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April 2

2008 NATO Summit

In Bucharest, Romania, in 2-4 April 2008 is held the 20th NATO Summit. Because this is an very important event, I suggenst to be added into the news template on main page.

Botswana elections

Botswana present Seretse Khama Ian Khama is officially sworn in as the sixth President of Botswana in an inauguration ceremony in the capital, Gaberone. Ian Khama is the son of Seretse Khama; Botswana's first president. 86.148.80.246 (talk) 19:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Ian Khama is sworn in as the sixth President of Botswana in Gaberone.

Support Didn't see the election, but new head of state is obviously notable. Sorta wish we had a list of these elections every year or something so we could be thorough. Madcoverboy (talk) 22:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We do: Electoral calendar 2008. For the past, we've got Electoral calendar 2004, Electoral calendar 2005, Electoral calendar 2006 and Electoral calendar 2007, and for next year we've got Electoral calendar 2009. A ecis^Brievenbus 23:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Is adding the capital absolutely necessary? Spencer^T♦^C 02:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support but remove the mention of the capital. Pruneau^talk 08:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zimbabwean elections

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's party is defeated by the opposition in the general election. 86.145.106.161 (talk) 16:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Morgan Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change defeats Robert Mugabe and the ZANU-PF in the Zimbabean presidential and parliamentary elections.

Endorse with the addition of however, Mugabe refuses to leave office without a fight, or words to that effect --Hadseys Chat_Contribs 17:31, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support but election article needs to be linked and also needs cleanup. --Lemmey (talk) 17:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support with greater context for both presidential and parliamentarian elections. Madcoverboy (talk) 18:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, isn't the electoral result unclear? weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 19:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment/ Hang on There are no official presidential results yet, wait for that then bundle it with the parliamentary results and put it up. The blurb above is (as of now) simply untrue. Random89 20:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support after final election results. Spencer^T♦^C 02:33, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Random et al, let's wait a bit longer and see what happens. The parliamentary victory is definitely significant but it's only part of the picture and it would be good if we could put the whole picture rather then saying no one knows for the rest of it Nil Einne (talk) 06:28, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, Movement for Democratic Change one the legislature by a majority (officially) but no official word on the Presidency. gren グレン 04:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support provided certain modifications: I think that the parliamentary victory is noteworthy, especially considering the possibility (not certainty!) that the elections were rigged and the opposition won anyway. Thus I think that we should say something resembling:

The Movement for Democratic Change secures a majority of seats in the Zimbabwean parliamentary election, defeating current President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF. Results in the presidential election remain unclear. Lockesdonkey (talk) 05:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahern resignation

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he is to resign on May 6th, following allegations of corruption. Yorkshiresky (talk) 10:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, although I would use the present tense "announces" instead of "has announced". Also, I wonder whether it would be better to say Taoiseach than Prime Minister. The term Taoiseach is used uniformly in Ireland, but many non-Irish people may not know the term. NoIdeaNick (talk) 11:01, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support, using prime minister would probably cause less confusion (if it is acceptable to use this term). --Tone 11:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. How about: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (pictured) announces his resignation, following allegations of corruption. --Camptown (talk) 11:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Yes, present tense would be better. I redirected Prime Minister to Taoiseach, but I have no preference as to which one is used. Yorkshiresky (talk) 11:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I don't like the flow of that sentence/headline. The comma gives me a feeling of stumbling. __meco (talk) 12:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about:

Amidst allegations of corruption, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announces his resignation, effective May 6th. -- Grant .Alpaugh 12:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about simply removing the offensive comma: Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (pictured) announces his resignation following allegations of corruption. __meco (talk) 15:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Dennisc24 (talk) 17:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Lemmey (talk) 17:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support. weburiedoursecrets inthegarden 19:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April 1

Shall we consider adding a humorous made up or humorous real event in this section just for today? DYK already has some amusing but real items. --Tone 16:14, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If its a madeup event it should include Wikipedia.

'Wikipedia starts wiki-Tube: videos anyone can edit'
'Wikipedia starts O'wiki-bama: change anyone can edit'

--Lemmey (talk) 16:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, what about: Wikipedia introduces a new feature, video articles and is looking for volunteers to present articles in front of the camera. Apply now! --Tone 17:17, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I love it. --Plasma Twa 2 (talk) 17:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I like it, but it might have been more useful about 15 hours ago. -CWY2190(talk • contributions) 17:37, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support if you want to go for it for 8 hours or so. I for one missed the plan. -Susanlesch (talk) 17:52, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adding for a couple of hours, let's see the effect... (always possible to revert) --Tone 17:54, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awww...you guys should have had it throughout the day but I think its too late now. --→ Ãlways Ãhëad (talk) 03:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it stayed on the Main page for 5 minutes. BTW, I am going to archive March because none of the recent proposals does not seem to have enough support and the others are just too old now. --Tone 06:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Too old? How about the Zimbabwean elections? People are still counting the votes. --74.13.125.194 (talk) 07:58, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, missed this one... Anyway, we've already agreed that this goes on as soon as the results are known (we will see the wording then). --Tone 11:29, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]