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February 28

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(Posted) RD: Joseph Duffey

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Article: Joseph Duffey (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WaPo
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 academic and bureaucrat. Unsuccessful Dem nominee for U.S. Senate seat in Conn. in 1970. Article needs some work. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:23, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2021 Golden Globes

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Proposed image
Article: 78th Golden Globe Awards (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Nomadland (director Chloé Zhao pictured) wins 2 awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama at the Golden Globe Awards (Post)
Alternative blurb: The Crown wins four awards at the 78th Golden Globe Awards.
News source(s): CBS News The Washington Post
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: I know that this isn’t listed at WP:ITNR, but it’s still a pretty big awards show that merits a blurb. The Image Editor (talk) 13:43, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Glenn Roeder

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Article: Glenn Roeder (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
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: English footballer and manager. Article has some unsourced statements. Black Kite (talk) 17:50, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Johnny Briggs (actor)

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Article: Johnny Briggs (actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News; The Guardian; Sky 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 15:30, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD/Blurb: Milan Bandić

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Article: Milan Bandić (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Long-time Mayor of Zagreb Milan Bandić dies at the age of 65. (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post, ABC News, Jutarnji list, B92
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: Long-time mayor of Zagreb, notable and well-sourced Vacant0 (talk) 13:29, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Lettler: @CommanderWaterford: @Masem: @Joseph2302: @Rockstone35: @Mlb96: NPOV has been fixed in the article and the article is now well-cited. Vacant0 (talk) 12:02, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 27

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RD: Louis Nix

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Article: Louis Nix (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: Former NFL player and Notre Dame standout. Reported missing a few days ago, confirmed dead today. Only 29. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 06:54, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ng Man-tat

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Article: Ng Man-tat (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Straits Times
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: Renown Hong Kong actor. Death announced on 27 Feb. The article still in process of updating and sorting out ref issues. – robertsky (talk) 23:31, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: have updated the articles with references. let me know what else may be required. – robertsky (talk) 14:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Joseph2302 and Lettler:, I have broken up these lines. I should stop the habit of editing in the middle of night. Do help to fix the article where possible, thanks! – robertsky (talk) 05:03, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: John Mallard

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Article: John Mallard (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Evening Express
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: death announced 26 Feb, one of the creators of the MRI scanner Davidstewartharvey (talk) 12:40, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

P-K3 I have updated the article. It is no longer a stub. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 10:59, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good now, thanks. P-K3 (talk) 21:25, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Peter Gotti

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Article: Peter Gotti (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Daily 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: Mobster, brother of John Gotti. Should be good for RD. Lettlerhellocontribs 20:34, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man, the image on the page is there under fair use, not free. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:11, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I meant "non-free" image. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 18:12, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 26

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(Posted) RD: Irving Grundman

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Article: Irving Grundman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette; NHL; CTV 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 18:29, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: D. Pandian

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Article: D. Pandian (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu
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 politician. Article meets hygiene levels for homepage / RD. Article has shaped to a nice C-class biography. Ktin (talk) 19:22, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Hannu Mikkola

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Article: Hannu Mikkola (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Motorsport.com
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: World rally champion. Top tier driver for much of the 1980s. Waluigithewalrus (talk) 04:59, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Manfred Gerstenfeld

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Article: Manfred Gerstenfeld (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Jerusalem Post
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: Israeli economist and author. Article should be ready soon. Ktin (talk) 04:19, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Shamima Begum loses in Supreme Court

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Article: Begum v Home Secretary (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has unanimously supported the appeal of the British Home Secretary against Shamima Begum being granted leave to enter the United Kingdom. (Post)
News source(s): Supreme Court judgement, 26 February 2021
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Article updated
Nominator's comments: New article on Supreme Court of the United Kingdom decision Moonraker (talk) 19:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
True, Abductive, but that may never come to trial. Moonraker (talk) 20:18, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't say that in the article. What if she wins? Then this posting will look pointless. Conversely, if she loses, then that can be posted to ITN. Abductive (reasoning) 20:25, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Abductive see the section “Reactions”. Moonraker (talk) 20:53, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As you may have noticed, I and many other editors despise Reactions sections. And this one does not change my arguments above. Abductive (reasoning) 21:21, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, The Rambling Man, it was ordered by three Lords Justices in the Court of Appeal. Moonraker (talk) 20:18, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And...? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:23, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose from the news reports on this, the decision is not creating a landmark case law in the UK, which usually is what we want to see in such cases for ITN. --Masem (t) 19:59, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No one is saying “landmark case”, Masem. The BBC says “potentially major implications for Ms Begum's case and others like it” here. Moonraker (talk) 20:57, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Which may be important for those people, but not for national or international law. That's the issue; when a case only has a narrow application, it doesn't make for good ITN story. A landmark ruling, which would set case law for a large portion of a country's population (eg like last year's Bostock ruling on work discrimination against LGBTQ from SCOTUS) is the type of stuff we are looking for. --Masem (t) 21:12, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Zamfara kidnapping

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Article: Zamfara kidnapping (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 317 girls are kidnapped by armed bandits raiding a secondary school hostel in Zamfara, Nigeria. (Post)
News source(s): (CNN), (Washington Post), (AP News)
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Nominator's comments: Fairly big kidnapping. Only problem is article size. Elijahandskip (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome to expand it. Jim Michael (talk) 23:29, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm WP:NOTREQUIRED to expand it nor am I the one championing it for the main page. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What do you think should be included in the article which currently isn't? Jim Michael (talk) 11:03, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A police officer was killed? When? Why? How? "Some" children were taken into the woods? How many? When? Why? Attacked a military camp? The same group of attackers or a separate group? How big was the camp? Was it overrun and destroyed or just delayed? Where was the military and police during all of this? And on and on and on and I know those details aren't available but that doesn't mean this mediocre article, which will never ever be expanded after it expires off the main page, should go up with so little information. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:36, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A hijacked aircraft crashes; it takes weeks for details about the perpetrators or the victims to come out. Are you suggesting that it should not make it to ITN? Simply the lack of available information or the fate of the article post-ITN doesn't make the news less credible. Articles should be a minimally comprehensive overview of the subject ― which it does. 2405:201:4013:80D0:4908:75E8:B326:830D (talk) 13:21, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I'm suggesting most of the air crashes we post should not make it to ITN. To be minimally comprehensive the question should answer the Five Ws. That's my view, I'm obviously in the minority. --LaserLegs (talk) 16:09, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has never fulfilled those criteria, because we don't know why it crashed or who caused it to. Jim Michael (talk) 19:02, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article isn't 70% "background" and "reactions" either now is it? Seriously man find someone else to bother with your false equivalences. The disaster stub is on the main page, you got your way, move on. --LaserLegs (talk) 20:33, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
But it doesn't come close to fulfilling the 5Ws, which you say should be met before an article is minimally comprehensive & posted to ITN. The kidnapping article isn't a stub & kidnappings are rarely described as disasters. You oppose many articles for being 'disaster stubs', when it'd be more productive to improve them instead of opposing them. Jim Michael (talk) 21:14, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Except that I'm WP:NOTREQUIRED to do so, and frankly I do not give a damn about the subject. The target isn't a WP:STUB because of the filler. Strip that away and nothing is there. I read the articles, and try to keep the dross off the main page, and I do not seek nor require your validation. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:17, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Abductive:, that means nothing. We posted the Storming of the US Capitol and that has an extremely large reaction section. Reactions mean nothing for ITN nominations. Elijahandskip (talk) 03:53, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As you are no doubt aware, Reactions sections are widely despised by editors. This particularly sickening one is a quotefarm of useless politicians stroking their own career disgracing the article. Abductive (reasoning) 03:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I get what you mean, but I just wanted to point out that you can't have a viable "oppose" !vote based on having a reaction section. Maybe reword your !vote to get your point across. Elijahandskip (talk) 04:00, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it gets to the alleged expansion of the article. Abductive (reasoning) 04:09, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm no fan of reaction sections either, which is why I renamed it Aftermath and trimmed the excessive quotes. The section should focus on the ongoing search and rescue operations. If people wish to read the quotes they can click the articles cited. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:43, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Masem: Since this is on Main Page, could you look into the revdel the article needs? There's a ugly red box on the article, that doesn't make it look any good. 2405:201:4013:80D0:5875:6973:2F:27B1 (talk) 13:05, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 Done, thanks. Black Kite (talk) 13:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Black Kite, thanks for that - I wasn't sure if adding a RD1 tag to an ITN article was the best way to go about things, or whether it would have been better to have emailed an admin. Pahunkat (talk) 13:21, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The release of all the victims should be added to the blurb. Jim Michael (talk) 11:25, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Elijahandskip, I second this – "about 300" seems unnecessarily vague. ritenerektalk :) 01:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing: GameStop short squeeze

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Article: GameStop short squeeze (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Nominator's comments: This is definitely still happening right now. The article might not include the current second squeeze but there are several million people involved (9.3 million on r/WallStreetBets alone, broad news coverage, 16 billion dollars lost by Hedgefonds and maybe a pivotal point in financial history. Tresznjewski (talk) 14:50, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The event is over. Clearly there's still ongoing investigations into the cause and ramifications but we usually don't keep things in ongoing on that slow process of what happens after the event, though are open to a blurb if there's something like a major conviction or the like at the end. --Masem (t) 14:54, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I would say the article is wrong about the squeeze having already happened. The german wikipedia for example only calls the article "incline in gamestop stock price". The shorts haven't covered yet and even more have been bought in the recent days. You can take a look at the NYSE chart. This means the event hasn't finished yet (with millions of people and billions of dollars involved).Tresznjewski (talk) 16:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there is currently some increase in Gamestop's price and its tied to the reddit forums, no question, but its not with the same furor as the first spike in prices, and instead far more tempered. Analysts are watching but its not being equated to the original event from early Feb. that we actually posted. --Masem (t) 16:29, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please give me your sources? Tresznjewski (talk) 17:01, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm just doing a google news search of Gamestop, and while there is coverage of the current increase today, its not like with the attention and concern that the first wave got, and analysts don't expect a similar spike. --Masem (t) 17:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait before the thought police come an "snow close" this, I'm running a content history on the article. Will share, so interested parties can more easily review how continually it's being updated. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I find your "thought police" comment offensive. No one is policing anyone's thoughts. Certainly not me. If you wish to work to limit snow closings, please do so instead of disrupting this page with this sort of comment. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 16:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment as I also do not want to oppose this right out of the gate, because I think there might be something to this, but if the second squeeze is not included in the article, then it's of no use to editors on the Main Page. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 15:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I was pretty lukewarm on initially including this article on ITN, but it became a fairly big story, so I can concede it wasn't a bad call. I don't really see much justifying further inclusion on the ticker, though. While there was a brief smattering of coverage on GameStop stock a few days ago, it didn't really rise above the ranks of trivia, and, judging from the article's current fairly tranquil edit history, this does not appear to be a consistently fluctuating event. Nohomersryan (talk) 16:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose there's not a large amount of ongoing coverage that would allow for this article to be updated constantly. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:35, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's just not true Tresznjewski (talk) 16:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Barely making it into most US newspapers. 2405:201:4013:80D0:DDFF:E3D6:DCD7:1D3F (talk) 19:41, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This article currently has 231 independent citations, the vast majority of which are US newspapers. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:44, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If we are looking at the ongoing, we're talking what is being reported on it currently, and that's what is not making it into the news. The current increase is of some discussion but nowhere near the volume that it was at as at the start of February. --Masem (t) 19:48, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose not really in headlines anymore. Banedon (talk) 21:06, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Per Banedon. A fading phenomenon and story. Suggest Reclose (by someone else). – Sca (talk) 23:12, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose this trivial story that never should have been posted. It's a minor story about a minor company - it's not Shell. The vast majority of people have no idea what a short squeeze is & have no inclination to find out. Many much bigger business stories weren't posted. The excessive media coverage is due to the claim that 'ordinary people beat big businesses'. Try mentioning the GameStop short squeeze to people unconnected to the company & who aren't finance traders in a year's time. The vast majority won't know or care what you're talking about. Jim Michael (talk) 23:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Limited lasting impact. SpencerT•C 02:44, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There is a second spike in the price but no idea what the impact of this means. There is no second short squeeze so far and it is nowhere near as big or impactful as the first time around. The original Gamestop short squeeze was featured in the news on Wikipedia because it was a much bigger story. It doesn't deserve a second time. Harizotoh9 (talk) 02:46, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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February 25

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(Posted) RD: Ronald Pickup

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Article: Ronald Pickup (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News; The Independent; The Guardian
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 02:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak oppose Outside of 2 clauses about his salary for his first acting role and one role which was "considered by some to be one of his best performances", the acting section is essentially a CV in prose format of his various acting roles, without depth of coverage. SpencerT•C 02:45, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Michael Somare

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Article: Michael Somare (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guardian, National Post, Port Moresby Courier
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: First Prime Minister of independent Papua New Guinea, commonly referred to as "Father of the Nation" Mattinbgn (talk) 22:55, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Yes, the article needs work, but Somare was the Papua New Guinea's founding and longest-serving prime minister. He's been involved in just about every major policy decision in PNG for decades, even before independence. He's essentially synonymous with the country. Unrelated, but positing his bio on the front page may encourage other Wikipedians to improve his article. Scanlan (talk) 23:05, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please see the disclaimer under the nomination: all recent deaths with WP articles are notable enough to post. If the article quality is not yet high enough for RD, you should not vote to support. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:21, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Respectfully, nothing in my above comments contradicts that disclaimer or makes a claim that "all recent deaths with WP articles are notable enough to post". Simply noted that Somare's role in PNG's history, for better or worse, is immense and perhaps worth including on the front page. Nothing more than that, other than agreeing with the original nominator's suggestion and rationale. There might be cases like this where the importance of an individual's contributions to the history of a country (or other fields) potentially outweighs the existing quality of their Wikipedia articles, but that's up to the ITN norms and the discussions on this page. I appreciate your point, but I still stand by my vote. Scanlan (talk) 01:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Articles that do not meet minimum quality requirements are not posted at ITN, thus "there might be cases like this where the importance of an individual's contributions to the history of a country (or other fields) potentially outweighs the existing quality of their Wikipedia articles" is inaccurate. This is outlined in the third criterion listed at WP:ITNRD. WP:ITN further notes "Articles that are subject to serious issues, as indicated by 'orange'- or 'red'-level tags at either the article level or within any section, may not be accepted for an emboldened link." as is the case with this article. SpencerT•C 01:55, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I believe you may have misinterpreted me. The ITN consensus is indeed that "all recent deaths with WP articles are notable enough to post". There is no "rationale" for putting a person on RD other than "they died, and the article is in good shape". AllegedlyHuman (talk) 06:47, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing: 2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt

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Article: 2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian Al Jazeera
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Nominator's comments: Serious and worrying coup d'état attempt underway in Armenia. ArionEstar (talk) 22:27, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We are a small country, off the radar, will never garner attention for good or bad. He's not going to last. It won't be a traditional "coup" with tanks on the street, strict martial law and curfews, but he's done. 2A02:2A57:79D3:0:31B0:764C:9A3E:C190 (talk) 07:50, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When "he's done", and an "interim" leader is installed in his place, that'll be WP:ITNR and get posted --LaserLegs (talk) 11:15, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a soapbox or a place to right great wrongs. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:37, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. I think things are too uncertain right now for us to even have a properly worded article title; never mind a blurb, and as such I think that if we post this, it will be when we have a more firm understanding of what is actually going on. As it stands now, there are a lot of conflicting claims and stories coming out and I'd rather wait and get it correct than rush something to the main page that turns out to be wrong. --Jayron32 13:43, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ditto. Thursday heard a talking head say "coup" was inaccurate, and that further political machinations were likely. – Sca (talk) 14:33, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: John Geddert

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Article: John Geddert (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NBC, AP, 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: Recent death attracting a decent amount of coverage, article is in decent shape. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 21:29, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

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Article: Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (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 poet. Looks sourced to me, but some things could be off. Tucker Gladden 👑 21:20, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal

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Proposed image
Andrew Cuomo
Article: New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo (pictured) and his administration are implicated in a scandal related to COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, NBC News, NYT
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Major political scandal. Front-page news on many newspapers around the world. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 16:10, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Fake scandal"? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:03, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies for that, I wasn't warned about any edit conflict but it still seems to have deleted your comment when I posted my oppose. Uses x (talk) 17:10, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The U.S. loves its scandals. I wonder what name they'll attribute for this one. "Assisted Living-Gate"?--WaltCip-(talk) 17:09, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I would oppose posting Cuomo's resignation or impeachment. 331dot (talk) 17:08, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Simply being implicated (ignoring this being a state level and not national) is not sufficient for ITN posting. If there was convictions or resignations we may have a starting point but then we'd start questioning if it has sufficient worldwide importance. --Masem (t) 17:13, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Raymond Cauchetier

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Article: Raymond Cauchetier (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Figaro (in French); The New York Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Only announced and reported today (February 24). —Bloom6132 (talk) 18:06, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Wolfgang Boettcher

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Article: Wolfgang Boettcher (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Der Tagesspiegel
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, teacher of generations. Article was there, expanded and referenced. Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:32, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Peter Ostroushko

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Article: Peter Ostroushko (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Star Tribune
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Prolific American mandolin/fiddle player and composer. —Collint c 18:16, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Bulantrisna Djelantik

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Article: Bulantrisna Djelantik (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Tribun-Bali
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Dutch-born Indonesian traditional Balinese dancer, ENT specialist, and a lecturer at the faculty of medicine at Padjadjaran UniversityTJMSmith (talk) 03:53, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Enda McDonagh

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Article: Enda McDonagh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Irish Times
Credits:

Article updated
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(Posted) RD: Fanne Foxe

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Article: Fanne Foxe (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT, WashPo
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Died on February 10, but not reported until today. One of the most larger historical US sex scandals. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 20:37, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Gary Halpin

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Article: Gary Halpin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RTÉ, BBC
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Former Irish Rugby Union international, age 55, short but well sourced article JW 1961 Talk 20:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - I agree with TRM that further expanding the career section would be beneficial. I think this just meets RD requirements after Bloom's additions. TJMSmith (talk) 03:56, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Intro states that he "played as a prop for Wanderers F.C., Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins", and outside the infobox, there is no prose about this in his playing career. Doesn't look like there are references to source this part of his playing career, as the infobox doesn't have citations. Insufficient depth of coverage of playing career; rm ready. SpencerT•C 02:17, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Crime in Italy
    • A man stabs and wounds two police officers and tries to stab two passersby, who escape unharmed, during a random stabbing rampage in Milan. The attacker is shot dead by police. (Milano Today)
  • At least 79 inmates are killed in simultaneous fights in three jails in Ecuador, prompted by a battle for control of the jails after a gang leader was killed in December. (BBC News)
  • Malaysia deports 1,086 Burmese citizens back to Myanmar, defying an order by the Kuala Lumpur High Court halting their deportation in light of the coup on February 1. (Reuters)

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RD: Jack Whyte

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Article: Jack Whyte (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News; Kelowna Daily Courier
Credits:

Article updated
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  • Oppose Infobox says he worked as an actor, but the article has no additional information about this. Additionally, there are some dubious statements that need referencing and a re-write (e.g. "The tacit implication is that Whyte's version of history is the true story that has become distorted over time to become the legend and stories of magic that we know today"). Would like to see a little more about his writing, especially about his non-Camulod Chronicles works, but could be convinced to weak support if everything else is cleaned up. Article could use some restructuring as well; the short fiction and later life should go before the bibliography IMO. SpencerT•C 02:22, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Tormod Knutsen

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Article: Tormod Knutsen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): eub.no, Olympedia
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Nordic combined skier, Olympic champion from 1964. Oceanh (talk) 02:57, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Sergiu Natra

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Article: Sergiu Natra (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Israeli composer. Article needs a LOT, (and I mean a LOT) of work. And I could be premature in nominating this, as I could not find any reliable sources pointing to his death. The Image Editor (talk) 16:11, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. 1. There's no confirmation of his death from reliable sources. As you've mentioned: 2. the article is very short, 3. many claims in the article are unreferenced, 4. his list of works should either give a citation for all of them in one go, or every work should have an exact citation, not a pile of 33 citations beside each other. Uses x (talk) 16:46, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Heinz Hermann Thiele

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Article: Heinz Hermann Thiele (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Bloomberg
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: German businessman. Article has shaped into a nice C-class biography. Rater.js says B-class, but, I think it is a decent C-class bio. Good to go to homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 04:14, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ahmed Zaki Yamani

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Article: Ahmed Zaki Yamani (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
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: Former Saudi Oil minister. Article requires significant work before it meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. I will plan on working on this one later tonight. If someone wants to give this a go before that, please feel free to do so. Edits done, largely focused on citations. Article has shaped up to a B-class biography. Ktin (talk) 19:31, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the disclaimer below the nomination. All recent deaths of people with Wikipedia articles are presumed important enough to post. Instead, comments should be regarding the article quality. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 21:35, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your warning, I revise my statement per your remarks. --Egeymi (talk) 05:47, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: James Bishop (artist)

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Article: James Bishop (artist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Monde (in French); ARTnews
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: Only announced and reported today (February 22). —Bloom6132 (talk) 15:31, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Article: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (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 poet and San Francisco legend. Died at 101. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:36, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Breakup of Daft Punk

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Article: Daft Punk (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ French electronic music duo Daft Punk announces their breakup via a video on YouTube. (Post)
News source(s): Pitchfork, NY Times
Credits:
Nominator's comments: I think that they're notable enough to get on ITN Vacant0 (talk) 17:32, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If this were 50 years ago, maybe/probably the Beatles. Other than that, no way. --Bongwarrior (talk) 20:45, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We did post R.E.M., but that was a long time ago. Teemu08 (talk) 22:08, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We have a consensus of oppose. Can an admin close this nomination? Elijahandskip (talk) 22:11, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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C'mon folks, let's "Make ITN Great Again"! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I get a MIGA hat? – Sca (talk) 14:02, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(RD posted) Assassination of Luca Attanasio

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Article: Assassination of Luca Attanasio (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A U.N. convoy containing Italian Ambassador to DR Congo,Luca Attanasio, was attacked by gunmen resulting in the Assassination of Luca Attanasio. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Luca Attanasio is assassinated and two others are killed while in a World Food Programme convoy.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio is assassinated and two others are killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Alternative blurb III: ​ Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Luca Attanasio and two others are killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo while in a World Food Programme convoy.
News source(s): (NY Times), (BBC), (The Guardian), Reuters
Credits:

Nominator's comments: 100% notable for ITN, however, article quality isn't that good. Would suggest "Wait" !Votes until article qualities are improved. Elijahandskip (talk) 16:11, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph2302:, I fixed the attribution problem. Elijahandskip (talk) 17:44, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I still disagree with a separate article for his death (and disagree with assassination being used when there's an ongoing discussion about it). So I oppose any blurb that links to Assassination of Luca Attanasio. I have added an ALT3 blurb that only links to the main article, but neutral on whether ALT3 should run. Joseph2302 (talk) 19:40, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've added two more blurbs. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:16, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Doug Wilkerson

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Article: Doug Wilkerson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Chargers, The San Diego Union-Tribune
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: NFL offensive lineman and three-time All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection. —Bagumba (talk) 10:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2021 Israel oil spill

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Article: 2021 Israel oil spill (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Israeli authorities close off access to its Mediterranean beaches following an offshore oil spill that has devastated more than 100 miles of the country's coastline (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Israel Nature and Parks Authority calls the oil spill on its shores "one of the most serious ecological disasters" in the country’s history.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Nine ships are currently under investigation of Israeli and European authorities after an oil spill blackened 160 km of shores in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
News source(s): Washington Post, BBC, The Guardian
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Comment: major disaster with political implications leading to exceptional gag order/censorship by Israeli authorities, worldwide coverage [5][6]Chianti (talk) 12:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It does not sound like a significantly large oil spill in terms of volumes of oil loss, only that via flow the small amount that was spilt/leaked was distributed along a long stretch of beach. And it is comparatively small relative to oil spills on the international scale (eg Exxon Valdez). --Masem (t) 14:12, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Coverage kinda sketchy. – Sca (talk) 19:14, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I understand it's getting to be night in Israel about now, but I added a translate Hebrew tag to the top of this article about five hours ago, and as of right now that's still the last update this page has gotten. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:19, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose no way to attribute it to a cause. If it's from an old spill, the info belongs there. There isn't enough info the the article to feature it on the main page anyway. --LaserLegs (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Martha Stewart (actress)

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Article: Martha Stewart (actress) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hollywood Reporter; PopCulture.com
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: Only announced and reported today (February 21). —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:34, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can we do that? I didn't even know that was an option (well, I suppose everything's an option, but I digress). AllegedlyHuman (talk) 15:40, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not keen on using Martha Stewart (actress) on front page, as it takes up more space. So might cause us to kick more people off the RDs, just because we don't want to "mislead". We've never done this before so far as I am aware, for people with the same name. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:13, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If we post "Martha Stewart" without any sort of qualifier/differentiation on RD people will think that Martha Stewart died. I feel like we have done this before but I cannot recall exactly when. 331dot (talk) 17:53, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Including her middle name would be enough to remove the ambiguity, and is slightly "cheaper" at 5 characters. - Floydian τ ¢ 18:11, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, it wouldn't. I didn't know what Martha Stewart's middle name was until I just looked and saw what it was. The confusion will be inevitable. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:44, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. You see "Martha Ruth Stewart" and you aren't likely to jump to the conclusion that the recently deceased is the television personality. In any case, WP:SURPRISE should really be considered here. - Floydian τ ¢ 19:49, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe they have and maybe they haven't, but Martha Stewart averages thousands more daily pageviews than all of the current RDs combined. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:39, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Black Kite You might have a fair point and I am not qualified to note UK name recognition, but as Bongwarrior states she is certainly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and indeed such a household name in the US that substantial confusion/misunderstanding is likely. On further thought, "Martha Stewart (actress)" seems ideal, but I don't know whether we've historically included disambiguators to RD. – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 23:55, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in the UK and have heard of the other Martha Stewart. That said, I think this sets a bad precedent as everytime we have someone die whose article isn't the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, people might now try and change the name displayed, using this RD as justification for it. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:23, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Joe Burke (accordionist)

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Article: Joe Burke (accordionist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Irish Times; Irish Examiner; Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Credits:

Article updated
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(Posted) RD: Douglas Turner Ward

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

Article updated
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(Posted) RD: Stan Williams (baseball)

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Article: Stan Williams (baseball) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Associated Press; MLB.com
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.

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RD: Gerald Cardinale

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Article: Gerald Cardinale (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Associated Press; NorthJersey.com
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 13:20, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Limited depth of coverage of what was accomplished in his political career. Although I see a lot of similar NJ politician articles have committee assignments listed in bullet points, IMO it would be more helpful to have them in prose integrated with a larger section about his political career. SpencerT•C 14:32, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Little amount of information about his political career. Vacant0 (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) United Airlines Flight 328

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Article: United Airlines Flight 328 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: United Airlines Flight 328 has emergency-landed in Denver after one of the engines combusted and fell out. (Post)
Alternative blurb: United Airlines Flight 328 makes an emergency landing in Denver after one of the engines combusted and fell out.
Credits:
Nominator's comments: The article hasn't updated fully yet, but it will eventually. A few users have been working on it, so hopefully it will be good enough to be featured on ITN. ActuallyNeverHappened02 (talk) 01:34, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Ongoing: 2021 Texas power crisis

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Article: 2021 Texas power crisis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
News source(s): (Wall Street Journal), (NBC News), (CNBC), (Australian Financial Review)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Nominated yesterday for on-going and had no consensus to post. President Biden just declared a disaster emergency in Texas over the issue. This deserves a second !vote for the ITN on-going section. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:09, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yesterday's vote was before Joe Biden declared a disaster emergency. Please keep that in mind. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:14, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) 2021 Australian Open

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Article: 2021 Australian Open (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In tennis, Naomi Osaka (pictured) wins the Women's Singles and Novak Djokovic wins the Men's Singles at the Australian Open. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In tennis, Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic win the Women's Singles and the Men's Singles, respectively, at the Australian Open.
News source(s): Yahoo, Guardian The New York Times
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: Article is being worked on, see talk for discussion about page improvements and changes (prose will be present in each event section). Men's final is scheduled for 21 February at 7:30 p.m. local AEDT (3:30 a.m. EST) and winner will be added to blurb when it concludes. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 10:03, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: What 'bout the third paragraph in the lead? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:17, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well there are just two problems with that: 1) there shouldn't be anything in the lead that isn't in the main part of the article and 2) if that's the extent of the summary of what happened in the final, like one sentence per each of men's and women's, it's far from adequate. Hard fail. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 19:36, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) First human H5N8 cases

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Article: 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Russia, the first cases of human infection with the H5N8 bird flu were detected (Post)
News source(s): TASS, Interfax
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Important for alerting the global community about a potential pandemic. MarcusTraianus (talk) 15:08, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Aside from any notability concerns (which I certainly have), the target article isn't in the best condition, with 2 cn tags and a clarification needed tag. Gex4pls (talk) 15:17, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Then the article must be supplemented or rewritten. The event itself does not become less important from the quality of the article. Or we can link to an article about the virus itself. MarcusTraianus (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well it's not just that. Unless something else becomes of this, this would just become another short story similar to the Eluru Outbreak from a few months back. I realize that this is a first for H5N8, but unless this becomes another pandemic I don't see any importance to this. (not to mention that, according to the moscow times, the virus can't even transmit between humans yet. 1)Gex4pls (talk) 16:23, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as this is probably a premature nomination - right now I can't find any news that this has resulted in any fatalities and the Russian cases have been described as "mild" according to the article. I don't believe that a bird-borne disease that has still not caused any human fatalities is notable enough. Besides, ITN on Wikipedia is meant to report on what has happened, and not what may happen, so alerting the global community about a potential pandemic is not what ITN is meant for, though the nomination is obviously done in WP:GOOD FAITH. It's WHO's job to warn people. Not our job. 45.251.33.97 (talk) 15:52, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose at this time. There are many different influenza subtypes, and frequently these infect humans. Let's wait and see if this becomes a bigger story. SpencerT•C 17:39, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on importance Russia has said it's the case but this doesn't looked to have been picked up by news agencies in many other countries. And it's currently 2 sentences of that article. Also there are multiple citation needed and clarification tags that would need to be fixed, so opposing on quality too. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:53, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Dianna Ortiz

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Article: Dianna Ortiz (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT, WaPo
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 nun tortured in Guatemala, whose case led to massive legal repercussions for Guatemala and revelations of CIA funding after intervention by Bill Clinton. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Posted to RD. There was an unreferenced section so I added 2 refs. Normally I let noms sit a little longer, but because this is about to age off, I went ahead and posted. Ping me if issues. SpencerT•C 02:08, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Barbara Ann Rowan

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Article: Barbara Ann Rowan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
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: First Black woman to be a prosecutor with SDNY. Died in October but her husband who had COVID at the same time did not announce until now; news coverage dates to Feb 19. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:34, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Arturo Di Modica

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Article: Arturo Di Modica (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Artist with works including Wall street bull. Basic edits done and article seems to meet hygiene requirements for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 21:38, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. They were all uploaded by the same user Artislife1406 on Commons with no evidence of licensing. I've removed them all from the page; they should be taken down on Commons as well and this user should be blocked (or provide a very good explanation). AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:04, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for checking it over; that resolves my concern here and I initiated the Commons conversation. Inexperience may be the explanation but I do hope they will take some time to learn the copyright policies before making any more uploads. Innisfree987 (talk) 22:18, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Clotilde Niragira

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Article: Clotilde Niragira (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Iwacu Burundi (in French)
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: Burundian politician. Actually an article I created in November 2017 as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/The World ContestDumelow (talk) 19:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jerold Ottley

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Article: Jerold Ottley (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Salt Lake Tribune; KTVX (ABC)
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing: 2021 Texas power crisis

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Article: 2021 Texas power crisis (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: For those of you frustrated by the inclusion of February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm into ITN. This article covers more in-depth about the millions of people left without power, which as many pointed out is certainly the more newsworthy aspect of this storm as opposed to the death toll itself. Unlike the storm, this event is ongoing. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm an American. I'm not trying to push an agenda; I'm just unlikely to be nominating this at 3 in the morning local time. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Putting aside the regional opposition stuff, since I realize that is going to drive some editors up the wall: A lot of the article uses the past tense, namely in describing the power outage at its peak. I don't know if we can call this ongoing, since it seems to be getting resolved pretty rapidly.--WaltCip-(talk) 23:26, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The "generator-loss crisis" portion of the power outage is over.[7] There are many without power, but it's due to things like trees knocking out power lines, not due to the problems with generation. Most of those are expected to be fixed within a couple of days. There are other ongoing issues that are side-effects of the sustained loss of power, such as with boil-water orders due to power loss at water-treatment plants, truck-delivery issues due to gas/fuel stations losing power, etc. Some of these are expected to last into next week. Not to mention the many who had pipes burst due to loss of heating in their homes. Some of these will take weeks to repair due to demand on plumbers. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 23:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The usual kind of fallout from an environmental disaster. We generally have not posted that sort of thing on ongoing. Ongoing is more for actively evolving conflicts where notable events are likely to happen over an extended period of time.--WaltCip-(talk) 23:57, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We didn't post the European snow system late last year that caused similar outages, it would be systematic bias to post this. Further, the blurb for the storm is still sitting in the box, there's zero need for an ongoing at this point. --Masem (t) 23:46, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Was it nominated? If not, you've really nothing to complain about. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:10, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it was, I nominated it. --Masem (t) 00:29, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So because the European snow system wasn't posted, neither should this one? Or maybe last years thing was a mistake? --LaserLegs (talk) 01:53, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please elaborate. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 02:03, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Really? It's A storm. It's A power crisis. It's already diminishing, and will be fixed soon. Not ongoing. HiLo48 (talk) 03:07, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nominator comment I've seen a couple replies touching on this point, so I'll ask you: if it's seriously an issue enough to change someone's mind over, I have no issue specifying in the nomination that this should not enter ongoing until the other article on the storm rolls off ITN. I thought about saying it in the initial post, so if there's support for that I'll add it in. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 02:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You can self-close for now and re-nominate once the blurb rolls off. --LaserLegs (talk) 02:10, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Philippe Chatel

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Article: Philippe Chatel (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Monde (in 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: Famous French singer-songwriter and author of the musical Émilie Jolie. Significant musical and written contributions to French culture, and a widely covered death across France. Jmanlucas (talk) 22:19, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing Removal: 2021 Myanmar protests

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Article: 2021 Myanmar protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: This removal is addressing the current state of the article. Opposes which do not address the article content are therefore invalid and should be ignored. The last protest added was on 2/14 when "hundreds had gathered at a power plant in Myitkyina that had become occupied by the military". This is older than the oldest blurb in the box. An update on 2/17 describing "many cars mysteriously broke down in busy streets of Yangon in a staged demonstration" is an act of passive resistence but not a protest. If there are ongoing protests in Myanmar, the article is not being updates with "new, pertinent information" as the Wikipedia:In_the_news#Ongoing_section stipulates. Again, this nom is about removing the article due to it's staleness, not whether or not the item is being covered by WP:RSLaserLegs (talk) 20:19, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's quite obvious that they're still going on, the question is if that's being reflected in the article. I think that the most recent update about 2 civilian casualties today does reflect this, but I will wait for more similar updates to change my !vote. Gex4pls (talk) 23:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The police disrupted a group who were interfering with government business. Not a protest. Update the article about protests not police activity or mean tweets. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:58, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Riot police in Myanmar shot dead two anti-coup protesters and injured several others on Saturday". Associated Press. Yes, this is still a protest. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:45, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Irrelevant. If the content isn't in the target article, the target article is stale. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:13, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
From the Wikipedia article, citing that very source: "On 20 February, two protesters were killed and at least two dozen more were injured in Mandalay by the police and military in a violent crackdown." AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:24, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
yellow tickY Partly done I've added a few sentences in the "International reactions" section, suggest others do the same elsewhere and then this can be speedily closed. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 18:14, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Invalid oppose, does not address article staleness issues and I'm WP:NOTREQUIRED to fix it, I did my part cataloging the content edits and demonstrating the staleness. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:12, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I literally added information about something that happened today. You are however correct, it's easier simply pointing out a problem than fixing it (observation which is true even outside of Wikipedia). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 22:58, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Actually cataloging the content changes and prying poor quality articles out of the ITN box takes considerable effort thank you for sarcastically denigrating my contributions. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:03, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You might also want to reconsider your links. NOTREQUIRED literally states: "Focus on improving the encyclopedia itself, rather than demanding more from other Wikipedians." i.e. exactly what I said... As for "prying poor quality articles out of ITN" I don't think this is anywhere near poor quality; compare with some of the more egregious POV-pushing attempts on COVID-related articles. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:04, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, you demanded that someone else "fix it", I made no such demand of you. I'm simply highlighting the staleness of the article. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:24, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I literally did fix (part of it). But let's not wikilawyer about who is asking whom to fix what. I'm just saying it is a more productive spending of time to argue about whether this should be removed from ITN than it is attempting to fix it... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support removal Wikipedia:In the news#Ongoing section is clear: "In order to be posted to ongoing, the article needs to be regularly updated with new, pertinent information. Articles whose most recent update is older than the oldest blurb currently on ITN are usually not being updated frequently enough for ongoing status." So I agree with LaserLegs, unless the information actually gets added to the article (rather than just linked here), then this article doesn't meet the criteria for staying on the ongoing section. The onus is on the people who want it to stay on the Ongoing to maintain it, so that it complies with the Ongoing criteria, not the other way round. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:28, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There is literally information in the article right now about protests that happened yesterday. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:31, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A one line update about the authorities shooting two people with zero details about the crowd size. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
...yes? Do all updates need to include the crowd size? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:19, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Also, for the record, more than two were shot. Two were killed, 40 were injured. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:21, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's an article about protests, so yes, details about crowd size, location, escalation, etc are pertinent information and a one line update provides little value. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:25, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How's that crowd size? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 16:51, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) ITN ongoing doesn't require the article to be FA-level. If there are minor issues it's probably easier to fix them as per WP:BOLD. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:22, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Removal - Just not significantly updated. STSC (talk) 11:41, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note Content has been added since this nomination about events that happened since the 17th, and even as far as what happened today. !votes saying "just not significantly updated" are therefore non-representative of the current article. The most recent update to the article is about an event which happened today (and before that there are plenty about things that happened yesterday or the day before), so clearly "Articles whose most recent update is older than the oldest blurb currently on ITN are usually not being updated frequently enough for ongoing status" is well out the window... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 14:06, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose removal As of now, there is new information dated from 20 February, 21 February, and 22 February. This is being sufficiently updated. Perhaps it wasn't when it was nominated, but the situation has since changed, the article is being actively updated, and as such I see no reason to remove it at this time. --Jayron32 15:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose removal per Jayron32.-- P-K3 (talk) 15:16, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment fair enough (to both) I'll keep monitoring it. One of the problems with OG items (like the Venezuelan story) is that as it gets stale, someone will pop in a few edits when it gets nominated for removal but over a long timeline there is a pattern of staleness which can't be ignored. That's not happened here yet, but it's something to keep an eye on. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:18, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Đorđe Balašević

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Article: Đorđe Balašević (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): B92
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: Well-known Serbian recording artist, musician, singer-songwriter **Updated: added more citations, article is completely sourced now** Vacant0 (talk) 16:17, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Several claims missing citations. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:13, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@AllegedlyHuman: I've added more refs and text and the uncited text was mostly removed. Vacant0 (talk) 19:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still seeing what looks to be an average of about one citation per paragraph. Let me be clearer: There should be almost no sentences without citations, as every sentence should be adding new information. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, got it, I will add more citations to the paragraphs that I can find. Thanks Vacant0 (talk) 20:48, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've added the sources, article is completed now. Vacant0 (talk) 22:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article is better now. Good work. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I appreciate it. :) Vacant0 (talk) 23:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing

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Article: Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
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: Burmese woman who became the first known casualty of the 2021 Myanmar protests Sherenk1 (talk) 11:46, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Porfirije becomes the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church

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Article: Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Porfirije is enthroned as the 46th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters,
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: We posted about previous Patriarch Irinej. DragonFederal (talk) 10:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Courtesy link. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:57, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support well known and influential religious leader. 3/4 of the pope, good enough. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:57, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We didn't blurb the last patriarch dying, when we would for the Pope or the Ayatollah of Iran. There's a reason. The Serbian Orthodox Church has 8 to 12 million followers according to our article. I'm quite sure the 3/4 of a Pope comment is referring to the size of global orthodoxy, which with the large Russian numbers is more than this. The Orthodox communion is looser than the Catholic one, with no one global leader, just a Primus inter pares in the spiritual home once called Constantinople. With all due respect, the Serbian Orthodox Church is smaller than the LDS Church, and about 1-2% the size of the global Catholic Church. Unknown Temptation (talk) 11:17, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
:( Jeromi Mikhael 11:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Semi-good article, important for Eastern Orthodoxy and SPC. Vacant0 (talk) 11:18, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A good and very thoroughly referenced BLP as bold link. I'm unwilling to disregard this on the grounds that it affects merely 10ish million people. That is still many, and the separateness (autocephaly) of Orthodox churches means that this person is the religious leader of a historically and culturally distinct group of people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.233.213.199 (talk) 11:48, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Adding, the link to the Serbian Orthodox Church cannot go up in it's current state. Even if it's not a bold link, it is still far below what should be featured on the Main Page. Suggest remove second link.130.233.213.199 (talk) 11:50, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Disagree with using “historically and culturally distinct group of people” as a qualifier as you open up a very broad qualification. I agree with you that perhaps the second link can be looked at. The 10 million alone is a major reason to include the new Patriarchal leader in the news blurb. Just my take. OyMosby (talk) 16:01, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. Also I think they wanted List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church pipe linked as the article with Serbian Orthodox Church being the link name, instead of general Serbian Orthodox Church to specify the subject matter. OyMosby (talk) 14:59, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good, I'll pipe that one as well. I am neutral on the image, I was not the one who changed it. --Tone 17:06, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
By piping I think what was meant was Serbian Orthodox Church links to List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church. You had linked 46th Patriarch. Also could the inage be changed back? @Tone: Thanks OyMosby (talk) 17:11, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Armed conflicts and attacks

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Cloning of the Black-footed ferret

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Article: Black-footed ferret (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Scientists annnounced the first succesful cloning of the endangered black-footed ferret. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Scientists introduced the black-footed ferret Elizabeth Ann as first succesful cloned endangered North American animal.
News source(s): Denver Post; The New York Times
Credits:

Article updated

 --Melly42 (talk) 11:52, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's the second (after a Przewalski's horse in 2020) and first North American animal. Seems that the cloning of endangered species has not much significance for the main page in general as not even the Przewalski's horse Kurt has its own article. --Melly42 (talk) 14:25, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
But the human being Nikolay Przhevalsky does. – Sca (talk) 18:50, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It has an own article: Elizabeth Ann (Ferret) --Melly42 (talk) 14:35, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why was that article not included with the original nomination? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:47, 21 February 2021
Because I was not aware that there was already an article on Elizabeth Ann. --Melly42 (talk) 15:01, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Would make an interesting DYK. The Elizabeth Ann article is quite the stub, but the black footed ferret article is ok. However, the simple fact of being the first north american endangered species to be cloned feels very overly specific, and not altogether notable (unless this somehow saves Black footed ferrets from extinction, in which case I'd probably support a blurb for "first endangered species repopulated using cloning" if that were to happen). Gex4pls (talk) 17:23, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Prince Markie Dee

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Article: Prince Markie Dee (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Rolling Stone
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 10:14, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: U-Roy

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Article: U-Roy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News; The Guardian; Variety
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 02:14, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) February 13–17 winter storm (Winter Storm Uri)

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Article: February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: A winter storm in North America leaves 33 people dead and several million others without water or power, especially in Texas. (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Multiple records were set across America as a result of this storm. Affected Mexico as well. FIVE MILLION PEOPLE are STILL without power. People are DYING across Texas. The previous close was rather premature, and the article is no longer a stub. 23 people dead is a lot dead. ~ Destroyeraa🌀🇺🇸 01:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as it wasn't the typical Winter Storm. Also I know nominators are auto support since they nominated, but this was a re-nomination, so I feel like my vote isn't a formality, but a real !vote. Elijahandskip (talk) 01:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • The coverage just within the United States seems a bit unbalanced... Nova Crystallis (Talk) 01:22, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongly support clearly a historic winter storm for the US and Mexico, and the worst one since the Blizzard of 2016. The US saw over 5 million blackouts and Mexico saw over 4.7 million. 23 people were killed also. Many all-time records in the US and Canada were broken for record low temperatures and record high snowfall. It produced 5 tornadoes, killing 3 people. Overall, one of the worst winter storms in decades, likely to become the US's first billion-dollar disaster of 2021. Definitely deserves a place in ITN. HurricaneCovid (contribs) 01:28, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongly support This is quickly becoming an unusually large compound disaster - for example: millions under boil-water orders and no power to boil water[1]. Victor Grigas (talk) 01:31, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This has proved to be a much more significant story than first appeared, with the collapse of the power grid in Texas, and the article quality is much improved. P-K3 (talk) 01:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support – This storm broke records all over the place, ranging from the scope of Winter Weather Alerts (170 million Americans affected, which is very unusual) to the blackouts. The storm left close to 10 million people without power, and roughly 4 million people in Texas still remain without power or clean drinking water. A blackout of this magnitude has not happened in the U.S. since the 2011 Southwest blackout, and this is one of the worst blackouts in the modern history of the country. The article is in much better shape now, and the sections pertaining to the hardest-hit areas and the blackouts are much-better developed now. And any arguments that this should be failed on grounds of this storm happening in the U.S. or North America are pure nonsense – a historic event is historic. Pure and simple. And what this storm did in North America is a very far cry from even above-average winter storms. Any event of this magnitude deserves an ITN mention. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 01:49, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Really serious event that has left a large amount of damage in its wake for storms of this type. NoahTalk 01:51, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support far from a routine weather event, this is unusual weather in a region unaccustomed to it and is having severe consequences. Oppose including the name "Uri" in the blurb for the usual reasons --LaserLegs (talk) 01:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, they are using The Weather Channel's name for the storm, it has not been given a name by the US government like hurricanes are. TWC's criteria for naming a winter storm is very different than that of the government's naming of a hurricane. 331dot (talk) 08:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also opposing on quality- the sections on Canada and the Great Lakes are almost non-existent. Considering it's meant to be about a North American storm, it is almost entirely about the US.... Joseph2302 (talk) 11:34, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • It most certainly did not have clear consensus not to post, it was speedy closed in 43 minutes. As for the Canada section being orange tagged for expansion, the storm was largely a non-event around the lakes. We're posting this because of it's impact in a region not usually impacted by storms, as evidenced by their lack of preparedness. Why are the opposes struggling with this? --LaserLegs (talk) 11:46, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Joseph2302, as LaserLegs said, the previous nomination was closed so quickly there was no consensus established. Also, more information has come to light and the impacts are more widespread than that first nom. This should not be portrayed as a supervote.-- Fuzheado | Talk 14:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I realise consensus can change, I just don't think posting 5 hours after nominated when post of the world is asleep is a fair representation of people's views. I also think that the article has glaring omissions, as it only really covers US. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:23, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"States have to vote blue for me to think the people in them deserve to live." AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:26, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well I'll just re-iterate that there was no strong consensus not to post last time because it was speedy closed in 45 minutes, re-opened (by me) and speedy closed an hour later and when that did not happen, a consensus actually developed. Perhaps we should speedy close this one as "strong consensus to post"? Or because you didn't get your way should we discuss it to death and try desperately to pull it back down? Let me know your thoughts. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Joseph2302:, One thing I have learned over the last year on Wikipedia is that consensus can change. (if you want some examples, ask me about it on my talk page. Here isn't the place for that). I am slightly concerned that you called this "an admin supervote". That can get you into major trouble. (In short, I did that back in November/December and had 2 attempts to get me banned from Wikipedia. Please tread carefully with that accusation. Elijahandskip (talk) 12:24, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maybe the admin was unaware of the previous discussion, but speedy posting something seems odd to me. And if this article wasn't about the US, nobody would consider posting an article with 2 almost empty sections in it. But it's the US, so WP:BIAS of ITN allows it. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:29, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Sometimes what makes weather exceptional is not the actual objective weather in itself but the environment it strikes. To refuse to recognise serious impacts based on political boundaries is itself a form of bias. A disaster -- I think I am safe in calling this a disaster, in that we will be fortunate indeed if the deaths do not reach three figures -- is no less a disaster when the major factors which tip the balance are human caused. In fact, more than half of all disasters posted at ITN have had significant human components which made them exponentially worse, even for something as basic as hurricane flooding. Never mind that the temperatures will ameliorate after Saturday, this one will be unfolding for weeks yet to come. (Water issues on that level are not solved overnight, and for some the health consequences will linger a lifetime.) Ironically, even the shift to smartphones is complicating the issue: landlines with cords used to draw all the electricity they needed from the phone line, making them much more resilient for communications under these conditions. Incidentally, I currently live in a part of the world where this level of winter weather is habitually shrugged off -- people here were laughing until they realised that the Texas power and water infrastructures were collapsing, including hospitals -- but I also recognise that winter weather is not taken carelessly, even here; and consequently houses and infrastructure and heck, habitual winter clothing here are built for it. Then again, I don't know if we would do particularly well if a category 2+ hurricane were to strike us, even without lingering. - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 11:59, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Regarding the previous discussion, it should have no bearing on this one. It was speedily closed (as I predicted it would be) because it was before the full facts were known, and we got the typical comments along the lines of "yes it's cold outside, put on a jumper." Now that the article has been expanded, and there are millions of people without access to drinking water, it's appropriate to post. P-K3 (talk) 13:13, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Isn't snow made of water? Aren't there millions of people without access to drinking water around the world every day? Deary me. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I think you're being unnecessarily glib towards people with burst water pipes, flooded homes, food shortages and no heat in freezing conditions, but I'm clearly not going to change your mind on this one.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Those people have FEMA and the U.S. National Guard to rely upon, they being in a developed country. Others are not as fortunate.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This comment is incredibly facetious. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:29, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support Article is high quality and news sources are covering the story. There's no other criteria that are worth considering. --Jayron32 13:22, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Funny, I looked at the World news page on BBC and saw Latifa, Mars, Myanmar, Iran, vaccines, fallen Alps hikers, Somalia, Pakistan, and then Ted Cruz. Hardly headlining. New sources are also covering a dog which won a medal and Harry & Meghan not returning to the Royal Family. Other criteria certainly need consideration otherwise we'd just be a Trump/Kardashian ticker, of course. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 13:37, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The Rambling Man, While your observations are amusing, they're not really adding to the discourse. Instead: on the BBC News front page right next to a Ted Cruz headline is a video story with the caption: "He's 92 so we wrapped him tight like mummy. Like so many desperate Texans, Henry is struggling to stay warm without power." So yes, this issue is serious, globally covered, and not just about melting snow to make drinking water. -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:23, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    You made my point perfectly. It's something like the 12th story and well down on Meghan and Harry. Per Jayron, we should be posting Meghan and Harry, right? And honestly, if you can't contextualise this bit of snow with Covid still killing, what, 2,500 Americans per day, there's little hope. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:05, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support but as before, would prefer a broader article also covering the storms in other countries. Banedon (talk) 13:43, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • (edit conflict) Sigh. At this point, it's a bygone, but it seems once again that ITN/C can't free itself of the seemingly irresistible impulse of systemic bias. Fact: Winter storms of this magnitude happen with considerable regularity and frequency, and we had similar events which occurred in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016 which we did not post. Fact: As TRM pointed out, this event is getting limited coverage on websites and news sources outside the U.S., which would make sense because a similar event in England also did not get posted. Fact: We have some very enthusiastic editors in the weather space here. That's great. But we need to avail ourselves to avoid hyperbole and viewing events in the political space as more important than they actually are. "Apocalyptic"? Seriously?? And who really gives a shit whether or not Ted Cruz took a vacation? That has no bearing on the newsworthiness of the event as a whole, nor does Greg Abbott's insipid attacks against renewable energy. I'm not one to call for a story to be pulled, but anyone who thinks that ITN is far-removed from the days of U.S. systemic bias is truly, truly mistaken.--WaltCip-(talk) 13:49, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As the article itself mentions, this storm isn't just affecting the U.S. but Canada and Mexico as well. Additionally, you must agree as we all do that at some level of severity, an extremely localized event (i.e. a meteor vaporizes Texas) is worthy of posting regardless of the lack of "international impact," even though you may personally disagree over whether this event crosses that threshold of severity. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 13:53, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Your comparison is ludicrous. A meteor has not vaporized Texas. Of course if an event of that magnitude happened, it would be posted, because that would entail the deaths of over 28 million people.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:07, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm aware it's ludicrous. For argument's sake, I chose the most extreme example I could think of that obviously you would support, just so you would admit that at some level, you would accept a region-centric story making it to ITN. Obviously this story is not tantamount to that, nor did I imply it was, but at least we agree on something: at some scale, "international significance" does not need to exist for a story to still be noteworthy around the world. For me and several others, this story is past that point. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:11, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was going to comment on this last night but figured would wait to see if it happened, and it did: From nomination to posting was 4 hours, all within the US nighttime period, about a US-centric story. As soon as Europe woke up, we got the opposes that would have been expected if more time was appropriately given to discussion before posting given the time factors. Admins have to be acutely aware that breaking stories specific to a region (for Europe, early in European time, or for US, late night US time) probably should be given a few more hours of discussion until the other sie of the world has time to consider if the topic is too regionally focus to post. --Masem (t) 13:59, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed, utterly predictable, as is the slew of supports now the US is awake once again. Bias with your soup sir? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:04, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting oppose – Old news, being superseded by gradual recovery from storm. Renomination seems to reflect personal situations rather than wider significance. Suggest this rather flabby blurb be pulled. – Sca (talk) 14:01, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
PS: This user recommends that all-caps words not be used, as they actually detract from points being asserted by calling attention to typographical gimmickry. – Sca (talk) 14:17, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
BUT FIVE MILLION PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER, SCA.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:21, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That estimate is outdated. Today's Dallas paper says "substantial amount of power to be restored by Friday evening." – Sca (talk) 14:35, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support - It was a loose-consensus at the time of posting, but now that the day has started in Europe/US, that consensus has held, and then some. Folks need to remember that whether something is "news" is always relative to how it deviates from the norm and whether it's in the public interest. So "people die every winter" is not a useful argument. Also, the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS arguments here are largely irrelevant - "how about when it happened in year X to region Y" or "there are millions without water living in Z." That's never been, nor should it be, the criteria here for judging whether it's on the front page. The fact is these types of catastrophic energy and infrastructure failures (power, water, transportation, food) are not common to Texas and contrary to statements above, are not "every winter." And the fact is, the conditions continue to be a threat for several more days ("Nearly half of Texans remain under boil-water advisories as water scarcity and freezing temperatures continue" [16] [17]) so this will continue to be in the news, perhaps even more so. -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support. Far from "old news" the story is still very much in progress.[18] We regularly post major hurricanes to ITN, and this winter storm is much more unusual, particularly in terms of the area that has suffered major damage, from Oregon to Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and even North Carolina. There's already been international impact too, with Texas cutting off natural gas supplies to Mexico, threatening Mexico's electricity production.[19]. Nsk92 (talk) 14:43, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and honestly, some of the opposers here need to get some perspective. TRM cracks jokes at the expense of American dead, but he can't stop pumping when those killed are his countryman (11 comments for 11 dead!). Walt reminds us that similar events have not been posted, and provides links to events with a fraction of the causalities. Yes, there are places on Earth with limited access to water, and places where it gets very cold and there is limited or no power to produce heat. But suddenly thrusting these conditions upon a massive population without the experience or preparation to deal with them has proven catastrophic and (JFC, I can't believe I have to say this) newsworthy. GreatCaesarsGhost 14:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Not mocking the dead, simply putting this into a global perspective. Oh and are you attempting to compare some snow with a terror attack, I'm not sure... Give over. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:09, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. What's the point of ITN if items like this don't get posted. -- Calidum 14:52, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Ali Sadpara

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Article: Ali Sadpara (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Ali Sadpara, John Snorri Sigurjónsson and one other mountaineer are declared dead after a failed search and rescue mission on K2, Pakistan. (Post)
News source(s): Dawn
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: The unusual event leading to the deaths, the extensive search & rescue mission and the national tradegy it caused has all received wide coverage making it worth a blurb. Depressed Desi (talk) 16:16, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) NASA Mars 2020 (Perseverance)

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Articles: Mars 2020 (talk · history · tag) and Perseverance (rover) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ NASA's Mars 2020 mission craft, containing the Perserverance rover (pictured) and the Ingenuity helicopter, successfully lands on Mars. (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Preparation nomination - landfall is within the next 4-5 hrs as I type this up. This is affirming that barring the landing event that the articles (mission + two probe craft)t) looks to be in good shape (to me) and that once landfall is confirmed by sources it should be ready to go. The other two Mars missions from last week have scrolled off; I would have combined this with those if they were still on. Masem (t) 14:45, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Where? :o --Tone 21:25, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep trying.... ;) The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 22:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 17

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RD: Seif Sharif Hamad

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Article: Seif Sharif Hamad (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
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: Incumbent vice-president of Zanzibar, and the first to hold that role. Needs a bit of work, which I'll hopefully carry out today, but not in terrible shape.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:40, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted to RD; Blurb discussion closed) RD: Rush Limbaugh

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Article: Rush Limbaugh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  American conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh (pictured) dies at the age of 70. (Post)
News source(s): KPEL FoxNews
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: Conservative radio stalward. CoatCheck (talk) 17:15, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've added a blurb to the nom, which I support as well. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:26, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Just because we've made the wrong decision before doesn't mean we have to here. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:39, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Even though I've grown to disagree with his Trump support, the fact he was a transformative figure in talk radio is unquestionable. rawmustard (talk) 17:41, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb close, but not quite at blurb worthy level in my opinion. Rhino131 (talk) 17:44, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb People are going to oppose this on ideological grounds, but he was absolutely transformative in his field, and it’s hard to argue that he wasn’t one of the most influential voices in American politics over the last three decades or so Spman (talk) 17:47, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb This is a really close one, and I'm sure there will be plenty of invalid reasoning brought up since he was so controversial. However I think that, despite a lasting impression in American politics, it's too narrow for a blurb; not to mention his illness was already widely publicized and this was more of an inevitability. Spengouli (talk) 17:51, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb From reading his article, apparently he only has a domestic influence. Not sufficient enough for an OBLURB (Obituary blurb), I expect OBLURB to have a bit of international influence. Sorry. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb Important yes, but not rising to the level of a blurb IMO, although where that level is these days is anyone's guess. Black Kite (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Super-weak oppose blurb for Limbaugh. Huge influence in American politics, but I don't think the pull is large enough such that he would be considered sufficiently transformative in that enormous field. Note that we did not, for example, blurb Don Imus. (We didn't post him either, but that was more due to quality issues).--WaltCip-(talk) 17:56, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Super-weak oppose = neutral? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Probably. I don't know. I can be convinced either way. --WaltCip-(talk) 18:17, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Do we call that a field though? If Howard Stern dies, on what basis does he get a blurb? Not disagreeing with you necessarily, just trying to feel out whether or not that's a field of expertise in context to ITN RD blurbs.--WaltCip-(talk) 18:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@WaltCip: I would say so. Broadcasters are ranked by listeners here and there is an award system. Social influence is also a factor. I would not consider Stern to be at the level of Limbaugh or Bell influence or listener wise; he merely achieved more popular celebrity. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think you're selling Stern a bit short. At his peak, his show had ~20 million weekly listeners, which is comparable to Limbaugh and exceeds Bell. Nohomersryan (talk) 19:30, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
King (as far as I know; my knowledge of radio is better than that of the various endeavors King took part in) or even Sanders (an unusually independent political figure for some time but with only points in the limelight) {mentioned below} were not at the top of their fields by numbers and a sustained notable influence for almost 3 decades. For worse or better, he drove a new path in his field. — Godsy (TALKCONT) 18:18, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb Let's be honest and realistic, if Larry King didn't get a blurb less than a month ago, this should be a long shot under any normal circumstances. I don't see how he transformed any relevant field from what's written in the article.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:06, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb Older man dies after well-publicized terminal cancer diagnosis. He was influential, but was past his "prime" and was mostly domestic. I think we should be careful that blurbs don't become a retread of the old RD criteria. "Top of field? To blurbs with him!" Nohomersryan (talk) 18:08, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Strongly disagree that he was past his prime. He continued broadcasting right up until the day he died and drew record-breaking audiences. You and I both oppose a blurb, but at least don't use falsehoods to make your point.--WaltCip-(talk) 18:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • I didn't say he was no longer successful; it's just a fact that conservative radio has ceded most of its ground to the Internet, which makes characters like Limbaugh less omnipresent than they used to be. Nohomersryan (talk) 18:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
By that logic, would Jimmy Carter, someone who's done nothing but build houses for charity since the 1970s, not deserve a blurb? No one's at their prime when they die save a tragedy. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • My argument is that someone who might not have the resume for a blurb can be boosted to one if they're at the peak of the career or the death is a shock, neither of which I'd say apply to Limbaugh (while Carter is already blurbworthy because he was a globally known leader of a superpower). Though of course you're welcome to disagree. Nohomersryan (talk) 18:43, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb Not important enough to warrant a blurb, RD is enough. Many people are influential figures in their respective political parties, that doesn't make them transformative figures on a global scale. I would oppose blurbing Bernie Sanders as well, for instance. Mlb96 (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I disagree with the underlying assumption I'm seeing a lot here that someone has to be internationally notable to warrant a blurb, so long as their influence within a specific nation is well-attested. (My thought on this are similar in principle to WP:BLP1E.) AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:13, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'll also point out that most of these arguments are explicitly frowned upon at WP:ITNCRIT. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:25, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb. He was not a statesman or a politician but a cultural figure. In such a case for an ITN blurb I think we'd need to see some substantial evidence of international impact. It's unclear if we have that here. Reading the section Rush Limbaugh#Influence and legacy, it only discusses his domestic influence. Nsk92 (talk) 18:17, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Blurb Not a fan at all, but he was probably the most influential figure in modern US politics never to hold an elective office. It is impossible to overstate his role in propelling the GOP from a center right party to the far right party it has become as well as the overall development of the take no prisoners climate in US politics since the 90's. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well said, and I concur (though I lean more on the mechanism, broadcasting, in my sentiment above than politics). — Godsy (TALKCONT) 18:28, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Please do not... add simple "support!" or "oppose!" votes without including your reasons. Similarly, curt replies such as "who?", "meh", or "duh!" are usually not helpful. Instead, explain the reasons why you think the item meets or does not meet the ITN inclusion criteria so a consensus can be reached." AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:46, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb If this was maybe 10 years ago, pre-Trump, then a blurb may have been reasonable (may not have been a key transformative figure but was a key personality and still at height of career), but there's no question that his siding with Trump and right-wing of the last few years tarnished his reputation that it is difficult to say he's considered a leader now and his past reputation has been lost, particularly compared to the recent death of Larry King. RD is sufficient. --Masem (t) 19:16, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral on blurb No one was more instrumental in shaping modern day American conservatism than Rush Limbaugh. But is it enough to be the most influential political personality within one nation, even if it's the most powerful nation on Earth, or do we insist on international significance for death blurbs, which Limbaugh did not have? NorthernFalcon (talk) 19:27, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
NorthernFalcon Very few things would be posted if international significance was required. 331dot (talk) 19:47, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Please see the "Please do not..." section near the top of this page. In particular #2 which states "...oppose an item 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 unproductive." Most of the opposes seem to run afoul of this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:50, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I'm still neutral on the blurb, however, as we generally don't post as blurbs deaths of political figures who were never held the highest political office in their country. Limbaugh would be the precedent if we were going to take this step, but I'll wait to see what the consensus says. NorthernFalcon (talk) 20:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No one has argued on the basis of either of those arguments. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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With the amount of replies here, and with how close the vote is, this could absolutely swing in the way of consensus for a blurb over the next few hours. I'm not saying that it will definitively, but I think ending the discussion here is premature. I certainly disagree with Tone's comment that "a consensus for a blurb is unlikely to develop"; I think it's too early to call that. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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February 16

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(Posted) RD: Peter G. Davis

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Article: Peter G. Davis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Associated Press
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Only announced and reported today (February 16). —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:57, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Carman (singer)

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Article: Carman (singer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Christianity 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.

 Killiondude (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator's comments: CCM Artist mostly popular in the 80s/90s. Article could still use some cleanup, but seems mostly good to me. I think this is the first ITN nom I've made. Killiondude (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I believe most of these have been taken care of now. Killiondude (talk) 20:04, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Per Wikipedia:NOTRSMUSIC, discogs.com - which is currently used to cite the whole discography - is not considered a reliable source since it has user-generated content. Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music/Sources has some suggested alternatives. SpencerT•C 14:24, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't the originator of that source, but have replaced it with a site listed in the latter page you referenced. Killiondude (talk) 04:58, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jarnail Singh (doctor)

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Article: Jarnail Singh (doctor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Straits Times
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: Singaporean doctor. Aviation medicine pioneer. Studied spread of communicable diseases (SARS) through air travel. Death announced on this date. Article meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. However, I was planning to give this one more pass tonight. Expansion done. Looks good. Rater.js says B-class. Good to go to homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 16:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Lew Krausse Jr.

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Article: Lew Krausse Jr. (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Kansas City Star
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 07:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lead verb updated to "was." – Sca (talk) 14:12, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Robert R. Glauber

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Article: Robert R. Glauber (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WSJ
Credits:

Article needs updating
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 academic. Capital markets reforms. Death announced on this date. Article is not ready for homepage / RD. I will build on it later tonight. Edits done. Article meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 23:55, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ángel Mangual

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Article: Ángel Mangual (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Mercury News
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 11:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Victor Ambrus

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Article: Victor Ambrus (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): official statement
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Hungarian-born British artist and illustrator. Died on the 10th but only announced about an hour ago. Currently three citation needed tags, but the article is being worked on and it's too soon for obituaries to have been published. Thryduulf (talk) 22:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Gustavo Noboa

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Article: Gustavo Noboa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Infobae
Credits:

Article needs updating
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Nominator's comments: President of Ecuador after the coup d'état of 2000. Article needs work. Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:19, 16 February 2021 (UTC)(UTC)[reply]

RD: Joan Margarit

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Article: Joan Margarit (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): La Vanguardia
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Great Spanish Catalan poet. Cervantes Prize in 2019. Article needs work. Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:19, 16 February 2021 (UTC)(UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2020–21 North American winter

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Article: February 13–16, 2021 North American winter storm (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A winter storm in America kills 20 people and leaves millions without power. (Post)
News source(s): (NY Times), (CNN)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Multiple records were set across America as a result of this storm. Also at one point, the CNN stated that half of America was under a winter weather advisory/warning at the same time. Not the average winter storm. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can we please stop linking to a nonexistent policy? This can confuse people unfamiliar with things here. 331dot (talk) 11:55, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Post-close comment: This might need another look, given that the extreme weather events are also affecting places like Moscow [20] and Greece [21]. It would need a different, broader target article however, and I'm not aware of an appropriate target. Banedon (talk) 03:11, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Yusriansyah Syarkawi

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Article: Yusriansyah Syarkawi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Netral 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: Regent of Paser (1999–2004; 2016-2021). Died a day before his term expired. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:17, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Spencer: Apologies. I expanded and nominated three RDs on the same day, so please wait for a moment. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:18, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Spencer: Done. Your suggestion should've been more appropriate in say, a peer review or a GA nomination, but each to their own I guess. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 07:37, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's not the case. RDs should provide a good view of what individuals achieved, no-one is expecting a GA here, but more than just a CV. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:50, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
👍 Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support My apologies if I came off a bit harsh in my initial assessment, but the nom was marked as "article updated". I was just noting that this tends to be a trend with many articles nominated at ITN/C (not specific to you): Kadir Topbaş nom, Maaher At-Thuwailibi nom, Bukhari Daud nom, Billy Conigliaro nom, Peter T. Fay nom, among many others. I am not requiring GA status, but how I interpret "articles should be a minimally comprehensive overview of the subject, not omitting any major items" (per Wikipedia:In_the_news#Article_quality) is that it should have more depth than a CV in prose format. SpencerT•C 17:10, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Spencer: No problem. I've made the ITNC RD as my living quarter in Wikipedia, so I'm open to any criticism. I should've been the one to apologize for my GA nom remarks. I've abandoned a ton of draft articles in my sandbox in favor RDs, so you could see that I spend a considerable time for RDs. And to be honest, non-politician RD noms are halfhearted noms from me, I rarely do any expansions except citing the sentences... --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael
@The Rambling Man: Done – linked to his regency of origin. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:00, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Arne Sorenson (hotel executive)

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Article: Arne Sorenson (hotel executive) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MarketWatch
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: Announced by the company today, but he died yesterday. feminist (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bit about Trump, after taking the above comments into account, removed. Too bad I forgot in the edit summary that this was RD, but any case the point stands that it sounded more like an extended quote "setting out an agenda for a potential political candidate" than encyclopedic content. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:36, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. Unrelatedly, the article is still pretty short and does not currently cover any of Sorenson's previous jobs or what happened while he worked at Marriott, so I don't feel this is ready for RD right now. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. If it is alright with folks, I will work on this article later tonight. Needs some work. Edits and expansion done. Article meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. I will check in ~3 hours for any additional changes if folks want. But, article is good to go to homepage in the current state. Ktin (talk) 01:26, 17 February 2021 (UTC) RIP. A life gone too soon at 62. Prayers for the family and friends. Ktin (talk) 20:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Stephen 03:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Jan Sokol

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Article: Jan Sokol (philosopher) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Radio Prague International
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.

 Jklamo (talk) 16:33, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 15

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

  • Bishop David Zubik of the Pittsburgh Diocese announces that four Catholic elementary schools are merging to form two schools for the school year beginning in fall 2021. The decision comes after more than a year's deliberation and hours of study. (Catholic News Agency)

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International relations

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Sports


(Posted) RD: Raymond Lévesque

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Article: Raymond Lévesque (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette; CBC Radio Canada (in French)
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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 06:33, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Andréa Guiot

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Article: Andréa Guiot (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): France Musique
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: "The national Mireille", titles the source, soprano who appeared alongside the Carmen of Maria Callas, and performed Mireille Manon Micaela Mimi all over France, and in Europe and the Americas. Article was a sad stub. I can't read the French and Spanish obits, help welcome. Will work on recordings, - those were there but without refs. Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jalaluddin Rakhmat

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Article: Jalaluddin Rakhmat (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Netral 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: Academician, former MP (2014–2019) Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:16, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Done – linked to his alma mater and former organization. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:07, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Gideon Meir

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Article: Gideon Meir (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Times of Israel
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala becomes the Director-General of the World Trade Organization

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Article: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (pictured) becomes the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization. (Post)
News source(s): Punch, Africanews, Bloomberg, Straits Times
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: We have posted the two former DGs Roberto Azevedo and Pascal LamyJoofjoof (talk) 22:42, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Joofjoof: Is she the first female to hold the office? I think that deserves to be mentioned too. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:48, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Vincent Jackson

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Article: Vincent Jackson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WFLA
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Relatively recently-retired professional American football player. Died age 38. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:39, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've added tags to claims I noticed were unsourced. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 10:43, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Johnny Pacheco

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Article: Johnny Pacheco (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/arts/music/johnny-pacheco-dead.html
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: Highly influential in the world of salsa - indeed, he was the one responsible for popularising the term 'salsa'. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI converse | fings wot i hav dun 12:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support @The Rambling Man: citations added. Let me know if you want anything else. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:39, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have rewritten paraphrased material, so the Earwig report looks better now. Joofjoof (talk) 22:57, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Looks ready. Jusdafax (talk) 03:13, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

February 14

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Health and environment

International relations

Law and crime

  • 2021 Myanmar protests
    • The leaders of the junta issue warnings to the public against harboring fugitives at the same time that arrest warrants are issued. Among the fugitives is democracy activist Min Ko Naing. (CNA)

Politics and elections


(Posted) RD: James L. Nagle

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Article: James L. Nagle (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Chicago Tribune; Crain's Chicago Business; The Architect's Newspaper
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: Only announced and reported today (February 14). —Bloom6132 (talk) 04:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Syarifudin Tippe

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Article: Syarifudin Tippe (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Obituary from Jakarta State University
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: Rector of the Indonesian Defence University from 2011 until 2012. I got my ten thousandth edit an edit before nominating this for RD. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 12:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Done – linked to his almamater. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:12, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Zachary Wohlman

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Article: Zachary Wohlman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 00:45, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: William Macpherson (judge)

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Article: William Macpherson (judge) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Scottish judge. Article needs some work before it is ready for homepage. The article can also be expanded based on available content from recent obituaries in The Guardian, The Scotsman amongst others. If someone wants to give this a go before me, please do so, else, I will pick this up later tonight. Edits and content expansion done. Article meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Rater.js says B-class biography. If we have someone from Britain (or specifically Scotland) and can provide any feedback for improvements, that would be great. This is good to go to homepage / RD in its current state as-is. Ktin (talk) 17:39, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2021 Catalan regional election

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Articles: 2021 Catalan regional election (talk · history · tag) and Salvador Illa (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Socialists' Party of Catalonia, led by Salvador Illa (pictured), wins the regional election. (Post)
News source(s): Euronews, AP
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Significant election, significant result. Relevant sentence from WP:ITN/R: "Disputed states and dependent territories should be discussed at WP:ITN/C and judged on their own merits." Not from the area myself, so if anything here is mistaken feel free to be bold and fix it yourself. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Catalonia is not a state in dispute (strictly), nor a dependent territory. The elections are very significant due to the institutional crisis with Madrid and with historical results (I am a Catalan socialist, so it has been a good night), but due to their status as regionals I do not know if it have the possibility of being in ITN. the context is not the same as in 2017. It will be an interesting debate. Alsoriano97 (talk) 08:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Alsoriano97: Can you confirm that the information as written above is all correct? Thanks. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 11:12, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@AllegedlyHuman: the info in the blurb? Yes, all is correct. Alsoriano97 (talk) 11:18, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good, thanks. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 11:19, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Four years? Very optimistic! Alsoriano97 (talk) 11:51, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Pat Russell

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Article: Pat Russell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Only announced and reported today (February 14). —Bloom6132 (talk) 02:47, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) New world record in speed skating

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Articles: Nils van der Poel (talk · history · tag) and 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10,000 metres (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Nils van der Poel set a new world record in speed skating on 10 000 m. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Nils van der Poel sets a new speed skating world record in the men's 10,000 meters.
News source(s): Eurosport
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Not sure how to properly phrase it in English, so please fix/improve. Also not sure which article should be the highlighted one. Mango från yttre rymden (talk) 23:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: W. J. M. Lokubandara

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Article: W. J. M. Lokubandara (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Morning (Lanka)
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: On the shorter side but referencing looks to be adequate. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 22:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Doug Mountjoy

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Article: Doug Mountjoy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Eurosport
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: Former UK Champion and World finalist in snooker. Article is very undersourced but this will be easier to fix when the obits come out Black Kite (talk) 20:47, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sadly Stephen umbrella references don't exist for this (unless you fancy the blacklisted cuetracker.net!) I've cited the career finals, but generally we cross-cite these sections to the articles themselves. It's an ongoing issue, but not one I have a solution to. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:37, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Enrique Rodríguez Galindo

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Article: Enrique Rodríguez Galindo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Mundo
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 ex-Civil Guard convicted for being part of the "dirty war" against ETA terrorism. Dies from covid. He died yesterday, but I created his article today and I think is quite neutral. Copy-edit is needed. Alsoriano97 (talk) 17:11, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Alsoriano97: Unfortunately no. Additional cn and fv tags placed with my reasons. I am not going through further for now, but I am assuming that the rest of the page has similar issues. Additionally, it seems that part of the text seems to be machine translated from the Spanish wiki? I run Google Translate on the Spanish wiki and it shows similarity to some of the text in the English article. – robertsky (talk) 21:52, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I agree with Robertsky that lots of this looks like a rough/machine translations. There are many sentences that are confusing, and mixup of tenses between past and present tense, which is the sort of thing you'd expect from a machine translation. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:44, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD/Blurb: Carlos Menem

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Article: Carlos Menem (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem (pictured) dies at the age of 90. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Página 12, CNN, WaPo, Bloomberg, WSJ, AJ, AP, NYT, Reuters
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: Former President of Argentina. Great ally of the US. CoryGlee (talk) 15:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As a ten-year head of state and member of the Argentine Senate until his death, he might deserve a blurb as well. Would support one, personally. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 15:11, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've added a blurb and a photo. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:58, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Added. Thanks for the catch. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 15:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man Thanks for that, in the rush, everybody seemed to forget that, the little known about his fresh recent death has been added. CoryGlee (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just the last foreign honour to reference. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 15:47, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man, Hi friend, could you check now please? It's been sourced in Spanish. The article explains why the Order is considered racist after the George Floyd killing and cites (I put in quote) the Latin American leaders awarded the Order, among them Menem. CoryGlee (talk) 16:03, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, just need to pick which El Comercio it is in that source. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 16:05, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man Oh, I'm sorry, I just added it's El Comercio from Perú. CoryGlee (talk) 16:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb good to go to RD while discussion continues on blurb. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Tenure as president ended more than 20 years ago. – Sca (talk) 23:25, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Menem was serving his third term as a Senator from La Rioja, winning his latest election in 2017. Joofjoof (talk) 23:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's not a policy. That's an essay you created. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 06:28, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
+1. And it would be more proper if you use based on my ... criteria rather than per ... Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:45, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
👍 Like Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:38, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Stephen:, is it possible to put an image for the blurb? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 00:39, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Masem: Probably we should have an ITN/R for that? G20 deaths? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:56, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Seconding this idea. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd pay to see an ITN/C discussion on Trump's death and will bet on someone screaming "Trump ticker!" Howard the Duck (talk) 22:30, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose that would be the last Trump story someone nominated... right? ...right? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 22:34, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And probably someone making a WP:NOTTRUMP essay. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:47, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted)RD: Kadir Topbaş

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Article: Kadir Topbaş (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NTV, Hurriyet
Credits:
Article needs updating
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: Old municipal mayor of Istanbul. Served 13 years at that position. Ahmetlii (talk) 09:46, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • While his resignation had interesting drama, the article still lacks much information about what he accomplished in his 13-year mayoral career (all that is in there at present is "Topbaş vetoed five proposed municipal zoning plan changes"). SpencerT•C 20:46, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: James Ridgeway

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Article: James Ridgeway (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

Article needs updating
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. Article requires work. Will get to it later tonight. If someone wants to get to it earlier, please feel free to. Edits done. Article has shaped into a good C-class biography. Meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 01:46, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2021 Fukushima earthquake

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Article: 2021 Fukushima earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes offshore near the eastern coast of Japan, injuring at least 151 people. (Post)
News source(s): The Japan Times, BBC, NYT, [22]
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Major earthquake in Japan. Considered an aftershock of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which got a spot on the Main Page. Happened less than a month before that disaster's tenth anniversary. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:21, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Yuri Vlasov

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Article: Yury Vlasov (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TASS
Credits:

Article needs updating
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: Early bodybuilder. Soviet Olympic Gold champion. --5.44.170.9 (talk) 21:36, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I can see why that's worth informing other editors about, but so long as the article legitimately meets WP:ITNCRIT, I don't see the harm in considering the nomination in good faith. Also note that this IP user, nor any of their previous accounts, has made no edits to the article. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 16:48, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The harm of putting an article updated by a sockpuppet/block evader on the front page is that it encourages block evaders to come back and edit. So we should deny them the recognition. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:08, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned, this user did not update or even edit the page whatsoever. (Generally, though, I would still disagree with your point per the reasons I articulated above.) AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My mistake, yes WP:DENY doesn't apply if they haven't edited it (I mistakenly thought they were updater rather than nominator). Joseph2302 (talk) 17:15, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Trump acquitted

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Article: Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The United States Senate votes to acquit former President Donald Trump on one article of impeachment. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The United States Senate votes to acquit former President Donald Trump for the second time.
Alternative blurb II: ​ By a vote of 57-43 the United States Senate fails to reach the two-thirds needed to convict former President Donald Trump.
News source(s): Star-Tribune NBC The Hill BBC
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 PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:56, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per issues of neutrality and lack of citations at the end of some paragraphs... support once that is fixed. NoahTalk 21:00, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I added the altblurb about this so the blurb now refers to Donald Trump as "former President" instead of "President" as the latter now in office is held by Joe Biden. Nice4What, you can feel free to update the blurb. 36.76.235.92 (talk) 21:09, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Have we posted to ITN any acquittals (whether of impeachment or not)? Jim Michael (talk) 22:44, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support For the unusual nature of a now former President being impeached and tried, makes it news worthy. --AXEdits (talk) 23:02, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support While I would be the first in line to warn ITN off being the Trump newsticker (or AMPol newsticker) and that while this result itself was mostly expected, we're still talking about a world leader having gone through a trial about crimes done by their person at a national level and had a judgement handed down. Take out "Trump" and "US" and we would be posting this if it was anyone else. --Masem (t) 23:03, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The completion of a trial of the leader of a country is ITN-worthy. Article has a few empty sections that should be filled out, but quality is fine overall. (But as usual, people always forget to mention "2021" at the start of sections.) Should be the last Trump blurb on ITN at least (unless he's arrested or something).  Nixinova T  C   23:19, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Status quo maintained plus he is already out office. So removal was moot. KyuuA4 (Talk:キュウ) 23:27, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • If he was convicted, he would have lost ex-president priveledges and would have been prevented from running from president again. The case was not without a moot result just because Trump was no longer president. (that was the exercise of the vote on the first day of the trial.) --Masem (t) 06:47, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. This is a political event with substantial ramifications for the next election and beyond. BD2412 T 23:41, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this is obviously historic/significant. 98.116.113.193 (talk) 00:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. By the logic of some of the above !opposes, any acquittal would not merit posting, which makes no sense. Davey2116 (talk) 00:16, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, considering the wall-to-wall coverage of the case. Top story in many outlets at the moment, including outside the US. Hrodvarsson (talk) 00:21, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support As an updater for the blurb, i believe that any results of the impeachment trial regardless conviction or acquittal is don't necessary, as long as it remains have historic and significant impact for the United States politics and around the world as he is the first former president to be tried in Senate. 36.76.235.92 (talk) 00:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Think this is too U.S.-centric, not globally notable enough. Basil the Bat Lord (talk) 01:49, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, cool, could you just show me the part in the WP:ITN criteria that requires a story be "globally notable"? --LaserLegs (talk) 02:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So what? --LaserLegs (talk) 02:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
International news coverage would seem to suggest otherwise. BD2412 T 02:19, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wasn't Bush Sr. also a commoner when he died and we blurbed his passing? 45.251.33.57 (talk) 10:33, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As was Hank Aaron, who we blurbed not even a month ago. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:20, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yet regardless this, conviction or acquittal doesn't necessary an thing, as long as the historic trial receive significant international coverage. 36.76.235.92 (talk) 14:11, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Posts running 19-11 in favor. I'm undecided: historic to a degree and widely covered, but wholly predictable and expected given the numbers; of mere passing interest outside the U.S. – Sca (talk) 14:08, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral. I honestly don't know. On one hand, it's undoubtedly major national news in the United States. On the other hand, ITN has prided itself on not being the "Trump ticker" and not giving in to U.S. bias. There are valid reasons both for posting and for not posting, as well as downsides to doing either. Definitely a catch-22.--WaltCip-(talk) 16:12, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • If we want to post this we should point out the majority voted to convict, but the vote failed because it did not reach the required two-thirds majority. Jehochman Talk 16:19, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
They can read that in the article - hopefully high in the article. – Sca (talk) 22:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That may be considered POV. When the law clearly calls for requiring a 2/3 majority to convict, pointing out the presence of a simple majority would seem to be a distraction from the ultimate outcome. --WaltCip-(talk) 16:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, then let’s just state the vote as in altblurb2. That way the reader can see how close conviction was or wasn’t. A phrase like “votes to acquit” is misleading to a reader who doesn’t understand the mechanics. We could say “is acquired when the Senate fails to reach a 2/3 majority”. I think the supermajority is a critical point to include for our readers. Jehochman Talk 16:32, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - A US president that is basically given an OK for starting domestic terrorism is notable and historic.BabbaQ (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Posted This has been a lively debate, and both supporters and opposers have good points, and while I did previously !vote on this, I still believe that this has consensus to post given that the supporters outnumber the opposers approximately 2:1 excluding my !vote, which is a good ratio to have after quite a while of vigorous discussion. Jehochman has a fair point in the mechanics of the vote; we do not post specific numbers on ITN, and I don't think the majority voting to convict is relevant enough for the blurb given the ultimate outcome, so I simply put "is acquitted" to avoid confusion/POV. Any discussion on the blurb itself goes to WP:ERRORS. – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 17:33, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting opinion, I think ITN is becoming too, way too US-centric. Just an opinion, don't jump on me please. CoryGlee (talk) 17:41, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Time flies too fast. Just some weeks ago, people at WT:ITN were complaining there were too many typhoon blurbs. The Philippines was blasted by five in one month, and were pushing for WP:ITNR levels of 100 WP:ITNMINIMUMDEATHS for typhoons. Howard the Duck (talk) 18:02, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, this is the English Wikipedia, and America is by far the largest English-speaking nation by population. The fact that world events are covered as much as they are, in fact, I would say is a testament to our fight against systemic bias. I agree that there's still some way to go, however. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:49, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing in the guidelines says anything about "global importance" or "systemic bias", we have a specific guideline against opposing items because they only relate to one country, and if you want to fight your perceived issue of bias, get articles about other countries up to scratch instead of trying to suppress stories from the one country which you believe is over represented. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:22, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I really don't like that the successful posting of a nom on ITN verges on whether or not there is a majority of supports to opposes. Putting a "!" in front of "vote" doesn't hide that inconvenient truth.--WaltCip-(talk) 18:02, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Counting is part of the process, WaltCip, as is weighing the arguments. There were no procedural opposes, nothing really compelling in the supports or opposes so yeah, a count gets to be a factor. I opposed it too, but I don't see posting it as a sign of some underlying defect with ITN (that is exposed by the awful articles which fester in ongoing for months on end) --LaserLegs (talk) 18:25, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment First (to get that out of the way) it is definitely in the worldwide news. Apart from that, assessing newsworthiness here requires thinking about why this event is seen by so many worldwide outlets as front page material: notwithstanding that the verdict was predictable, notwithstanding the amount of press related subjects have already been given. I leave to your discretion just how relevant the U.S. is these days as a leader and symbol of worldwide democracy. Instead, I will simply point out that impeachment is not just another "ticker tape / dead horse" item. After all, it is supposed to be the ultimate sanction at U.S. leadership levels. It has only been used successfully four times in U.S. presidential history: so not exactly everyday stuff here, even if the past three decades seem to suggest otherwise. When it was conceived, there was no such thing as political parties; but partisan politics has been a significant factor each time it has been invoked. This is actually the least partisan impeachment vote in the U.S. ever. Thus, personally, I do support the "fails to meet the 2/3" suggestion as relevant; but I think the acquittal relevant to post with or without it. - Tenebris 66.11.165.101 (talk) 18:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Leader of culture, sure, but leader of democracy, absolutely not. Agree with the rest though.  Nixinova T  C   19:05, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Last chance to sell newspapers with Trump on the front for a few years. Hopefully last time this orange peril makes Wikipedia's main page for a few years. We fought hard to keep this becoming a Trump ticker, but in the end, even he won. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 19:50, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Depends on what kind of newspapers we're talking about. (And BTW, what's a 'newspaper' anyway?) – Sca (talk) 22:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be careful who I'd say "he won" around... /s AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How is this not "extended content"? InedibleHulk (talk) 20:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh come now, we'll all welcome "Former US president Donald Trump is sentenced to 75 years at USP Marion for crimes committed while in office". --LaserLegs (talk) 23:14, 14 February 2021 (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.

(Posted) RD: Alberto Oliart

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Article: Alberto Oliart (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Mundo
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Article needs updating
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: Leaded the Ministry of Defence of Spain after the coup d'état of 1981. Dies from COVID-19. I'm working on his article. Alsoriano97 (talk) 14:13, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Ongoing: 2021 Myanmar protests

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Article: 2021 Myanmar protests (talk · history · tag)
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Nominator's comments: For when the military coup blurb rolls off the list. Johndavies837 (talk) 08:28, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

content diff to present. POV comments like "pro-military instigators". Not suitable for main page, IMO. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:13, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LOL "probably live ammunition" this article is rubbish. No "new, pertinent information" added since this nom was opened. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:34, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Could you link to the edit in the target article where that new, pertinent information was added? --LaserLegs (talk) 14:20, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. it's a trick question. Whether or not the event is ongoing is irrelevant, is the article still receiving high quality updates? Is it? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:23, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Sinyo Harry Sarundajang

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Article: Sinyo Harry Sarundajang (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
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Nominator's comments: Second former governor from Indonesia who died this week. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) New Italian government

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Article: Draghi Cabinet (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After weeks of political crisis, Mario Draghi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy and forms a new government. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Mario Draghi (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Italy, leading a national unity government after the resignation of Giuseppe Conte.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Former ECB President Mario Draghi (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Italy, leading a national unity government after the resignation of Giuseppe Conte.
News source(s): Guardian, The New York Times, BBC, Reuters
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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 swearing-in ceremony happens at 11:00 AM UTC, so we should wait at least until then to post it. Ritchie92 (talk) 08:47, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. Pinging @Nick.mon: and @Broncoviz: who are the main contributors to the Draghi cabinet article. --Ritchie92 (talk) 09:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Was this really a "political crisis"? Italy has had 67 governments since WWII, and as I understand it the resignation of the last government was strategic, to get this result. Not saying I oppose this, just questioning the characterization. 331dot (talk) 09:05, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As it always happens with a government change in a major country, I think we should include it. I’m Italian, maybe I’m a bit biased, but I support Ritchie92’s proposal. -- Nick.mon (talk) 09:08, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
STSC "Support per ITNR" is not required, as that's the whole point of the ITNR list. 331dot (talk) 20:37, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Point taken. Overall the article seems OK in terms of quality and update. STSC (talk) 05:38, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support it's a change of Prime Minister, which is ITNR, even if Italy does this all the time. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:07, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – While I agree that unfortunately Italy does change their head of government too much, the news itself is worth a mention since this is a national unity cabinet. My two cents. Broncoviz (talk) 17:24, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The header is referring to the government, the bolded item in the example sentence is Draghi. Can we have some kind of statement on which article we should be looking at here? Support either option: Both are well sourced. Italy changes its government regularly, but it is still a G7 country and changes to its head of government are important. The national unity government/grand coalition aspect makes this less usual as well Unknown Temptation (talk) 18:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Unknown Temptation and Tone: I'm actually not sure what is better in these cases: if we need to make the government bold then the sentence should be slightly restructured. An option would be:
Mario Draghi (pictured) becomes Prime Minister of Italy, leading a national unity government after the resignation of Giuseppe Conte.
What about this? --Ritchie92 (talk) 18:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I like this one. Ready to post when I see some more feedback. --Tone 18:56, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pithon314 PM is head of government, not state, though ITNR still applies. ITNR items do not need support on the merits, as that is the whole point of the list. 331dot (talk) 20:37, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
change to Oppose I don't believe it can be posted as blurb due to fact that it likely to be collided with another blurb on the same about conclusion of impeachment trial. 36.76.235.92 (talk) 20:49, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Mh, I don't understand. There is no such thing as "collision" of blurbs. There are many blurbs at the same time in the ITN section. --Ritchie92 (talk) 20:52, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Holy crap, a spacecraft just narrowly missed Liechtenstein! InedibleHulk (talk) 21:45, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Draghi is the legitimate PM of Italy as per the Italian Constitution. I don't understand your objections. Also, this is ITN/R, so it is automatically relevant for publication in ITN. --Ritchie92 (talk) 00:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Rupert Neve

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  • Comment: Instead of having separate sections for the associated companies, maybe make it 1 section and condense related info into paragraphs? (e.g. anything ARN consultants into 1 paragraph; merge Neve and AMS Neve into 1 paragraph, etc.) Also not sure if we need all the pictures too. Otherwise, looks pretty good to me. Support if changes are made. SpencerT•C 22:09, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Template:U I went ahead and made those changes. 2 additional comments: what does "ARN Consultants currently trades under the name Rupert Neve Designs" mean? (What are they trading? It's not listed in the stock market, no?) If there are also dates for the associated companies section (what year did they do the designs, etc.) that would be useful if you have access to that info. SpencerT•C 22:27, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      Template:U, Thanks Spencer. Let me give it some search. Doable I think. Ktin (talk) 22:45, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments. Edits per the above request completed. Ambivalent on retaining the images as-is vs removing them. I am not an audiophile, but, these might hold meaning for folks who are related to this topic. Article meets hygiene conditions for homepage / RD at this stage. Ktin (talk) 23:57, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Stephen 00:12, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Milford Graves

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(Posted) RD: Lynn Stalmaster

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February 11

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(Posted) RD: George Benneh

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(Posted) RD: Isadore Singer

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(Posted) RD: S. Prestley Blake

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(Posted) RD: Bukhari Daud

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  • Support Well sourced and updated correctly. Gex4pls (talk) 16:41, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Indonesian English teacher and regent. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Please can we add the sources as well while nominating. I have not been able to search / find an English language source that announced this death. While that is absolutely not a prerequisite for posting, will be good for an extra pair of eyes to see the article and the news item before any article goes to homepage. Cheers and good luck. Ktin (talk) 03:43, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose: He was known for being Regent of Aceh Besar, but the section about that is mostly about his resignation attempt and has some vague analysis ("assessment" section) without saying much about what he specifically did in his 5-year role. This is a common issue for sub-national politician articles here at RD. SpencerT•C 03:57, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I've drawn this request back after considerations. Template:Re, I'm sorry but I can't find one. If you allow me to use Fataldeaths.com and www.dead-people.com as a source then I will gladly use it. As for Template:U, I'm combing for sources in kompasdata.id and majalah.tempo.com, the two most reliable sources in Indonesia's media. The latter doesn't give me any results, but the former yields some interesting headlines. I'll see if I could add some more materials regarding his works from the sources. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:48, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re I've added some materials regarding his works from the available sources. I hope this satisfies you. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:28, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Jayalal Rohana

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(Closed) Most Distant Known Solar System Object Is FarFarOut

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  • Comment The article is pretty short, and contradicts the blurb. I have added an altblurb more in line with article text. If this is incorrect, go ahead and change it elsewise.130.233.213.199 (talk) 07:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There's currently no mention of this specific discovery in the article as a news event. There's only a few sentences mentioning 2018 AG37 as "announced" in February 2021, which seems strange for an object discovered in 2018 with sources in the article describing it perfectly from 2019. If this were really a major news event, I would think that there should be some hoopla about it in the science community – I'm not saying there isn't, but if so, then the article doesn't currently reflect that at all. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 08:05, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
AllegedlyHuman, right in the lead it says "At a very faint apparent magnitude of +25, only the largest telescopes in the world can observe it.[1] Being so far from the Sun, 2018 AG37 moves very slowly among the background stars and has only been observed 9 times over 2 years.[4] It may require an observation arc of several years to refine the uncertainties in the ~1000 year orbital period and whether it is currently close to or at aphelion (furthest distance from the Sun)", it's physically impossible to have a good idea of how far it is when it was first discovered. At that distance (c. 4.35 to 4.45 times Neptune) probably 80-something percent of the motion or more is just Earth's orbit making it move back and forth in a little squiggle less than 1 degree wide. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:16, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not really sure what your point is. (Please understand that I know much less about science than you.) AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:24, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For something that far, the discovery will always be too old for ITN when the distance is determined. And you shouldn't expect too much, it's just a speck the size of a millimeter from 30 miles away, smaller than the observers' pixels probably. And even that depends on how bright or dark its color is which is not known. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. Thanks for the comment. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 16:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Unless that's a typo for 2018 the plus or minus error amounts as of 13 months after discovery in the infobox are huge, it's so big it broke their simple error system as it shows a year of 800 plus or minus 940 years. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 17:30, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It took 3 years just to pin down its distance to "c. 4.4 Neptunes plus or minus 0.05". It's physically impossible for a 130 AU distance to ever be pinned down well while the discovery is recent enough for ITN. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:19, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Leslie E. Robertson

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February 10

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(Posted) RD: Katherine Creag

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Weak support, Support if above resolved. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:11, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U, I've removed the unsourced birthdate. As you mention, all obituaries name her as 47 years old. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:22, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U Maybe remove the "/1974" part? Her home television, NBC, mentions her birth as 1973. See this also for screenshot. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Done. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Template:U. Support Adequate referencing and OR fixed. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 18:23, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re Hi, Stephen, is it possible to lock the article for a short period? As per above, her birth date part is considered unsourced, but an IP keeps adding the date again and again. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:54, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Forget about this, someone has already added a source to the DOB. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris

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(Closed) Media Without a Choice

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Oppose Doesn't seem like a major deal. Article just says "some people" protested: "a few protests" with "several dozen people" in one and 150 in another; tiny.  Nixinova T  C   04:20, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The article is now orange-tagged for a section using us to advertise its virality for cheap. I added it, but not to suit my agenda here. Just noticed it truly deserves it, but will switch my vote to Abstain if now ethically required. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:55, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This brushes up against RGW, and I'm having a hard time making the leap from "taxing advertising" to "destroying democracy". It's a sort of bizarro libertarianism in service to progressive media message that would take a good amount of explaining to get across to a EN reader.130.233.213.199 (talk) 07:42, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose On top of everything that everyone else has said, which I entirely agree with, there's no way this article meets WP:ITNCRIT. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 07:56, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Yurnalis Ngayoh

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Template:Re It's a quite new article, I'll work on that section. Besides, the article only mentions Saint Juvenalis but don't mention which one — since the person is dead I think that section would remain tagged forever and ever. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:39, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re I have filled the section. Feel free to check it. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:38, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Alberto Corazón

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(Closed) RD/Blurb: Larry Flynt

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I'm not yet certain he merits a blurb, but he did greatly affect free speech law in the US. 331dot (talk) 10:17, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Same. He might not be more influential than Heffner (who we blurbed) but he was certainly more consequential. A stellar article would tip the balance for me. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:47, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hef did not get a blurb. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:21, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Billy Conigliaro

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(Posted) RD: Albert Hale

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Update: I've taken a stab at it, and I think it's a lot better now. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 10:40, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Removal of COVID-19 pandemic from Ongoing

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  • This was just discussed at WT:ITN, where the point is that this banner is still very necessary but there has been a refocus of what topics are in place. Just because the main pandemic article is not updated is not reason to remove the whole banner where the other articles supporting it have been. --Masem (t) 02:02, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose We're still in a global pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic is edited nearly every day, and sure it hasn't received "substantial update", because of the zillions of subarticles that get the updates (Indian farmers protest has no subarticles, so apples and oranges comparison). Updating this one article for a worldwide pandemic is unrealistic. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:05, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Removal it's been going on for a year, everyone knows about it. There aren't any major new developments, just the ebb and flow of lockdowns and vaccines. Template:Pings stats showed that barely 10% of the hits to the COVID-19 article come from the main page. Having it in the box still satisfies some aspects of the WP:ITN#Purpose but we've never had something up for anywhere close to this long before. Yes, there is still a pandemic going on but what is the benefit of linking to it from the ITN box? --LaserLegs (talk) 02:25, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose yeah, ITN is not self-consistent. Banedon (talk) 02:29, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose How is this even being considered? Have you left the house recently? WaltCip-(talk) 04:09, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Chick Corea

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His prog rock stuff isn't exactly revolutionary, either. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Unless I'm missing something, I don't believe a blurb was proposed. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 00:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You aren't @AllegedlyHuman, there was no blurb proposed. Kline | vroom vroom 01:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support RD I studied with a lot of music majors and Chick Corea was greatly admired and well-known among my classmates. He has many classics. (I'm not actually a music major myself but I was in Choir in college). -TenorTwelve (talk) 02:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please note that beyond being notable enough to have a Wikipedia page, the notability of the subject is not relevant to whether or not an RD is merited. Template:Tq AllegedlyHuman (talk) 02:41, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Anybody remember the last time an "organism" got the nod? InedibleHulk (talk) 03:07, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you mean "non-human" then a horse went up less than a year ago. The "organism" is there probably for edge cases where the deceased is not multicellular eukaryotic organisms [from] the biological kingdom Animalia. Famous fungi? Fab fruit? Idk. I vaguely remember a tree being nominated long ago.130.233.213.199 (talk) 12:04, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose if The Big Tree ever came down, I'd want it on RD... AllegedlyHuman (talk) 12:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article should be held to a "minimum standard of quality". Combing over each and every sentence looking for sources is completely unnecessary. Yes, it could use more, but considering that there are citations in each section and important points are supported, the article absolutely meets the criteria. SrAlfredos (talk) 09:50, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Has anyone added the obligatory cn tags yet? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:35, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, just one big one. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:47, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:In the news#Article quality says that "one or two "citation needed" tags may not hold up an article"- but this isn't 1 or 2 needed, but at least 10 places with unsourced content. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The minimum standard of quality is a prose argument. Any article considered for RD requires adherence to WP:BLP. We can't have a largely unsourced article on a recently deceased person go to the Main Page based on "well, that's probably all correct." AllegedlyHuman (talk) 12:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article absolutely does not meet the criteria. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:45, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose needs more sourcing, as per my comments above. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:37, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. Needs more sourcing.  Bait30  Talk 2 me pls? 19:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support Cleary meets first and second criteria for WP:ITNRD (which is not official policy but a guideline to assist with consensus forming). I'm not seeing nearly enough problems with the article to have the third criteria trump the other two and wipe out the nomination. It looks like bureaucratic pedantry and entrenchment might prevent this nomination from succeeding, which I would say goes against the spirit of our work here. RandomGnome (talk) 19:38, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Being in the news and being of quality are equal "sufficient and necessary" requirements for ITNRD posting. We can't ignore the quality requirements that any element set for the main page just because of the importance of the person. --Masem (t) 19:50, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Correct, however I didn't mention the importance of the person. Correct me if I am wrong, but the requirements you speak of are not strictly 'requirements', but Template:Strike just information intended to help form consensus, which itself is ultimately the deciding factor. WP:ITNRD is not official policy. RandomGnome (talk) 19:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support The article isn't exactly FA-quality, but it's solid enough, and Corea was an extremely important person in the jazz world. If the article isn't ready yet, I think it would be worth it to do a rapid revamp to improve the article before his death becomes outdated. Kokopelli7309 (talk) 01:59, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Elliot Mazer

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  • Template:U, Stephen, this posting has pushed M. Bala Subramanion off the carousel in ~5 hours. Please can we bring that back for a brief bit. Template:U for earlier context. Ktin (talk) 04:32, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I feel like a broken record, but there is no consensus for minimum duration or more than 6 RDs. M. Bala Subramanion isn't even the last one to have dropped off, and wouldn't have got any time under the old regime as he was nominated rather late. Stephen 04:45, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:U, The other article also spent ~5 hours and should also be reinstated. The article took ~6 hours of work to get it ready with all the research, and if we can not afford basic time on the homepage that just speaks about deliberate lack of empathy for contributors' time and efforts. This after the COVID banner was removed under the promise that it would afford blurbs and RDs more space. Ktin (talk) 04:50, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    No, the COVID banner was removed without any consensus of how to use the space. We have fallen back to the previous 4 blurbs rather than generally 3. There is no consensus for minimum duration or more than 6 RDs, and we are seeing far more posting under the new model where RDs only go stale after 7 days. As I've said before an RfC is the only way to change the status quo, and in my opinion would likely support a modest change.
    Respectfully, disagree with your first statement. The very first line of that COVID banner removal discussion starts with Template:Tq. With that discussion ending in the banner having been removed, we not using that third row for overflows seems like we are willfully reneging on the promise that was made. At the cost of me sounding like a broken record (to borrow above phrasing), an article being cycled in 5 hours is definitely disrespectful, when there is space to flow onto. Yes, one could argue that these didn't stand a chance in the old world, neither in the world of three years ago, nor in the world of a few months ago. But, that the community is working these many articles is an absolute win for the project and that is where we are currently. Queue management is not an unsolved problem. Ktin (talk) 06:54, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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My condolences to your inlaws for this recent loss. Also for Butch Reed, Willie Scott and the Superbowl. Been a rough four days for the Chiefs all around. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:00, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Mary Wilson

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(Posted) Mars probes

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Emirates Mars Mission now has an orange tag but Tianwen-1 is OK. Shall we just post a blurb for Tianwen-1 first? STSC (talk) 19:43, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support per nom. Article has an decent update covering recent events. SpencerT•C 02:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Interesting occurence, though probably not exactly headline news. Regardless, the "Secretaries General" section could use some citations. Juxlos (talk) 02:40, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that this requires each of the countries to follow procedures to vote internally to follow on that removal. "Each nation will undertake this process with respect to its own internal legal and procedural requirements and [the] final decision rests with respective governments." It may be that this action can be stopped through ongoing negotiations, so this should not be taken as final. --Masem (t) 02:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • While that is true, this is when the story is making headlines and it also dually serves as a posting for this year's edition of the PIF, which has been posted in the past and also had another major drama this year. If nothing changes and they officially leave the Forum one-by-one, that won't be big news since we already knew it was going to happen. Bzweebl (talkcontribs) 04:01, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Understood this is likely the point of most importances, but that said, I'd reconsider the phrasing to be something like "...counties announced their intention to leave the PIF..." leaving the implication about the formal national process as an exercise to the reader. --Masem (t) 06:23, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • News coverage is not including such qualifiers (see Guardian headline) and the official statement says “the Micronesian presidents jointly agreed to forthwith initiate the formal process of withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum respecting their national processes and will act swiftly like the Republic of Palau," which I believe has already completed the process of leaving. Bzweebl (talkcontribs) 07:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Vera Wülfing-Leckie

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Template:Re You mean the service number? Fixed. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 17:07, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re That and her retirement date, not sure if that is covered by one of the refs but seems unknown currently. - Indefensible (talk) 17:24, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Liechtenstein general election

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Proposed alt blurb. We don't usually mention the year. 331dot (talk) 20:10, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I agree removing the year is better. I proposed an altblurb2 that specifies it's each party that's getting 10 seats out of the total 25 to clarify the ambiguity I missed. --Pithon314 (talk) 22:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Literally who cares. It's a nation that has the population of a large building in Manhattan that exists only because the global elites need to launder their money somewhere. It's so important almost none of the MPs mentioned in the article have wikipedia articles about them, presumably because they wouldn't pass the notability criteria. 212.74.201.230 (talk) 20:27, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Per the Recurring events list, the general elections of all sovereign nations merit posting. If you want to change that policy, please start a discussion. As noted above, "Please do not oppose a WP:ITN/R item here because you disagree with current WP:ITN/R criteria". 331dot (talk) 20:39, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore, members of national legislatures do indeed meet the notability criteria; which means simply that no one has gotten around to writing articles yet. 331dot (talk) 20:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Template:Strike Support Template:Strike Article is fine now, any elections are ITN/R. Gex4pls (talk) 13:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose both on quality and notability. Regarding quality, important details like "which candidates won" and "why there were 10x more votes than voters" are missing. Regarding notability, I think there will be consensus that countries with less than 1 million people (and certainly those with less than 250k people) shouldn't be in ITNR, and furthermore that in countries like Liechtenstein and Monaco where the EU and the royal families are responsible for most important governmental stuff, the local elections are not important enough. power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:31, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why (on the merits) should this not be in ITNR? It was important enough to be in the news, and important enough for someone to write an article about it. It's like we're afraid of learning something about a small corner of the world that is a sovereign country. 331dot (talk) 08:45, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding quality, while significantly improved, the article still is missing the essential detail of which candidates were elected. On notability, we don't post the mayor of London or New York being elected, or the Ontario provincial elections. The "but it's a sovereign country" argument doesn't convince me of anything here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:04, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U has added the results; I no longer oppose based on quality. Due to my concern about the ITNR guideline, I remain neutral for the nose-counting. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:36, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've significantly expanded the article, if people care to review it. Please focus on article quality here, discussion on significance should be separate as it would be a significant change to our ITNR guidelines - Dumelow (talk)
Agreed, ALT2 is the best of the proposed blurbs. Pinging Indefensible, 331dot, Gex4pls, power~enwiki to take another look at article quality - Dumelow (talk) 11:38, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My additions were hacked back quite severely, apparently such background is not usual for election articles. I've cited the first woman part in the lead as I think that is quite an important aspect of the election - Dumelow (talk) 17:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There is quite a bit of foreign interest in the fact that Sabine Monauni could become the first female prime minister of a country in which women didn't have the vote until 1984. I don't know how long it would take for a government to be formed, but I think we should wait until one is formed - whether Monauni leads it or not - as that's a news story with a bit more bite than an election in a multi-party state ending with no majority. Unknown Temptation (talk) 19:08, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support my concerns above have been resolved. Article is good enough quality, and all elections in sovereign states are ITNR. People objecting to ITNR because "it's a small country" should try and get the ITNR changed at the talkpage, but the ITNR rule as it stands now means there is no reason for this nomination to be opposed. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:46, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. SpencerT•C 17:10, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ron Wright

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Template:U Support on the merits is not required for RD nominations. 331dot (talk) 20:16, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep it classy. UncomfortablySmug (talk) 09:03, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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No idea. I've changed it to 2014. Thanks for the comment. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I found a source saying she retired in 2018. I've added that date to the infobox instead. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:03, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Removed. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 17:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ralph Backstrom

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Template:U RD nominations do not require support on the merits, as noted in the nomination; this discussion is only to determine if the article is ready to be posted. 331dot (talk) 15:44, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Some Swedes do come from Vaasa. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:08, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Took care of the one citation needed tag. Can address the award in a few hours, unless someone else does first. Kaiser matias (talk) 18:29, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re done. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:32, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have re-added Swedish descent (in addition to Finnish descent). Certainly some Finnish Swedes consider themselves separate, in the same way that Iranian Jews consider themselves separate from Persians or Azeris. His last name is not Finnish, the source does not indicate whether his parents spoke Swedish or Finnish, and at that time the majority of Vaasa residents spoke Swedish. Might as well include both.130.233.213.199 (talk) 07:19, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How do you verify that? Sounds like a lot of OR going on there. If we have nothing reliable, the category should go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:04, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, fine, reverted, but it looks awkward from outside. Like if Jennifer Lopez moved to France and FR.wiki tagged her as "French of American descent", where in America she would be (more accurately) described as "American of Puerto Rican descendent". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.233.213.199 (talk) 08:39, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re the category has now been removed by the IP. —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Pedro Gomez (journalist)

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(Posted) RD: Lilliane Brady

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(Posted) Super Bowl LV

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MVP is Tom Brady. Added to the blurb – Muboshgu (talk) 03:29, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: George Shultz

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Shultz was a competent operator but Kissinger likely more influential. --LaserLegs (talk) 19:15, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Added 3 cn tags, but they seem to be easily resolvable, working on it. Gex4pls (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U, done. the only one remaining is the LATAM cn tag. Ktin (talk) 04:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, nice. I think the selected works could use more sources but other than that seems good to go. Gex4pls (talk) 04:23, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U, let's give it a go. Heading there now. Ktin (talk) 04:27, 8 February 2021 (UTC). Done. All of the tags are now filled. Let me know if there are any other Template:Cn tags and I can help fill them. Cheers. Ktin (talk) 04:49, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Uttarakhand glacial outburst flood

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I'm curious as to why you linked to a nonexistent guideline that you know does not exist. 331dot (talk) 11:27, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
While it does make sense to oppose on quality and the fact that there is no "minimum deaths" guildeline, the 2015 South India floods and 2018 Kerala floods had no lasting impact but were still ITN. Besides, what we know about this disaster is still developing. 45.251.33.177 (talk) 11:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Those were mistakes, I opposed the Kerala floods as well, and WP:OTHERSTUFF is hardly a justification to repeat a mistake. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U If you consider BBC to be a reliable source, 'crash into a dam' comes right off the BBC headline here 180.151.227.65 (talk) 12:25, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Except 1) That's not what a Glacial lake outburst flood is and 2) Times of India disagrees. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:27, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U Don't get me wrong, I am not disagreeing with what you said - just pointing out the origin of that line. 180.151.227.65 (talk) 12:34, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well climate change cause some glaciers to develop weaknesses like rotting teeth, there has to be something there on that. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:59, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Barry Pashak

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RD: Santiago García (Uruguayan footballer)

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(Posted) RD: Bansi Kaul

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(Posted) RD: Bruce Taylor (New Zealand cricketer)

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That section's also missing seven years of relevant material. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Oppose I looked over the article and had no choice but to tag it. Lacking references here and there, writing issues left and right, this needs to be fixed before we think about even posting it to RD. Tucker Gladden 👑 21:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"He has little known contribution in global film industry" Seriously? Sometimes I see things here that make me wonder which rock the writer has been living under for the past 60 years. My guess is that the person wasn't even living for the first 40 of them. I am totally confused about the rules for whether dead people get a blurb or not. (Do we actually have any rules?) So I won't bother with a comment on that. Just fix the article and post him as an RD. Quickly! HiLo48 (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like everything that needs to be tagged is tagged, but there are 20 in total so reffing could take a while. Gex4pls (talk) 21:29, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Hy Cohen

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(Posted) RD: Robert Dean (Canadian politician)

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(Closed) US Support for Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War

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Of the new edits, though they are plentiful, many have been reverted or are reverts, and those that aren't are mostly either A: referencing or adding stuff from december/January or B: Adding info about social media controversies. These are still edits, hence my weak support, but none of these are about CURRENT protests or any substantial updates. About the COVID 19 pandemic article, you are right that the article should be updated more, and that is a seperate discussion in it's own right. Gex4pls (talk) 17:42, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Even if there is a bit of edit warring going on (which indicates that it is an active topic), there are content edits as of yesterday (February 4). Again, compared to the last real content edit to COVID-19 pandemic being on January 29, nearly a week earlier. If this article is removed on the basis of updates, then I will nominate the pandemic article for removal on the same basis and it would be hypocritical to have a different outcome. - Indefensible (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not saying it's not an active topic, it undeniably is, I'm saying the size of the updates doesn't reflect that. None of them relate to any substantial current events (save for some twitter tomfoolery). If the COVID-19 pandemic article is not receiving proper updates, then I may support nominating it for removal, if not simply to attract more editors. Gex4pls (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
here are all the content edits since January 10th. The rev links are broken because of a bug in my code dealing with apostrophies in article titles that I don't have time to fix right now. Please indicate the content edits adding "new, pertinent information" as stipulated in the WP:ITN#Ongoing_section guidelines. Seriously, what's the point of having criteria if we're just going to !vote count opposes which ignore them. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:54, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So similarly for COVID-19 pandemic, what does that look like and are you going to support removal if it is similar? - Indefensible (talk) 17:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I can't run the tool against it just because of the number of edits and how big the articles are now (I could probably look back 90 days with a few hacks) but yes, if I had the same data and it showed the same level of staleness in the target article I'd absolutely support pulling it from ongoing. Start that discussion if you want. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
1,200 words seems enough on this topic, for now anyway. – Sca (talk) 23:19, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Depends whether the killer knew that, and whether he/she/they cared otherwise. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:19, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:U, I have added several references, can you have a look again if this is sufficient? --Wolbo (talk) 09:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U, Template:U, sources have now been added to these sections. The Ashley Cooper example was useful.--Wolbo (talk) 12:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you found the Cooper article helpful. The last sentence of the "Post-playing career" and "Awards and honors" sections are unreferenced. You may want to remove the Trabert Cup sentence, as even I found it difficult to find any reliable sources re its establishment in 2000. —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:34, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:U, I temporarily removed both sentences. Will re-add the Kramer comment on the 21 best players after I have found the reference (I know it exists). Could find plenty of references to the Tony Trabert Cup but those were all to editions of the tournament and have not yet found any source to support that is was established in 2000. --Wolbo (talk) 13:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • We already had this discussion on another item? Stephen 03:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:U, I fail to see why we can not use the 50% of the remaining space on row #2 to reintroduce this article and allowing it to run 24 hours. Is there anything we stand to lose by doing this? Editors do spend a significant amount of time to bring articles up to homepage levels of hygiene. The least we can do is to allow the RDs to run, particularly when space is available on row #2. Not to mention that the COVID banner was removed to create space for a row #3 if needed. Ktin (talk) 03:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Statement of Protest. Adding my statement of protest here against the above Admin action. With 50% of space being available in row #2, the lack of flexibility shown to go on to retain this as RD7 on the carousel shows a deliberate lack of consideration to editors' efforts to work an article to get it to homepage levels of hygiene. While recourse available might be limited or even nil, there is nothing more this specific editor can do. This thread is being closed. Ktin (talk) 04:18, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    What you can do is start a discussion to see if there is community consensus to increase to 7, or even 8 RDs, under certain circumstances. This is better than asking repeatedly and complaining when you get the same answer that you don't like. Stephen 04:24, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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*Neutral Part referanced, part not. WikiLove Goat 🐐 18:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Weak oppose - the guy had a long career, but really the only thing we're covering is the chemotherapy developments which took place in the 1960s. Is there nothing else to say about his subsequent work? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:25, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Article really doesn't do his career justice, particularly his career in the 1950s at NCI. Ref 1 is a dead link for me (bare link url to the NIH site). Article should clarify when he started at MD Anderson. Possible additional sources:
    • [33] Pop the DOI into Sci-Hub if you need to get around the paywall. Has more details about his personal life including family.
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--SpencerT•C 23:12, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jacqueline Shumiatcher

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RD: John Sweeney (labor leader)

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(Posted) RD: Ricky Powell

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RD: Peter T. Fay

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(Posted) RD: Jack Palladino

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(Posted) RD: Andrew Brooks

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(Posted) RD: Simeon Nyachae

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*Comment TuckerGladden and WikiLove Goat are the same user and have been blocked for sockpuppetry. P-K3 (talk) 21:38, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, P-K3. Hope you are doing well. I was falsely blocked and accused of being a sockpuppet of Valkyried. I'm back now. Just wanted to clear the air. Tucker Gladden 👑 00:12, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, ok, I will strike - sorry about that. P-K3 (talk) 01:54, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Not completely unsourced, Screeched: Saved by the Smell has two. Granted, that just makes the rest look worse. But hey, at least the filmography doesn't imply he stabbed a guy, like the sourced section does. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well in fairness, sources do actually say he was sentenced for stabbing someone![39]  — Amakuru (talk) 12:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
They only got him for disorderly conduct and possession, they tried to prove more (and couldn't). InedibleHulk (talk) 12:15, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
But yes, CNN did actually say what you say it did there, your point is fair enough. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

*Oppose Horrible article. WikiLove Goat 🐐 14:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC) Blocked sock. P-K3 (talk) 21:43, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jamie Tarses

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RD: Percy Tucker

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(Posted) Aung San Suu Kyi detained in potential coup

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Done, thanks. Davey2116 (talk) 00:21, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait the article sucks. Detained where? How? No statement from the military? If you take out the filler "background" section there is no meat on the article. Also can someone confirm if we like Aung San Suu Kyi or not? If we do, it's a coup, but if we don't, it's an "uprising" --LaserLegs (talk) 00:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You can support a coup or a not, but it's a coup. The article is written in an encyclopedic and neutral tone. Shushugah (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Right but Maduro Derangement Syndrome compelled us to call the 2019 Venezuelan coup attempt an "uprising". Anyway I think we "like" Aung San Suu Kyi because we blurbed her nobel prize, blurbed her getting out of prison, blurbed her election, so I expect "coup" is the correct nomenclature here but I just wanted someone to double check me. Article still sucks. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:40, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, we (and, indeed, many others) don't like her anymore (Aung_San_Suu_Kyi#Response_to_violence_against_Rohingya_Muslims_and_refugees). Regardless, though, this is just a military coup. Black Kite (talk) 00:53, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. We incorrectly called the Venezuela one an uprising, but I don't think calling this one an uprising too would right that wrong. Davey2116 (talk) 03:51, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Military's own media has declared a 1 year state of emergency tweet journalist source Shushugah (talk) 02:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]