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Q: There are many "rules" associated with this page. Why?

A: Recent deaths is one of the most-viewed articles in Wikipedia. Deaths in 2023 was one of the most-read Wikipedia articles in 2023, with over 48 million views.[1] It is important that such a high-profile article have factual information presented in a consistent format.

Q: Why are there redlinks or redirects (deceased subject with no Wikipedia article) listed in the article?

A: Many notable people die before a Wikipedia article is written about them. The regular editors of this page have agreed that a death notice without an English-language article may remain for one month after the death, so that an article may develop. If there is no article after one month, then the death notice is removed from the list.

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Deaths needing proper citation

Via thorough browsing of the 2024 deaths category, I’ve found the following are marked as deceased and needing of proper citation. Rusted AutoParts 13:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

February 6, 2023 - Jim Price, 78, American musician, producer and composer (forums and social media only so far)
January 2 - Larry Sherrer, 74, American football player (Montreal Alouettes, BC Lions) and ophthalmologist
January 22 - János Toldi, 96, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoer
January 25 - Rick France, 85, British speedway rider. (Death sourced on his page by Facebook)
March - Tommy Duncan, 87, Scottish footballer (Death sourced on his page by Twitter)
April - Danny O'Donnell, 85, Scottish footballer (Brentford, Brechin City, Tonbridge)
April 14 - Blackie Wangerin, 89, American racecar driver
May 22 - Vic White, 92, English motorcycle speedway rider (Death sourced on his page by Twitter)

@Rusted AutoParts:, any objection to us adding Vic White using this tweet from the World Speedway Riders' Association? The account is verifiably theirs given that it is linked at the bottom of the home page on their website, thus passes Wiki guidelines on using Twitter/X as a source. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 09:48, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:TWITTER, Twitter (X) is only a reliable source when writing about oneself. I cannot see White writing his own death announcement. WWGB (talk) 10:04, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2 – Israel Even-Zahav, 77, Israeli Paralympic athlete
June 7 - Dolores Cambridge, 87, Australian opera soprano (death sourced on her page by Vimeo video link of funeral)

More June deaths: Jean Aniset - Cheo Chai Chen - Daliyah Yaʼiri - Tom Grljusich - Janusz Gronowski - Devinder Gupta - Peter Hall - Marko Ilešič - Khushboo - Salvador Miranda - Eric Nilsson - Vitalis Otia Suh - Teremoana Tapi Taio - Milovan Tasić Nukualofa (talk) 21:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Judy Belushi's entry disappeared and reappeared a few a times, can we put it back even if they decided to wipe her biography page 2604:3D08:9B77:AB00:5CAB:D456:1B28:E6BF (talk) 04:05, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, one month after death we are no longer interested in the deceased without an article. WWGB (talk) 08:32, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, to be absolutely clear about this, she never had a biography page - her husband did, and she was just a redirect to that. Done and dusted. Ref ^(chew)(do) 13:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Price: Dead or Alive?

Looking over this list, should Jim Price be on it at all, as even his article doesn't indicate he's dead? A brief search doesn't turn up anything to confirm that he is either 2A02:8012:227B:0:18DE:830D:C096:71A (talk) 13:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The person who added his name here indicated his death was stated via forums and social media. In my opinion it's okay to leave him here given that. Unless something comes up in those areas saying the announcement was wrong or something. That's the purpose of this thread, to catalogue deaths needing a strong source that have been at the least verifiably deemed deceased in the means we can't utilize. Rusted AutoParts 17:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all. Jim Price is supposed to have died in Pasadena in February 2023. We have a James William Price born in July 1945 living in Pasadena on TruePeopleSearch. If he died more than one year ago I think he wouldn't be on TruePeopleSearch anymore. What did you think? --Danielvis08 (talk) 22:31, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, I would not know whether TruePeopleSearch is deemed to be a reliable source. What I do know is that it seemingly is not available to view by Europeans. I suspect that 'James William Price' is hardly a unique name, so we can not be certain if it is he. There were 'death notices' posted on social media and web forums (all not reliable) around the time of his demise. They may have all been bogus, and that is why I did not edit his article nor post his 'death' here. It seems to me that he had a sizeable contribution to rock/pop music in the 1970s, so it seems logical that his death would have attracted media attention, but these days mainstream media seem to focus elsewhere. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 23:32, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add a belated PS. here. If editors would care to take a look at the Jim Price article's editing history, you will see a few unsourced efforts, largely by IPs, trying to insert 'death details'. If this was purely vandalism, I would proffer that choosing a 78 year old to 'kill off', would gain considerably less kudos than reckoning Justin Beiber, Lady Gaga, or whoever is the latest pop sensation, had suddenly popped their clogs. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 22:21, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have hundreds of unlisted deaths on my profile page. I can't find time to add them all, so please have a look if you want to get your numbers up.Nukualofa (talk) 11:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assisted suicide or euthanasia?

@CommanderShepardX: I don't have the exclusive right to describe Röling's manner of death and neither do you. I made a bold edit, you reverted it, now we all discuss it. I think we all know where the two of us stand. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:05, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The source linked on the deaths page (barring the translation not being great) doesn't really stipulate the wording, and the second source used on his page is paywalled so I can't assess it there. Face value the two seem essentially the same thing, just comes down to method. So ultimately I would probably go with whichever way the source puts it. But like I said, can't even see if it's ever stated in the sources that this is the COD. Rusted AutoParts 23:46, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Technically speaking, assisted suicide is a self-administered euthanasia but aided directly by a third party, whereas plain euthanasia is always administered only by a third party, and not by the self in any way. Find out which of the two applies in this case and you find out which one to use. Ref ^(chew)(do) 00:10, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2024

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Please add the following death for July 11th:

Dick Sundevall [sv], Swedish author and journalist, 78, car accident.^[1]
5.57.241.186 (talk) 13:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Lindh, Adam (12 July 2024). "Författaren Dick Sundevall har dött". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[1] Lindh, Adam (12 July 2024). "Författaren Dick Sundevall har dött". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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