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April 23

Portal:Current events/2018 April 23

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

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(Closed) WASP-104b

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

• Nominated by LovelyGirl7 (talk · give credit)

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

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RD: Dave Nelson

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

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

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

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

• Support Looks good. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:42, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support No issues. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Resignation of Armenian PM

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

• Nominated by Galobtter (talk · give credit)

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

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

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

• Support in principle, oppose on quality. Not only is there that orange tag, that proseline in the "early career" section is a problem. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support this resignation will have a lasting effect on the socio-political dynamic in the country. The resignation came after lots of protests which are in itself notable. Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support but please see the Armenian Protests discussion below instead; the protests that led to this should absolutely be mentioned in the blurb + the protests article is more ready for ITN. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very notable news from a corner of the world that almost never appears in the In The News box.Monopoly31121993 (talk) 20:26, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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

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

• Nominated by WTKitty (talk · give credit)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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April 22

Portal:Current events/2018 April 22

April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests Rival Hamas and Fatah members clash in the Gaza Strip at a tent set up by the family of Mohammed Ayoub, 14, to receive condolences on his death in the protests. Hamas later dismantles the tent and orders all present to leave. (The Times of Israel) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing The death toll from a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday rises to 57, with the number of wounded reaching 119. (The Washington Post) (ITV) Terrorism in Pakistan Police in Quetta, Pakistan, say gunmen shot at Shiites in the city, killing two and injuring one in the latest of a string of attacks on Shiites. (The Kansas City Star) Second Libyan Civil War The Libyan National Army claims to have launched airstrikes destroying dozens of vehicles in Sadada allegedly used by Al-Qaeda linked militants. (The Kansas City Star) Syrian Civil War Iraq claims airstrikes on Thursday in Syria killed 36 Islamic State militants. (Rudaw) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad accuses the United Kingdom of faking evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Douma. (ITV) Hamas fighter Thaer Nayef al-Zaraei of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades dies in a tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip. (i24 News) Terrorism in Israel Israel's Defence Forces, Border Police, and Shin Bet jointly arrest nineteen suspected terrorists, fifteen of them Hamas members detained for links to Gazan Hamas activist Khaled al-Din Hamed, in Ramallah. Troops disable a Hamas printing press and seize money and a car. (Israel National News) Terrorism in the United Kingdom Following recent attacks in Manchester and London, The Sunday Times says a leaked Home Office report reviewing the attacks proposes a new strategy increasing information sharing on terror suspects from MI5 to other organisations before they are considered to require surveillance. Also included are harsher sentences for terror offences, and additional attention on "communities where the threat from terrorism and radicalisation is highest". (BBC News) 2014–2018 Nicaraguan protests Reporter Ángel Gahona is shot dead during a live broadcast from Bluefields, Nicaragua, while reporting on antigovernment protests. (BBC News) Terrorism in Egypt Cairo Criminal Court adds 2,833 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters including ex-President Mohamed Morsi on an official list of terrorists for three years. (The Egypt Independent) Terrorism in Russia Russian authorities say nine insurgents who were planning to launch an attack next month have been killed in a gunfight in Derbent, Dagestan. (Radio Free Europe / Radio Libery) Terrorism in France Police evacuate Mont Saint-Michel abbey, a major tourist site, and launch a house-by-house search for a possible terrorist after a visitor is heard shouting "I'm going to kill a cop." The suspect is not found. (ABC Online) Disasters and accidents A coach carrying British Muslim pilgrims on an Umra trip from Mecca to Medina crashes near Al Khalas, Saudi Arabia. Four are killed and twelve more injured. (BBC News) Two dragon boats capsize in the Taohua river in Guilin, China, resulting in at least 17 deaths. (The Guardian) West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says he is willing to use state law to block livestock export ships on animal welfare grounds. The move comes as MV Awassi Express is detained in Fremantle undergoing ventilation upgrades mandated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority after video emerged of 2,400 sheep dying on board during a voyage last August. MV Maysora left the port last week despite inspectors reporting water troughs that were empty or filled with faeces. (ABC) Cracks are discovered in the core of Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Office for Nuclear Regulation is investigating to determine if the reactor is now too dangerous to restart. (Herald Scotland) Two Chinese crewmen aboard MV Feng Hui Hai are overcome by coal gas in Jamnagar, India after a voyage from Indonesia. Another crewman is hospitalised. (Splash 24/7) International relations Turkey–United States relations The United States warns Turkey of consequences if pastor Andrew Brunson isn't freed. (The Narco Path) Law and crime Nashville Waffle House shooting A partially naked man shoots and kills four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee. (WLS-TV) (Vox) Crime in Germany A report shows German crime rates fell by 10% in 2017, with crimes by foreigners down 22.8% amid controversy over crimes by migrants. Murder, drug offences, and burglaries were among the categories to rise. (Deutsche Welle) Politics and elections Makhosi Khoza, leader of South Africa's African Democratic Change party, resigns just five months after the party formed. (Herald Live) Turkish general election, 2018 Fifteen members of Turkey's Republican People's Party quit and join the İyi Party, allowing the İyi Party to satisfy eligibility requirements such as having 20 lawmakers in Parliament for upcoming elections. Party leader Meral Akşener, who defected from the Nationalist Movement Party, will run against incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the presidency. (The Kansas City Star) 2018 Armenian protests Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan is detained by police shortly after a televised meeting with Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan who stormed out after three minutes, claiming he was being blackmailed to resign. (BBC News) Andrea Nahles is elected as the first female leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (The Guardian) Paraguayan general election, 2018 Colorado Party candidate Mario Abdo Benítez is elected President of Paraguay. (BBC News) Science and technology UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt writes to social media firms including Google and Facebook giving them until the end of the month to come up with ways to counter online bullying, underage usage, and unhealthy amounts of interaction online. He says they will face new legislation if they do not comply. (BBC News) Tanzania's Communications Regulatory Authority issues a two week deadline for bloggers, Internet TV shows, and other online content creators and distributors to register with the government. (Xinhua) Sports 2018 London Marathon Kenyan runners Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot win the men's and women's events respectively. The event was the hottest since the inaugural race in 1981 with temperatures hitting 23.2 °C (73.8 °F). (Deutsche Welle) 2017–18 in English football Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah, who plays for Liverpool and is currently the top scorer in the Premier League with 31 goals, is named PFA Players' Player of the Year, while Manchester City winger Leroy Sané wins PFA Young Player of the Year. (Sky Sports)

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2018 London Marathon

Article: 2018 London Marathon (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At the 2018 London Marathon, Eliud Kipchoge wins the men's race and Vivian Cheruiyot wins the women's race. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by LukeSurl (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.

Nominator's comments: Slim but sufficient article on an ITN/R item. LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:33, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak Support Just about enough there.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:29, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support ITN/R, sufficiently referenced. Informative. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - will do. Stormy clouds (talk) 20:13, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Kyrgyzstan PM

Article: Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev is appointed as the new prime minister of Kyrgyzstan. (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Lihaas (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Not ITNR but considering the stability situation in the region, this change of govt seems pretty big.
Granted the article is woeful, but if its supportive pending improvements here then that'd be an incentive to improve the article. (MKR down under may be getting more headlines but this is more globally important). Lihaas (talk) 05:01, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Not Worthy He's not even the leader of the country (Kyrgyzstan is a presidential republic), and I doubt we'd even post news about a new president here. Sorry, just an impoverished minor and in general unimportant country of a few million people. Randomnickname567 (talk) 08:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. No evidence of widespread news coverage. I will note for Randomnickname567 that Kyrgyszstan has transitioned to a parliamentary system according to Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan.331dot (talk) 09:04, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

OH well. Still, a country with population of 6 million and gdp the size of Guam's is not worthy an ITN mention, imho. Randomnickname567 (talk) 09:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Size and population are irrelevant. Per longstanding consensus, we post most if not all changes in head-of-state. Also, please leave your jingoistic sentiments at the door; your comments about the country being "unimportant" and "not worthy" are frankly insulting.--WaltCip (talk) 13:10, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose It's a three sentence micro-stub. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:38, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support but please do consider changing the bolded article to the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan article, not the article about the individual as it is a stub. I agree with WaltCip's arguments: changes of heads of state are inherently significant per longstanding consensus, and arguments that essentially boil down to "that country doesn't matter" hold no validity here. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:29, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing

Article: April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 57 people are killed in a bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Post)
News source(s): CNN reuters
Credits:

• Nominated by LaserLegs (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Mohamadrsk (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Barely a stub now, but with nearly 60 people killed its guaranteed to be posted once it has a few more lines of prose. LaserLegs (talk) 14:39, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Why does this terrorist attack in an area of frequent terrorist attacks merit posting? 331dot (talk) 14:43, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
  • We posted last months... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/March_2018#(Posted)_Kabul_suicide_bombing --LaserLegs (talk) 14:46, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
    • .....which I wasn't too keen on either, and kinda goes to my point that these attacks are frequent. Are we going to post one of these a month? 331dot (talk) 17:41, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose on article quality. It's a stub and will require significant expansion before it could be posted. As for the merits, I see 331dot's point. These events have become common place over there. Assuming the article is sufficiently improved, I would likely give it a weak support only due to the high death toll. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:31, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose tragic but commonplace event that probably doesn't require an article, and should be subsumed into a list of attacks in that region. Stephen 02:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose and share the sentiment that this shouldn't even deserve a standalone page. It is pure WP:RECENTISM in action. Before even this is developed above mere news pieces paraphrasing; another bomb will explode and all attention will be to the new stub. In the next few years we will be left with thousands of permanent stubs on everyday's bombing. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:14, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

support IFF the article is up to scratch. this is a high death toll even for Afghan standards.Lihaas (talk) 04:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality, support in principle - Feel free to contact me when the article is improved and I will support this, but all ITN listings should meet the quality thresholds necessary. We posted last month's Kabul bombing because it demonstrated clear significance. I believe 331dot's argument that we shouldn't post this because they seem to happen frequently is a blatantly obvious WP:CRYSTAL argument. Unlike annually scheduled events, you can't just declare that a mass killing in Kabul will happen every month, or that it's just Afghanistan being Afghanistan. I'd even say that asking "Are we going to post one of these a month?" is subtly jingoistic of you, even though I wouldn't go as far as to say you made the argument in bad faith. The significance of this event is beyond question based on our precedents; it's the quality of the article that should be addressed instead. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 19:50, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

It is not WP:CRYSTAL to state that Afghanistan has a history of terrorist attacks and that it seems unlikely to change in the near future.(if any expert or politician foresees a quick end to the terrorism there, I'd love to read that piece.) The War in Afghanistan template in the nominated article shows 4 attacks(not including this one) this year, 14 last year, 19 in 2016, and 11 in 2015. That's just about one a month, and that is just the ones that merit articles. I am just asking if we are going to have a permanent Afghanistan War link in the ITN box, maybe in Ongoing. No more, no less. 331dot (talk) 20:02, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

April 21

Portal:Current events/2018 April 21

April 21, 2018 (2018-04-21) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2018 Gaza border protests Ambassador to the United Nations for Palestine Riyad Mansour says diplomats will ask the UN to probe the violence. (The Washington Post) Syrian Civil War The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons takes samples from the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria. (The Independent) Rebels in Qalamoun begin to evacuate after agreeing to surrender the region to Syria's government. (Al Jazeera) Sweden hosts the United Nations Security Council in Backåkra where the Syrian conflict is discussed by diplomats at a rare meeting outside the UN's New York headquarters. (BBC News) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen. The United Nations condemns the attack. (Relief Web) Yemeni Vice President Lt. Gen Ali Mohsen Saleh says a plot to overthrow the internationally recognised government by Iran and Houthi rebels has been foiled. (Arab News) War in Afghanistan (2001–present) April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing A bomb explodes in a voter registration centre in Kabul killing at least 30 people and injuring approximately 50. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility. (CNN) Arts and culture Nabi Tajima, the world's oldest person, dies at age 117 in southern Japan. (USA Today) Business and economy German manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau is expected to collapse into administration. (Yachting Monthly) Irish firm Smyths Toys agrees to buy 93 Toys R Us stores in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland plus four related online shops. (WOWK TV) International relations Japan–North Korea relations Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe praises North Korea's statement that it would suspend nuclear and missile tests, but he also states the results must lead to verifiable denuclearization. (Reuters) Libya–Tunisia relations Tunisia reopens its embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The embassy has been closed since the kidnap of ten staff in 2015. (The Libyan Express) Hamas says Palestinian engineer Fadi al-Batsh, shot dead on his way to a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today, was an important member. Hamas does not ascribe responsibility for the killing but the victim's relatives allege Israeli involvement. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett calls al-Batsh a terrorist and says no burial will be permitted in Gaza. (WOWK TV) (Israel National News) The United Arab Emirates says Qatari jet fighters intercepted a passenger plane heading to Bahrain and flew dangerously close to it. (Arab News) Law and crime Terrorism in Australia Police in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, charge a man with several crimes under the Terrorism High Risk Offenders Act. (The Guardian) 2014–2018 Nicaraguan protests Ten people are killed in Nicaragua as anti-government protests over pension reforms enter their fourth day. (BBC News) Police in Mahikeng, Northwest Province, South Africa, fire rubber bullets as protestors against corruption and public service provision riot. President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves a Commonwealth summit in London to attend the scene. (The Guardian) Indian lawmakers approve capital punishment for men who rape children under the age of 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the measure. (BBC News) Libyan terrorists bomb an oil pipeline near Mrada, causing an explosion and fire. The same pipeline was previously attacked in December. (Xinhua) Opposition demonstrations in Antananarivo, Madagascar, turn violent. Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana says one died and seventeen were injured but opposition Parliamentarian Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, who supports ex-President Marc Ravalomanana, says two were shot dead and two babies at a nearby hospital killed by tear gas. (Xinhua) Politics and elections Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 Mitt Romney says that he won't commit to supporting Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. (The Hill) Presidency of Donald Trump Donald Trump is considering a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson. (The Washington Post) Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones announces his plans to step down this autumn. (BBC News) Sports 2017–18 Milwaukee Bucks season The Milwaukee Bucks announces Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be a part owner of the franchise. (Bleacher Report) 2018 NBA Playoffs The New Orleans Pelicans became the first No. 6 seed (or lower) to sweep its first-round series since the NBA switched from its best-of-five format in 2003 after their 131–123 game 4 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Anthony Davis scored 47 points and Jrue Holiday 41 points during the win. (USA Today) (UPRX)

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RD: Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh

Article: Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Shobair2012 (talk · give credit) and Locus102 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Palestinian lecturer. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Newly created. After further review I may nominate it for AfD, unless why he is notable (apart from death news) is added. –Ammarpad (talk) 12:41, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• This is clearly a BLP1E, and should be at "Assassination of Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh" (the reactions are more notable then the person). And right now, as a non-RD blurb news item, I don't see this yet significant to merit posting. --Masem (t) 13:15, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as RD I'm finding little significant news coverage prior to his death, suggesting that, at best, the death might be notable, but not the person.—Bagumba (talk) 14:25, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Nabi Tajima

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

• Nominated by Ryan Reeder (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.

 Ryan Reeder (talk) 01:49, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Nominator's comments: World's oldest person, longest-lived person thus far in the 21st century, and third-oldest of all time

• Support --AmaryllisGardener ^talk 03:45, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Shortish but reasonably referenced. Capitalistroadster (talk) 07:40, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Agree with Capitalistroadster. Jusdafax (talk) 08:49, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support She's the last person born in the nineteenth century to die, does that deserve a blurb? Davey2116 (talk) 09:51, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Possibly. We gave a blurb to the last person born in the 1800s, Emma Morano.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:43, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

DOB says August 4, 1900 ... which would be the start of the 20th century. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:21, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

No, the 20th century began on January 1st, 1901. --Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:09, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Yeah? Ok, I stand corrected. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:38, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment I had to add a CN tag. Given this is the last person born in the 19th century, I'd support a blurb. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:38, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article in good shape for posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:28, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:56, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Verne Troyer

Article: Verne Troyer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TMZ, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by JuneGloom07 (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.

 JuneGloom07 Talk 20:36, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak oppose: Filmography and television section unreferenced. Plus, I just realized how odd this article does not have a career section highlighting his life in his acting life. Main issue is unreferenced filmography section. Support All issues fixed. Great work! Ready for posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:26, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as mentioned above, no career section. It jumps from his childhood to his personal life and death. Anarcho-authoritarian (talk) 23:02, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose due to lack of referenced filmography. Capitalistroadster (talk) 23:14, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose until a sourced career section is added and the filmography is sourced. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:22, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Okay, we have one now and it looks good. Support. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:43, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose this is so far from acceptable I doubt it can be improved in time. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Probably good enough now. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:00, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support filmography referenced thanks to work by Skr15081997 and career section added by Neegzistuoja, good job by both, now ready Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:03, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Quality concerns appear to have been addressed. Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• @TDKR Chicago 101, Anarcho-authoritarian, Capitalistroadster, Muboshgu, and Power~enwiki: Neegzistuoja has added a detailed career section and I have sourced the entire filmography section; both film and TV roles. --Skr15081997 (talk) 13:11, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support. Article looks brief but passable, all sourced. Challenger l (talk) 13:14, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Its sourced and all, but I find it rather lacking beyond just documenting his career. It's very bland. I realize his career path into films is not a deep and motivational journey compared to people like Brad Pitt, and we're not going to have a superlong article, but we should be able to get past how bland this currently reads. Unfortunately, those are likely concerns past ITN's role. --Masem (t) 13:19, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks fine. Aiken D 13:27, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support All sections of the article look complete and are correctly sourced. OtterAM (talk) 15:55, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - all sections sourced. Other concerns such as expansion of life and career section is something to be taken care of after or during ITN. We review article quality and it is sufficient for ITN inclusion. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 15:56, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - It’s ready, I agree. Jusdafax (talk) 21:33, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:55, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

India death penalty for child rapists

Articles: Unnao rape case (talk · history · tag) and Kathua rape case (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ India's Cabinet has approved the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists, amid uproar over Kathua rape case and Unnao rape case. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Making news because of the two cases. Sherenk1 (talk) 16:33, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Domestic legislation change. Capital punishment in India for other crimes has been in existence before. Brandmeister^talk 17:02, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. The death penalty already existed in India. They can apply it (or not apply it) to whatever crimes they wish. 331dot (talk) 19:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment it's in the news, I'm inclined to support, but the target needs to be changed to Capital punishment in India and updated accordingly. --LaserLegs (talk) 19:08, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose It's not insignificant but we have historically avoided this kind of internal legislative news. In the unlikely event that this does get posted I agree with the above comments that we need to change the target article which I have not looked at for quality purposes. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:00, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Concur with 331dot. This is insignificant pronouncement. Combined with poor article target. –Ammarpad (talk) 12:59, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as this is essentially domestic legislation, and captla punishment is certainly not unprecedented in India. EternalNomad (talk) 15:12, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - the point is that these cases (especially the latter) have been dominating Indian news. Check the aftermath section of the Kathua rape case article for example. The blurb does make it seem like domestic legislation, but I can't think of a better one. Banedon (talk) 22:42, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

oppose considering the executive asks the final KANGAROO court to review its decision...this is nothing more than vote grabbing.Lihaas (talk) 04:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Oppose per Brandmeister MAINEiac4434 (talk) 04:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

April 20

Portal:Current events/2018 April 20

April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War ISIL agrees to hand over control of Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus to the Syrian Army in return for safe passage to ISIL-held territory in the Syrian Desert, bringing the predominantly Palestinian refugee district under government control for the first time since 2012. (The Washington Post) International military intervention against ISIL Iraq conducts a series of air strikes against an ISIL target in Syria. (Yahoo! News) 2018 Gaza border protests Palestinians riot along the Israel-Gaza border fence, burning tyres and flying flaming kites across the border to set Israeli fields ablaze; Israel Defence Forces soldiers respond with tear gas and live fire, killing four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. (Haaretz) (The Times of Israel) B’Tselem alleges Israeli forces have been firing on tents around 400 metres back from the border housing protestors including the elderly and children, and attacked peaceful protestors with tear gas. (B’Tselem) One petrol bomb-carrying kite is flown over the border adorned with a swastika. (The Times of Israel) First Liberian Civil War Liberian warlord Mohammed "Jungle Jabbah" Jabbateh is sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for immigration offences. Jabbateh lied to authorities about his role in the Liberian Civil War. (BBC News) Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudry passes through the English Channel, and is shadowed by Royal Navy coastal defence ship HMS St Albans. (The New York Post) 2014–2018 Nicaraguan protests The government put the number of people killed in two days of protests at 10. (The National) Arts and culture 2018 Gaza border protests Actress Natalie Portman, who was born in Jerusalem, pulls out of the upcoming Genesis Prize (worth 1 million USD) ceremony in Israel over "recent events in Israel". The Genesis Prize Foundation says it is worried the event will become politicised. (CBS News) Expo 2020 Tajikistan announces that it will participate in the Expo 2020 in Dubai. (Trend) Deaths in 2018 Swedish musician Avicii dies in Oman at the age of 28. (BBC News) Business and economy Economy of the United States Wells Fargo bank is fined US$1 billion by the United States government for mishandling of mortgages and automobile loans. Wells Fargo is also ordered to reimburse customers who were overcharged. (CNN) All Bon-Ton department stores are expected to close by August. At the time of announcement, the company operated 256 stores under its own name and the Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates. (Pymnts.com) (CNN) South Korean shipbuilding firm Sungdong collapses into receivership after surviving on government aid for eight years. (Splash 24/7) Disasters and accidents Around 40 people are injured after two passenger trains collide in Salzburg, Austria. (Reuters) Around 10,000 people are evacuated from central Berlin, Germany, while bomb disposal experts defuse a 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) World War II–era British bomb at a construction site. (BBC News) Mount Iō in northern Japan erupts for the first time in 250 years, together with nearby Mount Kirishima (USA Today) (Click Lancashire) Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues an emergency Airworthiness Directive for CFM56-7B jet engines. The EAD expands on previous orders requiring ultrasonic testing to search for metal fatigue in fan blades. It mandates testing on engines that have reached 30,000+ flights, believed to cover 352 US engines and 681 engines worldwide. (The Aviation Herald) (The Aviation Herald) A helicopter crashes in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing one and injuring nine. (The Straits Times) Health and environment A British man reported last month to be suffering what doctors called the "worst-ever" super-gonorrhoea is said by Public Health England to have been cured. (BBC News) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis North Korea leader Kim Jong-un announces that North Korea will suspend its missile and nuclear tests and has agreed to shut down its nuclear test sites. (Military) (NBC News) Law and crime Offenders executed in the United States in 2018 Alabama executes 83-year-old Walter Moody via lethal injection, who assassinated United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit judge Robert Smith Vance on December 16, 1989. Moody is the oldest prisoner to be executed in the US since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976. (BBC News) Cybercrime The Central Criminal Court in London jails Kane Gamble, 18, for two years for unlawfully accessing CIA, FBI and United States Department of Justice databases and phone and email accounts of senior US intelligence officials. (BBC News) Politics of Zimbabwe The Parliament of Zimbabwe summons ex-President Robert Mugabe over an alleged theft of diamonds. (BBC News) Basque conflict The Basque separatist terrorist group ETA apologises to "every victim" of its actions. The ETA killed more than 800 people in its 40-year history, committing terrorists attacks throughout Spain. (BBC News) Crime in Poland A court in Radom, Poland, hands a six-month suspended prison term and a 10,000 zloty fine to a Russian pilot who caused a security scare during Pope Francis's 2016 visit for World Youth Day. The Russian had flown from the Czech Republic to compete in an international aerobatics competition and unknowingly violated a no-fly zone imposed for the papal visit. After failing to contact the aircraft, local authorities scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to intercept it. (Radio Poland) Polish Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro announces plans for a change to national self defence law to allow people to use more force than their attacks, and orders prosecutors to abandon proceedings against a businessman who shot at a getaway car containing fleeing robbers. (Radio Poland) The U.S. Department of Justice announces it intends to appeal yesterday's ruling that an unnamed detained ISIL suspect in the custody of U.S. troops in Iraq cannot be transferred to an unnamed foreign nation. The man has dual U.S.-Saudi Arabian citizenship. (CNN) Inn Din massacre A Myanmar police captain testifies in court that he and his colleagues were ordered by their superiors to entrap two Reuters journalists, who were arrested on 12 December 2017 for "possessing state secrets" under a colonial-era law. The journalists had been working on a report documenting the massacre at Inn Din. (Reuters) (Voice of America) An Iraqi judge hands a death sentence to an ISIL member who acted as a judge deciding on marriages in Mosul. (Kurdistan 24) Politics and elections Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation The Democratic National Committee file a lawsuit against Russia, the Donald Trump administration, and WikiLeaks alleging that the former conspired to interfere in the 2016 United States elections. (The Washington Post) Brexit negotiations The UK Audit Office rejects a Treasury estimate of the cost of leaving the European Union that was repeated by Prime Minister Theresa May. Rather than the official £35–39 billion estimate, the watchdog says that figure misleadingly included £7.2 billion earmarked directly for private hands and did not include up to £3 billion in budget contributions and £2.9 billion in European Development Fund payments. (FXstreet) 2018 United States gun violence protests On the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, thousands of students across the United States walk out of school to protest against school shootings. (NBC News) (People) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets A study has been revealed that WASP-104b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet, has been discovered as one of the darkest exoplanets ever seen. (New Scientist)

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RD: Shane Yarran

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

• Nominated by Samuel Wiki (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.

 Samuel Wiki (talk) 12:57, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Short but adequate and decently referenced. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:58, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support sourced and ready.BabbaQ (talk) 23:06, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose The article has undue weight on his legal problems.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:23, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• It isn't undue weight because he really did have a very short professional career and a lot of legal problems. - Samuel Wiki (talk) 12:39, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• This still a BLP, and I’m uncomfortable that an article with so much negative information would be put on the Main Page when he has just taken his own life. Ultimately the admins will decide if my concerns have validity. --Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:12, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Well referenced. Noting that, it is also undue to try to balance what is not balanced in reliable sources. –Ammarpad (talk) 00:02, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

RD : Rajinder Sachar

Article: Rajinder Sachar (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu, The Indian Express
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Skr15081997 (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.

 Skr15081997 (talk) 11:51, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Very weak oppose in good condition but since it's BLP those [citation needed] really should be addressed before we feature this on the main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:34, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

The Rambling Man, article has been updated and sources added wherever required. --Skr15081997 (talk) 15:03, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

North Korea nuclear site

Articles: Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site (talk · history · tag) and North Korea and weapons of mass destruction (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ North Korea says it is closing its nuclear test site. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ North Korea says it will suspend its nuclear weapon testing program and shut down the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in advance of summits with South Korea and the United States.
News source(s): [2], [3]
Credits:

• Nominated by 50.30.144.20 (talk · give credit)

 50.30.144.20 (talk) 22:36, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose quite the surprise, however the target article is a stub class with no mention of the shut down. In addition, the article provided is very vague in terms of content, as it does not mention why North Korea shut down the facility; most of the content in the source is also just a repeat of past events. SamaranEmerald (talk) 22:47, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment There is a bit more to this story than just shutting down the test site; I've added a different target and blurb, though the target is not yet updated with this news. --Masem (t) 00:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Oppose if it wasn’t for the fact that the summit between Kim and Moon are next week, I would undoubtedly support this nomination. However the summit itself will be the dominating news next week, which will largely make this nomination, should it be posted, obsolete. Kirliator (talk) 00:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Wait – This whole situation remains in flux. Suggest we wait to see whether the proclaimed sea change in DPRK policies actually comes to pass – in some tangible way. Sca (talk) 14:04, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Avicii

Article: Avicii (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Swedish musician and DJ Avicii dies at the age of 28. (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

• Nominated by TompaDompa (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Lacking references as of this nomination. --TompaDompa (talk) 17:45, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support blurb Given his influence on pop music in general (indeed, he appeared on many lists of influential young musicians), I feel he is on the borderline of blurb/RD listing. Sceptre (talk) 17:46, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• support blurb - He is a major figure within music. His death is reported world wide.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:51, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose for RD. Article is in fairly good shape source-wise, although the writing leaves a lot to be desired - it's basically all WP:PROSELINE. There are a couple of CN tags to fix and the discography needs referencing, which shouldn't take too long. Don't think he's blurb worthy.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:52, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb No, obviously no blurb. Being among a influental young musician is very very far from being top of one's field. Needs a few references here and there but overall looks pretty near ready Galobtter (pingó mió) 17:53, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb - According to WP:ITNRD, "In rare cases, the death of major transformative world leaders in their field may merit a blurb". While Avicii has been quite famous in the past few years, he was hardly "transformative" or "leader" in his field. Is there any award or other recognition that named him as the top in world music? HaEr48 (talk) 17:55, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD, wait on blurb. If the death itself becomes newsworthy for the manner of death, then we can revisit the blurb. So far, all we know is that he died. If we can't say more than that, RD is sufficient. --Jayron32 18:00, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD, no opinion on blurb as per above. Nice4What (talk) 18:04, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD Unexpected, tragic, article looks good enough, but not that big for a blurb. talk to !dave 18:12, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD - As with others, I think we should wait on blurb until the circumstances behind the death become apparent. Jayden (talk) 18:16, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD (once a few unsourced paras are dealt with) but Oppose blurb - Barbara Bush was certainly more influential than him, and is only in RD. -Zanhe (talk) 18:21, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD as an unexpected passing of a big name in his field, but Oppose blurb on general notability. Radagast (talk) 18:32, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb Support blurb on principle, wikipedia's editor base is normally not into modern EDM music, but it's one of the biggest music genres in todays market and he is one of it's biggest names, the unexpected young death of a supremely popular (his biggest single has 1.4 billion views on youtube) musician should be exactly what the blurb feature is made for. There's no precedent for such a big EDM musician to have died so obviously there's noone to compare it too, Frankie Knuckles never had mainstream popularity. This is the first death of a worldwide EDM figure. The Barbara Bush comparison is odd, she is not even close to being one of the most notable first ladies, unlike Avicii in EDM. Certainly meets the Paul Walker and Carrie Fisher standard, the difference here is that Star Wars and action movies appeal to an older white male base that edits Wikipedia. GuzzyG (talk) 18:44, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD, oppose blurb Definitely not making the same kind of impact of Paul Walker or Carrie Fisher's deaths, nor anywhere close to Mandela/Thatcher/Prince/Bowie. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:51, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

this was first reported two hours ago, how can you be so sure? GuzzyG (talk) 18:55, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Pretty sure Fisher and Walker news was louder two hours after their deaths were reported. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:57, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Obviously a cardiac arrest on a public flight and a car crash are more tabloid worthy then an undisclosed cause of death in Oman but we're an encyclopedia and what is more important, first death of a international (1.4 billion views on ONE song) EDM performer, or two character actors, i don't even listen to this kind of rubbish but a point has to be made if 1.4 billion people (more would be unaccounted) have listened to your song and you have died young and unexpected like this and not to mention the FIRST major performer in your field then by principle you should be blurb worthy. When historians track specific 21st century entertainment who will show up more, Avicii or Paul Walker? GuzzyG (talk) 19:05, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Posted to RD. — xaosflux ^Talk 19:23, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• oppose blurb not Thatcher or Mandela --LaserLegs (talk) 21:17, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• To be fair, I can't see his DJ sets being that riveting if he was either of those two. Oh, and obviously RD only. Black Kite (talk) 21:19, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Final comment, i'm in shock, honestly - this Thatcher/Mandela saying has to go if we posted people like Walker and Fisher. IF you're expecting Thatcher/Mandela types then that's like 10 people a century. I think it's a straight up disgrace that a 10 day old aircrash is still on our main page but a leader in their genre dying at an unexpected young age and the number one story on the front page of BBC cannot be posted. 11 billion streams on spotify and you're not of "sufficient worldwide notability". A joke. I dislike this kind of music and am generally a luddite but i call it for what it is. GuzzyG (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
  • I consider Walker/Fisher/Prince to be mistakes, and I don't believe compounding errors undoes those which are past. 10 people in a century? Sure, sounds good to me. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:14, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb: Just my opinion as it's not going to happen. This Thatcher/Mandela yardstick would be honourable but it hasn't been fully uniform. I would honestly not put Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher and Paul Walker in that category of people who changed the course of human history. However there have been people from the world of popular culture whose premature deaths have been news stories in an of themselves. I'm not talking cult figures like Lil Peep, but when someone measurably famous like Avicii or Chester Bennington dies prematurely that falls in the same bracket as Fisher and Walker: well-known, contributed to multi-million dollar works, death is big news but not world changer. Just my two cents. Harambe Walks (talk) 00:19, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Who are Reynolds, Fisher or Walker? I would have oppose their blurbs as well. Also, if we post blurb for Avicii then in the future someone might cite it as precedent to allow even more "famous people" blurbs. IMO, we should stick with the bar set formally by WP:ITNRD, "the death of major transformative world leaders in their field may merit a blurb", and not by previous example which might have been a mistake. HaEr48 (talk) 00:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Post Posting Oppose Significant gaps in referencing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:40, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Significant? The article overall is mostly well referenced, you only added about 3 or 4 CN tags. Does an article really need to be perfect to be listed as in the news? – numbermaniac 01:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
    • BLPs usually need to be correctly and comprehensively referenced, if that's what you mean by "perfect"? The Rambling Man (talk) 02:36, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
      • True. It's not really a BLP anymore though, but I get your point. – numbermaniac 08:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
        • FWIW, we consider articles related to the recently deceased to still be covered by BLP (generally for 6 mo to 2 years from their death, depending). --Masem (t) 13:14, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Article: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is held in the United Kingdom. (Post)
News source(s): BBC BBC topic
Credits:

• Nominated by LukeSurl (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Tidy article about a meeting of about 50 governments, almost all represented by their heads of government. Prince Charles' appointment as the next head is the main BBC headline, but I prefer simply linking to the article. I believe it's just closing as I type, a few past/preent/future tense issues can be ironed out over the next few hours. LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:03, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose "Commonwealth leaders meet"... so what? What makes this meeting more notable than any other? It's not Prince Charles. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:10, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support decent article, in the news. Blurb should mention Charles even if it's not the bold article. A table of attendees would be nice, but not required. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:02, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Over the last few years ITN has shifted to posting summits only when they have major outcomes. The only concrete result from this CHOGM seems to be agreeing how the succession will work when Elizabeth II finally dies, which hasn't happened yet. Otherwise it's just the usual chat between politicians. Modest Genius ^talk 18:16, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - I don't really think there's anything too significant about this. Jayden (talk) 18:18, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

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• Weak Support - hard to find articles about it from outside the Commonwealth, but then again the Commonwealth covers a lot so I guess it's newsworthy. Juxlos (talk) 17:50, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support per LaserLegs and Jayden, the Commonwealth spans some 50+ nations, so this not a small diplomatic meeting. Even if it only reaffirms Prince Charles as Elizabeth II’ successor to the throne, it’s still newsworthy in my opinion. Kirliator (talk) 00:41, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Concur that meeting of 50-or thereabout of heads of state is non trivial diplomatic meeting and it doesn't happen always. This is really also in the news. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:23, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose We recently removed the G20 as an ITNR [Removed_Remove:_G20_summits], but would still allow a G20 to be posted if something of significant note occurred. I see that that same principle should apply here. The fact the Commonwealth leaders are meeting is not news itself, it is whatever resolves come out of it. --Masem (t) 05:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
  • It was removed because the target article was not up to scratch -- not because "not soccer and no deaths". --LaserLegs (talk) 19:09, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose really not significant. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:35, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Really not a reason just an opinion.WTKitty (talk) 13:37, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose for now What happened in the meeting? This is a reoccurring event, but if something unique happened at it then we can post this. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:34, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Walter Moody

Article: Walter Moody (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 05:56, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Sourcing is fine. (However, I do think this fails BLPCRIME, he's only notable for the bombing and trial, and so really should be covered at something like Death of Robert Smith Vance. However, that issue can wait until after the RD is off the page. --Masem (t) 06:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - referenced. Notable. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 09:35, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Good referencing throughout the article, seems fine to post. – numbermaniac 13:37, 20 April 2018 (
• Support Bombing AND trial? that sounds like two events to me ;). Not to mention the execution (the oldest), counting three events to me. GuzzyG (talk) 18:52, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 21:17, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

April 19

Portal:Current events/2018 April 19

April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces. (Reuters) War in Donbass Ukrainian ecology minister Ostap Semerak warns of a major nuclear disaster if pro-Russia separatists go forward with a plan to flood a mine where a small nuclear weapon was tested in the 1970s. Semerak appeals for international assistance to prevent the flooding. (The Irish Times) Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a recruiter for the September 11 attacks, is arrested in Syria. (NBC News) Arts and culture Prosecutors in Minnesota say nobody will be charged over the death of Prince, who accidentally overdosed on counterfeit fentanyl pills. (BBC News) Yom Ha'atzmaut Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary of its existence as a Jewish state. (CBC) Disasters and accidents Shoreham Airshow crash Jet pilot Andy Hill, accused of eleven counts of manslaughter over a 2015 crash at Shoreham Airshow in England, makes an initial Magistrates' Court appearance. He indicates he will deny the charges and the case is transferred to Crown Court. (BBC News) Mount Kirishima in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. It is the first time it has erupted since 1768. (Click Lancashire) Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 The United States National Transportation Safety Board declares metal fatigue caused a fan blade failure that killed a passenger on April 16, the same issue behind a similar accident on another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in 2016. The Federal Aviation Administration announces mandatory ultrasonic inspections on fan blades fitted to CFM56-7B engines of which around 8,000 are flying worldwide. (BBC News) Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee releases a preliminary report detailing the circumstances of a collision between two passenger planes on a runway at Kuala Namu International Airport last year. (The Aviation Herald) International relations North Korea–South Korea relations South Korea states that North Korea has expressed a desire to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula without attaching preconditions such as withdrawing US troops. (The Guardian) Law and crime Murder in English law A woman goes on trial in England accused of murdering a man who was voluntarily euthanised in Belgium after she allegedly attacked him with acid. Prosecutors say medical evidence indicates "he could not bear to live in that condition." (BBC News) The High Court in Glasgow jails corrupt juror Catherine Leahy for six years in the first case of its kind in Scotland. (The Guardian) Terrorism in Norway The police bomb group moved out to an apartment in Rosenhoff, Oslo, when informed that there might be explosives in the apartment. One person was found slightly injured. (Aftenposten) Two deputies are shot dead at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, in what appears to be a targeted killing. The gunman was found dead outside the restaurant. (CNN) A court in Tajikistan sentenced a 71-year old woman to 12 years in prison after having links to the Islamic State group. (EurasiaNet) A US federal judge rules the Department of Defence cannot transfer an unidentified ISIS suspect with US-Saudi dual citizenship to an unnamed foreign country. (CNN) Politics and elections Cuban parliamentary election, 2018 Miguel Díaz-Canel is named the new President of Cuba. It is the first time in six decades that a Castro family member is not leading Cuba. (WTKR) History of Swaziland Marking the country's 50th anniversary of independence, Swaziland's King Mswati III officially renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini. (BBC News) Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020 Republican Senators Ron Johnson and Bob Corker opt not to commit to endorsing Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. (ABC News) South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham states that he will support Trump in the 2020 elections. (The Post and Courier) Political appointments by Donald Trump The U.S. Senate votes 50–49 to confirm Jim Bridenstine as administrator of NASA. (CBS News) Sports 2018 NFL season As expected, the regular-season schedule for the 2018 NFL season is released, with the defending champions Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons in the league's season opener on September 6. (Yahoo! Sports)

(Posted) RD: Agnès-Marie Valois

Article: Agnès-Marie Valois (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): World War Two heroine 'Angel of Dieppe' dies at 103
Credits:

• Nominated by Iselilja (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: New article that is a bit short, but I believe sufficient as it is difficult to expand her story a lot without getting into trivia and legends. Iselilja (talk) 22:59, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article well developed and well sourced for a newborn article. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 08:23, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:35, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment needs a one line prose update stating date and place of death, then GTG. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:28, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done Iselilja (talk) 15:59, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Posted. 331dot (talk) 08:08, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

(Attention needed) Armenia protests

Article: 2018 Armenian protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Police in Armenia have detained an opposition MP who has been leading anti-government protests. (Post)
News source(s): via Yahoo
Credits:

• Nominated by Lihaas (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Article is a little under prepared, but the protests are daily and if precedent in georgia is anything this is getting precarious. "Velvet Revolution" they are calling it (yes, soros' closed society sounds involved). --Lihaas (talk) 23:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose article is out of date, no blurb is suggested, bad nom. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:14, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Seems premature. The article mentions only 100 protesters, so as yet is not anywhre near the scale for an ITN posting.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:07, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose for now but conditional support if there's even a blurb to support (that's kind of important) and the article is improved. I'm interested, but the article has very poor translations in it such as "Oppositional signals spark the flag of Armenia, clamoring for the motto of the movement" which even with context does't make sense. The article needs a lot of work and the nom didn't even offer a blurb for me to support, so oppose by default, but if improvements are made before this closes as oppose I'll reconsider my vote. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 13:23, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per all of the above. Kirliator (talk) 00:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - In the news now. And article looks good. Added blurb as well. Sherenk1 (talk) 10:26, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
• Changing !vote to Support - The new blurb looks good and there has been significant progress made on the article. Now that @The Rambling Man:'s concern has been dealt with & @Pawnkingthree:'s concern that there were only 100 protesters is obsolete (now there's reportedly well over 50,000 participating and hundreds of arrests) I no longer have reasons to oppose this blurb. The latest developments in this event seem to be warning signs of a government in crisis, meaning this story demonstrates long-term significance regardless of whether the protests succeed or fail. Update: I reinforce my support now that this article has been significantly improved since my last comment. I am impressed with the the sourcing and the subject has become more notable with the resignation of high-level politicians as a direct response to the protests. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:43, 22 April 2018 (UTC) BrendonTheWizard (talk) 16:12, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose on notability, really a minor protest. The article claims that 115k people participated in it (some 5 times the size of the largest rally during the 2014 revolution in the Ukraine), but it's sourced by twitter of all places. Which brings me to the quality threshold, which I think the article does not pass. Many statements are very poorly sourced by twitter/facebook posts, many are not sourced at all. IF someone fixes them then maybe I can tentatively support it, but then the blurb should mention the actual number of people on the square since the current one may be misleading, not to mention that arresting an mp in itself for organising a rally is not in itself ITN-worthy Randomnickname567 (talk) 10:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Changing my vote to Support now that Sargsyan has resigned, which makes the protests a notable event. The article was improved too, most statements were sources, and notable unsourced ones I removed. Randomnickname567 (talk) 13:35, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

(Pulled) Kingdom of eSwatini

Article: Swaziland (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Swaziland's King Mswati III officially renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by HonorTheKing (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Marking the country's 50th anniversary of independence, Swaziland's King Mswati III officially renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini. (BBC) --
  – HonorTheKing (talk) 18:30, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support. Unusual.Zigzig20s (talk) 18:50, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Unusal and interesting. But Oppose for now based on article quality. Needs to be fully referenced and updated.BabbaQ (talk) 18:53, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose The nominator's comments say more than the article does. If it's to mark the 50th anniversary of independence then the article needs to be updated to say that. But even if it's updated and referenced, I still don't think it's that notable. It's the whim of an absolute monarch. Has it been recognized by any other government?--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:43, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. How is this ITNR? 331dot (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• It quite clearly isn't, so I've modified the template.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:53, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Hasn't this been done before? Sca (talk) 20:31, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support in principle an interesting and non-death related story. However, there needs to be a good update... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:50, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Also support in principle, but that update isn't good enough. One sentence that explains it less than the nomination comment above. I want to know why "eSwatini". – Muboshgu (talk) 22:36, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• weak wait until UN or AU recognize it.Lihaas (talk) 23:06, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

  UN or AU don't need to recognise it. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:13, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

  I don’t think either organisation has any mechanism for or interest in objecting to a name change. If a recognised member turns up and says “this is my new name now” that’s it. —LukeSurl ^{t c} 08:09, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support seems very obvious. So what if it's the whim of an absolute monarch - it's still something that affects the entire country fundamentally. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banedon (talk • contribs) 03:32, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support per the above. The update is a tad thin but adequate. Davey2116 (talk) 03:55, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support And one of my 75 wives to the admin who posts this. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:52, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posting. --Tone 09:17, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose and pull? Seriously, from a quality standpoint the article is not even close. Did any of the supporters actually bother to read it? Whole huge unreferenced sections. We demand better from an RD posting of some TV actress. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:46, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
  • You obviously didn't bother to read my above comment or TRM's, or BabbaQ's. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:58, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
    • You and TRM mentioned the update, not the referencing issues. Oh well, I'm just a terrible human being I suppose. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:04, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Pull Referencing is dreadful with huge gaps. How did this get posted? -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:52, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Pulled The referencing is indeed awful - even a few of the Support comments noted that it wasn't currently fit to post, and they're right. Black Kite (talk) 14:03, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. This definitely needs more work.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:54, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• General aside The Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland appears to be completely unaware of this, and their current press releases—example—are still using "Swaziland" exclusively in their English-language text. ‑ Iridescent 16:03, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment – This story seemed intriguing and slightly humorous, but in retrospect the play accorded it on major news sites (BBC, Guardian, Reuters, NYT) seems to have been excessive, even hypey. Sca (talk) 17:13, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-pulling support in principle - once the sourcing concerns are fixed, I'd support re-adding it. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 17:44, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment if you ask me, this was the King’s decision, I’m not sure if he took into account of the world accepting the name change immediately. It will probably be called Swaziland in general for ages to come. Python Dan (talk) 02:42, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) New president of Cuba

Article: Miguel Díaz-Canel (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Miguel Díaz-Canel succeeds Raúl Castro as President of Cuba (Post)
News source(s): Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Modest Genius (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.

Nominator's comments: Diaz-Canel was selected as the only candidate on Wednesday and RSs are indicating that he will be unanimously approved by the National Assembly on Thursday (i.e. later today). We should post as soon as that happens, which will be the point he officially takes over. However his article is a bit bare bones at present, with only one sentence of update edit: I've added a short section. Modest Genius ^talk 12:39, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• I think the article is in a good shape. Ready to post when the handover takes place (ping me). --Tone 13:09, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. --Tone 14:42, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Article is entirely inadequate for a head of state. It is only barely past a stub. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm not aware of a 'Head of state' article guideline, perhaps you could link to it? Only in death does duty end (talk) 15:14, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

As he is described as "a party technocrat who is little-known to the public" there's probably not much more out there to add to the article.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:16, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I am basing my oppose on past precedent at ITN. We generally have a higher standard for presidents prime ministers etc. But in all honesty I think I would oppose posting this in its current state even if it wasn't a head of state. It is not up to scratch for the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:19, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

As Cuba is a sovereign state its covered under ITN/R and so postable as long as the quality is of a sufficient level. The article is shorter than some (given the new President is a relatively unknown technocrat in a single-party communist regime that is not exactly unusual) however it is sourced, contains the relevant biographical info and no glaring errors. Most heads of state have long careers in the public eye before they reach the top spot. Cuba has been about the Castro's and only the Castro's for the last 50 years+. Coupled with the wide variety of sanctions on the country, the lack of information in the western media on other public figures there is also not unusual. Only in death does duty end (talk) 15:36, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

I think we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one. IMHO an article that can be summed up as "X exists, was born on... was a party technocrat... and is now the dictator err... President of country Y" no matter how well sourced, is not the kind of quality article we promote on the front page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• ITNA is fairly clear about the need for consensus before posting. I fail to see why this had to be posted so quickly before discussion could take place. ghost 15:33, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• I'm all for speedy admin actions on ITN/R items. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 15:44, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• The quality of ITNR items must be discussed at ITNC, as you well know. If it was a GA, sure, but the article is short and lean. Some people may have raised legitimate objection if given time. ghost 16:27, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Post-posting Support It's ITN/R and although the target article is short I see no major deficiencies.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment switch the image please! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:59, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Agreed, the boring golf club photo has been on the main page way too long! -Zanhe (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Image switched. Courcelles (talk) 18:33, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Post-posting weak oppose - This should not have been posted while the article President of Cuba was in such bad shape. Not only is that article lacking in sources (with a tag almost a year old), but it doesn't make clear that the real leader of Cuba is First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (and that is still Raúl Castro). Adpete (talk) 23:53, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Further comment: perhaps the blurb could also say, while Castro remains First Secretary. Adpete (talk) 23:58, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Are you suggesting that any other articles linked in ITN blurbs should be subject to the same level of quality scrutiny as the main target? The Rambling Man (talk) 00:00, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

I actually thought that was the case. If it isn't, there should at least be some scrutiny of them. Now, backtracking slightly on my "real leader" comment, I've seen another source (BBC) that says Díaz-Canel will in fact become the "real leader"; while the The Guardian link says it's more of a transition. I don't know, but I think the additional link to First Secretary might help. Adpete (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

No, that's not nor as I believe to be true, has ever been the case. The Rambling Man (talk) 00:11, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

What, zero scrutiny on an article linked from the ITN blurb? Surely that's a policy that needs fixing. Anyway, on this blurb and link, I argue that something needs to change because it's not a simple succession but more like a transition arrangement. See e.g. NY Times ("Castros still hold sway" [4]); ABC ("Castro is almost certain to remain the most powerful person in Cuba for the time being" [5]). Adpete (talk) 00:20, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

It's not a policy. The Rambling Man (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Do you have an opinion on my proposed amendment to the blurb? Adpete (talk) 00:45, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

The posted blurb is just fine and reflects reliable sources. The Rambling Man (talk) 00:48, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

(Removed) Remove from ongoing: Gaza border protests

Article: 2018 Gaza border protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: These protests are no longer making headlines. Last activity noted in the article is 16 April, last major protests were 13 April. LukeSurl ^{t c} 10:44, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

• Pull per OP. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:15, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support removal - done and dusted for the time being. Stormy clouds (talk) 16:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support removal good to get rid of. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Removed Stephen 04:57, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
•  Comment: Stephen: Are you sure that it's no longer an ongoing event? So, what are these sources saying:

• Israeli fire in new Gaza border protest kills 2 Palestinians, by AP published in Washington Post, April 20 at 8:50 AM. (See also Israeli Fire in New Gaza Border Protest Kills 2 Palestinians, by US News)
• The Insanity at the Gaza Fence, by the NY Times April 20, 2018.
• Israel drops leaflets warning Gaza protesters to keep away from fence, by Times of Israel Today, 8:32 am.
• FEATURE/ISRAEL The Palestinian women at the forefront of Gaza's protests, by Aljazeera 5 hours ago.
• Two Palestinians shot dead as Gaza protests resume, by i24NEWS 04/20/2018 (updated at 5:33:12 PM)

...and the article is getting updates. The removal was an immature decision. --Mhhossein ^talk 13:05, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• The only substantive new information to the article, made after it was pulled, was a single sentence about a Woman's protest. It may or may not still be in the news, that's of minimal importance given that if no one can be bothered to expand the article with that information, there's no need to keep it in ongoing. It may be the biggest story in the world right now; that doesn't matter if the article is not receiving quality updates. If you can provide enough information to make it clear that this article needs, and is getting, daily updates then sure, maybe we can add it to ongoing. At the state it was in when it was removed, that was not evident from the article text. --Jayron32 14:20, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• You are amazingly closing your eyes on those sources. --Mhhossein ^talk 18:03, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

• What Jayron32 is telling you—correctly—is that we don't care about the sources for the purposes of ITN. The purpose of the Main Page is to highlight quality Wikipedia articles, not to highlight articles for which sources exist but which haven't been written. ‑ Iridescent 18:12, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
• What I find amazing is that the amount of effort you just wasted complaining about this could have been better applied to fixing the article text. Had you, days ago, added that information to the article then it, very likely, would never have come up in discussion to be removed from ongoing. As usual, it's much easier to assume some mysterious "others" will do necessary work, and then complain when it isn't done. Go fix the article, because posting sources here is of no use to the encyclopedia. --Jayron32 18:15, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

That's right, the article needs to get updates. Thank you. --Mhhossein ^talk 16:47, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

• Updated — This protest is running on a largely weekly cycle of larger protests on Fridays. Extensive coverage continues, including profile pieces in places like The New York Times of individuals killed. I don't object to the pressure to keep the article up to date but now it is. Maybe we can avoid nominating it for removal on a Wednesday or Thursday, only to have to debate re-adding it later in the week.--Carwil (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

April 18

Portal:Current events/2018 April 18

April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict Terrorism in Israel As Israel marks Memorial Day followed immediately by Independence Day a truck driver is arrested at a checkpoint at the Reihan Crossing in the West Bank suspected of being on his way to launch a terror attack. The truck's contents were marked as supplies for communities on the border but were actually explosives. Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman orders the checkpoint closed. Henceforth only humanitarian cases will be allowed passage at Israel's discretion. (Israel National News) (Haaretz) Syrian Civil War Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War It is revealed a recent airstrike mounted by Israel against an airbase in Syria targeted an Iranian Tor missile air defence system. (Haaretz) Libyan Crisis (2011–present) A car bomb targeting a military official in Benghazi, Libya kills one and injures two. The official survives. (Reuters) Terrorism in the United States Three men are convicted in Kansas of plotting a mosque bombing. (CNBC) Terrorism in Egypt An Egyptian court jails three Muslim Brotherhood members for life and 36 others for ten years each for terror offences. Fourteen others are acquitted. (News24) Eternal derby of Bulgarian football A bomb explodes at a football match between Bulgarian rivals Levski Sofia and CSKA at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, injuring two police officers, one seriously. It is the second time a match between the two has seen an explosion, with a similar incident killing a man in 2000. (ESPN UK) Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal UK media regulator Ofcom launches investigations into RT over possible breaches of impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning. Ofcom warns producer TV Novosti it may be forced to cease UK broadcasting. (Reuters) Arts and culture Cinema of Saudi Arabia A 35-year ban on movie theaters ends in Saudi Arabia with Marvel Studios' Black Panther being the first film to show. (CNN) Business and economy Economy of Iran Iran's central bank officially switches from using the U.S. dollar to the euro in its international transactions. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Shipwrecks in 2018 Search and rescue operations end after a crewman missing after a fire broke out aboard drillship MV Geo Technical in the South China Sea yesterday is found dead on the vessel. A gas leak discovered today was hampering the efforts. (The Star) (The Maritime Executive) 2018 in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico experiences an island-wide blackout after an excavator accidentally downs a transmission line. (AP News) Accidents involving helicopters An Iranian helicopter crashes into the Persian Gulf whilst evacuating an unwell oil worker. Two people die. (Trend) Associated Aviation Flight 361 Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall. The resulting crash killed fifteen. (The Aviation Herald) Saratov Airlines Flight 703 Russian investigators say the flight crew received indications of a failure in the heating for the pitot-static system, which measures parameters including airspeed. The crew received mismatching airspeed information prior to the crash near Moscow. All 71 on board died. (The Aviation Herald) A bus and a truck collide near Winterthur, Switzerland, injuring 15. (ABC News) International relations Tajikistan–Uzbekistan relations Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agree to hold military drills for the first time. (Trend) Iran and weapons of mass destruction Iran reveals several new missiles on Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day, including the new air missile defense system Kamin-2. (Tasmin News Agency) Law and crime Criminal transmission of HIV in the United Kingdom A Crown Court in England jails Daryll Rowe for life with a minimum of 12 years for deliberately infecting five men with HIV and attempting to infect five more. He is the first person convicted of deliberate HIV transmission in the United Kingdom. (BBC News) Basque conflict Basque separatist group ETA announces its dissolution in May. (EFE) Politics and elections Cuban parliamentary election, 2018 Cuban president Raúl Castro prepares to step down as Miguel Díaz-Canel is elected as his successor. This marks the first time since the Cuban Revolution that the country is not led by a member of the Castro family. (Washington Post) Protests against Donald Trump Pittsburgh Police prepares large riot gears for a potential protest if Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller. (Washington Post) Protests in Nicaragua against Daniel Ortega Initially sparked by proposed social security reforms, culminated in demands for president Daniel Ortega to step down and a government crackdown. (The Guardian). Science and technology 2018 in spaceflight NASA's TESS exoplanet space telescope, whose launch was initially delayed, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. (CNN) (Space) The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory states that Kīlauea is showing unusually high activity and that a new vent could form. (Big Island Now) Stratolaunch announce plans to test fly the world's largest plane this year. (Engadget) Sports 2018 Gaza border protests Reports emerge Palestinian cyclist Alaa Al-Daly, 21, had his leg amputated after being shot by an Israeli sniper on the first day of the protests and as a result can no longer compete in the upcoming Asian Games. (Reuters)

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(Stale) RD: Jerry Green (politician)

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Article: Jerry Green (politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): InsiderNJ.com and MyCentralJersey.com
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Skr15081997 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2018. --Skr15081997 (talk) 15:45, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Dale Winton

Article: Dale Winton (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by The Rambling Man (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.

 The Rambling Man (talk) 20:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - Referencing not up to scratch. Mjroots (talk) 06:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose for now, due to referencing especially of stuff that could be contentious. Aiken D 06:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC) Now support. Aiken D 21:57, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support I've just trimmed the uncited contentious stuff that I couldn't find cites for that were guaranteed not to be a circular citation and referenced everything else. Miyagawa (talk) 17:56, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - now seems perfectly well sourced. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:28, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Sufficiently improved.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:30, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - improved.BabbaQ (talk) 19:04, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 22:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Trial against president Nicolás Maduro

Articles: Nicolás Maduro (talk · history · tag) and es:Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela en el exterior ([[Talk::es:Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela en el exterior|talk]] · history · [[[:Template:Fullurl:Talk::es:Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela en el exterior]] tag])
Blurb: ​ The Venezuelan National Assembly approves a graft trial against president Maduro (Post)
News source(s): ABC NewsVoice of AmericaPanam Post
Credits:

• Nominated by Jamez42 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: I'm not sure if this should be considered for the ITN sections, but I'd still like to open a discussion. Venezuela currently has a de jure Supreme Tribunal, also called the Supreme Tribunal in exile, named during last year's protests, and a de facto one. Not long ago the de jure Supreme Tribunal approved the pre trial of Maduro due to corruption charges realted to Operation Car Wash after a motion was introduced by the former Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, and yesterday the opposition controlled Assembly approved to proceed with the trial with a two thirds majority, legally removing him from the presidency. Although it's unlikely that Maduro will leave the office, the region has showed support of the decision. Jamez42 (talk) 16:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - for fairly obvious reasons we cannot have the target article be in Spanish, or not on en.wikipedia.org. No comment on the nomination thus far however, but without a suitable target article, any further discussion is moot. - Stormy clouds (talk) 17:05, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose no target article, even the Maduro article doesn't seem to cover this in any detail. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose As noted by the ABC News article, this trial is mostly symbolic, as those involved have no recognized authority by the current ruling gov't (which I'm aware its the call towards corruption in the gov't that is at issue here). And as this only is a start of the trial, it would be better to recognize when it is over; even if it has no recognized authority, various world leaders may speak towards it and support it. --Masem (t) 17:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional oppose - The news section for en.wikipedia.org should link to another article on en.wikipedia.org. If there was an English Wikipedia article that covers the subject, then I may reconsider, but oppose for now. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 16:28, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Close per WP:SNOW. We will not link an article from another wiki at the main page. And the news is not newsworthy anyway: even if this was a regular trial, we would include it as news when there is a sentence, not when the trial has just started. Cambalachero (talk) 19:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per the above user. Python Dan (talk) 02:35, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Bruno Sammartino

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Article: Bruno Sammartino (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN, New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Spman (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Legendary Professional Wrestler and Weightlifter Spman

• Oppose far too much of it is unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:35, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support I added an article from the NYT, which covers his death in a lot more detail than the ESPN one (Sammartino was the guy in New York City for a while). Vilhjalmsson (talk) 21:25, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

  It's not just the death that needs referencing, it's all the rest of the article. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support in principle. Unreferenced, but there's no question about his importance to professional wrestling. Hopefully someone can whip the article into shape. --PlasmaTwa2 23:44, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support this article pretty much needs to be fixed up for this. He's one of the most significant figures in pro wrestling ever.★Trekker (talk) 06:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I feel like the RD boilerplate is not working. Perhaps we need less flowery language? ghost 13:11, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - a few people are working to source this article, myself included. Nikki♥311 18:10, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article fixed up to postable shape.LM2000 (talk) 08:10, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article still has a very few sections that could use CNs but the article has been very well fixed up. Good job! --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 08:26, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Multiple paragraphs that lack a single reference. Stephen 10:43, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Stale) RD: Paul Jones

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Article: Paul Jones (wrestler) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Charleston Post and Courier, Canadian Online Explorer
Credits:

• Nominated by GaryColemanFan (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Famous professional wrestler and manager for three decades GaryColemanFan

• Support Much like with Samartino I think the pro wrestling project needs to come together here and try to fix up anything that needs fixing.★Trekker (talk) 06:47, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Fixed up enough to post.LM2000 (talk) 08:10, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 08:25, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
• Multiple paragraphs that lack a single reference. Stephen 10:45, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

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April 17

Portal:Current events/2018 April 17

April 17, 2018 (2018-04-17) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are considering replacing the U.S. military forces in Syria with a regional Arab force. (Haaretz) Israeli–Palestinian conflict Memorial Day Israel holds services remembering 23,646 Israeli soldiers and 3,134 civilians killed in the conflict. (The Times of Israel) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a Foreign Ministry ceremony commemorating the nation's sixteen diplomats killed in service, states security services are prepared to foil possible attacks on diplomats by Iran. (The Jerusalem Post) 2018 Gaza border protests Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border. (i24 News) The names of 3,607 employees of Unit 731, a Japanese military medical experimentation unit associated with war crimes during World War II, are released. Prosecutors in the United States had kept their identities secret following the war in exchange for access to data gleaned from the project. (Newsweek) Terrorism in Spain Eight people go on trial in Navarra, Spain, accused of terrorism after an alleged attack on two Civil Guards in a controversial case with the prosecution seeking a total 375 years imprisonment for the defendants. The defence claims the incident was nothing more than a bar brawl and Amnesty International describes the charges as "inappropriate". (The Local) A grenade explodes in Moyale, Ethiopia, killing three people and injuring dozens. (Africa News) Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State. Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences. (Iraqi News) Disasters and accidents Shipwrecks in 2018 Disasters in Indonesia Oil exploration ship MV Ocean Geos catches fire after an explosion on board off Kuala Baram, Indonesia. Of the crew, 37 are evacuated including two injured and one more remains missing. Four firefighting tugs are in attendance. (The New Straits Times) (Offshore Support Journal Online) Tanker ships MT Crystal Sunrise and MT Astro Saturn collide off Singapore, causing damage to both vessels and a butane leak. (Channel NewsAsia) Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 A passenger jet suffers an uncontained engine failure during a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. One passenger is killed. The aircraft diverts to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (BBC) Disasters in Indonesia A bridge linking Babat, Lamongan, and Widang, Tuban, in East Java, Indonesia, collapses. Several vehicles fall into the Bengawan Solo River, killing at least two truckers. (The Sunday Times) Health and environment The European Commission rules Poland's logging operations in the Białowieża Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are a violation of international law. (The Independent) International relations 2018 inter-Korean summit, North Korea–South Korea relations North Korea and South Korea announce that they are planning to officially end the Korean War by writing a peace agreement. An armistice agreement was reached, ending armed conflict, in 1953. U.S. President Donald Trump called the decision to end the war a blessing. (Business Insider), (CBN) 2018 North Korea–United States summit, North Korea–United States relations United States officials state that Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo met with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un. (WBIR-TV) Law and crime Terrorism in Europe The European Commission announces plans to force tech companies worldwide that provide services within the European Union to supply data on their users in counterterror investigations. (The Guardian) 2018 Berlin anti-semitic attack Two Israeli men wearing kippahs are attacked in Berlin, Germany. (BBC) 8,500 prisoners are granted amnesty in Myanmar by President Win Myint. (Voice of America) Officials announce the arrests in Iraq of two men suspected of plotting terror attacks for Islamic State in Australia. (ABC) Politics and elections Politics of Armenia Amid anti-government protests, Armenia's National Assembly swears in former President Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister. The opposition call the move a "power grab". (BBC) Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92. (Reuters) Science and technology In Los Angeles, SpaceX announced that they will build a massive rocket named BFR capable of sending humans to Mars. (PC Magazine) New research suggests the Almahata Sitta meteorites are evidence of a lost additional planet in the Solar System. (Science) The lesser long-nosed bat, once on the brink of extinction, is removed from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds. It is the first U.S. bat species to officially recover from the imminent threat of extinction. (National Geographic) Sports 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs In ice hockey, the Las Vegas Golden Knights became the first NHL franchise to complete a 4-game sweep in the postseason during their inaugural season after their victory over the Los Angeles Kings. (ESPN)

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(Closed) Southwest Airlines Flight 1380

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Article: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 (aircraft pictured) suffers an uncontained engine failure, leading to the death of a passenger. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Mjroots (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jax 0677 (talk · give credit) and Dane (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Right, before you all say "only one person died", this is a highly unusual accident. Yes, uncontained engine failures happen several times a year. However, they do not usually end in fatalities. Article is in good shape, well-formed and well referenced. Mjroots (talk) 04:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support Rare freak accident that's in the news and has a decent start of an article. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support If this was competing for space among several other concurrent blurbs, the accident is not as bad as it could have been and I would not think it appropriate to post it. However, blurbs are slow right now, so this seems like a good story to keep ITN looking fresh, and it is an unusual accident. --Masem (t) 05:35, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment correct me if I’m wrong, but if I recall, wasn’t there a similar incident some time back about a year or two ago involving an aircraft in an accident with a single fatality that was posted to ITN? Kirliator (talk) 05:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Agree with above reasoning. Sherenk1 (talk) 06:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - one person died. Not notable as a result. To say "highly unusual, hence notable" isn't really a tenable argument, viz Man Dies After Getting Head Stuck in Movie Theater Seat. I doubt anyone would say that's worthy of a blurb. Banedon (talk) 09:59, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose. A minor accident with few casualties and no broader implications. Weak opposition only because we could do with some turnover in blurbs. Modest Genius ^talk 10:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Support excellent article a shining example of what recent disaster articles should look like, certainly actually in the news, since WP:MINIMUMDEATHS is a totally made up nonsense number that doesn't actually exist no problem there ... in terms of the made up "broader implications" requirement, second uncontained engine failure on Southwest 737 in 2 years .... interesting. Weak because I still think we over-post disaster stories. --76.122.98.253 (talk) 10:45, 18 April 2018 (UTC) --LaserLegs (talk) 14:58, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. An unfortunate accident, but a minor one. No foul play appears to be involved, just a random mechanical failure due in part to worn parts. I don't think the slow news cycle is a sufficient reason to make an exception. ZettaComposer (talk) 10:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Things like this happen.--WaltCip (talk) 11:02, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• That seems like a very odd reason for opposing. Do you have any idea how infrequently, in terms of annual passenger journeys? Because I'm sure we'll soon get some activity over at The Twilight Zone. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Minor mechanical failure, little impact and virtually no fatality. Not really In the news . –Ammarpad (talk) 11:41, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Try virtually telling Jennifer Riordan. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support First fatality on a US airline since 2009 - these things are fairly rare.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose similar to the nomination made regarding the Youtube Headquarters Shooting earlier this month, this nomination has all ready attracted a number of bias from both sides of the argument, with one side stating this is “unusual” and “major”, while the other arguing that this is “minor” and “short-term”; this is the kind of nomination that spells trouble, especially if it concerns only a single fatality. Python Dan (talk) 12:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• It's not "unusual", it's extremely unusual. And that's not bias, it's just statistics. But as Pawnkingthree, "First fatality on a US airline since 2009" - compare that with.... oh, I don't know, deaths from US gun crime since 2009? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:44, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose per Python Dan, this is an example of when systematic bias put an event at a dangerous level. Besides, as unusual as this accident is in nature, this is nothing more than another aircraft accident. Kirliator (talk) 12:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose minor event, if it led to anything changing in the world of aviation it might be of interest, but I can't see that happening, a one-off catastrophic engine failure is just as Martinevans123 notes really, a chance in a million, and with the number of flights per day, there was always going to be a chance it'd happen some time. And it did. This would be a far better candidate for DYK as how well the pilot did getting such a broken aircraft down without further fatalities. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Kirliator and TRM, a minor aircraft accident at best with almost no chance of long-term impact. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 13:05, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 is a major news story at this time, the first death causing American flight in close to one decade, and should be featured in ITN. --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:13, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• I can't help feeling it's a major story because of where it happened. But that's true of so much news. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:27, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Yep, if this happened anywhere else on planet earth it wouldn't get a sniff, but because it happened in the US (as noted by several supporters) it's more notable. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:32, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Right?? We'd never post a rickety Soviet military plane crashing immediately after take-off! --LaserLegs (talk) 13:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• No, we wouldn't, would we? Mjroots (talk) 13:44, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Apple and pears. That crash killed 92, not one, and was one of the worst disasters of the year. This is just a minor accident. So no, we wouldn't post a rickety Soviet military plane which had an engine failure and only killed one person, definitely not. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:13, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• If it was a military plane and the person killed on duty, no we likely wouldn't. If it were a commercial plane and it was a passenger, we'd probably would. Unfortunately, I can't think of any close examples to pull from here and searching ITNC isn't immediately providing any results. --Masem (t) 14:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• No we would not. A Russian aircraft lands after an incident with one fatality? We'd never post it, never. It would be laughed out of ITNC. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:35, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Ok then trm just let me know what the minimum deaths are and we're all set. --LaserLegs (talk) 14:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• No, you missed the point again, you're attempting to compare a hull loss with 92 deaths to a minor incident in which one person died. There is no comparison here, and just because it involved Americans and was in America, it doesn't make it more notable, despite what some supporters have said. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Agreed just because something is not in America does not make it more notable. So just let me know the minimum number of deaths and we're all set. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:18, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Time to hat this meaningless and illogical repetition I think! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:20, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I think we should avoid posting aircraft disasters with low death tolls, otherwise, ITN would be flooded with such nominations. SamaranEmerald (talk) 13:18, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose – Freak accident. Although one passenger died, it's of scant broader significance. Sca (talk) 13:43, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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• • The vast majority of low death toll aircraft disasters don't get posted. However, a lack of deaths does not necessarily mean a lack of notability. IMvHO, the unusual circumstances in this case merited a nomination. Mjroots (talk) 13:42, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
    • Also we generally only post commercial aviation incidents or where a larger number of civilians were involved. Incidents involving cargo planes, military planes, and private aircraft typically are not considered ITN with common sense exceptions. --Masem (t) 13:44, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support mostly due to the exceptionally-good article. It is in the news, so it does fit the criteria. Davey2116 (talk) 14:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - minor incident in terms of fatalities. Any lasting notability or impact will arise due to potential changes in airline policy, but to post on these grounds would be a violation of WP:CRYSTAL. If the crash is truly so intriguing, take the (admittedly excellent) article to DYK. Stormy clouds (talk) 14:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• (edit conflict) Oppose At the risk of sounding callous, things break and people die. In the grand scheme of things this is a really minor accident. (Thank God.) -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:33, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as noted above, a minor incident with probably very little lasting impact. Lepricavark (talk) 15:03, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Airplane accidents are not uncommon, even in the US, and often result in more deaths than this. Though airline accidents are rare in the US, in my opinion that distinction does not increase significant enough for a blurb. Mamyles (talk) 15:33, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted RD) RD: Barbara Bush

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

• Nominated by EternalNomad (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former US First Lady. EternalNomad (talk) 23:46, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Strong support. Just confirmed that she has indeed died at the age of 92. I would also weakly support a complete blurb as this is a very significant death given the impact that Mrs. Bush had on many issues and topics. 66.31.81.200 (talk) 23:53, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Sadly oppose Such a beautiful and very heartfelt passing, but the article needs source work. I'll wait til the obits come in so fix the article. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:56, 17 April 2018 (UTC) Support RD: Article is in okay enough shape for RD posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:42, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

So 63 standard citations and 5 additional references is still considered “needing source work”? 66.31.81.200 (talk) 23:57, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

When there are unsourced statements, yeah. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:06, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb Not important enough for a blurb. She was a First Lady. She's no Mandela. She's not even a Winnie Mandela. It's almost ready for RD. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:56, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb, Oppose RD, not ready yet. The Rambling Man (talk) 00:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Too many gaps in referencing. I expect this will likely be cleaned up in short order, but we can't post it until it is solidly sourced. FTR I also agree that although very sad, this is not blurb worthy. RD is fine once it is ready. Memory eternal. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:17, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Was famous. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 00:33, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb - an important American but not significant enough for her death to be in other than RD. Nancy Reagan was first lady for twice as long and was a little more politically active, and was only in RD, though I think the process was little different then (March 2016). Adpete (talk) 01:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb - Well... truly legendary and powerful first lady, who called the shots of TWO U.S. Presidents. --Bruzaholm (talk) 01:18, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD. Article is in reasonable shape. Capitalistroadster (talk) 01:19, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Blurb fails the Thatcher/Mandela test. Oppose RD for now, still some unreferenced content. --LaserLegs (talk) 01:25, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb fails the Thatcher/Graham/Mandela test. Support for RD once sourcing issues are resolved. Lepricavark (talk) 01:36, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support RD but unsure about blurb. It's very sad, and it's certainly significant as she was the only first lady to watch her son become president, but her influence was limited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrendonTheWizard (talk • contribs) 22:31, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
  • She was not the only First Lady whose son became POTUS. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
    • To be fair, he did specify that Bush watch[ed] her son become president; Adams died before her son ascended to the office. Of course, that's a minor distinction and doesn't really mean much as far as blurb worthiness (blurbiness?) is concerned. Lepricavark (talk) 03:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
    • Yes, I was referring specifically to witnessing it, but as I specified in my original post I still don't support a blurb. She lacked real influence outside of the US as I said, unlike figures such as Nelson Mandela or more recently Stephen Hawking which absolutely deserved blurbs. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 14:21, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted RD but discussion of a blurb can continue (though I don't think I see consensus). FWIW, to TRM and Muboshgu, I checked the state of the article when you !voted, and I believe gaps in sourcing have been sufficiently covered, hence posting. --Masem (t) 03:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Indeed, the article was improved by the time you posted it. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:42, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support, and also weak support blurb. I kind of wish that RD allowed a five-word description of the deceased individual; in that case I wouldn't support a blurb at all. Davey2116 (talk) 04:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• RD is fine, no reason to make this a blurb. Indeed, I don't see any nomination of one. Modest Genius ^talk 10:41, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Blurb I don’t think her impact is notable enough to Warren a blurb, we don’t want to be US-centric. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 13:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb former first lady of Tanzania probably wouldn't be posted. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 18:20, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb - the wife of the most influential figure in the history of South Africa, who had actual separate political impact, did not merit a blurb. Bush certainly doesn't. Stormy clouds (talk) 18:33, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Carl Kasell

Article: Carl Kasell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NPR
Credits:

• Nominated by Davey2116 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Long-time American broadcaster for NPR dies at 84. Sourcing needs work. Davey2116 (talk) 23:06, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support One unsourced statement of questionable encyclopedic importance (a mistaken death report in 2014) that I removed, and everything else is good to good here. --Masem (t) 03:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks ready to me.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:02, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted --Jayron32 18:47, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Matthew Mellon

Article: Matthew Mellon (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by The Rambling Man (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.

 The Rambling Man (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support - sufficiently referenced. There's one tagged sentence, but it can be deleted if a citation can't be found. -Zanhe (talk) 04:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support - Short, but very well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:05, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - referenced and ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 15:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support I've dealt with that CN tag, should be good to go now.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:08, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posting. --Tone 13:12, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Big Tom

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Article: Big Tom (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Inexorable Existence (talk · give credit) and Fernandosmission (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Irish country music star. Referencing issues. Sherenk1 (talk) 13:03, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose not just reference issues, but the article is a complete mess. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:06, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Awful article. Zero biographical information on his life before the year 2000, and the rest is just a bunch of tables.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:13, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Sadly, article would need an almost complete rewrite before being main page ready. --Jayron32 13:52, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

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April 16

Portal:Current events/2018 April 16

April 16, 2018 (2018-04-16) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in Israel Petah Tikva resident Zohar Zuaretz is indicted on counterterror charges for far right social media posts in which he spoke of killing Arabs. (The Times of Israel) Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman declares the Iliya Institute, a Jerusalem community centre, to be a terror organisation operating on behalf of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. (The Jerusalem Post) Terrorism in Malaysia Malaysia announces the arrest of six alleged Islamic State members accused of plotting to abduct and murder police and assault places of worship. Authorities appeal for information on four more suspects. (Channel NewsAsia) Syrian Civil War Russia denies interfering with the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, and says a nine-member Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team currently waiting in Damascus will be allowed to visit on Wednesday. (BBC) Syrian state media SANA reports that the Syrian Air Defense Force has intercepted several missiles fired at Shayrat Airbase in the Homs Governorate. The U.S. denies any involvement. (Haaretz) 2018 Gaza border protests Israel announces sanctions on the owners of fourteen bus companies, and their families, in response to the firms transporting Palestinian protestors to the Gaza-Israel border. (The Washington Post) Arts and culture 2018 Pulitzer Prize The annual Pulitzer Prizes, which celebrate US journalism, are awarded. The New York Times wins the most with three. Pieces on Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement feature prominently. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents Grenfell Tower fire A leaked draft report by fire investigators BRS Global for the Metropolitan Police reveals new details of mistakes in the construction and refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in London. As well as flammable cladding the report finds errors in window and cavity installation. It concludes the fire would have not spread beyond a single flat and all 71 victims would have survived had refurbishment not been performed, and that victims may also have survived had they sought refuge behind fire doors protecting waste chute rooms on each floor. (The Evening Standard) (The Independent) (The Evening Standard) Disasters in Indonesia A warehouse in Cirebon, Indonesia, collapses onto a neighbouring arts centre where teenagers were preparing for a dance show. At least seven people die, six of them children. (The Straits Times) The Indonesia People's Representative Council convenes a meeting to discuss the ongoing oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan. (Tempo) Shipping accidents in 2018 An initial report on a collision between container ships MV Tolten and MV Hamburg Bay near Karachi, Pakistan, that caused millions of rupees in damage and lost cargo last month suggests errors by MV Toltens captain caused the collision and better tug provision by Karachi Port would have prevented it. (Geo) Firefighters reopen the sealed Korean fishing ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, in a bid to finally extinguish the fire that broke out on April 9. (NZCity.co.nz) Railway accidents in 2018 Four elephants are killed after being hit by a freight train near a Bagadihi Forest Range area in Jharsuguda district in the Indian state of Odisha. (The Tribune Chandigarh) Health and environment An international team researching a plastic-consuming bacterium discovered in 2016 at a Japanese landfill site announce the accidental synthesis of an artificial enzyme that breaks down plastics more efficiently than the bacterium. The team suggest the molecule could be used for environmentally sound plastics disposal. (The Guardian) International relations 2018 inter-Korean summit South Korea is expected to open a press center and online platform in preparations for the summit with North Korea. (The Korean Herald) The summit is expected to set the tone for the North Korea–United States summit later this year. (Yonhap News Agency) Law and crime Crime in India Eight people, including a juvenile and a caretaker for a local temple, go on trial in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, accused of abducting an eight-year-old girl, keeping her captive, sexually abusing her, and murdering her in a high-profile case that has already been the subject of nationwide protests and pretrial Supreme Court proceedings. (The Times of India) Former President of Andalusia and ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Manuel Chaves González declares before the court as a key figure in the ERE corruption scandal. (El País) A judge in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, orders the release of a Proactiva Open Arms migrant search and rescue ship detained in Pozzallo since arriving there on March 18 carrying over 200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. Catania prosecutors requested the Spanish ship's detention alleging involvement in illegal immigration after Proactiva refused to hand the migrants over to Libya. (A.N.S.A.) Police clash with KKE protestors in Athens, Greece, firing tear gas as the crowd uses angle grinders in an attempt to topple a statue of former U.S. President Harry Truman in response to the United States' airstrikes in Syria. Three protestors are injured. (eKathimerini) South Carolina authorities announce that a riot yesterday at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, Lee County, killed seven inmates and wounded seventeen others. (The Guardian) Terrorism in Turkey, Turkey–United States relations U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson goes on trial in Turkey facing espionage and terrorism charges that carry a maximum prison term of 35 years. (ABC News) List of journalists killed in Russia Russian investigative journalist Maxim Borodin falls from a window in Yekaterinburg and dies. Local officials say the death is non-suspicious but Novy Dens chief editor and international monitor OSCE both say he may have been murdered. (BBC) The Holocaust German prosecutors charge an unidentified 94-year-old ex-Auschwitz guard with aiding and abetting 13,335 murders when he was nineteen. (BBC) Science and technology Explorers program SpaceX's scheduled launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is delayed until April 18. TESS is designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method and is 400 times more powerful than the Kepler space observatory. (BBC) China's People's Liberation Army says the nation's J-10C fighter jets have entered combat service. (Xinhua) Bombardier announces an increase in range for the Global 7000 business aircraft to 7,700 nautical miles, surpassing the Gulfstream G650 as the longest-range private jet. (The Montreal Gazette) Archaeologists announce the discovery of a treasure haul potentially linked to 10th Century Danish King Harald Bluetooth in Rügen, Germany. The initial finds were made by amateur treasure hunters in January and the total haul is the largest of its type. (BBC) Sports 2018 Boston Marathon Desiree "Desi" Linden becomes the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years. For the men's division, Yuki Kawauchi of Japan became the first Japanese person to win since 1987. (USA Today)

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(Closed) RD: Choi Eun-hee

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Article: Choi Eun-hee (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Lenoresm (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: South Korean actress. Referencing issues. Sherenk1 (talk) 07:09, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose as noted in the nom, films and awards completely unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:55, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

  Support good work by Lenoresm. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support I have made numerous edits to the article since yesterday and added references for films and awards. Lenoresm (talk) 14:47, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to go.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - good work by Lenoresm for fixing the issues. Ready for ITN. -Zanhe (talk) 16:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Harry Anderson

Article: Harry Anderson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NBCNews
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Unfortunately weak in sourcing. Masem (t) 02:05, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support I fixed the sourcing issue. Now it is well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:55, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Confirming that the sourcing has been significantly improved since I nominated it. --Masem (t) 03:56, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support : I see that. And that is a good work. TDKR Chicago. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:04, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 04:09, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

(Removed) Remove from ongoing: Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018)

Article: Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: I propose to remove the Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) article from the main page "ongoing" section. First, the offensive is essentially complete, with the government declaring two days ago that the locale was fully liberated, and I don't see that any reliable sources are debating this; indeed reliable sources agree the locale is under full government control. Secondly, the article itself has not received any substantive updates since April 14 either. Thirdly, there is already a blurb describing both the chemical attack and the response, which seem to be where the story has migrated, seeing as the offensive itself has ended. Given those three things, we should think about taking this off of "ongoing". --Jayron32 16:02, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support removal per nominator. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:05, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support –No longer "ongoing". Do the needful. –Ammarpad (talk) 20:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Removed Stephen 22:51, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Boston Marathon

Articles: 2018 Boston Marathon (talk · history · tag) and Desiree Linden (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Yuki Kawauchi and Desiree Linden win the 2018 Boston Marathon. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Desiree Linden becomes the first American woman in 33 years to win the Boston Marathon.
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by Cellodont (talk · give credit)

Article updated
One or both nominated events are 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.

Nominator's comments: big news for American atheletics, 2nd American woman to win a major American marathon this year Cellodont (talk) 19:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Not to change too much from Cellodont's submission, but as the Boston Marathon is an ITNR, I've refactors this to be more to this point. I would comment that we generally do not focus to much on the first X of a nation to win this type of event (We're a global work), but we certainly can ID the winners, and if either article is in good shape, can make them secondary targets. I will note the Marathon article needs prose before this can be posted. --Masem (t) 19:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• comment I totally agree with the new blurb, go for it. Hope someone gets this done soon, it's relevant/great news for Japan, for the USA, and everybody, really.Cellodont (talk) 20:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)cellodont
• Oppose Classic example of stub. Mere rephrasing of news piece. This needs non trivial work and lot of actual encylopeic prose before even considering judging its quality. At present, this is unpresentable in every respect. –Ammarpad (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• comment good point. The 2018 boston marathon article has all the salient info on the race that anyone in the future is likely to be looking for, but it's not exactly a good read as a redirect from the front page. this is big news, though....maybe the blurb should point primarily to Kawauchi's and Linden's Wikipedia articles, and secondarily to the little stub? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cellodont (talk • contribs) 20:15, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose It's a stub. A sporting event needs to do better than that. Black Kite (talk) 23:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose nowhere near ready. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:24, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality and unsure about significance. I'm typically opposed to annual events unless there's something unique that occurred during them, and if the winner was the first woman period to win the even then I'd consider that more interesting, but I'm debating whether or not the first woman in a few decades is enough to make the 2018 Boston Marathon worthy of ITN. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 19:54, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

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