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Iga Świątek and Carlos Alcaraz A fire in a residential building in Mangaf, south of Kuwait City, kills fifty people. A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima. In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the women's singles and Carlos Alcaraz wins the men's singles titles at the French Open (both pictured). In the Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is re-elected with a reduced majority. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Mike Downey Siri Kannangara Brad Dusek Matija Sarkic Neil Goldschmidt Majed Abu Maraheel view — page history — related changes — edit

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April 30

Portal:Current events/2018 April 30

April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) BBC Pashto reporter Ahmad Shah is shot dead in the eastern province of Khost. (BBC) 30 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombings Twin suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 25 people, including prominent Agence France-Presse photographer Shah Marai and three Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists who were covering the first bombing. ISIL's Afghan branch claims responsibility. (BBC) A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in Kandahar kills at least eleven nearby children and wounds sixteen including five Romanian soldiers. (The Times of India) Two rush hour bombings hit Kabul, killing four and injuring five. (The Times of India) 2018 Gaza border protests The Israel Defense Forces say they shot dead three Palestinians in two incidents yesterday. The IDF says one was killed trying to breach the Israeli-Gazan border fence while a second was wounded and arrested. They say the second incident saw two men shot dead after bypassing the fence and throwing explosives at IDF soldiers. (The Wire) Iran–Iraq War Amnesty International and Justice for Iran accuse Iran of building over at least seven mass graves in six provinces containing thousands of bodies from executions of suspected Mujahedeen-e Khalq towards the end of the 1980-88 war. (RFE/RL) Operation Inherent Resolve The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq declares an end to major combat operations against ISIL in Iraq and closes the Coalition Forces Land Component Command headquarters. The U.S.-led coalition says in a statement that it would transition "from supporting and enabling combat operations to the training and development of self-sufficient Iraqi security-related capabilities". (Reuters) Syrian Civil War Iran's Tasnim News Agency denies reports that yesterday's missile attack in Hama and Aleppo Governorate hit an Iranian military base and says that no Iranian soldiers were killed in the attack. (Reuters) A Syrian military source cited by pro-Syrian government news outlet Al-Masdar News says that an Israeli F-35 killed more than 30 soldiers yesterday in an attack that completely destroyed the Syrian government's Brigade 47 missile base in Hama. (Al-Masdar News) Business and economy Economy of the United Kingdom British supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury's agree terms on a £13 billion merger, which could form the largest UK supermarket company. (Sky News) The Central Bank of Iraq holds a currency auction, raising US$174,367,874. (Iraqi News) Marathon Oil purchases Andeavor for $23.3 billion, creating the biggest oil refining firm in the United States. (Bloomberg) Disasters and accidents The Mezhegei coal mine in Tuva, Siberia, Russia, suffers a collapse. A total of 79 miners are rescued but one remains missing. (The Moscow Times) Health and environment Euthanasia in Australia David W. Goodall, an Australian scientist aged 104, announces his intention to travel assisted by Exit International to Switzerland to end his own life. Goodall is not terminally ill but says his quality of life has deteriorated with age. (The Guardian) International relations Foreign relations of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan agrees to formally join the Turkic Council following a meeting between Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tashkent. (APA) South Korea–United States relations South Korean president Moon Jae-in suggests that U.S. president Donald Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to help denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. (The Washington Post) China–North Korea relations Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un following the summit. (Upi) Ukraine–United States relations The U.S. State Department confirms the U.S. has completed a delivery of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine. (RFE/RL) 2018 North Korea–United States summit The summit is considering to take place at the Peace House at the DMZ, where the North-South Korea summit was also held. (CBN) Human rights in Vietnam The German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that last year’s visit of the Vietnamese public security minister and his entourage to Slovakia was used to cover for the abduction of a dissident Vietnamese entrepreneur Trịnh Xuân Thanh who had previously emigrated to Germany. (The Slovak Spectator) Poland in the European Union Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz says the nation will oppose European Union budget rules set to be introduced on May 2 by the European Commission. The proposals would see funding in the 2021-2027 budget cut for countries where democratic principles and the rule of law are deemed under threat. (The Washington Post) Japan–United States relations Japan lodges a formal complaint after footage appears on YouTube of a US F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori flying at high speed and low altitude through mountains in an apparent breach of regulations. Japanese law prohibits aircraft from descending below 150 feet in non-residential areas. (The Telegraph) Brexit negotiations The UK House of Lords approves amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in defiance of the government, adding requirements for Parliament to have a final say on negotiations with the European Union and provisions for the families of existing migrants to join them in the UK. (BT) Law and crime Terrorism in Sweden SAPO arrests three in the greater Stockholm area suspected of plotting a terror attack. SAPO says the case has an international connection; local media reports one of the detainees is an Uzbekistani citizen. (ABC News) Terrorism in the United Kingdom ISIL terror suspect Husnain Rashid appears before Woolwich Crown Court in London. Rashid pleads not guilty to planning and encouraging terrorism, distributing terrorist material, and breaching a notice issued under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. The charges include an allegation he posted details of Prince George's school and encouraged an attack against him. (ITV) 2008 Mumbai attacks Pakistan's Interior Ministry removes chief prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar from the case, which concerns the murders of 166 people. The Interior Ministry said Azhar did "not take the government line". Seven alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba members have been facing charges since 2009 but nobody has yet been convicted in Pakistan. (The Times of India) The United Nations suspends Miriam Maluwa as director of the UNAIDS programme in Ethiopia. Maluwa is a key witness in allegations of sexual assault against a programme director, Luiz Loures. Loures is accused of attacking colleague Martina Brostrom in a lift and is due to leave his post today. Brostrom today said she has no confidence the UN will deliver justice as it reopens its investigation. (The Times of India) (The Times of India) Politics and elections Politics of the United Kingdom Sajid Javid becomes the United Kingdom's Home Secretary following the resignation of Amber Rudd over the Windrush scandal. He is the first Home Secretary from an ethnic minority background. (BBC) The Palestinian National Council, the legislative arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, convenes for the first time in nine years in Ramallah. The agenda includes voting in a new eighteen-member PLO Executive Committee, transforming the Palestinian Authority into a state with its own institutions and monetary system, and cessation of ties with Israel. Gazan rivals Hamas are not invited. (al-Jazeera) Science and technology Russian floating nuclear power station Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, sets sail across the Baltic Sea from St. Petersburg. (Alphr) The world's oldest known spider, a trapdoor spider known as "Number 16", dies of a wasp sting at the age of 43. (Yahoo! News via AFP)

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Project Amad

Article: Project Amad (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of covertly continuing its nuclear program. (Post)
News source(s): The IndependentBBC News CNBC
Credits:

• Nominated by FlowerRoad (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Extremely important in the context of it likely triggering the United States to pull out of the Iran agreement. Other reactions are certain as well, although it is currently unknown. FlowerRoad (talk) 19:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

RD: Luis García Meza

Article: Luis García Meza (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CTV NewsLa RazónDeutsche Welle
Credits:

• Nominated by Jamez42 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Bolivian dictator and military, although it possibly needs clean up before posting. Jamez42 (talk) 15:44, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose pending that needed work. Orange tagged for six years. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:43, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Avengers: Infinity War box office record

Article: Avengers: Infinity War (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Avengers: Infinity War sets a global box office record for its opening weekend. (Post)
News source(s): CNBC
Credits:

• Nominated by LukeSurl (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: A pretty notable achievement in terms of sheer hard cash ($630m global). Also, this is the article millions of people will be coming to Wikipedia to read, and this blurb would put a link on the front page for them. LukeSurl ^{t c} 08:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment: I haven't actually read the article here, 'cos, y'know, spoilers :P --LukeSurl ^{t c} 08:55, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Past similar discussions(such as for Star Wars:The Force Awakens) have suggested that a movie would merit posting only if it breaks the all time earnings record, not just for an opening weekend. 331dot (talk) 08:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

  I don't think that's a very useful way of doing things. This film is in the news (and the public consciousness) now, but will be far less so if/when it reaches ~$2bn takings. The opening weekend is an industry standard way of assessing a film's initial impact which is widely reported in the news, and we have a nice, quotable record which we can make into a blurb with a decent supporting article. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 09:02, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

  The discussion for TFA is here. Some comments from there: ""Biggest of all time" yes, if it reaches that, but opening weekend sales are more a piece of marketing than anything else"; "An event like this is a trivial figure in the grander scheme of the world, like being a presidential frontrunner or having a big lead in the middle of the sports season. If it becomes the highest grossing film of all time, definite support"; "Oppose as media generated uber hype, no surprises, and trivia. Please consider making this a DYK."; "Frequently broken record and hardly a surprise for the franchise" and so on. 331dot (talk) 09:23, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - As per above. Sherenk1 (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per above and the other reasons given for the TFA discussion back in December '15.--WaltCip (talk) 10:58, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Question Whats the deal on refs for a plot summary? The article is pretty good, but I dunno how you cite a plot summary other than "go watch it". --LaserLegs (talk) 11:54, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• IIRC, plot summaries do not require referencing for just that reason. Just referencing a critic's plot summary should handle any exceptions or excuses. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 13:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Yes, its generally assumed that the work itself is fine for implicit sorting of a plot summary as long as no interpretation or analysis is included. --Masem (t) 13:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose – On lack of significance. Sca (talk) 13:50, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose These types of records meaning little more than verifying the inexorable economic principle of price inflation. Every year, things cost more money, so more money is made on movies. It doesn't necessarily mean more people saw it, or more people bought tickets, just that this year's tickets cost more than last year's tickets. --Jayron32 14:12, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

It also broke the record if inflation or attendance is considered. Ticket price inflation across many countries is hard to work out and sources may avoid it but the opening weekend record is increasing much faster than inflation, except when the record is broken by a small amount. This was by a lot: List of highest-grossing openings for films#Opening weekend record holders worldwide. Records for total gross is another matter where inflation is crucial. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:43, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Really? Because that's not in the article and where there are inflation-adjusted numbers, they show TFA at first place. Regards SoWhy 15:04, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

TFA probably keeps the domestic (US + Canada) record adjusted for inflation. The nomination is for the global opening. Infinity War is certain to get the record there, but sources rarely talk about adjusted international numbers. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:33, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose. Although this is a lot more significant than your typical commercial jargon ("Number 1 Movie in America! Wow!"), this record gets broken pretty frequently. Looking at the link in the blurb it's happened 4 times now in just under three years (Jurassic World -> Force Awakens -> Fate and Furious -> Infinity War). It may well get broken again in under a year when the next Jurassic World, Star Wars, or Avengers movie is released, though I admit that's WP:CRYSTAL. ZettaComposer (talk) 14:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support I don't see how we can have ~60 sporting events every year but this is not notable because it happens too frequently. I know it's apples to oranges, but that's kind of the point: the standard for what's remarkable in sport (one of the two teams that could have won the Boat Frenzy did!!!) is so much lower than other disciplines because it's easier to articulate. ghost 15:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - given just how much it broke the record by - $100 million (a 20% increase on the previous holder), without opening in China or Russia - and that it secured the record domestically as well, it makes sense to recognise this achievement. The article is also decent, and there is no denying, per the nomination, that many people are coming to the website seeking this article as a result of its record-breaking exploits. Posting it would thereby fulfill the primary purpose of ITN. I understand the rationale against posting, but I think that the arguments above overwhelm this. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:11, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - considering the frequency of other items at ITN, I don't think that a record being broken thrice in a four year time span is too excessive, and agree that holding posting for later records, when readership is vastly diminished, would not be a great idea. I also don't think that the largest opening ever in one of the largest fields of entertainment is trivial or irrelevant, I don't think that the fact that this was somewhat expected diminishes it, nor do I think that it is solely media driven hype, as was thrown at TFA when it was nominated. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:17, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose, not significant. Kaldari (talk) 15:24, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose I recognize why this is news, and why this specific record breaking is not just incremental compared to past. But, it is only a matter of time that the next big blockbuster will come along and break this record. Additionally, this is an area where we a bit too much Western bias. Yes, Hollywood >> Bollywood in terms of money, but this is really focusing too much on one specific nation's industry, even though it serves a worldwide audience. I'd like to try to see if we can better balance that with other nation's film industries as appropriate, and to that end, that should focus on things like the nation's indsutry awards (BAFTAs for one), rather than box office take which is just going to be large period because Hollywood has the money to make that happen. --Masem (t) 15:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment We posted the record sale of some painting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/November_2017#.5B_Posted.5D_Sale_of_Salvator_mundi in record time without any concern that the record may again be broken. Opposes based on that rationale are basically art snobbery. --LaserLegs (talk) 16:12, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose trivia, suitable for DYK. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:28, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Come back if it beats the all-time record (or better yet the inflation-adjusted record), not just the raw opening weekend number. That metric is promoted by film studios merely to get more people to see the film; it's not of historical importance. Modest Genius ^talk 16:35, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose There are lots of different records for films, which are broken often. If it becomes the highest-grossing film of all time (currently held by Avatar), I would support posting that. Reach Out to the Truth 16:41, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Post when the movie breaks the all-time record, not the weekend record. (NorthernFalcon (talk) 17:15, 30 April 2018 (UTC))

India says all villages have electricity

Article: Electricity sector in India#Rural electrification (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ All villages in India now have access to electricity, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Being touted as "great achievement for Asia's third largest economy". Sherenk1 (talk) 08:22, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - Even the BBC article suggests that this may not be true, as there are reports that some villages have not been given access to electricity, plus the definition of electrification (10% of all of its homes and public buildings being connected to the grid) is extremely loose.--WaltCip (talk) 11:00, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - I've not had time to go and tag them all, but there are numerous unreferenced claims in the target article. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:13, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Based on how electrical grids work, just having connections to some to remote villages is huge. Connecting other buildings is minor compared to getting power to the village. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 12:59, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Insignificant government pronouncement. Even the BBC is doubting it ans they cannot independently confirm so. But it may be suitable for DYK nomination. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

April 29

Portal:Current events/2018 April 29

April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests The Israel Defense Forces arrest a suspected Hamas member caught tampering with equipment at the Karni Crossing on the Israeli-Gazan border. (Haaretz) An Israeli military officer states IDF snipers are targeting the legs of protestors and deaths are largely the unintentional result of protestors bending over, missing shots, and the subsequent rounds ricocheting from intended targets. (Haaretz) A Palestinian youth is shot and injured at the border near al-Awdeh after approaching the border fence. (W.A.F.A.) In response to a Yesh Din petition to the Israeli High Court calling for a ban on the use of live rounds to prevent protestors breaching the border fence, the Israeli government says its rules of engagement meet local and international law, that intelligence used to justify decisions will be submitted to the court, and that the protests are considered part of the ongoing conflict with Hamas. (Ynetnews) Amnesty International makes a fresh call for an arms embargo against Israel, claiming "malicious tactics" and "murderous" attacks on Gazan civilians justify one. (The Jerusalem Post) Syrian Civil War, American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War The Syrian Army, along with what is believed to be Iranian-backed militias, took control villages east of the Euphrates river near the city of Deir ez-Zor that were under the control by Kurdish-led forces in a rare clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces. The territory was later recaptured by U.S.-backed forces in a counter-attack spearheaded by the YPG with help from U.S.-led coalition jets that took off from American bases in northern Syria. The U.S. military says in a statement that the "coalition used established deconfliction channels to de-escalate the situation". (Reuters) Syrian state media, Syrian Arab News Agency, reports missile strikes have targeted military sites in the Hama Governorate and Aleppo Governorate. It is unclear who carried out the strikes. (Xinhuanet) Business and economy T-Mobile US and Sprint agree to merge in a deal valued at US$146 billion. The merger is subject to approval from regulators. (USA Today) Disasters and accidents A truck collides with a bus in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing at least seven people with at least 25 more injured. (Xinhua) A fire in a circuit board factory in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, kills seven people including five firefighters. It is the city's third major industrial fire this year. (The New Indian Express) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis South Korean officials say that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated during his summit meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he would close the country's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in May. (SCMP) South Korea stated that Kim is willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the United States vows not to attack. (ABC News) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action The leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany and France agree on their support for the Iran nuclear deal as the best way to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons. (The Hill) United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will quit the agreement if its "flaws" can't be fixed. (Bloomberg) A member of Iran's Expediency Council calls on the European Union, Russia and China to support the deal and guarantee economic and banking relations with Iran. He warns that Iran would likely exit the deal if it doesn't benefit Iran. (Tehran Times) Law and crime In Newport, Wales McCauley Cox drove his car into a crowd outside a nightclub and intentionally hit and injured 4 people before he fled the scene. He claimed he was trying to stop a fight but was found guilty and sentenced for causing grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury through dangerous driving and causing actual bodily harm. Teens Benjamin Thomas and Callum Banton pleaded guilty to affray for their part in starting the brawl which preceded the attack. (South Wales Argus) A bomb explodes outside the Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant in Tumlingtar, Nepal. No group claimed credit for the attack. The plant was codeveloped with India and is due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within weeks. (The New Indian Express) The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences nineteen Russian women, six Azerbaijani women, and four Tajikistani women to life in prison for membership to ISIL. (The Sunday Times) The Israel Defense Forces detain one of two Lebanese shepherds who they say crossed the United Nations-patrolled border between the two nations. Lebanon calls the detention an "abduction". The IDF says the female shepherd, detained in the disputed Shebaa region, was quickly repatriated. (The Jerusalem Post) A police operation in nine commercial premises of the district of La Victoria, in Lima, Peru, managed to seize two tons of pharmaceutical and natural products with an expired shelf life, without sanitary registration, and allegedly falsified. The police officers in charge of this raid on informed that now they will continue to find the whereabouts of all the people involved in the commercialization of this merchandise. (Perú 21) Politics and elections Amber Rudd resigns as the United Kingdom's Home Secretary amid controversy over the threatened deportation of Windrush generation immigrants. (BBC) Sports Brazil surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the record for the largest wave ever surfed. The wave occurred off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal and measured 24.4 meters (80 feet). (BBC)

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T-Mobile to Acquire Sprint

Articles: T-Mobile (talk · history · tag) and Sprint Corporation (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ T-Mobile announces plans to acquire Sprint for $26 billion. (Post)
News source(s): WSJ, NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Has been rumored over last few days, but now confirmed to be a full stock buyout. This leaves US with three major cellular providers. Past business deals of this size are generally considered notable for ITN posting when the deal (agreed by both sides) is announced even if we know there's going to be federal trade oversight on the deal (They tried to merge before and it fell through at fed regulation level, but the situation for why they are merging has changed since). I note I don't think either article is up to shape or updated at this point. Masem (t) 00:54, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose 1) One line update in both articles isn't enough; 2) Orange tags in both; 3) Wait and reassess once the deal is confirmed. The fact that this particular merger was tried and failed before tells me it could fail again. Isa (talk) 02:35, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Agree with your first two points, but the third is incorrect: Several years ago AT&T (#1 carrier) attempted to purchase T-Mobile (#4). This time it's T-Mo absorbing Sprint. --LaserLegs (talk) 09:10, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@LaserLegs: The New York Times source says "Sprint and T-Mobile have tried unsuccessfully to merge before. They were effectively blocked four years ago by regulators in the Obama administration who worried that shrinking the market for wireless providers would give consumers fewer choices and lead to higher prices." Isa (talk) 09:30, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

We'll I'll be damned, thanks!

• Oppose - Will support when the deal actually goes through. Sherenk1 (talk) 10:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per above.--WaltCip (talk) 11:01, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment articles aren't ready, but for a lot of good reasons we've tended to post these on announcement. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:50, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

La Liga

Article: 2017–18 La Liga (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Spanish football, Barcelona win La Liga (Post)
News source(s): BBC Sport
Credits:

• Nominated by Harambe Walks (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: I had pre-prepared a prose summary for this article so it is reasonably detailed and updated. I might consider holding this until the end of the season because Barcelona are four games away from the first ever unbeaten season in La Liga. Harambe Walks (talk) 21:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose missing refs in the shirt sponsors, managerial changes, most of the infobox, and "autonomous community" (I don't know or care what that is but if you're gonna drop it in, source it). Also it's yet another domestic soccer league. It's hard to write prose updates for these points based seasons .. you can't cram a game-by-game in the summary section but FFS it's just a wall of tables and a one liner about FC Barcelona sealing the title. For the worlds most popular sport, these articles are boring AF. Unrelated, I need to get a coin made with "Real Madrid" on one side and "FC Barcelona" on the other so I could predict the La Liga champion with 50/50 accuracy. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
  • "FFS it's just a wall of tables and a one liner about FC Barcelona sealing the title" - that's odd because on my screen there's a five-paragraph summary section. Harambe Walks (talk) 23:30, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
    • Harambe, I'm sorry, I genuinely didn't mean to disparage your efforts. All I'm saying is in a season with 340 matches there had to be more than five paragraphs worth of notability. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
      • Sounds good, that way we'll never be posting another MLB title ever again. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:44, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
        • Don't bring MLB into this. 2017 Major League Baseball season seems to be a better article than 2017–18 La Liga. 2017 World Series is now GA thanks to yours truly. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
          • I assume it adequately summarised all 33 million games played that season then. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
            • I agree with you that not every single game requires summarization. I am not sure exactly how much summary is needed for a "football" season; as this is out of my area of expertise, I'm not offering a support or oppose to this. How would I know if those five paragraphs are enough or not enough? – Muboshgu (talk) 16:59, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
              • Just noting how nonsensical it is. We have season articles for each club too, their quality varies, but honestly, not even Britannica would expect a summary of the 340 games (I made it 380 by the way). The Rambling Man (talk) 17:08, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment This will undoubtedly be posted now because "OMG soccer", go ahead and nominate it again if FC Barcelona goes undefeated -- Soccer records are ITN/R anyway and it further cements La Liga as an utter joke of a competitive soccer league. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
  • I know WP:NOTFORUM but there's academic study that suggests that competitiveness does not make a league less attractive and it may in fact be a lack of balance that fuels interest [1] Harambe Walks (talk) 23:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• There is also 2017–18_FC_Barcelona_season, which has plenty of prose, unfortunately it's a pretty textbook example of proseline. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:10, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose, regional-interest story. Kaldari (talk) 15:26, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kaldari: - La Liga is watched world-wide by a massive audience. To call it a regional-interest story is preposterous, and simply false. Moreover, opposing on these grounds makes no sense, or else we would not post half of the items currently on ITN/R. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

I have no doubt it is watched world-wide, however, at least where I'm at, it's not on Google News Sports page and not mentioned in sports news coverage. Perhaps as a European, your view is a bit different than mine. As to the proliferation of regional sports news on ITN, I think we could stand to cut back on it quite a bit. For example, most of the world doesn't even know what snooker is (believe it or not), but we always cover it at ITN as well as pretty much every U.S.-based championship of any sport. Kaldari (talk) 15:43, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

• Wait. There are two ongoing discussions at WT:ITNR on this exact topic. I won't repeat what has already been said there, but in summary I think La Liga should be one of the leagues we post once the season is completely over, not when one team gains an unassailable lead. Come back in a few weeks. Modest Genius ^talk 16:39, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Soccer is not like other sports--the trophy is awarded and celebrations are held as soon as one team gains an unbeatable lead. Barcelona is hosting the championship parade today, not at the end of the season. (NorthernFalcon (talk) 17:14, 30 April 2018 (UTC))

Comment Should also note that La Liga is considered the number one ranked soccer league in the Europe by UEFA, which implies that it's also the number one ranked domestic soccer league in the world. The Premier League may be number one in dollars, but La Liga is number one in terms of how competitive their teams are. (NorthernFalcon (talk) 17:18, 30 April 2018 (UTC))

• Weak support Article is a bit heavy on the tables, and light on the prose, but I won't hold it up for that. Congrats to Barça --Jayron32 18:03, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

RD: Michael Martin

Article: Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:

• Nominated by Drchriswilliams (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: former Speaker of the House of Commons. Drchriswilliams (talk) 14:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - The title of nobility is not necessary to be posted as part of the RD.--WaltCip (talk) 15:29, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose two maintenance tags (a little overkill that) but several unreferenced claims. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:48, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

April 28

Portal:Current events/2018 April 28

April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests Israel launches airstrikes on Hamas ships in Gaza's port and a Hamas building in Deir al-Balah in response to the ongoing, and sometimes violent, protests. (Ynetnews) Protestor Azzam Aweida, 15, dies of injuries sustained when the Israeli Defence Forces shot him yesterday. (The New York Post) Egypt opens the Rafah Crossing into the Gaza Strip for three days, saying it is to be used by students, those requiring medical assistance, and people with permits to enter Egypt. (Haaretz) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) A car bomb targeting a military base in the Nadali District of Helmand, Afghanistan, kills six including two soldiers. (CNN) A suicide bombing in a restaurant in Galkayo, Somalia, kills three military officials and two soldiers. Eight more people are injured, some critically. al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (CNN) Hamas accuses the Palestinian Authority of performing a bombing against its own Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah escaped injury when his convoy was bombed during a visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip last month. (Middle East Eye) Arts and culture Art forgery 82 paintings at a museum dedicated to Étienne Terrus in Elne, France, are revealed as forgeries. (BBC) Cardinal Angelo Amato, acting on behalf of Pope Francis, beatifies Hanna Chrzanowska in Kraków, Poland. Chrzanowska dedicated her life to helping the sick and homeless and had worked with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who led her funeral services before he became Pope John Paul II. (Radio Poland) Bone remains of more than 140 children and about 200 young llamas were found in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, near the Chan Chan citadel, according to a National Geographic publication. This discovery, which would date from the time of the little-known Chimú pre-Columbian civilization (about 550 years ago), would be, for researchers, the largest mass sacrifice of children in the American continent. (El Comercio) (National Geographic) A statue honouring comfort women, sex slaves raped by Japanese World War II soldiers, in Manila, Philippines, is removed less than five months after it was installed. (Xinhua) Disasters and accidents A communal toilet collapses in Bhandup, Mumbai, India. Several people are trapped and require rescue, with two dying en route to hospital. (First Post) International relations Sanctions against North Korea Australia and Canada deploy surveillance aircraft to Japan to monitor ship-to-ship transfers between North Korean vessels that bypass United Nations sanctions. The aircraft join a warship already deployed by the United Kingdom. (CBC) Panmunjom Declaration, South Korea–United States relations United States Defense Secretary James Mattis and South Korea Defense Minister Song Young-moo say they are committed to "a diplomatic resolution that achieves complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" of North Korea, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. Mattis repeats the United States' "ironclad" commitment to defend its ally South Korea "using the full spectrum of U.S. capabilities." (CBS News) Law and crime A judge in the U.S. state of Oklahoma dismisses charges against seven detainees over a prison riot that killed four at Cimarron Correctional Facility in 2015. (Stillwater News Press) Worthing Magistrates Court fines the Church of Scientology £14,000 and orders it to pay £2,566 in costs for polluting the River Medway in West Sussex, England, with raw sewage. (The Independent) Terrorism in Iran An Iranian Revolutionary Court begins a trial of eight alleged Islamic State members accused of involvement in gun and suicide bomb attacks that killed eighteen in Tehran. (Reuters)

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RD: Larry Harvey

Article: Larry Harvey (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT, CNN
Credits:

• Nominated by Davey2116 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Burning Man co-founder dies at age 70. Some sourcing issues. Davey2116 (talk) 15:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose too much unreferenced at this point. And a little stubby... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:49, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose based on article quality; I declined to nominate this because it seemed too far from acceptable. The only sourced content about him is that he founded Burning Man, and that he died. power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - similarly to Power~enwiki, I thought about nominating this, and then looked at the article. Woeful referencing, and quite short. Stormy clouds (talk) 18:57, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(Attention Needed) RD: Karl Toft

Article: Karl Toft (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Ottawa Citizen
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Article well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 02:00, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support typically good nomination. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Still some uncited material; for an article of this contentious nature everything must be covered by reliable sources with inline citations, especially as no doubt many of the other subjects involved are alive. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:08, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: James H. Cone

Article: James H. Cone (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NPR
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

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) 21:52, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Queried one statement with {{cn}} tag, but overall the article is in good shape and sufficient for RD. –Ammarpad (talk) 03:53, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:51, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. 331dot (talk) 20:15, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Philip H. Hoff

Article: Philip H. Hoff (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Looks good to go. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:02, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MAINEiac4434 (talk • contribs)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. 331dot (talk) 20:16, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Alfie Evans

Article: Alfie Evans case (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by LukeSurl (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Stormy clouds (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Alfie Evans was a seriously ill 1-year old child whose treatment, and eventual withdrawal of life support, was the subject of the Alfie Evans case. This has been an ongoing story in the UK for the past few weeks and had international dimensions as well. There is an argument here for a blurb, but for me simply listing "Alfie Evans" under recent deaths sufficiently informs a reader of the main page who is familiar with the name about this final, tragic, development. This is technically a case where the article is regarding a case rather than specifically being a biography, but I see no utility in that obstructing an RD item. LukeSurl ^{t c} 07:59, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support subject to the unreferenced section being addressed. Otherwise - good to go. Mjroots (talk) 09:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• @Mjroots: - I have referenced that section thoroughly, so the issue has been removed. Stormy clouds (talk) 10:06, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• I concur, now has my full support. Mjroots (talk) 10:20, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support - we posted Charlie Gard under similar circumstances. I see this one as a support also.Stormy clouds (talk) 09:46, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - sourcing much improved by User:Stormy clouds. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:34, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Thryduulf (talk) 11:29, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• FWIW, I was thinking of nominating this myself after seeing it appear in WaPost and WSJ. Only making note this was not an isolated story only to the UK (likely in part of the Pope's/Vatican's involvement) --Masem (t) 14:54, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Thanks for posting. This really ought to be a blurb, not because he was "very important" or whatever but because this story has been in and out of the news for a year, and the legal battle (also the title of the article) is the story here, not the individual. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:48, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb - If the standard we're using for a blurb is that the individual should be a transformative world leader or someone whose death makes news for a significant length of time, I don't believe this subject passes the Thatcher-Mandela standard.--WaltCip (talk) 16:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Putting this as a blurb would be epitome of excessiveness and belittling to the death like this that we blurbed few weeks ago. By that standard we should just copy whatever is on the BBC front page and paste on the ITN template everyday. –Ammarpad (talk)
  • You're opposed to the "In the news" section featuring stories which are "in the news"? How odd. Hawking was an obit, the saga of the end of his life was not the central story of his life. Come on. --LaserLegs (talk) 20:18, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

April 27

Portal:Current events/2018 April 27

April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein asks Israel to refrain from using lethal force as protests enter their fifth week. The Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, including use of live ammunition. (Haaretz) (The Washington Post) Three Palestinians are killed and over 300 hurt according to the Hamas-run health ministry as thousands protested. The Israeli army says that hundreds of rioters tried to infiltrate Israel, attempted to start fires in a number of ways, and attacked the security fence with explosive devices, grenades, and rocks. (The Times of Israel) Protestors give thanks to actress Natalie Portman, who last week drew criticism from Israel after refusing to accept the Genesis Prize from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. (Arutz Sheva) 2018 Nicaraguan protests The Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights says the death toll from ongoing anti-government protests has reached 38. (CNN) Arts and culture LGBT rights in Kenya The Kenya Film Classification Board bans the lesbian romance film Rafiki saying it intends to "promote lesbianism". (CNN) Business and economy Conservative media site RedState fires most of its staff and its owner Salem Media Group freezes the site, stating they could "no longer support the entire roster of writers and editors". Staff claim they were fired for their opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump. (The Hill) Disasters and accidents Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Jet engine manufacturer CFM International calls for heightened checks of its CFM56-7B after a Boeing 737 passenger died in an accident this month. The CFM56-7B is one of the most commonly used engines worldwide. (CNBC) The death toll from flash floods in the Dead Sea, Israel, reaches fourteen including ten teenage hikers with a lorry driver still missing. Three youth workers connected to the hike are arrested. Two Palestinian children are reported to have also died in the West Bank. (Haaretz) (The Washington Post) LaMia Flight 2933 Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team. The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel. (The Aviation Herald) The roof of a partially-constructed building collapses in Lahore, Pakistan. Three are killed and two more injured. (The Nation) A Botswanan CF-5 fighter jet crashes in Gaborone, killing the pilot. (Xinhua) Disasters in Indonesia 2018 Balikpapan oil spill The Chinese captain of MV Ever Juder is charged in connection with an oil pipeline rupture and fire that killed five. He and 21 of his crew are detained in Balikpapan, Indonesia after the ship's anchor was dropped in a prohibited area. The dragging anchor struck and ruptured the pipe. (Splash) International relations 2018 inter-Korean summit, Panmunjom Declaration South Korean President Moon Jae-in meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Moon and Kim agree to officially end the Korean War and the Korean conflict overall. Kim becomes the first North Korean leader to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone since the war. (Reuters), (Israel National News), (CNN) Germany–United States relations German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference at the White House. Merkel states she believes that there can be a bilateral trade deal between the European Union and the United States. (Reuters) (UPI) China–India relations Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to an informal summit next year as he began an ice-breaking visit to China on Friday in which the giant neighbors are seeking to re-set troubled ties. (Reuters) Law and crime Environmental policy of the European Union The European Union approves a total ban on neonicotinoids,suspected of harming bees, which is expected to come into force by the end of 2018. (The Guardian) Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Nikolas Cruz, the accused suspect of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, is due to be in court. The hearing is expected to deal with several procedural issues, possibly including the setting of an initial trial date. (NBC News) North Korea–United States relations, Crime in North Korea Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of detained American student Otto Warmbier, files a lawsuit against North Korea government, stating that Otto was "tortured and murdered", and also claimed that the DPRK "intentionally destroyed" their son's life. (The Sydney Morning Herald) Cyberwarfare Europol announces a coalition comprised of seven European nations and the United States this week launched a cyberattack against ISIL propaganda websites, taking a number of them down. (The Huffington Post) A man with a knife kills seven children and wounds twelve more in Mizhi, Shaanxi, China. (al-Jazeera) Terrorism in Iraq Islamic State releases a video showing the shooting executions of two men, said to be election "advocators" from al-Tarmiyah, Iraq. (Reuters) Politics and elections Politics of Romania Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asks Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă to resign. Iohannis says Dăncilă did not consult him before endorsing a plan to move Romania's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (al-Jazeera) Science and technology 2017 Pohang earthquake Scientific studies have offered evidence that a geothermal plant may have caused the earthquake in South Korea. (Phys.org) Astrophysics A photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a companion star that survived the explosion of a supernova in galaxy NGC 7424. This brings strong evidence to a theory according to which Type IIb "stripped-envelope" supernovae are due to stellar companions capturing hydrogen from the progenitor star's envelope before its explosion. (UPI) De-extinction Biologists at the University of Melbourne announce plans to clone the extinct thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). (News Corp Australia) Detached objects Astronomers from the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) announce the discovery of ~80-kilometre (50 mi) asteroid 2015 KE172, a detached object orbiting 44–222 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. (Minor Planet Center) Sports FIFA hands a lifetime ban to Marco Polo del Nero, President of the Brazilian Football Confederation, for taking bribes. He is also fined one million Swiss francs. (BBC) European Athletics Indoor Championships The city of Toruń in Poland wins the right to host the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, defeating Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. (Radio Poland)

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(Posted) RD: Álvaro Arzú

Article: Álvaro Arzú (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by FlyingAce (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Needs a lot more references; I'll work on that shortly. Technical question – should names of political parties be translated? –FlyingAce^✈hello 21:03, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment – I have fully referenced the article (except for one award), added some more information about his presidential term, and copyedited most of it. I would appreciate it if someone with better English skills could go over it, in case I missed something (there are a couple of paragraphs that could use a rewrite, but it's bedtime here). –FlyingAce^✈hello 05:06, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose yes, good work, a couple of outstanding issues and it's there. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:53, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

  I've added the missing reference, tweaked some of the wording and added more information about his work as mayor. I believe we are set now, but if anything else needs work, let me know. –FlyingAce^✈hello 20:56, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

  Still one subjective sentence without ref, the rest is good, nice work. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

  D'oh! I thought I had removed it earlier as I could not find a ref for it. –FlyingAce^✈hello 21:28, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

• Posted. Thanks, FlyingAce for the referencing work. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:02, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Neonicotinoid pesticides

Article: Neonicotinoid (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The European Union announces a complete ban on the outdoor use of several neonicotinoid pesticides associated with honey-bee colony collapse. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The European Union announces a complete ban on the outdoor use of neonicotinoids, the world's mostly widely used pesticides, to reduce honey-bee colony collapse.
News source(s): Reuters, Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Smurrayinchester (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: A technically important article (neonicotinoids are the world's most widely used pesticides) and one that's gathering a lot of public interest (people are interested in saving bees) Smurrayinchester 14:27, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak oppose Interesting, and important. However, 1) No evidence this is actually in the news (which is a shame but oh well) and 2) Article has missing refs and dead links. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:05, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

There are news sources quoted above, and I can add a few more: BBC, Daily Mail (which doesn't usually like environmental stories), Independent, Bloomberg. Smurrayinchester 15:13, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

(have just run User:InternetArchiveBot to fix the dead links) Smurrayinchester 15:16, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

To me, a few WP:RS covering a thing is not the same as that thing being "In the news". --LaserLegs (talk) 15:25, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

LaserLegs, Smurrayinchester linked there to a host of different news outlets covering the story, I don't understand your objection. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 15:43, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

International coverage of SFOs scooter menace: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. Just because some WP:RS has covered a thing, does not mean that thing is "in the news". It's 2018, online publications spewing out rehashed wire stories about something in an effort to rise in search engine rankings and get more eyes on ads is not the same as featuring something. Come on. My benchmark is to use the aggregators Google and Bing. Widely reported stories trend on those. --LaserLegs (talk) 16:06, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

The European Union is not a "online publication spewing out rehashed wire stories." When it bans something it is binding on 28 member states and gets widely reported, as is the case here.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:11, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Literally everything the EU bans or approves affects 28 countries, not impressed. I look for news coverage, simple as that. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:35, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

LaserLegs, you and I appear to have very different definitions of the word "in". --LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:15, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Seems so. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:35, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Oppose Let's use Google News as an example. There I get ~20 headlines each in "domestic" "international" "science" "health" etc. I can set my location to pretty much anywhere in the world, and while there is some overlap, the feed is effectively local. I just browsed through over 300 distinct headlines in a failed attempt to find this story. If I can't find it without typing "neonicotinoid" in a search box, it is not "in the news." ghost 16:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak oppose for now. The article is in pretty good shape overall, however the update is far too minimal. There's basically one line of text in body of the target article (repeated in the lead) describing the ban. If this could be expanded to provide some more context, that would fix the problem.--Jayron32 16:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle, but agree with Jayron that the article needs a slightly more meaty update. i'm confused by why other editors are not finding this is in the news; it is still on the science & environment index page of BBC, for example. Espresso Addict (talk) 22:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support pending update per Expresso Addict. Jusdafax (talk) 00:34, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment I've provided what should be sufficient expansion, but I'm a little concerned about the rest of the article, which has a few CN tags and several instances of large sections being sourced to a single reference. Vanamonde (talk) 13:23, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) 2018 inter-Korean summit

Article: 2018 inter-Korean summit (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The 2018 inter-Korean summit begins at the Peace House in Panmunjom, South Korea (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At the 2018 inter-Korean summit at the Peace House in Panmunjom, the leaders of North and South Korea agree to formally end the Korean War later this year.
News source(s): [7]
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Nominating this for Piotrus on the talk page Banedon (talk) 04:46, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support. Article seems up to date, give or take some developments that might have happened minutes ago (the summit is still ongoing). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:10, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. Far too short at the moment. SounderBruce 05:10, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support. The handshake between the leaders of the two Koreas symbolizes one of the biggest breakthrough in world's peace process of 2018 from the remaining of World War II. Chongkian (talk) 07:55, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Wait. For the article to get built up a bit. Also some articles mention that the results of first day talks would be announced in a few hours. Juxlos (talk) 08:26, 27 April 2018 (UTC) They just agreed to end the Korean War so Strong Support. Juxlos (talk) 09:38, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• This is definitely notable and in the news merely by its occurrence. I think we should wait till the summit ends, and hopefully the article will have more content then. There might be an outcome from the summit worth highlighting in the blurb. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 08:47, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Unlike a lot of similar summits, the mere occurrence of this one is highly notable. I don't think we need to wait for the end to post it. 331dot (talk) 08:52, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. It may be better to say that the main result of the summit has been an agreement to formally end the Korean War. Count Iblis (talk) 09:24, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. I'd agree with Count Iblis, and have added an alt blurb. Zwerg Nase (talk) 09:54, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

  Should the denuclearization be mentioned as well? Juxlos (talk) 10:14, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Does this declaration technically count as the elusive peace treaty to end the Korean War? It's a technicality, but so is the extended "state of war" that is often discussed. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:36, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• From what I can tell it doesn't. I'd prefer to go for the denuclearisation angle in the blurb, as this is more what news orgs are picking up on. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:38, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Posted and waiting for image protection before changing photo. -- Fuzheado | Talk 10:57, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Picture changed. -- Fuzheado | Talk 11:07, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• The article doesn’t mention the end of the Korean War? Stephen 11:12, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Yeah, we should go for a simple blurb and extend it after the article is expanded. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 11:20, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. Shouldn't the blurb link to the ongoing Korean conflict, not the Korean War which ended in the 1950s? I think the current blurb will confuse readers. GWA88 (talk) 11:38, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

But it never formally ended - that's the point.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:16, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Ironically, neither did WWII in Europe. Sca (talk) 15:24, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Similar to how the Empire of Japan and the Soviet Union never formally declared peace after the declaration of war in WWII, the Korean War never formally ended and has technically been active for the last 68 years. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 17:44, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Technically, or legally, there never was a peace treaty between the German Reich or its successor state(s) and its enemies, although one was alluded to at Potsdam. (However, the 1990 "Two Plus Four" treaty on German Reunification is considered by many observers to have formally ended the state of war.) – Sca (talk) 01:10, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

April 26

Portal:Current events/2018 April 26

April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks The United Nations reports the discovery of five "likely" mass graves in Blukwa Centre and Maze/Waliba in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo. (News24) Arts and culture Cinema of Saudi Arabia Three 4DX locations are expected to open in Riyadh and other major Saudi Arabia cities. (Arabian Business) Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations American actor Brad Pitt announces that he will produce a film about the allegations of sexual misconduct against American film producer Harvey Weinstein. (Firstpost) (People) Business and economy Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection. (Splash 24/7) Disasters and accidents An explosion occurs in the Husky Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. Five people are reportedly injured. Local residents have been ordered to evacuate. (mix108) Thirteen children are killed after their school bus collides with a train in the Uttar Pradesh, India. (BBC) Flash floods strike a class hiking trip in the Nahal Tzafit riverbed in the Dead Sea, Israel. Nine children are killed and another is reported missing. (The Times of Israel) The Transportation Safety Board of Canada concludes pilot disorientation was the most likely cause of a plane crash that killed former Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice and three others. The TSB asks Transport Canada to mandate cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders on all commercial and private business aircraft. (CBC) Disasters in Indonesia The death toll from yesterday's oil well explosion and fire in Pasir Putih, Aceh, Indonesia, reaches 22. (Star Tribune) International relations United States and weapons of mass destruction The United States Air Force tests a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile test is considered to be successful. (Business Times) Iran–Israel relations Israel foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman warns that the country will hit Tehran if Iran attacks Tel Aviv. (Reuters) South Korea–United States relations South Korea and the United States suspend their Foal Eagle military exercises. Furthermore, they also finish parts of the Key Resolve exercises. (UPI) United Kingdom–United States relations U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will visit the United Kingdom on July 13. (Sky News) Law and crime Corruption in Spain Former President of the Community of Madrid, ex-Mayor of Madrid and ex-Minister of Justice Alberto Ruiz Gallardón is imputed by his role in Lezo Operation corruption scandal. (El País) Bill Cosby sexual assault case Bill Cosby is found guilty of three counts in regard to an aggravated sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in a retrial. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000 on each count. (NBC News) Terrorism in Israel Ali Abu Hassan, a Hebron University student from Palestine, is convicted of planning a terror attack against light rail in Jerusalem using pipe bombs containing nails coated in rat poison. He is found guilty of attempted murder, manufacturing weapons, and an immigration offence. (The Times of Israel) Far-right terrorism in the United Kingdom Five alleged members of British neo-Nazi group National Action go on trial in Birmingham charged with inciting racial hatred at Aston University. National Action is a banned terror group. (BBC) (The St. Helens Star) La Manada sexual abuse case A court in Pamplona, Spain, convicts a group of five men on charges of sexual abuse at the festival of San Fermín in 2016, clearing them of charges of gang rape. (ABC Online) Thousands of people throughout Spain protest the court's verdict. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Mueller special counsel investigation In the United States, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The bill passes 14–7. (The Miami Herald) Political appointments by Donald Trump Ronny Jackson withdraws as nominee for United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (NPR) The United States Senate votes 57–42 to confirm former CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. (BBC) United States Ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump, Germany–United States relations Richard Grenell is confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Germany. (The Local) Sports 2018 NFL season In American football, the National Football League starts its draft for the 2018 season, with the Cleveland Browns selecting Baker Mayfield with the first overall pick. (NFL)

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(Posted) Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault

Articles: Bill Cosby (talk · history · tag) and Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ American comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of aggravated indecent assault following a retrial of sexual assault allegations. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ American comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assult in a retrial of a case that was closed as a mistrial in 2017.
News source(s): [8][9]
Credits:

• Nominated by Floydian (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Breaking news, so article (and by extension, second article) will need updating. I imagine this will happen rather quickly. Some unsourced content, but should be easy to fix. Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support This is a major social news story. Natureium (talk) 18:06, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support, but article quality issues... This is easily a ITN story, but we need clarity on the blurb. Cosby's article is nearly there but there's a few tagged areas and the -ography sections lack references. If we are talking the allegations articles, there's far too much proseline in that, even though it seems reasonably sourced. It's more quality less than sourcing here. --Masem (t) 18:13, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Significant story, but similar reservations as per above on surrounding quality. Doesn't look too hard to fix, though.--Sunshineisles2 (talk) 18:15, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose for now; both potential targets have some cleanup issues, the Cosby article has some sourcing issues (esp. in Honors and Filmography/Discography sections) and the allegations article is a bit bloated, though that one is less of an issue for me. I really wouldn't object to the allegations article being the bold highlight, but it'd be nice to tighten up both of them before they hit the main page. --Jayron32 18:19, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

*Weak Support Though I hesitate to support stories about individual crimes with few exceptions for things such as terrorism, we recently posted to ITN a high-profile conviction for murder demonstrating that such stories are ITN worthy as long as they show significant interest which this one clearly does. As others have mentioned, I would recommend making any changes to the article deemed necessary. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 18:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I didn't read the whole thing because I don't care, but referencing is an issue. I also worry when I see a full paragraph with a single ref. Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations is a zoo. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:44, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Don’t now if I’m going against the status quo or not but this story has been in the news off and on ever since it first broke several years ago, and it’s constantly blasted on the news whenever a major development like this happens. It’s not “just an individual crime” when it’s multiple charges of the same crime by at least 50 different alleged victims. 66.31.81.200 (talk) 19:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• To clarify, I typically don't call for posting criminal activity in general with exceptions for extreme cases such as terrorism (both international and domestic) and mass killings or shootings. However, I do recognize that this is story is demonstrably notable and highly publicized, meaning I have no real reason to oppose it, which is why I did support it (except the article really does need better sourcing to pass BLP concerns, in all cases this should be fixed before we post stories) Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 19:29, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak oppose - notable story, worthy of a blurb, but my lord the referencing issues are bad. BLP people - this cannot go up until it is impeccable sourced - there is no room for unsourced material in such a contentious BLP. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:22, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Withdrawing weak support, changing !vote to oppose I just realized we should probably wait until the sentencing to post... Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 19:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
  • I think the conviction is bigger news than the sentencing. There's an appeal process, though, right? – Muboshgu (talk) 20:05, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
    • Yes, we (at ITN) weigh the conviction more than the sentence, barring an unusual sentence. We also generally ignore appeals in cases like this (and I believe I've read they're already planning to appeal this). --Masem (t) 20:14, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
      • I'd be shocked if he didn't. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - This is a major story. Historic verdict.BabbaQ (talk) 20:19, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support pending article improvement? Masem above cleared away my only reservations based on the notability of the event. Cosby's bio has 13 {{cn}} tags as of now, though. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
  • And I'm going to add a few more. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:22, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose solely on article quality. Referencing needs work before this can be posted. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support the target should be Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations which has a couple of yellow tags but more than 350 references, and is pretty comprehensive. I'd say debold Cosby, bold the allegations article and we're good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:32, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support: Per Masem and TRM. Main focus should be on the article discussing his assault and allegations. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:42, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Lots of people are talking about it. Bluecrab2 (talk) 18:06, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Suggested alt blurb with the sex assault article being the highlight, and also mentioning last year's mistrial for perspective and reference. 66.31.81.200 (talk) 23:56, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Prefer tarring and feathering to de-bolding, but that will have to do I guess. Article still has {{cn}} tags and could warrant a few more. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:08, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support on notability, but Cosby's article needs better sourcing. The other target article, about the allegations, is pretty good. Davey2116 (talk) 01:08, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support with the bolding as per the alt-blurb. The article Bill Cosby has citation issues, however these do not relate to the news story so IMO it is not essential to have these sorted before posting if this is not a bold article. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:44, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support alt blurb.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:18, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support per what TRM said, above. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 14:22, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment seems to me that there's a clear consensus for the alt blurb, so good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:13, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted alt-blurb. Dragons flight (talk) 15:35, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

April 25

Portal:Current events/2018 April 25

April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests Ahmed Abu Hussein, aged 24, becomes the second journalist killed while covering protests at the Israel–Gaza border. Hussein was hospitalized in Gaza after being shot by Israeli Defence Forces two weeks prior while wearing a press jacket. (The Jerusalem Post) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases a detailed breakdown of Palestinian casualties since March 30 by date, age, gender, and injury. A total of 40 deaths and 1,511 injuries are listed. More than 400 injuries are ascribed to gas inhalation. (Haaretz) The Bangladeshi International Crimes Tribunal sentences former National Security Intelligence director general Wahidul Haque to prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War when Haque was a Pakistani Army general. The convictions relate to the deaths of 500–600 unarmed Bengalis and Santals in Rangpur. (The Dhaka Tribune) Rwandan Genocide Four mass graves are found in Gasabo, Rwanda, thought to date back to the 1994 genocide. Around 3,000 people from the area remain missing. Houses are demolished to access the graves. (BBC) Disasters and accidents Disasters in Indonesia An oil well catches fire in Ranto Peureulak, East Aceh Regency, Indonesia, killing ten people. (Sky News) International relations South Korea–United States relations South Korea president Moon Jae-in announces that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-May. (Upi) It is announced that Admiral Harry B. Harris may be nominated as the new U.S. Ambassador to South Korea. (Military) Around 500 experts from over 70 countries meet in Paris to start a two-day counterterror conference discussing methods of cutting financing to Al-Qaeda and ISIL. (The Tampa Bay Times) Law and crime Politics of Spain The President of the Community of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, resigns after the discovery of a video of her stealing anti-aging cream in a supermarket and after several weeks of controversy after it came to light that she obtained her master's degree fraudulently. (BBC) Murder of Kim Wall Danish inventor and submariner Peter Madsen is convicted of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall and sentenced to life in prison. (BBC) Golden State Killer Sacramento County Sheriff's Department arrest Joseph James DeAngelo in connection to the Golden State Killer case. (The Week) Terrorism in Germany, NSU Trial, NSU murders The terror trial of Beate Zschäpe hears closing arguments in Germany. In addition to a series of murders, Zschäpe stands accused of bombings and bank robberies. (The Local) Crime in Israel Israeli border police officer Ben Deri receives a 9-month sentence for fatally shooting Palestinian teen Nadeem Nawara in 2014. Deri was convicted of causing the unarmed boy's death by negligence. No charges were brought over the shootings of two other teens, one of whom also died. The court heard Deri used live ammunition without authorisation. (The Guardian) Indian guru Asaram Bapu is sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a child. (Sky News) Scotland's Parliament approves a bill devolving authority for social care payments. The bill arranges staggered introduction with complete devolution by 2021 and formation of a new agency to administer it. (BBC) A Turkish court convicts and sentences thirteen Cumhuriyet journalists accused of supporting terrorist organisations. The newspaper is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Mausoleum of Reza Shah Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince and son of Iran's last Shah, asked authorities for access to the body of Reza Shah, through trusted doctors and scientific experts. He also added his grandfather must ultimately be buried again in Iran, in a manner that respects the wishes of their family and the Iranian people. (Newsweek) United States elections, 2020, Donald Trump presidential campaign endorsements, 2020 Texas senator Ted Cruz said he will support Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. (Arutz Sheva) Science and technology 2017 North Korean nuclear test Scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China state that North Korea's nuclear test site, the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site at Mount Mantap, would have collapsed just minutes after the country performed its sixth nuclear test and opened up a hole of up to 656 feet (200 m) in diameter. It has been one of the possible reasons given for North Korea agreement to suspend nuclear and missile tests. (Fortune) A flaw, called the "Ghost in the Locks" exploit, is reported with hotel keycard systems created by the Swedish lock company Assa Abloy. The company states that they began deploying a patch in February. (BBC) The European Space Agency releases the largest-ever 3D map of stars in our galaxy from the Gaia spacecraft. (Le Monde) Astronomers detect light from 14 colliding galaxies. Due to the distances involved, the light comes from events which occurred around 12 billion years ago. (BBC) Sports 2018 CONCACAF Champions League Finals C.D. Guadalajara wins the Champions League title, their first since 1962, by winning in a penalty shootout over Toronto FC. (Washington Post)

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(Posted) RD: Hans-Reinhard Koch

Article: Hans-Reinhard Koch (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Abschied vom ersten Weihbischof: Hans-Reinhard Koch stirbt nach schwerem Sturz
Credits:

• Nominated by Iselilja (talk · give credit)

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.

 Iselilja (talk) 22:50, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose I'm not sure if all of the relatively few sources are WP:RS. Also I am not sure how "in the news" this is. I am open to correction if the sources are in fact reliable and there are more than a couple of short obituaries in local news outlets. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:13, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support It looks fine to me.Zigzig20s (talk) 11:11, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article good enough for posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:11, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:31, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) Murder of Kim Wall

Article: Murder of Kim Wall (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen is sentenced to life imprisonment for the Murder of Kim Wall (Post)
News source(s): [10], see article for more
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Linguist111 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: No lasting impact, but since developments in this case has made the news at various points + we're short blurbs, nominating this to see what ITN thinks. Banedon (talk) 23:48, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Subject is in the news, article is up to snuff. --Jayron32 23:51, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. This seems an unusual case due to its circumstances. Article seems OK. 331dot (talk) 23:58, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support In the news, decent article. Pawnkingthree (talk) 00:05, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very big case in the news. With a bit of improvement article could reach B-class. Linguist^unEins^uno 00:11, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support – As long as we don't call him an "inventor," as most of the big news sites do. Basic submarine-technology was invented a century-plus ago. The only thing Wall invented was a cockamamy tale about his voyage, if one may use the term, with Ms. Wall. Sca (talk) 00:42, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:55, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting oppose. Since when did ITN post tabloid stories about a single murder? This is local crime news with no major encyclopaedic impact. Modest Genius ^talk 14:41, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
  • We have generally posted the conviction of people considered "high profile" on criminal charges, eg Oscar Pistorius back [Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/September 2014 here]. --Masem (t) 14:46, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
    • A murder on board a personal submarine is also highly unusual. 331dot (talk) 14:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting oppose I agree with Modest Genius. A single murder has been to extremely noteworthy in order to reach ITN, and I don't believe Madsen is as (in)famous as Pistorius. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong about that. I agree that a murder on a personal submarine is rare, but rarity is not a sufficient reason to post this, in my opinion. Lepricavark (talk) 15:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support this has been in the news on and off for months, and was headline-breaking news where I reside and there's literally no connection between this news story and where I am, so it's clearly big news, and something our readers would be interested in. The conviction is in, we posted Pistorius, and rightly so, and this is simply a parallel to that. Notable person kills notable person and then denies it. Seems obviously an ITN item to me. Plus article is okay too. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:13, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• One minor clarification: we don't have a standalone article on Wall, so I don't think she really qualifies as a notable person. Lepricavark (talk) 15:27, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• According to Wikipedia, perhaps, but then we don't have a standalone article on Myra Hindley but there's no doubt she was notable. Thanks though. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Were it not for the murder, I highly doubt either Madsen or Wall would have an article. Same with Hindley and her crimes for that matter. Modest Genius ^talk 16:32, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Sure. But that's water under the bridge really, although making that claim about Hindley indicates to me that you have a very different interpretation to news and crime from me, so it's probably best to can the conversation right now. P.S. the Madsen article was created in 2011, so I'm unclear about your "were it not for the murder" comment. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:41, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• The Madsen article was barely there at the time of the murder. Neither of these people are remarkable in any sense. Rich guy kills journalist, chops her up - it's salacious. A sensational story doesn't become encyclopedic because the MSM picks it up. ghost 16:48, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• That it was "barely" here is irrelevant. Featured for some time all over reliable sources, of interest to our readers, and of suitable quality. Works for me. Now I suggest you all go and do something more useful than simply argue the toss with me, after all it won't make any difference now. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:08, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Post-posting support – It's a seamy story all right, but it's long been featured intermittently on mainline news sites (including NYT), and not only English-language [11] ones. The sordid circumstances, and not least the underwater aspect, inevitably generate high reader interest. Sca (talk) 17:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Madeeha Gauhar

Article: Madeeha Gauhar (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Pakistan Today
Credits:

• Nominated by Stormy clouds (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Short article, but reasonably well referenced. Minor copy-edits may be required however. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Short but adequate. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:31, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support agreed, good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:17, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. 331dot (talk) 19:38, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Closed) Arrest made in the Golden State Killer case

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

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Article: Golden State Killer (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After three decades, police arrest a person they suspect to be the Golden State Killer. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Police arrested 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo as the suspected Golden State Killer, alleged to have committed 50 rapes and 12 murders.
News source(s): [12] [13]
Credits:

• Nominated by EvergreenFir (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Major news in a cold case with international attention. Gap between crimes and arrest is unusual and noteworthy. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:06, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I can see the interest in a cold case suddenly have been solved, but they have only arrested and charged him. The person will have a trial. Per BLP and per past ITN approaches, we post these if the trial determines sentences him. --Masem (t) 18:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose it's actually in the news (ZOMG!) but the referencing, while not bad, has some gaps. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:10, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Masem. Yeah, at minimum the person's name shouldn't be in the blurb per BLP; and when he is convicted seems a better time to post it (and it should be news then too) Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:15, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose convict him and maybe we can think about a DYK. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:16, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Masem is right on the money. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 18:16, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay, if it's too soon, I can retract my ITN nomination. EvergreenFir (talk) 18:26, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - WP:BLP reigns supreme.--WaltCip (talk) 18:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. This person was not a known fugitive like El Chapo, who had also escaped from prison, or even someone famous like a head of state. They only suspect this person is the killer. WP:BLP is controlling. 331dot (talk) 19:16, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

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Ongoing: 2018 Gaza border protests

Article: 2018 Gaza border protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): [14] [15] [16]
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Carwil (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Mhhossein (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Ongoing protest campaign continuing to receive deep coverage in reliable sources. Recent removal treated a largely weekly protest with major mobilizations on Fridays as "stale" b/c of diminished Monday-Wednesday coverage. Carwil (talk) 18:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support It has been getting quality updates on daily basis, since the removal from the ITN. --Mhhossein ^talk 04:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

It should also be noted that there will be more developments, tomorrow. --Mhhossein ^talk 05:03, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

• Maybe hold the nomination until Saturday, then? Support, but prefer a standalone blurb. I'm wary of using ongoing for too long (surely an editor committed enough could update Syrian Civil War every day with new RS). But I think the five executions (Hey, they know where every bullet landed) this week warrant mention. ghost 11:49, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose It's been out of the news for a few weeks and the article hasn't been significantly updated with new developments for a while. There have been a few edits, but it looks mostly like cleanup of the organization. Most of the things going on now are minor and restricted to local news. And, lets try not to anticipate events before they happen. OtterAM (talk) 00:30, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Recent edits, which include substantial new information, are visible here: [17].--Carwil (talk) 04:21, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Updated to reflect 27 April events. [18]--Carwil (talk) 17:05, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

10,000 people is not a high number. Stephen 22:45, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Stepen: Maybe "10,000 people is not a high number," but "it was the first breach of the security fence in five consecutive weeks of Palestinian protests," and Israeli army spokesman called it an "audacious" and "severe" attack.(LATimes)--Mhhossein ^talk 18:21, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Wait. I think the recent events need to be going on for more than 1 day (referring to the April 27 update; there's nothing since Apr 20 before then), so if there's something for 2 or more days, I would consider supporting. Spencer^T•C 00:58, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose This is not ongoing anymore.There are low profile clashes but I don't think its enough to include it.--Shrike (talk) 09:16, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

April 24

Portal:Current events/2018 April 24

April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests The Israel Defense Forces detain two alleged terrorists attempting to cross the Gaza border into Israeli territory armed with a knife and a grenade. (Israel National News) Disasters and accidents West Wind Aviation Flight 280 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports the aircraft departed with ice on it before losing height shortly after takeoff. The December 17 crash killed one and injured fifteen. (The Aviation Herald) A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised. (ABC11) International relations 2018 North Korea–United States summit Thailand expresses its interest in hosting the planned summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (ABC News) France–United States relations Donald Trump meets with French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Iran nuclear deal along with economics and trading. (i24) (USA Today) United States energy developer Invenergy files for arbitration against Poland with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law over a dispute following construction of four wind power projects in the country. Invenergy claims Polish authorities are ignoring binding rulings by local courts. (Wind Power Monthly) Law and crime 2018 Toronto van attack Alek Minassian appears in court in Toronto charged with ten murders and thirteen attempted murders. (BBC) Yahoo! data breaches The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fines Altaba US$35 million for failing to disclose its 2014 data breach in a timely manner. (CNET) Crime in Italy Italian police arrest a Bosnian driver driving a van loaded with weapons bound for Barcelona. (The New York Times) The United States Supreme Court rejects a case brought by foreign nationals under the Alien Tort Statute attempting to sue the Arab Bank over terror attacks in Israel. (USA Today) A former MP from Poland's Samoobrona party is charged with spying for Russia and China. (Radio Poland) Crime in Texas Three people are shot and critically wounded, two of them Dallas Police officers and the other a security guard, at a Home Depot in Dallas, Texas. The suspected shooter, who was also attempting to shoplift merchandise, was arrested soon after. One of the police officers died from his injuries the next day. (CBS News) (ABC News) In Lima, Peru, a 36-year-old man gets on a public transport bus and sets fire to the passengers, after spraying them with gasoline, leaving 10 people injured. The most affected, a 22-year-old young woman, was seriously injured and believed to be the target of the attack. (Panamericana Televsión) (Diario Correo) An alleged arson attack kills 18 in a karaoke lounge in Qingyuan, China. A suspect is arrested. (The Guardian) Science and technology Atmosphere of Uranus Scientists using infrared spectroscopy data from the Gemini North telescope have established the presence of hydrogen sulfide in the clouds of Uranus. (Time)

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(Posted) RD: Rick Dickinson

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

• Nominated by Pawnkingthree (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Designer of the ZX Spectrum. Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:57, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose too many unreferenced claims at this time. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:12, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support looks like everything's been cited now. yorkshiresky (talk) 17:25, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

  Nearly... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:45, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

  Found a reference for the CN tag. Whizz40 (talk) 05:28, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man: Good to go now? Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:02, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

  Support made a few tweaks myself but overall looks ready. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:29, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support article looks ready, in the news in multiple languages according to Google news search. Whizz40 (talk) 07:54, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Thryduulf (talk) 11:33, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Haddon Donald

Article: Haddon Donald (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Dominion Post
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Expanded and updated the article. Well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:13, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support - per nom. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 23:18, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support as the article is in good shape. I'd action this soon as we have Anzac Day in New Zealand (and Australia) and given that he was the highest-ranked WWII veteran, this will go through the news media quite quickly. Schwede66 23:40, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:06, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Sachio Kinugasa

Article: Sachio Kinugasa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kyodo News
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Wish I could do better expanding this article, but I don't understand Japanese. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• support - perhaps the Awards and accolades section needs some extra source but other than that it is ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Though not that great article for his prominence, this is sufficient and adequately referenced. This 1987 NYT piece shows he has been a star for a long time.–Ammarpad (talk) 05:21, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Vanamonde (talk) 15:53, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted to Ongoing) Nicaraguan protests

Article: 2018 Nicaraguan protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Protests break out in Nicaragua, resulting in at least 26 deaths
Alternative blurb II: ​ Protests break out in Nicaragua after a social security reform, resulting in at least 26 deaths
Alternative blurb III: ​ Protests break out in Nicaragua, demanding the resignation of president Daniel Ortega, resulting in at least 26 deaths
News source(s): Al JazeeraABC NewsReuters
Credits:

• Nominated by Jamez42 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Has been ongoing for a week now and 26 deaths have been reported Jamez42 (talk) 15:53, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support blurb Has been in the news and events have been escalating. I think posting a blurb would be fitting, which then goes down to ongoing if events continue and the article stays updated. Spencer^T•C 17:08, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing The article is showing updates basically daily for a week, that seems to be ongoing, especially since no one has produced a blurb which would be more detailed than "There are protests in Nicaragua". Seems like a perfect target for ongoing. Would consider a blurb if it were properly worded, but one has not yet been produced. --Jayron32 17:27, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing as nominated. This has started almost a week ago and the news has been virtually the same everyday since then and even today no major difference from the previous days. It may be renominated for blurb when it culminated in some serious changes or political moves–Ammarpad (talk) 17:34, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Comment I would suggest renominating if the protests end and/or if, for example, Ortega resigns as president. For now, the social security reforms were pulled back due to the protests. --Jamez42 (talk) 18:02, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support ongoing - per above mentioned reasons.BabbaQ (talk) 22:07, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing and would consider a blurb if there was one to consider. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing - The article is decent, the situation evolving. Jusdafax (talk) 23:03, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• As there seems to be consensus for Ongoing, I have posted it there. Discussion of a blurb can continue. 331dot (talk) 23:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment I'll suggest some blurbs for the time being, but I recommend reconsidering it since English is not my mother tongue. I should also note that the Nicaraguan Red Cross estimate is of 9 deaths and that Ortega cancelled the social reforms, but protesters now ask for his resignation.--Jamez42 (talk) 00:55, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Closed) Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul)

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Article: Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The United Arab Emirates is to give $50m (£36m) to help rebuild a landmark mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul blown up by Islamic State militants. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Positive news from the city and country. Article has slight referencing issues and there has been a minor update on the pledge. Sherenk1 (talk) 10:51, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

opposenothing notable about political posturing. Good faith, nonetheless.Lihaas (talk) 11:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. Good news, but small change in terms of reconstruction funding. Also, the update is shorter than the blurb. Modest Genius ^talk 12:01, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Significant gesture, insignificant story. –Ammarpad (talk) 12:48, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as per Modest Genius - there's currently only a sentence on this action in the article, and that's probably the correct level of detail for this at the current time. In terms of international aid, $50m isn't that much, and promises of aid don't always result in actual action. I think the re-opening of the mosque after reconstruction is complete would be a reasonable ITNC nomination. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 13:16, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose does not rise to ITN level. Lepricavark (talk) 13:34, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as TOOSOON. Once the Mosque is finished I might support a blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:37, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional support the update to the pledge of rebuiling is too short and should be placed into it own tab on the page. Must be updated and added to be posted. --Awestruck1 (talk) 20:44 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Good faith, but the pledging of money alone isn't highly significant. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 14:33, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted) 2018 Hajjah Governorate airstrike

Article: 2018 Hajjah Governorate airstrike (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Hajjah Governorate, Yemen, an airstrike at a wedding kills as many as 50 civilians. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ An airstrike hits a wedding in Hajjah Governorate, Yemen, killing at least 33 people.
News source(s): RT CNN
Credits:

• Nominated by Andise1 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Mass airstrike on civilans, namely women and children. Article is still a stub; please feel free to help update the article to make it suitable enough for ITN (I will try to update the article as much as I can though). Andise1 (talk) 06:41, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak Support Article is less than an hour old, needs more added to it, wait a bit.  Nixinova   T   C   06:48, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Please do feel free to help in expanding the article. Andise1 (talk) 06:52, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• When quoting casualty ranges, blurbs should be in the form "at least <minimum estimate>" rather than "as many as <maximum estimate>" (see alt blurb). I think this is notable, though the article will need some more expansion before it is ready. I'm also cautious about leaning too much on the RT reporting, as this is not a particularly reliable/neutral source. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:50, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@LukeSurl: I expanded the article as best I could, feel free to take a look. Andise1 (talk) 05:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

@Andise1: Is there any source for The planes repeatedly flew over the area where the strike was being conducted, thus preventing medical personnel from being able to help the victims other than RT? It's a very accusatory statement, and RT is allied with the opposite side of this conflict to the Saudis. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 08:53, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Additionally, the Press TV source effectively Iranian state media, which I would not trust to be neutral on this. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:44, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

weak support per above.Lihaas (talk) 11:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support once article is ready. Very significant event. Lepricavark (talk) 13:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose It's been labeled as a "start" but it's too close to a stub for me. Needs some meat on those bones. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@Ad Orientem: I expanded the article as best I could, feel free to take a look. Andise1 (talk) 05:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Civilian deaths for this conflict far outpace belligerents. Back of the envelope says about 10/day. Unfortunate and tragic, but not news. ghost 14:44, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Meaningful text in the article describing the actual event is basically no longer than the blurb would be; other than the blurb text there are two quotes. Nothing else meaningful is in the article, so it is too short to provide any real useful information to the reader. If someone were to greatly expand the article, I would re-read it and reconsider. --Jayron32 17:30, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

  Weak support It's better than it was; it would be nice to see more here, but I won't hold it up with an oppose vote. It's tolerable for the main page. --Jayron32 14:27, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jayron32: I expanded the article a bit (as much as I could), feel free to take a look. I will continue to update it as more information is released. Andise1 (talk) 04:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• I've added three {{Unreliable source?}} tags to some strong statements that are currently sourced only to RT and Press TV. Given that these organisations are effectively state broadcasters of Saudi opponents in this conflict they cannot be the sole source in what amount to accusations of war crimes. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:55, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

LukeSurl: I tried to address some of your concerns. --Mhhossein ^talk 14:09, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support this significant event. I edited the article and added more sources. The article does not seem to be a stub now. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:43, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Nice job on the expansion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Expanded and more sources added. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:23, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support I think it's ready to go now. I've edited a bit to qualify some statements ("X said Y happened", rather than "Y happened") where necessary and avoid leaning anything too strong on questionable sources. In particular, I've changed "targeted" to "hit", so as to not necessarily imply intention. Going forward, we should be aware that in international politics and war, both sides can produce professional news copy which suits their purposes, and we need to be careful about accepting these verbatim. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 15:22, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted a modified blurb combining what I find best of the two proposed blurbs. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:49, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support The expansion of content and sources cleared up any concerns regarding sourcing & a tragic event with several dozen casualties is inherently significant, especially one this careless and hostile. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 19:55, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Saleh Ali al-Sammad

Article: Saleh Ali al-Sammad (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Houthi-recognized President Saleh Ali al-Sammad is killed in a Saudi Arabian airstrike. (Post)
News source(s): [19], [20]
Credits:

• Nominated by Panam2014 (talk · give credit)

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.

 Panam2014 (talk) 00:42, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Support RD, oppose blurb — Well referenced, but not notable enough for a blurb.  Nixinova   T   C   06:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Undecided Might merit a blurb. Changes of heads of state are usually blurb worthy. However, his office is largely unrecognized, but on the other side the circumstance is highly unusually (death by airstrike), which usually increases the blurbworthiness. HaEr48 (talk) 07:32, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Stub. Sherenk1 (talk) 10:52, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Too short to warrant posting at this time. Also opposed to a blurb - not a Thatcher or Mandela.--WaltCip (talk) 12:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose both blurb and RD. Subject not prominent enough for blurb, article not ready for RD. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

April 23

Portal:Current events/2018 April 23

April 23, 2018 (2018-04-23) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests Two more Palestinian protestors, aged 18 and 20, die from wounds sustained in clashes at the Israeli–Gazan border. Both were shot by Israeli troops. (US News) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen A Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills Yemen's Supreme Political Council president Saleh Ali al-Sammad. He was considered the most senior Houthi official in Sana'a. (BBC) An airstrike hits a wedding procession in Bani Qa'is District in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate, killing between 22 and 33 people, according to Yemeni health officials. (South China Morning Post) 2018 Toronto van attack A van strikes a group of pedestrians in Toronto, Canada, killing ten and injuring sixteen. According to the Toronto Police Service, the driver, who fled the scene, was later arrested. (BBC) (Globe News) (The Guardian) (BBC) Arts and culture Freedom of speech in Egypt United Nations cultural authority UNESCO awards imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid the 2018 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, drawing criticism from Egypt. Abu Zeid faces the death penalty. (The Straits Times) Israeli lawmakers Yuval Steinitz and Oren Hazan accuse Jerusalem-born actress Natalie Portman of antisemitism and seek to revoke her citizenship with Hazan calling her a "little hyprocrite liar" after she decides not to travel to Israel and accept the US$2 million Genesis Prize. (i24 News) Beverley Folk Festival in England collapses into administration. (NME) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to her and the Duke's third child and second boy; the child is fifth in line to the British throne. (BBC) Business and economy Underwater engineering firm Subsea 7 begins negotiations to acquire offshore company McDermott International, offering US$2 billion for it. (Splash 24/7) The Finnish government decides not to expand a small two-year trial of universal basic income. (BBC) Disasters and accidents List of shipwrecks in 2018 Ferry operator DFDS has discontinued their Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service. DFDS says it is no longer profitable to operate the route. The change follows a fire aboard the MV Finlandia Seaways a day before. The Scottish government seeks urgent talks between DFDS and Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf. (BBC) 2018 North Korea bus accident A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans. A further two people are seriously injured. (The Independent) Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 Southwest Airlines cancels 128 flights in addition to 40 cancelled yesterday as it inspects the CFM56-7B engines mounted to its Boeing 737 fleet following a fatal accident. (NBC News) 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash European Commission President Donald Tusk testifies in Warsaw about the disaster which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczynski. Tusk was Prime Minister at the time. He is locked in disputes with Law and Justice over the crash. (The Independent) Health and environment Doctors at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, perform the world's first successful transplant of a penis and scrotum from a deceased donor to a U.S. soldier injured in Afghanistan. The testicles are not transplanted. (BBC) International relations North Korea–South Korea relations South Korea ceases loudspeaker broadcasts directed at soldiers over the North Korean border ahead of a planned meeting later this week between leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un. (i24 News) Nicaragua–United States relations The U.S. State Department orders the families of U.S. diplomats in Nicaragua to leave amid riots by protestors against proposed pension changes. President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes but further protests are nonetheless anticipated. (BBC) Law and crime Bosnian War Radovan Karadžić starts his appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes at the UN court at The Hague. (Balkan Transitional Justice) Freedom of speech in the United Kingdom Scottish YouTuber Mark "Count Dankula" Meechan is fined £800 for a racially aggravated offence under the Communications Act for a video of a pug dog responding to Nazi slogans. Protests are held outside Airdrie Sheriff Court and English Defence League ex-leader Tommy Robinson sits in court to support Meechan. (BBC) Murder of Stephen Lawrence UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces that henceforth April 22 will be marked nationally as Stephen Lawrence Day to commemorate the black teenager murdered 25 years ago in a racist assault. The high-profile crime led to the Metropolitan Police being labeled "institutionally racist". (BBC) (The Telegraph) Death of Kim Wall Danish prosecutors seek a life sentence for Peter Madsen, accused of murdering a Swedish journalist on board his self-built submarine. Psychiatric evidence describes Madsen as presenting "psychopathic traits" and a "high risk" of offending further. (The Straits Times) Nashville Waffle House shooting Travis Reinking, suspected of shooting and killing four people in a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee, is captured following a police manhunt. (Yahoo! News) Piracy in the 21st century The owners of the Dutch ship MV FWN Rapide announce the ship was attacked by pirates last night while sailing from Ghana to Nigeria and 12 of the crew abducted. (Splash 24/7) November 2015 Paris attacks Suspect Salah Abdeslam and a co-defendant are convicted of attempting to murder police officers and terror offences in Belgium, with each receiving a 20-year sentence. Abdeslam is being held in France awaiting trial for the 2015 attacks. (BBC) Politics and elections 2018 Armenian protests Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Armenia's prime minister after eleven days of large street protests against him. (The Guardian) Mausoleum of Reza Shah A mummified body is found at Shahr-e Rey which Iranian media reports possibly belongs to former country's king, Reza Shah. His mausoleum was destroyed after 1979 Revolution. (The Daily Sabah) Politics of Malawi Former Malawian President Joyce Banda announces she is to return from three years of exile amid a corruption scandal. (Euronews) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets A study reveals that WASP-104b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet, is darker than charcoal and absorbs 99% of light. (The Inquisitr) (I4U) Sports 2018 London Marathon It is confirmed runner Matt Campbell, a former MasterChef semifinalist, died in hospital after collapsing during yesterday's London Marathon. The race was the hottest since the annual event began. (BBC)

[Closed] Penis and scrotum transplant

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Articles: Human penis (talk · history · tag) and Scrotum (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Doctors at Johns Hopkins University successfully complete the first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a United States veteran. (Post)
News source(s): Time New York Times BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Andise1 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: A world's first that is in the news...hopefully not too grotesque for ITN. Andise1 (talk) 22:40, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose DYK is the way ahead here. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:46, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose on article quality. Neither has been updated adequately and the human penis article is very poorly referenced. I am Neutral on the merits of the nomination. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Do you know of a more suitable article than penis (or scrotum)? Those were just the two that first came to my mind, but open to others if more suitable ones exist. Andise1 (talk) 22:57, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

I am sorry to say that this is well outside of my field of knowledge. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:32, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support with different target article (Penis transplantation). However the human penis article also has this section which makes it seem like this transplant is an incremental advance. Open to changing my mind, but will need some indication of why this is so different from previously-performed penis transplants. Banedon (talk) 23:05, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - I just don't think this is at the level of importance we expect from ITN. — 🦊 23:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

support If the first heart transplant was notable (and WP was not there then) then this is. Although might have to watch the wording. "Male secual organ"/"urinary gland", I do not know.Lihaas (talk) 03:38, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

I think that's a stretch. Most people would probably agree that heart transplants are far more important. Lepricavark (talk) 04:44, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Most people are stupid. The heart is just a pump; that's why it was the first organ to be transplanted. People only think its special because of the mythical association as the seat of emotion, which is WP:FRINGE. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:45, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

...what? Killiondude (talk) 05:53, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Neutral / mixed It's interesting and certainly notable, but DYK does seem more fitting. I'm willing to switch to either support or oppose based on other editors' comments. I agree with Banedon that there should be indication of what makes transplant in particular unique compared to past transplants. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 03:56, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose not only is this more DYK material, this is also very inappropriate in terms of decency. SamaranEmerald (talk) 04:21, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Show me the policy that applies. HiLo48 (talk) 04:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

I think the one you're looking for is WP:NOTCENSORED. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:45, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose per all of the above, this is the kind of nomination that will garner controversy should it be posted...it’s just plain out obscene. Kirliator (talk) 04:26, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, but that's ridiculous. Show me the policy that applies. HiLo48 (talk) 04:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose this is better suited for DYK. I also sympathize with concerns that this is obscene and potentially stale as well. Lepricavark (talk) 04:44, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Technically, this was completed in March, they're likely only reporting it now to make sure the man was recovering. This might be stale for that reason. --Masem (t) 04:48, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Do we not post things when the news reports about them? This is technically "in the news" now, whereas in March it was not. Andise1 (talk) 05:17, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Because several editors have opposed this on the basis on obscenity, I just checked WP:Obscenity. There is absolutely nothing there that would allow this news item to be ruled obscene. Those objections would appear to fall under WP:IDONTLIKEIT, and therefore count for nothing. HiLo48 (talk) 05:25, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Significant medical advance, probably in an area many thought unlikely. HiLo48 (talk) 05:27, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Lepricavark, better suited for DYK, not ITN. In addition, this nomination is starting to become the source of bias from both sides of the issue (e.g. one side claiming it is obscene, and the other claiming it isn’t and that the the former is posting just because they don’t like it. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 05:35, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

The simple point is that there is absolutely no basis for any claims of obscenity. Do please read what's behind that link. HiLo48 (talk) 07:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support This has the prospect of improving the quality of life of many people. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Hopefully an admin (or two) will help pull this off. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:48, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose both articles have many unreferenced paragraphs. WP:UNCENSORED doesn't mean that "containing obscenity" adds merit to the article somehow. HaEr48 (talk) 08:04, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

I'll try once more. What in this item is obscene according to Wikipedia policy? I have asked this of several people who have already suggested it. None has responded. It looks an awful lot like "I don't like it" to me. HiLo48 (talk) 08:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - I seriously doubt that there is any encyclopedic benefit that can be gained by putting this front and center on the main page. I also don't appreciate Hilo's bludgeoning of voters. That puts me off even more. WaltCip (talk) 09:51, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

And do you really think the Wikipedia community should appreciate a bunch of conservatives trying to control what gets published in direct contravention of policy? I am the one defending Wikipedia policy here. The conservatives are ignoring and confronting it. HiLo48 (talk) 10:53, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

If the reasons aren't backed up in policy, then the posting admin that oversees this nom will take that into account. You do not need to harangue, harass, bully, bludgeon, etc. every single oppose vote that even hints the slightest discomfort with this blurb. Doing so only imperils your own position. Of course, none of this is notwithstanding the fact that this may not even be news, per Modest Genius. In which case, DYK is an ideal forum to bring this up at, not ITN.--WaltCip (talk) 11:07, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• I don't see the utility on going for a double-bold blurb for this. In which article is the reader going to find info on the transplant? Currently the answer is neither. Human_penis#Surgical_replacement makes no mention of this 2018 transplant and says the first successful transplant was 2005. I find no mention of transplants in the Scrotum article. Oppose unless there is a meaningful addition to article space regarding this event. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 09:53, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• The Anome below suggests a much better target article: Penis transplantation. But even then, this reads like an incremental change (as per Modest Genius) rather than something groundbreaking, so I'm sticking to the oppose side for this. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 11:09, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. There's nothing obscene about this, but the sources indicate that it is an incremental advance over previous transplants. The BBC are crediting the breakthrough as having happened in 2016. Also, for scientific stories we wait for the publication of a paper in a peer-reviewed journal; it's unclear to me whether that standard applies to medicine as well (for a new drug we should certainly wait for a published clinical trial). DYK might be suitable if penis transplant has been suitably expanded. Modest Genius ^talk 10:43, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support with different target article (Penis transplantation). -- The Anome (talk) 11:04, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - a novel breakthrough, but novel breakthroughs like this are better suited for DYK. ZettaComposer (talk) 11:52, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted) 2018 Toronto van incident

Article: 2018 Toronto van incident (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least nine people are killed in a vehicular attack in Toronto, Ontario. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At least nine people are killed when a van drives into pedestrians in an apparent vehicular attack in Toronto, Ontario.
Alternative blurb II: ​ A vehicle ramming attack in Toronto, Ontario kills at least 9 people and injures dozens of others
News source(s): CBC BBC Globe Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by LaserLegs (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Deaths - yes. But ... minimum deaths? Dunno... LaserLegs (talk) 20:35, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support BBC now reporting 9 killed. Very rare (and tragic) event for Canada. EternalNomad (talk) 20:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ah, so not just Europe then. Unstoppable tragedy strikes North America and horribly so. Support because it's notable that it's in Canada, it's notable that it has a reasonably high casualty count, the article is already good enough to post, it's in the news globally, this is ready already. Blurb sucks, but otherwise post now. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:56, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• (edit conflict) Support although I'm not certain we should call it a "vehicular attack". The BBC news are currently reporting the local police as calling it an "apparent attack" so I've proposed an alt-blurb but that could do with being more succint. Thryduulf (talk) 20:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very proud how the article turned out to be. Not sure if I can support since I created the article and is the updater. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
  • I debate waiting for you to nom it as your own work, but decided to move ahead. Hope you don't mind. --LaserLegs (talk) 21:05, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
  • @LaserLegs:: I wasn't sure I'd be INT worthy as I though there were no fatalities, but I am certainly very glad you nominated it while the article is being updated! Good work. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:20, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Strong Support. This is undoubtedly either a terrorist attack or a lone wolf copycat of a terrorist attack. Suggested second alt blurb. Also CNN is reporting “at least 9 dead” and “at least 16 injured”, so I’ve added those stats to my blurb. 66.31.81.200 (talk) 21:15, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - solid article, clear notability. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted wtih modification of blurb2 ("16" is not "dozens"). --Masem (t) 21:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• No longer "at least" Dust has settled and casualties are counted. Can someone correct the blurb in certain terms? InedibleHulk (talk) 00:13, April 24, 2018 (UTC)
  • Updated to 10 and 15. --Masem (t) 00:21, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. That ten was a nine when I asked, but simply updating is the way to go. Saying "at least" kind of implies (at least some) of the injured are expected to die, rather than might. Not the most positive (or neutral) thinking. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:32, April 24, 2018 (UTC)

• Support Per above; unusual event, I don't think this has happened outside of Europe before; added alt-blurb 3.  Nixinova  T  C  03:31, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Out of curiosity, where on earth are you getting I don't think this has happened outside of Europe before from? Indiscriminate ramming attacks are fairly routine in Israel, and there were three high-profile ramming attacks in North America last year alone (Charlottesville, Edmonton and NYC). ‑ Iridescent 2 08:50, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support – Significant and prominently featured in Englang media (and also, quite frankly, because it's not in the U.S.) – Sca (talk) 16:13, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Perhaps it's futile, but as a Canadian citizen living in the USA I can't decide what's more pathetic and insulting here: the flippant disregard for stories about tragedies in the USA or that this (not terrorist) attack in Canada is "ITN worthy" "because it's not in the U.S.)" --LaserLegs (talk) 17:09, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Closed) WASP-104b

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Article: WASP-104b (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ WASP-104b, a Hot Jupiter exoplanet discovered in 2014, has been labeled as the “darkest planet” ever found and darker than charcoal, with about 99% of light observed. (Post)
News source(s): (New Scientist) (Inquisitr) (I4U)
Credits:

• Nominated by LovelyGirl7 (talk · give credit)

• I'd prefer seeing this as dyk, if it gets expanded first. --Tone 16:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - better as a DYK. Stormy clouds (talk) 16:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per above.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:00, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per above, good faith nom, but this is better off in DYK, not ITN. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 17:20, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Moral support - Factually interesting, but better off in DYK.--WaltCip (talk) 17:25, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose for ITNC - definitely a DYK candidate. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:41, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Dave Nelson

Article: Dave Nelson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Chicago Tribune
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 16:31, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Looks good. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:42, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support No issues. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) Resignation of Armenian PM

Article: Serzh Sargsyan (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Prime Minister of Armenia, following large-scale protests. (Post)
News source(s): GuardianBBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Galobtter (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Supersedes the protests nomination below; article needs some work with cites. Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:19, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support as per what I've posted below in the discussion about including Armenian protests in the ITN. Randomnickname567 (talk) 13:37, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose orange tags, missing refs. It's in the news though. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:56, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment The discussion should be in one place. Either this or the older one needs to be closed.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:29, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Notable. Regarding the orange tags, Serzh_Sargsyan#European_Union does need citations, but the orange tag at the top of Serzh_Sargsyan#Presidency_(2008–2018) is too non-specific to be actionable. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 15:05, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Additionally, 2018 Armenian protests needs updating to reference the protests' successful outcome. FWIW I think this should be a "two bold article" blurb.--LukeSurl ^{t c} 15:10, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support in principle, oppose on quality. Not only is there that orange tag, that proseline in the "early career" section is a problem. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support this resignation will have a lasting effect on the socio-political dynamic in the country. The resignation came after lots of protests which are in itself notable. Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

That';s CRYSTALBALL. iT IS more the ongoing-ness of this.Lihaas (talk) 11:38, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support but please see the Armenian Protests discussion below instead; the protests that led to this should absolutely be mentioned in the blurb + the protests article is more ready for ITN. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very notable news from a corner of the world that almost never appears in the In The News box.Monopoly31121993 (talk) 20:26, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose it's maintenance tagged for the love of anything that's good. We can't post it, regardless of its notability worthiness in this state. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very notable news--Panam2014 (talk) 01:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment What exactly do we need to do to fix that maintenance tag? I have no idea how to attack that at the moment.(NorthernFalcon (talk) 01:33, 24 April 2018 (UTC))
• Comment What maintenance tag? I checked all three articles in the blurb and I haven't come across one. Is everyone talking about the expand suggestion tag? Is that even a maintenance tag? Étienne Dolet (talk) 02:42, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment "What maintenance tag?" is right. This article has a tag saying that someone who speaks Armenian (!!) should help translate and migrate content from the Armenian page to the English. Instead of posting this we're posting the names of professional athletes, one of whom set a record times at the London Marathon and the other (whose photo is now on the home page) hasn't even had their Wikipedia page updated with information about the London event. This article is ready to be posted.Monopoly31121993 (talk) 09:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• There is still a maintenance tag in the "Presidency (2008–2018)" section. 331dot (talk) 09:23, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle, but there's still an orange-level tag in one section. I lack the expertise to know if it still applies or has already been dealt with. Modest Genius ^talk 10:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Seems highly newsworthy to me. -- The Anome (talk) 11:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• I've removed the orange tag from Serzh_Sargsyan#Presidency_(2008–2018), as it was too non-specific to determine if its issues had been solved. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 11:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Yes, has been ITN. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:55, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Comment I added my support below to the closure/merger with this one.Lihaas (talk) 12:12, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Posted Objections from early oppose votes seem to have been all fixed. --Jayron32 12:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posing minor request I would recommend having both Serzh Sargsyan and the large-scale protests that led to it in bold Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 14:44, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

BrendonTheWizard WP:ERRORS is generally better for anything currently on the main page Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:47, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, I wasn't sure whether or not this constituted an error but I'll post it there. Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 14:49, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

(Closed) Third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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Article: Third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a son the fifth in line to the British throne (Post)
News source(s): Sky News
Credits:

• Nominated by WTKitty (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: This is going to be going round the world like wildfire when the states wakes up to this news, this is going to to be in the news all round the world and has already begun. WTKitty (talk) 12:09, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Provisional Support - once there is an article and it is properly suitable and referenced for the main page.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:19, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

See Third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Very much a stub as of time of writing this.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:24, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Changing to neutral, as we didn't post one for Charlotte. Yet another example of how ITN is IMHO dysfunctional because it serves as a vassal for editor prejudice and original research rather than reader convenience and the posting of things that are actually *in the news*. But hey ho, there's nothing I can do about that I guess...  — Amakuru (talk) 12:46, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Amakuru What "prejudice" is involved here? No prejudice was involved in forming my opinion. ITN is not a news ticker and has never been based solely on what is in the news(if it were, we would post Donald Trump's tweets almost daily); we use factors like editorial judgement and article quality to evaluate what merits posting. As I stated, we did not post Charlotte because her birth is of little consequence as she is not directly in line for the throne, once George has kids she will be bumped down. The same goes for this child. 331dot (talk) 12:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@331dot: you say it's down to editorial judgement, yet the judgement of those who !vote here seems to differ from the judgement of all the most of the major news outlets of the world, including the serious outlets not just tabloids. I get that WP:OR and WP:SYNTH don't apply to main page content selection, but we should still be presenting the world as it is, not how we think it should be, and it should still be reader-focused. Perhaps you and I have a different view of what ITN should be about, but I think one of its main purposes, especially given its prominent position on the main page, should be to navigate editors to the articles they want to see at the moment. Kate Middleton's article has seen a big spike in views in the past couple of days, because readers want to read it, and "she is not directly in line for the throne" is not a reason why we shouldn't provide a link to the article for people.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:36, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Readers want to read about Kim Kardashian's hairstyle, should that be a permanent link in the ITN box? We need to reflect what readers are interested in, but this is also an encyclopedia, and what readers are interested in also needs to be viewed through that lens. ITN is not a news ticker or tabloid. What you think is important for readers is not necessarily what I think is important for readers, or what other editors think, and so on. Hence the need for discussion and consensus. "She/he is not in line for the throne" is absolutely a reason not to post this, as if it was not a royal birth, it would not be in the news at all. It has no consequence to who the head of state of the UK/other nations is(which is why George was posted). If consensus turns and decides this merits posting, I would post it despite my personal views, but I don't expect that to happen. 331dot (talk) 14:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. We posted George because he is directly in line for the throne, we didn't post Charlotte because she isn't, the same should go for this son. Once George has children, his new brother will be bumped down the line. 331dot (talk) 12:36, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per 331dot. Mjroots (talk) 12:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Children are born all the time. What 331dot said. talk to !dave 12:40, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Strong oppose. George was maybe justified (just about) as he will probably become king some day. Other more minor royal births are not. It would be huge systemic bias if we posted this sort of story about the British royal family but not those of other countries. Just being in the news is not sufficient for ITN; we are not a tabloid newspaper. Modest Genius ^talk 12:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Along the lines of Extra, Extra: Woman Has Baby; Bear Defecates In Woods. —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap sh*t room} 12:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Per Modest Genius; the number of "ifs" for this child to become king are too many to count. --Masem (t) 13:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - by the logic above how did the winner of a horse race get to be in the news then? It is still just a horse race and hundreds take place each day. What is being missed here is this is not What is notable but what is in the news. Articles are for what is notable. ITN is well for what is in the news that is connected to articles. This event will have more coverage than it deseerves, but it will get massive amounts of coverage. How this does not meet the ITN standards is beyond me. All I see from the opposers is I don't like this being given news coverage so lets not include it. That is not hwo ITN works AFAIK. WTKitty (talk) 13:28, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Also since when did the need to sit ones arse on the British throne become criteria for what is and is not in the news? I assume from the comments here the Wedding of Prince Harry is an automatic no because his arse isn't going to be sat on the throne of England because he is behind this boy. These decisions must be consistent or they are simply arbitrary. WTKitty (talk) 13:33, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

In this particular horse race, the horse you want us to promote on the main page came in third. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

The above is nothing to do with this nomination it is distraction, there is zero criteria ere regarding ITN it is all just simple opinion and Like/dislike of nominations. WTKitty (talk) 13:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

We judge significance of news, not just number of articles written about a subject. Otherwise ITN would be all Kardashian all the time. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I'm a monarchist and this doesn't belong on the main page. While I am very happy for the couple, the birth of princes that have no realistic chance of succeeding to the throne is just not that important. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Add We don't really have a lot of precedent for this sort of thing as monarchies have gone out of style in much of the world and the British Royal Family is typically the only one that gets a lot of global press. But FWIW my feeling is that the birth or death of heirs apparent, that is to say those who in the normal course of events are expected to succeed to a throne, probably should get a blurb. Others who are not expected to succeed usually will not merit any notice here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:55, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Strong oppose A baby is born into a rich family. What number in line is he for the throne? The throne that has barely any power? This is insignificant and an example of systemic bias. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment It's in the news, I'd like to support, but the article is too short --LaserLegs (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
  • How much content can there be for a newborn infant? – Muboshgu (talk) 13:55, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per 331. – Sca (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Stale) RD: Bob Dorough

Article: Bob Dorough (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MSN, The Wrap
Credits:

• Nominated by CoatCheck (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Accomplished jazz musician. Prolific composer and singer of many Schoolhouse Rock! episodes. CoatCheck (talk) 15:42, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Significant gaps in referencing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:50, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per AO. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

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