Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates

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Typhoon Yagi over the South China Sea Typhoon Yagi (satellite image shown) leaves at least 85 people dead in China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. An attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 129 people dead. A Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Kamchatka, Russia, killing all 22 people on board. The Summer Paralympics close in Paris, France. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Pete Wade Cathy Merrick Rich Homie Quan Rebecca Cheptegei Hvaldimir Linda Deutsch view — page history — related changes — edit

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June 10

Portal:Current events/2022 June 10

June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that the country has "installed naval mines in the exercise of our right to self-defence". (Reuters) 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions The Democratic Republic of the Congo accuses Rwanda of killing two Congolese children in a rocket attack. Rwanda also accuses the DRC of firing rockets into the country from Bunagana. (Reuters) Whisky War So called Whisky War, a pseudo confrontation between Canada and Denmark ends with the Hans Island divided. Business and economy 2021–2022 inflation surge The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 880 points and the S&P 500 falls 117 points following the release of an inflation report that showed a faster-than-expected rise in prices and consumer sentiment reaching a record low. (NBC News) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic The Biden administration announces that the U.S. has lifted COVID-19 testing restrictions for international travel. (AP) 2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States The U.S. purchases 300,000 more doses of vaccines from Bavarian Nordic, including the Jynneos vaccine, as part of an effort to combat the monkeypox outbreak. (Axios) Poland reports its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters) International relations China–Russia relations Russia and China open the new Blagoveshchensk–Heihe Bridge. The 1 km long bridge spans across the Amur river to connect Heihe in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang province with Blagoveshchensk in Far Eastern Russia's Amur Oblast. It will shorten the travel distance of freight between China and western Russia by 1,500 km. (Reuters) Russia withdraws from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) after having been suspended by that organization due to the country's war in Ukraine. (The Guardian) Law and crime Capital punishment in Malaysia Malaysian law minister Wan Junaidi announces that mandatory capital punishment will be abolished in the country. (CNN) Sports 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification FIFA dismisses a petition by the Football Federation of Chile against the Ecuadorian Football Federation to disqualify the Ecuador national football team from participating in the 2022 World Cup, claiming that one of its players, Byron Castillo, is ineligible on the grounds of his nationality. (Japan Today)

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June 9

Portal:Current events/2022 June 9

June 9, 2022 (2022-06-09) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Militants kill at least one soldier and one civilian in the Karma gold mine in Yatenga Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters) Eleven gendarmes are killed during an attack by unidentified militants in Seytenga Department, Séno Province. (Reuters) 2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) claims that 500 disguised members of the Rwandan special forces have intruded into the DRC. (Reuters) Boko Haram insurgency Twenty-five people are killed in an attack by gunmen on motorcycles in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents A People's Liberation Army Air Force Chengdu J-7 aircraft crashes in a residential area in Laohekou, Hubei, China, killing at least one person on the ground as the pilot ejects out of the aircraft. (CNN) The bodies of two disabled people are found in Roadford Lake, near Okehampton, Devon, England, a day after their boat capsized on the lake. Four others are in hospital, with one in critical condition. (BBC News) One person is killed and one other is injured after heavy flooding in Tirana, Albania. (AP) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland Governor Larry Hogan outlines a long-term preparedness plan on how Maryland will deal with COVID-19 including a focus on treatments that would keep people out of hospitals as well as on how the state would respond to future variants. (The Washington Post) 2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Spain Spain will begin vaccinations of close contacts of monkeypox using the Imvanex vaccine after 242 cases were reported in the country. (Reuters) International relations 2021–2022 Belarus–European Union border crisis Poland decides to lift its state of emergency over attempts by migrants to cross the Belarus–Poland border, saying that the border barrier it has been building is mostly complete. (AP) A 2-seater Beechcraft plane violates the airspace of seven countries in Eastern Europe, and is intercepted by two Hungarian Air Force Gripen jets, two USAF F-16s and two Romanian Air Force F-16s before being abandoned at an airfield near Targovishte, Bulgaria. (The Straits Times) Law and crime Daegu office fire Seven people are killed and 46 others are injured by a fire, suspected to be an arson attack, that spread through an office building in Daegu, South Korea. The suspect is killed in the fire. (AP) Cannabis in Thailand Thailand removes cannabis and hemp plants from its list of illegal narcotics, and will allow people to grow an unlimited number of these plants in farms and gardens for medicinal purposes as long as they inform the authorities. However, public consumption of these plants is discouraged by official authorities. (The Guardian) Three people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting in Smithsburg, Maryland, United States. (AP) The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) sentences to death two Britons and a Moroccan who had joined Ukrainian forces on charges of terrorism, mercenary activities, and attempting to overthrow the DPR's government. (AP) Politics and elections The European Parliament adopts a resolution urging to amend the treaties of the European Union in order to abolish the unanimity principle in decisionmaking with respect to sanctions and foreign policy and to grant the Parliament the right to legislative initiative. (Politico) Science and technology NASA announces that the James Webb Space Telescope collided with a micrometeoroid last month, but continues to function normally. (Phys.org)

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Thailand legalises marihuana

Article: Cannabis in Thailand (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Thailand legalises the cultivation and possession of cannabis (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera, BBC News, ABC, The Independent, Fiji Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Significant change in legislation for a country which still has the death penalty for some drug offences. Articles are not updated at the moment. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:28, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose the n^th country to do something is generally unremarkable. Stephen 00:43, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

2022 Iranian food protests

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Article: 2022 Iranian food protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Article needs updating

Protests are huge, those are current events. 67.170.255.241 (talk) 01:50, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

• There's nothing in the article updated to reflect events in June, which make this fail any reason to post. --Masem (t) 01:52, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Current events should go to Portal: Current events, not ITN, unless there is an updated wikiarticle about the big news. --PFHLai (talk) 02:52, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose as the article is orange-tagged, and doesn't have any recent updates that suggest ITN-worthiness of posting. This seems like an ongoing event of similar importance to the 2022 United States infant formula shortage, which we agreed not to post a few weeks ago, so not important enough for ITN. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:49, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per Joseph. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 09:48, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose and snow close article should be placed in Portal:Current events, not ITN. Supporting this whilst opposing the US baby formula shortage is mere anti America bias, although this is basically the same thing (restricted to one country w/out massive impact on geopolitical events. Cheers. WimePocy 12:23, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Oppose per Wimepocey. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 13:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

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RD: Aamir Liaquat Hussain

Article: Aamir Liaquat Hussain (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Dawn
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (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: Controversial Pakistani politician, columnist and television host. Sherenk1 (talk) 09:26, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment Half (more-than half?) of the article is about controversies including the education section with nothing much to say about his political, media, religious and writing career. Gotitbro (talk) 15:10, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

  To be fair, he was arguably the most controversial person in Pakistan. His political and religious careers were really just a joke so I understand why the article is filled with his controversies. Before his death, the only thing he was famous for was the amount of women he had married and how badly he had treated his wife.  Hamza Ali Shah  ^Talk 15:33, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose due to WP:NPOV and WP:Controversy sections issues. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:45, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per Joseph2302 and Gotitbro.  Hamza Ali Shah  ^Talk 15:46, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

June 8

Portal:Current events/2022 June 8

June 8, 2022 (2022-06-08) (Wednesday) Disasters and accidents 2022 South Khorasan train derailment Twenty-two people are killed and 87 others injured after a train travelling between Mashhad and Yazd collides with an excavator near Tabas, South Khorasan province, Iran. (AP) 2022 V-22 Osprey plane crash A United States Marine Corps V-22 Osprey crashes near the town of Glamis in Imperial County, California, United States, killing five U.S Marines onboard. (CBS News) Ten people are killed and three are missing after heavy flooding in Hunan and Guangxi, China. (AP) Health and environment 2022 monkeypox outbreak Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States Texas reports its first case of monkeypox. (Denton Record-Chronicle) Arizona reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (Maricopa GOV) Brazil, Greece and Ghana report their first cases of monkeypox. (CNA) (Reuters) (BBC News) Uganda and Cyprus report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Dispatch Uganda) (Financial Mirror) COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Florida Florida reports its first cases of the Omicron BA.4 variant at the Premier Medical Laboratory Services in three patients in Miami-Dade County. (Patch.com) COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul urges people to "move on" from COVID-19 and declares his intentions for Thailand to downgrade the disease to an endemic. However, he didn't include a time frame on when to do so and says that the situation will be reviewed by mid-June after bars, pubs and entertainment venues reopened in the country. (Bangkok Post) Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles The European Parliament votes to phase out the sale of new combustion engine vehicles by 2035. (AP) International relations Belgium–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations King Philippe of Belgium, in a speech to the Congolese parliament in Kinshasa, formally condemns the atrocities that occurred when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared the personal property of his ancestor, Leopold II of Belgium, saying that the colonial government "was one of unequal relations, unjustifiable in itself, marked by paternalism, discrimination and racism". (BBC News) Algeria–Spain relations Algeria suspends a 20-year friendship treaty with Spain, and bans all imports from Spain, amid a disagreement over the Spanish government's position on the disputed Western Sahara. (Reuters) Law and crime 2022 Berlin car attack One person is killed and 30 others, including 14 students, are injured, after a car drives into a crowd in Berlin, Germany. A 29-year-old German-Armenian man is arrested at the scene. (BBC News) (Reuters) Brett Kavanaugh alleged assassination plot A 26-year-old man from Simi Valley, California, is charged by the U.S. Justice Department for attempting to murder a U.S. judge after being found at the house of Justice Brett Kavanaugh while armed with several weapons. According to authorities, the suspect planned to assassinate Kavanaugh and then commit suicide. (CNN) Politics and elections 2023 Nigerian presidential election Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu wins the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress and officially becomes the party's nominee for the February 2023 general election. Tinubu, who served as Governor from 1999 to 2007, defeated Rotimi Amaechi, Yemi Osinbajo, and eleven other candidates to win the primary. (Channels TV) The United Kingdom decides against direct rule of the British Virgin Islands despite finding "gross failures of governance" in the overseas territory. The British government will give the territory's new administration two years to reform before imposing direct rule, according to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. (BBC News) Vitaliy Khotsenko is sworn as new Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic following dimission of Alexander Ananchenko. (TASS)

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(Posted) RD: Paula Rego

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

• Nominated by Rawmustard (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 appears to be well-cited, including lists of work/exhibitions. rawmustard (talk) 12:36, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support Article seems in good shape — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haris920 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 2022 June 8 (UTC)
• Comment' some cn tags need to be fixed. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 15:35, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support, Article has enough information. Alex-h (talk) 16:11, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to me. Gotitbro (talk) 15:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support Filled in the few remaining cn tags, looks good to go. yorkshiresky (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support article looks great now. Good work! _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 18:19, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:46, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

RD: Song Hae

Article: Song Hae (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [1]
Credits:

• Nominated by Haiiya (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Waltzingmogumogupeach (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: Died June 8th, death announced today. He was S.Korea's oldest TV host. While the article is a stub, he is important enough to go on the main page. Haiiya (talk) (contribs) 03:19, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose - the entire article has a grand total of two sentences of prose. Juxlos (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per Juxlos. Also the nominator says While the article is a stub, he is important enough to go on the main page. This is wrong as RD nominations are always considered notable and are only judged on quality.  Hamza Ali Shah  ^Talk 06:53, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Is it possible to update the article to reflec his notability?Waltzingmogumogupeach (talk) 10:15, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Is the article long enough? N Is it well cited? Y Is it otherwise issue free? Y Please expand the article in order to demonstrate his notability. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 10:35, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Berlin car ramming

Article: 2022 Berlin car ramming (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ On June 8, 2022, a person drove a Renault Clio into the Tauentzienstraße pedestrian zone in Berlin, killing one person and injuring about 30 people. (Post)
News source(s): [2], Spiegel (in German), DW
Credits:

• Nominated by Haris920 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Article is short atm but will most likely gain traction throughout the police investigation over the coming days. Haris920 (talk) 13:33, 8 June 2022 (UTC) 23:53, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose – Below the radar, for now at least. One fatality, six critically injured, unidentified 29-year-old driver arrested (per Spiegel). – Sca (talk) 13:47, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete and re-submit Formatting on this nom is all sorts of messed up and it’s not an WP:ITNR event as the nom says. The Kip (talk) 13:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Formatting issues fixed. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:49, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Apologies about the formatting errors this is the first time I've created an ITN candidate. Thanks for fixing it Haris920 (talk) 14:28, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Wait and see what the long lasting impact of this is. Right now, not enough coverage for ITN posting. And article is way too short as well, so fails article quality. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:50, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Wait It is unclear if this was intentional or an accident. If the latter, its a sad unfortunate event, but we normally do not post such private vehicle accidents. Even if it is shown to be intentional, we'll need to see how significant it is. --Masem (t) 14:01, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose per Sca. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 15:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Wait, We don't know yet if this was a terrorist act or just an accident. Alex-h (talk) 16:07, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose because the article is too short. If it's shown to have been deliberate, it may be important enough - but that's not known yet. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 20:46, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose The article doesn't really tell us much more than the proposed blurb. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment – Coverage Thursday indicated driver had a history of mental instability. [3] [4] – Sca (talk) 13:04, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

  Yes, read that while it may have been intentional, it wasn't really planned and certainly not terrorism related. Masem (t) 16:13, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Strong oppose One dead, not quite enough to be unordinary, even if it was deliberate/politically motivated. A very tragic event but not of great importance outside of Berlin. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 13:54, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

June 7

Portal:Current events/2022 June 7

June 7, 2022 (2022-06-07) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Anglophone Crisis Five Cameroonian soldiers are killed in an attack by Ambazonian separatists in Kouoptamo district. (Reuters) Syrian civil war, Turkish occupation of northern Syria The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) threatens to turn to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for support if Turkey launches a new military operation in northern Syria, where the SDF controls most of its territory. (Al Jazeera) Arts and culture Censorship in the United Kingdom British cinema chain Cineworld cancels all showings of the historical drama The Lady of Heaven, following days of protests by Muslims who say that the movie is blasphemous and sectarian. Cineworld says that the decision to cancel showings was to "ensure the safety of our staff and customers". (The Guardian) Business and economy International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States Department of the Treasury bans all trading of Russian debt and stocks, including on the secondary market. (Reuters) Russia freezes Western banks' and investment funds' assets worth $17 billion. (Rzeczpospolita) Disasters and accidents Killa Saifullah bus crash Twenty-two people are killed when a bus falls into a ravine in Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP) Kasai diamond mine collapse Six people are killed after a diamond mine collapsed in Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) Three people are killed and several others are injured when a train collides with a truck in Gara Oreshets, Bulgaria. (AP) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra Prime Minister Xavier Espot tests positive for COVID-19. (Diari d'Andorra) COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock tests positive for COVID-19. (Washington Post) 2022 monkeypox outbreak Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak Bangladesh and The Bahamas report their first suspected cases of monkeypox. (Dhaka Tribune) (Caribbean Loop News) 2022 Mariupol cholera outbreak Mariupol reports its first confirmed cases of cholera as well as its first confirmed deaths from cholera. (Ukra News) International relations Japan–Russia relations, Kuril Islands dispute Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announces that Russia will cancel a 1998 agreement with Japan allowing Japanese fishermen to operate near the southern Kuril Islands, claiming that Japan is not meeting the financial obligations outlined in the agreement. (Al Jazeera) Cambodia–China relations Cambodia and China break ground on a joint expansion project of the Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville, Cambodia. (The Guardian) An independent inquiry established by the U.N. Human Rights Council following the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis issues a report accusing Israel of seeking "complete control" over the Palestinian territories, and of granting "different civil status, rights and legal protection" to the country's Arab citizens. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Law and crime Allison Fluke-Ekren pleads guilty in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, of providing material support to ISIS by conspiring to conduct terrorist attacks on United States soil and by leading and training at least 100 female ISIS fighters. Fluke-Ekren also claimed in her plea deal to helping Ansar al-Sharia analyze documents stolen during the 2012 Benghazi attack. (CNN) Politics and elections Human rights in Russia Russia's State Duma votes nearly unanimously to pass a bill ending the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights in the country, with only one lawmaker from the Communist Party opposing the bill. The bill must now be signed by President Vladimir Putin before becoming law. (Reuters) Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Marco Luzzago dies and is succeeded ad interim by Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas. (ANSA) Science and technology The European Commission agrees to make USB Type-C the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the European Union by autumn 2024. (Reuters)

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RD: Erasmus Schöfer

Article: Erasmus Schöfer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Verbrecherverlag and others
Credits:

• Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)
• Created by Thriley (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Grimes2 (talk · give credit) and Gerda Arendt (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: German author, main work a tetralogy of novels about resistance in Germany between 1968 and 1989, of which he had been part. No en article until now. As usually: much detail in German, if you have time to add. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:50, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

(Closed) 2022 BJP Muhammad remarks controversy

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Article: 2022 BJP Muhammad remarks controversy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ India ruling party's controversial comments made by two senior officials on Prophet Muhammad have led to condemnation in the Muslim world. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Vice regent (talk · give credit) and Zimi09 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: In the news. Will impact relations with GCC. Sherenk1 (talk) 04:52, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose -- Plenty of things spokespeople do have global repercussions. Very little of them meet the bar for a blurb. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 05:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose this is even the case of where the article may have been created too early, as whether this will have impacts 10+ years down the road is definitely not clear. --Masem (t) 05:23, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose Something controversial in politics *gasp*! Not groundbreaking or even newsworthy. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:57, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose Politician says something that angers people. Next. The Kip (talk) 05:58, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Also, recommending WP:SNOW closure as it’s clear consensus to post will not develop. The Kip (talk) 06:11, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose and close the article has been redirected. It seems there's consensus that this doesn't need an article, yet alone an ITN posting. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:36, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose - Stop nominating stuff that are very minor, it's just an Islamophobic person, which is bad, but not notable CR-1-AB (talk) 06:43, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose and close per all above. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 07:21, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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June 6

Portal:Current events/2022 June 6

June 6, 2022 (2022-06-06) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War The United Kingdom announces that it will send several M270 long-range rocket artillery systems to Ukraine. (The Guardian) 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks, Ituri conflict Suspected CODECO militants kill 12 people and injure two others in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) Health and environment 2022 monkeypox outbreak Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that the United States has obtained 36,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in order to combat the monkeypox outbreak. (CNBC) Washington, D.C. reports a case of orthopoxvirus. (The Hill) 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom reports 77 new cases of monkeypox, thereby bringing the total number of cases in the country to more than 300. (The Guardian) Kosovo reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (Euronews Albania) Singapore reports its first case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Australia. (CNA) COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tests positive for COVID-19. (The Washington Post) COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing Beijing's restaurants reopen following a decrease in new cases of COVID-19. (Reuters) 2022 Mariupol cholera outbreak Petro Andryushchenko, advisor to Mayor Vadym Boychenko, warns that Mariupol may have suffered a cholera outbreak. (The National News) International relations 9th Summit of the Americas The Biden administration bans the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that he will personally boycott the meeting in response to the ban, sending Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to represent him at the summit. (Reuters) Canada–Chile relations Chilean President Gabriel Boric visits Ottawa to hold a wide-ranging bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (CTV News) Law and crime Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack Five members of the far-right group Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio, are charged with seditious conspiracy for their involvement in the January 6 attack at the United States Capitol, becoming the second group to be charged with seditious conspiracy in connection to the attack. (NPR) Mass media in Latvia, Latvia–Russia relations Latvia bans all Russia-based TV media outlets that threaten "the territorial integrity and independence of another country", referring to the Russo-Ukrainian War. The measure will last until Russia de-occupies Crimea and ends its warfare against Ukraine. (LRT) International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War A federal judge in the U.S. state of New York orders the seizure of two private jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. (The Guardian) Orlando Jorge Mera, the Environmental Minister for the Dominican Republic and son of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco, is shot dead in his office. The perpetrator was identified by a presidential spokesman as Miguel Cruz, a childhood friend of the minister. He was later taken into custody. (Reuters) (BBC News) The South African Justice Department confirms that Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta of the influential Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for engaging in corrupt practices during the Zuma presidency. (Al Jazeera) The trial of Aydin Coban, a Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting Port Coquitlam teenager Amanda Todd online prior to her suicide in 2012, begins at the British Columbia Supreme Court in British Columbia, Canada. (CBC) Politics and elections Partygate Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party's 1922 Committee, announces that he has received the 54 letters necessary to trigger a party confidence vote in Boris Johnson's leadership of the party. (The Guardian) Boris Johnson survives the confidence vote by a margin of 211–148 and the party will not conduct a leadership election with 58.8% of Conservative MPs voting in favour of Johnson. (The Times) Malian junta leader Assimi Goïta declares that Mali will return to civilian rule in March 2024. It was supposed to occur this February until being delayed, prompting sanctions from its neighbors. (France 24)

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RD: Orlando Jorge Mera

Article: Orlando Jorge Mera (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TeleSur Le Monde
Credits:

• Nominated by 190.80.246.113 (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.

 190.80.246.113 (talk) 21:41, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

RD: Bob Talamini

Article: Bob Talamini (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NFL
Credits:

• Nominated by The Kip (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: Died May 30, death announced today. Article needs some work. The Kip (talk) 22:35, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality far from ready. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:30, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Zeta Emilianidou

Article: Zeta Emilianidou (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABC News
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Alsoriano97 (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: Incumbent Cyprus' minister of Labour. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Is the article well cited? Y Is it long enough? Y Is it generally issue free? Y Then this article is READY for RD, and I Support this nom. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 20:33, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 23:11, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

(Closed) Boris Johnson no confidence vote

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: Boris Johnson (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the United Kindom, a no confidence vote is taken against Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured). (Post)
News source(s): NBC News, The Guardian, CNN, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Fakescientist8000 (talk · give credit)

 Cheers! Fakescientist8000 19:18, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Who cares He's a leader of a country the size of Peru and with the population less than 1/3 of the biggest chinese province. Not to mention that leaders in that country change constantly but the policies don't. Oppose DzhungarRabbit (talk) 19:21, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  I care -- from a standpoint of news. -- Sca (talk) 19:26, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Wait Unless he's ousted, it shouldn't be posted, but until the outcome is known this is very premature. 4iamking (talk) 19:25, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Ya think? -- Sca (talk) 19:28, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Wait as 4iamking stated. Pretty sure if he is replaced that it would still be ITN/R, but otherwise this is just domestic politics. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:28, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Fake is just getting it into the queue, I guess. -- Sca (talk) 19:33, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Wait per above. I don't know enough on UK politics to know what happens if the no confidence vote goes through - does that assure he is removed from office, or us it like US impeachment when one body may decide not to act on affirmed findings of anylother body. We want to post "the point of no return" ideally. --Masem (t) 19:32, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  He gets removed as the leader of the Conservative party, which is a defacto removal from office. Its up to the Conservative party then to nominate an (Interm) leader to replace him. It's an internal party matter though and not a vote of confidence in the House of Commons against the government. 4iamking (talk) 19:40, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  If he loses then he has to resign and there'll be a leadership election in the Conservative Party. He won't be ousted as PM right away but once that leadership election is finalised then he'll leave. Quite major as these hardly ever happen XxLuckyCxX (talk) 19:42, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose - if there is a change in government, sure. Until then, no. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:41, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Wait Not expecting the vote to be successful (as in there won't be a lack of confidence for Johnson) but worth waiting to see the result before we do anything else XxLuckyCxX (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support It's certainly in the news; I'm currently watching the live coverage of the vote, following a feverish day of speculation. Andrew🐉(talk) 19:59, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• The result was 211-148 in favour of Boris. The news media will be full of analysis and speculation about the implications now. The issue will remain In the News. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:05, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

SNOW - Results are out; Boris is in, Suggest SNOW close. 4iamking (talk) 20:01, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose He has won the vote and knowing him, will stagger on. Would only have been worth posting if he'd lost-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:06, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

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June 5

Portal:Current events/2022 June 5

June 5, 2022 (2022-06-05) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Russian major general Roman Kutuzov is killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrayinska Pravda) Russia launches airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the first time since April 28. The Russian Defence Ministry says that the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks that had been supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person is injured. (The Guardian) Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria Owo church attack At least 50 people are killed in a mass shooting and bombing inside a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria. (Reuters) Fulani herdsmen kill 32 people in four attacks in Kajuru, Kaduna State. (AP) 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks; Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill at least 18 people in an attack on the village of Otomabere, Irumu Territory in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) Business and economy Minimum wage in Germany The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour. (DW) Disasters and accidents Sitakunda fire and explosions At least 49 people are killed and over 400 others injured by a fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. (BBC News) Wildfires in 2022 A large wildfire breaks out on the Hymettus mountain range near Athens, Greece. A number of homes are damaged in the fire. (Reuters) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert status of Mount Bulusan to level 1 after the volcano experienced a phreatic eruption. (Rappler) Two pilots are killed when their plane crashes in Ar-Ramtha, Jordan. (Reuters) One person is killed and 14 others are injured by heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding in France. (AP) Twenty-six people are killed and 4 others injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Uttarakhand, India. (Reuters) Health and environment 2022 monkeypox outbreak Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States Hawaii reports a probable case of monkeypox in a person from Oahu, becoming the first island region of the United States to report a case. (KGMB-TV) Colombia reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Spain. (24 News Recorder) International relations 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests North Korea fires at least eight short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from several locations in the country. (The Japan Times) Russia–Serbia relations Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cancels his scheduled visit to Serbia after neighbouring states in the Balkans refuse to let Lavrov's plane use their airspace. (BBC News) Law and crime 2022 Chattanooga shooting Three people are killed and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Three people are also hit by cars, with one person later dying. (AP) Politics and elections 2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum Kazakhs go to the polls to vote on 56 amendments to the constitution and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's "Second Republic" proposals, among them the reduction of presidential powers, reform of the Parliament, the curbing of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's powers, and the creation of three new regions. (The Economist) Sports 2022 French Open – Men's singles Rafael Nadal defeats Casper Ruud to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open, extending his all-time record for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles to 22. (BBC Sport) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification In association football, Wales defeats Ukraine 1–0 at the Cardiff City Stadium to become the final team from UEFA to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is the first time that Wales has qualified for a FIFA World Cup since 1958. (Al Jazeera)

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(Posted) RD: Christopher Pratt

Article: Christopher Pratt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News; CTV News (Canadian Press); The Globe and Mail
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 09:26, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support article looks good. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 16:03, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Would this be a candidate for the new disambiguation parenthetical, given the other guy is exclusively "Chris"? GreatCaesarsGhost 17:03, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Left name as-is without any parenthetical, but open for discussion (not sure here versus WP:ERRORS). Spencer^T•C 05:19, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

RD: Ken Kelly (artist)

Article: Ken Kelly (artist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (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: Fantasy artist that did album covers and other film art. Article needs some significant sourcing Masem (t) 03:03, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Is the article well cited? N Is it long enough? Y Is it otherwise issue free? Y Please fix the sourcing issues regarding this wikibio in order to ensure that it is ready for RD. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 10:44, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment Stub: Only 232 words N Grimes2 (talk) 19:15, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

French Open

Article: 2022 French Open (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the Women's Singles and Rafael Nadal wins the Men's Singles at the French Open. (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times The New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by 70.138.211.34 (talk · give credit)

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

 70.138.211.34 (talk) 23:53, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose Insufficient prose on the matches aside from a sentence each for the singles' winners.—Bagumba (talk) 01:11, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose - we need a write up for every event in the Events section, otherwise this article is incomplete and not suitable for main page coverage. See 2020 French Open for the most recent example that was posted.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:00, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose It's just a pile of flags! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 11:06, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose - Whilst I don't think we need a massive amount of info on some of the smaller competitions (say wheelchair doubles), it should have some prose. The main competitions should have a significant summary. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:22, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose The article just lists the winners and their nationalities. More prose is needed.  Hamza Ali Shah  ^Talk 17:21, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality article needs additional prose in order to qualify for ITN. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 19:20, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose needs more prose on each event (other than just having the winners named in the lead). Joseph2302 (talk) 09:30, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose, I agree article needs more information on each event Alex-h (talk) 13:30, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) Owo church attack

Article: Owo church attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 50 people die in a mass shooting and bomb attack at a Roman Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Nigeria, at least 50 people die in an attack at a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State.
Alternative blurb II: ​ In Nigeria, at least 50 people die in an attack at a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State.
Alternative blurb III: ​ At least 50 people die in an attack at a Nigerian Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State.
News source(s): Agence France-Presse, Reuters, The Guardian, Al-Jazeera, ABC News, VOA, BBC, AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)
• Created by Dunutubble (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Article needs expansion before posting, however please bear in mind this is very recent and new at the time of this nomination, more information is likely to be added soon. Abcmaxx (talk) 17:08, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support on notability, but needs expansion. I would also say "Catholic Church" and not "Roman Catholic Church". -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 20:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Support per Rockstone, but the death toll is still unclear so I would caution from explicitly saying that at least 50 died. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 20:10, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

 Comment: Could "mass shooting and bomb attack" be changed to something simpler such as "attack" or "massacre"? Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 20:11, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Shortened it to "attack". -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:26, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

They have recovered 50 bodies very early on so that's how we know know its at least 50; it's the only confirmed number so far.Abcmaxx (talk) 23:42, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Tentative/weak support so far. This BBC piece makes this event sound like it does not stand out against the broader backdrop of recent violence there, but it does not have the death toll. The unconfirmed 50+ strikes me as significant. It is hard to tell at this point whether this attack is part of some broader conflict, and which one. Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria has casualties just over 100 people on one side of that conflict, so if it's that one, this would be a significant escalation.Chaser (talk) 20:17, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Its death toll makes it stand out, as does the fact that it happened in SW Nigeria, outside the usual areas which insurgents target. The Boko Haram insurgency is primarily in the NE, the Nigerian bandit conflict in the NW & the insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria in the SE. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 10:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support: Many dead sadly. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 21:20, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support when expanded beyond stub plus I added altblurb2 which is house style. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 21:35, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support in principle. I think it’s irrelevant if this is part of a broader conflict because the attack is significant on its own merits. In case there’s a significant escalation as a result, we can move it to ongoing as we’ve done many times before.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:51, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support on notability. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:41, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality needs destubbing, when ready, it should be ALT2 4iamking (talk) 22:47, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support on notability, quality is constantly improving as the situation develops. BD2412 T 23:02, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

  That's true, I think that by tomorrow the page will have significantly expanded. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 23:05, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment should this be Owo church attack rather than Ondo church attack? I know there's another Owo in a different Nigerian state but usually these events are named after the town not the state.Abcmaxx (talk) 23:50, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Done - EugεnS¡m¡on 06:19, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support on notability, and somewhat prefer Alt Blurb II. Nsk92 (talk) 12:09, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. I support on significance, but I have concerns about the article content. Currently the article notes that no group has taken responsibility, but then uses weasely language to say that "many locals accused" members of an ethnic group and members of a semi-nomadic tribe of "complicity". The sentence in question is sourced to a reliable source that does support the content, but I don't like that we are using wiki-voice to basically cast aspersions on entire tribes and ethnic groups without evidence. If this gets fixed, my !vote changes to support. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:53, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

The problem is that of many such tragedies in that part of the world; mainly that no-one knows anything for sure and the only way of finding anything out is ask the locals, word of mouth, and then relate that as a possibility. Ultimately this was part of an ongoing ethno-religious conflict, so that is why fingers are pointed at certain groups, because those are the most likely sources of the violence.Abcmaxx (talk) 17:17, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

@User:ONUnicorn amended it as per your comments. Abcmaxx (talk) 17:43, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

What's the problem with saying that locals accused Fulani herders of responsibility? There's an entire ongoing conflict in Nigeria between farmers and Fulani herders. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 18:00, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

I think the issue was according to the poster that it wasn't entirely clear who was accusing whom and in what context, and as a result sounded unencyclopaedic, but I've fixed this now.Abcmaxx (talk) 01:53, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support Terrible tragedy. Any of the blurbs could be fine but I’d go with the initial blurb. -TenorTwelve (talk) 21:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment -- marked as Ready. The article seems to be in an acceptable state for ITN. Rest in Peace all the victims. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 02:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support good to go. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:40, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose Wait – Thin. Sans 'Background' and 'Aftermath,' narrative is 275 words (out of 590 total). Two unnamed 'reverends' quoted. General significance seems negligible. – Sca (talk) 12:45, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Significance is clear, while Nigeria has ongoing violence, this was primarily in the north. An attack of this type in the south was unheard of. And while the two reverend are unnamed, I assume its because only their position matters, like when a spokesman for the Vatican gives a statement... its not who the spokesman is but what they say. --Masem (t) 13:14, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Quoting unnamed (and unofficial) sources volubly in a fairly short article isn't kosher by journalism standards, and I would think also not acceptable in encyclopedic writing. -- Sca (talk) 14:36, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Our BLP rules tend towards omission of names of non public people. While the names can be found in the given sources, the names are the least important thing than being a reverend at the church that survived the attack. This seems to be a really odd complaint.--Masem (t) 14:41, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  General significance seems negligible

  What? This was one of the worst terrorist attacks in West African history, and one that is likely to hold a significant effect on the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. No idea why events like the Charlie Hebdo shooting (which killed 12 people and started a similar uproar in France) were sent to the ITN without too much issue but a massacre in Nigeria that killed at least four times more people is considered "negligible." Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 13:41, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  I agree that this attack stands out from the others, but if I had to guess, mostly because massacres in Nigeria are a relatively frequent occurrence, kinda like mass shootings in the USA. 4iamking (talk) 14:34, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  The situation remains murky. Per AP, the attackers haven't been identified and their whereabouts is unknown. Speculation alludes to Boko, but this is merely a guess based on previous history. Given the circumstances, Wait would seem more appropriate than posting at this pt. (Changing my vote.) -- Sca (talk) 14:58, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Boko Haram is unlikely, if anything, it's probably part of the herder-farmer conflict in the country (which for the most part involves herder attacks and massacres on farmers) than the Boko Haram insurgency. Dunutubble (talk) (Contributions) 22:54, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  @Sca: I've nominated a few Africa-based articles (by chance rather than anything else) and the same issue always gets highlighted over and over again and the response is nearly always the same; we may never know anything more than we know now, there is overall little chance of any meaningful investigation. That is just the sad truth, that there is a chance that not only the perpetrators will evade the authorities but also we may never know the true motive and background of them. This doesn't make the event any less notable though. Abcmaxx (talk) 00:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment – Why are no URL links for the following sources (listed above) not provided? Agence France-Presse, Reuters, The Guardian, Al-Jazeera, ABC News, VOA, BBC. – Sca (talk) 14:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  All those are referenced and linked in the article. Suspect the nom did not know to bring links forward. Masem (t) 14:56, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Posted. Spencer^T•C 00:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment – This DW report on their English newscast Tues. appeared to reflect some uncertainty about the death toll. Puzzling. (Just an observation.) – Sca (talk) 13:02, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

PS: Purely FWIW, German Wiki's ITN blurb says, "In Nigeria, several dozen people have died in an attack on a church" (In Nigeria sind bei einem Anschlag auf eine Kirche mehrere Dutzend Menschen ums Leben gekommen). Their article cites 18 sources, all in English. Puzzling. – Sca (talk) 13:38, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Kazakh constitutional referendum

Article: 2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Kazakhstan votes in overhauling its constitution after facing deadliest unrest in history. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Kazakhstan holds a constitutional referendum in changing 56 amendments to constitution following the January 2022 unrest.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Kazakhstan votes for 56 amendments to its constitution, following the January 2022 unrest.
Alternative blurb III: ​ Khazakstan passes constitutional referendum reducing the power of the president, following the violent civil unrest in January 2022.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ Voters in Kazakhstan pass a constitutional referendum to change 56 amendments to constitution, following the January 2022 unrest.
News source(s): France 24, Kazinform, News.com.au. France24 (outcome), Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by ShadZ01 (talk · give credit)

 ShadZ01 (talk) 05:56, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Wait until results. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 09:58, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Wait I can't tell easily when the results are expected but it seems like within a few weeks or months so it is best to wait. --Masem (t) 12:40, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Wait per above. The article looks great and are constitutional amendments in very important aspects of the country, so, IMO, is ITN-worthy. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 13:12, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Wait till results Don't care about the specifics, but the blurb should mention the preceding unrest DzhungarRabbit (talk) 16:36, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Wait - Needs at least the preliminary results. 4iamking (talk) 17:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support after exit poll as per previous comments. Article very detailed and referenced already. Infobox needs expansion though I think? Abcmaxx (talk) 23:54, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support altblurb3 - Major news media is now reporting overwhelming victory for supporters of the amendment, so I think we can now move ahead given that there's no ambiguity regarding the outcome. Therefore I've added altblurb3. Melmann 11:38, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support altblurb4 Above, but blurb 3 seems not quite well-worded enough. The Kip (talk) 14:06, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support Ready now, added a more condensed version in ALT2.4iamking (talk) 14:24, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  I feel like mentioning either the referendum or “voters” is necessary; otherwise, one could be led to believe this was a governmental/parliamentary action, not a democratic one. The Kip (talk) 14:59, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

  I think having "(insert country) votes", would imply some sort of direct democracy. Regardless, any country upending their constitution to this extent is extremely noteworthy, the procedure in doing so is almost a secondary detail. 4iamking (talk) 16:47, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Wait. On notability this item certainly deserves posting, but the article needs to be updated further to actually say that the referendum approved the constitutional amendments, and there need to be several solid WP:RS cited that explicitly say that. For the moment preliminary results say that there was a 68.4% voter turnout, and that 77.2% of the participating voters voted yes. However, Article 91 of the Constitution of Kazakhstan requires that, in order for a referendum approve a constitutional amendment, at least 50% of eligible voters take part (this requirement has apparently been met, so that the referendum is considered "valid"), and that at least 50% of the participating voters vote for the amendment in at least two thirds of "regions, cities of republican significance and the capital."[5] The news sources I have seen don't say anything about this latter requirement having been met (although it probably has been met). Nsk92 (talk) 00:18, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  Unless im missing something, no regional breakdown was included in the preliminary results that were released by the electoral commission, other than alluding to the fact that it passed with 77.18%. It's not ideal but I think the margin that high it's hard to image the regional requirements not being met. Without proper results I get that it's speculative in nature (as improbably as the other outcome is), but it could be several days to weeks until we get that. 4iamking (talk) 00:34, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

  I don't think it is necessary to wait for the final official results before posting. However, I feel we do need to wait until some WP:RS clearly say that the constitutional amendments were approved by the referendum. The figure of 77.18% of the participating voters voting in favor is insufficient in this regard since we don't know how it was distributed geographically between the regions. Nsk92 (talk) 12:25, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Comment The electoral comission officially states that the referendum met the majority threshold in all 17 regions, so any concerns of it potentially not meeting the regional requirement can now be dismissed. In addition the constitutional amendments come into force as of today (June 8). 4iamking (talk) 01:14, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
  • 4iamking If this information is added to the article, I think this would be ready. Spencer^T•C 05:29, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment – The Guardian headlines its results story with "Kazakhs vote to strip founding figure Nazarbayev of privileges," saying 77% voted in favor. I'm not clear on the significance of this referendum. – Sca (talk) 13:13, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support The article is plenty long enough, seems to be well constructed, and didn't have any obvious [citation needed] tags. I think it meets the notability requirement as well. Rockphed (talk) 03:10, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) Bangladesh fire

Article: 2022 Sitakunda fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 49 people are killed and over 400 wounded by an explosion and fire at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. (Post)
News source(s): NDTV, BBC, Reuters, DW, AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Debjyoti Gorai (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Dying (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: A huge fire in an container yard in Bangladesh with at least 40 deaths with hundreds more injured. Casualties may rise with time. Debjyoti Gorai (talk) 11:21, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support It could be a tad bit longer (I added some information) but given that they're still battling the fire and priority is on health services, I don't expect more details to emerge immediately. --Masem (t) 12:39, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support decent C class. Notable event. Venkat TL (talk) 12:44, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support because it's easily important enough & the article is good enough. Jim Michael 2 (talk) 12:45, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support on notability and quality. Very fast on article creation as well.Abcmaxx (talk) 12:51, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment – Widely covered due to toll, now put at 49. We might wait a bit for further detail additions to 400-word article. – Sca (talk) 13:29, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support looks important enough for ITN, it's the top story on BBC News for me right now. And article is more than just a disaster stub, so good enough to post IMO. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support, This should be in ITN and article explains well. Alex-h (talk) 15:19, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

  Still a bit thin – 500 words – for Main Page promotion. Still burning at 10 p.m. local time, and still developing as to death toll. – Sca (talk) 16:00, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

  I've been looking at available sources and there's almost nothing else that can be added at this point, since the fire is still going and toll still rising. --Masem (t) 16:08, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support "Readable prose size" is 665 words, which is long enough, and there aren't any significant gaps. Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Weak support – Yeah, it does total about 665 words now, and is quite readable. ('Weak' due to lack of wider import.) Suggest change "as of Sunday afternoon" to "at Sunday evening" (AP: "The fire raged for a second night"). – Sca (talk) 17:50, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted. --PFHLai (talk) 18:44, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

June 4

Portal:Current events/2022 June 4

June 4, 2022 (2022-06-04) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Tajikistan says that a border clash happened yesterday after Kyrgyz soldiers crossed the border close to Vorukh. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Hapur chemical plant explosion Nine people are killed and 19 others injured after a boiler explodes at a chemical plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP) One person is killed and eight others injured when a train derails in Guizhou, China. (AP) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Dmitry Kovtun, a former KGB agent accused of the fatal 2006 poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London, dies from COVID-19 in Moscow. (RFE/RL) 2022 monkeypox outbreak Timeline of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak India reports its first suspected monkeypox case in a girl from Ghaziabad. (Hindustan Times) Law and crime 2022 Philadelphia shooting Three people are killed and eleven others wounded in a mass shooting in the South Street neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (Reuters) A man is publicly lynched by a mob of 200 people in the Nigerian capital city Abuja after he gets into a "heated argument" with a local Islamic cleric. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2022 Albanian presidential election After three sessions in which the proposed candidates failed to obtain the necessary votes, the Parliament of Albania elects Chief of the General Staff Bajram Begaj as the new Albanian President. (Reuters) 2021–2022 Tunisian political crisis The Tunisian judiciary announces that it will suspend work in all of the courts and go on strike for a week in response to President Kais Saied dismissing 57 judges earlier this week. (Reuters) The Judicial Council for Iraq's Kurdistan Region rejects a ruling from the federal Supreme Judicial Council demanding that the regional government hand over its oil supply, stating that the oil-sharing agreement enshrined in the national constitution did not apply to oil and gas discovered after 2005. (Reuters) Sports Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie becomes the oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83. (The Japan Times)

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President of Albania

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Article: Bajram Begaj (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ ​Bajram Begaj (pictured) is elected President of Albania by the parliament after 4th round of voting. (Post)
News source(s): albaniandailynews
Credits:

• Nominated by Andrew J.Kurbiko (talk · give credit)
• Created by ...JohN...DoE...DeeR...JohN... (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Kj1595 (talk · give credit)

 Andrei (talk) 10:33, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

• Tentative support, though the article says he was elected on June 4, so this nomination should be placed there. --Tone 12:57, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
  • So moved. --13:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality paragraph on early life is unsourced, and most of the rest of the Biography section just reads like a CV. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:02, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment It's not ITNR, as the office of President of Albania is ceremonial, not executive, so generally, such nominatios aren't usually very successful (Mattarella's re-election is a bad precedent). In any case, I think the main article should be the presidential election, the quality of which is far from acceptable. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 13:35, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Tony Pajaczkowski

Article: Tony Pajaczkowski (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by BeanieFan11 (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.

 BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:16, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support Article was in terrible shape before his death. Great job with the expansion! – Muboshgu (talk) 21:26, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support good to go. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:49, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted. --PFHLai (talk) 09:10, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

June 3

Portal:Current events/2022 June 3

June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Battle of Sievierodonetsk Two Reuters journalists are injured and their driver is killed after their vehicle is attacked while travelling to Sievierodonetsk. The perpetrators have not been identified. (Times of Israel) Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast Vitaly Ganchev is announced as head of the Kharkiv Military-Civilian Administration. His appointment might have happened earlier as he was de facto Governor since April 2022. Disasters and accidents 2022 food crises Chad declares an emergency over food insecurity in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. (Africanews) Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment Five people are killed and 60 others are injured after a train derails in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. (VOA) 2022 Russian mystery fires A fire occurs in a building in Moscow, Russia, injuring at least four people, with 125 people being rescued. However, the total number of people trapped inside the building is unclear. (AP) Health and environment 2022 monkeypox outbreak Latvia confirms its first case of monkeypox. (Reuters) United States health officials say that 1,200 doses of the smallpox vaccine have been administered for patients considered at a high-risk for monkeypox. (CNN) Politics and elections 2019–2022 Sudanese protests A protester is killed in Khartoum after security forces open fire on demonstrators on the third anniversary of the Khartoum massacre. (Reuters) Estonia's coalition agreement collapses as the junior coalition partner, the Centre Party, joins the far-right EKRE in defeating a government bill on primary education, and is subsequently expelled by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. Kallas is expected to form a coalition with two other parties, Isamaa and the Social Democrats. (Reuters) Germany's Bundestag approves a constitutional amendment that enshrines €100 billion in military spending. The amendment must now pass the Bundesrat. (AFP via France 24) Science and technology Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory The U.S. state of New York passes a partial two-year cryptocurrency mining ban for cryptocurrency mined from fossil fuel power plants. (Politico) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports The Special Olympics lift their COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the upcoming Special Olympics USA event in Orlando, Florida, after Governor Ron DeSantis urged them to do so or face threats of a $27.5 million fine. (Florida Politics) (Bleacher Report) (WPEC-TV)

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(Posted) RD: Dorothy E. Smith

Article: Dorothy E. Smith (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Family Memorial Twitter <Additional WP:RS sources should be sought before posting.>
Credits:

• Nominated by Ktin (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk · give credit), Central Florida Sociology (talk · give credit), Vanessa-hcf16 (talk · give credit) and Jkaharper (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: Canadian sociologist. Article looks good at prelim glance. Ktin (talk) 19:31, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support article looks great. Good to go. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 20:25, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:19, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Sophie Freud

Article: Sophie Freud (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)
• Created by BlackAmerican (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Arms & Hearts (talk · give credit), Thriley (talk · give credit) and Silver seren (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: Austrian American psychologist, educator, social scientist, and author. Died of pancreatic cancer. TJMSmith (talk) 13:17, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support, Good Article for an honorable academic person. Alex-h (talk) 15:12, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support Slightly barebones, but alright for an RD; noting that Sophie was Freud's granddaughter. Gotitbro (talk) 05:16, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted. --PFHLai (talk) 11:01, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Larry Hillman

Article: Larry Hillman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News (Canadian Press); National Post
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 07:56, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

• Support Article is good enough. Hanif Al Husaini (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted. --PFHLai (talk) 12:13, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ann Turner Cook

Article: Ann Turner Cook (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

• Updated by Normantas Bataitis (talk · give credit) and Mount Patagonia (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: The original Gerber Baby. --PFHLai (talk) 16:17, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

• There are still some tags that need to be sorted out. After that, we are good to go! Support article has been fixed, and is now READY for RD. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 02:32, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support article now seems well sourced.  Hamza Ali Shah  ^Talk 18:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support marking ready. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:53, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
• Support short but good enough. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:31, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:11, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

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