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Ebrahim Raisi

A helicopter crash near Varzaqan, Iran, kills eight people, including President Ebrahim Raisi (pictured) and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
In boxing, Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion in twenty-four years.
Protests over voting rights changes break out in the French territory of New Caledonia.
Lee Hsien Loong steps down after nearly twenty years as Prime Minister of Singapore, and is succeeded by Lawrence Wong.

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August 20

Portal:Current events/2015 August 20

August 20, 2015 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Macedonia declares a state of emergency and deploys police units on its borders as immigrants from the Middle East, mainly from Syria and Iraq, block the railway line between Thessaloniki and Skopje. (The News Hub)
August 2015 Egypt bombings
- Large blasts occur in Cairo and Giza, Egypt, targeting the State Security agency and leaving six police officers injured. (Al Jazeera via Twitter), (Al Jazeera), (The Washington Post)
North Korea–South Korea relations, Korean Demilitarized Zone
- North and South Korea exchange artillery fire over the border at Yeoncheon, prompting South Korea to order evacuations of its citizens in the area. (Sky News), (BBC)
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Israel–Syria relations
- The Israeli Army fires Spike missiles on Syrian Army positions in the Golan Heights' Quneitra area in response to several rockets fired from Syria which landed in villages in northern Israel, about 20 km from the border. (BBC)

Arts and culture

Archaeologists find a skull rack used by the Aztecs to display victims in the ruins of the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. (AP via ABC News)

Business and economy

Within hours of a government announcement that Kazakhstan will abandon its currency-band exchange-rate system to implement a free-floating exchange rate, the tenge loses 26% of its value against the US dollar. (Radio Free Europe/Radio liberty)

Disasters and accidents

A mid-air collision between two aircraft near Bratislava, Slovakia leaves at least seven people killed. (The Independent)

International relations

The President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro orders the border with Colombia at the town of San Antonio del Táchira closed for three days after three soldiers are attacked while looking for smugglers. (AP via ABC News)

Law and crime

An unknown shooter kills a newspaper publisher in Mindanao, Philippines. (ABC News)
2015 Bangkok bombing
- Thai police say that they suspect that at least 10 people were involved in planning the attack on the Erawan Shrine, but that international terrorists were unlikely to have been involved. (BBC)
Operation Car Wash
- In Brazil, prosecutors lodge corruption charges against Speaker of the Lower House Eduardo Cunha and former President Fernando Collor de Mello, alleging illegal activities involving the state-owned oil company, Petrobras. (Al Jazeera), (BBC), (The Guardian)
Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle reaches a plea deal with U.S. federal prosecutors in Indianapolis. Fogle will plead guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography and traveling across state lines to have sex with at least two teenage girls. Under the deal, he will serve from 5 to 12½ years in prison, and will also pay $1.4 million in restitution to 14 victims. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Pierre Nkurunziza is sworn in for a third term as President of Burundi. (BBC)
The Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, announces his resignation and calls a new election for September 20. (The Telegraph), (BBC), (Al Jazeera)
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announceds that his liver cancer (melanoma) has spread to his brain. In addition to radiation, Carter will be treated with a new drug, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), that boosts the immune system without the debilitating side effects of older treatments. (The Washington Post), (WRDW-TV GA), (OncLive)

Science and technology

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that July was the hottest month globally since record keeping began in 1880. Global temperatures were 1.46°F (0.81°C) warmer than the 20th century average. NOAA scientists expect 2015 will go down as the warmest year on record. (CBS News), (NOAA)

August 19

Portal:Current events/2015 August 19

August 19, 2015 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency
- A Boko Haram attack last week on a northeastern Nigerian village, Yadin Kukuwa killed at least 151 people. News of the attack was slow to emerge because the militants destroyed telecom masts around the village. (The Independent), (AFP via Times Live)
ISIL beheading incidents, Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL, Syrian Civil War
- Islamic State militants behead 82-year-old antiquities scholar Khaled Asaad, who worked for over 50 years as head of antiquities in Palmyra. (Reuters), (BBC)
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- A suicide bomber kills at least 20 Iraqi Army troops in the city of Baiji. (Al-Arabiyah)
South Sudanese Civil War
- Fighting resumes in South Sudan after the failure to reach a deal between tribes loyal to the president and tribes loyal to the former vice-president. (AP via Fox News)
Turkey-PKK Conflict
- A bomb detonated by Kurdish militants kills at least eight soldiers. (The New York Times), (The Independent)

Business and economy

Greek government-debt crisis
- The Bundestag votes to approve a third bailout for Greece. (The Guardian)
Samsung Bioepis Co., a drug development arm of global giant Samsung, picks four banks to manage an IPO it plans for the United States in 2016. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

A brush fire burning near the American town of Twisp, Washington, kills three firefighters, injures as many as four others, and forces the evacuation of the towns of Twisp and Winthrop. (KREM), (The Seattle Times)

International relation

Estonian-Russian relations
- A court in Russia sentences Estonian security official Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison for espionage. (BBC)
South Sudan–United States relations
- The United States announces that it is proposing sanctions against those connected to the South Sudan conflict, unless a ceasefire is reached promptly. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Following a July 15 hacking, user data of the infidelity-promoting dating website Ashley Madison is leaked with over 30 million users having their information compromised. (BBC)
Police in the U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri make nine arrests and use tear gas to disperse protesters after a killing of an armed man allegedly aiming a gun at police officers earlier in the day. (CNN)
A drive by shooting outside of a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, New York leaves three people killed and four injured. (WGRZ)^{[permanent dead link]}

Politics and elections

The United States Navy SEALs announce a plan to allow women to register, the first time in history. (The Navy Times)

Sports

The International Association of Athletics Federations elects former British Olympic champion runner Lord Sebastian Coe as its new President, replacing Lamine Diack of Senegal. Ukrainian pole vault champion Sergey Bubka was the other contender for the position. (BBC), (Al Jazeera)

Eston Kohver

Article: Eston Kohver (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Allegedly abducted Estonian Internal Security Service officer Eston Kohver is sentenced to 15 years in prison in Russia for spying. (Post)
News source(s): New York Times, BBC
Credits:

Nominated by Thue (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Russia entered a neighboring country and kidnapped an officer, then prosecuted him as a spy, is a serious breach of international peace. Russia's claims of course should have very little weight - the Russian border troops agreed with the Estonian interpretation, and Russia has shown that they are willing to serially lie about Ukraine without shame. Thue (talk) 15:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We are not here to right great wrongs.--WaltCip (talk) 17:53, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- And how is that relevant? Thue (talk) 18:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose In the grand scheme of alleged abuses by the Russian government this is pretty small potatoes. We don't normally post these kinds of small scale criminal acts which occur in many other places. And I concur with WaltCip that this is a nakedly political nomination. I seriously considered either a speedy close or just deleting it outright. If someone else were to do so, I would not complain. Thue may wish to take a look at WP:AGENDA. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:04, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- "Small scale criminal acts"? That is an absolutely absurd description of a high-level international dispute. I question your judgement based on that formulation. Thue (talk) 18:28, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I stand by my assessment. Look around at what other countries do to their neighbors at various times, some of which is much worse and 99% of which we don't post. This is borderline trivial and the nominating statement sounds like an anti-Russian rant. This is not the place for that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:33, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is big politics between nation-states. I do think that there is a clear right and wrong in this case, but that does not stop it from being real important news. Thue (talk) 18:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- We don't post saber-rattling from North Korea every time they threaten to nuke Seoul and the USA off the face of the earth, because it happens with such frequency as to be considered a tacit part of their day-to-day operations. Similarly, Russia engaging in this sort of political posturing is not newsworthy for ITN.--WaltCip (talk) 18:56, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree with the sentiment that Russian political skirmishes are quite frequent and not generally significant enough to post to ITN. When I initially read this nomination I thought it was about an Estonian government minister. I misread - he's an intelligence officer, and the article possibly falls foul of WP:BLP1E. "Allegedly abducted" is non-neutral for the blurb and should be omitted. The rest of the nom is unashamedly partisan (that the news reports are more tempered is saying something), which is off-putting if this is a serious ITN candidate. Fuebaey (talk) 20:53, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the reasons stated; this seems a relatively minor international dispute. Estonia (and by extension NATO) is not going to go to war over this. 331dot (talk) 21:00, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 18

Portal:Current events/2015 August 18

August 18, 2015 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Donbass
- Fighting intensifies near the ceasefire line in eastern Ukraine with both the Government of Ukraine and the rebels blaming each other. The separatist-held cities of Donetsk and Horlivka have been bombed with hundreds of shells and rockets in the last 72 hours. (The New York Times)

Arts and culture

Two women pass the United States Army's Ranger School becoming the first to do so, and earning Ranger tabs on their uniforms. (AP via MSN)

Business and economy

The Obama administration, through the United States Environmental Protection Agency announces new regulations on emissions of the greenhouse gas methane. (The New York Times), (NPR), (The Atlantic), (EPA)

Disasters and accidents

Trigana Air Service Flight 257
- Indonesian crews locate the bodies of all 54 people aboard the wreckage of Trigana Air Service Flight 257 in a remote area of Papua. (The New York Times), (CNN via Twitter)

Health

The US Food and Drug Administration approves the use of Flibanserin to help women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

The Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu returns his mandate to form a government to the President after failing to form a coalition government. This means that a new election is likely. (BBC), (The News Hub)

Ashley Madison data breach

Article: Ashley Madison (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Hackers release the personal information of more than 30 million users of the dating and infidelity website Ashley Madison in one of the largest data breaches of its kind. (Post)
News source(s): Wired Reuters PC Mag
Credits:

Nominated by Kudzu1 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Major news throughout North America, where the site mainly operated. In addition to the tawdry nature of a story involving a website where people go to cheat on their spouses, this is being viewed as a watershed moment for online privacy concerns and the "hacktivist" movement: [1] [2] [3] Kudzu1 (talk) 15:40, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – I have trouble viewing this as "major." Sca (talk) 15:58, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

^{(Other than majorly embarrassing, I mean.) Sca (talk) 20:27, 19 August 2015 (UTC)}[reply]

- Haha, 1/6th of this continent's married people are on this adultery site alone. Don't euphemize, it's not a dating and infidelity website, it's a site for finding an adulterer you don't know (not i.e. the pool boy or neighbor or co-worker) and not in a bar to make it less obvious. If I recall it even says that unmarrieds are less likely to get contacted cause they want someone who's taking as much risk as they are. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:32, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Undecided this is a major breach of information that highlights the need for improved data security. I just don't know if this story reaches the ITN level though, since a lot of people will dismiss it because the victims of this hack "had it coming" or whatever. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Surely there were other major cybersecurity breaches in the past that were more deserving of posting than this particular story?--WaltCip (talk) 17:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the Office of Personnel Management data breach? Everymorning (talk) 17:53, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose It's a privacy breach, unfortunately, but as only the 4 last digits of CCs used were stored and no SS #s , it is far less troublesome than other data breeches. As a private non-financial company, this is just something that is a bad business practice but not the issue that if a bank or CC company or gov't server got hacked. --MASEM (t) 20:12, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Khaled al-Asaad

Article: Khaled al-Asaad (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times BBC
Credits:

Nominated by Everymorning (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: Described by the Los Angeles Times as "a world-renowned scholar of antiquities" and by NBC as "one of Syria's most prominent antiquities scholars". [4] Seems to have been pretty important in his field. Everymorning (talk) 13:47, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on article quality: Good to see an article has been created for him, but it's the stubbiest of stubs. No way we can post this without substantial article expansion. -Kudzu1 (talk) 15:25, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support pending on improvements: The subject is notable, but the article is too short. Add more information with sources. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Neon gas in the lunar atmosphere

Articles: Atmosphere of the Moon (talk · history · tag) and LADEE (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  NASA spacecraft LADEE confirms the existence of neon gas in the atmosphere of the Moon. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  Analysis of data recorded by the NASA spacecraft LADEE confirms the existence of neon gas in the atmosphere of the Moon.
News source(s): Daily Mail UK NDTV
Credits:

Nominated by 117.192.163.35 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Important finding. 117.192.163.35 (talk) 15:39, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose unless someone can explain how this is significant. Is it evidence of extraterrestrial life? Probably not. Does it reveal something exciting and previously unknown about the origins of the Moon? I'm not sure about that. Does it suggest that enterprising businesses could figure out a way to turn the surface of the Moon into a gigantic illuminated sign? Hmm... -Kudzu1 (talk) 15:53, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, you have provided no reason why it is important, and the refs in the article are primary sources; a press release (which I will remove) and a scientific article. Abductive (reasoning) 15:55, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Why are press releases acceptable when announcing a proposed business merger? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:34, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Who has said they are? Most business related nominations involve the reporting of the transaction announcement, not simply the press release. 331dot (talk) 19:51, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm thinking of the recent debate over the proposed merge of Time-Warner Cable and another company, in which a press release was somehow considered newsworthy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:08, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. 331dot (talk) 21:34, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For youse guys' information, The problem with the proposed purchase of Time Warner by Comcast was almost certainly never going to happen, and it didn't. μηδείς (talk) 01:21, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above comments. Significance is not at all clear. I remain open to reconsideration if the nomination rational and sourcing issues are improved. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:36, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose unless the significance can be better explained. 331dot (talk) 19:52, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support This certainly could be important, for example for future ISRU efforts perhaps. Nothing immediate, however. - OldManNeptune ⚓ 20:08, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The sourcing isn't the issue (I don't get the aversion here of primary sources, they are often the best sources in science), but it's hardly world shocking news. Fgf10 (talk) 21:38, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- None of the blurbs currently on ITN is "shocking news". 1.39.60.68 (talk) 12:51, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose A noble suggestion, but not parked on the main page. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:47, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Interesting piece of information, even if not immediately significant. This may not be a groundbreaking discovery, but groundbreaking discoveries are built on fundamental work like this one. Banedon (talk) 00:53, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose this is the confirmation of the detection of trace amounts of a gas which would be expected to be produced by nuclear decay of radioactive elements. It's absence would have been unexpected. It's not at all unexpected. It's simply the first time we've looked with a sophisticated enough instrument. μηδείς (talk) 01:15, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Just wanted to point out that the detection of the Higgs boson is similar to what you wrote in many ways: its existence is predicted by the Standard model, and it was only detected because it's the first time we looked for it with a sufficiently sophisticated instrument. Banedon (talk) 04:00, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - We already know neon is produced by radioactive decay, we know its properties, and it was not just predicted to exist in small quantities as it leaked out of the moon's crust, it was fully expected, to the point of not finding it fit with no theories. The value of the Higg's boson was an unknown (although a certain range was predicted) and it's non-existence was considered a possibility. The analogy is between the discovery of neon itself and of the Higgs boson, not between the discovery of neon leaking from the moon and the existence and nature of the Higgs boson. μηδείς (talk) 16:14, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - it is notable because, until now, studies had shown the existence of only two gases in abundance (helium and argon) in the lunar atmosphere. With this confirmation, there's a third. What's the point in asking for its significance/use? If a new element is discovered on earth, do we check if that element is "exciting" or useful to mankind and then post the blurb? In this case, the discovery itself is significant. It is an interesting piece of scientific news; two of the linked articles are GA. I don't see why this shouldn't be on ITN. 1.39.60.68 (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Which are also the products of radioactive decay. There's a reason why it's 100,000,000,000,000 times thinner than Earth's atmosphere. It's barely an atmosphere if it's just atoms circumnavigating the entire Moon in a few bounces before hitting any gas particle. And probably bouncing high enough to escape the Moon after only a few gas atom hits needing to be constantly replaced with new alpha particles and decay products of potassium and sodium and stuff.. Though if it's only the third gas detected in the lunar atmosphere in any quantity that's still pretty cool. I don't know. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:59, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 17

Portal:Current events/2015 August 17

August 17, 2015 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 Attock bombing
- The U.S. offers to assist Pakistan with its investigation into the suicide bombing attack on Sunday that killed at least 19 people, including Shuja Khanzada, the interior minister of the Punjab Province. (The Daily Pakistan)
2015 Ratchaprasong bombing
- A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. No one claims responsibility. Thai Society president Songvut Manoonpong says that parties opposing the Thai military government are responsible. (Sky News), (Reuters), (The Bangkok Post), (The New Zealand Herald), (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Tianjin explosions
- Protesters in Tianjin demand answers and compensation from the government. (Radio New Zealand Online), (Al Jazeera), (BBC)
A heat wave affecting the Middle East causes almost 100 deaths in Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
Trigana Air Service Flight 257
- Indonesian authorities reveal that the crashed plane was transporting US$470,000 in cash for the poor. (The Telegraph)

Health

Experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory map brain signalling processes at an atomic level, in this case, the SNARE complex (neuronal SNAREs and synaptotagmin-1), which influences the control and release of neurotransmitters.(Science Daily)

International relations

South Korea and the United States commence a joint military exercise despite threats from North Korea. (AFP via Yahoo)
The United Arab Emirates approves plans for the construction of the first Hindu temple in that country, after a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Al Jazeera)
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a statement backing intensive talks on key issues aimed at restoring peace in Syria. (AP via SFGate)

Law and crime

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which announced an extensive computer data breach in May 2015, reveals that the breach is much deeper and more serious, exposing an additional 220,000 individuals. The thieves had infiltrated a now-deactivated online system called "Get Transcript." (AP via MSN), (USA Today)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi approves a controversial anti-terrorism law. Proponents say it will help fight terrorism, and opponents say the legislation will jeopardize civil rights including freedom of the press. (Al Jazeera), (BBC)
Authorities charge a former police officer with second degree murder, in connection with the on-duty shooting death of John Geer in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., in August 2013. (NBC Washington)
American actor Emile Hirsch takes a plea for 15 days in jail for an assault on a Paramount Pictures executive at the Sundance Resort in Utah. (Deadline)

Politics and elections

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015
- Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls for a general election with the ruling United National Party holding on to power. (BBC) (Al Jazeera), (AFP via Yaho)

[Ready] RD: Jacob Bekenstein

Article: Jacob Bekenstein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Scientific American FQXi
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Kudzu1 (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: Not a household name, certainly, but an influential and important physicist who came up with a formula for black hole thermodynamics, which influenced Stephen Hawking. Also known for the Bekenstein Bound and as a recipient of important prizes and awards in his field, including the Landau Prize, the Rothschild Prize, and the Einstein Prize. Kudzu1 (talk) 15:59, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support RD Subject appears to meet ITNDC #2 and the article looks decently sourced (conceding there is always room for improvement). -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:42, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD Very notable physicist, article in good shape. Fgf10 (talk) 21:39, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD, article establishes clear importance. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 01:55, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD' Subject appears to be very notable and article is in good shape. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:36, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - He died at 68 but no cause of death is mentioned. All we have is the date of birth and death. Jusdafax 22:54, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think a cause has been announced. All I'm seeing in reports is that he died "unexpectedly". -Kudzu1 (talk) 23:19, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move Tianjin chemical explosions to Ongoing?

Article: 2015 Tianjin explosions (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)

Shall we move 2015 Tianjin explosions to ongoing ticker? We are getting newer stories lately, but death toll is rising, and more explosions are happening. --George Ho (talk) 19:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There seems little chance that this will drop off the bottom soon so no, oppose. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:59, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's already at the bottom. --George Ho (talk) 23:45, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And what is "ongoing"? It's not in the news any longer. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:09, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It doesn't look like it's receiving major continuing updates typically worthy of Ongoing. Spencer^T♦C 06:10, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support reposting The item is still in the news as of yesterday (I haven't read the news summaries yet tonight) and I suggested on errors that we should be cropping overly-wordy blurbs to save space, rather than bumping matters still of interest off the bottom of the page. μηδείς (talk) 01:26, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose picking up pieces now is hardly ITN-worthy. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:56, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Almost 100 people missing who's bodies might later be found is newsworthy. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 12:54, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - We didn't keep MH370 on Ongoing for a year, this is no different. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:56, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - Updates of death toll are much more likely to happen and relatively frequently, unlike MH370. Maybe it's still too dangerous to risk lives for the sole purpose of finding human remains sooner? Whenever they can do that and probably do DNA tests then we can finally found out what the actual death toll is. No new MH370 news could happen until they found wreckage and that took a year. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:17, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      - We didn't know when MH370 would be discovered. We know now. We didn't keep it in the news until that point, nor should we keep this in the news either. After all, it's not in the news much any longer. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] David Denson

No consensus to post. A good nomination and yet vehement opposition has resulted in a quick close. Perhaps a DYK could come from this if really necessary? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:58, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: David Denson (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  David Denson comes out as the first openly gay Major League Baseball-affiliated player. (Post)
News source(s): ESPN
Credits:

Nominated by Thechased (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Largely covered and revolutionary in the world of athletics. Thechased (talk) 18:14, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Twenty or even ten years ago this would have been major news. Today, given the tectonic shift in public attitudes about sexuality capped by the recent SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, it rates little more than a yawn. As I have said ever since the SCOTUS ruling, the battle over gay rights in the West is now pretty much over. This and the many similar stories that have, and will continue to pop up, are just a reflection of that reality. Someone drop me a line when Russia or Saudi Arabia legalizes gay marriage. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I suspect this will be AFD'd fairly soon, since he certainly fails WP:NBASE and I would wager that the majority of even the most diehard baseball fans have never heard of him (pinging Baseball Bugs who may have an opinion). As Ad Orientem says above, "xxx comes out as gay" is no longer a story in Western countries, unless it's a figure like a religious leader where their sexuality is actually germane to their job. (Note that Keegan Hirst, who just came out as the first gay British Rugby League player, doesn't even have an article on Wikipedia.) ‑ iridescent 18:29, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- It won't really matter until or if he gets to the major leagues. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:37, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and I created the article. I disagree with Iridescent about AfD, since I believe it passes WP:GNG. (Though, yes, I'd never heard of him until yesterday.) I nominated it for DYK, which I think is more appropriate than ITN. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:32, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think AfD is a real possibility. I am not seeing anything that rings the notability bell here. To the extent he is getting a lot of coverage right now I think that can be filed under WP:BLP1E. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:55, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Strongest possible oppose and speedy close - Really not worthy of ITN Fgf10 (talk) 18:38, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose we've also had the first gay player coming out in Rugby League this weekend (a big deal in the most macho of sports) but neither are ITN worthy. Black Kite (talk) 18:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[Update needed] [Posted] 2015 Ratchaprasong bombing

Article: 2015 Ratchaprasong bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  At least 19 people are killed when a bomb explodes in Bangkok, Thailand. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Nominated by The Rambling Man (talk · give credit)

The Rambling Man (talk) 13:18, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Obviously breaking right now, so details are still coming in. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:24, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Unconfirmed reports say the death toll may be as high as 27 :( Thryduulf (talk) 14:46, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article is sparse, but well referenced. Good enough for me, though. --Jayron 32 15:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wait for confirmed reports. There are over 16 dead accordnig to BBC.--Jenda H. (talk) 16:56, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Official figures released at 22:00 give "approximately" 18 dead and 117 injured. Best I could find was a screenshot of the document posted on Twitter though.[5] --Paul_012 (talk) 17:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support, obviously notable, article sparse but well referenced. Fgf10 (talk) 18:39, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment ready to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:00, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - definitely for itn.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. Dragons flight (talk) 22:37, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Article's been moved to 2015 Bangkok bombing. --Paul_012 (talk) 03:46, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Link's been fixed. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Photo uploaded - @Dragons flight and The Rambling Man: I've uploaded a VOA photo of the bombing scene (File:2015 Bangkok bombing VOA.jpg), can we use it on the main page? The bombing attack is much more newsworthy than Jason Day winning the PGA. -Zanhe (talk) 21:57, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Update needed - The Thai police have revised down the death toll to 20. See refs in article. Please update. -Zanhe (talk) 23:38, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 16

Portal:Current events/2015 August 16

August 16, 2015 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 Douma market air strikes, Syrian Civil War
- According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma kills at least 110 people and leaves hundreds injured. (BBC), (The International Business Times), (Reuters), (Xinhua), (Al Jazeera)
2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Kashmir conflict
- India and Pakistan trade gunfire over the border in the disputed area of Kashmir leaving eight people killed in the past week. (AP via Fox News)
Turkey–PKK conflict
- A clash in Turkey's Kars Province kills a Turkish Army soldier and three PKK militants. (The Daily Star via Reuters)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- ISIL militants execute 15 women in Mosul. (Al-Manar)
- A parliamentary report on the causation for Mosul's fall to ISIL with so little resistance includes former Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki among dozens of officials named. (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Tianjin explosions
- The death toll from the explosions rises to 112 with 95 people missing including 85 fire fighters. (Reuters), (Al Jazeera)
An Indonesian plane (Trigana Air Service Flight 257) with 54 people on board goes missing in Papua. There are later reports that the remains of the aircraft have been found in the Oksibil district. (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo)
Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increased activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital of Quito. Its last major eruption was in 1877. (BBC), (Dalje.com)^{[permanent dead link]}, (Al Jazeera)

International relations

North Korea–South Korea relations
- South Korea establishes a surveillance center on its northernmost island of Baengnyeongdo to better deter North Korean threats. (The Korea Times), (Yonhap)

Politics and elections

Crowds gather throughout Brazil to demand the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff due to a bribery and corruption scandal involving senior members of the governing Workers' Party. Recent polls show her approval ratings below 10%. (France 24)

Sports

2015 Netball World Cup
- In netball, Australia defeats New Zealand 58–55 in the final of the Netball World Cup in Sydney. (Fox Sports Australia)
2015 PGA Championship
- In golf, Jason Day of Australia wins the PGA Championship on the Straits Course of the Whistling Straits complex in the American village of Kohler, Wisconsin. (ABC News Australia)
- Day's 20-under-par is the lowest score in relation to par at a major championship, beating Tiger Woods' previous record of 19-under at the 2000 Open Championship. (ABC News Australia)
- Jordan Spieth of the United States finishes second and by doing so becomes the number-one-ranked golfer in the world ahead of Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland. (ABC News Australia)

2015 Douma air strikes

Article: 2015 Douma market massacre (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Air strikes launched by the Syrian government kill at least 80 people in Douma, Syria. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  Air strikes launched by the Syrian government kill more than 96 in Douma, Syria.
News source(s): New York Times CNN Reuters
Credits:

Nominated by Everymorning (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Very high death toll, lots of coverage in the news, has been called "one of the deadliest single incidents involving air strikes since the conflict [the Syrian Civil War] began nearly five years ago..." [6] Everymorning (talk) 02:14, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Definitely ITN material, major death toll, deadliest single civilian attack in years. ~~Article requires some major improvements. Strongly suggest rename to 2015 Douma market massacre as referred to in [1], [2], [3], ...~~ 495656778774 (talk) 14:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose there's a range of claims about civilian deaths in other events we haven't posted. The group Islam Army does not have a page - readers are likely to be confused about the rebel groups and factions, given territorial changes and the number of military groups that disband/defect/rename/form coalitions. Most news media outlets do not have their own people on the ground; in my opinion, users are not well served by articles that don't cover in detail the rebel groups and their allegiances. -- Callinus (talk) 11:25, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Callinus: targeted rebel group does have a page, Jaysh al-Islam, wikilinked. Your only concern addressed.... 495656778774 (talk) 11:44, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support this is mayor terorrist atack in Syria. UN 'horrified' by attacks on civilians.--Jenda H. (talk) 17:05, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- If it's the national government doing it, how does it still qualify as "terrorism"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:30, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Baseball Bugs: State terrorism, State terrorism by Syria. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL 495656778774 (talk) 17:36, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. At this point most people know there's a war going on in Syria, and in a war, there are bound to be civilian casualties. This does not seem noteworthy enough to feature in my opinion, especially since we already have four disaster-related items featured right now. Banedon (talk) 09:20, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- @Banedon: Highest civilian death toll of a single attack since start of civil war, many disaster related items not a sufficient argument. e.g. post Nagasaki bombing and not Hiroshima because too many disasters happened that week! 495656778774 (talk) 19:59, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm afraid we'll just have to agree to disagree. I still don't find it noteworthy - people die in a war, plain and simple. And many disaster-related items for me means that each new disaster-related item must be of ever-higher significance. Also as I mentioned on the talk page, if the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings happened this week, I'd prefer to keep them condensed into one entry. Banedon (talk) 00:45, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Banedon: your oppose vote on this entry general point of view and has nothing related to do with entry itself... 495656778774 (talk) 10:43, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support: the article is more notable than the 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing.--Fotoriety (talk) 09:45, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] 2015 PGA Championship

Article: 2015 PGA Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  In golf, Jason Day (pictured) wins the 2015 PGA Championship, which is his first major title. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  In golf, Jason Day wins the PGA Championship.
News source(s): USA Today New York Times
Credits:

Nominated by Everymorning (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.

Everymorning (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support per ITNR once the article is ready for posting. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Ad Orientem: "Support per ITNR" is unnecessary, as the whole point of the ITNR list is that items on it don't need support on the merits, as ITNR gives a pass on the merits. The purpose of an ITNR discussion is only to discuss article quality and a blurb. 331dot (talk) 08:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support Quality seems fine. The article at least contains a prose summary of each round (not long summaries, but still each round is covered) and the tenses are correct and results are accurate. --Jayron 32 15:16, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support the article covers this seminal golf tournament's final round in about sixty words. That's pathetic, but it seems that our standards these days are such that a few sentences work. So no objection to this being posted under the current climate. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:13, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Updated article, ITN/R, don't see anything to hold up posting. -Kudzu1 (talk) 22:06, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support with alternative blurb: In golf, Jason Day wins his first major title, the 2015 PGA Championship. Sentence reads better to me, and is more concise too. Banedon (talk) 09:22, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment "Jason Day won his first major title with a total score of 268 (−20), the lowest score in relation to par ever recorded in a major" - nothing newsworthy here ....
Posted a borderline article. Step hen 23:44, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] 2015 Netball World Cup

Article: 2015 Netball World Cup (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  In Netball, Australia beat New Zealand 58-55 in the 2015 Netball World Cup final. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  The Netball World Cup concludes with Australia defeating New Zealand in the final.
News source(s): [7]
Credits:

Nominated by Aircorn (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: Met some opposition four years ago, but was confirmed at ITNR as a sport worthy of posting here. Updated [8]. AIRcorn (talk) 23:55, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support I've taken the liberty of adding the word "final" to the end of the blurb - otherwise one couldn't be sure that Australia had actually won the tournament. Neljack (talk) 09:53, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ on quality: No mention in the lead summarizing the tournament NOR naming the winner, Format section has no references. It's close to postable, but we should fix those few things before doing so. --Jayron 32 15:18, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
All good now. --Jayron 32 16:23, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I've tidied up the article and fixed tenses etc, and added a couple of sentences to the lede to give a summary and the result. I've cited the Format section, it's a primary source but that's acceptable here and it cites everything in the paragraph. Black Kite (talk) 15:33, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also better to use the altblurb to avoid the usual ENGVAR beat/beats issue. Black Kite (talk) 15:34, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not ready this is the report that covers the whole of the final match, the most important match every four years in netball: "In the final Australia outplayed New Zealand in the first quarter to lead 16–7. Despite wining each of the next three quarters New Zealand were still beaten 58–55." NOT ENOUGH. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:11, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Added more detail.[9] AIRcorn (talk) 22:28, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. Spencer^T♦C 19:50, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] RD: Bob Johnston

no trend toward support μηδείς (talk) 15:23, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

Nominated by Yorkshiresky (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: Iconic producer of the some of the greatest albums of the 60s and 70s. yorkshiresky (talk) 12:23, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Very weak support on notability -- involved in some great albums, but I'm not sure about "iconic" -- but the article quality is not good. It will need to be improved in order for it to be considered for posting. -Kudzu1 (talk) 18:17, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm not seeing much here that sets this guy apart. His association with famous people does not appear to have been a major contributing factor in their fame or musical success. If he had not produced these songs/albums would someone else not have? No awards or any kind of industry wide recognition of his standing/influence. And as Kudzu1 notes, the article has some serious sourcing issues that preclude its being linked on the Front page until they are fixed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:09, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose no evidence whatsoever that he innovated in the ways George Martin and Phil Spector or others have. The latter part of his discography speaks of a mediocre journeyman, not a groundbreaking genius. μηδείς (talk) 01:20, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose doesn't clearly indicate significance, poor article, nothing much more here. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[Posted] Trigana Air Service Flight 267

Article: Trigana Air Service Flight 267 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Trigana flight TGN267 with 54 passengers and crew on board crashes in West Papua, Indonesia. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  Trigana Air Service Flight 267 crashes with 54 passengers and crew on board in West Papua, Indonesia.
News source(s): Mirror
Credits:

Nominated by Eugen Simion 14 (talk · give credit)

Oppose posting just that it is missing; when it is found, declared to be lost, or some other definitive determination, we can post that if desired. Given the short flight it seems like it has a good chance of being found. 331dot (talk) 10:49, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support upon some expansion. The news I've read just now confirm it collided with a mountain. Brandmeister^talk 11:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Wait~~ Support – BBC, Reuters confirm crash. ~~For additional confirmation, expansion of target article. (BBC, AP, Reuters still say missing.)~~ Sca (talk) 14:59, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - possibly the deadliest ATR-42 accident. Mjroots (talk) 13:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wreckage found. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 14:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cleaned up article, updated blurb. Ready? Sca (talk) 15:33, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support once the article is ready. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:12, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Air crashes in southeast Asia are sadly quite common, but per precedent, they all get put in the ITN section. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:56, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until casualties are confirmed. -Kudzu1 (talk) 18:19, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Update – Apparently site is too remote for quick confirmation. AP and NYT stick with "missing," while AFP says "rescue teams were heading to the site of an air crash ... after villagers found the wreckage...." Sca (talk) 20:50, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support it's a fatal hull loss, the fatalities are somewhat irrelevant oddly. Alt-blurb should be posted post-haste. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Posted alt. T. Canens (talk) 21:26, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting comment – I think we're okay with this, given circumstances, but from what I've read ~~no one in an official capacity has seen the wreckage yet.~~ Sca (talk) 22:12, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: West Papua needs disambiguating. The article gives the site as just Papua (province). Martinevans123 (talk) 22:16, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wreckage spotted. Sca (talk) 13:49, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, we saw that many hours before you posted this, it's better to actually work on the article after it's been posted than to provide late updates to the item itself here. Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:01, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I did. Sca (talk) 00:27, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Julian Bond

Article: Julian Bond (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, Yahoo, LA 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: Very notable civil rights activist. High on his field. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:14, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support upon update; meets DC2 and possibly DC1 for his work in establishing SNCC. A few paragraphs seem to need citation. 331dot (talk) 09:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support – A familiar voice to generations of Americans. A 900-word story, presumably pre-written, leads NYT. Could support blurb. Sca (talk) 12:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability. Highly influential and noteworthy individual whose loss comes at an unfortunate time. -Kudzu1 (talk) 16:54, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support RD A leader of the American Civil Rights movement. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:14, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support monumental civil rights leader. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:34, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Sourcing issues have been addressed and the article reorganized to be more readable. -Kudzu1 (talk) 18:11, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - An important leader and clearly influential. Article in good condition as noted. Jus da fax 20:42, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment some sourcing issues remain, but this is generally a little better than the average RD nom. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. T. Canens (talk) 21:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 15

Portal:Current events/2015 August 15

August 15, 2015 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- ISIL bombings kill 21 and wound more than 100 others in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad. (The News Hub)
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Saudi-backed forces loyal to the former Government retake the Shabwah Governorate from the Iran-backed rebels. (AFP via Maktoob Yahoo)
Syrian Civil War, Battle of Zabadani (2015)
- Fighting resumes in Syria near the Lebanese border and Idlib Governorate as a temporary ceasefire between the Syrian government, its ally Hezbollah and an alliance of insurgent groups ends. (Reuters)
Boko Haram insurgency
- A suicide bomber kills at least three people in an attack on a marketplace in Borno state. (Reuters via The New York Times)
2015 Burundian unrest
- Jean Bikomagu, a leader of the military during the Civil War is assassinated, heightening fears of another civil war developing. (AFP via The Daily Star)

Arts and culture

Victory over Japan Day
- Countries around the world commemorate the end of World War II. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia), (ABC News Australia)
- North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time 8.5 hours ahead of UTC in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula. (The South China Morning Post)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Tianjin explosions
- The death toll from the explosions in Tianjin rises to at least 85. In a further update, Chinese state media says that the death toll is at least 104. (AP via MSN), (AFP, AP, via The Daily Telegraph)
- Police order further evacuations near the blast site following reports of more explosions. (The Guardian)
Suffocation in the hold of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast kills at least 40 migrants. (Reuters)
Ecuador evacuates several villages around the Cotopaxi volcano ahead of a possible eruption. (AFP via Makhtoob Yahoo)

Ongoing Yemeni Civil War

Article: Yemeni Civil War (2015) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo news, Reuters, Fox News, Al Jazeera EN, WVTF, Press TV ect..., and also some social aspect Al Jazeera
Credits:

Nominated by Jenda H. (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: There is ongoing highly successful offensive against Houthi by saudi-backed forces. Jenda H. (talk) 13:10, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It will help if you can give recent sources and article diffs that support your nomination, Jenda H. μηδείς (talk) 20:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 14

Portal:Current events/2015 August 14

August 14, 2015 (Friday)

Business and economy

Greek government-debt crisis
- The Hellenic Parliament approves (with 222 yes votes) Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras's bailout package, despite opposition by almost one-third of his Syriza party. This third bailout plan is almost identical to the one rejected by the Greek people in the referendum. Tsipras will seek a vote of confidence following the country's August 20th payment to the European Central Bank. (The Guardian), (The International New York Times)
- Ministers at Eurogroup's lengthy meeting today approve Greece's 85 billion euro bailout. (Forex), (The Guardian)

International relations

Cuban Thaw, Cuba–United States relations
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry officially reopens the American embassy in Havana. Eight congressional lawmakers involved in the policy change also attend. (AP via Global News), (CNN), (The Washington Post)
- The United States flag is raised at the embassy for the first time in 54 years. (NBC)

Disasters and accidents

A road accident near the Indian city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand state kills thirteen pilgrims and leaves 11 injured. (The International Business News Live)

Law and crime

Masked gunmen kill 19 people and wound seven others at multiple locations of São Paulo's suburbs Thursday night. (BBC), (ABC)

Science and technology

Mathematicians at the University of Washington Bothell discover a new type of pentagon tiling, the first new type of "tiling the plane" with a single polygon since 1985. (NPR)

[Posted] New type of Pentagon tiling discovered

Article: Pentagon tiling (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Mathematicians at the University of Washington Bothell discover a new type of pentagon tiling (pictured), the first new type of tiling the plane with a single polygon discovered since 1985. (Post)
News source(s): NPR, The Guardian, [10]
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Nominated by Jayron32 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: It isn't often mathematical stories hit the news, and this one is being covered by NPR currently. The target article DOES need some work; it is updated but could use some referencing, I was hoping that some of the mathy people who patrol here might take this on as a project. An interesting story, from an underrepresented topic, is currently in the news. Maybe a nice change from the "death-sports-politics" cycle we always end up in. Jayron 32 03:36, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support It is indeed rare that mathematical discoveries of this difficulty are accomplished. I would like to see it covered. For those unfamiliar with the problem 3, 4, 6 and all other numbers of sides are solved, the pentagon is not. Chillum 05:20, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Abstain Since I don't think this has anything to do with the office flooring in the War Department, and I don't have a clue as to what it is about, I will defer to the judgement of more competent editors. -Ad Orientem (talk) 06:18, 15 August 2015 (UTC).[reply]
In layman's terms, there are only certain known shapes where you can take the exact shape and repeat it infinitely to "tile a plane" and leave no overlaps or gaps. Squares, triangles, and regular hexagons are all known to work, and such simple shapes have all been known to humanity for millennia to do such a thing. Discovering a new shape which can be repeated infinitely in such a way as to "tile a plane" is very rare, the last such known shape was discovered in 1985, and prior such shapes were discovered almost a century ago. It's exceedingly rare, and also a cool story for ITN for its novelty. As noted in my nomination, the target article is not up to standard, but the subject seems interesting enough, and I was hoping this nomination would inspire Wikipedians who actually do know this stuff (a set of people that does not include myself) may be able to fix up he article. --Jayron 32 06:26, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning toward oppose. a) The paper is unpublished (although admittedly, the pentagon itself has been published, so anyone can verify the results easily enough). b) This doesn't solve the pentagon tiling problem, it's just an (incomplete as of yet) brute-force attempt to find new pentagons. I'd compare this to finding a new largest prime number - it's an impressive bit of computer programming, but it doesn't tell us anything new. On the other hand, if someone found the rule that describes the distribution all prime numbers, that would be a massive breakthrough. Similarly, finding a new pentagon tiling is cool, but finding all the pentagon tilings (even if just by proof by exhaustion) would be more newsworthy. Smurrayinchester 10:16, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability. It's not a terrorist bombing, and the discovery is obvious by visual inspection, there's no peer-reviewed source requirement, nor would it be needed. μηδείς (talk) 16:09, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Nah, you kliddin' me! I never even knew The Pentagon had tiles. But great to see it's keeping up to date. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:32, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support following in-line citation improvement. Article definitely needs work with properly citing material to the appropriate source (WP:CS & WP:ILC). The only piece of information directly cited is the presence of fifteen currently known variations. Leaning toward support based on notability of the subject within its context, but not so strongly based on Smurrayinchester's comments. Definitely would be nice to represent a topic that has nothing to do with death, sports, and war. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:58, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would mark this ready with a net 4 1/2 supports and a 1/2 oppose, but the update really should be at least the sentences, if not five with three sources. I don't see that. Can Jayron32 or a supporter with the requisite acumen get us three sources in 3 sentences? μηδείς (talk) 00:35, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. As an extreme layman in this area, I am moved to support by Jayron's explanation above and the two linked sources. I am not moved by Smurray's counter argument pointing out that this is not the greatest accomplishment that could ever occur in this area. To me, that is like saying we shouldn't publish a new discovery of a planet because we haven't yet discovered every single planet. Yes it's not the complete task but it is a major step in completing that task. (And speaking of planet discoveries....)Rhodesisland (talk) 03:27, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose adding esoterica, even if it takes our mind off depressing issues. --Light show (talk) 07:58, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Esoterica is the only thing that keeps some of us going, alas. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:59, 16 August 2015 (UTC) [reply]

"Encyclopedy". Support for diversity to counter systemic bias of news junkies being right-brained (and yes, I know left and right brain isn't very scientific). This is not proof of knowing every shape that can tile (which may be impossible) but it looks like the smallest repeating section is 7 pairs of tiles wide in the 40 degrees clockwise of horizontal direction so the low-hanging fruit is gone. We're still working on bathroom tiling technology. Take that fusion power researchers! Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:39, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support: Doesn't appear to solve the unsolvable mathematical problem, but it is an addition to the canon, and it's nice to feature things that aren't disasters, deaths, or sporting victories from time to time. -Kudzu1 (talk) 17:25, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support new knowledge of fundamental geometry - the first of its kind in 30 years - is newsworthy. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:54, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Posted The Rambling Man (talk) 20:50, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] North Korea time

Speedy close for this good faith nom per WP:SNOW. No need to further pile on. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:25, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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

Articles: UTC+08:30 (talk · history · tag) and Pyongyang Time (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  North Korea replaced Korea Standard Time by adopting Pyongyang Time, which is UTC+08:30, used by Korean Empire before Japanese occupation. (Post)
News source(s): Bloomberg, The Diplomat, Economist, Yahoo news
Credits:

Nominated by Jenda H. (talk · give credit)

Jenda H. (talk) 16:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. How is this news? Countries/states changing their timezone either to bring themselves into synch with a trading partner, or as a statement of cultural independence, isn't an unusual event (Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Samoa and Crimea are a few from the last few years). ‑ iridescent 16:27, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose if a country switches to Hammer time, that will be news. Belle (talk) 16:45, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose. I don't know if I would say that this isn't an unusual event but it doesn't seem that significant. It's no secret that North Korea isn't a fan of anything to do with Japan and this just seems to be a way for NK to criticize the "imperialism" of the West. 331dot (talk) 16:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~~~, premature, the transition is tomorrow per article. Will support then.~~ A country adopting a new time zone is significant Brandmeister^talk 16:49, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it was nominated now because it had been announced today(last 24 hours at least). 331dot (talk) 16:52, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support, yes, it's past midnight 15 August there. Brandmeister^talk 16:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – This was news a week ago. Sca (talk) 17:17, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I know we are in a slow news cycle... but really? Sorry, this is pure trivia. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:20, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Post for half an hour. Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:21, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No - Just more silliness (non-lethal this time) from the NK dictator. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:14, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Strangely inappropriate for that country, where a slightly larger adjustment might be more fitting. Are the people even allowed to wear watches? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:19, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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51 Eridani

Article: 51 Eridani (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  The star 51 Eridani is found to host a Jupiter-like planet, the smallest ever directly imaged. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  In its first discovery, the Gemini Planet Imager finds that star 51 Eridani hosts a Jupiter-like planet, the smallest ever imaged.
News source(s): [11][12][13]
Credits:

Nominated by Casliber (talk · give credit)

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose They are always finding Jupiter-like planets, and the smallest ever directly imaged is one of those records that could be broken tomorrow, like youngest woman to reach the North Pole on a tricycle (if that's not already a record I'm starting training tomorrow). Belle (talk) 16:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose This strikes me as a bit too common for ITN material. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:22, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support also of interest is that this is the inaugural discovery for the Gemini Planet Imager. μηδείς (talk) 19:51, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Medeis, the direct imaging is important, as is the size of the planet imaged. I am trying to find more scientific things to go here so our ITN is more encyclopedic I guess....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:50, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support – Notable discovery worth mention, namely considering it's the first of the Gemini Planet Imager, but not terribly keen on how notable it is (by ITN standards). Exoplanets are discovered all the time so the only real aspect of mention here is the size of the Jupiter-like planet. Science-side of me is leaning support, but I could honestly go either way. I'd also suggest adding exoplanet into the blurb to more clearly indicate that it's the Jupiter-like planet being referred to as the smallest, since the star is being targeted as the main subject of the blurb. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:16, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Per Medeis. Rhodesisland (talk) 03:30, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose Scientific trivia, being the smallest Jupiter-like planet is rather an arbitrary criterion. Brandmeister^talk 18:53, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the 'smallest Jupiter-like planet'; I don't know where you got that from. It's the smallest planet that we have a direct image of - as opposed to indirect evidence from transits or Doppler shifts. It does also happen to be roughly Jupiter sized, but that's irrelevant to the notability claim. Modest Genius ^talk 11:03, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Marking ready as this is technically ready, and the support outweighs the opposition. Obviously this is a close call, but it should either boe posted or closed, not left hanging, and I think the argument in favor of posting is strong. μηδείς (talk) 01:24, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The fact that this is the smallest-ever planet to be directly imaged causes me to agree that the nomination is ITN-worthy. I could wish for a bit more meat on the article, but feel thoughtful readers around the world will find this of interest. Prefer alt-blurb, but support either. Jus da fax 01:57, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Records for exoplanets are being broken every month or so. This one doesn't tell us anything new or surprising about planets, and is purely due to improved instrumentation. Bound to be beaten sooner rather than later. Modest Genius ^talk 11:18, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, far too commonplace nowadays. The first exoplanet with evidence of photosynthesis can be posted. Otherwise stop nominating these. Abductive (reasoning) 16:15, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

August 13

Portal:Current events/2015 August 13

August 13, 2015 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 Baghdad market truck bomb, Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- A truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq kills at least 76 people and wounds 212 others. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters), (The Daily Mail)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Rojava Revolution
- The United States believes that ISIL used a sulfur mustard agent against Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week. ^{[citation needed]}

Business and economy

The New Zealand government-owned, coal-mining company, Solid Energy, goes into temporary voluntary administration, asking creditors to freeze most of its debt. (Radio New Zealand)
2015 Chinese stock market crash
- The People's Republic of China further devalues the yuan (Renminbi) by 1 percent after two previous devaluings. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

2015 Tianjin explosions
- The death toll rises to 50. (AP)
An unspecified-type Egyptian military aircraft crashes due to a 'technical failure' near the Libyan border killing four crew members and injuring two others. (ABC via AP)

Law and crime

Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority
- Swedish prosecutors drop some charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as the statute of limitations expire but will continue to investigate rape claims. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the new Taliban chief Akhter Mansour in an audio message posted online. (BBC) (Reuters)

RD: John A. Nerud

Article: John A. Nerud (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times Blood-Horse Los Angeles Times
Credits:

Nominated by Kudzu1 (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: Highly successful owner and trainer of thoroughbred racing horses described as "legendary" by media sources reporting on his death. Hall of Famer who helped start the Breeders' Cup. Kudzu1 (talk) 01:58, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Article has some referencing issues. Spencer^T♦C 21:09, 18 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Quaternary extinction event

Article: Quaternary extinction event (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  A new scientific study strongly supports the human factor as the leading cause of the Quaternary extinction event. (Post)
News source(s): The Independent, University of Exeter, Ecography
Credits:

Nominated by Brandmeister (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Yes, there are dozens of such papers, but this time one of the researchers said: "As far as we are concerned, this research is the nail in the coffin of this 50-year debate". The research was conducted by three universities and published in the peer-reviewed Ecography (putting this under August 13 per University of Exeter announcement date). Brandmeister^talk 19:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The proposed target article for this nomination has serious referencing issues. In its current condition it cannot be linked to the Front Page. If those were corrected, I would be inclined towards a weak support. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:03, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's not hard to find opposing opinions, like this recent article. Hardly seems a settled issue. Narayanese (talk) 07:47, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The debate about whether an asteroid killed the dinosaurs went on for 20-30 years, and I imagine this debate will do the same. With no smoking gun (like the layer of iridium and glass that proves an asteroid hit the earth 65 million years ago), the only way the debate will be resolved is the long, slow process of academic discussion, and that is unlikely to ever have a clear watershed moment for posting. (Also, the scientific paper is a bit more reserved than the popular press: "Our results show that human colonisation was the dominant driver of megafaunal extinction across the world but that climatic factors were also important.") Smurrayinchester 07:46, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing

Article: 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  More than seventy six people are killed and and two hundred injured in a suicide truck bomb attack targeting a popular food market in Baghdad, Iraq. (Post)
News source(s): (Reuters) (Daily Mail) (NY Times)
Credits:

Nominated by LimitationsAndRestrictions495656778774 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: gruesome crime, number of deaths on a massacre scale 495656778774 (talk) 16:37, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

support - notable enough for ITN.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:08, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support once the article is ready. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:11, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Introduced improvements/added material, should be ITN ready now....495656778774 (talk) 13:08, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Can we post something that's not about civilian deaths and sports news on the ITN? 117.216.147.251 (talk) 05:01, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I sympathize. But the news is what it is. And this clearly meets ITN criteria. If you can find something that meets the critera and that does not include blood and mayhem please feel free to make a nomination. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:06, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support while the article is brief, it's to the point, reasonably well written and adequately referenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:20, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. Significant death toll even for Iraq. Brandmeister^talk 17:18, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Marked as Ready -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:24, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. --Bongwarrior (talk) 17:49, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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