3. Those other articles such as the landslide and explosion are 100% about those incidents. If the place in question already had an article so that the content about the event is at the 50% level then this demonstrates that the structure was more notable, not less.
So, my impression that that the rhetoric is just for show and it's really just personal opinion – classic IDONTLIKEIT. That's the trouble with ITN – it's just a forum for opinions about the news rather than an objective process.
Anyway, the good news is that this article has been crushing the posted blurbs when it comes to actual readership. See stats. ITN gatekeeping fails again.
Andrew🐉(talk) 11:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The landslides and the Jersey explosion had more support as it had a human death toll.
And just because a page is getting more views doesn't mean it's more notable for ITN, otherwise we'd blurb 'Avatar: The Way of Water releases'. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:56, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Your "analysis" cherry picks facts to suit your argument - like omitting the factor of human fatalities! Please just state your case without insulting the other editors. GreatCaesarsGhost 14:18, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What is the relevance of human fatalities when comparing to events like these? This is an apples-to-oranges comparison. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 17:48, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Because those were the main driving factors behind the postings that Andrew is referencing in contrast to this one. DarkSide830 (talk) 02:24, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Remember that news sources are trying to fill 24/7 coverage, so just because there's wide coverage of it doesn't mean it has the legs for an enduring story required by NEVENT. That's why we tend to post news that has more concrete impacts. Masem (t) 02:42, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Sinisa Mihajlovic

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Article: Siniša Mihajlović (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Serbian footballer; free kick specialist. Needs some more citations. Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:39, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2022 Batang Kali landslide

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Article: 2022 Batang Kali landslide (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 21 people are killed in a landslide on an organic farm at Batang Kali, Malaysia. (Post)
News source(s): BBC CNN Reuters The Straits Times New Straits Times Malay Mail
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: 16 dead, 17 missing, with 60 rescued. The landslide occurred around 12 hours ago, and prospects of any survivors are very low, given how most rescued personnel were found within 4-5 hours. Significant loss of life in a tragic event. Even though Malaysia is prone to landslides and floods, the death toll involved is rare. It's the deadliest landslide in Malaysia since 1996 (Kampar, 44 dead), and the third deadliest of all time for the country. (Right now: 19 killed, 14 missing) gavre (al. PenangLion) (talk) 07:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Per above. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:21, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 15

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December 15, 2022 (2022-12-15) (Thursday)

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(Closed) Ayacucho riots/massacre

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No consensus to post. SpencerT•C 23:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2022 Ayacucho riots (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Peruvian army perpetrates a massacre against protesters in Ayacucho, leaving at least 9 dead and 52 wounded (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Peruvian army perpetrates a massacre on political protestors in Ayacucho, leaving at least 9 dead and 55 wounded
Alternative blurb II: ​ The Peruvian army fires on a crowd of political protestors in Ayacucho, leaving at least 9 dead and 55 wounded.
News source(s): Axios, The Guardian, Infobae, Gestion
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Recognizing that ITN has recently been pretty saturated with news about Peru, this event seems extremely notable. The army of a nation is rarely seen brazenly using live ammunition against protesters in the open like this. This event will probably continue to develop as the regional hospital overflowed in Ayacucho and triage units are being established. WMrapids (talk) 08:58, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Covered in ongoing - Though this is a terrible event and could probably be posted, maybe it's best to leave it to ongoing. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:23, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Sad event but it's already covered in ongoing so I don't believe that we need to blurb this. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:33, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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December 14

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December 14, 2022 (2022-12-14) (Wednesday)

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(Posted) RD: Frank J. Shakespeare

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Article: Frank J. Shakespeare (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Heritage, NYT
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American businessman, diplomat. - Indefensible (talk) 06:13, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Billie Moore

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Article: Billie Moore (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American basketball coach, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame —Bagumba (talk) 20:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Sakharov prize

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Good faith nom but stale. (NAC by Quantum XYZ (chat) 15:16, 15 December 2022 (UTC).)[reply]

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Article: Sakharov Prize (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize to the people of Ukraine. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters; Guardian
Credits:

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.
Nominator's comments: The article about the prize is little more than a list of awardees, so I don't know if another article would be suitable, but I wanted to at least bring this up for discussion as an ITNR item. 331dot (talk) 00:59, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Sakharov Prize is a featured list and Ukraine is in good shape, so good to go.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral – This feels extremely barebones. I find myself wondering if the article should even be a Featured List, as it doesn't go into much detail about the prize and its history. More importantly for ITN, it's only a one-line update, so we wouldn't be directing readers to any further information about this news item. That all being said, I don't know if I could reasonably oppose a FL ITN/R item being posted, so... I just refrain from !voting at all? ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:22, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Article might need work, but this is ITN/R, so I'd say it's notable. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per all the above including the supports. ITN/R means significance is assumed; it does not mean there is an imperative to post. An update to either article substantial enough to meet WP:ITNCRIT would likely cause WP:BALANCE issues. Maybe we can thread that needle, but I doubt it. GreatCaesarsGhost 12:52, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Agree on the Oppose here. The past, we've generally used the winner's article for this, as the prize itself is just a listing. The problem is that being given the Ukraine people fighting back against Russia doesn't give us a nice article target for that. If there is a decent target article that is focused on the Ukraine's resistance to Russia that is also in good shape, that might help. --Masem (t) 13:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Stale. This was announced on 19 October [42] [43]. There was a additional ceremony yesterday, but the actual award is old news. Besides, the nominated article is just a list - there needs to be a prose update somewhere. Modest Genius talk 13:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Ongoing: 2022 Brazilian election protests

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Consensus to post unlikely to develop. Anarchyte (talk) 11:04, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2022 Brazilian election protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, DW, Reuters, Zee News
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Nominated this after the issue was brought up down below. I feel we need to have a consensus on whether or not this qualifies for ongoing before we can post the Peru protests. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
•Oppose per above. Editor 5426387 (talk) 23:42, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Ongoing: Peruvian protests & political crisis

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Article: December 2022 Peruvian protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters, NBC, CNN, Guardian
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Previous related blurb has rolled off but event continues to develop and receive article updates. - Indefensible (talk) 06:57, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The answer to that would be irrelevant to this discussion. If you want some other article's status in ongoing changed, start a new discussion. --Jayron32 15:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It was only a comment, and neutral at that. The essay you linked also reads: While these comparisons are not a conclusive test, they may form part of a cogent argument; an entire comment should not be dismissed because it includes a comparative statement like this. —Bagumba (talk) 00:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The functional part of that sentence is ...may form part of a cogent argument. --Jayron32 15:26, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Article is in decent shape, seems to be being actively updated, most recent events covered by the article are less than 48 hours old. Looks to check all of the boxed. --Jayron32 15:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Mixed - I feel like for this to be in ongoing, we also need to address other protests going on, like the Brazilian election which Bagumba brought up. Not too sure if I'm perfectly honest. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We cannot be including all the protests that are currently going on in the world in Ongoing. They are commonplace and this one doesn’t seem to have an exceptionality beyond what the protests imply. _-_Alsor (talk) 16:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, posting something, although the header would probably need to be reworded. The main underlying event here is an ongoing Peruvian constitutional crisis, which is much bigger than the protests. Nsk92 (talk) 17:20, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment this is the third protest in Peru over the past year. Thus seems like a case where protests happen at a drop of a hat, and we'd need a strong reason to post one over the other. --Masem (t) 17:39, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • A good metric to use to decide if something is worth posting is that there is evidence, as can be found in reliable sources, that it is significant, given the amount of attention that reliable sources give to it. If we did anything other than that, then we're all just using our own, very narrow, individual perspective, which isn't that great of a way to operate when dealing with a website designed to be used all over the world. Instead of making the decision based only on what we think (which is mostly based on what we may personally care about or what we are exposed to in each of our own very tiny corners of the world), instead we should strive to assess these things by looking at reliable sources and assessing whether or not the topic is being covered or not. I live no where near Peru, and I have no vested interest in what goes on there, so my own personal feelings would necessarily skew towards not thinking this was significant. I am not a reliable source, however. I can assess whether this is a major news event by seeing what major news sources are doing. --Jayron32 18:17, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Except, of course, is when the mass media go crazy over something we consider routine. Masem (t) 19:13, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Or to add why we do not use frequency of coverage of a story or where the story is published (like front page verse elsewhere) as metrics for UTN consideration. Masem (t) 19:15, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    But conversely the subject may be encyclopedic and notable enough for visibility, what may need to change is Wikipedia's format and space for such coverage rather than imposing artificial limitations, as well as potential debiasing in the community which prevents such entries from being included. - Indefensible (talk) 19:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Of course, many forget that we are not a newspaper, and our coverage of news should be after the point a news event is clearly going to have an enduring impact. We have far too many articles being created on breaking news without consideration of long term factors. Masem (t) 21:52, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    This has nothing to do with not being a newspaper, the ongoing political crisis of a sizable country which this is a part of is certainly encyclopedic and deserves coverage. National Ignition Facility's current blurb seems far more problematic. - Indefensible (talk) 22:24, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why should my consideration make a difference? What I "consider" is based on my own very narrow view of the world. Wikipedia does not operate on personal "considerations" it operates on evidence. My "consideration" is not evidence. It's just my own feelings. It has no bearing on what should or should not happen. --Jayron32 19:24, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 13

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December 13, 2022 (2022-12-13) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Science and technology

Sports

(Posted) RD: Nihal Nelson

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Article: Nihal Nelson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [44]
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Famous Sri Lankan Singer – Titanciwiki (talk) 23:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Samwalton9. --PFHLai (talk) 18:08, 18 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Stephen "tWitch" Boss

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Article: Stephen "tWitch" Boss (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety, People
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: American freestyle hip hop dancer, choreographer, actor, television producer, and television personality. Reported by many outlets. --2001:BB6:4E52:7D00:480D:BA9B:695E:ECE5 (talk) 16:31, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Changing my stance to support as the sourcing issues have been addressed. RIP to him, what a huge loss to the entertainment industry. Vida0007 (talk) 09:49, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Adrian Shooter

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Article: Adrian Shooter (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [45]
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: British railway executive, died on 13th but first reported today (14th). Article is a bit proseliney in places, but it's being improved. Thryduulf (talk) 14:24, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Miguel Barbosa Huerta

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Article: Miguel Barbosa Huerta (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-12-13/muere-miguel-barbosa-gobernador-de-puebla.html
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Governor of Puebla, Mexico. Page has been expanded about 4x but could use a bit more. At least this is vaguely Main Page-ready. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 04:21, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Abigail Kawānanakoa

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Article: Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Member of the Hawaiian Royal Family and philanthropist  The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 16:10, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support See no reason not to. Evan224 (talk) 02:22, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support All criteria is met and the death is significant in Hawai'i. TansoShoshen (talk) 03:07, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support The last Hawaiian princess has died. Though I think other members of the family are still alive. I am open to a blurb. -TenorTwelve (talk) 03:53, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. Sam Walton (talk) 11:14, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 12

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December 12, 2022 (2022-12-12) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Law and crime

Politics and elections

  • All members of Belgium's Political Bureau of the Walloon Parliament resign after a scandal concerning excessive public spending by parliamentary clerk Frédéric Janssens. Bureau President Jean-Claude Marcourt, who had been criticized for taking part in a luxury 3-day trip to Dubai for €20,000 using public funds, had previously refused to be the only person to resign if all other members of the Bureau did not resign. (RTBF)

(Closed) 2022 Artsakh Blockade

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Article: 2022 blockade of the Republic of Artsakh (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Artsakh blockade began on 12 December, with the Azerbaijanis blocking the only road connecting the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh with Armenia. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ An Azerbaijani blockade of Lachin Corridor continues, with stranding residents on both ends of the blockade.
News source(s): EU Neighborhood East
Credits:

Article updated
 Harut111 (talk) Harut111 (talk) 11:33, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article has a couple banners to sort out currently, although not sure if they are valid issues. - Indefensible (talk) 04:13, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The deletion discussion seems to be heading to a speedy keep, so I'm sure that won't be an issue here. I am seeing that this subject hasn't been covered yet by any of the major sources we tend to expect here. I don't know what the lack of western-European or American coverage means for this item. If it's covered more in non-Caucasus-related publications, that would make it a much more comfortable item for our ITN. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat)
  • Tentative support - Informally, I'm seeing Anglophone journalists familiar with the situation describing this as very signficant and not getting the attention that it arguably deserves in English-language media. Unfortunately, I don't speak a word of any of the relevant languages, so I haven't been able to find appropriate sources. In my view, both the article and this nomination urgently need expert attention, which I am unable to provide. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:12, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment An AfD nomination for this currently exists, but it seems that the building consensus on that nomination is to keep the article. As for the Artsakh blockade article itself, I have seen no sourcing issues even if the prose looks a bit short to me. Vida0007 (talk) 12:07, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Tentative Support The AfD has since been closed as a WP:SNOW keep. This is arguably the most significant escalation in the region since the 2020 conflict. With that said, I cannot WP:V some of the sources as I know very little about the Armenian media landscape (and do not myself speak Armenian). It is hard to tell what is a WP:RS due to my lack of familiarity, so I feel uncomfortable with a full fledged !support. If someone with more expertise in the region can confirm the reliability of some of the sources or can provide known WP:RS to cover it, I would fully support posting it. TartarTorte 20:29, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Are there any updates to the story? Sounds like gas access is restored, and Azerbaijan is reporting that traffic has been restored (unclear if true but there doesn't seem to be an indication in the article that this claim is contested). SpencerT•C 21:07, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Stuart Margolin

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Article: Stuart Margolin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Hollywood Reporter, Deadline
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Needs a lot of work Mooonswimmer 15:56, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Mike Leach

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Article: Mike Leach (American football coach) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): USA Today
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: College football head coach at Texas Tech, Washington State, and Mississippi State. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 14:24, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. The article meets the quality standards for posting.
— Red-tailed hawk (nest) 17:45, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(closed) The Boy in the Box identified

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Article: Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The 4-year-old murder victim known as The Boy in the Box for 65 years, has been identified. (Post)
News source(s): [46]
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Notorious (and for many, quite emotional) cold case, has finally been identified 2607:F470:E:22:E9A5:92B5:D38D:EA15 (talk) 23:46, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Mirosław Hermaszewski

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Article: Mirosław Hermaszewski (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TVP World, The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: First Polish man in space, article is close to ok. Brandmeistertalk 20:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Notable death of a prominent and decorated Polish figure. Article is very well-referenced and written. JumbledPasta (talk) 02:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(closed) Arrest of suspect in Pan Am Flight 103 bombing

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Article: Pan Am Flight 103 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Suspected bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, is in US custody after being kidnapped in Libya by a militia group. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Suspected Lockerbie bomber Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is in US custody after being kidnapped by a militia in Libya.
News source(s): BBC, NPR
Credits:
Nominator's comments: This seems quite major in my view, but not sure if others view it as ITN worthy. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:48, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - Per Ad Orientem. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:51, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We don't post arrests of suspects. HiLo48 (talk) 20:26, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per HiLo. If this man is convicted, it would be an ITNR-worthy decision. _-_Alsor (talk) 00:38, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We may post the sentencing, I think that would be of ITN interest, but not arrest. And especially not this one, which doesn't feel all too important to me: the incident was a long time ago; it's not like this arrest reveals a suspect, just means he's been found; and he is accused of manufacturing the bomb, i.e. one of many involved in the conspiracy, not the sole perpetrator. Wasn't there one Lockerbie bomber who has already been found guilty, served his sentence, been released, and died, in the years since it happened. Kingsif (talk) 13:26, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait We should wait until he's been sentenced. In my opinion, it is notable enough, as after all, it was the largest terrorist attack in the UK. TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 21:29, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Corruption in EU parliament

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Article: Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Previous blurb removed per WP:BLPTALK. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Eight people are arrested in connection with the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament.
News source(s): [47], [48]
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: A prominent case of corruption in a major player on world politics Paradise Chronicle (talk) 09:15, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Needs work The wave of arrests seems similar to the German plot which we are currently blurbing. But we need an article about the corruption scandal rather than a focus on particular BLPs. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:40, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'd perhaps support this if a clear link is made to the FIFA World Cup or anything else achieved through corruption. Otherwise, an MEP accused for corruption without further details isn't plausible enough.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:49, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Italian MEP Dino Giarrusso said he and many other legislators in Brussels had been approached by Qatari officials numerous times since 2019. “They were hoping to improve the country’s reputation especially in the run-up to the Fifa World Cup”" FT Andrew🐉(talk) 12:39, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The German plot was just posted on the basis of arrests rather than convictions. To minimise BLP issues, we can blurb such mass arrests in a general way rather than naming names. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:22, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, however oppose blurb Article seems to be in solid shape and being improved compared to when I read it a couple hours ago. I have to say though, the current blurb seems really clunky, so on that front, we should have a better one. TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 18:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is more that there are heavy indications that there existed corruption in the European Parliament. That a president of the EU parliament has to come back from vacations to personally observe a raid on the vice-president in which bags full of cash were found...Corruption in the highest levels in the EU parliament is the issue, the arrests are just a by-product. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 11:55, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like this misses the point. The point is: what if the trials result in acquittal? Banedon (talk) 01:06, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) First net-gain nuclear fusion reaction

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Article: Fusion power (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announce, in a breakthrough for fusion power technology, that they have produced a nuclear fusion reaction that achieved a net gain of energy. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announce, in a breakthrough for fusion power technology, that they have used the technique of inertial confinement fusion to achieve a net gain of energy.
News source(s): FT, WaPo, The Times
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Being called a breakthrough / the "holy grail" by RS, with the U.S. secretary of energy set to make an announcement on Tuesday. Davey2116 (talk) 05:01, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-announcement comments
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  • Wait They are said to be announcing this week/tomorrow, which appears to include the publication of a peer-reviewed paper that supports this. We do want to make sure that there is a peer-reviewed source behind this, as that's what we'll need to properly update the article. --Masem (t) 05:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - Per Masem. This definitely needs to be posted though, groundbreaking news. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:29, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wait and add of course. I wanted to add this suggestion myself. Per Masem, the blurb needs to be backed up by a relevant piece in the article, which should be backed up by a suitable source. --Ouro (blah blah) 12:20, 12 December 2022 (UTC) Changing to add as the breakthrough was announced during the press conference. --Ouro (blah blah) 15:47, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Still wait - Until the actual press conference, which I believe is today. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:21, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Post-announcement comments
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The NIF preamplifiers which condition and shape the laser pulse used to ignite a fusion reaction
Articles: National Ignition Facility (talk · history · tag) and Fusion power (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Scientists at the United States' National Ignition Facility announce, in a breakthrough for fusion power technology, that they have used the technique of inertial confinement fusion to achieve a net gain of energy. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The US National Ignition Facility (pictured) announces that it has achieved fusion ignition.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The United States Department of Energy announces that scientists at the National Ignition Facility have achieved fusion ignition.
News source(s): [51][52][53][54][55]
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Major US department announcement, global top-tier media coverage ☆ Bri (talk)

I'm late to this but Financial Times appears to have broken it, The New York Times has repeated the story, and both Politico and CNN may have independently confirmed from other sources now. I've added sources to National Ignition Facility for inspection. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:49, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think we ought to consider this item reopened. Most of the people who participated at this ITN were asking to wait, rather than opposing outright, contrary to Kiril's closure rationale. --🌈WaltCip-(talk) 12:32, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
My closure rationale was "no consensus to post at this time", which clearly reflects the pile-up of wait votes, not that there was any outright opposition. I had it in mind that the nomination should be re-opened and just wanted to prevent an overflow of further wait votes.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:15, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait for the peer-reviewed paper. This appears to have been a leak or embargo breach, not an official announcement. Modest Genius talk 15:15, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Update: there's now been an official announcement, but still no paper (peer-reviewed or otherwise). I'm kinda torn on this - it's big news if true, but a peer-reviewed paper should be the bare minimum to consider a science story. I wonder if the leak forced them to make a premature announcement before the paper is ready... I'm still inclined to wait until the evidence is presented to the scientific community in a peer-reviewed paper. Modest Genius talk 19:30, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, the fusion power article is far too broad to be the bold link, and has only two sentences of update. National Ignition Facility would be a better target, which at least has a short section on the new results. Modest Genius talk 20:08, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Now Oppose. Here is the presser from DOE [56]. The experiment they are raving on about took place only on Dec 5, and there is no sign of a peer review paper or collaboration. I do not expect the national labs to be faking their result but we really do need a paper with peer review to affirm. --Masem (t) 15:25, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • im sorry, but why do we need a peer review paper for a world shattering news announcement? yes, we need peer review to confirm the science of this. it may well be false. but the CLAIM is highly notable, esp. since we are way past the dark days when everyone would just make wild claims about fusion. this is real science now. the announcement itself is highly notable. 50.193.19.66 (talk) 17:04, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
        There hasn't been replication if the results, nor other confirmations expected fir such a significant result. News media are not scientific experts. Masem (t) 17:50, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment At the initial phase of the press event DoE said outside experts evaluated the results, which is part of the reason to delay till today for announcing the December 5 experiment. Not sure who exactly it was doing the review. Probably more coming at the panel discussion. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:39, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support as a groundbreaking scientific breakthrough, which is Wikipedia and ITN's wheelhouse, plus the topic's coverage in front-page stories from some of the largest news outlets in the world. That ought to be enough for a section titled "in the news" and not "in the scientific literature". Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 15:52, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • It doesn't seem to be ground-breaking as, per the PR, they've been working on this approach for 60 years. Getting to break-even point isn't a big achievement as every existing power system does better than that -- just use a match to light a pile of sticks, for example. What's needed for success is that the TCO is better than rival systems. This is why H-bomb fusion power was not pursued – see Project PACER. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:33, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Moreover, from what's being said, it seems that the claim of break-even is just based on the laser energy hitting the target. It actually takes a lot more energy to power the lasers than you get out and so this is phoney accounting. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:28, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Aren't they diode lasers? Those are a lot more efficient than earlier lasers. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:28, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • According to Anatomy of a NIF shot, it takes 400 million joules of electrical energy to deliver 2 million joules of laser energy to the target. You then get about 2.5 million joules back from the fusion. So, spend 400 million to get 2.5 million. Do the math. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:55, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Rome wasn't built in a day. Okay I checked they aren't diode lasers but if LEDs keep getting x times better every decade give it a few decades. Remember how big, dim and red they were in the 1970s or 80s and now they're efficient and bright enough for streetlights and artificial sunlight and small and cheap enough to fit tens of millions on a smartphone and come in all colors from UV to infrared? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:35, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • "I'll trust the editorial judgement of the world's news media over the lay opinions of the editors above." Hear, hear. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 18:13, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    There is a reason we have SCIRS alongside MEDRS. If a major medical reported a breakthrough in treating cancer, covered widely by the media but not yet reported in a medical journal, we would not include that in ITN due to the MEDRS issue. Same can be said for other scientific breakthroughs. Masem (t) 19:07, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    MEDRS is a specially defined policy and not what we're discussing here! Very simply, the largest news outlets in the world are publishing stories about this, and this section is named "in the news." If the coverage were substantially less, as it is for many 'run of the mill' discoveries, I'd of course be open to reevaluating based on the strength of the sources. We do similar things for all articles on Wikipedia. But... this isn't run of the mill. 04:55, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Probably one of the most important scientific achievements this century. Considerable news coverage, with a lot of excitement about it yesterday even before the announcement. Any issues with the DOE press release are imo fixed by independent coverage by other sources. For example, the NYTimes [57] interviews other scientists involved in the project, provides context, and puts things in perspective. No reason to doubt this, and its very exciting. Plus the NIF and fusion power articles are pretty good and it would be nice to highlight them. CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n!⚓ 19:07, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The NYT report confirms that this is not actually a break-even result, "Although the latest experiment produced a net energy gain compared to the energy of the 2.05 megajoules in the incoming laser beams, NIF needed to pull 300 megajoules of energy from the electrical grid in order to generate the brief laser pulse." It's also interesting that fusion power is not what these giant lasers are for, "The main purpose of the National Ignition Facility is to conduct experiments to help the United States maintain its nuclear weapons." Andrew🐉(talk) 19:23, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - Massive significance. For a world currently in an energy crisis, and facing climate change, this is a major breakthrough and story. It is literally in the news. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 20:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Or it might be, and the media and politicians have got overexcited. HiLo48 (talk) 20:23, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I really don't care. I won't believe this until five years have passed and it's been replicated a dozen times all over the world. HiLo48 (talk) 22:40, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. nableezy - 00:09, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Nableezy: That's some FA-class Wiki-shade right there. Kurtis (talk) 18:40, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
but only the og's know it ;) nableezy - 19:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - yes this is not a peer-reviewed article, but this is in the news, and right now this is news, and widely covered news. Its on the front page of nearly every major news website out there. This is a huge deal, and right now is when it is news. nableezy - 21:29, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Massive news that hopefully encourages global leaders to rethink the merits of nuclear energy. As per above, the lack of a peer-reviewed source is a valid argument but this is indeed in the news right now. DarkSide830 (talk) 21:33, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perspective Here's a good article in The Atlantic which gives the history of this lab making ambitious promises, failing to achieve them and then claiming similar breakthroughs by using creative accounting. It cites a story from 2014 in which the lab also claimed "fuel gains of greater than 1". Fool me once... Andrew🐉(talk) 21:39, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    What are you talking about? A. this article was before the announcement, and before interviewing outside experts. B. has nothing to do with our criteria for posting to ITN. Nearly all of your comments have been contradicted by any number of policies and guidelines, most notably WP:OR, and should be ignored by a closer. As an editor wrote above, I'll trust the editorial judgement of the world's news media over the lay opinions of the editors above. That is, in addition to being on point in this discussion, also in fact Wikipedia policy. nableezy - 21:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The author of the Atlantic article seems well informed because he's written a book about the history of this field: Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking. So, he's an independent expert. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Well informed enough to note, in the article, that the entire premise of the article is not yet clear. (When this story went to press, neither the Livermore lab nor the Department of Energy had responded to requests for comment.). The multiple sources from after the announcement note that the premise was in fact incorrect, and that independent experts have agreed with the DoE's statement on both the result and the significance. nableezy - 22:06, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I've read the other reports and the significance seems to be not that this is a practical method of power generation but that they have achieved "ignition" – the state in which fusion is occurring at the intensity found in an H-bomb. That's the main purpose of National Ignition Facility -- to test and validate the ignition of US nuclear weapons. This has been an existential issue for the lab, whose future was in doubt after the cold war ended and that's why they have been so anxious to get a result. The challenge is presenting this accurately in a blurb. And there's still the issue of peer-review as: "The findings have not been peer reviewed". Andrew🐉(talk) 23:04, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support posting, oppose proposed blurb the current blurb is too verbose and doesn't make it clear that this is the first time a net energy gain has been achieved 2A02:C7F:2CE3:4700:A4BA:7897:37CE:688C (talk) 23:27, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per The_ed17 Shanes (talk) 02:05, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A significant breakthrough that has gotten significant coverage. Surprised it's not up already. Daniel Case (talk) 04:11, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is not energy generation. Although an important scientific breakthrough, the actual claim being made here is that the heat energy out of the fuel was 50% greater than the optical energy absorbed by the pellet. The lasers themselves are only on the order of 1% efficient, and nonetheless the facility has no means of capturing the power anyway. [osunpokeh/talk/contributions] 05:15, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Optical energy absorbed (not i.e. reflected) by the pellet was one of the previous milestones. This is 1.5 times the power of the laser light and charging the laser took a lot more than that. The symmetry required seems pretty hard, like the explosive lenses of post-Hiroshima atomic bombs. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose , the more I read about it, the more I am convinced that the reason for the announcement is to secure future financial support for the project. Which in turn it is aimed for Stockpile stewardship rather than energy generation. Also, the ratio Q (E generated vs E needed) taking account the 400 MJ to power up the lasers, gives a Q~0.01 far from the 0.7 record of the JET tokamak (source). So, not really breakthrough news, just PR for a simbolic milestone. Alexcalamaro (talk) 06:11, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: Per osunpokeh and Alexcalamaro. RAN1 (talk) 11:03, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Support altblurb: It's a major breakthrough, just not in power generation. RAN1 (talk) 12:21, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle. RS newspapers are heralding it as a major breakthrough, so it's in the news and qualifies, whatever individual Wikipedians might think about it. That said, though, the article quality is poor at the moment, a lot of missing citations, so the discussion is probably moot anyway.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:23, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support altblurb - Lay media has a poor track record of accurately conveying science information, but it is undoubtedly in the news. Altblurb is clearer and more accurate than the original blurb. I have concerns with the accuracy of news reports, and thus the accuracy of our article which is based on them. However, I feel readers may come to us expecting to find clarity given the hype in the news, and so it is worth running. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Atlblurb is fine. The event is widely covered by the RS and is widely characterized by the RS as a breakthrough. That should be good enough for us. Nsk92 (talk) 16:27, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted altblurb. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    My goodness you've got guts. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 18:04, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support—"The power of the sun... in the palm of my hand." Kurtis (talk) 18:40, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting comment - I checked the NIF article and three cn tags remain there (although personally it already looks good to me). And while I mentioned the peer-reviewed article in the pre-announcement sub-section, I concur with Nableezy that this has already become major news, which is basically the essence of ITN. Vida0007 (talk) 18:46, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support This is something which is being covered at a sufficient level to indicate that people are hearing about it outside of Wikipedia, so that clears the significance hurdle. The article is sufficient quality; yes there are a small number of cn tags, but on the balance the article is very well referenced, and the relevant information is scrupulously balanced. --Jayron32 19:33, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Quite confused here. The main action on this is just a link to an article mostly about the facility, the only mention of the hook phrase "fusion ignition" on the entire article is in a caption, the section about it is called Breakeven, which the fusion ignition article linked calls out in the lead that it should not be confused with "breakeven". This sounds like an important scientific achievement, but the article seems to woefully under represent this. — xaosflux Talk 20:56, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull - obviously. The NIF article is not the correct one to post, it's fusion power that has the update in it, as per the nomination above. And in any case, the NIF article is astoundingly unreferenced. Does anybody even bother checking quality before posting these days? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:15, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Addition - as of now there are 23 citation needed tags in the article that I've spotted, plus the "ICF program, 1970s" section has two entirely uncited paragraphs. Wuerzele has been reverting my addition of those tags, noting that the same material is already cited in a child article, but as far as I'm aware that's never been a substitute for having citations present in the actual page linked from the main page. As such, this still needs to be pulled even if the citation needed tags are removed again. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 22:03, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull how is getting 3 Mjoules from 400 MJ news? Also it is reached in a not desirable configuration. This is an example of news clickbait.--ReyHahn (talk) 21:18, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is ITN worthy. But PULL. This article is embarrassing! --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 22:08, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull - As much as I would support this for ITN, these articles are bad and should be pulled from main page. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:05, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think re-targeting so that fusion power is the bold link is much wiser at the moment; this is the main article of concern to the blurb in my view, and the article needs considerably less citation work than the NIF article. Curbon7 (talk) 23:28, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The fusion ignition article needs work too. For example, it explains in detail that NIF achieved ignition on August 8: "the National Ignition Facility claimed to have triggered ignition in the laboratory on Sunday, August 8th, 2021 for the first time in the over 60-year history of the ICF program. ... In August 2022, the results of the experiment were confirmed in three peer-reviewed papers." This all sounds great but this latest ballyho is about a different shot which took place on December 5. So what happened on August 8 and was that ignition or wasn't it? The article doesn't say. The trouble is that this lab has a long history of claiming such successes and unpicking the details is not simple. And getting the date right is just the start. There's also the technical detail and the article doesn't have much. The bigger articles have a lot more detail with hundreds of citations but then get shot down for not being perfect. You can't win. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:20, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    August was 1.8 megajoules of laser light in and 1.37 megajoules of fusion out. December was 2.05 megajoules of lasers in and like 3 megajoules out. It's not that complicated. In both cases it takes hundreds of megajoules of electricity to recharge the lasers (enough to run a Tesla about 400 miles) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:35, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment even if the article gets fixed this is not news. 1) it creates 3 megajoules from 300-400 from the grid (it is just inside the system that it accounts to 2 megajoules). 2) it is not a scalable approach, tokamaks are considered better by the community [58] 3) many scientists are writing disclaimers. Did the "creation of a black hole" by Google made it to Wikipedia front page too? I do not think so.--ReyHahn (talk) 09:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep pulled unless someone can explain why an experiment that created a gain of 1.5MJ but pulled 300MJ+ from external sources in order to do it is going to change the future of energy generation. Black Kite (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    You're kinda missing the point. The evidence that something is being covered by reliable news sources is that it is being covered by reliable news sources. That doesn't go away because you quote random facts about the story and then act incredulous. Scoffing at things says nothing about the thing, it only says something about you. The thing in question is being covered by reliable news sources in a manner that indicates it is significant. That doesn't go away because you have an attitude of scorn about it. --Jayron32 15:35, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    AGF much? It was a genuine question and I wasn't scoffing at it at all, I totally understand why the theory is important, but was asking a genuine question as to how it is important in practice if it uses so much power. The latter is far more newsworthy than the former. Black Kite (talk) 16:40, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That's not really a matter for this forum. What makes something newsworthy is that news found it worthy. That's something that can be established via looking for evidence, and doesn't require anyone to know anything about the technical details you keep going on about. --Jayron32 12:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    There are laser-emitting diodes (LEDs) much more efficient than this but presumably they're not able to dump 2.05 megajoules (half kilowatt-hour) of UV so quickly. Like such a tiny fraction of a microsecond it's momentarily 500,000,000,000,000 watts which is c.200 times average world electricity production and almost 100 times every power plant, solar cell etc on Earth running at 100%. During their many years of existence all LED specs improved very fast, except at least 2 will have to start slowing drastically about now: white ones can't keep doubling brightness per watt every x years cause they're already like 200-300 lumen per watt which approaches 100% conversion, and #2 to "fail" will be colored LED brightness per watt doubling every x years cause exactly 0 waste heat@the brightest color (green) would be 683 lumens per watt. When the "Moore's Laws" of the other LED specs will start to slow drastically I don't know but at least now there's hope for NIF-sized inertial confinement by mid-century while in 2020 it seemed hopeless. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:48, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thats a bit like asking why was it important that this was able to solve a linear equation that most high school students could complete. Can also check with your local university's physics or nuclear engineering departments and see if they think this is unimportant. nableezy - 16:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Schwede66: (who re-posted this) - I'm still just as lost as I was above; the bold article doesn't really talk about this "event", the mention is in a section called "Breakeven" which the article about ignition says ignition should not be confused with breakeven. It looks like the bold target has an entire one sentence about this event??? — xaosflux Talk 20:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Xaosflux TBH, I'm also uneasy about this item, but for very different reasons. Having read up about this, it looks more like a publicity stunt to secure ongoing funding than a scientific breakthrough. I reposted it because it had previously been posted, I pulled it over the the bold target articles having referencing issues, and once those issues were resolved, I was asked to repost. And so I did. I cannot see that consensus has changed but personally, I would rather see this binned. However, I don't go by my personal opinion rather than what this group of editors concludes. If we are agreed that it shouldn't be there, let's pull it once more. Schwede66 20:46, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @Schwede66 - I don't know enough about this topic to make a good choice on it; so I'm just approaching it as a lay reader. When looking at everything else in INT right now, there are bold articles that talk about the event that is in the news. Is this facility what the primary thing that is in the news, or is it just the place where a newsworthy event took place? Where is the article about this event? I think maybe it is Fusion ignition, but that article seems to have one sentence about the event. I see from supporters above that this is purportedly a major scientific discovery/breakthrough - but there isn't much content I'm seeing on any of these pages about the breakthrough itself. — xaosflux Talk 21:01, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Fusion research of any kind is irrationally underfunded, they need it. All those fusion by like 2000 estimates were based on expectations of $30 billion 2022 dollars or something like that but actual funding was like half billion or something almost useless like that. Fusion power just gets exponentially harder the smaller the machine is, all other things being equal the "fuel thermal mass/inertia" is proportional to (fuel width times fuel width times fuel width) but "square meters touching the hundreds of millions of degrees cooler outside world" is only proportional to that divided by fuel width. Same reason an ocean of boiling water takes a lot longer to cool down than a drop of boiling water. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:18, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question I see it's just been reposted. I don't know enough to know the specifics, but does it bother anyone else that the blurb is directly contradicted by the bolded article? The article clearly says that fusion ignition was achieved in 2021, and that this is a "scientific breakeven". This all seems to be approx. 95% PR hype, and I suppose we're probably just parroting news headlines, but if we're going to post something, shouldn't the blurb and the article say the same thing? Was there some particular rush to post before this fundamental issue was resolved? --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The NIF article says that they achieved a "burning plasma" in 2021 but that's not the same as ignition, according to the exact definitions that they are using. In the burning achievement, the plasma was fusing but required external energy to keep it hot enough. For ignition, the reaction has to produce enough energy to make it self-sustaining. It's like when you light a fire -- you have to get it going fast enough that it will keep burning rather than just fizzling out. It's confusing and quite technical because, in the NIF pellets, there isn't much fuel and so the reaction won't last long anyway – just a fraction of a second. For more practical power generation, you want a machine like ITER which is planned to get a lot more plasma good and hot and then keep it fusing for an hour or so. We should get our heads around this because ITER is expected to start testing in 2025 and so they will start making claims like "first plasma" then. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:05, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear, Floquenbeam is still right to think that this is "approx. 95% PR hype". Even ITER won't produce more power than it consumes, when considered as a full system, but they don't plan to fully demonstrate that until 2040+. See a sceptical view. Our job is to help the world understand the details rather than being blinded by science. In the meantime, my neighbour has recently installed solar panels on his roof. This is functioning fusion power that's here today and seems economically viable. That's the competition and it's winning. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:33, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Territorial fusion was never going to be 1st generation clean energy. Not with that budget it wasn't. For limitless green energy by current standards USA could've afforded an extra trillion inflation-adjusted bucks spread out over 1950 to 2000. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:44, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jim Carr

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Article: Jim Carr (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Canadian politician with an extensive history in both provincial and federal politics. Rushtheeditortalk 16:59, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 11

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  • South Sudan declares a measles outbreak with a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health reporting that there are currently 2,471 cases and 31 deaths from measles reported in 22 counties. (Xinhua)

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(Posted) RD: Wolf Erlbruch

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Article: Wolf Erlbruch (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Spiegel
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: German writer and illustrator of children's books which are not only for children (Duck, Death and the Tulip), first German to be awarded the Swedish prize that is kind of the Nobel prize in the field. - Article was remarkably good, made only minor formatting changes, and used some refs more than once. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Angelo Badalamenti

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Article: Angelo Badalamenti (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Pitchfork
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Badalementi was the composer for all of David Lynch's films starting from Blue Velvet in 1986; also a Grammy and ASCAP award winner. CurryTime7-24 (talk) 23:15, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

European Film Awards

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Articles: 35th European Film Awards (talk · history · tag) and Triangle of Sadness (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Triangle of Sadness takes four top prizes, including for best film, best director and best actor, at European Film Awards. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated

(Posted) RD: Kenneth Powell (sprinter)

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Article: Kenneth Powell (sprinter) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sportstar (India)
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Indian sprinter. Arjuna awardee. Ktin (talk) 20:51, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I have never heard of him and not important enough for the global wikipedia news page, therefore oppose. Evan224 (talk) 00:46, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD. 65.94.215.11 (talk) 02:39, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Tell me you don't know the point of Wikipedia's ITN without telling me you don't know the point of Wikipedia's ITN. Tube·of·Light 03:17, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
okay i'm sorry i'm new to editing Evan224 (talk) 03:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for being a bit snarky. I would suggest you go through Wikipedia's policies and rules (like Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, and for ITN specifically, Wikipedia:In the news. Tube·of·Light 05:22, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Artemis 1 return

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Consensus not to post, looking forward to Artemis 2 and 3, where we are likely to post several updates :) --Tone 16:50, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Artemis 1 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Orion capsule of NASA's Artemis 1 unmanned lunar orbit mission successfully splashes down on Earth. (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: We did post Artemis 1's launch but as per ITNR, the arrival of a craft that includes lunar orbits and beyond are also considered. This is part of a series of NASA missions to get us back onto the Moon. Currently one section has an orange tag and needs fixing. Masem (t) 18:17, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance, oppose on quality There is an update tag. Arrival of a craft that includes lunar orbits and beyond is significant per ITNR. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 00:02, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Already blurbed, and I don't think the return of a capsule to Earth counts as arrival of a spacecraft under the specific wording of the ITN/R entry: "Arrival of spacecraft (to lunar orbit and beyond) at their destinations". DarkSide830 (talk) 00:39, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - this was entirely expected as part of the mission; maybe it should have been ongoing? I'm all in favour of blurbing the launches of the mission - and even of Artemis 3 a second time if they do step onto the moon as planned. But the landings seem overkill to me. Nfitz (talk) 03:02, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The method of re-entry was an unknown and necessary to support future Artemis missions. Masem (t) 05:04, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I have to agree that this arrival isn't particularly worth blurbing. We blurbed the launch 25 days ago, and this unmanned test does not compare to the human missions planned for the coming years. I might be willing to blurb the human missions twice in this manner, but currently we don't even really know if humans would've survived this re-entry (at least, the Wikipedia article doesn't go into detail on how well this went). ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • For the record, I don't think this qualifies as ITNR. "Arrival of spacecraft (to lunar orbit and beyond) at their destinations" to me mean its arrival around the Moon, not its subsequent returns to Earth. -- KTC (talk) 11:01, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • This isn't ITNR. The Moon was the destination, not Earth. 331dot (talk) 11:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Artemis 1 was the first step of the human exploration of the Inner Solar System. A successful mission, with a safe return for Earth is enough to make ITN imo. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It went to a place humans have already gone. This smacks of WP:CRYSTAL-gazing. GenevieveDEon (talk) 12:55, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That is true. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:59, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Personally, I don't feel as if a return trip (atleast a return trip from the artemis 1) is worthy to get a second blurb. It's already gotten a blurb for launching so I don't believe that it needs to be blurbed again. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:18, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Georgia Holt

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Article: Georgia Holt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood
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Article updated
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 2A01:4C8:C8B:D8F8:5D94:BBE1:7159:E773 (talk) 05:34, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 10

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RD: Lee Lorenz

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Article: Lee Lorenz (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times, WashPost
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: New Yorker magazine cartoonist. Death announced 10 December. Thriley (talk) 05:32, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2022 St Helier explosion

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Article: 2022 St Helier explosion (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A housing block collapses after a suspected gas explosion on the island of Jersey killing at least eight people. (Post)
News source(s): ITV News The Guardian, Sky News, BBC
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Significant loss of life in a small community; national news coverage; some mystery over the cause - while all official and media sources are suspecting a gas leak the property was not connected to the gas main and no damage to pipes have been found. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 10:24, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Samwalton9: thanks; at a press conference today the police have said that they have found all the victims they expect to find, so perhaps you could amend the blurb to nine people, rather than at least nine people.

(Posted) RD: Paul Silas

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Article: Paul Silas (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AP
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Longtime NBA basketball player and head coach. Was a two-time NBA All-Star and won three NBA championships. —Bagumba (talk) 10:04, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Dorothy Pitman Hughes

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Article: Dorothy Pitman Hughes (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Associated Press, NBC News
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Feminist, child welfare advocate, and activist. Hughes died on December 1 but I think her death was announced more recently. Article is Start class. -SusanLesch (talk) 03:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ruth Madoc

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Article: Ruth Madoc (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63927507
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

 PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Indonesian new criminal code

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Article: Indonesian Criminal Code (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Indonesian parliament unanimously passes legislation which includes banning extramarital sex, cohabitation and discrediting the government. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, CNN, Guardian, Sky
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Quite a significant event of human rights being removed, one of the causes of the 2019 riots finally making it to law. Widely reported. Protests in Jakarta recently too, Bali threatened as a top tourist destination Abcmaxx (talk) 10:33, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

yes and it was only closed because no article was nominated. Please stop abusing WP:SNOW. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:46, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on quality, support once updated as per above. 125.59.140.165 (talk) 02:26, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Indeed, the lead of the target article still says "...the criminal law regulations that are currently in effect are the Dutch criminal law regulations that existed on March 8, 1942." and so it's talking about the old code not the new one. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I think then it would be beneficial to the nomination that a new article be created for this new code, or at least re-target to the Indonesian criminal procedure page, or one specifically discussing the protests and discussion surrounding the new legislative package. DarkSide830 (talk) 21:29, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'Per notability' isn't an argument. Of course it's notable. The question is, is it headline-worthy. (I'm neutral on it myself; I don't feel I understand the situation well enough.) But I see people saying things like 'Support - notable', and that's just deploying one of Wikipedia's favourite buzzwords in place of any actual argument. GenevieveDEon (talk) 23:33, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's how it works around here. Notability and significance for the purpose of ITN doesn't have any sort of descriptor attached to it, which means all that is needed to determine significance is a consensus. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 20:20, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 9

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All South Koreans to become younger

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Article: East Asian age reckoning (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The government of South Korea announces plans to switch from the Korean age system to the system used by most other countries in the world. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ South Korea is standardising age calculations for official purposes from June 2023.
News source(s): The Guardian; BBC
Credits:

Nominator's comments: the population of an entire nation is about to become 1 or 2 years younger Abcmaxx (talk) 10:41, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

because it's the start of a long and arduous process, it will require slow and multiple changes in law to implement; this is the notable milestone. Also not snow. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This is an enclyopedia, not a news journal, as has been said countless times. This is notorious, but for now this and nothing is the same. When it becomes a reality, then we will debate it. _-_Alsor (talk) 12:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop calling for snow in early votes. You don't know at that point whether WP:SNOW is going to be relevant, and it just looks like a clumsy attempt to shut down discussion. GenevieveDEon (talk) 23:34, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have literally only asked for it in two (2) discussions that I have participated in this week. If you think it's problematic, that's strictly subjective. _-_Alsor (talk) 00:31, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, I think it's problematic too, and I would also ask that you disengage from doing so. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt that suggesting it exclusively twice (and it's completely irrelevant that it was in two successive nominations) is problematic. It's an opinion that should be respected. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:44, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose good faith nom. Unless I'm misreading this, nothing has actually happened outside of planning. We don't typically post plans. Beyond that, this sounds like something along the lines of Ruritania planning to switch from driving on the left side of the road, to the right. Mildly interesting but not exactly ITN material. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:15, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The change is bureaucratic filing, which is boring. Both in theory and practice: at least some Koreans have long been aware of the difference to the rest of the world and have counted their age as 0 until first birthday for years anyway, so I don't think it can sneak into ITN-worthy as having an effect on a whole population either (edit: and seeing as proposed change is just for bureaucratic purposes, I doubt the Korean population who do count +1 or +2 will bother changing their age in everyday life anyway). Kingsif (talk) 17:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose May be worth posting when it actually happens, but nothingburger at the moment. Curbon7 (talk) 18:38, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support when it actually happens. Quantum XYZ (chat) 07:28, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: The article said "On 8 December 2022, the National Assembly passed a bill that would prohibit the usage of traditional ages on official documents effective June 2023." A national parliament passing a law is it "actually happening." Of course most laws need rules and regulations to work, but for this one, this is set and in stone and is actually happening. Howard the Duck (talk) 23:45, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This is an administrative change, for all intents and purposes and for all we know may not even have an individual impact depending on how individual people feel about it. Encyclopedic, notable, DYK material. Not ITN worthy though. DarkSide830 (talk) 03:25, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The bill has passed, the change will be made. Feels to me like a major step in cultural standardization. Article looks good, so I'm all for blurbing this. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:29, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Opposebut in my opinion it would be good fit for DYK.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 08:43, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:53, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I do think there's a misunderstanding at play on what DYK is; DYK is about featuring recently created/improved articles, while ITN is about featuring articles that have seen some expansion because of recent events. It often feels like "interesting news" is devalued in ITN because "we have a different section for that," but this perspective doesn't make sense to me. I do think interestingness (and especially a certain level of encyclopedia-ness) is a valuable thing to consider for ITN as well. This might also tie into us not being a news ticker. I recognize this might be a larger discussion for the talk page, but I hope I could convince some people to reconsider this item. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 13:23, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - This is administrivia. I opposed the 'new SI prefixes' nomination, and the 'no more leap seconds' one, and I oppose this too. Technical changes in how something is measured are not headline news. GenevieveDEon (talk) 12:57, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question - Would this group of ITN users also have opposed Decimal Day?--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 19:20, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Can't speak for anyone else, but I probably would have. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:52, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I absolutely would have opposed that, yes, and also Dagen H.GenevieveDEon (talk) 23:31, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Decimalization of British currency was a massive change in the day-to-day experience of Britons, and I 100% would've supported such a news story. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:06, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but the physical worth of their money hasn't changed. It's only how they calculate money from the administrative side. Still, you supported this current nom as well, so it makes sense for you to have also supported Decimal Day. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:43, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
'Encyclopedic knowledge' and 'interesting' are not reasons to make something headline news. GenevieveDEon (talk) 10:59, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Grant Wahl

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Article: Grant Wahl (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYTimes, The Hill
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: No major sourcing problems, more info might surface on circumstances of his death Mooonswimmer 02:29, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please drop the conspiratorial nonsense. There is no evidence for such a claim. Nor for a blurb either. HiLo48 (talk) 11:14, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jovit Baldivino

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Article: Jovit Baldivino (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN Philippines, ABS-CBN News, Philstar
Credits:

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Article has improved since I last visited it, but still has some work to do (especially in the discography, filmography and awards sections). Vida0007 (talk) 21:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 8

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December 8, 2022 (2022-12-08) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Business and economy

Health and environment

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections

(Posted) RD: Jackie McLeod

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Article: Jackie McLeod (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): IIHF, WHL
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Article for a former professional ice hockey player, and coach of the Canada men's national ice hockey team. I apologize for nominating this five days after his death. I have done some rewriting and cleanup but I have no more time to commit to this as I am busy in real life. I think the article meets minimum standards, but it has a lot more potential if anyone has the time. Best wishes. Flibirigit (talk) 19:12, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) The Game Awards

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Articles: The Game Awards 2022 (talk · history · tag) and Elden Ring (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Variety, BBC, Toronto Star, The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Recent discussion on ITN talk page showed this wasn't yet considered ITN but needed more nominations as to judge that. Awards show just finished so some of the reception to the show itself are yet unknown. Masem (t) 04:11, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Per Rhain. At this point, the Game Awards is more notable than the Oscars, pulling in way more viewers. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:14, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The Game Awards were posted last year, why not post it again? Hungry403 (talk) 01:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question Should we mention the whole Bill Clinton thing? I mean, it was pretty unique, and I believe the Oscars debacle when they announced the wrong movie first was also mentioned on this page back when it happened a few years ago. 5.44.170.26 (talk) 04:15, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, the guy was arrested as a show disruptor. "Nothing to see here" Masem (t) 04:20, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing to see here sounds like execatly the type of censorship Wikipedia should steer to avoid tbh 5.44.170.26 (talk) 04:37, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Do we blurb about streakers in a World Cup Final? NorthernFalcon (talk) 05:31, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I believe we also decided against mentioning the Will Smith slap in the Oscar blurb. In general it doesn't seem to be entirely proper to bring up short-term disturbances in these sorts of events. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 07:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there really is nothing to see here. And since you've !voted to oppose it anyway, your question of covering it is outright moot. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 14:00, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
ACtually if you read my opposing vote the question is not moot at all, but since most people just push his or her agenda (in this case - the gamers agenda), I see no one actually takes into the consideration or really even reads each other comments, so your comment here is truly moot. 5.44.170.26 (talk) 03:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Your insinuation (and Andrew's) that there is an agenda being pushed in this nomination is bad faith and disruptive. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 17:58, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The Elden Ring article is mostly in good shape, but the Synopsis section is entirely unreferenced. That will need to be fixed before this can be posted. Shouldn't take too long to fix that. NorthernFalcon (talk) 07:14, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I just want to note that verifiable is not a synonym for inline citations; just because something doesn't have inline citations does not mean it is in conflict with WP:V. WP:MINREF, which re-states what is in WP:V, makes it clear that while some material must have inline citations, there are other ways that material is verifiable. --Jayron32 13:46, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is standard practice across all fiction works that the plot summary is assumed to be sourcable to the work itself, as long as it is concise and only summarizes the work. Masem (t) 13:46, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support—major event in the industry, was posted last year, and recieved significant coverage. DecafPotato (talk) 06:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Both articles look well put-together. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 07:35, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Minimal coverage in reliable sources with wide readership; almost all sources covering it are gaming-focused sources. BilledMammal (talk) 07:48, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I watched most of the thing and it was an embarrasing show, it's mostly an advertisement filled with trailers and straight up ads (that Grubhub ad) lol which take 90% of the time. Comparing it to the oscars is like comparing some youtube star wars/pop culture interviewing podcast to the Larry King or Charlie Rose's shows. 5.44.170.26 (talk) 08:06, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Edit Also the fact that this was posted last year is not an argument. It hadn't been posted before, shouldn't have been posted then and should not be posted now. The only real argument to notability that I can see here is the whole bill clinton/alt-right debacle. 5.44.170.26 (talk) 08:07, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah I really don't get why this big advertisement TV show became the canonical game awards all of the sudden (rather than the much older and more respectable BAFTAs or GDC), and yet here we are... ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd support a nomination for the BAFTA's next year (provided that the article meets quality requirements). NorthernFalcon (talk) 17:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Just because you don't personally like the show doesn't mean it isn't eligible for ITN. Honestly, the fact that we've posted it last year, and that the Game Awards drew in more viewers, makes it notable enough. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Take your strawman arguments off this website, please. If oscars were 80% trailers and advertisements for services like the Grubhub, I'd vote against them being posted as well. 5.44.170.26 (talk) 10:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    What I'm saying is that the event is being covered widely by reliable sources, and brought in more viewers than the Oscars. It shouldn't so quickly be discounted. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:10, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per WP:NOTPROMOTION. This seems to be a highly promotional trade show. There are lots of these for many products and there are even awards for the best advert. Commercial interests make these unreliable -- computer games magazines were notorious for biased reviews to protect their advertising revenue. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The show itself, I would tend to agree that it is overly promotional, but the same could be said of the Oscars or Emmy ceremony (which are supported by ad breaks). That said, the awards themselves are ones selected by a large jury of industry members (akin to the voting members of the Academy for the Oscars), and what resulted from those awards is the focus here (as well as the focus in non-gaming sources covering it) Masem (t) 13:49, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Oscars and Emmy are awarded in film and music, which are performing arts and greatly impact everyday life. Video games have never reached that level of importance.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 13:55, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Video games have exceeded film in annual global revenues, and its estimated there will be 3 billion people playing video games in 2023. [69]. Video games are still "young" compared to film and music, but to claim they have no importance is severely missing the mark. Masem (t) 14:01, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't deny that gaming is a rapidly growing industry, but its annual revenues don't make it more important than film or music. While video games such as Pac-Man, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto and Pokémon Go have exerted significant cultural impact in different periods, it cannot be said for the industry as a whole, so it's better to wait and see how that trend progresses in a decade or two from now.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:18, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Coffee is the world's most popular drink with about 400 billion cups drunk annually. So, should we promote awards like Roaster of the year? And then do beer and wine too? Or consider cars as there's about 1.5 billion cars in the world now. So, should we do Car of the Year too? No, the main reason that we have editors here lobbying for videogames is that they are videogamers, right? See WP:FAN, WP:COI and WP:NPOV. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:30, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    You might also see WP:AGF. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 17:33, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    If there's a better explanation then let's hear it. For comparison, consider the following annual awards which are also in the news this week:
  1. Person of the Year
  2. House of the Year
  3. Designer of the Year
  4. Model of the Year
  5. Family car of the Year
  6. Sports personality of the Year
  7. Word of the Year
  8. Album of the Year
  9. Barista of the Year
  10. School of the Year
Andrew🐉(talk) 14:20, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose it's safe to assume you would also oppose hooks about the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys? – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 15:50, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support but please change the picture of GRRM to someone/something else as mentioned above. YD407OTZ (talk) 16:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support per Masem's arguments for posting, but agree that GRRM seems odd when he wasn't even there. It's somewhat understandable when we don't have photos of other members of the Elden Ring team to use (a photo of Miyazaki would make the most sense but we don't have any), so I'd either use the logo of the awards show or the box art of the game or something.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 17:47, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Revert image Listen I like George as much as everyone else, but it was defintiely a bit of a rouge[Joke] decision, as the relevance is very slim and it was not discussed. Just revert the image back to Griner. Curbon7 (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose GRRM image as giving undue weight to GRRM's involvement over FromSoftware themselves; I personally prefer using the game's boxart instead. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 18:58, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose GRRM image Awkward Western bias that is disingenuous to everyone else involved. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 21:30, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull This shouldn’t have been posted. As User:Andrew Davidson stated, this is basically a promotional trade show. There’s a certain bias which many of the supporting editors seem to have. This year’s awards were not covered by The NY Times, the American paper of record. This lack of attention suggests that these are not comparable to the Oscars or Grammys. Thriley (talk) 22:31, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    And where does it say only the "American paper of record" is accepted for ITN? Seems the certain bias is merely toward US-centric sources. --2001:8003:1C20:8C00:BCF5:F4E1:D281:2A17 (talk) 23:45, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It was covered by the Washington Post, LA Times, Variety, BBC, Toronto Star, and The Guardian — all of which are some pretty solid news sources. Why would we pull just because the NYT isn't on that already long list of sources?  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 04:31, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record, it actually was covered by the New York Times last year, and it's linked on last year's ITN nomination. Seems they just chose not to this year, which doesn't really matter for our purposes since it's covered by several other WP:RSes. — Gestrid (talk) 04:44, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it says a lot that they didn’t cover it this year. Would they decide to cover the Oscars one year and not the next? Thriley (talk) 05:47, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't really think it says that much. As evidenced by this very ITN nomination, a lot of people still think of video games as being niche or an unimportant passtime compared to movies or TV shows despite how big the video game industry has become. Besides, as I said, whether the New York Times specifically covered this year's show doesn't really matter. What matters is if it was covered by any WP:RSes, and it was covered by quite a few of them. — Gestrid (talk) 06:10, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • At least take the photo down, either Griner or the would be King of Germany are far more important stories to merit a photo on the mainpage. nableezy - 05:18, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Indeed. The picture is outrageous. The caption asserts that Martin wrote the game but, so far as I can tell:
  1. He just provided some world-building (and here's what happened to it)
  2. He didn't write the story
  3. He didn't write the code
  4. He didn't win an award
  5. He didn't appear in the show
  6. He isn't mentioned in the bold article
See also photobombing. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:28, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
But they won't be able to find it again because WP:ERRORS doesn't maintain an archive of discussions. We need a good record of this debacle for the next time the hypefest is suggested for ITN/R again. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:58, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
As the image poster, I wouldn't have been semi-WP:BOLD if he wasn't already mentioned in Elden Ring's lead, as well as in some of the award's coverage. In hindsight, it was too much of a stretch in this case to have the image from the topmost blurb (WP:ITNPICT). —Bagumba (talk) 10:26, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Brittney Griner and Merchant of Death exchange

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Articles: Viktor Bout (talk · history · tag) and Brittney Griner (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After being arrested in Russia for carrying cannabis oil, professional US basketball player Brittney Griner is released in a prisoner exchange with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ American basketball player Brittney Griner is released from Russian custody in a prisoner exchange with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Alternative blurb II: ​ American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout are freed via a prisoner exchange.
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63905112
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Major prisoner exchange, in the news. Griner is one of the biggest players in women's basketball, and Viktor Bout is infamous as the Merchant of Death, and even inspired the film 'Lord of War'. Will probably need work on the articles, right now just a few paragraphs on either one. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:49, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PrecariousWorlds, Jayron32, WaltCip, Curbon7, and Masem: Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange has now been created. Cheers! BD2412 T 23:44, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Celine Dion diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome

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Good faith nomination but there is no chance that consensus will develop to post this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:22, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article: Celine Dion (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Celine Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff-person syndrome (Post)
News source(s): Instagram
Credits:

Article updated
 Count Iblis (talk) 12:21, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose - Per above. We aren't a celebrity news outlet, and this is someone's private medical inofrmation, as Genevieve pointed out. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:52, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is not being covered outside of celebrity news., if at all. The only source provided by the nom is an instagram post. Which is to say, there is no evidence that reliable sources consider this significant enough for us to post it. --Jayron32 13:20, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

First official execution connected to Mahsa Amini protests

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Article: Execution of Mohsen Shekari (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Iranian officials execute Mohsen Shekari, carrying out their first official execution related to the ongoing Mahsa Amini protests. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Mohsen Shekari is executed in Iran for the crime of injuring a member of the Basij militia and "waging war against God" during the Mahsa Amini protests.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Iran carries out their first official execution of a person directly involved in the Mahsa Amini protests.
News source(s): BBC News, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Human rights groups have warned that Mohsen Shekari's execution will be the first of many; there are currently 12 people in Iran who could be executed imminently for their involvement in the Mahsa Amini protests, with at least 21 people facing potential death sentences, almost all for crimes similar to those Shekari was convicted of committing. The execution of Mohsen Shekari feels historically relevant for that reason, as well as the fact that it has generated significant controversy from at least seven prominent international officials (mostly from Europe), several human rights groups (including Amnesty International), and many Iranian citizens, including at least five Iranian celebrities. One commentator warned that Shekari's execution demonstrated that the Iranian government was at "the apogee of its toleration" and will start cracking down on protesters imminently. Afddiary (talk) 04:01, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Good faith nomination, but I think this is already covered in ongoing. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:50, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Both men that have been executed had injured members of the police. While we can argue the punishment was overly harsh, this seems to be in line with how Iran deals with criminals, and readily falls under the ongoing coverage. --Masem (t) 18:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

December 7

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December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07) (Wednesday)
#if:

RD: Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)

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Template:ITN candidate

  • Weak Oppose While Johnson was a member of a prolific air raid and deserves a mention in Wikipedia RDs owing to the fact that he's the last-surviving member, the article itself lacks many references in his 'Early life and education', 'Royal Air Force' and 'Post-military career' sections, if that can be fixed then I would deem this ready to post. UberLordMetagross (talk) 16:06, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2022 Germany coup d'état plot

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Template:ITN candidate

Support Support. Clearly important but also unusual. Really shows everyone that our way of live, our liberal democracy itself is at stake here!!! 5.44.170.26 (talk) 03:11, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral Some fringe nutcases planned a plot. Bad? Yes. Any chance in succeeding? Hell no. Comparisons here to J6 are flawed in one critical way: during J6, insurrectionists literally occupied Congress. However, it would be hypocritical of me to oppose this while also advocating for more blurbs to posted overall, so I will land in the neutral column. Curbon7 (talk) 03:56, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: its significance is very clear. The related page is also in good shape. If it would be in other countries, it would be posted. Egeymi (talk) 07:26, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: The incident significant enough and important for the main page. It was a serious plot and faced a strong intervention by the police. --Mhhossein talk 07:35, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt blurb Article is good to go and this has become a big headline in the continent. Not on the same level as the self-coup attempt in Peru, but still significant enough to be posted. Vida0007 (talk) 08:45, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    EDIT: Changing my vote from alt blurb 1 to support alt blurb 2 per WP:BLPCRIME as brought up by SoWhy below. Vida0007 (talk) 13:55, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Nowhere near as important or relevant as the self-coup in Peru. It was just news for one day. Vpab15 (talk) 09:03, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not convinced that this plot is significant enough. As others have said - if this actually went ahead in any meaningful way I would have supported, but I'm looking at the big world news websites and not seeing this story reaching the front-page significance of, for example, the Peru item. Sam Walton (talk) 09:54, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The Wall Street Journal put the German plot on its front page instead of the attempted coup in Peru. 2601:204:D400:7310:24F3:76FD:3681:C088 (talk) 19:55, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb without name. Largest such conspiracy in recent history. Covered in major news sources around the world. I would support a blurb without mentioning Mr. Reuss though per BLPCRIME. Regards SoWhy 10:43, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support these aren't just random people with ultra-extremist views, like National Action in the UK for example, with no hope of ever achieving their goals. They were royals, judiciary figures, MPs, people in the military and people linked to the Kremlin. They posed a real and credible threat. I also supported nominations a while back previous attempted assassinations (e.g. Argentina) and coup attempts (e.g. Guinea-Bissau) and they are significant in that they change the world we live in, both in real terms and perception. Abcmaxx (talk) 10:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Looking deeper into it, I'm shocked at just how many significant individuals were involved. That's enough to make this notable for ITN. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 20:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Significant political conspiracy - as much for the involvement of an AfD politician as for the titular prince. Front-page news here in the UK. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:05, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. A group of plotters have been arrested before they took any actual action. That's it, no obvious wider implications. This seems notable enough to merit an article, but not significant enough for an ITN blurb. Modest Genius talk 11:47, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suppory without indivual's name'. A notable event. Yes, fringe wierdos, but a substantial number of them with the apparent capability to do real damage. Article is in good shape. Individual shouldn't be named in blurb as per SoWhy. --12:26, 8 December 2022 (UTC) (Comment by Template:U, apologies for not signing correctly)
  • Support A good article, and a great example of how our collation of reliable sources results in a more clear and complete narrative that is truly useful to the reader. Significance is sufficient. 75.188.228.163 (talk) 12:34, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added altblurb2 further to several comments opting to not have Reuss' name in the blurb. Abcmaxx (talk) 12:38, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, in large part because it's the best newly-written article for ITN I have seen in a long while. Goos example of the type of article that makes sense to feature. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:43, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning support with original blurb - Minor conspiracy, didn't amount to anything, but is making the news everywhere. The operation against the perpetrators is the largest in German history apparently, so I think it's enough to go up. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:56, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not this again. We're not a court of law. We're not trying these clowns. If RS call them terrorists, we can and should call them terrorists. We don't need to wait for a court, if we have a reasonable range of news media. GenevieveDEon (talk) 17:07, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's not how it works here, that's never how it has worked here. See WP:BLPCRIME. We never assume the RSes are right in this instance. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 17:14, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Switching to Support of alt. blurb IV.-- Ideophagous (talk) 15:05, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • How is this similar to January 6? No one was hurt, so this is much closer to the Whitmer kidnapping plot, which we didn't post. --21:57, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
  • Right, exactly. If something *actually* happened, then sure, it would be worthy of posting, but literally, nothing of note happened other than initial planning, it sounds like. Good job on Germany's police force for disrupting the plot, but that also means it's not notable enough to post here. --RockstoneSend me a message! 22:37, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let's also add that unlike the US Germany is less centralised, did not have a controversial president with extreme views, certainly had very little civil unrest compared to the US since 1945, and gun violence and ownership is much much lower. Its politics is multi-party and much less adversarial than in US. Germany is also the birthplace of Nazism and started 2 worls wars, which brings about a while host of particular sensibilities. So apples and pears really. Abcmaxx (talk) 10:00, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - major international coverage of key event (modern Germany's largest-ever anti-extremist raid) in populous, economically important country. Sure, it's not January 6; but it's also not comparable to Whitmer kidnapping plot, which was at the sub-national level and involved fewer conspirators. Neutralitytalk 18:08, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, The event is notable for ITN Alex-h (talk) 16:51, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not only was there no actual coup attempt, but there's no evidence that any military or police unit or leader supported whatever this was....Even calling this a "coup plot" seems a bit of a stretch, as a "coup" involves members of the country's own military/security forces ousting the incumbent government. -2003:CA:870A:8978:2579:D51A:4EE7:E43B (talk) 22:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing in the definition of coup or coup d'etat that even mentions military, police, leader, etc. But also the plotters include a lot of ex-military, and also ex-police and ex-politicians, and even the former aristocracy. Nfitz (talk) 03:17, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt

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  • The military is now opposed to Castillo
  • Congress removed Castillo from office
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Support alt blurb III - Crazy news, highly notable. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 23:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually change this to alt blurb V, III could be confused for saying Dina Boluarte was the one impeached and detained. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 23:05, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Whew, that was a lot...--WMrapids (talk) 19:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

oppose , and work on the blurb with something on the lines like Dina Boluarte takes office succeeding Castillo who attempted a coup...Paradise Chronicle (talk) 20:49, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2022 Swiss Federal Council election

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Support - Article is of good quality, change in government for a major power. Looks good. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:13, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In this case, change in government = a Cabinet reshuffle. Joofjoof (talk) 11:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's a bit more than an ordinary cabinet reshuffle in Switzerland though, as the cabinet effectively functions as the collective head of state. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:43, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Question if this is significant because incumbents are generally reelected and we have two new people, then shuoldnt the blurb include mention of who they are replacing and if they resigned vs lost re-election? QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 17:32, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, are these two new members giong to be immediately the (rotating) head of the 7? or will they take 'office' in 6 and then 7 years time? QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 17:33, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The two are part of the Federal Council after their election. The rotating head is elected each year and in a separate election from within the 7 Federal councilors. And the president is only the president of the Federal Council, not Switzerland. Maybe worded too simply. The presidency doesn't hold such a valor in Switzerland as in other countries. The Federal Council is more a consensus kind of Government.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 20:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ITNR does not require a popular election. (Many heads of state or government are not, in fact, elected in any meaningful sense, but merely seize power.). As explained above, in the Swiss system, the by-elections are the elections that are of political significance, not the general elections, counterintuitively. Sandstein 11:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    To clarify, the issue is that the Federal Council is equivalent to the government Cabinet in other countries. Have we previously posted when new ministers are confirmed? Joofjoof (talk) 11:28, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The Swiss system is unique in that the Cabinet (the seven ministers) are also collectively the head of government and head of state; they are not subordinate to another officeholder such as a prime minister or president. Sandstein 12:22, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Except it isn't really. The Federal Council serves as a small-size cabinet (only 7 members), but it is also a collegial presidency (decisions are taken by consensus or internal vote, not by a prime-minister). Furthermore, once elected, members cannot be removed until the end of their four-year term and are usually re-elected until they step down; this is more akin to heads of states than ministers. Finally, this is the first change in composition since 2018 (in four years), meanwhile the UK saw 4 prime ministers in that time range which (I suppose) all had their blurb. Julio974◆ (Talk-Contribs) 12:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Either the change of the presidency or the by-elections should qualify. Politically relevant are the by-elections. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 11:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would argue that 1. Many heads of governments are elected by the legislature as well (British PM or German chancellor for example), and 2. It's still the first seat change since 2018 (four years), and here two seats were changed at the same time (more than average). The last regular elections in 2019 actually saw all councillors re-elected handily (with only a minor challenge against Cassis), and it might happen again in the next one in 2023, so this could be the largest change in the executive of Switzerland in maybe five or six years. I'd argue it counts. Julio974◆ (Talk-Contribs) 12:19, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Article is sufficient quality, news sources covered the event sufficiently. --Jayron32 13:25, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support. Firstly, I don't think this qualifies as ITNR. Switzerland is (almost?) unique in having a collective head of government; ITNR would therefore apply to replacement of the entire council (which I appreciate doesn't happen in practice). It seems silly to apply ITNR to every change to the council membership. This issue only applies to whether the event is ITNR though, we can still consider it as a non-recurring event.
    Only two of the seven members were affected, the replacements had to be from the same parties, and there was no direct involvement by voters. So this isn't a very competitive or popular election. But I take the point that it's equivalent to the indirect elections of other heads of government. Whether replacement of 2/7ths of the head of government is sufficiently notable is a borderline judgement call. At normal times I might have said 'no', but we're in need of new blurbs - the most recent is a week old. The article is merely adequate, not great - it could do with some more prose on the results/reactions, and on the policies of the candidates. But it does meet our minimum requirements. I've added an altblurb. Modest Genius talk 14:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I should note that being listed on ITNR is not specifically a requirement to post any item. I know this is claimed as an ITNR posting, but we're also allowed to post things just on the merits of the specific nomination, without asking for pre-approval from ITNR. --Jayron32 19:20, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That is exactly the point I made. We can still consider this as a stand-alone nomination. Modest Genius talk 20:04, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb per my questions above, perhaps a rewrite to "Rosti and Schneider are elected to the SFC, replacing X and Y who (resigned/stepped down/lost re-election)" or something like that - but content is probably fine QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 19:45, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

China Covid Policy Changes

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  • Oppose The nominated article is orange-tagged, has no relevant update in its long lead and is not linked in the proposed new blurb. Maybe the existing blurb should be updated with this new development but this proposal needs work. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:15, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning support - The protests are basically over, so having the resolution of the ordeal put up might be for the best. But, as Andrew said, article needs work. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:10, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not to suggest that everyone in China is happy with this outcome, and that there won't be protests in the future, but generally, it looks as if this is the end of this specific chapter of Chinese politics. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:16, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) Boeing 747

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  • Comment: I know I’m an aviation geek myself but I’ll stay neutral for now, at least until someone gives a more compelling argument on either side. To be honest if we post an ITN for this, it may also set a precedent for end of production for other less prominent things and well, just create a butterfly effect. But also given how iconic the 747 is in the world of aviation for the past 50 years it also seems worthy to post an ITN too. SBS6577P (talk) 13:01, 7 December 2022 (UTC) [reply]
Changing my opinion to support per arguments by 331dot, KTC, SounderBruce etc. SBS6577P (talk) 10:38, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Good faith nom, but not that significant. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:38, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - If this is not posted, then it gives further proof to the principle that it doesn't matter how excellent or well-updated an article is; if it doesn't meet the arbitrary significance threshold, it will never get posted to ITN. So I don't know why people ever thought that article quality was somehow a mitigating factor that would allow less significant items to be posted.--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 18:08, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Second this. 331dot (talk) 20:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Windows 7 didn't last for 50 years. HiLo48 (talk) 03:37, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Did we blurb the discontinuation of Windows XP? It would've definitely qualified for a blurb in my eyes, but I recognize that the end-of-support for that was a rather gradual process. I don't know if it had as clear a (symbolic) end as the discontinuation of a physical product like the 747. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 10:21, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We didn't post end of support for Windows XP [75], and neither did we post the end of support for Windows 7 [76]. Banedon (talk) 12:25, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Windows is still produced, just not Windows 7. It's like the difference between the first version of the 747 and the last one(the 747-8). 331dot (talk) 10:26, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You could equally argue that Boeing planes are still being produced, it's just not the 747. Banedon (talk) 12:25, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Microsoft produces other software too, that's not the point. 331dot (talk) 14:57, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U Who is advertising anything? The aircraft is no longer being produced. No one here is saying "Buy a 747 now before they're gone!". They're already gone. That's the whole point here. Are you saying that any mention of any sort of product is barred from ITN? 331dot (talk) 10:24, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The company that makes the 747 plane is the company being advertised/promoted. As noted by others, the company is still making planes, just not this particular model. Just as a change in Windows version should not be posted to ITN, a change in plane model should also not be posted. Chrisclear (talk) 12:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U I don't see where it says "buy Boeing planes" or "Boeing is a great company" in the blurb, maybe I missed it. This isn't just some random model of plane, which is why it's hit the news. 331dot (talk) 14:59, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
So simply mentioning a company is now advertising? The Kip (talk) 16:08, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia does advertise. We routinely use sponsored, commercial names for sports venues rather than the official, usually geographic names, even though the latter would be far more useful to readers. HiLo48 (talk) 10:28, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That's an issue to discuss with the venue, not us. WP:COMMONNAME as well. In many places(mostly the US I guess) the sponsored name is the official name. Mentioning a name is not advertising any more than mentioning "HiLo48" advertises HiLo48. In any event, that's a side issue compared to mentioning a product, which is apparently barred from ITN now. 331dot (talk) 10:34, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm obviously referring to places where there is an official name that mentions a location, and a sponsored one that doesn't. This is quite common around the world. Wikipedia inevitably uses the unhelpful, sponsored name. HiLo48 (talk) 23:31, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You can't advertise something that will no longer be produced. Completely fallacious argument. 🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:30, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. End of an era as mentioned above. Regards SoWhy 10:37, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - No wider repercussions - Boeing is still in business. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:12, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - The end of an era with not-insignificant implications for the future, in a world where 43.5% of commercial airliners are Boeing aircraft. Not incidentally, it means we can link to a featured article on the main page. What's not to like about that?--🌈WaltCip-(talk) 13:29, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral Truly the end of an era but also agree with GenevieveDEon. This would have been more ITN worthy if it is the final flight of the 747, but it isn't. Personally, I can see this being more qualified for the DYK page. Vida0007 (talk) 13:45, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    That's so far in the future jet fuel might be all-biofuel by then. The 747 will probably fly for decades and maybe fly last for a 3rd world airline poorer than the airlines who buy new planes (even some of the 3rd world airline planes were bought from Boeing or Airbus). Late stage jetliner model is anticlimactic, they try not to fly passengers with them even in countries where life is cheap. Maybe sometimes they have no other choice than to do it occasionally for logistics reasons but if it's cargo at least only 2-3 people will die if they crash and if it's a charter flight at least the passengers knew what they were getting into and traded an older plane for cheap tickets. Eventually even that has to stop cause after a certain number of pressurizations and depressurizations the plane can burst at altitude. This happened in the 80s I think (short Hawaii to Hawaii flights all day for many years). Many feet of ceiling just disappeared, hundreds of miles an hour sea level-equivalent wind, instant fog, a flight attendant blew out and fell miles to their death. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:46, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Supportwhile we have a lack of ITN suggestions... Its a beautiful image.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 15:28, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support End of an era. One of the most famous aircraft of all time, and certainly one of the most important. The Kip (talk) 16:08, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support End of the line for an iconic aircraft and the chance to showcase an FA quality article.Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:56, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It’s the end of production for an incredibly influential airplane. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 21:26, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Blaylockjam10. TomcatEnthusiast1986 (talk) 04:44, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Attention needed) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner jailed for corruption

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  • Support once updated/improved Former head (and current VP) of a G20 state heading to prison is certainly a notable-enough event for the FP. The Kip (talk) 01:56, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I can see how this is huge news in Argentina. Article is in an ok state, updating aside, though that one “unbalanced viewpoint” tag should be looked into. Juxlos (talk)
  • Comment: There is an important thing to clarify: the trial had this result, right, but there will be an appeal once the full sentence is delivered (we got the important part today, but the judges must still clarify a lot of technical details before the case can be formally closed). Until those appeals are over, in many years, CFK will not be serving time in prison. If this is newsworthy, it will only be because of the sentence itself. See here Cambalachero (talk) 03:30, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    At ITN when dealing with highly prominent criminal cases, we typically post convictions, not sentences. In this case the sentence was more or less handed down with the verdict, so I included it with the nom. We do not typically hold off posting a conviction based on the likelihood of an appeal. In fact, I can't remember a single instance of that happening. All of which said, the article quality as it relates to coverage of CFK's legal issues is so poor (as of this comment) that if I were voting, I'd oppose my own nomination. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:00, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The Guardian reports that "though she is unlikely to serve any prison time soon as she has immunity due to her government roles and is expected to launch a lengthy appeals process that could take years." So, this is an ongoing situation rather than a done deal. And, in any case, the nomination states clearly that quality is lacking. BTW, notice that we're blurbing Anwar Ibrahim as the new Malaysian PM. That politician was actually jailed due to accusations that some say were politically motivated and just a show trial. The legal system is a political weapon in many places and unpicking the details to get at the truth isn't easy. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:32, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The conviction is not an ongoing situation. We do not wait for appeals to be exhausted before posting a conviction. If the conviction is tossed, that can be posted too. A former head of state and current officeholder being convicted of a crime and barred from public office(as many want to do with Donald Trump) is significant, even if it is later thrown out(which is likely years away). 331dot (talk) 10:21, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Pretty big event, sending shockwaves through Argentina and South America. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Mills Lane

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(Closed) Indonesian extramarital sex ban

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  • Support - Highly accomplished actress, a true joy on Cheers, Veronica's Closet, and many film roles. Filmography now fully sourced and updated. A few other subsections still needs sourcing, but the article overall looks good and I support it.--SitcomyFan (talk) 06:52, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I would remove the DWTS tables, as those season show pages summarize all performances. But the Awards table still needs citations. Masem (t) 13:21, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I removed the DWTS tables, I know we have a significant reality TV editor contingent on here, but they get WP:UNDUE. Awards table is the last thing to fix up. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:10, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I have sourced parts of the award table; finding list of nominations is hard, as the awards are old, some no longer exist, and some lists just include winners, such as Saturn Awards. Where can I find sources for these? If sources can't be found, should the awards without sources be removed? Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 23:39, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I got the Saturn Awards sourced through Newspapers.com. The others I can't source. I've never even heard of "Viewers for Quality Television ⋅Awards", whatever that is. Can we consider this one good enough? – Muboshgu (talk) 04:30, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it looks good enough. There's only a handful unsourced now, mostly obscure awards, can either be left as is imo or removed and added to talk page for insertion later if/when sources found. Will see what others say but that's my opinion anyway. Good job on sourcing the others. SitcomyFan (talk) 10:33, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not ready: Article has multiple citation needed tags. Flibirigit (talk) 21:24, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    For some second-rate awards that we can't find sources for. Not everything needs to be sourced for an ITN RD article, this should be good enough. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:20, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Time to prune off the unverifiable minor bits? --PFHLai (talk) 06:12, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      I added some sources to these awards after spending time looking. Many of these are IMDb sources. Now I know usually IMDb is not considered a RS, but is it sufficent for awards like these? If not, please remove these or let me know and I'll remove them. Sprinkled among these results, I did find a few that might be considered reliable - photos of her attending one of the awards from getty images and a Yahoo article. And there were a couple of AVclub sources for a couple of the awards that might be considered ok. Overall, if only one or two of these are considered RS, or if none of them are, I understand. Please let me know. If these aren't suitable and none can be found, then I repeat what I said above - maybe we should put them on the talk page and remove from article itself? SitcomyFan (talk) 07:23, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Support: The article is much improved and well cited. Flibirigit (talk) 15:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is good to go, and is ready to be posted. The filmography and awards & noms sections have been fully cited now. Vida0007 (talk) 19:43, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Stephen 04:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support A part of the amazing set of drivers from France in the early 1980s and a two-time Grand Prix Winner. Article may need more references but seems good enough to publish in my opinion Crecy1346 (talk) 16:58, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It seems good enough to me now with the references. I would say that it is good enough to publish now. Crecy1346 (talk) 15:49, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) B-21 bomber unveiled

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Oppose - Per above PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:10, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Quentin Oliver Lee

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  • Not ready: The article is still a stub. Flibirigit (talk) 21:19, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I added a lot more info and sources. It might still need some work in narrative flow but I think it should be almost ready now if you and other editors would like to take another look. SitcomyFan (talk) 08:01, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Support: Article meets citation criteria, and is no longer a stub. Flibirigit (talk) 15:10, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • support @Template:U Thanks to your additional sources and info the article is no longer a stub. It has received the start status. Ibjaja055 (talk) 14:11, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Meets the criteria although I find the article being a bit short. Vida0007 (talk) 19:45, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Update 1 More info and another link and some more sources have been added to the article. There might still be more to add if other editors can find additional sources or someone who is more of an expert on Broadway. Am looking for more info/sources, will update below. SitcomyFan (talk) 09:11, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article is no longer a stub, but still needs work. I gave links to operas, as many were missing. I am sorry, but don't understand the last sentence. The article would profit from some chronology, - why that last sentence after we read already that he died, and why a reference to the university where he studied three paragraphs later? Among others. I'm not the one to do that, knowing too little, but ping me when that is done, - he deserves to be mentioned. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I think those issues and the chronology has been fixed now in latest update/restructure/copyedit. Let me know if you see any other issues, thanks! SitcomyFan (talk) 09:45, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Update 2 - a lot more info has been added from new sources, including his actual date of birth, home state/birth place, date he joined his church, marriage, a quote from an interview on his career transition, and some more info on his career overall. It's quite a bit fuller and more detailed now.SitcomyFan (talk) 09:43, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    (continued from above) much better, but I still have no idea what "His onstage performance came Off-Broadway, in Heather Christian's Oratorio For Living Things." means (English not my native language), we still have NAU in career, so if he played Schicchi etc. at the university it should be there (makes a big difference!). You may also want to get ref numbers in numeric order. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It should read "His final onstage performance". Thanks for pointing that out and will check other roles. SitcomyFan (talk) 10:07, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not specified in sources whether role at NAU opera happened while he was a student there. He could have returned to perform after graduating once his career took off. I know there is an article that he returned to Arizona when in Phantom. So I think it's best to leave it in career for now unless a source specifies it was an undergraduate performance. Most of his other performances that it is listed with happened after his career took off in New York. SitcomyFan (talk) 10:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    To try to deal with this issue, I've taken Early Career and Later Career subheadings out and just left it as Career. I grouped the roles together where chronology is known, then put the rest under Other roles, including the NAU one. I'll have a better look in a bit at his off-site links to see if I can get a better idea of dates. But overall I think the article is in very good shape now. Hope other editors agree! Thanks for all your input. SitcomyFan (talk) 10:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. It qualifies for RD. I commented out La bohème in the Broadway corner. If that was a mistake, please just bring it back. If it belongs to opera, please list it there, but best with a role, theatre and year. I linked the author of Oratorio of Living Things, - an article about the piece which is mentioned with two refs in her lead would be better, and seems possible. (Then remove the link to the author.) Any review would make the article better. I still think that Gianni Schicchi - a giant role - is a bit out of place among the others, but that's probably just me. Good luck for making it today. I'll go out now and won't influence any more. (Otherwise I'd look deeper into the sources, to find out myself when and where he was Gianni Schicchi - my favourite opera, and article written by my favourite editor.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:14, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for all your help and input. I moved some of those roles to early roles. It seems he first appeared in the Puccini opera in 2013 but looking at his website (which I've now added to External Links) he may have later performed in it again somewhere else and while the sources list he played the title role, a few other characters seem to be listed. I'm not familiar with the opera in detail so I'm a bit confused. But given one of these performances was in 2013 and the reference to NAU, I think it's likely they may (at least some of them) have happened before he moved to New York or just after he graduated in 2012 so I listed them as early roles for now - this can always be corrected or clarified later, especially if he did perform any of them again later in New York.
    I did find one more interesting thing - a 2019 role and a New York times review of it which called him "excellent" in it. I added it to the article too. SitcomyFan (talk) 11:54, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I found a ref for the phantom announcement, don't know how if you want it. I added a ref for Gianni Schicchi early and the 2013 roles don't need to be mentioned, the second character doesn't even sing. I added one One more Mozart role from there. Please take care not to copy from sources, - the line about his last performance was too close until I changed it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. DatGuyTalkContribs 19:03, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: John Prados

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The Gamers Guide to Third Reich which I had back in 1986 had an opening article of Designers Notes (probably written by Don Greenwood but I don't recall). It said that Prados' original design was division-level, making it "an exercise in finger dexterity". Besides bringing the scale up to corps (or Soviet armies) the developer also had to "water down the airpower to manageable proportions". So although some of Prados' concepts - BRPs, quarterly turns, armor exploitation - remain in the game to this day, it had required significant development to get even the First Edition to press, before we get onto the subsequent redesigns (Third Edition 1981, A3R in 1992) which were mainly fixing historical realism problems (Prados disliked A3R and produced his own rival version in 2001 - I have a copy somewhere but have never actually played it). I've no idea how common this is for game designs.Paulturtle (talk) 21:46, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have expanded his work as a historian as well as added a new section on his wargaming. Obits appeared in both New York Times and Washington Post.Guinness323 (talk) 02:25, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Andrew Davidson how about now? BOZ (talk) 05:46, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Guinness323 has kindly made some substantial updates and with good sources like the obits in the NYT and Washington Post, we're good to go. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:03, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jim Kolbe

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Non-oppose Actually not in too bad a state source wise, I only see a few spots in need of help. The article is also pretty holistic as far as his career. Not good enough for support, not bad enough for oppose = non-oppose. Curbon7 (talk) 07:51, 4 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's better now per WP:HEY. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:42, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Al Strobel

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RD: Najma Hameed

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RD: Afzaal Ahmad

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(Posted) RD: Jharana Das

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  • Oppose Article is not up to ITN standards in regards to article length and quality, as of now. Cheers. WimePocy 17:00, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I've added some more info and sources to the article. Today is the last day for the nomination (it was nominated late) so if you or any other editors have time to take another look at it today and let me know if you feel it is ready/almost ready, how much more work it might need. I don't feel sufficiently qualified to add filmography tables and I think I've added quite a lot to her Career section - most of the information contained in sources. I feel it is sufficient now for ITN but interested to see what others think. SitcomyFan (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: The article is still a stub. Flibirigit (talk) 23:44, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I've added some more info and sources to the article. Today is the last day for the nomination (it was nominated late) so if you or any other editors have time to take another look at it today and let me know if you feel it is ready/almost ready, how much more work it might need. I don't feel sufficiently qualified to add filmography tables and I think I've added quite a lot to her Career section - most of the information contained in sources. I feel it is sufficient now for ITN but interested to see what others think. SitcomyFan (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Support: The article meets citation criteria, and is no longer a stub. Flibirigit (talk) 15:02, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support: Like Quentin Oliver Lee's article above, I find this article short, but it meets the criteria anyway. Vida0007 (talk) 19:51, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted --PFHLai (talk) 05:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Issei Sagawa

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(Closed) Sight & Sound poll

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"This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it."
  • Oppose Has anyone here actually seen this supposedly greatest movie? Notice that it does not appear anywhere in this previous poll of polls. Having got the gist of it, it's easy to see why it's the sort of movie that people walk out of. The joke seems to be that the audience is made to suffer over three hours of dreariness to make them appreciate how stultifying domestic chores are. Today's TikTok generation would soon be on their phones or out the door unless you forced them to watch in the manner of A Clockwork Orange (right). Andrew🐉(talk) 09:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    This movie was listed 51st on 2012's list, and has always been listed highly by "BBC's the 100 Greatest Films", "TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films", "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", etc. I had heard of it as a film buff, but hadn't seen it because, yeah, it does look like a difficult movie to watch. It didn't come out of nowhere, but it's indeed not a pop choice. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 10:37, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. Big Trouble in Little China
  2. Carry On Cleo
  3. Dr. No
  4. Kelly's Heroes
  5. Léon: The Professional
  6. Police Academy
  7. The Dam Busters
  8. The Italian Job
  9. The Ladykillers – the original, not the remake. Remakes are always bad, right?
  10. Zulu

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(Posted) RD: Gaylord Perry

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(Posted) RD: Chuck Stobart

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I've fixed the one remaining "citation needed" tag. Beanie Fan fixed some gaps as well. The article is now fully cited. Cbl62 (talk) 18:14, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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