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Keir Starmer The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer (pictured) becomes prime minister. Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, leaves at least 12 people dead in the Caribbean and Venezuela. In the Netherlands, a new cabinet is sworn in, with Dick Schoof serving as the prime minister. A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 120 people dead. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Rick Cluff Martti Wallén Audrey Flack Ismail Kadare Hugh Aldons R. Sampanthan view — page history — related changes — edit

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June 23

Portal:Current events/2024 June 23

June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Crimea attacks June 2024 Sevastopol missile attack Ukrainian forces launch an ATACMS missile bombardment on Sevastopol, Crimea, with missile fragments hitting a beach, killing five people and injuring at least 153 others of which 27 were children. Russia's ministry of defense says that it holds the United States responsible for the attack and vows that there will be a response. (Reuters) Kharkiv strikes One person is killed and ten others are injured in Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters) Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip Eight Palestinians are killed in IDF airstrikes that hit a UNRWA-run vocational college in Gaza City that was being used to distribute aid. (Reuters) 2024 Dagestan attack At least 16 people are killed and 13 others are injured in Dagestan, Russia, when gunmen open fire on a synagogue and an Orthodox church in Derbent and on a traffic police post in Makhachkala. (Al Arabiya) (RBK) Israel–Hezbollah conflict North Macedonia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges all its citizens in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible due to "deteriorating security" in the region from escalating conflicts. (Sloboden Pečat) Red Sea crisis The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa, Israel. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents 2024 Hajj disaster The Saudi health minister announces that 1,301 people are now confirmed to have died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage. (Al Arabiya) One person is found dead after floods in southern Switzerland. (Reuters) Politics and elections Israel–Hamas war Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, calling for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) 2024 New Caledonia unrest Independence leader Christian Tein and seven other activists are flown to France for pre-trial detention after being arrested for inciting violence and riots in New Caledonia. (Al Jazeera) On the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg announces that his son and heir Guillaume will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual abdication. (Luxembourg Times)

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June 22

Portal:Current events/2024 June 22

June 22, 2024 (2024-06-22) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip June 2024 northern Gaza City airstrikes At least 42 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza. (AP) (Reuters) Russian invasion of Ukraine Kharkiv strikes At least three people are killed and 38 others are injured when Russian guided bombs hit civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Washington Post) Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure Russia launches missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring two people and damaging energy infrastructure. Ukraine says that it shot down 12 of 16 missiles and all 13 drones. (Reuters) 2021–2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks At least 23 people are killed by CODECO militia groups in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) At least seven people are killed and 100 are kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Katsina State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning The death toll from the tainted liquor incident in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India, increases to 54. (Al Jazeera) The death toll from the storms and heavy rains in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras increases to 30 people, including at least six children. (Reuters) Three people are missing following thunderstorms and landslides in southeastern Switzerland. (Al Jazeera) A severe water crisis on the island of Capri, Italy, due to Italian mainland water system failures causes several areas in Anacapri to run dry, and forces the mayor of Capri to suspend tourist arrivals on the island. (AP) Law and crime Antisemitism in 21st-century France French prosecutors charge a 19-year-old and a minor with planning and collecting arms for a violent "terrorist conspiracy" against Jewish targets. (France 24) Politics and elections LGBT rights in Hungary Thousands of people march in a pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's anti-LGBTQ+ policies. (Reuters) Science and technology A University of Illinois team lead by Joshua Wurman and Karen Kosiba confirms mobile radar measurements of between 309 mph (497 km/h) and 318 mph (512 km/h) in the tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, United States, on May 21. This is the first unambiguous radar confirmation of tornado winds over 300 mph (480 km/h). (NBC News) (University of Illinois)

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RD: Howard Bernstein

Article: Howard Bernstein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Manchester Evening News
Credits:

• Nominated by Classicwiki (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.

British politician. Manchester City Council chief executive. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 10:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Kamala Hampana

Article: Kamala Hampana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deccan Herald, The Hindu
Credits:

• Nominated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Kelisi (talk · give credit) and Normantas Bataitis (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Indian writer. Still needs citations. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 10:29, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

June 21

Portal:Current events/2024 June 21

June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hamas war Rafah offensive June 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack Twenty-five people are killed and 50 others are injured in Israeli shelling near Muwasi, Rafah. Gaza Strip. (AP) Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa An IED kills five Pakistan Army personnel in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Arab News) Business and economy France–Niger relations Niger's military junta revokes the operating license of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at the Imouraren uranium mine amid tensions between the two countries. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents 2024 Hajj disaster At least 1,119 pilgrims, more than half of whom are from Egypt, are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (Barron's) President of Tunisia Kais Saied dismisses the Minister of Religious Affairs after 49 Tunisians are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. (Al Arabiya) 2024 Guangdong floods The death toll from the floods and landslides in Meizhou, Guangdong, China, increases to 47 people. (Al Jazeera) 2024 North America heat waves At least six people die due to heat-related illness in the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona, United States, as temperatures reach 115 °F (46 °C). (AP) 2024 West African floods At least 21 people are killed by floods in Niger's Maradi region and the suburbs of Niamey after unusually heavy rainfall in the region. (AP) At least 11 people are killed in wildfires in southeast Turkey. (ABC News) A worker is killed and five others are critically injured in an explosion at an aluminium processing plant in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. (ANSA) France reports nearly 200 cases of cholera in Mayotte. (Le Monde) Most of Montenegro and parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia experience blackouts as a result of a heavy load on the electrical grid caused by an unexpected increase in power consumption due to high temperatures. (DW) The death toll from torrential rains in El Salvador increases to 19 people, including at least two children. (AP) International relations Enlargement of the European Union Accession of Moldova to the European Union, Accession of Ukraine to the European Union European Union member states agree to begin negotiations on the accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the EU next week. (The Independent) Moldovan president Maia Sandu signs the decree that begins negotiations on Moldova's accession to the European Union. Sandu also announces that the first Moldova–EU intergovernmental conference will take place on 25 June. (Anadolu Agency) Armenia–Palestine relations, International recognition of the State of Palestine Armenia officially recognises the State of Palestine. (Reuters) Israel–Ukraine relations Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit. (The Kyiv Independent) Law and crime 2024 Fordyce shooting Four people are killed and ten others are wounded in a shooting at the Mad Butcher supermarket in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. The suspect, Travis Eugene Posey, is shot and arrested by Arkansas State Police. (AP) Cross-Strait relations China officially defines Taiwanese separatist behavior as a criminal act. (Financial Times) LGBT rights in Namibia The High Court of Namibia rules that two colonial-era laws criminalizing sex between men are unconstitutional. (DW) A court in Geneva, Switzerland, sentences Indian-born billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny. (AP)

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RD: Jamie Kellner

Article: Jamie Kellner (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety, Hollywood Reporter
Credits:

• Nominated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Speakfor23 (talk · give credit) and TPalkovitz (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.

American TV executive. Founded Fox and the WB. Article still needs some details and would be nice to have infobox with photo. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 10:09, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Spiridon Vangheli

Article: Spiridon Vangheli (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Președinte.md, TVR Moldova
Credits:

• Nominated by 46.55.27.113 (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.

Moldovan/Bessarabian/Romanian writer and prose writer. Known worldwide for his book Guguță. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.55.27.113 (talk) 02:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Note: I have updated this nomination to direct to the correct article. Unfortunately, I do not think this article will make it to RD in its current state. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 02:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose as Classicwiki said, article needs a lot of work. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 16:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: James K. Irving

Article: James K. Irving (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Globe and Mail, CBC
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by B3251 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Canadian businessman and member of the Irving family in New Brunswick; last living son of K. C. Irving, his younger brother died a month prior.B3251_(talk) 00:05, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Short, but not stubby(?); he was 96. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Support article looks good to me. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 16:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 01:31, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Darren Lewis (American football)

Article: Darren Lewis (American football) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)
• Updated by DarkStarHarry (talk · give credit) and Cumberland Mills (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.

American footballer.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 22:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Wait - lacking inline citations. Staraction (talk | contribs) 23:45, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose College section have no source at all. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 16:26, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

(Ready) RD: Keith Locke

Article: Keith Locke (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Stuff, Radio NZ
Credits:

• Nominated by Kiwichris (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.

New Zealand politician ecologist. Died June 21, 2024. Kiwichris (talk) 02:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

You've beaten me to it by 12 minutes, Kiwichris. Schwede66 02:37, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Ready article is in a very good shape. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 12:58, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Outstanding Cn tags.—Bagumba (talk) 00:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

The Cn tags have been sorted now. Kiwichris (talk) 04:56, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• Note: Marking ready. @Bagumba, if there are still issues please feel free to remove. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 06:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

June 20

Portal:Current events/2024 June 20

June 20, 2024 (2024-06-20) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukraine is prioritized first among the countries to receive ordered deliveries of MIM-104 Patriot missile systems from the United States. (CNN) United States officials announce that they will allow Ukraine to use US weapons to strike Russian forces within Russia, provided they are located right across the border with Ukraine, removing the prior limit of only allowing strikes across the Kharkiv front. (Politico) Eastern Ukraine campaign Three people are killed and four others are injured in Russian cluster munitions strikes on the village of Rozkishne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) Sudanese civil war The Rapid Support Forces captures Al-Fulah, the capital of West Kordofan, Sudan, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the city after several hours of fighting. (Al Jazeera) Arts and culture Orca Shipwreck The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Northern Israel. (NBC News) Disasters and accidents 2024 Hajj disaster At least 1,081 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24) 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning At least 36 people are killed and more than 60 others are hospitalized after consuming tainted liquor in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India. (Reuters) (New Indian Express) A cruise ship rescues 68 migrants and finds five bodies in a wooden dinghy that was drifting off the Canary Islands, Spain. (ABC News) At least two people are killed and nine others are injured when a passenger train collides with a train on a test run near Santiago, Chile. (AP) Kuwait announces temporary power cuts in parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand caused by extreme summer heat. (Al Arabiya) International relations Russia–United States relations U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham move to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism after its defensive pact with North Korea. (The National) Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is announced as the next Secretary General of NATO, beginning his term on October 2. (Politico) Law and crime ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign Congress of the Philippines lawmakers pursue an investigation into a U.S. military social media disinformation operation to discredit Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to Filipinos to determine the damages caused, international law infringements, and possible legal action. (Reuters) Vandalism of Stonehenge The orange powder paint sprayed on Stonehenge by Just Stop Oil activists yesterday is removed with a handheld blower fan, leaving no visible damage. (BBC News) Two Just Stop Oil activists film themselves cutting through a metal fence and spraying orange paint on two private jets at Stansted Airport in Essex, England, United Kingdom. Police arrest the activists for criminal damage. (BBC News) A tourist accused of desecrating the Quran is removed from a police station in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, by a mob who beat him to death before setting his corpse on fire. (Al Arabiya) The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the future impact of proposed fossil fuel projects must be assessed, when considering site proposals for drilling. (The Guardian) Politics and elections The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces sanctions on firms based in China, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, for their alleged support to Russia in the Russo–Ukrainian war. (Al Jazeera) One person is killed, at least 200 people are injured, and over 100 are arrested in protests across Kenya against government plans to raise $2.7 billion in additional taxes. Kenya Police fired live rounds, tear gas, and water cannons at protesters. (Reuters) Science and technology 2024 in archosaur paleontology Researchers announce the discovery the Lokiceratops rangiformis, a dinosaur species named after the Norse god Loki, in North America. The findings are published in the journal PeerJ. (ABC News) The International Union for Conservation of Nature announces that the Iberian lynx has been upgraded from endangered to vulnerable for the first time since 1986, after a 2023 census showed a population of 2,021 animals. (BBC News) Sports UEFA Euro 2024, Anti-Serb sentiment Serbia threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if UEFA does not punish Croatia and Albania after their supporters chant "kill, kill, kill the Serb" during a match in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday. (Sky News)

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RD: Joshua Wade

Article: Joshua Wade (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Anchorage Daily News, AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 67.4.80.238 (talk · give credit) and Haunted Spy (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.

American serial killer. Article published 20 June, but appears to have died 14 June. Disclaimer: Nominating this article does not imply that I endorse or support this individual. It is just a recent death I read about.--Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 09:58, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971)

Article: David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Indian Express
Credits:

• Nominated by Ktin (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Editor Mery (talk · give credit), Lostsoul14 (talk · give credit) and Kelisi (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.

Former Indian cricketer. RIP. Ktin (talk) 16:46, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

"Brief career" Oppose — Iadmc♫^talk  16:49, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

What does "Brief career" mean? All that was accomplished in his career has been included. Unless you are referring to his career being brief and hence not important to post? If so -- I would request you have a look at the note above i.e. Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post. Ktin (talk) 04:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Obviously notable, but too stubby and vague ("owing to different issues, he couldn’t prolong even his coaching career), and a lot of the text is identical to this article, that needs fixing. Black Kite (talk) 09:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• I've removed the plagiarism (which has left it even more stubby, of course). Black Kite (talk) 09:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Taylor Wily

Article: Taylor Wily (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Associated Press The New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Staraction (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.

Staraction (talk | contribs) 04:10, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support - But the article needs a lot of work. I've expanded it with the various obituaries that have been written about him. Harizotoh9 (talk) 06:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

I sourced selected filmography list. BilboBeggins (talk) 06:44, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Support article looks good now. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 16:26, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Russell Morash

Article: Russell Morash (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WGBH
Credits:

• Nominated by Thriley (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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American television producer and director. Created/produced/directed The French Chef, The Victory Garden, This Old House, and The New Yankee Workshop. Thriley (talk) 03:30, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Wait there are two cn tags. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 12:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Looks good now. --Vacant0 (talk) 15:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted RD) Blurb/RD: Donald Sutherland

Article: Donald Sutherland (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Canadian actor Donald Sutherland (pictured) dies at the age of 88 (Post)
News source(s): Deadline
Credits:

• Nominated by Natg 19 (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.

Natg 19 (talk) 17:31, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality Article needs major ref work done as there are unsourced statements in career section, award section and a bit in the early life section. Might support blurb if article reflects his impact/how influential he was. Support blurb once article is up to shape. Defitnely notable and influential based on legacy section and per other arguments. Real shame. RIP President Snow. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb. Top of his field, the best actor that we had. His body of work tells you lot, his films are jewels of world cinema. And he was active to last years of his life, so it is decades-spanning career. Him dying is a very big news. BilboBeggins (talk) 19:11, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Not much point in talking about a blurb until the sourcing is improved.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:20, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Support RD sufficient quality now. Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb as RD proposer. A good/famous actor but does not rise to the level of a blurb. Will try to do more sourcing work later today. Natg 19 (talk) 19:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb simply having numerous films under their belt, nothing in the article indicates he was a great figure in the acting world (eg no legacy or impact) Masem (t) 19:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  But he was a great figure in acting world, we know it. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:08, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  That's nowhere stated in the article. Simply being an actor with a lot of roles and even a few Oscar's isn't enough, that's handwaving. We need an indepth coverage to explain why he has a legacy or impact from his career. — Masem (t) 20:17, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  He is a brand, it's as simple as that.

  The point of blurbing deaths of famous people is to inform that person known worldwide died, like in case of Sydney Poitier, Henry Kissinger, Jiang Zemin, the Queen.

  We blurbed former Greece King, surely we can blurb Sutherland? BilboBeggins (talk) 20:29, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  The RD line serves that purpose. Blurbs are reserved for cases where the death has draw attention or in the case or great figures that represent transformative ppl on their field — Masem (t) 21:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Ironically, Sutherland did not win an Oscar, and actually won few traditional awards. He is noted as one of the "best without an Oscar", though he got an honorary one in 2017. Natg 19 (talk) 23:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Not Ready for the usual reason. Oppose blurb on merits. Sutherland was a good and well-known actor, but not in the top tier of the profession. Not that long ago the community turned down Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland, two giants from the golden age of Hollywood. I'm interpreting that as setting a very high bar for blurbs for actors. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:00, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Two giants were turned down wrongly, it's bad to refer to wrong decisions.

  He passes Sidney Poitier threshold and is bigger than Betty White whom we blurbed. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Betty White was a bad post because it was based on popularity. Poitier has a significant impact on Hollywood due to his acting skills and race, which he extended after his career, creating a clear legacy. There is not really anything to say the same for D. Sutherland here, which is needed to post a blurb — Masem (t) 21:32, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Poitier was famous for lead roles in films that were nominated for Oscar in important categories or won. Poitier had activism, Sutherland was active in anti-Vietnam war movement.

  They both won honorary Oscars.

  But unlike Poitier, who in his last thirty or thirty five years only had one prominent role in Jackal, Sutherland had dozens of them. Pride and Prejudice, Six degrees of separation, Cold mountain, and I am listing only Oscar nommed films. BilboBeggins (talk) 22:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Correct. Hollywood actors are known figures, but they're still just actors, and we shouldn't overstate their world impact. Sutherland is worthy of being listed on the front page as RD but not with a blurb as a top story. Harizotoh9 (talk) 00:37, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb per above and as a matter of principle This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 22:17, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment The irony here, of course, is that we almost certainly not going to blurb Sutherland, a very famous and widely loved actor, but we have just blurbed Mays, someone about which the vast majority of the planet would say "who?". (That's not a comment on Americentrism by the way, we have blurbed two non-American sportspeople this year as well). We really do need to think about how illogical this process is. Black Kite (talk) 22:29, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  100% agreement although I don't accept it as a foregone conclusion based on several votes. If several days are needed to improve the article's citations and make his legacy clearer, we should allow that, but his death is major news and that's the entire point of ITN. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  I also thought about this. Why we blurbed Mays, who has 30 wikipages, Shane Warne, who had 30 wiki pages at the moment of his death, but we didn't blurb Vangelis, we didn't blurb Christopher Plummer (in my opinion we should jave blurbed him).

  Donald Sutherland has 80 wiki pages, he is household name worldwide. BilboBeggins (talk) 23:00, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  I definitely feel that this process is odd and unintuitive, so either we should get rid of death blurbs altogether, or codify the process to which one gets a death blurb. Currently, it is seems arbitrary and based on "transcendence" and "significant impact", whatever that actually means. I personally am biased in favor of sportspeople, but there needs to be a way to eliminate personal biases from ITN. Natg 19 (talk) 23:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  ITN is not about fame or popularity. Blurbs should be for great figures with articles that are some of our best content, even if the person is obscure or not well know outside their field. Otherwise when we use fame or name recognition, ITN blurbs favor western people and those in highly public area like politics or entertainment. We have to fight that bias by not considered fame or obscurity as long as the death is reported by multiple sources and the article respects our best work to be featured on the main page. — Masem (t) 00:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  But this is my biggest issue though, what makes someone a "great figure"? Some here would argue that Sutherland is. Not sure how you define "best content" either. Does the article have be a GA or FA? Natg 19 (talk) 02:10, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  The two main factors specified on WP:ITN are a) the quality of the article, including material added or updated to reflect the recent event, and b) the general significance of the developments. The article has already been significantly improved and it continues to improve. Two days ago, it had an ORES predicted quality of C (3.74), but it's now B (3.88). There are 80 language links on the article. It's front page news on Le Monde (French), The Times of India (Indian English), and The Asahi Shimbun (Japanese). That is not indicative of Western bias. It shouldn't be up to anyone here to overrule the news to decide he's not a "great figure". It's major news and replacing an old news item such as the NBA finals with a blurb about Donald Sutherland's death would significantly improve the main page. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:33, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  WP:ITNRDBLURB is the criteria for RD blurbs, which are in addition to the main ITN criteria we don't have to use fame, popularity, role count, or other factors, we consider what their impact was in their field, and honestly, there is nothing in our article that demonstrates that. That type of content and sourcing from secondary RSes is how we determine a "great figure", and not simply by how much coverage an RD gets. — Masem (t) 03:20, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  My points about the international significance and coverage remain valid. I'm not arguing based on fame, popularity, or role count, so I'm not sure why you're mentioning those. The selective approach often taken here towards recent deaths reads as elitist and disregards the impact of films and television on culture. Discounting his role in M*A*S*H which had a major impact on views of war and authority, his performance in Ordinary People, and his other contributions seems shortsighted. As to his impact on the field, he was honored with an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 2017. The Academy doesn't award those to any old schlub that's famous. His recent death is newsworthy and would serve as a more compelling current use of the ITN blurbs than several entries currently featured. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 05:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  we consider what their impact was in their field, and honestly, there is nothing in our article that demonstrates that Sutherland had a massive impact in the field of cinema, as is indicated by news publications worldwide prominently reporting on his death. The fact that our article wrongly doesn't reflect that point doesn't mean anything (cf. WP:ARTN). voorts (talk/contributions) 08:40, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  For purpose of what ITN is and that blurb RDs are meant to be exceptions from the rule, and that blurbed items are supposed to reflect the best of WP's work, the failure of the article to be properly sourced as a BLP and the lack of content from secondary sources on how he impacted the industry or left a legacy in clear format is a major roadblock in considering this as an a blurb. International coverage US inly a indicator if a famous name, unkess all that coverage speaks to his legacy and not simply talking about his death or reprintimg wire stories. — Masem (t) 09:41, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  I will add that since this ITN was started a Legacy section has been added which starts bring this more in line with demonstrating"great figure". But it is still miles away in terms of sourcing to be even included as an RD. — Masem (t) 11:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  And Mays certainly did not deserve a blurb as I’ve repeatedly said This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 01:41, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb. The New York Times has not one, not two, but three features about him on their front page right now. The Canadian The Globe and Mail has him featured at the top of their front page. The BBC has him featured top left. The man is a giant, one of the most famous Canadian actors of any age. I don't know if it's a bias disfavoring entertainment figures, Canadians, or both, but not doing a blurb would be doubling down on previous bad decisions. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:42, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb. Not remotely of the level of significance for a blurb. I was pleasantly surprised earlier, when I saw that he was nominated for RD only, but clearly I raised my hopes too soon. Just to be clear, being a famous person that people have heard of does not mean you're automatically blurbed. Blurbs are for the exceptional few who transcend all others.  — Amakuru (talk) 23:11, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb. Receiving broad coverage at most news sources, and these stories about his career and death are the most-read stories at those sources. Sutherland was a household name, widely respected and richly honored. While the current ITN selection process is biased, public interest is an inherent factor is newsworthiness. To be useful, ITN must grasp that. Other-language ITNs do a much better job of this. Dr Fell (talk) 00:19, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support RD, weak oppose blurb Big hunger games fan but unfortunately not notable for blurb (I would argue he's more notable then the locked baseball player, though.....) Sharrdx (talk) 01:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb a popular actor but he was not on the top of his field. LiamKorda 03:32, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  He was top of his field. BilboBeggins (talk) 05:43, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  His field was acting. Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis are the toppers in this field but he isn't. LiamKorda 10:45, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  That of course is an entirely subjective opinion. Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  A non-subjective opinion held by editors who you want to silence. Abductive (reasoning) 19:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  That's why we need the coverage of why reliable, secondary sources consider a person to be top of their field, which must be present in the article, as to avoid the handwaving either way that a person does or doesn't deserve a blurb. We want to take editors' personal options and IHATEIT/ILIKEIT type arguments (which are occurring even in this blurb discuss) out of the picture and focus on if we are providing the reader the right justification for a blurb. — Masem (t) 21:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Photo RD Only He was certainly one of Canada's oldest best actors, but far enough from the top of any easily Googlable list. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  You know we don't do photo RDs. He was top Canadian actor. BilboBeggins (talk) 05:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  And you know what Keanu Reeves, Rachel McAdams, Jim Carrey, Sarah Polley, the Trailer Park Boys, Evangeline Lily and Bret Hart say about making our dreams a reality. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose article is tagged as needing more sources. Not what we need for ITN— Iadmc♫^talk  05:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  OK the More Sources tag has gone as more have been added. Weak Support now — Iadmc♫^talk  07:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb per Bilbo Beggins, Daniel Quinlan and Dr Fell, who all make excellent points. Jusdafax (talk) 06:38, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb, blurbs should be reserved for those people whose deaths and/or funerals could support a stand-alone article. Abductive (reasoning) 06:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  It's not the only reason for the blurbs. BilboBeggins (talk) 07:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  I too still stand by this argument. I have voted to support death blurbs on an WP:ILIKEIT basis before, but I really think these articles are only suitable for blurbing if we have at least an extensive section on the individual's death. That is the work we are featuring in these situations. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:09, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  That would mean we blurb barely notable people who die in really odd ways and get a long death section in their article, and I don't think that's what you all really want, but please correct me if I'm wrong. voorts (talk/contributions) 08:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  That doesn't happen. "Death" does not mean "cause of death", instead it is about our response to the event of a famous person dying. Abductive (reasoning) 09:10, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  It does actually include the cause of death. An unfortunate accident or high-profile murder makes something much more likely to blurb. It's not like barely-notable people frequently die by rube-goldberg machine that needs two paragraphs to explain. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  Show me a time when that caused a user to nominate someone for a blurb. Abductive (reasoning) 19:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  That's not anywhere in ITN guidelines at all. That would lead to editors gaming the system to fill a death article with reaction kudzu just to justify that article and a blurb. Further, simply having a legit standalone evdeath article would not necessarily be sufficient if the person simply dies of old age. For example, we know Jimmy Carter is close. As a former US president he will likely have a state funeral and all that for a standalone, but whether he would be blurbed just for that is unckearm — Masem (t) 09:47, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  You're saying that it would motivate ITN editors to actually update and expand upon the articles they nominate? I'm not seeing the problem there. If the additions are low-quality, the blurb gets rejected for that reason. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 09:51, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  Expanding a proper article with proper encyclopedic content would be reasonable. What I fear are editors, being told a requirement for an RD urn is a separate article about their death (which is not in our guidelines) will create an article with dozens of reaction statements from any possible reliable source to demonstrare the death was significant, with actually writing towards why the person should be taken as one of the greats — Masem (t) 12:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  This is a strawman argument. Abductive (reasoning) 19:53, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  We know you think Jimmy Carter is close. How many blurb arguments has this page seen since you started saying so? 30? 50? Give it a rest, please. He's a biographically living person. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:37, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  All I'm saying is that having a separate death article is not any guaranty of having a death blurb, nor a requirement for a blurb — Masem (t) 12:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  If that was all you're saying, I wouldn't be here. Anyway, after checking to see when you started, I see it's not really a "you problem"; others began earlier and have followed since. Sorry for that. Still, a bit morbid a practice, generally. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:23, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support RD, Oppose blurb Certainly RD worthy but I don't think he quite made the blurb -worthy level. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 09:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb on notability per BilboBeggins and Dr Fell. Renewal6 (talk) 11:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb He is evidently and significantly more famous than Willy Mays and the rest. Citing his appearances in well-known movies from M*A*S*H to the Hunger Games is superfluous busywork. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:56, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  You will notice that no admin has even posted him to the RD ticker. And the rapid posting and lack of opposition to Willy Mays speaks for itself. Abductive (reasoning) 19:53, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  "Always with the negative waves..." Andrew🐉(talk) 20:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality Accolades section should probably be orange tagged, several missing references to his nominations and awards. Oppose blurb An actor whose had a successful career doesn't rise to the level of ITN mention. Kcmastrpc (talk) 12:38, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Blurb He was certainly not the most prominent person on his field. Also, I opposed Willie Mays's blurb because I knew that the next non-american death blurb will have people cite his blurb as a reason to push their candidate articles. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 12:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb A legendary actor, but not quite to the extent of one that we would blurb. The “but Willie Mays!!!” naysayers are silly. The Kip ^(contribs) 18:43, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose on quality, support RD, weak support blurb when ready per Daniel Quinlan. Article still has way too many citation needed tags. Staraction (talk | contribs) 21:30, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Support RD because of quality issues that are being discussed. Neutral on blurb at this point. I agree with Black Kite’s comment above that:“We really do need to think about how illogical this process is.” If you have grown weary of this process, too, then please join in on our Talk page ~> Should RD’s have their own section separate from the In the News section?. Trauma Novitiate (talk) 23:39, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: @Natg 19, @TDKR Chicago 101, @Pawnkingthree, @Ad Orientem, @Iadmc, @Kcmastrpc, @Staraction, @Trauma Novitiate, I believe you all opposed RD on the grounds of sourcing. I just added a bunch of citations. I am marking ready for RD at least. Feel free to remove if you still think there are quality issues with the article. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 05:37, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  It is better, for sure. Changed my vote to Support but this RD has already been posted. Trauma Novitiate (talk) 11:48, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Updated my vote since the article quality has improved substantially. Kcmastrpc (talk) 12:39, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Posted RD Stephen 11:30, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• post-Posted comment - But now, whether you support or oppose a blurb, I think most of us can agree that this RD/Blurb process does not work. That’s why I posted this on our Talk Page recently: Please join the discussion ~~>Should RD’s have their own section separate from the In the News section?. Trauma Novitiate (talk) 12:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  I agree, it seems completely random and seemingly depends on time RD item is proposed. BilboBeggins (talk) 14:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Is all this relevent to the already-posted item under discussion? Shouldn't this now be closed as done? — Iadmc♫^talk  14:48, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  No, blurb discussion continues and discussing arguments about choosing whom to blurb is important. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:02, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb. For an actor largely known for his work in movies, I find the lack of Oscar nominations let alone wins to be a pretty convincing reason why he should not be posted. Michael Douglas and Olivia de Havilland actually won competitive and yet we apparently didn't post them. Blurbs aren't meant to be a popularity contest. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 15:09, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Michael is alive and is turning 80 this summer. He was also one of those who pour tributes to Donald.

  He was lead actor in 70s and 80s, it was pretty cramped then. He lost his best chance for Golden Globe win for film to Robert DeNiro.

  Having no Oscar nominations while being top actor in his prime is also what makes him encyclopedically relevant — the best actor not to receive an Oscar nomination.

  And he got honorary Oscar, it's more important and indicative than the ones given to Cuba Gooding Jr., Tatum O'Neal, Mo'Nique and others who haven't achieved that much on film BilboBeggins (talk) 20:16, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Be careful not to WP:BLUDGEON the discussion, you've responded to quite a few oppose votes. The Kip ^(contribs) 21:21, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support adding photo While I remain opposed to a blurb, I think adding Sutherland's photo until something more interesting comes along or he drops off the RD list, is fine. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Let's have a photo, I am in! BilboBeggins (talk) 20:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  I agree, there should be a photo. Please weigh in on the Talk page ~~> Currently 2 options: RD or RD/blurb. How about a 3rd option: RD/photo but no blurb? so we can have consensus and get this option put in place! Trauma Novitiate (talk) 20:48, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Please, do not WP:CANVASS individual people to weigh on open discussions elsewhere. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 06:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Can someone please close this? It's already in ITN under RD — Iadmc♫^talk  06:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

The discussion is ongoing about whether or not to have a blurb. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 06:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Ah I see. Got it — Iadmc♫^talk  06:27, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose blurb and photo it's ok just to have an honourable mention as now. Blurb and photo not necessary — Iadmc♫^talk  06:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) Iberian lynx

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Article: Iberian lynx (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The iberian lynx is reclassified from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. (Post)
News source(s): BBC Reuters CBS The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Staraction (talk · give credit)

This isn't usually what I see in ITNC, but I think it could be interesting. Inserted more links to news sources to demonstrate that the topic is relevant in the news. Article may need to be updated more with news-relevant information. Staraction (talk | contribs) 15:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Weak Oppose while it is a good and positive news, I do not think it a something that is blurbworthy. I would have supported it if it was a news about the cat's extinction (fortunately it isn't). PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:50, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support after thinking bout it a bit and reading other users' comments, I have changed my mind. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 12:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose as per above, but sounds like a good dyk! Sharrdx (talk) 15:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

For DYK, the article would have to be expanded fivefold in one week (not possible due to its size) or promoted to GA, so that isn't likely to happen right now. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 16:06, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Weak Oppose for this specific case which just doesn't rise to the level of blurbworthiness, but I would be more than happy to see more positive news like this one! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 16:08, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Edit: Support on principle, to support having more positive conservation news on the encyclopedia's main page. Not everything has to be politics and disasters to be blurbworthy. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 00:11, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Weak Oppose per PrinceofPunjab and Chaotic Enby. Even though it is a positive news and make me happy to read it, I am of the opinion that it is not main page worthy. Also because it is not a popular animal or Species. LiamKorda 16:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose I think years ago the Great Panda's reclassification was posted but I think it was coupled with Guerillas becoming critically endangered. But this one doesn't seem to be as notable. Scaramouche33 (talk) 17:11, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support This is type of news that an encyclopaedia should feature more.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:00, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support. Very appropriate for encyclopedia to include this on front page. BilboBeggins (talk) 19:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support Important and major conservation news. The species was almost extinct not long ago. It's not often that nature topics are on the main page. --Mika1h (talk) 00:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Support per Mika1h. Finally. Bremps... 00:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support this is just the kind of good news story INT needs and the article is well written and sourced— Iadmc♫^talk  06:11, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose, a reclassification "on paper" with no lasting impact. Abductive (reasoning) 06:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  This “paper” does not aim to have an impact, but the importance is that this reclassification is the confirmation of a reality, which is what is being debated if it is ITN-worthy. _-_Alsor (talk) 08:23, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  It certainly does, the humans who wrote the report were probably happy, maybe they took their spouses out to dinner. But this is just minor news of no lasting impact. Abductive (reasoning) 09:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – Good news, and a decent article for us to feature. I would wonder if a move into "Near-Threatened" would be more appropriate for a feature than a move from "Endangered" to "Vulnerable." I hope to see more stories like this nominated, as it's a great way for us to feature our animal articles in ITN. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:04, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support This has been very big news in Spain and Portugal, where the lynx is basically the de facto symbol of environmental conservation. Lynx numbers aren't just growing, they're also spreading out to different areas than the ones they were reintroduced to. It's raised conversations about other areas of conservation, including rabbits, the main source of food for the lynx, which are currently suffering from a disease outbreak. It even has political relevance, as the destruction of the lynx was started in the Francoist period; debates on the legacy of Francoism are a huge issue in Spanish politics right now. I just can't understand the argument that this has "no lasting impact". --Grnrchst (talk) 12:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  I've added this information re. hunting, and Franco's influence, to the article. Thanks for pointing it out! Staraction (talk | contribs) 14:53, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Personally the "positive news" arguments are unproductive, and, IMO, irrelevant. To this end, I was somewhat of the belief of opposing this as an administrative change (there are several endangered tiers, this is only between two adjacent ones, but Grnrchst's argument on the impact is convincing, so I'm also going to go support, even if the story is somewhat not just about the relisting itself. DarkSide830 (talk) 14:31, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
•  Posted – robertsky (talk) 15:26, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support something to dilute the constant deaths spam. me likey Kasperquickly (talk) 17:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post-posting support Article looks good and I personally find any species on the brink of extinction blurb worthy. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  A "vulnerable" species is three IUCN levels away from the brink of extinction. That's not a post-posting oppose or anything, as a good-looking animal article (especially with fur) is a sight for sore eyes. Just a reminder. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:29, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support per Kiril Simeonovski and BilboBeggins. This is what encyclopedic news looks like. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 21:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Hear, hear! Yakikaki (talk) 21:03, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Post-posting oppose — Many species have their classification changed each year. The iberian lynx is nothing special. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 02:34, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  As none of those species were even nominated, much less supported and posted, I'd say it's fairly clear how this cat is all that. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:30, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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RD: George M. Woodwell

Article: George M. Woodwell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Thriley (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.

American ecologist. Founder of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. Death announced 19 June. Thriley (talk) 19:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose Whole uncited paragraphs. Needs some work before getting posted. More independent references needed. Bremps... 00:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose whole article is weirdly written, there are some primary sources and needs a lot of work. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 13:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

(Closed) Vandalism of Stonehenge

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Article: Vandalism of Stonehenge (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The prehistoric Stonehenge is vandalized by Just Stop Oil climate protesters. (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by ArionStar (talk · give credit)

ArionStar (talk) 00:05, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose besides not posting the other vandalism this group has tried to do in the past, they did not permanently damage Stonehenge compared to Clark Griswold. Publicity stunt which doesn't really make it appropriate for ITN. --Masem (t) 00:13, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• No, Thank You, per above. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:20, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose - one of many such acts by that group. This is not notable among them unless the damage was permanent. EvergreenFir (talk) 03:33, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment The entirety of this event should be one sentence in the main Stonehenge article, if even that. A paragraph if it permanently alters the structure. Beyond this it is not historically significant in any way and I don't know what would possess someone to create an entire article about it. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 03:49, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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RD: Arvind

Article: Arvind (computer scientist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MIT News
Credits:

• Nominated by QueensanditsCrazy (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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MIT computer science faculty for over 50 years. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 18:22, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Other than general notability concerns, a lot of the sources cited on their page are primary sources and need to be reviewed. Scu ba (talk) 00:21, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

  Passes WP:NPROF as an IEEE fellow and distinguished chair, so no notability concerns here. Curbon7 (talk) 03:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose there are multiple cn tags and also some sources are primary in nature. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:52, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

2024 Hajj disaster

Article: 2024 Hajj disaster (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 922 pilgrims died due to extreme heat in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Saudi Arabia, at least 900 people die due to extreme heat during the Hajj
News source(s): France24 AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Afif Brika1 (talk · give credit)

Afif Brika1 (talk) 16:40, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment article quality is not up to par; article is very stubby. Natg 19 (talk) 17:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality as it's a stub. The Kip ^(contribs) 20:27, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support in principle Yikes! We don't have MINDEATHS but if we did this would certainly exceed it This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 20:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality It's not even worthy of being called a stub, it's effectively just a list in prose and then table form of numbers of deaths by national origin. Support in principle, but it's going to take significant work at the moment. Kingsif (talk) 21:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support on notability but oppose on quality This is certainly notable enough for ITN, but the article needs to be developed before it will be suitable to post. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 12:19, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support on notability, still needs improvement on quality. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 13:47, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose on quality article needs a lot of expansion but it is blurbworthy event since death toll is extremely high. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:54, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Note to admin if this ever reaches posting stage, the death toll number has changed and the blurb should updated (could just say, "over thousand people die to extreme heat" if you want to be non-specific). --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 20:16, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

June 18

Portal:Current events/2024 June 18

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(Posted) RD: Gerhard Klingenberg

Article: Gerhard Klingenberg (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Burgtheater + several in German papers
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Great Austrian actor, stage director, film director, manager of Burgtheater, - had 2 sentences of an article which was up for deletion upon his death. Much improved by many actually. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Article is good and well sourced.— Iadmc♫^talk  08:59, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Comment filmography section depends almost entirely on a single source called "Filmportal", is it a reliable source or is it an German equivalent of IMDb ? PrinceofPunjab^TALK 13:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

It has been treated reliable in other articles. Also: these are films that exist, vs. biographical facts. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:58, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

ps: also, none of the obits even mentions this part of his career, - we could shorten it if that helps. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Not every film listed is in that single reference. Stephen 11:39, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

  Sigh, an IP added many items, - I tried to comment out those not mentioned in the ref. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:29, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 01:26, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Daniel Patrick Reilly

Article: Daniel Patrick Reilly (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Mohamad Darilin (talk · give credit) and 75.130.95.146 (talk · give credit)

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American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support article looks alright to me. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Support now that the allegations levied against him have been added to the lede. Icky person, but that wouldn't be a policy-based reason for opposing. Bremps... 21:45, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 11:37, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: James Chance

Article: James Chance (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NME, Variety, Rolling Stone
Credits:

• Nominated by 240F:7A:6253:1:C0E7:E4A8:1532:6307 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Giovata (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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American saxophonist. 240F:7A:6253:1:C0E7:E4A8:1532:6307 (talk) 18:05, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose there are several cn tags and an orange tag. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Allan Saxe

Article: Allan Saxe (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Dallas Morning News
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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Article updated and well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support It sure is. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support article is ready. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:40, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Sara Facio

Article: Sara Facio (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): La Nacion
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Günther Frager (talk · give credit) and Classicwiki (talk · give credit)

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Article updated and well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Story checks out. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support article is a very good shape. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:41, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) Blurb/RD: Willie Mays

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Article: Willie Mays (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  American baseball player Willie Mays (pictured) dies at the age of 93 (Post)
News source(s): San Francisco Chronicle
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

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Sey hey. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support: don't see any issues _pbp 01:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• I’d support a blurb. Article appears to be in the usual flux, post death. This wasn’t just any baseball great. Arguably the greatest all-around player in the sport. Maybe even any sport. Jusdafax (talk) 01:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb: Household name even beyond baseball fans. Funcrunch (talk) 01:53, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb Article looks good and Mays is beyond an influential figure in baseball and sports. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 02:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Blurb - widely acknowledged as among the greatest ball players of all time. nableezy - 02:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Blurb - cannot add to what's been said. This should be a reverse WP:SNOW situation. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 02:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb Article is solid and Mays was one of the greatest figures in sports history. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:27, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb I was born in 1992 and have never really been a sports fan, but I've long known about Willie Mays. Total household name and probably among the top 5 most significant deaths of the last year. 1779Days (talk) 02:39, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb - household name and one of the greatest athletes of all time. The Kip ^(contribs) 03:03, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 03:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post-Posting Support A legendary and groundbreaking baseball player and a great human who paved the way for so many.-TenorTwelve (talk) 04:03, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post-posting support blurb, as per all above. BD2412 T 04:15, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Fail to see how this is anything other than Americentrism. There is no way a blurb would be posted for an Indian cricketer for example. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Shane Warne's death in 2022 was posted. PeteF16 (talk) 04:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Warne died unexpectedly at the age of 52. He was still a very public figure up until his death. HiLo48 (talk) 05:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

And he wasn't Indian or European. BilboBeggins (talk) 05:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

He was Anglo-Saxon, not the best example. _-_Alsor (talk) 05:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

It's a good example of anyone, regardless of age, ethnicity or sexual experience, who was blurbed for dying after playing cricket well. Same niche, but polar opposite, like wolves and foxes. What's good for one batsman, and all that. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

He was not an Anglo-Saxon. He was an Australian. I agree with The C of E below that it's not constructive to make this a race thing - but also, that's an absolutely ludicrous way to regard his ethnicity. GenevieveDEon (talk) 09:15, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

The existing bias in ITN in favor of certain countries is an unquestionable truism that has often been the subject of debate. This occasion was not going to be an exception. _-_Alsor (talk) 17:04, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

It wouldn’t surprise me if Tendulkar’s blurbed when he dies. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 05:53, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

And as a white Englishman, I'd be delighted to support blurbing him when the time comes. But can we please not make this a race thing? The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 09:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Tendulkar's retirement was posted, which is exceedingly rare, and I have no doubt that when he dies, he would deserve an ITN blurb. [1] -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 14:52, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, Americentrism can be a thing sometimes, but we actually blurbed the death of a Kenyan athlete only in February, and a German footballer in January. Black Kite (talk) 10:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Pull blurb not a serving head of state or government, and the death as an event is not notable. Petty sports trivia, and see discussion as regards Jerry West for my thoughts on deathblurbs generally (TLDR: no) This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 04:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think anyone else thinks those are the criteria. If you want to make it so that only servign heads of state or people who die in unexpected ways get blurbs, you should propose that in the appropriate place. Saying it here as though it's already accepted won't make it true. GenevieveDEon (talk) 09:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb, but surprised that Mays got blurbed so quickly, and Jerry West had lengthy discussion and did not make it. Natg 19 (talk) 04:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  As good as West was as a basketball player, Mays was better as a baseball player (though West’s accomplishments as a GM & his status as the inspiration for the NBA’s logo were other arguments that could’ve led to him being blurbed if there’d been enough support). Blaylockjam10 (talk) 06:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Pull because I remember how it felt to have Gordie Howe's posthumous picture "torn away" from "us", but agree with the sentiment; we're too late. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:07, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Pull blurb per Orbital. He may have been a baseball legend, but he is not a globally notorious figure and it is a sport whose popularity is very local. Far from being comparable to Maradona or Pelé. And let's leave emotions aside, this blurb should be pulled by objective criteria. _-_Alsor (talk) 05:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  In terms of how good each player was at playing his sport, he’s easily comparable to Maradona or Pelé. Beckenbauer was blurbed & I’d never heard of him before his death. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 05:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Is notoriety really the thing you want to focus on here? While baseball is a sport with a deeply parochial region of interest, it's still a very big deal, and Mays was one of the biggest names within it, not just in his own day but throughout its history. GenevieveDEon (talk) 09:15, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb. Mays's death is currently the lead story in the New York Times, and has been covered in depth by the BBC, the Guardian, and many other international publications. His significance was derived from baseball but extended well beyond it--the fact that a Black player, so soon after integration, was acknowledged as the best in the game was as hugely important. blameless 05:41, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post-posting support He has a good argument for being the greatest baseball player ever. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 05:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post-Posting Support. Clearly and obviously one of the most influential figures in baseball history - no doubt in the top 4 with Aaron, Robinson, and Ruth, in no order. The only of that group of three to die during the existence of ITN was Aaron, who was blurbed. I see know reason why Mays should not get a blurb. Baseball is substantially globally popular enough to justify us posting two deaths from its ranks as blurbs. DarkSide830 (talk) 05:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb third in career WAR, and everyone around him is either dead or a steroid user. Clearly the greatest baseball player of his generation. However, I don't understand why we were so quick to blurb Willie Mays yet just as quick to shut down Jerry West's blurb nomination, when basketball is the more popular and well-known sport globally. Jerry West might not have been in the top 3 players ever, but we didn't blurb Bill Russell either and he was. NorthernFalcon (talk) 06:27, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  A key difference is the timing of the nomination. Jerry West's was posted at 14:04 UTC while this one was posted at 01:00. This time zone difference skews the demographic of the voters. And this is very much a voting process in which early momentum is decisive. Andrew🐉(talk) 06:47, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yes Europe isn't awake. We just don't play baseball here, nobody has heard of this guy. Secretlondon (talk) 10:51, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  I'm a Brit who barely follows sports over here, much less in the USA, and I'd heard of him despite him being about two generations older than me. His death is front-page news on the BBC. As I said below, I do think this process was rushed, but that's not the same as no-one having heard of one of the all-time most famous, successful, and acclaimed batters in the sport. GenevieveDEon (talk) 11:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  Unless you live in the Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, England, Czechia, etc. A player just made the majors after having played Euro ball as a prospect. It's absolutely played there. DarkSide830 (talk) 14:58, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  I think you're underestimating just how much more dominant Willie Mays was in baseball than Jerry West was in basketball. According to basketball reference, there has been a total of 5209 players in NBA and ABA history. VORP and box plus-minus weren't calculated during West's time, so the closest comprehensive stat we have is win shares where West ranks 24th all time. On the other hand, there have been 23,235 Major league baseball players. Willie Mays ranks as the third greatest batter of all time according to bWAR and fWAR.  Bait30  ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 09:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Weak support blurb and oppose pull - but this was rushed. There's no need to sprint something like this. GenevieveDEon (talk) 08:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post blurb support and Oppose pull Yes it was done quick, but the article is in good shape and he is a major figure within the sport so I would have supported the blurb had I seen before posting. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 09:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Not an internationally known figure. I have no idea why this person is given a blurb and a photo. Secretlondon (talk) 10:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment And William Anders? ArionStar (talk) 13:09, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
  • Anders article shows very little impact or legacy outside being the photograph of the famous photo. One such accomplishment it not what leads to a great figure, which Mays' article has in spades. — Masem (t) 14:09, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Post blurb support An internationally-known sports figure. Not sure why there's supposed to be a penalty for being an American player. Does that mean we should ban Wikipedia (or the Internet) since both come from there as well? CoatCheck (talk) 14:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Pull blurb per Orbital. Also, I didn't like the way this was posted to main page with just about 10 vote when it is clear that death blurb are also contentious topics and should only be posted after a lengthy discussion. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:16, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Pull blurb, not internationally known, and the posting was extremely rushed. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 15:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support pull, this should've only been featured in recent deaths. In the grand scheme of things, featuring sports ball athletes seems to be a waste of space. 68.118.253.248 (talk) 17:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose pull/let's all find something better to do. I really do not get why there is such strong opposition to posting blurbs for North American sports people (Howe, Russell, etc.). Can anyone say with a straight face those individuals were not major figures in their field? ~~ Jessintime (talk) 15:44, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Some people are so concerned with avoiding the appearance of Americentrism that they circle around into anti-Americanism as a whole. The Kip ^(contribs) 18:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

The result is basically a much lower notability bar for British public figures than for public figures from America (or other countries). Feels like there's some lingering desire to reclaim their status as #1 global cultural exporter. LocoTacoFever (talk) 18:05, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Post-support blurb and Oppose pull. Clearly a massive figure worthy of a blurb. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Post blurb support, oppose pull. I'm generally anti-death blurb, and not a baseball fan, but Mays was one of the most legendary sporting figures of the 20th century - closer to a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or a Maradona than to a Jerry West. LocoTacoFever (talk) 17:03, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

In all honesty, neither of those are a good metric for a DB either; the manner and direct impact of their deaths were not significant as events, unless they get like, assassinated, or something This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 21:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Post-support blurb – A reminder that WP:ITNATA applies and arguing that a figure is not important outside of their home country (which is not true for Mays, as baseball is played internationally) is to be avoided. SounderBruce 19:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  It really isn't. Secretlondon (talk) 21:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Post-support blurb, per above logic and he's one of the last great baseball players from the 1950s-1960s generation of American sports heroes. Surprised and glad to see the quick support for Mays compared to the strange recent lack of support for one of the first three people in the history of humanity to escape Earth's gravity and go to the Moon! Randy Kryn (talk) 22:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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(Closed) Blurb/RD: Noam Chomsky

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Article: Noam Chomsky (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  American philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky (pictured) dies at the age of 95 (Post)
News source(s): New Statesman (retracted)
Credits:

• Nominated by Chaotic Enby (talk · give credit)

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Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:20, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment There seems to be some conflicting reports that he died. There's no official confirmation (at least that I know) that he passed away. Should it be official, I'd 100% support blurb as he was highly influential and his article is good. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:21, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

The article at present does not state that he has died. I am seeing that at least one report that he has died has been published, and I know that he had a stroke a few days ago. But we can't blurb this (or even consider an RD) if our own article doesn't actually say that he died. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

The New Statesman is a generally reliable source. BD2412 T 19:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

The issue is more about there's no official confirmation of his passing. Some articles have jumped the boat without any reliable word of his passing. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:33, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I agree that The New Statesman is very unlikely to get this wrong. But if it's the only source reporting the death... I would be cautious, since this one would expect this sort of thing to be covered everywhere. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:45, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Along those lines, an ABC News journalist seems to be reporting that Chomsky has not yet died, per Chomsky's wife. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 20:46, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

For the record, I would support a blurb if he died. An absolute titan of the field of linguistics in a way that even helped to shape the modern field of computer science. And then there's also his political activism and political writings, which were influential in the West. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb if confirmed dead. A giant of an influence in multiple fields. BD2412 T 19:32, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb if true, extremely influential. Wait for confirmed confirmation before posting Sharrdx (talk) 19:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Wait for confirmation -- I don't see any reports of his death besides the linked source. Support blurb if it's true. Estreyeria (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 19:40, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb Unquestionably one of the most recognizable and influential intellectuals of the 20th/21st centuries. Thriley (talk) 19:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment update Statesman article was taken down. Sign that Chomsky might still be alive or a premature obit was published. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:56, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yep, I saw this too. Probably best to close this until we know what happened with more certainty. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb Undoubtedly one of the greatest intellectuals of our time.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 20:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

If he really had died, it would have been in far more and better sources than New Statesman. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:46, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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

(Posted RD) Blurb/RD: Anouk Aimée

Article: Anouk Aimée (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  French actress Anouk Aimée dies at the age of 92 (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Sunuraju (talk · give credit), Johnkatz1972 (talk · give credit), FrenchFootball (talk · give credit), Normantas Bataitis (talk · give credit) and Alexcalamaro (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.

French film actress.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:28, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose The article quality is not main-page worthy as of this comment. There are two uncited statements, one in Personal life, one ending in "critical and box-office disaster." The filmography needs citations as well. After those issues are patched up, we should be good to post. Bremps... 13:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support blurb. Seems similar case to Jean-Paul Belmondo who was blurbed — recipient of major honorary European Awards (Cesar and Berlin), famous in Europe. But unlike him, she had English speaking roles and had roles recently. Won Golden Globe, BAFTA, Cannes Award, was nominated for Oscar. Extemely famous in her heyday. Looks like a blurb to me. BilboBeggins (talk) 17:21, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality Filmography is unsourced. Article also doesn't establish how influential she was or why she merits a blurb like Belmondo's article did. Support RD Article looks good now. Can't see how she warrants a blurb/not transformative enough. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 20:37, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb old woman dies of old age This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 04:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb – I think being a foremost actor in the 1960s alone is just not quite enough for a blurb. The article quality also isn't up there. If this had been a GA, maybe. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:43, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support RD, Netural on Blurb She was/is quite a popular actress who had won a lot of big awards but would understand not posting it as an blurb. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:13, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose blurb, being popular and winning awards doesn't equate to being transformative in the field. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 15:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb per all above. "Selected filomography" section needs some work. _-_Alsor (talk) 17:05, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support RD, I've referenced all the filmography section, I think the article is ready now. Alexcalamaro (talk) 15:58, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Bremps, @TDKR Chicago 101, @Orbitalbuzzsaw, @Maplestrip, @Chaotic Enby, @Alsoriano97 -- Marking ready for RD at least. Feel free to remove if you still think there are quality issues with the article. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 20:33, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

  Support RD – Very nicely done, definitely good for RD now! ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:18, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Posted RD Stephen 11:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Legalization of same-sex marriage in Thailand

Article: Recognition of same-sex unions in Thailand (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Thailand's Senate passes a marriage equality bill that will legalize same-sex marriage in the country, becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to do so. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Thailand becomes the first Southeast Asian nation to allow same-sex marriage.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Thailand's parliament passes a bill to recognize same-sex marriage.
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

• Nominated by Tofusaurus (talk · give credit)

Tofusaurus (talk) 10:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Huge step for LGBT rights in SE Asia. Estreyeria (talk) 13:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support Article quality is okay. I was going to vote "wait", but on second thought the news will probably be stale by then. Bremps... 13:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support a very significant news regarding the LGBTQ+ community in Asia. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 14:08, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose Based upon recent precedence, I have to repeat what I said last time in opposing. Its nothing new, countries have changed that law all the time. Its not like its some big breakthrough. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 14:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@The C of E I'd argue this is fairly different than the Greece case. Greece was in an area of the world (Europe) where same-sex marriage was already legal in many nearby countries. The only country anywhere near Thailand which has legalized same-sex marriage was Taiwan, which is a special case for many reasons. If you want to look at it from a population standpoint, Thailand has 6 times as many people as Greece, which means it has a larger population than the United Kingdom. I'd argue any country legalizing same-sex marriage with that large of a population is significant. DNVIC (talk) 15:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Legalising same sex marriage s is bigger story in Greece than in Thailand. BilboBeggins (talk) 17:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose Given ITN blurbs getting coverage for multiple days, I don't see this having nearly enough exposure and headline coverage to be considered for inclusion. Kcmastrpc (talk) 15:24, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support on notability and updated content in the article. This is the first country in Asia to pass such a law and the second or third to legalize (Taiwan and Nepal both did so through courts and legality in Nepal is incomplete)—a landmark event. And the article is well written and structured.~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 16:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support on notability, article looks sufficient. Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 16:58, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support. It's the first in the region and as far as I can tell the first in Asia to happen fully via legislation, without judicial compulsion. It's unique and notable in that way. TheSavageNorwegian 16:59, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

I am fine with waiting for royal ascent btw, but waiting till the effective date may make it less of a news item. TheSavageNorwegian 21:57, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support per above. LiamKorda 17:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support It’s the first Asian country to do so legislatively without judicial prompting, and even though it’s the third Asian country to do so, it’s still relatively new for Asia compared to Europe. And it is the first Southeast Asian country to do so.-TenorTwelve (talk) 18:21, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Wait until royal assent is given. The bill has not yet been approved, though it is widely expected to gain approval from Thailand's king. Waiting would also allow something like Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage, becoming the first Southeast Asian country to do so to be out blurb; the current wording to shoehorn in the Thai Senate comes across as a bit awkward, but is necessary because same-sex marriage legislation has not yet received executive approval. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 19:18, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support When it becomes official. Apparently there's still some steps needed before it becomes 100% official. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:25, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose. Nothing that is that surprising occured. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:22, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose there's a lot more countries that can and probably will legally recognise homosexual marriages and the last example wasn't posted either. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support altblurb, wait until royal assent as per above. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 04:34, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support alt2 since the first two make it sound like it still needs to get through the lower house This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 04:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support alt1 once royal assent is given. Clearly significant for the whole region. GenevieveDEon (talk) 09:27, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support per above. Davey2116 (talk) 11:37, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support on significance, but I too would suggest only blurbing this when the law actually comes into effect. This of course gives us more time to further improve the article too. It looks fine for the main page, but it can definitely be better. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. We aren't going to post every single country that does this.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:00, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose do we really need to post every single instance of this? I understand doing it for Taiwan since they where the first Asian country to do so, but this is getting a little pedantic, next up we'll have "the first eastern southeastern Asian country to legalize same sex marriage" Scu ba (talk) 17:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  If China somehow legalized same-sex marriage tomorrow, I think it would be bizarre to oppose it because Taiwan beat it to "first Asian country to legalize" status. Bremps... 19:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  Though these articles get nominated fairly frequently, we rarely actually feature them. I don't think the "every single instance" argument works here, as no one is arguing we would/will also feature Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia/Myanmar/Bangladesh/Malaysia/Singapore when those make changes in their queer rights laws. This is a first in the region, and an influential country with an enormous population to boot. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Support Asia is a large continent, and very culturally diverse. You can argue Taiwan has already legalized it, and so this isn't notable, but Southeast Asia is a completely different and unique culture than East Asia, and Taiwan is an even weirder case within East Asia due to its relationship with China. For context, the distance between Taipei and Bangkok is 2500 km, approximately the same distance between London and Istanbul. The fact is, a country has legalized gay marriage without any other country within its cultural neighborhood legalizing it, which is very unprecedented, and thus notable. DNVIC (talk) 21:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Question Could someone explain to me why it isn't merely notable on its own for a country to legalize gay marriage? It's **the** big-ticket gay rights law. We're not talking something more niche like banning gay panic defense, or allowing hospital visitation. It's the most newsworthy, landmark, queer event that can happen to a country, it's only ever going to happen once per country, and it makes the news each time it happens. TheSavageNorwegian 21:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

The consensus, with exceptions, has been that gay marriage legalization is newsworthy This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 07:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support This has been huge news and is significant for the region of Southeast Asia. --Grnrchst (talk) 10:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

June 17

Portal:Current events/2024 June 17

June 17, 2024 (2024-06-17) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hamas war United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war Two congressional Democrats agree to sign a $18 billion weapon package for Israel including 50 F-15 Eagle fighter jets after initially delaying proceedings, following heavy pressure from the Biden Administration. (Reuters) Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza. (Reuters) Israel–Hezbollah conflict Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon. (Jerusalem Post) Disasters and accidents 2024 Russian botulism outbreak At least 139 people suffer from botulism in Russia believed to be caused by eating ready-made salads, leading to a nationwide recall of the salads. (AP) 2024 West Bengal train collision Fifteen people are killed and several others are injured when a cargo train collides with a Kanchanjungha Express passenger train in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. (Al Jazeera) At least ten people are killed after two boats carrying migrants shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy, with 64 additional people reported missing. (AP) Egypt's Tourism Hajj Mission announces that at least eight Egyptian pilgrims have died during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (Ahram) Seven people are killed amid heavy rains across El Salvador. (AP) Six people, including three children, are killed in a house fire in Newnan, Georgia, United States, and five others are hospitalized. (ABC News) A person is killed and eight others are injured during an ammunition explosion at a military training area in Libavá, Czech Republic. (AP) International relations Belgium–France relations France and Belgium announce they are strengthening their cooperation in land defence. (Reuters) Germany–Poland relations Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk orders Germany to explain a recorded incident where German police appear to desert a migrant family in Osinów Dolny, Poland, just east of the Germany–Poland border. (Barron's) North Korea–Russia relations Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that he will visit North Korea this week, the first state visit by a Russian President in 24 years. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Cannabis in Maryland In the United States, Maryland Governor Wes Moore pardons more than 175,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions. (Reuters) Politics and elections Israel–Hamas war Israeli war cabinet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet after Minister Benny Gantz of the Resilience Party left the cabinet. (Reuters) Sports 2024 NBA Finals In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the NBA Finals, winning their 18th overall NBA championship. The Celtics surpass the Los Angeles Lakers to become the team with the most NBA championships. (NBC News)

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RD: Ricardo M. Urbina

Article: Ricardo M. Urbina (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:

• Nominated by Staraction (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.

Will need to be updated. In particular, article does not mention his track career at all. Staraction (talk | contribs) 21:09, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) 2024 NBA Finals

Article: 2024 NBA Finals (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks to win the NBA Finals. (Finals MVP Jaylen Brown pictured). (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In basketball, the Boston Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks to win the NBA Finals with Jaylen Brown winning the Finals MVP (pictured).
News source(s): NBA, CBS
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TwoStepsFromSomewhere (talk · give credit), TheGoodGeneral 1 (talk · give credit), Aria1561 (talk · give credit) and Donnowin1 (talk · give credit)

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

I would wait until the article looks somewhat updated. I will update blurb/image when FMVP is announced. Original blurb basically follows last year's wording/format. Altblurb to bring info out of parenthetical. Feel free to adjust. It is that time of the year when a lot of major sporting events are occurring. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 03:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I have went through and updated the article a bit more. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 04:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support One of the world's largest sports leagues, definitely worth an ITN mention. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 04:23, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Royal Autumn Crest just a reminder that this is not a discussion about the notability of the event as the NBA finals are WP:ITN/R event. This is a discussion about the quality of the article and whether it is ready to be posted or not. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 07:40, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  The quality certainly meets ITN standards. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 18:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  There was an entry about a fire today that had 41 references. As of this moment, this article has 51 references, and there are plenty more out there. Royal Autumn Crest (talk) 02:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Support although the prose is on the shorter side, article still in a good shape. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 07:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Filled with jargon and uninviting to the average reader. Dreameditsbrooklyn (talk) 09:24, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  @Dreameditsbrooklyn, could you give me some examples? I can try to address. I do not see how it is much different that last year's article. --Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 12:53, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  The article as a whole seems written for an enthusiast, not an encyclopedia reader. We should not assume people know what 'clinched' and other sports jargon means. My eyes glaze over at the charts which imo are featured way too prominently and maybe are not needed at all. Dreameditsbrooklyn (talk) 13:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  Those tables are all the standard; see e.g. the previously posted 2023 NBA Finals or 2022 NBA Finals. BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  Is "clinched" an AmE term? This is used across multiple sports and is not just basketball-specific ones. I loled at Americans complaining they can't read a cricket result until I realize myself can't.

  The regular season standings does seem to be unnecessary, and the 2024 UEFA Champions League final omitted that and just stated the final position of each finalist in their group stage pool. Otherwise, stats tables are standard fare in tournament final articles and even the stats-agnostic sport of football has one more stat table than basketball, and the latter had four more matches. Howard the Duck (talk) 20:14, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  "Clinched" is definitely used in the US. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 23:50, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, and this word may be unknown in other variants of English such as BrE. It's not a sports-specific term though so I dunno how it becomes jargon. Howard the Duck (talk) 06:17, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose article has some prose but not enough. LiamKorda 17:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

There's close to 2,000 words of prose. How much is necessary? BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support. Everything seems up to par. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 21:16, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support I wouldn't be opposed to more fleshing out, but it's in decent shape considering the Finals ended less than 24 hours ago. Typically (looking at last year's article as an example) there's three substantial paragraphs on each game, as well as in each team's season summary, which often starts with where they finished the previous season--Celtics season preview could use that. Final regular-season standings are always inserted in the Finals article--shows where each team finished compared to other playoff teams. "Clinched" is commonplace in nearly every North American sports season article; and while perhaps not as frequent, I've seen it used in Wikipedia and media articles for sports leagues elsewhere. I have a hard time believing anyone outside North America wouldn't understand what it means to clinch a playoff berth or home field. GO CELTICS! User:Pats2017 — Preceding undated comment added 01:51, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Article looks typical. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:11, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 17:05, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

2024 West Bengal train collision

Article: 2024 West Bengal train collision (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A train collision near Siliguri in India, kills eleven people. (Post)
News source(s): NDTV, India Today
Credits:

• Nominated by Magentic Manifestations (talk · give credit)

Magentic Manifestations (talk) 11:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose while article is in a good shape, this event is unlikely to have long term implications and effects. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:58, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Comparatively low death toll (not even the deadliest rail accident in India within the last year), and comparatively minimal impact. The Kip ^(contribs) 21:24, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

June 16

Portal:Current events/2024 June 16

June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Russian invasion of Ukraine Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War Norway announces that it will give Ukraine 1.1 billion kroner (US$103 million) to help repair its energy infrastructure and secure the country's electricity supply before the winter. (Le Monde) Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine The two-day Global Peace Summit, dedicated to the discussion of "Ukraine's Peace Formula", ends at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland. (CNN) Russia claims that it captured the village of Zahirne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (Barron's) Israel–Hamas war Gaza humanitarian crisis Israel's military announces that it will begin "tactical pauses" in combat along roads in Southern Gaza during the daytime in order to allow humanitarian aid trucks to travel through the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the pauses "unacceptable". (AP) Rostov-on-Don pre-trial detention center hostage crisis Previously-detained inmates with alleged links to the Islamic State take two employees hostage in a pre-trial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Russian national guards storm the center, killing all six hostage takers. (The Washington Post) (AP) Arts and culture 77th Tony Awards At the 2024 Tony Awards, Stereophonic wins Best Play and The Outsiders wins Best Musical. (CBS News) Disasters and accidents 2024 Baños landslide At least six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall that struck a highway in Baños in central Ecuador, with 30 other people reported missing. (AP) 2024 California wildfires Around 1,200 people are evacuated from the Hungry Valley area near Los Angeles, California, United States, as the Post Fire spreads through the dry mountains near Interstate 5. (AP) Extreme heat during Hajj At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims are killed during the hajj in Saudi Arabia, with at least 14 dying from heat stroke. (Barron's) Law and crime Seven people are injured and one other person is injured while running away in a shooting at a pop-up party in Methuen, Massachusetts, United States. (AP) Politics and elections 2024 Liechtenstein referendums Liechtensteiners vote 53.7% positively on a referendum to build a new state hospital. (Liechtenstein Institut) LGBT rights in Ukraine Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Ukrainian Armed Forces troops and supporters march in central Kyiv to demand legal reforms for more same-sex partnership rights despite opposition from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as well as from counter-protesters. (AP) Sports 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans In endurance racing, the AF Corse Ferrari team wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year with drivers Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen. (The Race) 2024 UFL season In American football, the Birmingham Stallions defeat the San Antonio Brahmas to win the inaugural UFL championship. Stallions quarterback Adrian Martinez is named the Most Valuable Player. (Fox Sports)

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RD: Jodie Devos

Article: Jodie Devos (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Observer
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 4meter4 (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.

Promising Belgian coloratura soprano who performed internationally based in France, and made award-winning recordings. Died at age 35. - I wish I knew more French and had more time. Roles and awards need more refs (or to be cut). More reviews and more lead would be nice. I'll be out tomorrow which is the last day, so hope for help. 4meter4, you found sources where I didn't. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:10, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support -- looks well cited. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 03:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

RD: Barbara Gladstone

Article: Barbara Gladstone (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Observer
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Connormah (talk · give credit), Cornmazes (talk · give credit), AMCKen (talk · give credit) and Kelisi (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.

American art dealer and film producer.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:15, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Wait article is alright but that big cn tag in the Film production needs to be resolved. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 15:51, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

77th Tony Awards

Article: 77th Tony Awards (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the Tony Awards, Stereophonic takes home the most wins including Best Play, while The Outsiders wins Best Musical. (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Malvoliox (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jasonbres (talk · give credit), Lonniemitchell22 (talk · give credit), Darb02 (talk · give credit), Blueflash4 (talk · give credit) and Cedarholm (talk · give credit)

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

Occurred last night, article is getting updated -- table of winners, performers, lead and infobox all have updates. Might need to add more prose though and/or a picture? ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 17:01, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality I don't see a ref for the winners, and I would like more prose on the ceremony (there's a bit of prose list for 'other awards' and two lines of response right now). Obviously take this as support once updated, no need to ping. Kingsif (talk) 22:23, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose like the other award shows, there is almost no prose. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 07:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose virtually no prose. LiamKorda 17:37, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

2024 US Open (golf)

Article: 2024 U.S. Open (golf) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In golf, Bryson DeChambeau wins the U.S. Open. (Post)
News source(s): ESPN BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Jessintime (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.

The tournament article seems OK but I will let others be the judge. ~~ Jessintime (talk) 14:20, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose There is some prose but I think article needs a bit expansion. There is less prose than the previous editions' pages. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 07:45, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose not enough prose and summary. LiamKorda 17:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

2024 24 Hours of Le Mans

Article: 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In motorsport, Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (winning car Ferrari 499P pictured). (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In motorsport, the Ferrari AF Corse crew of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (winning car Ferrari 499P pictured).
News source(s): Autosport
Credits:

• Nominated by Unnamelessness (talk · give credit)

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

Article needs some work. Unnamelessness (talk) 14:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose article needs a load more prose rather than just tables. Like a long race summary, and also some qualifying summary too. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose article is just tables and tables with just few sentences in between. There is no race summary or prose about the Qualifying results results. PrinceofPunjab^TALK 07:47, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose article is no way near ready to be posted. LiamKorda 17:39, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Oppose per Joseph2302, PrinceofPunjab and LiamKorda. Way too much work. SpacedFarmer (talk) 20:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Comment still has some uncited lines but it isn't impossible for it to meet standards in time. Traumnovelle (talk) 04:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

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