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January 31

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January 31, 2024 (2024-01-31) (Wednesday)

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(Posted) RD: Terry Beasley

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Article: Terry Beasley (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN
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Article updated
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Kafoxe (talk) 00:58, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Change of head of state of Malaysia

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Article: Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor is sworn in as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. (Post)
News source(s): AP
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Change of head of state of Malaysia. Seems to be a ceremonial role, so unclear notability. Natg 19 (talk) 18:26, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional support, provisional oppose on quality; several unsourced statements throughout his article, but similar to European monarchies, it is indeed an alteration of the head of state. — Knightoftheswords 23:43, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose He was elected as king in October & this was a swearing in ceremony that happened. Additionally, I don’t think a change in a ceremonial role is notable unless something that’s out of the ordinary happens (such as the 1st abdication of a Danish monarch since 1146). Blaylockjam10 (talk) 00:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Head of State change, and the Malaysian monarchy is unique, even if this would've been better posted in October.
River10000 (talk) 15:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support A head of state change is notable enough for ITN though this would've been better posting when he was elected king Setarip (talk) 10:51, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:NOTFORUM.
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(Closed) Obelisk (life form)

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Consensus again is to wait for peer review. Stephen 22:25, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Obelisk (life form) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A new form of life, "obelisks", is discovered. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A new form of non-cellular life, "obelisks", is discovered.
Alternative blurb II: ​ A putative new form of non-cellular life, "obelisks", is announced.
News source(s): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00266-7
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Article needs updating
  • Oppose on the basis of short article. I also wonder about the notability in case this is one of many life forms that are regularly discovered. The article does not mention how rare this sort of discovery is.
CollationoftheWilling (talk) 16:25, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a whole new category of non-cellular life. There's like a handful of them in total (virus, viroid, satellite, prion, plasmid, obelisk, defective interfering particle and viriform), all stranding the line between life and non-life. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 16:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If we wait too long, it might get so stale that it dies.... and then we can argue under WP:ITNRD if was really living or not? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait per Fram. Leaning oppose on quality of article. Needs major expansion. Natg 19 (talk) 17:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Needs work The "new form of life" hook seems over-hyped. The Nature article says that "obelisks have the same shape as many viroids" and viroids were discovered in the 1970s. So, these things seem to be a new strain rather than something completely new. The claim seems to rest on some novelty in the sequencing but my impression is that down at that level, you get a wild variety of mutation and permutations and so it's just a matter of looking. So, to be significant, I reckon we need more on the implications for their role in human physiology and the gut biome.
On the other hand, waiting on formal peer review is silly because that's just a sanity check by a particular reviewer which proves little and that might take ages. We may already have some similar opinions in the sources such as

The study is “a milestone” because it presents the best available evidence that such elements are widespread in the bacterial world, and not just in more complex organisms, says molecular biologist Joan Marquez-Molins at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, who was not involved in the work. “It’s not really something sporadic or isolated in the population — it’s really affecting a considerable amount of the sample,” he says.

But Joan Marquez-Molins just seems to be a new post-doc. Is there a wider consensus out there?
Andrew🐉(talk) 18:14, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Obelisks aren't just a new strain of viroids, and that's where the novelty is. They're structurally more complex, with RNA folding in a different shape including the namesake rod-like structures (in comparison, viroids are a single naked strand of circular RNA). Indeed, researchers never call them "viroid" but only "viroid-like". Also, while mutations do change the genome, they can still be established to be genetically related (even humans and bacteria!), while obelisks are genetically completely unrelated to any lifeform known previously. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 18:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the paper, it appears that the study looked for patterns in sequencing databases. The finding seems to have the same circular RNA as viroids. The protein encoding and rod-like structure seems to be a prediction based upon a folding model rather than the result of a direct observation. So, this structural prediction seems to need some confirmation. The overall approach is interesting in that it seems mostly software-based rather than doing the dirty work of collecting stool samples. I'm wary of this approach because, if you look for patterns in a large mass of data, then you will find them but you have to consider artifacts and alternative explanations. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Saravan killings

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Consensus will not develop to post. Stephen 10:47, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 Saravan killings (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Nine Pakistani laborers are killed by unidentified gunmen in the city of Saravan, Iran. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Iran, nine Pakistani labourers are killed in a mass shooting in Saravan.
News source(s): CNN, France24, VOA, Reuters, Al Jazeera
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Ainty Painty (talk) 08:10, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose terrorist attacks are by no means rare in this region, and the vast majority are not even put into the Current Events portal, let alone nominated for ITN. I don't think that this one is so exceptional as to meet or surpass the standards for significance. Given that there hasn't been a new blurb in a long time now, maybe standards for significance should be lowered, but I don't think that this meets even a lower standard. JM (talk) 09:19, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
CollationoftheWilling (talk) 10:38, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The insurgency in Balochistan is at the core of the current Iran-Pakistan tensions, given that both states have accused each other of harboring Baloch rebels, and used them as a justification for their respective strikes. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 11:36, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 30

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January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30) (Tuesday)

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Arts and culture

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(Posted) RD: Jean Carnahan

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Article: Jean Carnahan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [1]
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Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

– Muboshgu (talk) 01:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Melinda Ledbetter

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Article: Melinda Ledbetter (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): USA Today
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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.

Looks good. Natg 19 (talk) 00:02, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Chita Rivera

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Article: Chita Rivera (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times
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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.

Article needs some work, especially citing her acting roles ✈ mike_gigs talkcontribs 19:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Imran Khan jailed for 10 and 14 years

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Article: Imran Khan (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan (pictured in 2023) is sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan (pictured in 2023) is sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets, and to 14 years for corruption.
News source(s): BBC News, BBC News
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Article updated

A one-sentence update, should perhaps be given its own section with aftermath/reactions, but I think the imprisonment of a recent PM (2018-2022) of a country with almost 250 million people is significant enough for ITN. JM (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suport upon major updates - major effects from one of the largest ostensible democracies on Earth. — Knightoftheswords 16:19, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added four more sentences and made it a separate paragraph. JM (talk) 16:40, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, notability is obvious. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 16:43, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A sham trial, if it can be called one. Kirill C1 (talk) 18:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I often tend to think that topics related to Pakistan are over-published on Wikipedia, but he seems to be a controversial leader of a country who has numerous and volatile geopolitical disputes.
Arind8 (talk) 08:07, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment another editor has added the Lettergate article and bolded it in both blurbs, unfortunately it's also orange-tagged. JM (talk) 08:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There doesn't seem to be a material effect as Khan is already in prison. And these sentences seem these quite political in nature and are easily reversed in Pakistan's unstable polity – see Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan reverse roles. The main context seems to be the forthcoming election and, per WP:SOAP, we shouldn't be pushing a particular POV ahead of this. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Andrew, could you please elaborate on that last part? Bremps... 01:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The "material effect" is that instead of 3 years in jail, it's now 14 years (or 24 if the sentences are consecutive). The supposed reversability of the sentences is WP:CRYSTAL, and I don't think it's soapboxing or POV to report his prison sentences (and given that you did not elaborate, I don't know why you think it is, either). JM (talk) 06:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Paroles and pardons make the duration of such political imprisonments quite uncertain and so the putative effect of this additional sentencing is WP:CRYSTAL too. I looked at the Lettergate article but it seems quite unclear and very political. Overall, this seems like the legal hoo-hah around Trump and his time in office. ITN dismisses that as internal politics and this seems much the same. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:53, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    14 years is 14 years, right now that's what stands, regardless of speculation about pardons and things. If Trump is sentenced to jailtime I have no doubt that it will be blurbed and only a small minority would dismiss it on the basis of it being internal politics, but it's not a big deal if I can't change your mind. JM (talk) 10:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are appeals in progress, I gather, but it's hard to tell the details from the meagre updates to the articles. For example, the Lettergate article which is bolded in the blurb doesn't seem to have any update about this. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:54, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record I didn't add or bold the lettergate article, someone changed the blurbs. JM (talk) 12:09, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The Lettergate article is orange-tagged with multiple issues. I checked the equivalent Toshakhana reference case which ITN is headlining too. The update for that is feeble and the source provided says nothing about that case. The main article about Khan has pathetic updates too. There's no quality control here and this is inexcusable when the matter is so controversial and political. There are numerous red flags here: BLP, an ongoing election, irregular court proceedings, controversial topic sanctions and EPC protection and yet ITN is posting a tendentious headline without adequate context or quality. Instead of checking the lamentable quality of these articles, we see editors engaging in irrelevant arguments about geography. Tsk. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:18, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Neither of those articles were in the original blurb I proposed, so they have nothing to do with me. Lettergate was untagged and recently retagged, Toshakhana wasn't even in the blurb when it was posted as far as I'm aware. I don't see where you see BLP issues or anything tendentious, no POV is being taken: he was indeed convicted, corrupt court or not, and it's news, election or not. Context is found in the bolded article, there isn't enough room to give the background. No one else seems to have any issues and it's already up anyway. JM (talk) 16:48, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The bland presentation of the current blurb gives the impression that these new sentences were issued in a conventional and respectable legal way. But the coverage indicates that this is not the case. For example, see this analysis, "...it was made clear that the military would stop at nothing to sideline Khan and destroy his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Any pretence of due judicial process being followed was abandoned entirely at both cases where Khan was sentenced this week. Instead of an open courtroom, the trials were conducted inside the jail where Khan is being detained and his lawyers were not allowed to choose or cross-examine any witnesses." Such coverage indicates that these are trumped-up proceedings intended mainly to influence the outcome of the election. The blurb does not present the matter in a balanced way and so is lacking adequate NPOV. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:28, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    When I wrote the blurb I followed the BBC headlines I used for sources. If NPOV indeed means following sources, I don't think I could have done better than rephrasing the BBC headlines for the blurb, which is the equivalent of a headline. JM (talk) 19:58, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Per WP:HEADLINES, "News headlines—including subheadlines—are not a reliable source. ... Headlines are written to grab readers' attention quickly and briefly; they may be overstated or lack context...". Some context that's missing currently is the general election and the related suppression of the popular PTI party. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Sentencing a former prime minister, who exercised power in his country, is significant no matter if he's already in prison.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Article meets requirements. Einsof (talk) 12:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support because of the ongoing situation in the Middle East. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 12:58, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just FYI Pakistan is not in the Middle East and this situation is unrelated to Middle East or Iranian ongoing situations JM (talk) 14:18, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pakistan is variously described as being in the Middle East. Several maps including by respectable outlets such as ABC have put Pakistan in the Middle East. The "situation" in the Middle East refers to turmoil/conflict/controversy that surrounds the Middle East currently. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 16:17, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's like if a Canadian prime minister was jailed and someone said "Support because of the ongoing situation in North America". ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 18:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are two issues here.
Pakistan can be variously described as being in the Middle East, just how Turkey is described as being in the Middle East. In many perspectives of South Asian culture it's impossible to consider them South Asian, but I'll leave this topic considering it's non-negotiable that they are variously considered to be Middle Eastern, and I will concede that they are also variously considered to be South Asian.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-ten-middle-east-conflicts-are-converging-into-one-big-war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/20/seemingly-disparate-middle-east-conflicts-show-collective-erosion-of-self-restraint
The second point is that what seems to be numerous unrelated conflicts are being perceived to merge into one big conflict. I am one of those perceivers. You're focusing on the Eagle Pass situation as a stand alone conflict, where I am also using the wider US election and asylum crisis in Canada - US border to consider the crisis to be "North American". (though the comparison is silly because the Middle East is very unique geopolitics and comparisons probably won't be found). CollationoftheWilling (talk) 05:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any definition of South Asia that doesn't include Pakistan? I've never encountered one. But it doesn't matter for this nomination anyway. The point is that regardless of where Pakistan is located, the significance of Imran Khan being jailed does not come from "ongoing situations" involving Iran, Israel and Palestine, Yemen, or Syria. JM (talk) 05:35, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore there are citaions that can be used for the writing that Pakistan is part of the Middle East conflict:
"Violence has erupted across the Mideast, with Iran striking targets in Iraq, Pakistan and Syria, and the U.S. carrying out airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels over their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. Some observers fear a new round of strikes targeting Iran could tip the region into a wider war."
https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-us-navy-mideast-tensions-israel-hamas-red-sea-6d5662d09aad8aed0875025b75928ef5 CollationoftheWilling (talk) 05:43, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "Middle East" is a confusing term anyways; some say it's just the Arabian Peninsula, others have it as far reaching as Morocco and India. Personally I use the 'Islamic World' PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support POV tags gone, major news. Bremps... 01:22, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative blurb the arrest of a recent head of state is major news
Setarip (talk) 13:39, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) ECOWAS

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Article: ECOWAS (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce that they are leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Amidst the Nigerien crisis, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Alternative blurb II: ​ Amidst the Nigerien crisis, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announce their intention to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
News source(s): Al Jazeera
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Article updated

There's some uncertainty about the timing as ECOWAS requires time for an orderly withdrawal but those exiting say that it's immediate Andrew🐉(talk) 08:53, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, major development in the context of a regional cold war (cf. Nigerien crisis (2023–present) and Alliance of Sahel States) ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 10:14, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support article updated, major international event with future consequences for Africa. JM (talk) 10:49, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(What an odd map.) JM (talk) 16:54, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, Guinea hasn't officially withdrawn from ECOWAS, it was only suspended like the other states a few months back for supporting Niger. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 18:22, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to the assortment of European and Asian countries scattered in the north. JM (talk) 18:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yeah that too lol. Northern Europe has sunk into the ocean, RIP PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:27, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently the old versions were cropped around Africa, but someone in 2021 uploaded an uncropped version and here we are. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 21:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
CMD changed it back, looks much better now. It's strange how it ever looked like that, with the uncropped version having the full maps of the countries partially visible in the cropped version while missing entire countries that would then also be visible. I wonder if it has something to do with the way these maps are made, which is totally unknown to me. Anyway, the current version is much better. JM (talk) 07:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose - This really is not significant. These states had already de facto left ECOWAS a loong time ago. This is really just a formality, it has no real effect on anything. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:54, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The coups and resulting suspension of these members was notable and we blurbed it, this is irrelevant. I also doubt the ECOWAS members will accept this as they still only recognise the previous government as the legal representative of Niger. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is bewildering that you consider this international event - one that actually affects the political status of several major African nations - insignificant compared to the Texas standoff. But then again, I suppose there always have been concerns about systemic bias on ITN/C. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 16:06, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Texas standoff is a serious constitutional crisis in the most powerful democracy in the world that has garnered major global attention. This is nothing more than an irrelevant change in status that had already de facto been enacted months before (and we also blurbed it already). How does this actually affect the political status of West Africa, apart from only confirming legally something that had already been true in the real-world for ages? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 18:15, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support due to restarting the nigerien crisis Lukt64 (talk) 20:47, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Citation needed PrecariousWorlds (talk) 21:33, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability but the map definitely needs to be improved --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 23:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. If one country left the EU we would post that; three countries leaving ECOWAS should also warrant posting. BilledMammal (talk) 01:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, this is a major event. The opposition above relating to the AU is incorrect, the AU is built upon these regional pillars rather than the other way around. ECOWAS is as noted above an organization that actually does things, one of the more effective regional organizations on the continent (in the world?). That said, the blurb should be clear it is reporting on the announcement, rather than implying it has actually happened. Such things are often complicated by politics and time (see Pacific Islands Forum#Micronesian withdrawal for an example), so we should be precise. Not commenting on quality, but I am going to fix that map. CMD (talk) 03:13, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes but it has already de facto happened. These countries have had nothing to do with ECOWAS for months. This changes literally nothing PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, oppose on quality This is notable enough for ITN, but the article’s quality needs a bit of improvement. A better map would also be nice. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 04:26, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think there is a regional notability in terms of Africa, the Middle East (the Arab world), and the link with France and the EU through linguistic, economic and political ties. It's not really a major topic in the Anglosphere however.
CollationoftheWilling (talk) 16:19, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle but oppose language of original blurb & alt1. In effect, what these countries did is announce their intention to withdraw, but they did not leave, despite claiming to be "withdrawing without delay." The equivalent would be if the UK announced in 2016 after the Brexit vote that they are "leaving the EU without delay" – it isn't exactly that simple, and ECOWAS gave a response clarifying that they are still members at this time. Provided an alt2.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 21:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • ECOWAS had previously suspended the membership of these countries and can't have it both ways. Also, it doesn't recognise the governments of those countries and so has another bind unless it sponsors governments-in-exile or attempts to occupy the countries. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • This isn't accurate. Acknowledging the legal difference between suspended membership and non-membership is not the same as trying to have it both ways. To give another analogy, let's imagine that the EU suspended Hungary and Orbán proceeded to declare "We are withdrawing effective immediately." It just doesn't work like that. If the EU were to respond with a statement that acknowledges they continue to be a member, this wouldn't be them "trying to have it both ways." The original blurb is simply factually incorrect and contradicts what reliable sources say. From the BBC: "According to the [ECOWAS] treaty, member states wishing to withdraw must give written notice a year in advance, and continue to abide by its provisions during that year."  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 23:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Regardless of these semantics, I still haven't found any good argument as to what makes all of this legal jargon notable. What use does this story have? There's been absolutely no real-world effect of this, as these states have not been participating in the organisation for months. We have also blurbed the initial suspension of these members already. What's the point? How is a minor change in legal status that has no relevance to anything notable? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:32, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      There are significant ramifications, as explained by Reuters. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:46, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Notable excerpt from said article: But, if carried through, it is set to disrupt the region's trade and services flows, worth nearly $150 billion a year. ... It also raises questions over millions of nationals from the three poor and landlocked nations who settled in neighbouring states as the bloc allows visa-free travel and right to work. I see this as likely to spiral into a economic (and thus humanitarian) crisis with long-lasting ramifications. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 14:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      WP:CRYSTAL. If this has major ramifications for trade and a famine ends up happening, then we post. As of yet, nothing has happened. If the story continues to develop into a crisis, we'll post that crisis. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:20, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Predictions, speculation, forecasts and theories stated by reliable, expert sources or recognized entities in a field may be included
      — WP:CRYSTAL

      Aaron Liu (talk) 03:07, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      We still don't post events that haven't happened yet PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:23, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      We posted when Russia recognized two states because it could lead to war. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:01, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Way different situation as there the change had massive real world consequences immediately PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:40, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Nobody is arguing posting events that haven't happened yet. The argument is does this event alone (three nations leaving the ECOWAS) have major implications for the stability of the continent, and the answer from reliable sources is yes. This is different from trying to post an ITN item of some politician proposing a law to ban cookies, because the law isn't in effect yet. This event is far further along on the Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 14:45, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      I can understand the consequence this might have, but as I said, we have already posted the suspension of these members from ECOWAS, and little has changed to the stability of the region in the present. And also, just like the law proposing to ban cookies not being in effect yet, so too is this announcement of withdrawal not in effect yet.
      Even by article quality standards, there are only two lines mentioning the announcement on the article. It's getting barely any media attention, most of the actual fallout from this decision happened months ago. It would be ridiculous to blurb this and not, say, the current rapidly escalating situation in Iran. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:50, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Admins willing to post ITN: someone want to evaluate this? Seems to have a solid consensus to post, and quality issues with the article have been addressed. The Kip 20:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 29

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January 29, 2024 (2024-01-29) (Monday)

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(Posted) RD: R. Champakalakshmi

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Article: R. Champakalakshmi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu
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Indian historian. Article is a basic start-class biography Ktin (talk) 09:48, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Admins willing to post ITN: Article looks to be fully-cited and isn't far from rolling off. The Kip 01:56, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Brian Griffin

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Article: Brian Griffin (photographer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone UK
Credits:

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Well sourced. Natg 19 (talk) 00:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: N. Scott Momaday

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Article: N. Scott Momaday (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post, NY Times
Credits:

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Death announced today. Thriley (talk) 00:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first Native American to win Pulitzer Prize. --PFHLai (talk) 23:11, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Kamila Valieva ruling

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Consensus will not develop to post. Stephen 00:45, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Kamila Valieva (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Court of Arbitration for Sport rules that Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules, banning her from competition until December 2025 and disqualifying her from competitions since December 2021, including at the 2022 Winter Olympics. (Post)
News source(s): NPR
Credits:
Big international news in the world of figure skating. Probably means that the USA wins the team competition now. Natg 19 (talk) 19:58, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Jimy Williams

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Article: Jimy Williams (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/former-blue-jays-red-sox-and-astros-manager-jimy-williams-dies-at-age-80
Credits:

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Former Major League Baseball manager. Will work on this within the next few days. Flibirigit (talk) 18:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will help too. RIP. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:45, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Arne Hegerfors

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Article: Arne Hegerfors (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [2], [3]
Credits:

Article updated
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15:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

(Closed) Icon of the Seas

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Consensus is against posting. Natg 19 (talk) 22:17, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Icon of the Seas (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The world's largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas (pictured), starts its maiden voyage. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, CNN, DW, NYT
Credits:

Article updated
It's getting coverage because of its size and its use of LNG as fuel. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - Per @Maplestrip. Interesting encyclopedic entry. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:09, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose indistinguishable from advertising. 217.180.228.138 (talk) 15:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I'm not in favor of giant cruise ships either but I do think it's interesting news and it does have some innovative technology. News doesn't have to be good to still be news. Because of this ship we're finally starting to get some debate on the merits of having these monstrosities roaming the oceans. I didn't know, for example, that Venice, Amsterdam, and Barcelona are closing cruise terminals and starting to restrict how many visitors can debark at a time. Others have argued that bigger ships seem to arrive every couple of years. It seems that way because the recent expansion of the Panama Canal made these bigger ships possible. Now that Icon of the Seas has gone into service they can't get much bigger, so we will see the pace of these new arrivals start to slow down. It's possible that Icon will be the biggest cruise ship for a while. GA-RT-22 (talk) 15:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose per Masem. Only the largest cruise ship as of 2024. Reading List of largest cruise ships it looks like every couple of years Royal Caribbean International debuts a bigger and bigger ship. Before Icon of the Seas, the #1 largest was Wonder of the Seas, also a Royal Caribbean ship, which unveiled in 2022. Before Wonder of the Seas, the #1 largest was Symphony of the Seas, also a Royal Caribbean ship, which unveiled in 2018. And before Symphony of the Seas, the #1 largest was Harmony of the Seas, also a Royal Caribbean ship, which unveiled in 2016. Not to say that posting something every few years is too frequent, just that this particular record doesn't seem to be too notable. Always having another "brand new largest cruise ship in the world" seems to be the gimmick of one particular company.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 15:41, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Prior to the Icon of the Seas the preceding five largest cruise ships were Oasis-class cruise ships which debuted in 2009 with the Oasis of the Seas. Icon of the Seas is the first Icon-class cruise ship. Next Icon class ship Star of the Seas is coming in 2025 and the third (as yet unnamed) in 2026. Probably the last Oasis class ship Utopia of the Seas debuts later this year. When looking at from the new largest cruise ship class point of view, it has been 15 years between Oasis and Icon classes and that is the reason for excitement and news coverage. IlkkaP (talk) 16:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This added context is appreciated, but the knowledge that this record will be beaten very soon by another ship that's already under construction from the same company (as Chaotic Enby outlines below and you reiterated here) has brought me from a "Weak oppose" to simply an "Oppose" as this puts to bed the idea that this ship's record might last a while as one editor speculated in the !vote above mine.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 20:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Tower 22 drone strike

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Consensus to post is unlikely to develop.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Tower 22 drone attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ An Iranian-backed militia group launched a drone strike on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan, killing three U.S. soldiers and injuring more than 30 others. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/28/politics/us-troops-drone-attack-jordan/index.html
Credits:
Red sea crisis is happening under the involvement of Houthis, also the site were the attack occurred is far from red sea, also the perpetrators aren't houthis, it's a part of attacks on U.S. in the region rather then red sea crisis or israeli-hamas conflicit. Also it's worth noting that 3 Americans are dead, which is a rare thing in these kind of attacks, last time Americans died in these attacks resulted in assassination of Qasem Solomani, which gives me a sign that this attack is in another level. 3000MAX (talk) 06:18, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Covered in Ongoing.
Setarip (talk) 12:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Evergrande Group

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Consensus will not develop to post. Stephen 23:28, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Evergrande Group (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Evergrande Group, formerly China's largest real estate firm, has been ordered to liquidate. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/business/china-evergrande.html
Credits:
  • Oppose Group has been basically out of cash since 2021, this was (as the article notes) just signing off on its death. --Masem (t) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The article says the group went bankrupt in August 2023, and had collapsed financially by 2021. Being liquidated with those details in mind doesn't seem to be that significant. 2G0o2De0l (talk) 14:17, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on principle, weak oppose on update We didn't post this story in 2021 or in August 2023, so I think it's still eligible to be posted. Appears to be the largest non-bank bankruptcy ever. Article quality is fairly good, with one CN tag on a line that doesn't need to be in the article and could easily be deleted by the posting admin. All that's missing is a prose update. This also allows underrepresented business news to be posted to ITN. NorthernFalcon (talk) 16:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ITN generally doesn't post business news in the first place. Masem (t) 19:27, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support per NorthernFalcon, especially if we didn't previously post this. The Kip 18:52, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, agree with Masem, we shouldn't start the precedent of posting business news on the main page, especially given the non-profit and volunteer-based status of the project. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 20:41, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There's no consensus against it. We're only going to tie our hands in serving as a useful news section. What if Apple went bankrupt tomorrow? Bremps... 23:10, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is plenty of evidence of consensus for it: back when minority topics where a thing and given preferential treatment business was one. Do not confuse genuine business coverage with PR and marketing coverage. 3142 (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Theoretically support, but it needs more of an update Support Sometimes business news is important enough for ITN. Given Evergrande’s role in the Chinese property sector crisis, the size of the bankruptcy & the fact that developments in 2021 & 2023 weren’t posted, I think it’s appropriate to post this now. However, the article needs more of an update. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 22:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose The business' collapse was big news, but this seems a bit like posting the burial of a man who was hanged 2 years ago. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:13, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • As far as the saga of Evergrande's downfall goes, this is less of an important piece of the puzzle then it's collapse in 2021 or bankruptcy last year. Nothing against "financial news", but this isn't big enough at this stage of things, so oppose. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per NorthernFalcon. I don't see why we can't post business news as long as it meets the ITN standards. JM (talk) 10:52, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I disagree with Masem's insinuation that ITN doesn't post business news. We have posted business news items in the past, and even if we do not, that does not mean we should not. This might be a formality but I doubt anybody had even heard of the Evergrande Group or understood its significance when it ran out of money in 2021, and merely it running out of money would never have been posted as a news item back then. But there is significance to be found in the liquidation of a major real estate group in China. It would be as if Berkshire Hathaway went into receivership. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 16:00, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Evergrande Group's financial problems in 2020 caused a major real estate crisis with falling prices, decreased sales and reduced construction works. I think the story of the Chinese real estate crisis should be considered for posting at some point (we're probably already beyond that point), but it really doesn't seem that this news will severely aggravate the current situation.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Seems like it is in the news, and this doesn't seem to be a duplicate post. This is a major story in the world's second-largest economy and most populous country; just as the Spring 2023 regional banking crisis in the U.S. made its way onto ITN, so too should this Chinese real estate company. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 04:18, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - In general I would support slightly more corporate news getting posted, but unfortunately this particular story is just a formality. GenevieveDEon (talk) 13:17, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – This has been a big, long fall with a large impact on many people, and this is the end, an appropriate time to feature it. The article is indeed not very impressive, but it does document the past three years of corporate trouble. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 14:04, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am really not impressed by the argument that this is old news. Even if it was known that the company was done-for for a year now, this is just as good a moment to tell our readership of it as any. We're an encyclopedia, I think we should generally focus on getting our article out there at the final conclusion and not in the middle of the story. Even if it doesn't quite emphasize Wikipedia as a dynamic resource, it's still a showcase quality Wikipedia content on current events. I wouldn't be surprised if most of our readers hadn't even heard of the property sector crisis, so featuring this topic would in fact serve as emphasizing Wikipedia as a dynamic resource. The only argument I could understand for not featuring this, would be quality concerns... ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 14:23, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 28

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January 28, 2024 (2024-01-28) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Sports

69th Filmfare Awards

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Article: 69th Filmfare Awards (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At the 69th Filmfare Awards, Animal won 6 awards, while 12th Fail won 5 awards, including the Best Film. (Post)
News source(s): [4],[5]
Credits:

Harvici (talk) 11:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned in ITN/R , so it seems notable enough Harvici (talk) 11:05, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Larry L. Taylor

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Article: Larry L. Taylor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/02/01/larry-taylor-medal-honor-dies/ , https://www.local3news.com/local-news/medal-of-honor-recipient-captain-larry-taylor-of-signal-mountain-passes-away-at-age-81/article_ae7c7666-bebc-11ee-8c4c-bf5472fc0db5.html
Credits:

Article updated
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65.94.213.53 (talk) 07:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Satoshi Kirishima

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Article: Satoshi Kirishima (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [6]
Credits:

Article updated
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65.94.213.53 (talk) 07:39, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support now that's it confirmed If a mugshot has been around for so long its well known, and its looks okay, the article. TheCorriynial (talk) 01:01, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support It looks like the article’s good enough. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 08:09, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Open

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Article: 2024 Australian Open (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In tennis, Aryna Sabalenka wins the Women's Singles and Jannik Sinner wins the Men's Singles at the Australian Open. (Post)
News source(s): BBC - Men's singles, BBC - Women's singles
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: The Australian Open is ITN/R, but it looks like the article needs some work done before it can be posted. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 06:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • That article is a good example of the sort of quality we should be expecting for ITN to post this. A few sentences summarising the tournaments, with a paragraph or two on the main events (men's and women's singles) would be fine for this to get posted. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:47, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing: War in Sudan

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No consensus to re-add to ongoing. Stephen 01:19, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: War in Sudan (2023–present) (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:
RSF offensive into West Kordofan started
  • Oppose - ITN isn't an armed conflict ticker. Just because a new offensive happens in a war doesn't mean we put it up, unless it gets a significant amount of attention (which this isn't). For this reason, I also think we should take down the Myanmar Civil War PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Although there was consensus to remove Sudan from the ITN Ongoing 10 days ago, it was removed on the basis that there was an insufficient quantity of updates. To quote JM from the discussion I linked, "Sudan was removed once already, but then put back up when the conflict picked back up again. No reason that we can't do that again." --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 10:04, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • A two sentence update that covered an event from 3 days ago doesn't cut it for ongoing. We also have limited space on the ongoing line, and the conflicts listed have far more worldwide consequences at this point. --Masem (t) 12:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait There have only been two consecutive days in which actual updates about the fighting have been posted. Regardless of whether those updates are notable enough for ongoing, this is simply not enough days in a row to make it an ongoing item. If there are daily fighting updates for multiple more days, I might reconsider, but for now, there are simply not enough updates to make this ongoing. 2G0o2De0l (talk) 14:17, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per PrecariousWorlds. TwistedAxe [contact] 15:19, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The readership stats indicate that this is not as interesting to our readers as other wars such as the Myanmar civil war and neither of them are in the same league as Ukraine or Gaza. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:25, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Will you stop, please? You’ve been told an innumerable amount of times how readership stats don’t matter and yet you either don’t understand or have intentionally ignored it. I’m tired of assuming good faith toward you when you continuously ignore your fellow editors. The Kip 23:03, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As a fellow editor, I think it's good to get input from all angles, not just the ones some of us care about. Andrew may be the most prevalent stats reporter around here, but website traffic analysis is far from some nonsense he invented.
    As a fellow badger who's also felt tired of learning about things I don't want to know, I understand you, but (professionally) advise you to "drop the stick". Just "send the pain below", nice and offscreen-like. Disruption is simply not productive. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:26, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Readership stats are inherently influenced by the contents of ITN. This is a circular argument: the presence of the Myanmar civil war article in Ongoing makes readers more likely to click it, which means that it will have higher readership stats. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 01:11, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per PrecariousWorlds and Masem. The Kip 23:03, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 27

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January 27, 2024 (2024-01-27) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Politics and elections

(Posted) RD: Malcolm Gregson

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Article: Malcolm Gregson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The PGA
Credits:

Article updated
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English Ryder Cup golfer. Death announced on this day. Nigej (talk) 12:23, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support the articles looks fine and fairly cited Harvici (talk) 16:25, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) UNWRA October 7 controversy

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Consensus to post will not develop. Stephen 21:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: UNRWA October 7 controversy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The UK, US, and 7 other Western countries halt aid to UNRWA over claims that staff members were involved in the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. (Post)
News source(s): CBS, BBC
Credits:
I'm not sure whether or not this should be considered to be already covered by Ongoing, but I'll nominate it anyway so the community can decide what to do with it. It is related to the Israel-Hamas war in that it is related to October 7, but it's also a significant change in Western support toward a major UN agency whereby these 9 countries are not going to give anything to it anymore. Blurb taken and altered from Current Events entry above. Currently the top story on BBC's homepage. JM (talk) 23:43, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as this is already covered by Ongoing. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 26

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January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26) (Friday)

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections

(Posted) RD: Sukhbir Singh Gill

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Article: Sukhbir Singh Gill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Indian Express
Credits:

Article updated
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Indian field-hockey midfielder. Article is a reasonable start-class biography. Ktin (talk) 03:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Texas border dispute

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Closing w/o prejudice to renominating if something more serious develops. There is a fairly strong consensus that this is premature. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Standoff at Eagle Pass (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A standoff begins between Texas and the US Government after federal agents attempt to remove razor wire along the border with Mexico. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A standoff begins between Texas (joined by 25 other states) and the US Government after federal agents attempt to remove razor wire along the border with Mexico.
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68101927
Credits:
Another exciting episode of the new season of American Politics. I do think this one is particularily notable, getting significant amount of attention and causing a constituional crisis. It's front page on every media outlet you can think of, and the standoff is only intensifying. The blurb is poorly worded, but the complexity of this story makes it hard to fit into one line. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
an article should be specified Lukt64 (talk) 14:00, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Standoff at Eagle Pass? BilledMammal (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support once the article is out of stub class Lukt64 (talk) 14:07, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as it is just US politics amplified by members of the GOP. There is a potential that this may devolve into a constitutional crisis but until there's actually action on this, this is not the type of news we post. We don't simply post because a news topic floods the headlines. — Masem (t) 14:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A section called In The News shouldn't post things that are....In The News PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:23, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We should be posting things that are in the news with actual impact on the world, not just because crazy insane partisan games being played by a handful of people get coverage. Again, there is potential of a impactful result here but right now, its lot of hot air. — Masem (t) 14:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not us to judge what is partisan games or not. I think if something is getting significant attention In The News, then the most useful thing for the general reader is to put it up on a section called In The News PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I will also add that the suggested article is far too narrow in scope. This all started back when the razor wire was installed (at least as early as 2022 , if not earlier), and needs to discuss the lower court cases. — Masem (t) 14:47, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - the deadline for Texas issued by the Fed government is today, so if anything happens today, maybe post. I personally believe Biden is not going to do anything, but either way, I think this may have effects ringing down for years; it will send a message to a lot of other states regarding how much power they really have in the American federal system. — Knightoftheswords 15:30, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note as someone from Texas, this looks like it may have the impact of starting a large secession movement again. Yet again, I dont know much about it. Lukt64 (talk) 21:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - if this becomes something other than bluster then certainly, but until then nah. nableezy - 21:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Decision needed) South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention)‎‎

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Article: South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention)‎‎ (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The ICJ orders Israel to refrain from acts under the Genocide Convention, but declines to order a ceasefire.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The ICJ orders Israel to refrain from acts under the Genocide Convention and calls for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, but declines to order a ceasefire.
News source(s): The New York Times, The BBC
Credits:

Article updated

I added something before this, should I not? Selfstudier (talk) 13:27, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose The ruling is preliminary and sets the stages for years more of court hearings to prove that Israel committed genocide. --Masem (t) 13:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not a preliminary ruling, it is a ruling granting preliminary measures (while the case proceeds). Selfstudier (talk) 13:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What is the difference between "preliminary ruling" and "ruling granting preliminary measures"? JM (talk) 13:57, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    All this is is that South Africa has demonstrated enough evidence that the court will consider the full case, and has made (unenforceable) cautions to Israel. — Masem (t) 14:13, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a big difference, actually. The court has not made any ruling, preliminary or otherwise, on the question whether Israel has committed a genocide. What it has done is to grant interim relief and has accepted prima facie that there is a case to answer, so the case will continue. Selfstudier (talk) 14:39, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    But you just said it was a ruling in your previous reply. If it's not even a ruling at all, then this isn't significant. "Court does not make ruling" is not significant. JM (talk) 14:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a ruling. It is a ruling on South Africa's request for emergency measures, not the final determination of whether Israel is comitting genocide, which will take years. The ICJ granted some measures, but not others, ordering Israel to do a series of things. Endwise (talk) 14:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It has made a ruling. It hasn't made a ruling on the specific topic of "did Israel commit genocide", but it still made a ruling for preliminary measures (i.e. telling Israel to stop the way they're conducting the war). ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 15:01, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a ruling on provisional measures DMH43 (talk) 15:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've now had 3 people in a row reply to me saying that it's a ruling. 1 person saying it will suffice. JM (talk) 15:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose It was expected that the ICJ would find South Africa's case plausible and go forward with provisional measures (the bar is very low). Maybe it would be quite newsworthy if they did actually order the ceasefire. But essentially ordering Israel to try and make sure it doesn't commit genocide means a whole lot of not-much, I think. Endwise (talk) 14:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not "a whole lot of not-much" because the ruling is that Israel is plausibly committing or failing to prevent genocide. That's basically the most the court can do on a time scale like this. It is certainly newsworthy DMH43 (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, but the bar for plausibility is very low, so it means a lot less than it may seem. I think that's part of why this hasn't been getting as many headlines as you might expect. nableezy is correct to point out that this is informed a lot by my personal opinion -- so weight that accordingly -- but that's ITN for you I guess. Endwise (talk) 08:30, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, a court telling Israel "please do not commit genocide" without even implying Israel is committing genocide, and without demanding a ceasefire, is not significant enough for ITN by my standards; there is no significant change occuring here. JM (talk) 14:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In no case would they have implied that Israel is committing genocide--it's a court, they will investigate based on this plausibility finding. DMH43 (talk) 15:49, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, I also agree with FortunateSons. This is a one-sided blurb with no inclusion of the demand for the unconditional release of Israeli people taken hostage by Hamas, thereby violating NPOV; I also agree with the Kip that it's covered by Ongoing anyway. JM (talk) 22:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Please don't commit genocide" is what they always say. This is also what happened for Myanmar and Bosnia. JDiala (talk) 21:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
...and? JM (talk) 23:12, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Per @Edge3 PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle This is seriously significant news of a tremendous gravity and will change international relations for years to come, even if the final ruling is different. This has the potential to impact the current war. I’m not sure on the current two blurbs, maybe another could be written, but I believe this is blurbable. -TenorTwelve (talk) 17:43, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Color me skeptical that an international court is dramatically going to change how other countries deal with this conflict. I can guarantee you every country in the world has their own posture towards the war already. If some sort of discipline isn't being levied on someone then, quite honestly, I'd go as far as to say this is a nothing story. DarkSide830 (talk) 18:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Have a look at Top Experts’ Views of Int’l Court of Justice Ruling on Israel Gaza Operations (South Africa v Israel, Genocide Convention Case) to see why that is something of an oversimplification. Selfstudier (talk) 18:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Interesting reading. Still, I only saw one perspective that seemed of the belief that there was a decent chance for change. A lot more of the commentary was about how this affected the actions of Israel and what this means for the case going forward. DarkSide830 (talk) 05:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - leading headline around the world, out of the ordinary for ongoing, the opposers seem to be using personal opinion for significance, rather than deferring to what the sources consider significant, and it is very clear they consider this significant. nableezy - 18:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    the opposers seem to be using personal opinion for significance, rather than deferring to what the sources consider significant
    With all due respect, personal opinion is effectively what dictates ITN blurbs; there's plenty of news items that RSes consider significant that we don't post (whether it be celebrity news, covered under of one of our Ongoing events, lower-level sports news, or otherwise). The Kip 19:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As with all things Wikipedia, sources >> personal opinions. nableezy - 19:26, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a valid sentiment, but if enforced in a hardline manner, opens up ITN to a considerable variety of events editors have previously deemed non-notable, and also furthers questions of bias due to the bulk of RS coverage concerning the western world. The Kip 19:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I feel like youre describing Wikipedia as a whole though. This probably can be continued on a talk page though, user or otherwise, as the philosophical discussion is not really relevant to the nomination. nableezy - 19:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:BIAS is how we as Wikipedians evaluate the type of coverage, ignoring how much coverage there is to how significant coverage is. We also need to write towards the long view of a topic, which is why WP:NOTNEWS exists - we try to avoid being influenced by news of the minute in favor of views of the long-term (without engaging in speculation.) — Masem (t) 20:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Previously youve said ITN's primary function is to showcase quality articles on encyclopedic topics that are in the news, no matter how wide the coverage of that news is. Well here you have an excellent article on an obviously encyclopedic topic that is the top story around the world (ie, in the news). So what gives? nableezy - 21:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Because 1) this is nowhere close to a final ruling (If the court dismissed the genocide charges completely, ending the case, that might have been reason to post. And in any case, whether Israel abides by this request is yet to be seen - there's nothing actionable yet set by the court) and 2) this is otherwise covered by the ongoing. I would also add this is not a quality article as nearly half of it is analysis and reaction kudzu, which is getting too much into the weeds in the light of NOTNEWS and the 10year view. Masem (t) 21:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose due to limited significance of the ruling and the fact that it is preliminary (see arguments made by others above. Additionally, both blurbs lack neutrality and are missing the demand for the unconditional release of hostages. FortunateSons (talk) 19:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support No idea what all the opposes are about, major news event. Israel needs to "report back" in a month so we will see what happens then. About the same time as the hearings into Israel's occupation will take place, also at the ICJ. Selfstudier (talk) 19:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose is a preliminary pronouncement, which is more declaratory than effective, and is also covered in Ongoing. More interesting will be the judgment. _-_Alsor (talk) 19:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support Extensive news coverage. Given the nature of the accusation and the magnitude of the allegation (genocide), this absolutely warrants coverage. JDiala (talk) 19:49, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Major world news covered live by most news services of note. Landmark ruling on the world's most acute humanitarian crisis now accounting for 80% of the world's population at risk of starvation. The ICJ, the highest court in the UN and therefore the world, has imposed provisional measures, a.k.a. emergency orders, to prevent genocide where the court has determined that there is a clear risk of prejudice to the rights protected by the the genocide convention. It's not preliminary to the main proceedings, but provisional and separate to them. The court has determined A) jurisdiction, and B) the need for emergency measures given the risk of prejudice. The merits of the case will be determined in the case proper. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:54, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • It should be noted that there is no real enforcement given in the decision: the court ordered Israel to keep its operations within certain bounds to avoid genocide, and to report back to the court. That's for all purposes a slap on the wrist. — Masem (t) 20:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • International law isn't really enforced much in practice. Ask Putin. This is the nature of the anarchic world order. The symbolic significance is precisely the point. JDiala (talk) 21:40, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative blurb - it’s more comprehensive than the first blurb and is consistent with headlines that I have seen.
Oppose first blurb - seems poorly worded “prevent genocidal acts” seems vague while the alternative blurb has wikilinks Wafflefrites (talk) 20:00, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Major world news and the article is of pretty good quality. But I don't think the New York Times article linked in the ITN candidate sources= above should be used, as it is a rolling news article that keeps changing, it is a poor cite as using it for verification is difficult - find another stable source to use. Rwendland (talk) 20:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • but Oppose Alternative blurb 1 & 2 as they include a claim not factually accurate in strict terms: "declines to order a ceasefire" is incorrect because South Africa did not ask for a 2 party "ceasefire", so ICJ cannot be said to decline something not asked for. As the ICJ Order record on page 3, SA asked for "The State of Israel shall immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza" (page 3). SA actually asked for a one-side "suspension", not a "ceasefire". (As Palestine (or Hamas) is not a State Party to the Convention, I doubt that ICJ can actually order either of them to do things like cease fire, hence SA did not ask for that.) Rwendland (talk) 13:54, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I fail to see how the ruling has any significance. TheInevitables (talk) 21:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per JM. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:27, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The current article states that the court order only says Israel should "take more measures to protect Palestinians". This does not seem to be any sort of ruling on previous actions, but an order to do something going forward. I could see how ordering Israel to completely stop all military operations might be considered a real ruling, but this not so much. 2G0o2De0l (talk) 23:14, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support All oppose editors have suggested lack of real world significance, but without providing sources. They are wrong. See for example: Kelly, Laura (2024-01-26). "ICJ ruling puts Israel on the clock; raises heat on Biden". The Hill. "The U.S. will find it hard to accept noncompliance by Israel, because the U.S. judge [on the ICJ panel] joined what was essentially a consensus decision and because the U.S. has strongly supported the Court's provisional orders in Ukraine, Myanmar, and Syria," Stephen Rapp, who served as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues during the Obama administration, wrote in an email to The Hill. "Israel has taken this case very seriously because the Court's orders do have real impact. All of the other major allies of the U.S. will expect Israel to comply, so that if it defies the orders, the Israeli government may find itself treated as a pariah." Onceinawhile (talk) 23:36, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You're the nominator, your support is already counted by your act of nomination. JM (talk) 23:43, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I found a source saying that the decision had little "practical consequences". [7]https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/world/middleeast/icj-genocide-ruling-israel-gaza.html The article specifically says that the ruling "lacked immediate practical consequences". 2G0o2De0l (talk) 23:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You should read the whole of that New York Times article. The point you raised is explained within the article (and you have incorrectly conflated "little" with "practical consequences"). What it actually says is: "But it lacked immediate practical consequences" and "To Gazans, the intervention will bring little immediate relief." So that part is talking about having no ceasefire. You then missed this from later in your same article: "Still, the court’s instructions might give momentum and political cover to Israeli officials who have been pushing internally to temper the military’s actions in Gaza and alleviate the humanitarian disaster in the territory, according to Janina Dill, an expert on international law at Oxford University. “Any dissenting voices in the Israeli government and Israeli military who disagree with how the war has been conducted so far have now been given a really powerful strategic argument to ask for a change in course,” Professor Dill said. Onceinawhile (talk) 00:10, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I acknowledge my misuse of "little" with "immediate", and should have read more of the article to find your quoted section. The quote: "Any dissenting voices in the Israeli government and Israeli military who disagree with how the war has been conducted so far have now been given a really powerful strategic argument to ask for a change in course," does seem to support the argument that this does have important impact. However, I think the quote: "But it lacked immediate practical consequences" still supports the argument that its immediate impact is minimal. So maybe this is not a conclusive source. 2G0o2De0l (talk) 00:23, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Why is this comment bright green? [osunpokeh/talk/contributions] 22:47, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a quote, formatted with {{xt}} ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 23:16, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually it's {{tq}} (is there any functional difference?) JM (talk) 23:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, there's an actual difference and I always confuse them, my bad ({{tq}} is for quotes and is teal-ish green while {{xt}} is for example text and a more vivid green) ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 00:22, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Apologies, logging out and I can see the quote formatted in green text but there's also a giant green shaded box covering this reply chain that only seems to show up when logged in and in dark mode but I digress. [osunpokeh/talk/contributions] 02:11, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt blurb 1 or alt blurb 2 This decision isn’t the final decision, but it seems important enough for ITN. I think the alt blurbs seem better than the original blurb. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 23:56, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Storng support: Per Chaotıċ. I don't think the perception of how "important" the ruling itself is what matters here. It's a major case with wide coverage, and this is the most significant update for the foreseeable feature, as the final ruling will take years forward --Abbad (talk) 00:11, 27 January 2024 (UTC).[reply]
(fyi: it's "Chaotic" with the tittle moved in a chaotic way) ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 00:26, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Israel is not bound by this decision, and it doesn't seem like it's actually ordering Israel to do anything different anyway. --RockstoneSend me a message! 00:22, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is legally bound by it as a signatory to the convention. Whether Israel ignores its obligations under international law, per its usual form, is a different question. And asking it to not kill or harm people would at this point requires it to do something very different indeed - possibly beyond its abilities. Only media with very entrenched bias are trying to spin this as being the same as existing obligations and therefore not an order to do anything different. Obviously, however, the context is that Israel is failing to abide by international humanitarian law and therefore it needs instructing, under pain of international ostracism, to abide by its international legal duties. Iskandar323 (talk) 00:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Chaotic Enby. Adding that waiting for a final verdict is not a reasonable request; we are still waiting on one in the Rohingya genocide case to this day. I believe we were right to post the ICC arrest warrant for Putin in spite of the fact that no one believes there is a high likelihood of such an arrest ever happening. Of course, this is not a perfect apples-to-apples comparison, nothing ever is when it comes to messy geopolitics. But I believe it helps to demonstrate that there is precedent for posting international developments that are very much in the news and notable in their own right, regardless of the perceived likelihood of a practical consequence in the near future.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 00:39, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support per above, overwhelming amount of coverage across worldwide media. Ornithoptera (talk) 02:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Widely covered in international media that justifies posting even if it is preliminary ruling that the genocide claims are plausible and to be investigated. Waiting for a final result isn't practicable (e.g. the Yugoslav genocide cases were field in the 1990s and resolved in the 2010s), and the news here is that the case was not thrown out, but instead resulted in multiple impositions on Israel during an active conflict. Also as a note, this decision literally could not have made a finding of genocide because of its preliminary nature. That decision will come later. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 03:47, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability Article quality is generally good. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 04:04, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per JM; also covered in Ongoing. SpencerT•C 10:23, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Obviously this is a very notable case, but I have concerns about blurbing a preliminary action, so I think that, for now, the Ongoing entry should suffice. DecafPotato (talk) 19:43, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggest Close A quick glance at the wall of comments above shows the supports and opposes to be almost evenly split. I'm all for letting things play out as long as there is some chance of a consensus forming. But even considering NOTAVOTE, there is no realistic likelihood of that, either for or against. It's time to admit as much and lower the curtain. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is still getting active participation, and given such a close would result in your preferred outcome I dont think that is an appropriate suggestion for you to make. nableezy - 22:40, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure about this, there are still people voting, and it looks like more recent votes have more supports than opposes compared to older ones, so it's not impossible for consensus to shift. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 22:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per JM. BilledMammal (talk) 11:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I just don't see it as a significant-enough event. Israel is not to commit genocide, which they deny anyway. Hamas is to release their hostages, which they haven't done, and the court decides not to mention anything about Israel suspending military operations, that South Africa has requested. Nigej (talk) 15:38, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – This is notable development worthy of including in a blurb. Widely covered by sources. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 15:42, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Does anybody really think that this major court ruling is less "in the news" than "protests in Bashkortostan"? The contrast here between the expressly "in the news" event and the incredibly marginal one is quite jarring. I know that "in the news" has always been a bit a popularity contest, but seriously, come on people. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Personally I wouldn't include either. Perhaps one reason this didn't had more support was the one-sided wording of the original blurb. Nigej (talk) 11:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Just because an event isn't receiving heavy coverage from major Western publications doesn't make it "marginal," and we try to selectively post stories from outside that sphere to avoid giving in to our own media-intake bias.
    i The Kip 18:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: There appear to be zero indications that this order is going to have any enforcement behind it. This seems to be just politicians bloviating and making grand gestures, per usual. If anything substantiative comes out of this, then I'm sure that will make the news. Also covered in ongoing. Kcmastrpc (talk) 15:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Wow, this is a very impressive and detailed article! Like many others here, I am doubtful this result has any impact on the ongoing situation whatsoever, but it would be a shame not to feature such a well-written and well-cited article that's in the news. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt1. Important ruling in international law, major news worldwide, and the article is excellent - detailed and very well referenced. I prefer the altblurb. Modest Genius talk 12:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt2 on notability, though I think "ICJ" might warrant being written in full. I expect the next time this will be posted will be a final judgment or if anything spectacular happens. Kingsif (talk) 23:31, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ALT2 on notability. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:25, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Attention needed) RD: Jesse Jane

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Article: Jesse Jane (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York 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.

Sourcing work needed. Mooonswimmer 09:59, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for now The tables in the "Awards" & "Filmography" sections need references. References can probably be found in the prose. Support The “Filmography” section is referenced now & I see that the references in the “Awards” section are in a table that’s off to the side. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 09:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Actioned) Ongoing: Red Sea crisis

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Article: Red Sea crisis (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:

Not exactly a nomination; I am aware that this article is already listed in Ongoing as (Houthi involvement), but given the page move, I propose un-bracketing it and having it stand as its own entry with its actual title. There was some discussion on the talk page about this that led to this pseudo-nomination. JM (talk) 03:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, the matter has escalated and is worthy of ITN. Harvici (talk) 06:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - I think you could display it either way to be honest. It is fundamentally linked to the Israel conflict, but I could see it standing on its own. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:13, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The Red Sea crisis, although related to the current Israel-Hamas war, is thousands of kilometres away. If it were to be considered part of the same war, I'd say it's a different theatre, and still deserves its own entry. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 11:31, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support this indeed ongoing in the sense that it should be in a separate entry in the ongoing tab. Despite the yappings of the Houthis, this is largely separate; they aren’t just targeting Israeli ships and are fighting against different people. List as Red Sea Crisis. — Knightoftheswords 13:19, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as it has become seperate from the israel-hamas war. Setarip (talk) 16:10, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Admins willing to post ITN:  : Item's got wide consensus and is marked as ready. The Kip 19:13, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 25

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January 25, 2024 (2024-01-25) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Science and technology

(Posted) RD: Sanath Nishantha

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

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

Sri Lankan Politican, former State Minister of Water Supply. Titanciwikitalk/contrib 04:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Re-nominated; attention needed) First use of nitrogen hypoxia as capital punishment

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Articles: Inert gas asphyxiation (talk · history · tag) and Execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Kenneth Smith is the first person executed by nitrogen hypoxia. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Inert gas asphyxiation is used as a means of capital punishment for the first time, in an execution in Alabama, United States.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Inert gas asphyxiation is used as a means of capital punishment for the first time in the execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama, United States.
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

American murderer, executed by the state of Alabama. First execution in history via nitrogen hypoxia. TarkusABtalk/contrib 03:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose - it pains me to oppose this, especially since I oppose the death penalty and think it's important that people be aware of the fact that it's still happening.... but he doesn't have a standalone Wikipedia article, as the article is about his execution. This means he doesn't qualify for RD. -- RockstoneSend me a message! 04:42, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@NelsonLee20042020: For your awareness. I think your move was improper. TarkusABtalk/contrib 04:58, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did the move is because, the article is about the crime Smith is convicted and executed for, and many details are covering his trial and execution, and there was no background information about Smith before the case, so the title: execution of __(name)___ is appropriate NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 05:09, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Naming conventions (violence and deaths) - see this guideline for more information NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 05:14, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it needs to be reverted by an admin; anyone can do it... I'll do it if you want. One issue though is that the article is only 25 days old. Is that long enough to be appropriate for RD? --RockstoneSend me a message! 05:02, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From what I've read, this wasn't kind or gentle at all.... --RockstoneSend me a message! 11:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Disqualified, close this nomination has the same problem as the one below: it's not a biographical article, so it's disqualified from RD. JM (talk) 14:38, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Boldly re-opened Though morbid, I think the introduction of a new form of capital punishment (at a time when almost everywhere in the world is not engaging with any form) is potentially ITN-worthy, and I think this discussion was closed prematurely. I have also changed the focus of the nom in line with this: I think the Inert gas asphyxiation article should be the target, where there is an update of good size and quality for the news. Hopefully, by not trying to put the information into an RD skin, discussion will be on the merits of posting the story. As an unrelated note, I also see no issue with the newness of Smith's article or its crime-focused content. As a career criminal who was sentenced to execution before Wikipedia existed, it seems logical for that to be the case and for it to still pass GNG as a bio, so I would suggest moving it back to being a bio. Kingsif (talk) 23:53, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Bat-Sheva Dagan

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Article: Bat-Sheva Dagan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Gal Gefen
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.

Polish-born Holocaust survivour and educator. Her article looks great. _-_Alsor (talk) 23:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Ingenuity end of mission

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Article: Ingenuity (helicopter) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ NASA ends the Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission after nearly three years following damage to its rotors. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ NASA ends the Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission after nearly three years and 72 flights, following damage to its rotors.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Following damage to its rotors NASA ends the Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission after nearly three years and 72 flights, having far exceeded its planned thirty day mission, .
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

needs an update on the body for this though the lede mentions it Masem (t) 23:14, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, added a short paragraph in the body describing the ending and remaining work. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 23:44, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support: significant as mission end of the first extraterrestrial aircraft. Only 2 CN tags, so not a disqualifying issue. 5 [clarification needed] tags though, I don't know if that's a big issue or not. JM (talk) 00:05, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
support, long live ingenuity and perserverance 111.92.81.250 (talk) 02:14, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - rest in peace, Ingenuity. May you keep flying in the heavens above PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:12, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Preference for Alt II as per @JM2023 PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I question the notability of the event. If something positive such as a discovery happened then I think it should be posted, but the ending of a mission is not notable IMO. You can end many space programs without having achieved anything. Arind8 (talk) 10:21, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Is this really that notable to be posted? This is just the end of one of many space missions. Like Arind8 said, perhaps if there were any groundbreaking discoveries this would be notable. Fightmeaboutit (talk) 22:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm late but I agree with Arind8 too. The launch was historic, but the end of the space mission after three years is less impactful. Wqwt (talk) 06:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Rafiuddin Hashmi

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News source(s): Express
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January 24

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  • Saudi Arabia, where alcohol has been banned since 1952, opens its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh. (CNBC)

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(Posted) RD: Jack Riddell

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Article: Jack Riddell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The London Free Press; Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance
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(Closed) Protests against Javier Milei

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Article: 2024 general strike against Javier Milei (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A nationwide strike paralyzes Argentina amid protests against President Javier Milei. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Protests against President Javier Milei's policies paralyze Argentina.
News source(s): The New York Times, Al Jazeera, BBC News], El País
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Simón, el Silbón (talk) 07:44, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability, but the article quality may need improvement. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Article suffers from POV issues PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Obviously important. Also fuck austerity Kasperquickly (talk) 09:49, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose insignificant. Setarip (talk) 15:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Strikes and political protests in Argentina rival soccer for the national pastime. I would need to see some evidence, currently lacking, that this is a really big deal. And on a side note, the article is tagged for NPOV. That's a showstopper until the tag is resolved. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:37, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: ABilly S. Jones-Hennin

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Article: ABilly S. Jones-Hennin (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): [8]
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African-American LGBT rights activist – ForsythiaJo (talk) 04:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support The article is of generally good quality. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:19, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Howard Golden

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Article: Howard Golden (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): [9]
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(Posted) RD: Melanie

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Article: Melanie (singer) (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Variety
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Although not a likely pass, Melanie was a folk singer songwriter who preformed at Woodstock 1969, and had one number one in 1971/1972 with Brand New Key. Article needs helps about everywhere. TheCorriynial (talk) 21:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Charles Fried

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Article: Charles Fried (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [10] [11] Washington Post
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Article updated
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2024 Korochansky Il-76 crash

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Article: 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Russia, a military transport plane (model Ilyushin Il-76 pictured) carrying 68 Ukrainian POWs crashes in Korochansky, Belgorod Oblast, killing all 74 aboard (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Russia, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying 74 people crashes in Korochansky District, Belgorod Oblast, killing all aboard.
News source(s): CNN - France24 - ABC (Australia) - NYT - Euronews
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Nominator's comments: Nearly 70 people died in a crash of a Russian military plane in Belgorod oblast. I don't think this should be dismissed as "ongoing;" we posted the 2023 Brovary helicopter crash for example because the cause of the crash wasn't related to the war and had a high death toll. — Knightoftheswords 16:05, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Currently debating whether or not this is notable. It definitely is related to the war, but the resulting coverage of this may be enough. We must maintain NPOV as per @Tube of Light, there are too many unknowns atm PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:56, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait - until we've got some concrete information as to who/what was onboard and what caused it to crash. Nigej (talk) 18:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but wait, per Nigej. --NoonIcarus (talk) 02:17, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support This is a major plane crash. There's no point in waiting because Russia and Ukraine will never agree on what happened. If necessary, change the blurb to "carrying 74 people" instead of mentioning Ukrainian POWs. Johndavies837 (talk) 04:46, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added altblurb. Brandmeistertalk 08:00, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Has the death count of 74 been independently verified in any way? 70.181.1.68 (talk) 08:11, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support primarily on the basis of notability. The article is well-sourced and of generally good quality. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:16, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support POWs are essentially civilians when it comes to the rules of war, and we would have posted it if it was a civilian plane being shot down. In fact, im pretty sure that civilian Malaysian plane that had been shot by the Russian rebels was posted here. Hence, my support vote. Kasperquickly (talk) 09:51, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is part of the ongoing war for which we continuously list the timeline to cover all such incidents. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:19, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait The information in the article still indicates that, while Russia says that plane was carrying POW's, Ukraine still has not corroborated this. We should probably wait until some third party provides evidence in support of either of their claims. As for notability, I would only support it if there is some other impact from the crash. I think the crash itself can be adequately covered in the ongoing.2G0o2De0l (talk) 13:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, such events are quite rare and notable, although this is partially covered by ongoing, the incident is still major and article appears to be in good quality. Editor 5426387 (talk) 13:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alternative blurb pretty notable. Setarip (talk) 15:50, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 23

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RD: Mohammed Ghobadlou

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Article: Execution of Mohammad Ghobadloo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El País, Hengaw
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Iranian man executed for his participation in the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests NoonIcarus (talk) 20:45, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Doomsday Clock

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It’s a SNOWstorm out here. The Kip 01:11, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Doomsday Clock (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Doomsday Clock (pictured) stands at 90 seconds to midnight. (Post)
News source(s): Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Al Jazeera, BBC,DW, South China Morning Post, USA Today
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Article updated
We now have AI and drone swarms to add to the growing list of existential threats... Andrew🐉(talk) 23:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No blurb... nothing changed. Noah, AATalk 23:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Snow close how does andrew always post the most useless thing it didnt even change??????????????? Lukt64 (talk) 23:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)\[reply]
Assume Good Faith. No need to be rude PrecariousWorlds (talk) 06:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Arch of Reunification demolition

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Article: Arch of Reunification (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Arch of Reunification (pictured) in North Korea is demolished. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The North Korean government demolishes the Arch of Reunification (pictured).
News source(s): Reuters, Forbes, NK News
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Article updated
Demolished some time between 19 and 23 January, but reported today. Rather a historical move, regardless of further developments. Brandmeistertalk 21:10, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - somewhat well known landmark, but also comes as North Korea has publicly ruled out reunification with the South. Regardless of how well known the arch was, it is very mucus much emblematic of a big shift in Korea. — Knightoftheswords 22:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
very mucus?? oh no, it snot!! Martinevans123 (talk) 22:44, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a little confused because, from what I've seen, North Korea still wants the reunification of the entire peninsula, just under their rule and without the existence of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, not any more; they have seemingly abandoned reunification. — Knightoftheswords 15:38, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe what the editor is referring to is reunification in the sense of the country's constitution should reflect the issue of "occupying", "recapturing" and "incorporating" the South into its territory (from the article you linked). i.e., southern territory reunified with northern territory unilaterally under the DPRK alongside the state extinction of the ROK. JM (talk) 16:14, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was, thanks. I guess this is just the end of any hope of peaceful resolution to the conflict, not that there was much in the first place. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't see the significance. From article — "It was opened in August 2001 to commemorate Korean reunification proposals put forward by Kim Il Sung" — so it isn't even a historical monument, it only existed for around twenty years, and it wasn't made to commemorate an event or some real steps. Just proposals.
The reunification being ruled out is not a major event, it's the reality what everyone understands. During the years of division, North Korea has become increasingly isolated, and South Korea is now of the most technologically advanced countries. Purely local event. No reunification was possible before public statements, they don't change anything, no blurb. Kirill C1 (talk) 22:35, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Look, I understand the significance of the message being sent, but this is essentially, “tyrant has temper tantrum, tears down twenty year-old thing that his dad built,” vibe to me. RPH (talk) 01:32, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability but the article quality needs improvement. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 07:13, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I acknowledge Your opposition to my honest and open usage of this term. --Ouro (blah blah) 09:54, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the fact that what's significant (if anything) is the end of any pretense of reuinification, not the demolition of a 22-year-old monument to it. JM (talk) 09:02, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Clearly some sort of symbolic gesture from Kim Jong Un, but we've really no idea what that is. Currently not significant enough. Nigej (talk) 10:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tentative Oppose I have to oppose this for the moment simply because it would contradict what the article currently says, that the demolition hasn't been independently verified. IF it is confirmed, I might reconsider. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 10:58, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I think the wider geopolitics concerns about North Korea tend to be underplayed, and this act is symbolic for much of Asia.
Arind8 (talk) 11:01, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not North Korean, but associating this arch to the Eiffel Tower or the Washington Monument seems facetious. I am doubtful that it rises to that level of significance as a monument / landmark. Natg 19 (talk) 19:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aside from the many more years and much more publicity those two have, many American and French people actually read this culturally significant and geopolitically aspirational site, and might reasonably expect to see us write something about such hypothetical news. I, for one, oppose their destruction. Not opposing this nom, just saying. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:08, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Charles Osgood

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Article: Charles Osgood (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [12]
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(Closed) 2024 Uqturpan earthquake

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Article: 2024 Uqturpan earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs in Uqturpan County, Xinjiang, China. (Post)
News source(s): AP
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7.1 magnitude earthquake. Minimal damage so far, but notable based on the size of the quake. Natg 19 (talk) 08:34, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oppose per “minimal damage”. _-_Alsor (talk) 10:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No one's even died in this earthquake, so I oppose. Quake1234 (talk) 10:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - ITN isn't a natural disaster ticker. Good faith nom, but not notable PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:26, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose no one died Setarip (talk) 14:17, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But the casualties have been updated, that 3 peoples died. Are you still going to oppose? Bakhos2010 (talk) 15:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Three unfortunate deaths, but too few to be ITN-interesting. _-_Alsor (talk) 16:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 22

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(Posted) RD: Arno Allan Penzias

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Article: Arno Allan Penzias (talk · history · tag)
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Needs a little bit of work. Natg 19 (talk) 23:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Norman Jewison

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Article: Norman Jewison (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [14]
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Notable director, some citations still needed. Flibirigit (talk) 21:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I did not suggest a blurb when nominated, it was added later by a different user. I recommend only listed as a recent death. Flibirigit (talk) 21:55, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. Very influential film director, was nominated for Oscar staggering seven times and won Thalberg Award. Won other important honours — BAFTA, David Donatello Award, Berlin Silver Bear and others. Made Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck, and In the Heat of the Night, the latter starring Sidney Poitier and being the staple of anti-racism work. From Guardian obit by Peter Bradshaw — "For five extraordinary decades, Norman Jewison’s film-making was the beating heart of Hollywood drama: he could do anything and supercharged it with idealism, confidence and style. Jewison has been behind an extraordinary array of classics and hits: for half the time the cinema has been in existence, Norman Jewison was the gold standard of a night at the movies." In Thomas Crown Affair and Cincinnati Kid "he invented the stylish presence of Steve McQueen"[15]. Kirill C1 (talk) 17:07, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb. This is exactly what RD is for. He was nothing like important enough for the blurb. Nigej (talk) 17:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Gigi Riva

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Article: Gigi Riva (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): la Repubblica
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Considered to be one of the best players of his generation, as well as one of the greatest strikers of all time. --Martin Mystère (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Dexter King

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Article: Dexter King (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN Associated Press
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American activist and youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr.  RONIN  TALK  19:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Ram Mandir

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Article: Ram Mandir (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ram Mandir is consecrated at Ram Janmabhoomi at Ayodhya in India. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Ram Mandir is consecrated at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi at Ayodhya in India.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The Ram Mandir temple is consecrated at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, India.
Alternative blurb III: ​ A temple to Rama (pictured) is consecrated at his disputed birthplace in India.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ A temple to Rama (pictured) is consecrated at his birthplace in India.
News source(s): Hindu Hindustan Times Times of India NBC CNN CNN BBC Independent Reuters Bloomberg Bloomberg Washington Post Washington Post Foreign Policy Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Strait Times New York Times New York Times RFI Al Jazeera Al Jazeera
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Article needs updating

Needs some updating post it's actual consecration that happens in exact 4 hours from now

Significant religious event that marks the culmination of long drawn movement to build the Ram temple in India. It's history has been mired in long drawn legal battles that has spanned over more than 200 years in 2019. Hailed as an event of lifetime for the fellow Indians, was also a political movement for many organizations based out of India. Has been covered in epic proportion by the media from all around the world. Regards, theTigerKing  03:17, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wait Once the event is completed and necessary updates are made to the article, we can put it up on ITN. Leoneix (talk) 05:05, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support to Alt blurb and alt blurb 3. Leoneix (talk) 04:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It has been inaugurated. Interesting story that I hadn't heard of until now PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Needs work To understand the significance, see Why India’s New Ram Temple Is So Important. But the main article has future tense statements which may now be in the past or present. And the proposed blurbs try to cram in too many links to other articles. But none of them have the essential English word "temple" which is needed as context for the general reader. An image is needed too but I'm adding one now. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:03, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above; I have also added another altblurb taking into account Andrew Davidson's comment as well as ITN wikilink conventions. DecafPotato (talk) 10:14, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mandir and temple mean the same Regards, theTigerKing  15:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC) 10:30, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, however "Mandir" may be unfamiliar to the general English-speaking audience expected on the front page of Wikipedia. DecafPotato (talk) 22:56, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Altblurb3 I think it's the clearest at explaining the importance of the event to a global audience. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 04:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Support - This is a major symbolic topic for Hindus and has been a major agenda in politics for many years, with the version of "Ram Mandir is consecrated at Ayodhya in India." I oppose using the "dispute" word because it's too unclear as to what is actually disputed because it's no worse than Temple Mount in Jerusalem which is actually disputed, and the argument in this debate seems to be more about how to apply property law to the site. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 12:31, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There seem to be several disputes including:
  1. Was this really the birth place of Rama?
  2. Is his name Ram or Rama?
  3. The exact history of the site and its previous mosque/temples
  4. The credit for making this happen
  5. The implications of the event – is this the Ram Rajya?
  6. On Wikipedia the topic is subject to WP:ARBIP sanctions and especially extended confirmed protection. So, the opinions of new editors should perhaps be discounted.
Andrew🐉(talk) 13:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In my experience, Ram, Krishan, Yog is more common in North India while Rama, Krishna, Yoga is more common in South India (specifically Dravidian language speakers) and in Europe/US. --84.252.98.62 (talk) 15:03, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The questions asked seems to relevant (Ram or Rama and so on ); either we declare them in the beginning and use them consistently thereafter to mantain the flow and avoid confusion to the readers of the articles.Regards, theTigerKing  15:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also I would also add that "Rama" seems to be the most common in East Asia and South East Asia as well. In fact I have always heard the term as Rama and not Ram except in the context of the Ram Temple. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 17:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why is this related to India vs Pakistan? There was a mosque on the site but that's related to Indian Muslims. Indian Muslims don't identify any more with Pakistanis than they do with Persians or Arabs, similar to Indonesians relationship with Arabs. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 16:57, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
India/Pakistan/Afghanistan as a whole is designated as a CTOP, regardless of whether this article has anything to do with more than one. The Kip 18:38, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
1. You could make a similar argument about anything related to history, mythology and religion. The original use of Stonehenge is disputed for example. Did Jesus exist? etc...
2. Ram and Rama are the same word. It's no difference to Jesus and Yesus.
3. Scientifically there is no dispute about what was there. As to who should be allowed to use it is a case for property law.
4. I think there is virtually no dispute about who is taking credit for this in the eyes of the Indian public; the right wing is viewed as supporting the Mandir and the left wing as opposing the Mandir.
5. There is no discussion about the Ram Rajya. It's seen as a milestone in the political conflict between Hindus and Muslims, and the aftermath of removing the negatives of colonialism for the Hindu side.
6. This is more related to the Hindu - Muslim conflict than anything to do with Pakistan. Rama is important for Buddhists and Jains to, and is widely understood in countries like Nepal, Burma and Sri Lanka. Pakistan should not have a big say in this article. CollationoftheWilling (talk) 17:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
CommentWould rather not recommend the word "dispute" in the blurb considering it has been "resolved" by the final authority which is the Supreme Court of India and "Accepted to" by all the parties involved. Period! Regards, theTigerKing  15:19, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support the alt blurbs Surely the news here is the "dispute", otherwise I don't see this as any different to any other temple/church/whatever opening around the world. Nigej (talk) 16:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb 1, but should it be "The Ram Mandir" not "Ram Mandir"? Not sure. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 18:20, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Roger Rogerson

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Article: Roger Rogerson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.smh.com.au/national/corrupt-former-police-officer-roger-rogerson-dead-at-83-20240119-p5eyqq.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-22/former-nsw-detective-roger-rogerson-dies-aged-83/102683994
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Australian police officer. 65.94.213.53 (talk) 08:11, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 20

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(Posted) RD: Gerd Uecker

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Article: Gerd Uecker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BR (in German)
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Article updated
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He managed two great German opera houses, the Semperoper in difficult times. The article was almost there, but without references. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:04, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that he died late. His death became known 20 January. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Piedad Córdoba

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Article: Piedad Córdoba (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
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Prominent Colombian politician: deputy between 1992 and 1994, senator between 1994 to 2010, and presidential candidate in 2018. --NoonIcarus (talk) 03:02, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: David L. Mills

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Article: David L. Mills (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [17]
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David Mills, creator of NTP, among many other internet things. This is my first time nominating, so apologies if I missed something. BreMea (talk) 20:00, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wait The article is in generally good quality, but has a couple of cns. It should be good to post once the cns are dealt with. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 00:23, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Well-sourced article of decent quality. Bucket of sulfuric acid (talk) 08:10, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 19

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January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19) (Friday)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Science and technology

(Posted) RD: Silent Servant

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Article: Silent Servant (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): LA Times
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Techno DJ & music producer; died alongside The Soft Moon. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 23:09, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The person's birth date is uncited. Schwede66 04:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Schwede66: I added a reference for the birth date. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 10:04, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ewa Podleś

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Article: Ewa Podleś (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TNYT
Credits:

Article updated
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Legendary Polish ccloratura contralto, rare voice type, international performances and recordings. - There was a detailed article, but without using GSL. The focus was on the Metropolitan Opera where she appeare (too) soon, and then not for decades. Most old refs didn't work anymore. She made tons of recordings, none had a ref, but now only few are missing one. Someone with time can search further, but we could also drop the few without harm. I can't access TNYT, but it tells me off her status. There should be more reviews but I'm on vacation ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Raymond Apple

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Article: Raymond Apple (rabbi) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.australianjewishnews.com/rabbi-raymond-apple-passes-away-in-jerusalem/
Credits:

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One of Australia's highest profile rabbis and the leading spokesman for Judaism in Australia. 65.94.213.53 (talk) 08:16, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I placed six citation needed tags. Schwede66 04:30, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Marlena Shaw

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Article: Marlena Shaw (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times, Billboard
Credits:

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American singer best known for "California Soul". 240D:1A:4B5:2800:292A:99E6:CD1D:8006 (talk) 16:55, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jack Burke Jr.

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Article: Jack Burke Jr. (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [18]
Credits:

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Only a few unsourced comments remain, which probably shouldn't hold up posting. I'll try to plug the holes anyway. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:37, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Mary Weiss

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Article: Mary Weiss (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NPR Yahoo News
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Mary Weiss, lead singer of The Shangri-Las. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 05:04, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Pluto Shervington

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Article: Pluto Shervington (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Gleaner
Credits:

Article updated
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Jamaican reggae musician, singer, engineer and producer. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:15, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, so it does. Who could have added those. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Attention needed) RD: The Soft Moon

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Article: The Soft Moon (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Pitchfork
Credits:

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Thriley (talk) 18:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - massive amount of uncited material. The Kip 22:13, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It also appears that @Humanlikeu, the article's main author, was Vasquez himself (per early edit summaries), which makes me question the article's content as a whole. It seems he never received a CoI warning. The Kip 22:26, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good catch! Thriley (talk) 20:55, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above - article was probably edited by the subject himself, double orange tags, and quite a bit of stuff is uncited. qw3rty 18:59, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

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Article: Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ JAXA's SLIM lunar module successfully lands on the moon. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ JAXA's SLIM lunar module successfully lands on the moon, though it struggled with solar power issues once deployed.
Alternative blurb II: ​ JAXA's SLIM lunar module successfully lands on the moon, after struggles with solar power issues.
News source(s): CNBC, CNN
Credits:

Article needs updating
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.

Needs some updating Masem (t) 16:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wait - Pretty tense atm. JAXA has lost contact with SLIM, we're still awaiting details... PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:17, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait to know if it's past tense or pretty tense. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 16:25, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait I checked over and the sourcing seems good. (not just a lack of CN tags, but nothing that should merit them as well) Orange tag is about the status... For which there are no sources. So it's impossible to actually give an answer on whether it succeeded at a soft landing or not for the time being. Once JAXA provide an answer one way or the other, it can be updated to reflect this, and then would be ready to post. Nottheking (talk) 17:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait status is still unclear. JAXA will hold a conference soon. We should wait for that. Harvici 17:17, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
STRONG SUPPORT - IT MADE IT!! Though the solar panels are pretty busted, still notable PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:07, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability Article quality is good. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 03:43, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just as a note: This is ITN/R, (indicated by the green nomination box) given it covers "Arrival of spacecraft (to lunar orbit and beyond) at their destinations". Notability is automatically assumed for events like this. (which are incredibly rare; typically just one or two a year, especially given how, as we've seen of late, many spacecraft fail to even make it to the destination) Nottheking (talk) 05:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 Bashkortostan protests

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Article: 2024 Bashkortostan protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Protests break out in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Protests break out in Russia's Bashkortostan following the imprisonment of Fail Alsynov
News source(s): The Guardian, NY Times, CNN, ABC, DW, Reuters
Credits:
Neutral - Notability is debatable but as you say this is enyclopedic (I already knew of Bashkotostan but I didn't know they had such a large independence movement), and protests in Russia are certainly rare these days. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are two independence movements actually, Free Idel-Ural and the Committee of Bashkir Resistance ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 09:17, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is this a 'Judean People's Front' and 'People's Front of Judea' situation? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:11, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not really, the Committee of Bashkir Resistance is a Bashkir-specific organization, while Idel-Ural is an alliance of seven ethnic groups from six different republics in the region, a successor to the Russian Civil War-era Idel-Ural State. The latter nominally included four ethnic groups but was mostly Tatar and Bashkir-dominated, but its modern incarnation appears to be more representative of the different peoples and aims at a EU-like confederation between the states. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 21:18, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bloody hell Russia is complex. Every time I look at a map I see 5 new cultures and breakaway states I never knew about. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:57, 20 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional Support Protests where the Russian Government actually gives in to any demands are very rare. First time this big of a protest has happened since 2022. Lukt64 (talk) 19:40, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Condition is that the article quality is improved. Lukt64 (talk) 19:45, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am one of the main editors of the article, I fully acknowledge your needs which is what me and few editors are watching closely and trying to update this article considering not a lot of people are committed to it. ShadZ01 (talk) 20:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 18

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January 18, 2024 (2024-01-18) (Thursday)

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Politics and elections

Science and technology

(Posted) RD: Nancy Adler

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Article: Nancy Adler (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

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NY Times obit published 18 January. Thriley (talk) 02:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Sudan Removed) Ongoing Removal: Myanmar Civil War and War in Sudan

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Sudan removed, but no consensus to remove Myanmar. Changes to how ongoing works can be discussed elsewhere. Stephen 23:27, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles: Myanmar Civil War (talk · history · tag) and War in Sudan (2023–present) (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)
These conflicts are not being updated enough and are also not getting sufficient media coverage to warrant ongoing. Ongoing is for a constant stream of blurb-worthy events, it's not an armed conflict ticker. If we were to keep these conflicts up then I think wars of similar intensity like the Maghreb Insurgency and Somali Civil War should also be put up. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral for Sudan, Oppose for Myanmar given there is very much ongoing developments there. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 14:07, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Enough to warrant multiple blurbs? PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:18, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fall of Laukkai and of the Northeast Command Headquarters on January 5, tentative ceasefire negotiated by China on January 12 (soon broken by the junta), fall of Paletwa on January 15... ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 19:24, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Every single individual event of these could warrant a blurb? Dubious imo PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The negotiated ceasefire would've definitely been blurb-worthy if not for the fact it was ongoing. But these were just the last few examples, many more (and more blurbworthy ones) if you go back to December, like Chinland being proclaimed as an independent state, ... ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 09:48, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Both of these articles are still seeing active updates in the past week, moreso than I'm used to from long-standing Ongoing articles. In fact, they are more actively updated and expanded than the main Russian invasion article is. Whether our level of activity on any of these articles is sufficient to keep promoting them, I have no clue. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 14:36, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    We dont just want updates tk the article but also that these are new breaking events that are being added. The Ukraine/Russia war still gets daily headlines, but both of these seem far beliw tye fold with little daily coverage to warrant ongoing. Masem (t) 14:56, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose both With recent developments in South Kordofan, it looks like an RSF offensive is about to begin there. Myanmar is still a warzone, with town captures happening almost daily. Lukt64 (talk) 16:42, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:CRYSTAL. When/if it happens, we put it up. Also there are many more warzones than Myanmar, that doesn't automatically mean notability. ITN isn't a conflict ticker PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:57, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestion it may be time to consider putting the Maghreb insurgency in Ongoing. Lukt64 (talk) 16:44, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you’re talking the Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002-present)… there’s not even a 2022 section in there, let alone 2023/4. You sure about that? The Kip 18:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i meant Sahel insurgency Lukt64 (talk) 19:06, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Which has one listed incident this month. The Kip 21:34, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then we might as well put every armed conflict in ongoing. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:29, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. There are still things happening. Kirill C1 (talk) 19:05, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ongoing items need to show ongoing news coverage, not simply that the event is continuing. — Masem (t) 20:12, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Just because there are events happening in the world doesn't automatically mean notability. My main point is that if we are to keep these on the main page, we might as well put every significant armed conflict up. I just want consistancy. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:38, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support for Sudan, Neutral for Myanmar. Sudan was removed once already, but then put back up when the conflict picked back up again. No reason that we can't do that again. JM (talk) 20:30, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, there are now 6 articles listed in the Ongoing section now that Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel-Hamas war has been added. Probably at least one should be removed, and given that it's the Sudan one with the least amount of updates, I think it should be that one. JM (talk) 23:04, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for Sudan as most recent updates seem to be on the diplomatic issues related to the war, rather than the war itself. Oppose on Myanmar as there's been a solid amount of recent combat-focused updates. The Kip 20:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oppose for both. Rebels in myanmar captured another town three days ago and in sudan a lot of attention is being drawn to fighting by a world heritage sight and ethnic conflict. Personisinsterest (talk) 01:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support for Sudan, Oppose for Myanmar. Theres not much going in Sudan but Myanmar still has active developments. Setarip (talk) 03:34, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 17

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January 17, 2024 (2024-01-17) (Wednesday)

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Law and crime

(Posted) RD: César Suárez

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Article: César Suárez (Ecuadorian prosecutor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN CBS News
Credits:

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Ecuadorian prosecutor investigating TC Televisión newsroom takeover. Shot dead by hitmen. Article looks good. _-_Alsor (talk) 16:03, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Shawnacy Barber

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Article: Shawnacy Barber (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

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world champion pole vaulter.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Dejan Milojević

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Article: Dejan Milojević (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN Daily Mail
Credits:

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Assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors. Coached Jokic in Euro League, Article looks good. - RockinJack18 20:37, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose article does not look good. Per Stephen. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:30, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 Iranian strikes in Pakistan

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Article: 2024 Iranian strikes in Pakistan (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Air strikes by the Iranian military killed 2 children and 3 injured around Panjgur area of Balochistan, Pakistan. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Iran launches missile strikes against Pakistan, and aerial strikes against Iraq and Syria
Alternative blurb II: ​ Iran launches missile strikes against Baloch separatist group Jaish ul-Adl based in Pakistan leaving 2 dead and 3 injured . In retaliation, the Pakistan Air Force launches Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar against Iran, leaving 7 dead.
Alternative blurb III: ​ Iran launches missile strikes in Pakistan, and aerial strikes in Iraq and Syria. In response, Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes in Iran.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ Iran launches missile strikes against Baloch separatist group Jaish ul-Adl based in Pakistan, as well as strikes in Iraq and Syria. In response, Pakistan airstrikes several targets in Iran.
News source(s): VOA, CNN, BBC, AP, NY Times
Credits:

Ainty Painty (talk) 16:34, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support resulted in the recall of an ambassador, seems significant enough. JM (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article is in good shape. Significant event with global coverage. Schwinnspeed (talk) 01:14, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per above supports. Jusdafax (talk) 01:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose we should wait till further escalation Iran is indirectly attacking Pakistan, it is directly attacking the terrorists(Jaish-ud-Adl) Even though Pakistan's government said 'it was a breach of their airspace' , I think this matter would not escalte with Israel-Hamas was going on. So, I say it is not ITN worthy until the matter escalates Harvici 04:09, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support added Alt Blurb II , since Ainty Painty nominated Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar for ITN , since both are related , I think Alt Blurb II would be the best to be posted on ITN. Harvici 07:13, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Added Alt Blurb IV to mention the strikes in Iraq and Syria. Other blurb states that these strikes are "against Pakistan, and Iraq and Syria", which would imply that they were targetted at the UN-recognised governments of these countries, which Iran strongly denies. Much better to say 'in', same with the Houthi conflict. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:32, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Precarious 's Alt Blurb IV, but we can edit the second sentence from 'In response, Pakistan airstrikes several targets in Iran' to 'In response, Pakistan Air Force launches Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar , leaving 7 dead. Harvici 12:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would personally prefer a simpler headline along the lines of Alt Burb III, without going into too much details; the articles are there to provide context. If we mention Iran’s targeting of Jaish-ul-Adl, then by extension we’d also have to mention Pakistan’s targeting of Baluch insurgents bases, and the blurb will get too long. That’s besides the fact, of course, that both Iran and Pakistan have not alluded to any militant deaths as of yet (on their own side) and have only acknowledged civilian casualties. Mar4d (talk) 13:05, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Tony Lloyd

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Article: Tony Lloyd (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sky News, BBC News
Credits:

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British Labour MP. Fats40boy11 (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support , the article looks good now . I had a little misunderstanding earlier
Support, the article looks in great shape. @User:Harvici, the DoB and the Trafford Council job are both sourced in the body (cites 9 and 8 respectively). – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 17:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support article appears well sourced Dantus21 (talk) 23:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Ongoing nomination: 2024 missile strikes in Yemen

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Article: 2024 missile strikes in Yemen (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:

This is likely to go on even after the blurb rolls off. Interstellarity (talk) 13:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose it is the involvement of Houthi in Israel - Hamas war; there is no need to include it in ongoing unitl it escalates and becomes Ansar Allah vs USA (etc) , then it can be ongoing worthy Harvici 13:44, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 16

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January 16, 2024 (2024-01-16) (Tuesday)

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(Posted) 2024 Comorian presidential election

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Article: 2024 Comorian presidential election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Azali Assoumani is re-elected president of the Comoros. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Incumbent Comorian president Azali Assoumani is re-elected in a disputed election.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Incumbent Comorian president Azali Assoumani is re-elected in a presidential election that had 16% turnout due to an opposition boycott.
News source(s): France 24 AP BBC
Credits:

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

Was going to nominate this on the day of the election, but soon realized that election results weren't out yet. Added an altblurb in case weight should be given to the controversies that erupted after the election, not sure though since international observers have commented on the election and did not condemn it for alleged irregularities. Some work may still need to be done before posting, but the aftermath section has an acceptable amount of prose in my opinion and the material seems to be well-sourced.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 00:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt1 looks fine. Every paragraph ends with a citation except the last sentence of one, I'm assuming the citations at the end of each paragraph are meant to give a source for the whole paragraph. Table is cited. Given the disputed results, Alt1 is better in my opinion. JM (talk) 00:15, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ALT1, albeit the article feels a tad short. The Kip 22:20, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support the original blurb or Alt2, oppose Alt1 Since international observers called this a free & fair election, I think it’s probably inappropriate to label this a disputed election without going into more details. What seems more appropriate to me is noting that the presidential election had a 16% turnout because it was boycotted by some opposition candidates. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 23:26, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment If there is consensus that the article is up to shape but not consensus for a particular blurb variant, I recommend using the short and to-the-point original blurb until a clearer consensus emerges regarding how to describe the controversies surrounding the election.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 20:40, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ALT1 the article looks fine and is listed in WP:ITN/R , we should definetly post it. Harvici 07:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach)

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Article: Peter Schickele (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Better known under his pseudonym P.D.Q. Bach, so I think we should include it as parenthetical in the Recent deaths entry Smurrayinchester 12:08, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Claire Fagin

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Article: Claire Fagin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Phi Inq, WaPo, NY Times
Credits:

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

Needs a little bit of work. Natg 19 (talk) 20:52, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support This looks okay now. Secretlondon (talk) 15:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This has enough details & references. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 07:51, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose Intro mentions that she was a consultant but does not mention this in the article body. It also mentions "She was an early advocate of family-centered care, with major contributions to psychiatric nursing, nursing education and geriatric care, which were underlined with a strong belief in the power of the activist consumer." but outside of mentioning her doctoral dissertation has no other detail about her research contributions. SpencerT•C 15:52, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Spencer: WRT her research, I added info about a research position that she held in the 1950s & that she co-authored an analysis in 2022 suggesting that the cause of burnout among health care workers during the pandemic was inadequate hospital staffing. WRT being a consultant, I added that she was an advisor to the WHO. However, that didn’t seem important enough for the intro, so I removed the part about her being a consultant from the intro. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 09:20, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted to RD. SpencerT•C 22:44, 23 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Sergio Sebastiani

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Article: Sergio Sebastiani (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Vatican News
Credits:

Article updated
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A cardinal and diplomat , article is also good Harvici 10:51, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: José Agustín

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Article: José Agustín (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABC news
Credits:

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Noted Mexican writer.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2024 US Republican presidential primaries

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Consensus to post will not develop. --Tone 16:12, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 Republican presidential primaries (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:
I know, I can see the incoming comments already. "Not a US Politics ticker", "Needs international significance", etc., but hear me out. This is an item that, like it or not, is getting way more public and media attention than most blurbs that have been put up. The Iowa caucus is front-page news on every major outlet. I think while Haley, DeSantis, and Trump continue to face each other off, it's useful to the general reader to link this. Once the candidate pool thins and a presumptive nominee is established, we can take it off. In any case, it's worth considering. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:50, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We post the election of the president. Trump is going to be the nominee without any doubt unless the Supreme Court deems him ineligible to run. This result in Iowa was clearly expected.
Noah, AATalk 14:58, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CRYSTAL PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ongoing or Weak oppose, it is of some interest to the general reader (given US influence and the potential consequences of the election) but highlighting Iowa in particular doesn't bring too much. In any case, there isn't much suspense and Trump will likely be nominated, so not that interesting either. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 15:06, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The syntax must've changed because I put ongoing as 'yes'. This is an ongoing nom PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:25, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it wasn't an ongoing nom when I replied. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 15:44, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as we do not cover the run ups to any election, and in the cade if the Republican caucuses, it's pretty much assured who's going to win. — Masem (t) 15:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongly oppose We'll have primaries/caucuses going on the next few months, but none of them (either individually or collectively) have the significance of the general election in November (which is INT/R). rawmustard (talk) 15:22, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose totally irrelevant and insignificant from ITN's point of view. We are going to post only the presidential election. _-_Alsor (talk) 15:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose and suggest snow close This is a ridiculous nomination, because, as the nominator has observed, this is not a US politics ticker. In case anyone needs reminding, Wikipedia is a global encyclopaedia. People in every other country would never dream of nominating pre-election party politics as an ITN. Just because it happened in the US doesn't make it more special. Chrisclear (talk) 15:51, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you; you've made your point in every other U.S.-related nom you've opposed for this reason. ITN/C is not your soapbox. Oppose the nom and move on. Duly signed, ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 15:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, but I don't quite understand your comment, I opposed the nomination and moved on - just as you suggested. The only reason I am back here is because of your strange comment. Chrisclear (talk) 15:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Narges Mohammadi

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WP:SNOW, consensus to post unlikely to develop. The Kip 18:47, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Narges Mohammadi (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Iranian government has extended Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for 'spreading propaganda'. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67986227
Credits:
John Cummings (talk) 01:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on quality article not updated, blurb unclear about whether the sentence has been extended from an original 12 years or by a further 12 years. Neutral for now on significance. JM (talk) 01:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose little significance Setarip (talk) 11:28, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 15

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January 15, 2024 (2024-01-15) (Monday)

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RD: Shih Ming-teh

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Article: Shih Ming-teh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABC News, MSN
Credits:

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Taiwanese activist, also known as "Taiwan's Nelson Mandela". NoonIcarus (talk) 12:48, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Primetime Emmy Awards

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No consensus to post. Stephen 23:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At the Emmy Awards, The Bear wins Best Comedy Series, while Succession wins Best Drama. (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood
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.
Probably some more updates to the ceremony itself but the article is well-established before tonight. Masem (t) 03:57, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support pending sources for the presenters (typically pulled from the YouTube clips, which should be added overnight), unless accepting the broadcast as a primary source is allowed. Images will also probably be added but shouldn't cause issues. (Note: I've been fairly involved in the article.) RunningTiger123 (talk) 04:08, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Live blogs from RSes (which sites like Variety and Deadline run) should also work. Also, while I did not watch, I would expect an "in memorandum" section if that was part of the show. Masem (t) 04:13, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've added in references for all of the presenters. There are also references for the list of winners (somehow that got missed, whoops), the total wins by program and network, and the In Memoriam section. I'm pretty confident everything is now sourced. RunningTiger123 (talk) 01:59, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per RunningTiger123, pending sources for presenters ✈ mike_gigs talkcontribs 16:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose way too many tables conmpared to the one section of text, and way too many images that violate WP:NOTGALLERY. Until this article meets Wikipedia's encyclopedic standards, it should not be posted. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:36, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • The article is written in the same format and approach of past Emmy articles as well as other major entertainment awards like the Oscars. Tables for the awards (winners and noms) and (free) images of the winners. This complaint doesn't nake sense. — Masem (t) 17:43, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Currently not up to the required standard. Plenty of unreferenced material. Nigej (talk) 17:19, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The prose is mostly OK, but there's a crapload of tables and lists without any sources. Do we actually need some of this fancruft, though? A lot of it (i.e. the "Nominations and Wins by program" tables) could probably be nuked without any loss to the article. Black Kite (talk) 18:58, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Only as a comment, those have been standard across many Award articles, and there is usually discussion in the RSes about which programs and networks led nominations and/or wins (which I know exist for this year as well) but those sources don't typically break up that information to the degree we present. In other words, about half the entire in those tables can be shown to be reported in a manner by RSes (the top halves) but not the other 50%, so those tables are mostly filling out the rest. — Masem (t) 19:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Also, these tables are simply WP:CALC derivations made by counting up wins or nominations. What still probably be done is add a bit of prose with sources to say so-and-so led the nominations / wins. — Masem (t) 19:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above where editors indicate that they are planning to base the article on blogs, YouTube and their own calculations. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:35, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Live blogs from RSes are RSes. Once notability has been passed, YouTube clips of the actual event published by the event holders are RSes. And there is allowed own-calculations per WP:CALC, as long as they are simple (as this is). — Masem (t) 13:15, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Masem's arguments, I don't see anything in especially poor shape. The Kip 20:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support If this is the normal format, then the quality seems good enough. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 10:57, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unsourced tables that go beyond simple WP:CALC. Collating information to find out a program had 20+ nominations is very error prone. Better to be reliably sourced (which also rules out any doubt of it being some WP:OR fancruft).—Bagumba (talk) 11:38, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • The nominee counts have been in these articles (including other awards) and have been accepted without the need for sourcing in the past. There's almost no error involved if one takes the nominee list into a text editor and does appropriate searching to count up instances. Completely allowed under CALC. Will also add that while full tables cannot be had from the sourced, the sources at the time of nomination news do look at the top 3-5 eg [19] — Masem (t) 13:27, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as Stale Posting an election, moon landing or accession a week late isn't that bad, because these things have lasting impact, but award show glory is fleeting. These tables now mostly interest Emmy trivia buffs rather than water-cooler talkers, I think, and they know where to find them. Maybe next year. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:25, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Stephen Laybutt

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Article: Stephen Laybutt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-15/socceroos-stephen-laybutt-dead-northern-nsw/103320868
Credits:

Article updated
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Australian soccer player. HiLo48 (talk) 06:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Real Madrid wins Supercopa de España

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Consensus to post a minor tournament like this will not develop. Black Kite (talk) 10:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 Supercopa de España final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Real Madrid defeats FC Barcelona by 4-1 to win their 13th Supercopa de España (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Real Madrid emerges victorious over FC Barcelona with a 4-1 scoreline, securing their 13th Supercopa de España title.
News source(s): [20]
Credits:
One of the biggest rivalry in football , and big victory for Real Madrid Harvici 05:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) Inauguration of Arévalo in Guatemala

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Article: Inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as President of Guatemala. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as President of Guatemala after multiple attempts to obstruct the event.
News source(s): [21] [22] [23]
Credits:

Extremely important occurrence in Central America, following months of obstruction from the establishment in Guatemala. Moved to Jan 15th since the inauguration occurred after midnight. Blurbs can be adjusted as seen fit. River10000 08:13, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iffy - I could go either way on this. On one hand the multiple attempts to block this from happening makes it notable, on the other hand we rarely post inaugurations of presidents, only elections (I don't know if we posted the 2023 election). PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:20, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Enough. Stephen 23:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • An admin closed your thread in that discussion exactly because of this behavior, I’d suggest you strike the comment and quit it. The Kip 17:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    i suggest you not repeat the badgering of people who have opinions you dislike. nableezy - 21:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Let's not do this again. Enough of the battleground behaviour already. JM (talk) 21:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Jesus Christ I am not looking to engage with you anywhere, is there a reason you are incapable of leaving me alone? nableezy - 21:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not looking to engage with you either. If you stopped with the battleground behaviour and incivility then I wouldnt feel the need to call it out. You are the only person at ITN who is behaving like this. Like I said, there is no reason for you to be uncivil toward me, there is no reason for you to answer me if you don't want to, and I'm not just going to let your incivility toward other editors here stand. JM (talk) 21:22, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not looking to engage with you either. then stop or I’ll ask that you be made to. nableezy - 22:19, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    While I agree with your sentiment, ITN isn't an appropriate place to say this. -- RockstoneSend me a message! 21:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed. They have four separate editors telling them to stop such behaviour within the last 24 hours just on this page. If anyone's going to be made to stop, it's likely going to be them. JM (talk) 22:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You can add a fifth one here. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 22:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If you all don’t like how I’m judging significance you can point to some overriding policy on it. I have not been uncivil in the slightest, and the repeated badgering of my !vote is getting beyond annoying. You don’t like my vote? Ah well, I don’t like lots of things on the internet. nableezy - 22:48, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with the point made in your vote, but it is the wording that is unnecessarily rude and not really productive for the discussion. Also, raising an objection one time about a comment's wording isn't badgering, that would be going under every comment and repeatedly demanding you to change your wording. ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 22:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Rude to who? Not liking an opinion isn’t the basis for a complaint, especially by a user like JM2023 or whatever their username is having been annoying me across a range of pages, including my own user talk. Anyway, my !vote is that this is more significant than the non story of somebody inheriting a job that we currently feature, so I support its inclusion. If somebody has a problem with that, oh well. nableezy - 22:58, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose The efforts to stop it were/are important, but the fact it ultimately went through as planned moreso makes this a “business as usual” story rather than something truly notable. The Kip 17:48, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment did we cover the election? If so, I oppose this nomination. JM (talk) 21:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC) Oppose as the election was indeed posted. JM (talk) 21:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 14

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January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14) (Sunday)

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(Posted) RD: Munawwar Rana

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Article: Munawwar Rana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/renowned-urdu-poet-munawwar-rana-dies-at-71-4863447
Credits:

Article updated
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Famous Indian urdu poet Harvici 09:07, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing : 2024 Ecuadorian conflict

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No consensus to post to ongoing. Stephen 19:31, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 Ecuadorian conflict (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): NOS
Credits:

Article updated
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(Closed) 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide

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No consensus to post, and article remains a stub after a week. Stephen 22:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A landslide kills at least 34 people and injures at least 35 others in El Carmen de Atrato, Colombia. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At least 34 people are killed and at least another 35 injured after a landslide in the Colombian town of El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó.
News source(s): Guardian, AP, Reuters, BBC, CNN
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Ainty Painty (talk) 17:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now merged both into 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide after page was moved again. Abcmaxx (talk) 06:45, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose on quality article is 1 sentence. However, the Spanish and Portuguese articles are much longer, so if anyone wants to translate one or both of those, the quality issues will be resolved. JM (talk) 23:24, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Stale PrecariousWorlds (talk) 17:56, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) 2024 Pingdingshan mining accident

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No consensus to post, and article remains a stub after a week. Stephen 22:58, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 Pingdingshan mining accident (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A coal mine accident in central China's Henan province leaves 13 people dead. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A coal mine accident in Pingdingshan, Henan province, has left 13 people dead and 3 people missing.
News source(s): Al Jazeera, Reuters, VOA, AP,
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(Posted) RD: Lev Rubinstein

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Article: Lev Rubinstein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Meduza, The Guardian, BBC, Reuters, AFP, Moscow Times
Credits:

Article updated
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Russian poet of great merit, one of the founders of Moscow conceptualism, political/opinion journalist, vocal opponent of the war against Ukraine. Died after a traffic collision some days ago. Had an acclaimed book in English, many books in other languages. Trepang2 (talk) 10:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Danish royal succession

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There is clear consensus to post this, and it is unlikely it may change. No need for any further discussion.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Frederik X (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Frederik X succeeds Margrethe II as king of Denmark, after her abdication. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Margrethe II abdicates the throne and is succeeded by Frederik X as king of Denmark.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Margrethe II abdicates the throne and is succeeded by Frederik X as king of Denmark.
News source(s): [25] [26] [27] [28]
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Happening today at 1300 GMT. Natg 19 (talk) 09:16, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Long live Frederik X! PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:28, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Long live the King! ChaotıċEnby(talk · contribs) 10:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MSN12102001 (talk) 11:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until he formally ascends, otherwise support altblurb - Article quality is sufficient for it to be posted. Tofusaurus (talk) 11:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Frederik has not yet ascended as King (in about two hours as planned) and his article needs to be worked on: perhaps expand the content and, above all, that the information it have is referenced. _-_Alsor (talk) 11:48, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until 2:00 PM Danish time (when he is formally going to succeed his mother). Otherwise, support especially because the target article already looks good to be posted. Vida0007 (talk) 12:28, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Should have done it right now (14:15 CEST). Need to wait for official confirmation. Gust Justice (talk) 13:15, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per the reasons given above. - Therealscorp1an (talk) 13:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - all's good with the articles, formal accession is done. No need to wait much longer. estar8806 (talk) ★ 13:41, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - article looks good and he has ascended to the throne. Should we also link Abdication of Margrethe II in the blurb? - azpineapple | T/C 13:44, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support gaining major coverage around the world. Long live King Frederik X! Though I agree the abdication article should be linked and perhaps worded "following her abdication" rather than "after her abdication". Richiepip (talk) 14:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A new head of state taking over is significant whether by election or inheritance. Richiepip (talk) 15:48, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Enough. Stephen 04:33, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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It isnt ITNR if not by election, and it isnt significant if they have nothing significant about their powers. nableezy - 16:28, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're totally wrong on that one. Per WP:ITNELECTIONS: Changes in the holder of the office which administer the executive of their respective state/government, in those countries which qualify under the criteria above, as listed at List of current heads of state and government except when that change was already posted as part of a general election. We just had the succession in Kuwait, and it was considered ITN/R because the Emir of Kuwait is the highest executive authority in that country. While this change isn't ITN/R, it's still significant because it's a change of monarch and it's all over the news. JM (talk) 18:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That’s because the emir of Kuwait administers the executive. Which isn’t the case for the king of Denmark. Also, doesn’t appear to be all over the news that I read. Not on the front page of the New York Times, Washington post or Wall Street journal or Chicago tribune. nableezy - 19:03, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You said only changes by election are ITN/R, which was wrong. I am aware that the difference between Kuwait's emir and Denmark's king is executive power, which is exactly what I said in the two sentences right after the green quote. And fortunately, we at ITN are not limited to the front pages of a few major American newspapers; many here are also wary of systemic bias toward American perpsectives. JM (talk) 19:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The line you quoted is about Changes in the holder of the office which administer the executive of their respective state/government, in those countries which qualify under the criteria above, as listed at List of current heads of state and government except when that change was already posted as part of a general election. The line you quoted has literally nothing to do with a nomination for somebody who does not administer the executive. As far as not limited to a few major American newspapers, sure, but there has been no evidence offered that it's all over the news, and my comment was a refutation of that. But kindly badger somebody else, I dont find this to be a particularly fruitful exchange. nableezy - 19:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what you're trying to say here. For the second time, you said that changes in head of state are not ITN/R unless by election, I said that changes of head of state without election are ITN/R if the head of state is the the supreme executive authority, using that quoted section. I don't know why your response to that is to tell me that my quoted section has "nothing to do with a nomination for someboy who does not administer the executive" when I never said that it did in the first place. You're disputing something that I never said. JM (talk) 19:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, please badger somebody else. nableezy - 19:42, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I started writing my comment before you accused me of "badgering" and so didn't see your accusation until after I published. Regardless, you don't need to respond, and if anything, I'm being badgered considering you're arguing with me about something I never said in the first place. Anyway, to respond to the second half of your comment that you added after the fact: using a few American front pages does not show that it's not "all over the news". I don't have to re-prove it, because the nominator provided four different sources from four different American and British top publications; that means it is indeed all over the news. JM (talk) 19:45, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All of those are well past the front page. But now that you know I’d like you to stop badgering me, can you stop plz? Thanks in advance. nableezy - 20:33, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't matter whether they're on the front page or not. But just from a quick check of CNN and the Guardian, it's at the top of both home pages in the "headlines" section of both. I find it interesting that you consider me responding to you "badgering", but not you responding to me. You can't honestly expect me to stop responding to your arguments just because you call it badgering despite doing the same thing. JM (talk) 20:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Um, you see who's !vote you're replying to right? The only place I see it on CNN's homepage is in its list of headlines, below Chiefs win, Coach Andy Reid’s mustache freezes and Taylor Swift bundles up in 4th-coldest game in NFL history. Guess Reid's mustache freezing is a bigger story. nableezy - 21:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So it is at the top of the homepage under headlines, as I said. i.e., front page. So there is absolutely no reason for you to argue with me, since you apparently agree with me. Anyway, what's the policy that says an editor responding to an editor under the latter editor's !vote can be said to "badger" but the latter editor replying to the former editor's replies cannot be said to "badger"? JM (talk) 22:13, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing good that can come from either of you continuing this back and forth. What's said is said, and what isn't said probably isn't worth saying. So probably a good time to chill. Polyamorph (talk) 22:32, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:SEALIONING nableezy - 02:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is abosutely no POV-pushing from me here at all. I agreed with Polyamorph that there was nothing more to say and that this was detrimental, but I just have to answer this allegation, because really? Accusing me of POV-pushing and bad faith, because why, I told you the guidelines and that this was on the front page? There's no POV to even take here. Come on. JM (talk) 02:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please please please annoy somebody else? Pretty please? nableezy - 04:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh... you're being disruptive at this point. If it annoys you that I respond to your baseless allegations of POV-pushing and bad faith, then don't make baseless allegations of POV-pushing and bad faith. JM (talk) 04:09, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
lol needs that last word on somebody else’s !vote in a nomination that’s already posted. Go ahead, have at it. nableezy - 04:22, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability because while this is not ITN/R it's still a significant event. But, per above, the article is not ready due to quality. JM (talk) 18:29, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I also think that the abdication should be the linked article, so I've proposed and support Altblurb II; the abdication article is already of sufficient quality, so any quality concerns I had are moot, and the change in target article would also alleviate all above quality concerns by others if their support is changed to Alt2. JM (talk) 19:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - We posted separately the ascension and coronation of Charles and Camilla. This is, in some ways, both an ascension and coronation for the Danish Realm, and so highly significant. Wide media coverage, as has been pointed out. In addition, I also think it's crucial that we also include Queen Mary in the blurb. Her ascension has been reported in its own right for her Australian roots (eg. SMH, CNN, NYT, BBC), but in any case her ascension to queen consort is significant enough to report on ITN. JMonkey2006 (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • We posted separately the ascension and coronation of Charles and Camilla and that was a mistake. I understand that some people love monarchies for some reason, but Wikipedia shouldn't have. It was heavily inappropriate (and I felt bad for all the British citizens who are not monarchists but had to be constantly reminded of the monarchy). -- RockstoneSend me a message! 05:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Late oppose A poorly written article that fails to meet any level of importance or readability for the average Wikipedia user Dreameditsbrooklyn (talk) 03:56, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you referring to the blurbed article (the abdication article)? JM (talk) 04:02, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am, sorry if I put this in the wrong place. Dreameditsbrooklyn (talk) 04:22, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm really not seeing how this is poorly written and unreadable. What specifically is the issue? JM (talk) 05:53, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 13

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(Posted) RD: Romuald Twardowski

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Article: Romuald Twardowski (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Polskie Radio
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Prolific Polish composer in many genres from opera to choral works for Catholic and Orthodox church. Most of the article was there but needed references. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Alec Musser

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Article: Alec Musser (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [29]
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American actor. Needs a lot of work. Natg 19 (talk) 19:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Joyce Randolph

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Article: Joyce Randolph (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [30]
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American actress. Natg 19 (talk) 19:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Bernard Descôteaux

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Article: Bernard Descôteaux (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette
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Canadian journalist. Article needs some work. I will work on this later tonight unless someone gets to it before me. Basic edits done. Article has shaped into a basic-start class biography.Ktin (talk) 00:37, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Tom Shales

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Article: Tom Shales (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [31]
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– Muboshgu (talk) 17:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 Taiwanese presidential election

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Article: 2024 Taiwanese presidential election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Lai Ching-te is elected President of Taiwan. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Vice President Lai Ching-te is elected President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Alternative blurb II: ​ Lai Ching-te, a supporter of Taiwanese independence, is elected President of Taiwan.
News source(s): The Guardian - NBC News - Al Jazeera
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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: Historic election in Taiwan where the DPP has won a consecutive third term. A major result as well as it may impact the geopolitics of the region especially with China. - Tofusaurus (talk) 12:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt blurb - Major implications for region. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:45, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on quality but ideally the section move proposal should be dealt with soon, otherwise, nothing problematic stands out. ITN/R so no question about notability, agree that the mention of Taiwanese independence support (Altblurb II) should be added for context. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 16:39, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support sufficient quality is present. Added Altblurb II for mention of Taiwanese independence support; I support Altblurb II and I don't think it's NPOV to mention that in the blurb. JM (talk) 19:57, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support altblurb II; oppose other blurbs. It would be POV were this ITN entry to endorse or oppose Taiwanese independence, but not only is it not POV to state his position on the issue, but it would be missing important context on the significance of this news item to not do so. —Lowellian (reply) 21:18, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Significant regional news with global implications. Melmann 22:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above Hungry403 (talk) 23:22, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are we leaving out the legislative election? The Kuomintang won one more seat than the DPP. Howard the Duck (talk) 23:46, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can propose an altblurb for that if that's what you want. It would probably be pretty long. JM (talk) 01:04, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is fine to leave out the legislative election in the blurb. Though significant for Taiwan, major international headlines including the New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, etc. focused on the presidential race, particularly on the front page. Butterdiplomat (talk) 05:12, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The result of legislative election is a clear indicator showing that the public opinion of Taiwanese is very unsteady, a large portion of electors prefer parties seeking less conflicted relationships with PRC (although not necessarily a causation). This should not be ignored or even oversimplified as "Taiwanese prefer independence". Oppose altblurb II and support altlurb before new altblurbs is proposed by the way. --Tiouraren (talk) 06:00, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Taiwanese prefer the status quo, which is what Lai explicitly pushed for. The presidential election dominated media coverage and headlines. No one is saying to leave out the legislative election in the articles - it is just not as important for the short blurb. Butterdiplomat (talk) 13:33, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support altblurb 2 I think it's the clearest at explaining the significance of the event in an NPOV way. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 05:58, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) RD: Imam Hassan Sharif

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Article: Imam Hassan Sharif (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBS
Credits:

Article updated
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Ainty Painty (talk) 03:02, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not recent and death has been known for ten days. Bedivere (talk) 13:46, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose he was murdered on 3 January. This nom is stale. _-_Alsor (talk) 14:40, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Aside from the fact that he might not pass notability requirements, his death happened too long ago. Johndavies837 (talk) 16:25, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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January 12

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(Posted) RD: Bill Hayes (actor)

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Article: Bill Hayes (actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Wrap
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Thriley (talk) 03:08, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Annie Nightingale

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Article: Annie Nightingale (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, The Guardian, Clash
Credits:

Article updated
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She was best known for being BBC Radio 1's first female presenter and longest-serving host, as well as an innovative figure within British music and radio platforms. Unfortunately, the article is pretty much a mess at the moment (being in desperate need of sources and copy-editing), but I hope someone can help fix it! Oltrepier (talk) 16:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 Yemeni airstrikes

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Article: 2024 Yemeni airstrikes (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Yemen, a U.S-led coalition airstrikes Yemeni Houthi rebels amidst an ongoing crisis in the Red Sea, (Post)
News source(s): CNN - AP - The Independent - France24 - The Guardian
Credits:

Nominator's comments: A previous nom regarding the formation of the coalition was not posted; now that there has been actual military action, I think it's natural to bring this up again. — Knightoftheswords 04:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, I'd also recommend adding the map as a picture Abo Yemen✉ 04:56, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability, but the article needs to be improved before we post this. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 05:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article covered the whole thing splendidly, it's short because we're in the very early stage of the incident and there is very little detailed information released about the conflit. 3000MAX (talk) 05:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support article is well-cited and I previously supported the Operation Prosperity Guardian nomination (and nominated it, but withdrew after you beat me to it) so of course I support this one. JM (talk) 07:32, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - lets go. Hugely notable event, and there will be a lot more from this, so we could possibly put it in ongoing (I think it's detached enough from the war in Israel to count) PrecariousWorlds (talk) 08:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Extremely notable news. Might be put in ongoing if this leads to a more long-term conflict, but I'd say we should wait for that first. Article is a bit short, but we can work on that. Bucket of sulfuric acid (talk) 08:17, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I started a move request as the title of the article is misleading, implying the strikes were against Yemen as a country rather than one terrorist group within it PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support First joint U.S., U.K. airstrikes since the 2018 bombing of Syria. Ecrusized (talk) 12:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 11

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RD: Reggie Wells (makeup artist)

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Article: Reggie Wells (makeup artist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Hollywood Reporter
Credits:

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The personal makeup artist of Oprah Winfrey for nearly 30 years. Obit published 11 January. Thriley (talk) 22:09, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ruth Ashton Taylor

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Article: Ruth Ashton Taylor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times, CBS News
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First female television newscaster in Los Angeles. 240D:1A:4B5:2800:A0BE:FDB3:E27C:DE52 (talk) 12:56, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention)

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No consesus exists for posting; can be revisited once the judgement is passed. DatGuyTalkContribs 00:51, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A hearing begins on the International Court of Justice concerning claims of genocide perpetrated by the State of Israel during the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Hearings concerning claims of genocide perpetrated by the State of Israel amidst the Israel-Hamas War begin on the International Court of Justice.
News source(s): Le Monde Reuters AP News
Credits:
Internationally relevant case with global coverage and reactions by dozens of states. ICJ decisions have regularly made In The News before. Article has disputed neutrality but is well sourced and developed. Relevant to currently-featured news concerning US-led airstrikes against Yemen, and vice-versa. YuriNikolai (talk) 04:35, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose orange tags disqualify ITN nominations. JM (talk) 05:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC) Orange tag has disappeared, but I still oppose on two other factors: significance and coverage by ongoing. JM (talk) 20:03, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
JM2023 I will note the page's POV discussion has (currently) no explanation of the POVs that would be supposedly underrepresented, and editors generally agreeing that the page is well-balanced after recent edits. I have not removed the tag as the discussion is active, but I believe the tag is unwarranted. Please see the discussion and tell me what you think YuriNikolai (talk) 06:18, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Covered by ongoing. Kirill C1 (talk) 21:21, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Per @Blaylockjam10 PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:59, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I think we should post the beginning of this case but I also think we should post a lot more things. However, under our current precendent we would wait for the outcome of at least the initial order to post a blurb. I reject the idea that just because the war is listed in Ongoing that we would never post blurbs. That is not our established practice and we often post major events in Ongoing items. I certainly think the final outcome of this case (which is likely not coming for years) should be posted. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 14:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as with most trials, we only post at the time of judgment, and given we have the ongoing, we don't need anything pre-judgment to be covered separately. --Masem (t) 14:14, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose and Close. At the very least waiting for a judgement is prudent here, even if I doubt one would pass either. DarkSide830 (talk) 00:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Amalija Knavs

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Article: Amalija Knavs (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post
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Mother of Melania Trump. Thriley (talk) 22:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Lynja

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Article: Lynja (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times
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Article updated
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She died on January 1, but her death was announced on January 11. gobonobo + c 20:37, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, can't believe this is true. However, article does seem to need some work. BeamSkies47 (talk) 03:16, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is so much about her earlier life; I was able to find citations verifying her time at MIT through Newspapers.com. Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 11:23, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well sourced and long enough. Nigej (talk) 11:27, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the article's creator. I also made the needed expansions to her article. Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 00:21, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support article looks good, subject is well notable and her death is getting widespread coverage from the media. —Panamitsu (talk) 00:52, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per above, looking good and well sourced to me. Ornithoptera (talk) 02:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good. A homo sapien sapien (talk) 04:17, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well-sourced and well-cited. This is ready to be posted anytime from now. Vida0007 (talk) 12:40, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Upano Valley sites

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Article: Upano Valley sites (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Archaeologists announce the discovery of a cluster of ancient cities in the Amazon rainforest, which predates known complex Amazonian societies by more than a millennium. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, The Guardian, NBC, Science
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Major discovery in archaeology; large urban complex in a region not thought to have significant urban settlement. I'm open to altblurbs but would like to emphasize the age of the sites if possible. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 17:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose - Article's pretty bad atm. Also notability is dubious PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:15, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Spectacular archeological discovery announced today regarding a surprisingly large network of cities in Ecuador pre-European contact, estimated population 10 to 100 thousand. Hidden by the Amazon, discovered by LIDAR, such levels of urbanization in South American were previously unknown. 128.91.40.237 (talk) 17:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, always happy to highlight science discoveries at ITN! ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 17:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support citations are there, not entirely sure about notability but certainly interesting. JM (talk) 22:39, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This seems notable enough for ITN & it has enough details & references. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 01:03, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability The quality of the article is acceptable. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 02:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. ~~mAyLiNgOeEd (Talk to me!) (My contributions to Wikipedia📜) 03:06, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thank you so much for posting this as a main in the news feature. This is certainly important, fascinating, and I want to know as much as I can about it. We know so little about our ancient past, and this discovery certainly changes a lot. Again, thank you. FPTI (talk) 08:26, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Edward Jay Epstein

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Article: Edward Jay Epstein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times, WaPo
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Article updated
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Obituary published 11 January. Thriley (talk) 06:33, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ed Broadbent

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Article: Ed Broadbent (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News
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Former Fed NDP Leader – Rushtheeditor (talk) 17:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose on quality As above. Once that's cleaned up, Support. Maj. Warden (talk) 1:22, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Support well-cited, not a stub, and I've just fixed up the timeline issues in "Early life". JM (talk) 22:52, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Considering quality has been resolved as far as I can tell, this is ready to post. JM (talk) 23:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 10

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(Posted) RD: Tamara Milashkina

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Article: Tamara Milashkina (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): classicalmusicnews.ru
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Article updated
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Important soprano from the Bolshoi Theatre who appeared at La Scala in 1962 (!) and the Metropolitan Opera (with the Bolshoi) in 1975, + all over Europe it seems. The article was a stub. I wish we had a decent obit in English, or at least in Russian. plenty of yt to listen to her "living" her characters. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:26, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Bud Harrelson

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Article: Bud Harrelson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [32]
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Not ready yet for the usual reason, I will work in it. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:40, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Jennell Jaquays

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Article: Jennell Jaquays (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [33][34]
Credits:

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Transgender American game designer/artist. In good shape. Natg 19 (talk) 17:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

* Support Article is in good shape Aure entuluva (talk) 11:32, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: César Alierta

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Article: César Alierta (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El País, Telefónica
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Spanish businessman. Needs a little work. Natg 19 (talk) 17:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose article needs a lot of work. _-_Alsor (talk) 17:43, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 9

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RD: James Kottak

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Article: James Kottak (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NME
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Former Scorpions drummer. 240D:1A:4B5:2800:CC28:29AC:1B6E:1A21 (talk) 16:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Somewhat undersourced, especially in the career bit, and the discography is completely unsourced as well. However, why is the section "Political Views" so titled? It appears to be a list of his quotes being obviously racist, with no relationship to politics as far as I can see. I'm sure most "political conservatives" (as the article says) wouldn't be too happy about being lumped in with this unpleasant character. Black Kite (talk) 19:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • There are still a handful of {cn} tags in the prose. And the Discography appears to be unsourced. Please add more REFs. --PFHLai (talk) 06:40, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Charles O. Jones

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Article: Charles O. Jones (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post
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Influential American political scientist. Obituary published 9 January. Thriley (talk) 05:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • This stubby wikibio currently has only 156 words of prose. The Academic career section is mostly a string of unreferenced bullet-points. Please expand this article and add more REFs. --PFHLai (talk) 20:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 armed conflict in Ecuador

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Article: 2024 conflict in Ecuador (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of internal armed conflict against multiple criminal groups. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of internal armed conflict as armed criminal groups attack cities throughout the country
News source(s): CNN
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Events follows the escape of cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar yesterday. Hostages have been taken in several confrontations, including journalists on live TV, prompting the declaration. Feel free to improve the blurb's wording. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 22:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional support article quality is not very good and is basically a stub. Lukt64 (talk) 22:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lukt64: Expanded article with the info we have at the moment. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The article needs being completed and refined, but the event itself is undoubtedly newsworthy. Trepang2 (talk) 00:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. I wondered about long-term significance, but since this is a blurb nom and not an ongoing nom, I don't think it matters so much. JM (talk) 02:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:19, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support extremely notable. Kirill C1 (talk) 14:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article improved, definitely important. --NoonIcarus (talk) 15:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

South Korean dog meat ban

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Article: Dog meat consumption in South Korea (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The South Korean parliament passes the law banning the dog meat production in the country. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The South Korean parliament passes a bill banning dog meat production.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The South Korean parliament passes a bill banning production of dog meat from 2027.
News source(s): BBC, CNN, The Korea Herald
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Article updated

A historical end of the local curiosity that may also put to rest the old meme about dog meat eating (although the law is said to come into effect later). Some citation issues, but otherwise looks ok. Brandmeistertalk 20:49, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dumb question: does this need approval by the executive side of SK's govt? If so, we should wait on that, and if not, then now is the ripe time. Masem (t) 20:52, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the president can veto the law, although it seems unlikely considering the bill is bipartisan. However, the blub is incorrect, as bills, not laws, are passed by parliaments, and it's "a" bill, not "the" bill. JM (talk) 21:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, thanks! ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 21:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral, added altblurb2 (I am not sure if "production of dog meat" is a better phrase than "dog meat production", so I am leaving altblurb1 as it is). Tube·of·Light 02:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    In general, shorter is better. As an alternative, different is better. While DMP is standard, PoDM should remain, IMO. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good quality article. Although clicking on the link I would be expected to be taken to a page on dog meat production (I.e. dog meat farms) but the article relates to consumption. Polyamorph (talk) 07:20, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Limited impact with regards to a law that impacts a single country and with regards to a practice that was already heavily restricted and in decline in the first place. Regarding the rationale that was posted here, dog meat consumption is not exclusive to South Korea. Ornithoptera (talk) 10:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Dunno why Inedible Hulk removed his comments, but they were spot-on: this isn't effective until 2027. Three years isn't just "later", it's too far off. I'll grant that this is generating some coverage now, yes, but if it's that significant, it'll generate coverage again. —Cryptic 10:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My edit summaries (somewhat) alluded to why, but in their usual way, Cryptic. In a nutshell, the more I learned, the clunkier Alt III became and the more opposed I got. If one of those comments hadn't mentioned my planned neutrality and role in its formation, I could have just Opposed and passed it off as an altblurb. But by then, things were complicated, so I left. Still neutral now, just not boldly advertising or giving anyone any ideas. Part of me also feels guilty for suggesting the French PM might be young and gay. Could have played into this. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are certain events that are newsworthy at their commencement, not when they happen, and that generally would be for business mergers (where we generally cover the point they are announced and agreed on by both parties) and significant gov't laws (where the passage is the significant part). Rarely does the date of enaction of a law get the type of coverage that the passage does, so it is generally fair that we cover this change now, rather than in 2027 where it likely will be a blip. Masem (t) 13:11, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support but amend This is a significant cultural change within that country so I would say that it is worthy of ITN inclusion, the article looks in good shape. However, I would say based on the wording of the law and comments above, we should add "from 2027" in the blurb if it runs to make it clear it isn't an immediate ban. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 11:46, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't see this as a huge deal getting a ton of coverage. JM (talk) 01:09, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Pulled) Gabriel Attal becomes Prime Minister of France

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Article: Gabriel Attal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Gabriel Attal (pictured) succeeds Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister of France. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Gabriel Attal (pictured) becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of France.
News source(s): The Guardian, Franceinfo
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Article updated

Change in head of government, therefore ITNR. Article is brief but appears well-sourced. Sandstein 12:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - On the fence, but I think this just about makes it to being notable PrecariousWorlds (talk) 13:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support alt1 – Seeing as the Borne article is hardly updated, I don't mind it being omitted. Attal's own article can use a more extensive update too, tho. It doesn't say much the altblurb isn't already saying. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 14:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We should default to not posting changes to these secondary roles, and only do so where there is something especially notable. Otherwise, we are going to end up showing the kind of bias that the ITN/R list exists to counter. GreatCaesarsGhost 15:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as it's not a change of the person who exercises executive power in the country.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Most of the time the PM in France acts as the de-facto chief administrator for the president. But the office is not completely unimportant. While I am not impressed by the article's quality, I think it is minimally adequate for posting. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1 the story here is that he's the youngest and first openly gay. That's why it should be blurbed. If it were just a change of PM, I would probably be opposed. JM (talk) 17:55, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pull - First, there doesn't appear there was any consensus to post this in the first place, but also, the PM does not have any real power. --RockstoneSend me a message! 02:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pull due to lack of consensus Lukt64 (talk) 02:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pull, or reword blurb to the nonalternative. ITN is not a carbon copy of the English-speaking media. Kymothoë (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Rashid Khan (musician)

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Article: Rashid Khan (musician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Indian Express
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Nominator's comments: Noted Musician was awarded Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 11:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 81st Golden Globe Awards

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Consensus to post is unlikely to develop. Schwede66 16:59, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 81st Golden Globe Awards (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet Nation) becomes the first Indigenous actress to win Best Actress (drama) for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At the 81st Golden Globe Awards, Oppenheimer and Poor Things win best drama and comedy film respectively, and Lily Gladstone wins best actress (drama).
Alternative blurb II: ​ Lily Gladstone of the Blackfeet Nation (pictured) becomes the first Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe for acting
News source(s): [35] (People Magazine) [36] ICT News)
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  • Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win a Golden Globe, specifically, Best Actress in a motion picture (drama). This was major news for Indigenous communities. Admittedly, I did not watch the Golden Globes, but this was major news and I’m surprised nobody nominated this or other elements of the award show. Because I did not watch it, unfortunately, there may be other stories I have missed. Also, while I have been accustomed to the ITNR process, it has been awhile since I have nominated an event, so I may have mistakes. I’m open to others adding alt-blurbs or rewriting it/or if necessary, a renomination. But I thought I’d at least submit this and see what happens. Thanks! -TenorTwelve (talk) 10:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Maybe it's better to consider the whole event for a blurb. Isn't it? Highlighting that an indigenous actress won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress sounds a bit racist.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's tricky here. Not so much that she's native, but that she's the first native to receive an honour they traditionally don't. Somewhat racist, somewhat celebratory of reconciliation and equality, neither in a demeaning way. It's not like anyone besides hardcore baseball fans remembers who else won the game Jackie Robinson first played...is it? InedibleHulk (talk) 12:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The blurb should (maybe) be clearer that this is the first Golden Globe any acting native's won. Not exactly a women's issue. There are certainly women's issues involved. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose at least the selected blurb. If we are going to nominating the GGs, it should mirror what we do for Oscars and/or Emmys, which here would be the Best Drama and Best Comedy films, and then Best Drama and Best Comedy television series. As the GGs are considered secondary to either of the Oscars or Emmys (often used to make guesses of how the relevant academies will vote ) and that the Emmys are next week, I think we should not post these. --Masem (t) 13:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Let me add that if this win was so significant, I would expect a lot of sourcing to highlight this specific win, but the sourcing given is fairly weak - it acknowledges the achievement but its not ground breaking as I would expect. — Masem (t) 13:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it would be more helpful to simply name Gladstone's win, and direct readers to the article for more details. See altblurb 1. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 13:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, what next, "the first Dalit winner of best supporting actor at the 5th-ranked Indian movie awards"? Golden Globes are not taken seriously by anyone and "first X minority" events happen often enough to fill the recent news. Sheila1988 (talk) 14:52, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt blurb I - The other blurbs place an UNDUEWEIGHT on Lily Gladstone's ethnicity, would be best to just blurb the entire event including her win. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also I'd object to the term 'indigenous person' being used as there is no clear definition on what it even means; first Native American would be better PrecariousWorlds (talk) 16:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the peoples that inhabited the Americas before the arrival of European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples seems clear enough to me. I'd had it as "Native American" initially. Then I considered how that excludes everyone outside the US, how it wasn't used by the sources and how that term leads to a disambiguation page. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But it doesn't say "indigenous person of the Americas", it says "indigenous person" which is much more ambiguous; it's a term often used in a "post-colonial" context to refer to the ethnicities living in an area at the time of contact and/or colonization, anywhere in the world. However, no one can really help it if the sources go for "indigenous person" over specifically "Native American" which is the usual term for indigenous American. JM (talk) 05:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's the beauty of pipelinks, plain talk done quick. If confused, click. When talking only about the natives from the United States and no more specific, sure, "Native American" works. But not when referring to an "indio" or "First Nations" member, who are also among the Indigenous peoples of the Americas Lily Gladstone beat to first place in the history books (or, arguably, "represented") that night. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:56, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski

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Article: Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Nie żyje ksiądz Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski – (in Polish)
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Polish priest and anticommunist activist. Remsense留 10:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) College Football National Championship

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No consensus to post. --Tone 15:10, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In American football, the Michigan Wolverines defeat the Washington Huskies to win the College Football National Championship (Post)
News source(s): NBC Sports
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  • BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This needs some work to qualify, but here me through on why this has the notability. This is not a "minor" or "second-tier" or game of "little importance" (previous arguments against inclusion). College football is ENORMOUSLY popular, and it's arguably a different code than the NFL and thus is not at all accurately considered "second-tier". And one cannot claim this is not worthy of posting due to being amateur or of one country, as we post the direct equivalent in basketball -- which college football is more popular than -- and ITN policy prohibits opposing something solely for being of one country. Note that college football is the second most-popular sport in the U.S., only behind NFL football. Eight out of 10 of the largest sports stadiums in the world are all for college football, and they regularly are filled in college games.
    The current slot of In the News is the "PDC Darts Championship", something that pales in comparison to college football's popularity. I compared viewership stats for the championships in each last year, darts was a tenth of the college championship. Literally ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO college football games from this year EXCEEDED the viewership for the darts championship, including games by little-known teams like Bowling Green and Miami Ohio. Literally Liberty versus Oregon this season had higher viewership than major events that we always post such as the Stanley Cup and World Baseball Classic. In fact, I compared last year's college football championship to many of the other events we post (WP:ITNSPORTS), and found that it bested in viewership FORTY OUT OF FORTY-ONE events (the other: the Super Bowl). I admit I did not weigh it against any association football events, cricket events or rugby events, and was unable to find several other viewership statistics, and so it could have been smaller than a few of those. But we need to use common sense. This is one of the most popular and most-viewed sporting events in the world annually whether we like it or not. All reason leads to this being posted. We need to get it done. BeanieFan11 (talk) 04:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, when article gets brought up to par. I thought this was ITNR but I guess it was removed? Natg 19 (talk) 04:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    For some reason, BeanieFan11 did not do association football, which I presume exceeds American football, but his point still stands that this final is (likely) one of the most viewed sporting events. Natg 19 (talk) 04:45, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality as the article’s a long ways off. Support on notability, however; as the nom says, a lot of the argument against posting in recent years has effectively boiled down to “it’s only popular in the US,” which could realistically apply to multiple sports we post at ITNR that are of limited regional popularity. The Kip<
  • Oppose On quality, too many unsourced sections. As for WP:ITNSPORTS this isn't on the list, this sort of match would appear to be on par with The Varsity Match which also doesn't appear on it and I am not convinced a university sports match should be there on merit but that's an aside to the quality oppose. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 07:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If we compare to The Varsity Match, is The Varsity Match nationally televised? Do millions of people watch it on television and 70,000 people attend the event? If so, then I could say that it could also be included at ITN. But college football in the US is vastly different than university sports in other countries. 08:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Oppose After seeing this ITN nomination recurrently for more than a decade, which is enough for some major movements to happen, there's still no lasting sporting impact out of this. There are absolutely no signs that college football is becoming increasingly popular in different parts of the world, and there are not even any significant efforts made to change that (note that it's never been part of the Youth Olympic Games and the World University Games even though it's a perfect fit). The main argument every year is that it has enormous viewership and generates a lot of money, which indicates that it's a major commercial success, but doesn't tell anything about it as a sporting event. We're here to evaluate this as a sport nomination, not as a product success, so it most definitely doesn't merit inclusion.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:31, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    "Please do not... Oppose an item just because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one." As by the same token, there's a number of championships that would be removed as well. Also "College football" isn't the name of the sport: it's a particular sector of Gridiron football, which is a growing worldwide sport. In that scope, it doesn't matter that this particular league doesn't play outside of one country: Premier League isn't even contested beyond one sub-national entity (as it's exclusively English, not British) and yet it'd be flippant to suggest that it should not be ITN/R let 'alone' that it's not notable enough to post whatsoever. But the logic you present would only be consistent with such a claim. Nottheking (talk) 09:46, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't do it. I just made an argument that this is not significant for posting. If you feel that a "number" of championships should be removed, you're encouraged to nominate them for it. If "college football" isn't the name of the sport and it's gridiron football, then this is effectively an amateur competition that shouldn't be included because the NFL is the top-flight competition (the comparison to The Boat Race as an amateur competition is no longer valid as it's not an ITN/R item any more). The comparison to the Premier League is completely invalid, as it's at the same level of significance as the NFL. You can't simply fool me that this is a major sport event by claiming that it has large viewership and generates a lot of money. Sport is more than business.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As a side note, there aren't even articles for half of the players on the teams that featured in the final. I don't think a blurb on a game contested between anonyms that aren't significant enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article should appear on the main page (just for comparison, we have a stand-alone article for every single player on the Sutton United F.C. team, which is currently in last place in the 2023–24 EFL League Two as a fourth-tier competition in English football).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:55, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, I was merely pointing out how your logic worked if followed to its conclusion; to suggest I make that recommendation myself is to act in bad faith by blatantly disregarding what I said.
Likewise, it's worth noting that there's also a difference between professional and amateur athletes: we don't have individual articles for every single athlete that participates in the Olympics, (which chiefly features amateurs, not professionals) after all. So again, following your logic we wouldn't just remove Premier League, but the Olympics themselves as "not notable." Nottheking (talk) 11:06, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're comparing apples with strawberries. We don't need articles on sportspeople to post blurbs on sport events in which those people aren't involved. While it's true that we don't have an article about every single participant at the Olympics, we certainly do about every single medallist in both individual and team sports (we post blurbs about winners, not about participants). You can take a look at the blurbs that we've recently posted on team sports, and you'll notice that we do have articles about all players on the teams included in the blurbs. Again, we're here to post sport events, not commercial product successes.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Kiril. Not that popular and significant in a worldwide context. _-_Alsor (talk) 09:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality and neutral on importance. There is zero sourced, text content about the game, and instead way too many tables of information. And lots of that poor quality content is also unsourced. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on Notability, oppose on quality. The game attracted more viewers than most final matches for football & rugby championships that are listed under ITN/R. It's hard to over-state the news presence of this, and dismissal of it is difficult to do without opting to ignore all that. However, while the article is clear of glaring flaws, it still needs substantial added prose: this is the chief reason even a lot of ITN/R championships wind up not getting posted, as their pages are often just a dump of number tables rather than an encyclopedic articles. Nottheking (talk) 11:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose An entirely domestic event. Nigej (talk) 12:11, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    #Please do not... Oppose an item just because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. We post a lot of such content, so these comments are generally unproductive. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:32, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The problem here is not that the event "only relates to a single country"; it's that only people in that country are the slightest bit interested in it. Nigej (talk) 17:06, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    In other words, "only relates to a single country". That's not a valid reason to oppose. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Personally I would say that the discussion here about the "Prime Minister of France" "only relates to a single country". However, I wouldn't dismiss that as I have this proposal because many people around the world are interested in who the Prime Minister of France is. No one's outside one country is interested in this event. Nigej (talk) 17:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's almost certain that at least many Canadian football fans are interested, particularly young ones. JM (talk) 18:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Are there a lot of young Canadian USA-football fans? Even for Canadian football, the support seems to skew much older than you see at other sports, such as soccer - at least in this part of the country. Nfitz (talk) 13:13, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, as I have done every time student sports are nominated. This is not the top level of American football, is restricted to a small number of students at specific universities, is decided partly on subjective ratings not on-field results etc. I appreciate a lot of people watch this event, but a lot also watch Love Island - that doesn't make it suitable for ITN. Modest Genius talk 12:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Modest Genius: Comparing this to "Love Island" is 100% ludicrous - it does not have even nearly comparable viewership to college football. Also note that college football is more popular, per my statistics, than 40 out of 41 ITNSPORTS events I compared it to, including over ten times as much as the PDC Darts Championship currently posted. In fact, 182 individual games from this season exceeded the viewership of the darts tournament. Saying it to be "not popular" or of "little importance" is quite frankly, nonsense, when we've got that darts championship up there. Not to mention we always post March Madness, a directly-equivalent-but-less-popular college basketball championship... BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Try adding together all the Love Islands in all the different countries, in the peak year... Or pick whichever reality show gets the most worldwide audience. Anyway, I never compared college football to darts or said it was 'not popular'; my whole point is just because it's popular doesn't mean we should post it. We post the top level of most sports, and this amateur student tournament isn't the top level. I have consistently opposed college basketball for the same reasons. Modest Genius talk 17:29, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Modest Genius: That still wouldn't come close to college football's popularity, but this is the top level of college football. NFL football is arguably a different code, just like is Canadian football (although NFL and college are more similar than NFL and CFL). Even if we don't go by popularity, there's a point when we should use common sense, such as when 182 individual games from a single season beat out the PDC Darts Championship currently posted, or when the college football championship bests literally 40 out of 41 ITNSPORTS events in popularity. It is massively important here in the U.S., meanwhile, I've never heard a single person ever talk about that darts championship. Also worth noting that we post nine rugby events here annually, those all can't possibly be the top tier... BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:34, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Simply repeating the same points ad nauseum will not change my opinion. Modest Genius talk 17:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Modest Genius: You are entitled to your opinion, and it may just be me, but I think there's a problem when we're posting little-known events from little-known sports whereas rejecting the most popular sporting events in the world... BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You have repeatedly stated this comparison of viewing figures, but I just checked here and here, and it would seem that you have mistakenly only counted the Darts viewing figures in Germany alone. Effy Midwinter (talk) 09:05, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • 40 out of 41 that you looked up, but I note you didn't mention anything to do with association football or cricket. And this isn't a useful metric anyway; if 1 million people in Ireland (pop 5 million) watch the GAA final, versus 17m for this event in a population of 350m, which is the more notable? And even if we worked on viewership, it still wouldn't work; for example, we would have to post every cricket Test Match between India and Pakistan, or multiple Premier League football matches every season, many of which get viewership levels in 9 figures. We can't work like that, it would be silly. Furthermore, the events you mention are top level events in their sports, which college football quite clearly isn't. Black Kite (talk) 18:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC) Black Kite (talk) 18:31, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We don't post amateur sports items to ITN. We post the highest level for each country/region and the global ones.
Noah, AATalk 17:02, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hurricane Noah, patently false. NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament is ITNR. Other amateur events may be as well, I'm not sure. There's no hard rule against amateur events here. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's no reason why that should be posted either. We have been striking down amateur sporting events from ITN/R these past couple of years since they are not professional in nature. That's part of the reason why The Boat Race was removed from ITN/R. Noah, AATalk 17:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It has been attempted to remove those before; unfortunately the Wikipedia demographic has been against it (but still removed the Boat Race, go figure). Black Kite (talk) 18:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, The Olympics are, at its heart, an amateur sports competition, even if they've allowed a gradual encroachment of professionals in a few of its sports. That kinda takes the wind out of any claim that being an amateur competition renders it invalid. Nottheking (talk) 12:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not really. The Olympics are recognized as the highest level of global sports competition. Competitions between student organizations are not at the same level. Noah, AATalk 15:48, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • The only argument in favour of posting presented here is that its viewership and total money generated cannot be disregarded. For a zillionth time, sport is more than business. There are numerous other things with large viewership that generate a lot of money that we don’t post. For instance, the the original telecast of Game of Thrones recorded an average of 17.4 million back in 2019, which is more than the viewership of this game, but we didn’t post it even though it was largely in the media. So, please don’t wave viewership as a decisive criterion for posting.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • You would be better off showing how this event has major coverage outside the US. I mean, I'm not a fan of having the NCAA finals on ITN/R, but at least that gets decent coverage in other countries. Black Kite (talk) 19:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per BeanieFan11 on account of the fact that pretty much every other sporting event we have at ITN/R has been justified under viewership numbers, which would make the CFB Championship valid for posting as well. DarkSide830 (talk) 20:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    this criterion has not really been followed to justify sports events in ITN. _-_Alsor (talk) 20:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That's absolutely not a metric that is used to justify ITN/R, otherwise we'd actually post far more cricket and association football events, as I mentioned above, and far fewer minority sports. Black Kite (talk) 21:31, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And how else would you gauge the worthiness of a sports item for ITN then popularity? Because any time I've personally disputed such an item's ITN/R status I was was responded to with viewership metrics (ie for billiards or darts). DarkSide830 (talk) 17:55, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability, but oppose on quality This is a popular football game & the championship for college football. It may not be the highest level of competition for football, but the Japan Series isn’t the highest level of competition for baseball & that’s an ITNR event, so I think it’s fine to post an event that isn’t the highest level of competition for a sport. However, the article’s quality isn’t good enough. The article‘s quality is good enough now. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 20:30, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nuanced on notability, oppose on quality. I 100% agree with User:BeanieFan11 that this championship is orders of magnitude more important in terms of number of people watching and cultural importance than darts, and if we're going to include things like darts or March Madness then it doesn't make any sense to exclude the college football championship. On the other hand, I think WRT to global interest and lasting significance none of the above should be on ITN. Minor sports and country-limited amateur competitions are just not going to have broad enough impact. Disclosure that I'm a UW alumna and also apparently as of late an enemy of darts...
JoelleJay (talk) 23:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Replace darts blurb with the championship this time, then remove both -- and March Madness, and sailing -- from ITN consideration in the future. JoelleJay (talk) 05:00, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • That this generates a lot of money is clear as day, but that’s not a criterion which makes a sport event significant. Once again, sport is more than business. A significant sport event is one that makes lasting impact and inspires the youth around the world to get involved in it. Association football is not significant because it’s a huge business, but because it impacts billions of people in virtually all pockets of the world. An impactful college league is expected to lead other similar college competitions to appear in this sport around the world. Unfortunately, it’s not the case here. However people hang on to the notion that it’s a big thing because it generates a lot of money, it’s completely irrelevant as long as there isn’t a single verifiable proof that this sport expands or this competition format mirrors elsewhere. We’ve been discussing the same thing for more than ten years now (probably more as I stopped counting the years), but there hasn’t been any major change or, at least, any developing trend to observe. Just to compare, even a sport like snooker managed to expand over the past decade, which is evident from the wave of young Chinese players entering the elite.
To flesh this out with a comparable real-world example, take a look at the lists of World Heritage Sites. The listed monuments are not there because they are big, expensive or their visits generate a lot of money, but because they have a different value that cannot be expressed in money and the number of visits. The same goes with sport events, TV shows, films snd anything else. So, viewership and money generated may indicate a commercial product success, but most definitely not that a sport event is more significant than any other.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 17:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly disagree with this. Sports become significant because of viewership and business. Sports like snooker, darts, sailing, etc are less significant (though ITN disagrees) because they are smaller scale sports. Association football is big because it generates tons of money and is big business in Europe and around the world. Same with cricket or rugby in those countries. Whether it "inspires" people or not is irrelevant. ITN does like to feature smaller sports, for variety and diversity, but it seems odd to not feature this larger sport for amateur reasons. Natg 19 (talk) 17:56, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is absolutely not true. Association football, basketball, ice hockey, athletics and tennis had been major sports long before players turned professional and they became a huge business. You need to better elaborate your argument about what made them so popular in times when viewership and money were not into play as today.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, I need to push back here. That is an incredible bar to set for a page that's titled "in the news". It's not "things that existed + were highly popular among amateur players at least X centuries ago, and are now in the news again". But even if we take your argument at face value, gridiron football is decades older than basketball and a few decades newer than ice hockey or modern association football's Cambridge rules. Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your first sentence has some merit, but it’d open up a Pandora's box for anything else that the same criteria apply to (e.g. TV series, reality shows, films etc.). By that logic, we should post every single thing that has large viewership and generates a lot of money (in one of my previous comments, you can find Game of Thrones as an example).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We're talking about sports events here. Reality shows are not a relevant comparison. BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The 2022 FA Cup Final had a viewership figure of 8.9 million, which is more in relative terms given that the UK has only a fifth of the US population, but we never considered this competition seriously for posting even though it’s the oldest association football competition in the world with a very long tradition. Not to mention that those articles are available in a dozen of other languages compared to these that are only in French besides English.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
25 million is greater than 8.9 million no matter the country. That is a second-tier competition. The college football championship is the top of all of college football; NFL is arguably a different code; other Wikis should not be relevant here. What matters is if this is "In the News": this is a top story in the U.S. and Canada and more than 10 other countries gave news coverage of it. Long tradition? College football has been played longer than the FA Cup. Everything points to this being notable enough to post. This is ridiculous. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BeanieFan11: Oh dear, this is embarrassing. The FA Cup audience may have been 8.9m in the UK, but it is generally about 500 million worldwide. And remarkably, the FA Cup isn't ITN/R either! So I'm pretty sure this minor game doesn't qualify. Black Kite (talk) 19:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
[citation needed] BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Google is really easy to use. [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] Black Kite (talk) 19:59, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Like it or not, 25 million to 334 million is most definitely less than 8.9 million to 67 million. FA Cup is not a second-tier competition as it features and is usually won by the best clubs in the English football (the current titleholders have also won the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League). College football has been played longer than the FA Cup. The FA Cup was founded in 1871, and the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision was founded in 1978. Every single word you say is utterly wrong. That’s not how a discussion should be carried out.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
1869 college football season. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(tons of edit conflicts) 25 million > 8.9 million in all circumstances. The first season of college football was in 1869, not 1978. I might have confused the FA Cup tier-ness from something else, but college football still has higher viewership and "longer tradition". BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And 25 million < 500 million for the FA Cup (see links above). I'd stop now, to be honest, because you are actually embarrassing yourself. Black Kite (talk) 20:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) Those statistics don't make sense. How would 490+ million more people be interested in England's football championship than those in England? Those seem to be saying "more than a billion will watch!" but I'm not seeing the actual TV statistics (which seem to say 8.9 mil) verifying that. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:05, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Seriously? This is the biggest sport in the world. English Premier League teams have hundreds of millions of fans outside the UK. Even regular league games have 9 figure audiences worldwide, every week. It's hardly surprising that the FA Cup Final would get such figures. Black Kite (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So you're saying, 56 times as many people are interested in England's soccer than English people themselves are? That simply doesn't make sense. But I feel we're getting a little off-topic here; this is about the importance of college football to ITN. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:13, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To be honest, I would not be surprised. I am not a soccer fan, but you do underestimate the popularity of soccer/association football. Natg 19 (talk) 20:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We’re comparing the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision to the FA Cup, not college football to association football. If that’s the case, Rules derby was first played in 1860. I’d stop now as well. Everything has been said.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 20:04, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Its college football national champions that we're comparing, FWIW. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:06, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How does darts have a lasting impact and inspires the youth around the world to get involved in it? You may want to read the article I linked above: "Love the CFP or Hate It, There’s No Debating It’s Huge, and Only Getting Bigger". College football is a massive, massive deal in the U.S., and has importance in Canada as well, and the sport appears to be growing in global popularity as a version of it was approved for the Olympics. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:54, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot properly assess its impact, but I assure you that it’s much more globally widespread than American football. I’ve seen people playing darts across pubs in every single place I’ve visited, which isn’t really the case with American football. It’s highly questionable whether darts should be considered a sport, but it’s not time for it now.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:33, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There's a difference between people randomly playing it for fun at some pubs versus something that is the most popular and loved sport in one of the world's most influential countries (that is also now an Olympic sport, which darts is not). BeanieFan11 (talk) 18:39, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wish that influence included this sport so that I could wholeheartedly support this event.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:19, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What kind of "influence" are you looking for? It is ridiculously popular, has higher viewership than almost every. single. other. event that we consider notable enough to post, is clearly in the news, including being featured in nearly every U.S. media source and ones from at least 11 other countries per above... what else could there possibly be? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop making claims about viewing figures when those statistics you keep quoting are a total farce. I've already pointed out above that your list has Netball with 15x the viewing figures of Cricket, so it's clearly nonsense. Effy Midwinter (talk) 20:14, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, I included notes for stats that seemed less certain, and netball was one of them. I also didn't get the stats for most of the cricket events. BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is an apples to oranges comparison. Darts is just a little more accessible for pub customers than a 22-player game that requires a large field. Personally, I can't say I've seen association football, ice hockey, athletics, or tennis at any pub I've visited either. Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’m wondering why was it mentioned in relation to this event when they’re completely different sports.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The reason why darts is being mentioned (though yes, they are vastly different sports) is because darts is ITNR and recently featured at ITN: In darts, Luke Humphries wins the PDC World Championship. The argument being made is, "if the darts world championship gets to be on ITN, why can't college football?" Natg 19 (talk) 19:51, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
American Football is on ITN/R in the form of the Superbowl. The game played in American universities is not generally considered to be a different sport, despite claims to the contrary. Effy Midwinter (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kiril Simeonovski: Even by the barely-there standards of WP:ITNSIGNIF, this opinion is a bit wide of the mark. Ed [talk] [OMT] 18:05, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At the end of the day, ‘significance’ means different thing for different people.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Adan Canto

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Article: Adan Canto (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Associated Press; Los Angeles Times
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Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 05:38, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support article looks good and ready. _-_Alsor (talk) 12:47, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This has enough details & references. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 01:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Denis Walker

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Article: Denis Walker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [44]
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Article updated
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Former Rhodesian government minister and Zimbabwean MP The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 19:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Élisabeth Borne resigns as French prime minister

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Superseded by the Attal nomination above. (non-admin closure) Curbon7 (talk) 01:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Élisabeth Borne (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Élisabeth Borne resigns as Prime Minister of France following the passage of an immigration bill. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Gabriel Attal replaces Élisabeth Borne as Prime Minister of France, following the latter's resignation after the passage of an immigration bill.
News source(s): BBC MidiLibre
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Article needs updating

Quite significant and expected to be apart of a larger cabinet reshuffle in 2024. TwistedAxe [contact] 23:41, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on quality. There are multiple unsourced paragraphs. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose The position of prime minister in France is not as stable as in other countries, so changes and reshuffles of governments are not very extraordinary and represent "one more political crisis". I do not think that Borne's resignation is ITN, nor do I think that the appointment of his successor is ITN because the important political figure is the president of the republic. _-_Alsor (talk) 09:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose I'm actually inclined to believe that there's more than just "the one head of government" in each country whose replacement merits blurbing, even if the secondary figure doesn't particularly influence their respective government. (after all, it's practically an automatic blurb when certain members of royalty change...) And for France, that second seat would be the nominal Head of Government, their Prime Minister. However, this appears to be part of a broader event that extends well beyond just this one office, as also alluded to by the fact that this has basically been a one-sentence update. So at face value, it's notable, but I'm not seeing much direct specific substance to this event. Nottheking (talk) 11:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This isn't very notable in a country where the president exercises the executive power.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: Attal as her replacement nominated separately above. Sandstein 12:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Youngest PM in the history is important news and should be thd focus of the blurb. Kirill C1 (talk) 16:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Wissam al-Tawil

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Article: Wissam al-Tawil (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
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Senior Hezbollah commander. 69.156.166.201 (talk) 21:02, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: J. P. R. Williams

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Article: J. P. R. Williams (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
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Wales and British Lions rugby union international The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 20:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Vulcan rocket launches Peregrine

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Articles: Vulcan Centaur (talk · history · tag) and Peregrine Mission One (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket debuts with the successful launch of the Peregrine lunar lander, the first mission on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. (Post)
News source(s): Spacenews
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Historical launch notable for two independent reasons. It is the first launch of the brand new Vulcan Centaur rocket, and the first mission on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and the first time the US launches a lunar lander since the Apollo era. Jolielegal (talk) 09:03, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are you aware, User:Nigej that this is the first flight of Vulcan - a major new rocket that will replace Atlas and Delta rockets. Nfitz (talk) 16:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware of that. The problem is that there's much going on in this area at the moment. Plenty of new rockets/missions from many different countries. Let's focus here on missions that actually achieve something significant, not just taking off. Nigej (talk) 16:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Landing isn't scheduled until late-February.
  • Support - this is more than just a routine launch of a satellite into orbit ✈ mike_gigs talkcontribs 14:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - though the blurb focus should be on the Vulcan Centaur - not the lunar lander, which should be blurbed at the end of February if it successfully lands. Vulcan Centaur is a major new rocket, that will be the workhorse of ULA launches for the rest of decade, now that production has ended on the Atlas and Delta rockets. Nfitz (talk) 16:05, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Boldly going somewhere we've gone plenty of times before, I guess? DarkSide830 (talk) 16:09, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the launch as this type of rocket series has been used before so not a breakthrough, but do Support when the lander reaches the destination. --Masem (t) 18:14, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    BTW, this series has not been used before: this is the first-ever Vulcan rocket. While it derives some heritage from a few other vehicles, its design is still pretty alien compared to any other rocket to ever have attempted flight. While it shares a 5.4-meter diameter tank size with Delta IV, the differences largely end there, as it's shorter, the panels use an orthogrid (instead of isogrid) structure, and it has a common bulkhead between the oxidizer & fuel tanks instead of an intertank section. (which as far as I can tell is a first for *any* booster stage) Oh yeah, and it's also propelled using liquid natural gas as its fuel; this marks just the second-ever successful methalox rocket to reach orbit. (after the Chinese Zhuque-2)
    To put it into perspective, it represents just the 9th medium-or-greater (>2,000kg to LEO) launcher family in United States history. (a list that includes Atlas, Titan, Thor/Delta, Saturn, Space Shuttle, Falcon, Antares, Space Launch System, and now Vulcan.) Nottheking (talk) 12:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Surely the current blurb is untenable, given that it seems that, despite the successful take-off, the mission will fail to achieve any of its important scientific objectives. Nigej (talk) 19:15, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above JM (talk) 20:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The news now is that the lander has developed a fault and so may not be able to land. This is generating more coverage now and so it seems best to post this now rather than waiting on its uncertain future. Andrew🐉(talk) 23:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose humans launch a rocket into space (or fail to); specifically, if it's space-related and not INTR, it's unlikely to be significant enough for ITN. Kcmastrpc (talk) 23:43, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • ITN/R isn't the only reason for things to get posted. After all, that's the case for every blue- and yellow-box nomination here. Being listed in ITN/R (which is due for a revision) merely means it automatically passes the "notability" test, but that doesn't mean things that don't are automatically not notable. This was the first successful orbital launch of a brand-new rocket family, which there is a fairly broad consensus is notable. (and probably strong support to be re-added to ITN/R, which it previously was) But the important thing to note is that "not being ITN/R means it's not notable" isn't really true. Nottheking (talk) 02:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted as there's consensus for this. I've deleted the word "successful" from the blurb. If something happens regarding failed landings, we'll update the hook. Media is currently awaiting protection. Schwede66 01:53, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 7

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(Posted blurb) RD/blurb: Franz Beckenbauer

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Article: Franz Beckenbauer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Former German footballer and manager Franz Beckenbauer dies at the age of 78. (Post)
News source(s): [1][2][3]
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Former Bayern Munich and Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer died on 7 January 2024. He was considered to be one of the greatest defenders of all time,[4][5][6] and perhaps one of the greatest players to ever play the sport. Shakya2007 (talk) 16:38, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support blurb once ready. NOW we're talking about one of the greatest of this sport. The greatest defender of all time, two-time World Champion (one of only three to win both as player and coach), two-time Ballon d'Or, the list goes on and on. While reputation definitely suffered in the last decade or two, he's still widely revered in Germany and beyond. - CDE34RFV (talk) 16:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Anyone who was considered the best in soccer for that year (except Sir Bobby for some reason), should be put in RD. Keep in mind that he was considered the best in soccer for TWO years. Sadbunny3 (talk) 16:59, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support once ready: Beckenbauer's life and achievements speak for themselves (both in a good and a bad way), so he's undoubtedly eligible. However, I should note that many sentences in the first half of the article, as well as many accolades in the "Career statistics" section, still need to be supported by citations... I hope I'll be able to provide some help myself on that front. Oltrepier (talk) 17:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
allocades that "speak for themselves" I'd not sufficient for a blurb. They should be described as part of why the person was significant or important for merit ing a blurb. --Masem (t) 18:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He was called Der Kaiser — the Emperor — for a reason. This does speak for itself, in my opinion. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But nit to anyone not familiar with football. The article should have clear context for that, and it is lacking that now. — Masem (t) 21:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And while we're at it, Mario Zagallo. Funny both men with such similar deeds die so near each other in time. 41.58.54.167 (talk) 17:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They also look confusingly similar. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 17:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb when ready Considered one of the greatest footballers of his time, article reflects this, however the article has some ref work to be done. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:28, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb when ready. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 17:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose blurb Like I said on the other active football blurb nom, "winning at sports" is not sufficient for a blurb. The systemic bias is strong here. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:49, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Top of the field is what counts. He was top of the field. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:02, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Beckenbauer was one of the most important people (not just as a player) in soccer history, so definitely worthy of a blurb. Rlendog (talk) 17:57, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb. Given that Mario Zagallo has been rejected, there is zero reason to blurb Beckenbauer. Their achievements are very similar.  — Amakuru (talk) 18:02, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Beckenbauer has more achievements than Zagallo, and frankly speaking more famous to most current readers. 85 wiki pages in different languages for Beckenbauer and 51 for Zagallo. They are figures of different level. Beckenbauer is also famous as long term Bauern chief. Kirill C1 (talk) 19:57, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb As with Zaggallo, the article does not clearly explain how he was an influential player or manager, and hand-waving these claims do not help. Oppose RD at this time due to several missing citations. --Masem (t) 18:17, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    He was transformative figure in German football, and also international. He was even inducted in U.S. football Hall of Fame.
    He helped German 2006 bid, and World Cup in Germany was a transformative and very big event that changed the way joe football is viewed in Germany. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agree with Kirill. Beckenbauer's transformative nature as a footballer, manager and executive/ambassador are the source of the title of this biography (Yes, I know anyone can write a book on anything, but it shows the breadth of his impact). I can't access the NYT homepage to see its billing, but there's a long obituary in the NYT which covers the main points (revolutionary defender, winning manager, controversial ambassador) [45]. Unknown Temptation (talk) 20:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    From New York Times:
    "A cerebral player whose technical skills and tactical awareness revolutionized his position in central defense, Beckenbauer was nicknamed “Der Kaiser” for his ability to control games and score goals from a position largely charged with preventing them." Kirill C1 (talk) 20:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That's nice and all, but failing to have a significant section in our Article is a problem. RD blurbs should be very clear why we are promoting this person over the dozens of other deaths happening. Until that stuff is actually written onto our articles, it's hand waving claims of importance even if you can provide links here. — Masem (t) 21:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I will add that there is now a Legacy section which partially satisfies my concern. But the article is still undersourced, so that's still a barrier to posting anything. — Masem (t) 22:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support blurb. If we blurb a footballer, this is who we should blurb. Captain of German World Cup winning team, ultimate footballer.
He wasn't only a football player, his activities as Bayern Munich chief are very notable. Kirill C1 (talk) 19:52, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb old man dies. No disrespect intended. Keyword is former. ITN should not be an obituary celebrating life achievements. JM (talk) 19:57, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In my opinion, when someone dies who is world famous, to the point of being not only household name, but the representative of an era, or a certain field, like Tina Turner, Mikhail Gorbachyov, then this person should be blurbed. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:07, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Keynote is former" — Gorbachyov, Jim Brown, Henry Kissinger, Sidney Poitier, Jiang Zemin, former Fillipines president, former Angola president dos Santos were all former or retired. It didn't stop them from getting blurb. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that my first ITN appearance was only in September, so the only one I was here for was Kissinger, and I opposed it. If you go back in the archive and look I actually said the exact same thing I said here: "old man dies". Also I said keyword, not keynote, so that's a misquote. JM (talk) 20:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can I blame autocorrect? 😉 I would edit it but you already noticed this so don't know ehat to do. Kirill C1 (talk) 20:27, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a big deal, just felt the need to point it out for accuracy's sake. JM (talk) 20:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb One of the greatest players, and hugely influential in the game overall. Complaints that another player-manager wasn’t listed are odd: just because there was a mistake in not listing them doesn’t mean we shouldn’t list this one. - SchroCat (talk) 20:06, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Addendum: I’d also be happy supporting a blurb with both FB and Zagallo mentioned in the same entry. - SchroCat (talk) 22:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It seems odd to reject one just because someone else who could have been listed wasn’t. I suspect it’s because WP is Western-centric, but that is hardly FB’s fault. - SchroCat (talk) 22:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not his fault, but it'd be unjust. I don't think it's a matter of Western-centrism as we didn't post a blurb for Cruyff, who was at least as notable and influential in the sport as Beckenbauer. The main problem is that we have death blurbs in the current form. There are no death blurbs on the German Wikipedia, and the community there didn't make an exception for him.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We should have blurbed Cruyff. Period. Kirill C1 (talk) 16:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb - According to the sources in the article, he was one of the greatest players in the history of the most popular sport in the world. Several accomplishments too that are internationally recognized. Comparing him to Zagallo is a mistake because sources widely covered Beckenbauer's career in more detail. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 20:41, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support blurb on principle, oppose on quality Beckenbauer is widely considered the greatest football defender of all time, or at least tied for the GOAT with Maldini. As such, he is probably notable enough for a blurb. However, the article is not yet ready. NorthernFalcon (talk) 20:51, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There is an article in The Guardian entitled Franz Beckenbauer was the complete footballer and a triumphant coach [46] Kirill C1 (talk) 22:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. My question here is just how many soccer players do we consider there to be/have been that were given blurbs/are worthy of future blurbs? Can't say I know enough about Zagallo or Beckenbauer, but are these individuals we would rank within the five most important soccer figures ever? Ten? Generally speaking, most fields don't see so many blurbs for their members short of people with truly transformative impact on the world, ie politicians, scientists, etc. Do we really consider either of these men in that category? DarkSide830 (talk) 01:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not really a football (soccer) fan, but it appears that Beckenbauer is considered one of the greatest defensemen of all time. Unsure about Zagallo. Natg 19 (talk) 02:04, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is quite the opposite for politicians. Every time head of the state dies, we make a blurb. We blurbed Queen Elizabeth II, former Philippines President, dos Santos — former Angola President, Henry Kissinger, Kuwait head, Mikhail Gorbachyov in 2022 and 2023 alone. During that time we only blurbed Pele. Kirill C1 (talk) 07:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And that's how it should be. Politicians are more impactful then sportspeople. DarkSide830 (talk) 19:50, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    In the case of monarchies like Kuwait, it's also due to the fact that they tend to get replaced when dying, which is usually newsworthy. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 20:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. Transformative player followed by a most successful career as coach. Would also be happy to have a double blurb with Mário Zagallo. Schwede66 02:06, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd be unhappy. Even having heard of neither, I can tell these are different people with different stories. Nothing in either article suggests their teams even played each other. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Beckenbauer is the pillar of football, I can't believe anyone has not heard of him.
    He was very active while at Bayern Munich, very influential. Kirill C1 (talk) 07:16, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've heard of Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham and Lionel Messi. These are the Wayne Gretzkys, Michael Jordans and Hulk Hogans of the sport, as far as I and millions of other non-fans know. Even if he was "that damn good", his death doesn't change that and it doesn't make him anything like Zagallo (aside from making them dead, like the other eight notable footballers this year). InedibleHulk (talk) 07:21, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a trite and completely incorrect comparison you're making, based on a view of the sport that shows no real understanding of it (this isn't meant as an insult, but Der Kaiser was twice as good as Beckham and a lot more influential than the others when football was a different beast altogether). People have heard of the three you've listed because they are current or very recent players and all are goalscorers (who get much more press than defenders), but I wouldn't vote for Beckham for a blurb simply based on his footballing at the moment. Neither Beckham nor Ronaldo have won the World Cup and Messi only won it once. That's very, very different from Beckenbauer's record. - SchroCat (talk) 09:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not trying to make any sort of "correct" comparison. It's just that as one of the millions (maybe billions) of people with no real understanding of the sport, these are the three I've heard of. Believe it or not! I'm voting OMD on all of them, if there's nothing more to the stories of their demises. I have no opinion on who's bigger everywhere or why, who would win if they played each other or who deserves higher praise immediately after they can't read it. I just know there's nothing remarkable about this recent death. Wonderful life, apparently, cheers to that much! InedibleHulk (talk) 10:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know much about 50% of the people that appear as a blurb (and I haven't heard of about 25% of those who appear), but that's entirely down to my ignorance and shouldn't affect whether they appear or not. "Remarkable death" is not the only criteria for inclusion as a blurb, and Beckenbauer's impact went way beyond his playing career. - SchroCat (talk) 10:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. I haven't heard of many of the most formerly impactful people on Earth and wouldn't hold that against their fans at a time like this. This is only a sidetrack attempting to assure C1 of how culturally insulated I (and mine) actually am/are; my vote and its reasons are all per JM. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Death blurb requirements are found at WP:ITNRDBLURB:

    In general, if a person's death is only notable for what they did while alive, it belongs as an RD link. If the person's death itself is newsworthy for either the manner of death or the newsworthy reaction to it, it may merit a blurb...The death of major figures may merit a blurb. These cases are rare, and are usually posted on a sui generis basis through a discussion at WP:ITNC that determines there is consensus that the death merits a blurb.

    Practically, this means that the death is supposed to be the story, not the life. In the case of this person, the life is the main story. It's up to individual standards to determine whether or not this person has a "major figure" exception and if major figures even have an exception. JM (talk) 17:28, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Beckham was born at the time Beckenbauer was active, Ronaldo and Messi were born afterwards. They are more famous now because their peak was long after his. Kirill C1 (talk) 16:32, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The only male soccer players I’ve heard of are Pelé, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Maradona & Beckham. The only female soccer players I’ve heard of are the stars of the U.S. women’s soccer team. Since I’m not a soccer fan, I don’t feel qualified to determine the blurbability of Beckenbauer & Zagallo. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 21:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blurbless, per JM. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support blurb transformative figure as a player (sweeper). David Beckham was nowhere near world-leading, he was a celebrity Bumbubookworm (talk) 07:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    He is a celebrity, and made soccer cool for a sizable chunk of the New World's youth (not me, though). You kind of had to be here to get it. What did this guy change? InedibleHulk (talk) 08:07, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Fun fact, Beckenbauer did play in the US, from 1977-80 and '83. I bet Americans in the 70s were influenced by him. In fact, he was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame (in the US). Natg 19 (talk) 08:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As a Canadian from the '80s, I can't say. All I know is Beckham's movie and later MLS signing were much more influential (though that is a fun fact, thanks). Did you hear Canada might host a World Cup? InedibleHulk (talk) 08:41, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. While Beckham is a celebrity, objectively his success is below the success of Beckenbauer, who won about everything one can win and definitely was on "top of his game". Beckenbauer was voted third in the [Best Man Player of the Century] in 2000 by FIFA. Pelé (first place in the list), Johan Cruyff (second) and Diego Maradona (fifth) all received blurbs, so it would only be fitting for Beckenbauer to get a blurb, too. --Clibenfoart (talk) 09:07, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Cruyff was posted only to RD in a heated discussion with many reasonable claims for a blurb because of his overall influence on the game. His omission is another problem to argue that Beckenbauer merits a blurb.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, on Cruyff's discussion page it said that a news item with him was featured after his death. In my personal opinion, anyone who is seen as being among the greatest in a very popular field of sport (and football/soccer is the most popular in the world) should be able to get a news item. Of course, the problem is probably that the popularity of sportsmen depends upon the age and the nationality of the person you ask (American football player Jim Brown recieved a blurb last year and is not really well-known in many countries outside of the US). --Clibenfoart (talk) 16:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb. This is what RD is for. Also currently oppose on quality, plenty of uncited information. Nigej (talk) 10:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I gave 6 citations, how many do you want? Shakya2007 (talk) 15:31, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've counted 7 paragraphs without a single reference, plenty of other sentences without one, club career statistics unreferenced, international goals unreferenced, plenty of honours unreferenced. Currently this article shouldn't even get to RD. Nigej (talk) 16:22, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Blurb very notable player Setarip (talk) 16:03, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Blurb I came here because I did not see his name on the front page - and I don't really watch football. After reading I am convinced he is a good footballer. My guess is Beckenbauer must be the next important living footballer since Pelé and Maradona are dead? But now he is dead too. Zagallo winning World Cup is interesting statistic. Beckenbauer did this and he did so much more. I confess to not know the name Zagallo. But I know the name Beckenbauer.
All the extra articles and other content on Beckenbauer - not obituaries. Some mention his influence not in football and "reshaping" his country.
Daily Telegraph
Sky News
  • "Beckenbauer: Der Kaiser who changed the perception of Germany" - "We associate Germany as a footballing force because of one man. Franz Beckenbauer became synonymous with success with whatever he touched. Reshaping perceptions of his nation. Redefining how the game was played. A pioneer and visionary. A legend as a player who tasted glory at the highest levels as a manager - unlike contemporaries Pele and Bobby Charlton."
Guardian
BBC
And these not Germany? All England - I thought they liked themselves to be the enemy of Germany?
I saw this too. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp in 2019 - praise from Beckenbauer like being knighted ("It is just like the king with his sword calling a man 'sir'") and "Beckenbauer is Der Kaiser rather than the king, though when he speaks everyone in Germany listens". Hagesen 19:29, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As Germany's biggest footballer of all time, he absolutely deserves a blurb Tommie345 (talk) 14:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Blurb Pelé level football player, who additionally was vastly influential after his active career as a footballer. Khuft (talk) 21:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Joan Acocella

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Article: Joan Acocella (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
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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.

Dance critic for The New Yorker from 1998 to 2019. Thriley (talk) 04:47, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Bangladeshi general election

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Article: 2024 Bangladeshi general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina wins record fifth term. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In the Bangladeshi general election, the ruling Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, wins a large majority.
News source(s): The Times of India NDTV
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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: Bangladesh election Hasina wins 5 term.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:25, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Ruling Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina (pictured) wins a fifth consecutive term in a election boycotted by the opposition."
— Zeeshan Y Tariq (talk) 11:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note it is the fourth consecutive term of Sheikh Hasina since 2009 .She had one non consecutive term 1996-2001.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah sorry I accidentally missed that fact. Zeeshan Y Tariq (talk) 07:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Tim Steele

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Template:ITN candidate ARCA racing legend who racked up 41 wins in his 15 years of competition. TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 22:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 6

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[Attention needed] RD: Richard Wallace (bishop)

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Template:ITN candidate New Zealand Māori Anglican bishop. 13:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

RD: Burke Dales

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Template:ITN candidate Canadian professional football player. 13:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

  • A stubby wikibio (only 311 words of prose) lacking info in this professional sportsman's on-field performance. How did he become a 6-time all-star as listed in the infobox? --PFHLai (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Roy Yorke Calne

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January 5

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RD: Nicholas Rescher

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Template:ITN candidate Thriley (talk) 12:13, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

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Template:ITN candidate Article is in good quality. I believe this to be notable as it affects a lot of flights but apologise if this isn't notable to others. CaptainGalaxy 18:38, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - There's no such policy as WP:MINIMUMDEATHS. That isn't a reason to oppose. This has definitely been In The News PrecariousWorlds (talk) 20:08, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Given the history of the max and the impact this grounding is having, this news clearly meets the requirement for posting ITN. Kcmastrpc (talk) 20:18, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Given this is like the 3rd or 4th major problem with the Max, and that we typically do not post major product defects without a significant loss of life involved, this doesn't meet ITN significance. --Masem (t) 20:21, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The in-flight incident isn't the significant thing here, the grounding is. However, the flight article is ready, whereas the grounding article is not (although it's close). NorthernFalcon (talk) 22:09, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose a minor incident. Not ITN-worthy. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think it would be better to put the groundings as the target article; however, this incident is not covered enough in the Boeing 737 MAX groundings article, aside from a few bullet points in the Timeline section. This could be considered as ITN (at least that is how I see it) but I believe the grounding of the MAX 9s is the bigger news here. Vida0007 (talk) 00:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose a good faith nomination. This incident is too minor; even the plane itself didn't suffer a hull loss. Bremps... 00:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Anthony J. Alvarado

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Template:ITN candidate New York City School Chancellor from 1983 to 1984. Death reported 5 January. Thriley (talk) 20:36, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Ready The article is sufficiently well-sourced, but should be cleaned up and split into sections. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 07:13, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted RD) RD/Blurb: Mário Zagallo

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Template:ITN candidate World Cup winner.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:30, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support blurb as he was definitely a football legend and one of the most influential people in the history of the sport. He won a record four World Cups both as a player and manager, he managed the Brazilian squad to win the 1970 World Cup, which is considered the most dominant team ever, and he played a decisive role in reviving Brazilian dominance in the 1990s and early 2000s. Furthermore, his death receives front-page coverage with extensive obituaries.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:35, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb once ready per Kiril. - CDE34RFV (talk) 11:40, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb Article is a bit thin but big enough. Needs some work to get up to the required standard. Personally I don't see him as a big enough name for the blurb. Nigej (talk) 11:51, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • On the fence. I feel like if anyone led England to four world cup wins, they'd be blutbed before I'd even finished my apple crumble with custard. Alf Ramsey won one, and while he was pre-Wikipedia, I can't imagine we'd have not blurbed him. But maybe Brazil winning is more of a run of the mill thing, they're expected to win it. And don't want to open the floodgates too much. Quality needs sorting anyway.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb This article is way too short if we're supposed to consider him one of the best players or managers in the world. I would expect a significant amount of legacy and the like to be discussed, in addition to a more lengthy bio. Oppose RD at this time as I see unsourced paragraphs in it. --Masem (t) 15:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb The proposed blurb is vague/misleading and unsourced. A casual observer might assume that he "won" four World Cups as a player, however he only played in two of those wins. The article claims that the fourth "win" was as an "Assistant Manager", whatever that means. (If someone is a waterboy for a team that wins four world cups, does that count as "winning" four world cups?) Furthermore, the claim that he was assistant manager in 1994 is unsourced. The claim that "winning four world cups" is a record is also unsourced. Separate to all of the above, I don't think this person is sufficiently significant to warrant a blurb. He's not Pelé or Maradona or Madonna. Chrisclear (talk) 16:09, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • That source was not in the article when I read it before posting my comment above. And at the time of writing this comment, the 1994 "assistant manager" claim is still unsourced. Chrisclear (talk) 16:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb old man dies. JM (talk) 16:23, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not Ready for RD Significant gaps in referencing. Neutral on Blurb -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb and RD on quality There's missing refs and the article itself is far too short for blurb-level quality. The Kip 23:25, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, oppose blurb on notability - it’d be one thing if he’d been manager for four WCs, and playing in four would be near-unprecedented, but it’s a little less special when it’s neither of those. Anyways, the sports figure blurb standards are high and his article doesn’t show that he meets them imo. The Kip 05:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb once ready This is one of the greatest legends in football's history. He won two WCs as a player, one WC as a coach and one WC as technical director. He managed the Brazilian squad to win the 1970 World Cup, which is considered the greatest football national team ever. Saying that he was only "old man dies" is very disrespectful.--Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 23:58, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's an easy way to say that this person has long been retired, and his death does not have the significance of a normal non-death event which would be blurbed. A significant life is not a significant death, and ITN's blurbs should not be obituaries telling us about someone's life, which means that death blurbs should have the same qualifications as a normal blurbs: an article or section for itself, and having the same significance as a normal blurb. (And if you want to call my comment "very disrespectful" without replying to it, feel free to ping me.) JM (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose blurb "Winning at sports" is not a sufficient justification for a death blurb. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb when ready Once the article is up to shape I can support a blurb largely per Kiril but also he was an influential figure in his field. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The article has no support for this claim. I am sure it is true, but the article better have a detailed section as to why he was influential. Right now, it's hand waving of this claim. Masem (t) 01:57, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb, support RD on quality Zagallo is not on that Pele/Maradona/Messi level as a player, nor is he at the Sir Alex Ferguson level as a manager. To make a comparison with a different sport: Zagallo was not the Gretzky/Bobby Orr of football, nor was he the Scotty Bowman of hockey coaches, so he's not notable enough within his sport to merit a blurb. Article quality appears to be good enough for RD, though. NorthernFalcon (talk) 04:54, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Really? So let's look at the media's opinion shall we - Mário Zagallo, one of the greatest figures in the history of Brazilian football – obituary (The Telegraph). Brazilian World Cup-winning great Mario Zagallo dies aged 92 (RTE). Mario Zagallo: Brazilian football legend dies aged 92 (Sky Sports). Mario Zagallo was everything to Brazil – his record-setting involvement defined the national team (The Athletic). Brazil declares three-day mourning for football legend, Zagallo (PunchNG). He was a hugely influential in Brazlian and World football as a coach as many of the obituaries have stated. Davidstewartharvey (talk) 13:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Zagallo is way bigger than Ferguson as a coach. He built the best national team ever and coached them to win a World Cup. Ferguson never ever dreamt about winning a World Cup. He pretty much only coached a single notable team in the Premier League. He also had two World Cup as player and one as technical director. How many people have 4 world cups in their careers? Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 22:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb, support RD Not as important to blurb. I do support the RD though. Setarip (talk) 09:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Joseph Lelyveld

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Template:ITN candidate The executive editor of The New York Times from 1994 to 2001. Pulitzer Prize winner. Thriley (talk) 07:46, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Battle of Laukkai

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Template:ITN candidate Recent development of the completed capture, new article I created (~27000 chars). I expect more updates/changes as the situation/aftermath comes out on reliable sources and gets confirmed. First time, so apologies if new articles don't meet ITN standards. EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 05:28, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is already covered in ongoing. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 07:00, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose covered by ongoing Setarip (talk) 10:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose ongoing JM (talk) 16:25, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Derek Draper

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Template:ITN candidate 147.192.103.42 (talk) 16:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: David Soul

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Template:ITN candidate Article may need some editing, but David Soul was best known as Hutch on Starsky and Hutch on TV, and one of the rare actors with a Billboard number one with Don't Give Up on Us, in 1977. TheCorriynial (talk) 15:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Far from it. Running up that hill, I'd say. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC) [reply]
Template:@ITNA ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aroace, 🐾) 23:59, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing: 2024 Sea of Japan earthquake aftermath

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  • Oppose, the earthquake isn’t ongoing and there’ll always be a slow increase in casualties as the clean up happens. Stephen 12:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support – The earthquake rolled off so suddenly, while the article is still actively being updated every day. A very reasonable ongoing request, though it would be an extremely short one. I expect the edits will have slowed down a lot in just a week from now. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Barring extraordinary conditions, we usually do not have natural disasters or the long tail of recovery and restoration in ongoing. The Japan quake clearly was notable but it was far from a catastrophe that it could have been for a quake that size, and only a few hundred missing is not a scale that would be considered necessary to keep track of. --Masem (t) 12:39, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - the ongoing rescue efforts are quite significant with both the death toll and missing account rising by the day. The same logic can basically be applied with the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake. Moctiwiki (talk) 13:14, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That earthquake had tolls in the 100,000s, where the Japan quake at most will come out to around 1000, most of those injured. Very significant difference. Masem (t) 13:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think this is suitable for ongoing. The earthquake itself is not ongoing and daily updates about the death toll aren't enough. Maybe if this was one of the major earthquakes, like Turkey-Syria last year or Japan in 2011, it would be on a different level. Johndavies837 (talk) 13:29, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The earthquake isn't ongoing and although it might be significant, it is not usual for one to post such in Ongoing. Editor 5426387 (talk) 14:38, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. An item shouldn't be ongoing if it isn't currently occurring. And yes, the aftermath is, but the aftermath of any event comes after it ends. DarkSide830 (talk) 22:01, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per all above. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above JM (talk) 23:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The earthquake was already posted. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 02:13, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Christian Oliver

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Template:ITN candidate German-born actor and aviation accident victim. 240D:1A:4B5:2800:DCA8:D015:810F:1125 (talk) 14:43, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Poorly sourced stub. Schwede66 18:21, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Glynis Johns

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Template:ITN candidate Article seems in good shape. Connormah (talk) 19:26, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support very good article. Setarip (talk) 20:16, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Jeffrey Epstein's associates list

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  • Wait, Leaning Support, Event is recent and there hasn't been any updates/reactions and I would wait until there are further responses globally before posting. Article could also be expanded on as it's only start-class, I would also really like to see this article expanded on with reactions and developments from people related to this event. ~~mAyLiNgOeEd (Talk to me!) (My contributions to Wikipedia📜) 02:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose As the sources on this have clearly stated, this is only people that have had some type of connection to Epstein, and there are some that are not being investigated with any part of Epstein's crimes. While we can document the list, we should be aware that there's going to be a flurry of news of people on this list trying to distance themselves from it, and thus we should keep BLPCRIME in mind, since no one yet has been convicted or arrested on these charges. --Masem (t) 02:27, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What charges? All we're saying is Michael Jackson is somewhat connected to the guy. That's not illegal. It's also not that important. Certainly could get "messy", among the living. Maybe living royalty and presidents, too, but they're used to it. Tough call. Strong Neutral. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not about whether any of these people have done illegal actions, or maybe none are just connected to Epstein, but it is about that as an encyclopedia, we should not engage in gossipmongering particularly when there may be potential crimes involved. Again, we can document the list, but we should not be so over the moon about it as to make it an ITN item, because that feeds this gossipmongering aspect. Masem (t) 02:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough. For the record, I in no way meant to suggest Michael Jackson was ever connected to underage girls. Not through Epstein or anyone. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:58, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Masem, BLPCRIME, and BLPGOSSIP. Some people seem to think that this is a list of people who Epstein connected with underage girls. It is not. The incorrect implication is a major BLP issue. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose good faith nom per Masem and Muboshgu. There are huge BLP issues here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:52, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose What they said. It's (ultimately) a bunch of documents showing that a dead criminal knew high-profile people. It passes GNG based on immense coverage, but it's only news for gossip, not actual news. (And FWIW, our article is not of a standard for MP inclusion by a long shot) Kingsif (talk) 03:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on BLP concerns, and also on article quality. Natg 19 (talk) 04:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above. The Kip 05:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait, tending towards support, per Maylingoed. Given the high-profile nature of some of the names, I think we should wait a bit to expand the article further. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose This is not a client list or anything even close to that. The fact that a rich financier (who is now one of the most notorious criminals) had contact with high-profile people at some point in the past is not notable in itself or evidence of a link to Epstein's sex crimes. The documents also include hearsay, most of the accusations have been known for years and no one has been charged. Not suitable for ITN and I'm not even sure if it should have its own article, it should be merged with Epstein's article. Johndavies837 (talk) 05:44, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for concerns about BLP and GOSSIP; willing to reconsider if something more notable occures on the back of it though This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 08:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: J. P. S. Uberoi

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Template:ITN candidate Indian sociologist. Article requires some small set of updates. Should be ready soon. Basic edits done. Meets hygiene expectations. Ktin (talk) 18:22, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 PDC World Darts Championship

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Template:ITN candidate ITNR article, updated to include final information. OZOO (t) (c) 22:50, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Replyto If you want darts off WP:ITNR, take it to WT:ITN, not here. BangJan1999 17:26, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Tetris broken

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I can't see an update for this yet and I suppose some authentication may be required. But the mainstream media seem to be taking it seriously. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Updates have been made to the NES article and I've added these details. This seems to be the version used for the Classic Tetris World Championship and so has some credence as a recognised format. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • As I understand it, there's no in-game endpoint and so the achievement is pushing the game to the point that the software can't cope any more. The feat seems fairly well understood but has only been achieved by AI previously. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:28, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

*Wait until article is updated, Leaning Support: This story will likely further develop, Article needs to be updated to accommodate this event. This is notable as Tetris is a very popular game worldwide, not to mention that it took 34 years until someone has beaten it. ~~mAyLiNgOeEd (Talk to me!)

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(Posted) Kerman bombings

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Template:ITN candidate Major bombing, believed to be a terrorist attack. Current death count of 73 103, at least 150 injured. Improvements to the blurb are welcome. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 13:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support But it says at least 103 people killed, and the blurb says 73. Might have to wait for correct casualties or change blurb. Setarip (talk) 14:45, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, updated! ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 14:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support It is a notable event but wait until it is clear whether this is a terrorist attack or not , even though deputy governor said so , wait for ministry of interior to say so. Harvici 14:45, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Due to impact, update hook when motives are known. Bremps... 15:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's very important. I've written alt2 to include that. Mentioning the ceremony takes up a lot of space & the fact that the bombings were committed by IS is very important, especially because there has been a lot of speculation as well as false accusations. X2023X (talk) 00:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ISIS mention Template:Done. El_C 09:02, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just a suggestion - the blurb now reads as if Daesh claiming responsibility is the story, rather than the bombings themselves. My personal suggestion would be something like:
"In Iran, at least 84 people are killed by an Islamic State bombing during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani."
The Kip 09:42, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed and Template:Done. El_C 10:19, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 2

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(Posted) RD: Chris Karrer

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Template:ITN candidate Pioneer of German (Kraut)rock and world music, playing guitar, violin, saxophone, oud ... - Filmpreis with band Anom Düül II. Was a rather stubby article, that's why it took so long. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COMMENT I appreciate your work on the article, but oppose its inclusion for now. I agree that the general criteria for inclusion of a recent death are met, but have some concerns about quality. Below, I will split those into separate comments to for a simpler structure. FortunateSons (talk) 18:35, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
1. The use of Strawberry Bricks as source isn’t great. Is that really a WP:RS? FortunateSons (talk) 18:36, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2. The fifth footnote links to a 24 page pdf. Is there way to source it in way that allows for easier verification? FortunateSons (talk) 18:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
3. I am unsure about some other footnotes whether or not they comply with WP:RS, could you provide some context for the following sources: progarchives.com, rocktimes.com, materiali-sonori.myshopify.com. Particularly the last one isn’t great, if you ask me? FortunateSons (talk) 18:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
4. this is probably subjective, but 5 paragraphs of text is still pretty short. Is there other significant information with which the article can be extended, or is this all that can reliably sourced? FortunateSons (talk) 18:48, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My time is limited, my knowledge of the kind of music very basic which includes knowledge about sources. I believe that he should appear, and appreciate all help.
1. The Strawberry was for a while the only source for his death, and I try to avoid to remove the work of others.
2. I'll check that now.
3. I keep being surprised about the need to source recordings, - if they exist, it should hardly mater which source says so.
4. This is subjective, - back to intro. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I removed 1. and added 3. to the talk page. I think everything else is at least good enough for ITN, thank you for the good work! FortunateSons (talk) 20:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The page number is 14. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! FortunateSons (talk) 20:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The article could be made longer by including more from the rather detailed one about his band, but is that what we'd want? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You’re right, it would probably be mostly filler. If you find something, that would be great, but otherwise probably fine as is FortunateSons (talk) 20:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
support! Per discussion above. FortunateSons (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This has enough details & references. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 19:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Matisyahu Salomon

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Template:ITN candidate One of the world's foremost mashgiach ruchanis operating out of the largest yeshiva in the western hemisphere. StonyBrook babble 22:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Citations look good and article seems balanced 68.192.102.58 (talk) 00:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Claudine Gay

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Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate Prestigious university president who was appointed by the university with much fanfare resigns after being accused of anti-semitism and plagiarism. Making international headline news, shortest tenure in the role in the nearly 400 year history of the school 24.125.98.89 (talk) 12:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you suggestion in spirit, but please moderate your language, particularly insofar as it cannot be verified with sources compliant with WP:BLP FortunateSons (talk) 12:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
fixed --24.125.98.89 (talk) 12:20, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks a lot better, thank you FortunateSons (talk) 12:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
who? this is not worthy of itn, shitty ass blurb gtfo 2601:58A:8E7E:C300:1411:DF33:5D74:9A03 (talk) 17:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support significant media attention, political and academic backlash, and it is reported by many news sites, including many national and international reliable sources. FortunateSons (talk) 12:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, just a university, not a geopolitical authority or anything. Small impact. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 13:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree, it is one of the best ranked universities in the world. FortunateSons (talk) 13:08, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Technically, tied to the situation in the Gaza strip, but also typically we would not post the resignation or retirement or other departure of the top person in a company or institution, unless there were serious ramifications that would come with that. --Masem (t) 13:13, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I was reading the instructions above Wikipedia:ITNCDONT and it says "Oppose an item just because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one." so I guess your comment is invalid. --24.125.98.89 (talk) 15:14, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The comment mentioned the jurisdiction, not the entire US. You can't just decide that replies opposing your proposal are invalid, that's bad form. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 15:37, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose this unworthy event. Not important at all for the world. Setarip (talk) 16:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Zvi Zamir

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Template:ITN candidate Former director of Mossad. 240D:1A:4B5:2800:51E3:903B:140B:3B5E (talk) 10:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Sartaj Aziz

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Template:ITN candidate Former finance minister of Pakistan, orange tag to fix but that should be doable. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 17:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ken Bowman

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Template:ITN candidate – Muboshgu (talk) 17:30, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted as RD) RD/blurb?: Saleh al-Arouri

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Template:ITN candidate Was a leader in Hamas. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:15, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Article quality is pretty good. Setarip (talk) 18:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can we blurb it? We blurbed assassination of ISIS leader. And it is the first major figure from Hamas who was taken out by Israel. Kirill C1 (talk) 23:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was mulling with the idea of a blurb as well. We did blurb Qasem Soleimani's death. Plus the Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri article doesn't look that bad as well. I'd support blurb TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 07:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Blurb. Qasem Soleimani was the head of the IRGC while Saleh is merely the second-in-command of Hamas's political branch, which relatively speaking isn't that significant. It was a similar deal with ISIS since Kirili CT brought it up; we posted when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, but not when his many deputies were drone striked. When the actual head gets assassinated, then it should be posted Mount Patagonia (talk • contributions) 09:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Qaiser Rashid Khan

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Template:ITN candidate Ainty Painty (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Now updated. Ainty Painty (talk) 03:19, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Generally speaking the article badly needs more secondary sources, but it would barely surpass RD's low quality bar if the close parroting of the primary source profile didn't have me concerned. ("received his secondary education", uses the exact same cadence as the source in that section, "took oath as" farther down) Ed [talk] [OMT] 01:45, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Carmen Valero

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Template:ITN candidate Valero became the first woman to ever represent Spain at the Summer Olympics in 1976, and won two consecutive IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1976 and 1977. Oltrepier (talk) 11:58, 2 January 2024 (UTC) Comment: I'm currently working on the article to "de-stub" it and bring it to a good level. Oltrepier (talk) 14:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Japan Airlines Flight 516

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Template:ITN candidate A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 aircraft collided with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft while landing at Tokyo Haneda Airport. Everyone on the A350 survived (some are injured), while 5 out of 6 people on the Coast Guard plane died. Both planes are reportedly destroyed and this is JAL's first fatal accident since 1985. It was also widely reported by almost every major news sources. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 10:09, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on quality concerns. We still need a flight/accident section. Otherwise I’m feeling OK for support. S5A-0043Talk 10:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, since reports suggest a collosion with a SDF plane, I say we wait until that’s confirmed before we go ahead with ITN. S5A-0043Talk 10:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now The article will be ready to go on In The News when it is a bit more fleshed out. Bremps... 10:24, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: If we eventually find significant consensus to post the blurb, I'd suggest to edit the final part to avoid confusion: according to the latest reports, all of the passengers and staff members had been evacuated before the plane caught fire, whereas the only casualties were registered within the crew of the Japan Coast Guard aircraft. Oltrepier (talk) 11:46, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - WP:MINIMUMDEATHS is not a policy. This is getting a massive amount of coverage. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) Stabbing of Lee Jae-myung

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Template:ITN candidate Bremps... 03:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, this is najor news. Kirill C1 (talk) 07:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Quality and notability are both there to me. S5A-0043Talk 14:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alternative blurb III quality is good enough to me Setarip (talk) 14:07, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

January 1

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(Posted) RD: Niklaus Wirth

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Template:ITN candidate gobonobo + c 20:45, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Basdeo Panday

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Template:ITN candidate Former Trinidad and Tobago PM. Ktin (talk) 09:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Frank Ryan

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Template:ITN candidate 1960s American football player. Needs work. Natg 19 (talk) 01:30, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Israeli judicial reform struck down

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Template:ITN candidate I can see arguments both for posting (sheer notoriety of the reform attempt and protests, was blurbed (I think?)/ongoing-d before) and against (short article update, internal political matter). Figured I'd float it here nonetheless. The Kip 23:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • If this is to be blurbed, I feel like it should succintly specify what made the bill so controversial in the first place. Does anyone here disagree? Kurtis (talk) 03:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • If this case really is that notable, it should have it's own article rather than just occupy one section in a different article. Edge3 (talk) 06:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support individually notable resolution of one of the biggest political/legal stories of the past year. DarkSide830 (talk) 17:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, the bill (and the large protests against it) have been extensively covered globally. Unknown-Tree🌲? (talk) 19:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The usual gridlock that you get when different branches of a government are dominated by opposing parties. As the judges' opinions were quite individual and varied and the overall result was close (8-7), this seems unlikely to settle the power struggle between the Knesset and the Court. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:04, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with a better blurb While it may not change internal disputes in practice as much as would seem ITN-worthy, the fact that it got such global ongoing news coverage despite [everything else] makes it notable on public interest grounds. Also in the item's favour is that it's slightly less stark than death and disaster, which is all the box is at the moment (this is not a reason in itself, just a comment). As has been mentioned above, the blurb needs some context to convey this, or users could use it as precedent for nominating every internal bill decision. Kingsif (talk) 21:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Sidney M. Wolfe

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Template:ITN candidate American physician and the co-founder and director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, a consumer and health advocacy lobbying organization. Thriley (talk) 06:49, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Peter Magubane

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Template:ITN candidate South African photographer and anti-apartheid activist. Thriley (talk) 04:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ethiopia–Somaliland relations

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  • Support – The first recognition of a country by a UN member state is huge news. DecafPotato (talk) 23:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait until formal recognition is granted, which is the bigger story here imo. For now, it’s just an agreement to do so, but assuming it happens the first formal recognition of a state by a UN member is front page-worthy. The Kip 23:37, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with The Kip; let's wait until official recognition is granted, at which point I will support. If nothing else, it'll have pretty seismic ramifications for Ethiopian-Somali relations. Kurtis (talk) 01:15, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, Wait, Comment In theory, Ethiopia can now use the port of Berbera, not the whole port city. And other ports, too, along 20km of coastline. This could be way bigger for the state most of us already recognize as arguably landlocked than the one which still unquestionably sounds like a land of Somalia's. That's the thing, though. Could be big for both. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:10, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, major development for Ethiopian influence in the region, and down the line recognition for Somaliland. ChaotıċEnby(t · c) 02:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose This doesn't seem like a major change but a small step towards recognition of Somalia. Not the type of country-country relation we'd post. --Masem (t) 02:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It’s not recognition of Somalia (an already-recognized UN member state), it’s recognition of Somaliland (an as-yet-unrecognized breakaway state). The Kip 02:24, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I also don't think you fully grasp how many more countries a country can "have relations" with if granted access to even the surface of the world's interconnected oceans. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:34, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think the whole Somaliland recognition thing buries the lead here. Yeah sure, this could lead to recognition of Somaliland eventually. Or it could not. We really have to wait and see with that. I think the bigger story here is that Ethiopia is getting direct unrestricted port access for the first time since Eritrean independence in the 1990s, completely bypassing the Port of Djibouti and its heavy fees. I think this carries major implications for the whole Horn of Africa region beyond the surface-level political aspect. Curbon7 (talk) 07:08, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Since Eritrea broke away, the landlocked status of Ethiopia has been a massive issue in the region. East Africa is becoming a geopolitical hotspot, this is a very notable development in that. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait until recognition, which would be a huge change as Ethiopia would be the first UN member to formally recognise the country; that's the main story here, not the port usage. Unknown-Tree🌲? (talk) 07:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:U, can you please elaborate on why you think Ethiopia getting port access is not a major aspect of this story? Curbon7 (talk) 07:59, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not ready – Significant, but the relations article is extremely barebones and only got a single-line update. If we had a few paragraphs on this agreement, then we'd have something good to show to our readers. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - Pretty big news, this will have major effects on African geopolitics. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:10, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait - I would strongly support putting this up if formal recognition materializes as a result of this deal. Indeed, we need to wait and see whether the deal involves some sort of true sovereign lease (cf. Guantanamo Bay), which would be ITN-worthy in its own right, or is simply an agreement for Ethiopian participation in a port project and an overseas base, which would be more prosaic. --Varavour (talk) 21:35, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, already as is this development has been massive in relation to both Somaliland's external affairs, Ethiopia's trade and Ethiopia-Somalia relations, which in turn makes it very relevant to the entire Horn of Africa region. It's already geopolitically significant enough to blurb. Devonian Wombat (talk) 06:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait It's something that has not happened yet. When Somaliland actually does gain recognition from Ethiopia, then post. Bremps... 06:44, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose one sentence is not enough for ITN. JM (talk) 23:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2024 Japan earthquake

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Template:ITN candidate Two major Tsunami warnings issued. It is getting significant international coverage. PrinceofPunjab (talk) 09:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Biggest earthquake since Fukushima. Really bad news.s PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait – No indication of significant impact yet besides tsunami warnings across the Japan Sea Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 10:12, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, leaning towards support This is already the headline of several news agencies around the world, but I think we should wait for further reports to get a clearer picture (with regards to the scale of this event). Vida0007 (talk) 10:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait We need reports about the impact of the Tsunamis first, before we can make any assessment of the importance of this event. Nigej (talk) 10:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability. I've proposed an altblurb. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 11:17, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lean support, wait for now Blurb is too general, altblurb could be worked on a bit more. Impact of earthquake and tsunami has not been fully accessed as of now, but is worth a post due to the significance. Tofusaurus (talk) 11:23, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait Casualty and damage reports seem to be nonexistent or relatively minor at the moment, and the tsunami has been relatively weak. While geologically interesting I would say we have to wait and see if any further reports of damage comes up - a 7.5 has less than 1% of the energy of the Fukushima quake, after all. Juxlos (talk) 12:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - A 7.5 magnitude earthquake is considered a major earthquake. However, blurb is too general. Setarip (talk) 12:24, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - One of the biggest news to possibly come out in 2024. Kampolama (talk) 12:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Quality is there, and while the number of fatalities and casualties are low for how big this was, it was unusual to have occurred in the Sea of Japan (rather than from the Pacific Ocean), where the country is not as well set up for tsunamis or the like. --Masem (t) 14:49, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional support but wait until more info regarding fatalities and the like is received. qw3rty 15:55, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait/Oppose, obviously. Can we actually wait for impact reports to come in before we demand a blurb for a natural disaster be posted? And as of right now, we have all of three fatalities reported, so as things stand that;s a no from me. This probably will rise to a higher fatality level, but as things stand we should not be posting. DarkSide830 (talk) 17:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support regardless of whether this is a comparative blip or Fukushima II: SOJ Boogaloo; definitionally a major earthquake. — Knightoftheswords 18:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Congo elections

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Template:ITN candidate The election seems to have been significantly chaotic and disputed but such opposition is more democratic than none at all. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:05, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Article quality needs to be improved Setarip (talk) 16:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BRICS Expansion

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Template:ITN candidate BRICS expands on January 1st. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 06:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support due to how extensively it is being covered in the news Lukt64 (talk) 18:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, that bank is not operated by BRICS because BRICS doesn't seem to have a permanent staff or secretariat. The bank is a separate institution with its own staff while the BRICS countries are its main shareholders. So, BRICS seems to be modelled on the G7 and G20 which likewise started in an informal way and whose main focus is the summits which are organised by member countries in rotation. These associations are thus different in structure from institutions like the EU, UN and Commonwealth who do have a permanent staff and secretariat. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:52, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • It’s a separate institution, but it’s controlled by the BRICS countries, which have voting power and appoint its president on a rotational basis. UN organisations operate in the exactly same way. IMF Executive Board is not elected by the UN General Assembly, but it doesn’t mean the IMF is not a UN organisation.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strongest possible support - As I promised 126 days ago. BRICS is a highly notable international organisation, especially in times like these. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 10:04, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Setarip (talk) 16:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Steamboat Willie in the public domain

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Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate Obviously, this should not be posted until Jan 1 ticks over. The article does need sourcing improvement before it can be posted, but it does have a section dedicated to this copyright aspect, which has been one of those things that copyright experts have been anticipating for years and the fact Disney did not try to extend its copyright (though there's other protections around this). --Masem (t) 16:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-world-cup-winning-captain-and-manager-dies-aged-78
  2. ^ https://www.thesun.ie/sport/11967973/franz-beckenbauer-dead-german-legend/
  3. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/german-world-cup-winning-captain-and-coach-franz-beckenbauer-dies-at-78/ar-AA1mDVSj
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