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Kevin McCarthy ousted

Article: Kevin McCarthy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Following a budget dispute within the Republican Party, Kevin McCarthy becomes the first House Speaker in history to be ousted from the speakership. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Kevin McCarthy is, for the first time in history, ousted as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Kevin McCarthy is ousted as Speaker of the House after a budget dispute within the Republican Party.
Alternative blurb III: ​ In the United States, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is removed from office following a budget dispute.
News source(s): NYTimes Fox News
Credits:

• Nominated by Sunstar VIII (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: This is the first time this has ever happened in the House. Sunstar VIII (talk) 20:56, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Knew this nom was coming. It’s historically significant, but domestic enough that it doesn’t have the reach to be blurbed. I don’t believe we posted his election as Speaker either. The Kip 21:04, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  His non-elections were news in Europe. His eventual election was not. In contrast, news are going to be full of his ousting today, and not just in Europe. Renerpho (talk) 21:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Domestic political drama, and its only a speakership, not a position of leadership of the country. Dont think any other non confidence vote for the speaker of a legislative body would even be considered here. ✨  4 🧚‍♂am KING  21:09, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  The Speaker leads one of the legislative houses and is second in line to the presidency after the Vice President. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose bad for him, but he’s not a world leader. Interesting, but not ITN-worthy. _-_Alsor (talk) 21:10, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strongly Support Alternative Blurb 1 Much more notable than his election back in January. If I recall correctly, this has never happened before. This is notable, and relevant. BigCheese76 (talk) 21:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose Not important enough for ITN. Noah, AA^Talk 21:16, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

The removal of the leader of a legislative body of a UN security council member, a first for that country, isn't important? What is important enough? 331dot (talk) 21:43, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

The removal of the President of the United States would be important enough. We don't post domestic squabbles here. If this were any other country, it wouldn't even be considered. If it's not the leader of a nation, I won't consider posting it. Noah, AA^Talk 21:56, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, but we should be posting good articles about events that are heavily in the news, since this is in the news. Please see "please do not" above. Ukraine might have a strong interest in their being a speaker. 331dot (talk) 22:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

If this were a Parliamentary country we would post the removal of its most powerful member of the legislature. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:06, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

While the Speaker plays an important role in US politics that makes the American Speaker different from the Speakers of other countries, the Speaker doesn’t have the executive role that a Prime Minister has. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 00:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

In the same way that the election of the speaker of the British HoC or the resignation of the president of the French National Assembly isn't important enough. Please. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

The Speaker of the HOC is non partisan, unlike the Speaker of the US House which directs legislation. And, we can't consider what isn't nominated. 331dot (talk) 22:02, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

I suppose we can use examples to support our arguments. Where is the prohibition?

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is not a Head of Government or Head of State, and does not assume diplomatic functions. No matter how much of a director of the legislative process he may be (I guess it is good to advise you to know how it works in other countries). _-_Alsor (talk) 22:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. Apparently I've already said too much, so I'll just leave it at this with you. 331dot (talk) 22:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Strongly Support This is the first time this has has happened in US history. Swordman97 ^{talk to me} 21:25, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose - seems unremarkable - even if it's rare in that nation. We (rightfully) refused the ouster of the Canadian speaker of the house last week - even though it was under much more unusual and controversial circumstances! And I doubt we'll see a nomination for today's election of Canada's new speaker - despite the historic first of being the first black speaker! I'm not sure it's even the most significant event to occur in the USA Congress in the last week! Nfitz (talk) 21:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  The role of the Speaker in Canada is different than the Speaker in the US. The PM is more important in Canada. 331dot (talk) 21:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  I'm not sure how that's relevant - it's more about the significance of the event and the news coverage. I don't think Nazis were involved in McCarthy's ouster. Nfitz (talk) 22:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Do you think there will be less news coverage about McCarthy's ouster than the Canadian speaker's? I don't. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:53, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• STRONG support. Has received international breaking-news coverage, and is a significant event. Among the top news of the day. Perhaps a better blurb should be found though. SecretName101 (talk) 21:34, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose This is not international news. Elisecars727 (talk) 21:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Elisecars727 It is not required that an event be international news to be posted. As said above, "Please do not Oppose an item solely because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. This applies to a high percentage of the content we post and is generally unproductive." 331dot (talk) 21:38, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, I guess Elisecars727 (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose domestic politics, not a head of state. Abcmaxx (talk) 21:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support because this is a first in history, and also has international impacts (will delay further US aid to Ukraine). I probably wouldn't support if this wasn't a first. 331dot (talk) 21:40, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Weak support Support Yes, this is domestic politics, but it is true that it made news internationally. Renerpho (talk) 21:41, 3 October 2023 (UTC) Removing the weak qualifier. I fully support, on the same grounds as I gave earlier, and per Nomader's and Tamzin's votes below. Renerpho (talk) 03:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Alt blurb II. Renerpho (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2023 (UTC) Changing to Alt blurb III. Renerpho (talk) 23:26, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support The US system of government is explicitly designed so that power is not concentrated in one person – not even the President. The Speaker is quite significant in passing budgets, as seen recently, and now the recent temporary deal is unlikely to hold. There will then be further brinkmanship and financial instability which will be significant because of the size of the US. As this hasn't happened before, we're in interesting times. But the blurb should be like the alt in specifying that this is the US speaker, as many readers won't already be familiar with the details. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:43, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Completely agree PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:52, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support This is the first time in U.S. history this has happened. Analogies to other countries that routinely shake up leadership are inapt because the U.S. political system functions very differently. Oppose votes on the grounds that this is a national issue should be discounted per ITNCDONT #2. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:45, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment If this article is posted, the blurb should include a link to either October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election - Wikipedia or Removal of Kevin McCarthy - Wikipedia, as well as the article for the speakership position. Amshpee (talk) 21:43, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose domestic politics and he can return according CNN. Not important enough for world news as he is not head of state or government. Shadow4dark (talk) 21:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  also no constitutional crisis. Shadow4dark (talk) 21:46, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  There is no prohibition against posting "domestic politics". 331dot (talk) 21:46, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Maybe it might not but there is no constitutional crisis and he might return. We will repost this anyway if they come with a successor. Shadow4dark (talk) 21:56, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support: pbp 21:51, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose part of the political circus the House has been. Also understanding that we are to try to combat external systematic bias by understanding that the press are going crazy over this but it presently has little ramifications in how this country is governed. --Masem (t) 21:55, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  If there is no Speaker, the House cannot pass legislation to keep the government open past mid November, and the government not operating is certainly significant. 331dot (talk) 22:04, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  There is an acting speaker per house procedures to ensure the continuation of government. Please stop WP:BLUDGEONING oppose voters, 331dot. Noah, AA^Talk 22:08, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Responding to arguments with counterarguments in a civil manner is hardly bludgeoning. It is debatable as to if the temporary speaker can move legislation. Is this ITN, or isn't it? 331dot (talk) 22:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  It doesn't matter whether or not the comments are civil. Responding to nearly every oppose comment in a discussion to contradict them is bludgeoning. In Wikipedia terms, bludgeoning is where someone attempts to force their point of view by the sheer volume of comments, such as contradicting every viewpoint that is different from their own. It is undesirable and considered a form of disruptive editing. Noah, AA^Talk 22:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  I'm not trying to "contradict", I'm trying to discuss and persuade, as is everyone here. I've already conceded one of your points above as "fair enough". If that's "bludgeoning", then we all are doing it. If you would like to discuss this further with me, please use my talk page. 331dot (talk) 22:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Ten comments in 35 minutes, may indeed be excessive User:331dot. I'm confused though - if the Speaker is at home with the flu for a week ... does the entire House come to a halt? Surely not. Nfitz (talk) 22:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  The office isnt vacant then, there is an acting speaker. Right now the only business the House can consider is who to elect speaker. nableezy - 03:32, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  By my count, 331dot has responded to five out of nine opposes. Not what I would call "responding to nearly every oppose comment", nor "contradicting every viewpoint that is different from their own", nor bludgeoning, nor excessive. ---Sluzzelin talk 22:28, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  There is a possibility this mess will lead to another gov't shutdown in 45 days, but anything outside of "McCarthy outed" is all speculation, even by the media. The only other thing that the media are stamping on in a non-opinionated matter is this being the first time that has happened -- however, superlatives like this, particularly when only limited to one chamber of one country's governing body, do not make for good ITN stories.

  The media is riled up on this showing the GOP as the clown show they have been all term, but that's all opinion and which does not make for good ITN coverage. Masem (t) 23:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Domestic political kerfuffle. We would never post this sort of thing if it involved any other country. See WP:Systemic Bias. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:26, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  If this were any other country, people would be supporting and then replying to oppose votes saying "you only opposed because this isn't in America". We can keep speculating like this, or alternatively, we could stop playing the "you're just biased" game every time a new ITN blurb comes up. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:33, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment It would be helpful if the proposed blurbs actually picked out a bolded target article. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support due to the fact that it's precedent breaking, and that the Speaker of the House is the closest thing to a Prime Minister the US has. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 22:30, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  No, it’s not. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:42, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  The President is head of state and government, but the Speaker is the head of the legislature and is an incredibly powerful role. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:02, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose he will likely be voted back as Speaker in the upcoming days/weeks. Therapyisgood (talk) 22:32, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Do you have a source for this claim? Democrats won't help McCarthy, and what will persuade the rebels to change their mind? 331dot (talk) 22:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  McCarthy announced he is not running for speaker again. [1] Curbon7 (talk) 23:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose. If this has significant consequences such as a government shutdown, we can post then. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 22:34, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Obligatory Canadian oppose because of (insert whining about Americentrism). In all seriousness, this is big news, but is it really that important outside of the US? If it leads to a shutdown, I'd be tempted to support, but in the meantime, let's wait a while. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 22:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  We would likely post a US government shutdown(IIRC we posted the last one) but we certainly wouldn't post it as "30 days ago Kevin McCarthy was tossed out of the Speaker's chair which led to this government shutdown". 331dot (talk) 22:38, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• OpposeToo many Support arguments of the form "IF this isn't resolved quickly, we WILL have a crisis." That means this event in itself isn't huge for the country, yet. It is huge for the Republican Party, but I don't think one party's problems in any country should make it here. HiLo48 (talk) 22:37, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment - I think a lot of people here think the Speaker of the House in the US is like the Speaker in the UK or Canada. It is far more powerful. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:05, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Sure, but it's not as if there will be no Speaker forever. The most likely outcome is a new speaker in a few days. HiLo48 (talk) 23:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Struggling to see the impact here. He was only Speaker for nine months, and seemed to spend most of that time just trying to hold on to his job. The House will elect another Speaker in due course. Yes it may be a "first", but it's not going to actually affect anyone in the way a government shutdown would. It is, ultimately, internal political squabbling. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:18, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment Three of the four proposed blurbs say "ousted". That's both slangish, and unclear. Might look good in tabloid headlines, but we should do better. Ousted how far? From the job, the House, the party, the country, Washington...? Is ousting a physical action, such as defenestration? (It sounds a bit like it?) HiLo48 (talk) 23:40, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support per 331dot. Interesting story with global coverage, historic occurrence in U.S. politics with some international ramifications. Solid prose article. Davey2116 (talk) 23:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strong support - meets I and II of WP:ITNPURPOSE; readers are certainly looking for this item now, and it will intrigue those who are perhaps less engaged in U.S politics but will no doubt still interest them. Historic moment as well. — Knightoftheswords 23:52, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

However, we use ITNCRIT to decide what items to display in the box. ITNCRIT distills ITNPURPOSE into quantitative and qualitative aspects to consider. Masem (t) 00:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment - might I also add, I think we should really do away with "we shouldn't post because I believe we wouldn't post if it happened in x instead of y!" arguments. They're essentially the discussion equivalent of WP:CRYSTAL; being based on pure speculation, and have accomplished nothing aside from further narrowing the pool of select few topics that even have a chance of getting posted on here. — Knightoftheswords 23:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support now that McCarthy has announced he is no longer seeking the Speakership ([2]) -- he's just out completely. Per WP:ITNPURPOSE, it clearly is something that people are searching for now and would showcase the quality of our article on the matter. I'd also argue to Hurricane Noah's point on the Acting Speaker -- they aren't actually... doing anything. They will do nothing until they vote on who the new Speaker is, basically the US government stops functioning completely and will have a series of votes now. Nomader (talk) 00:20, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  As a follow-up to a Comment I made earlier, a question from a non-American unfamiliar with the details of US political machinations - What's he out of? The job of Speaker, the Republican Party, the House (does that need a capital?), Washington? My earlier concern was about three of the four proposed blurbs saying "ousted". Huh? We are global. Let's please be clearer. HiLo48 (talk) 02:33, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Removed from speaker of the house. 1solo2 (talk) 03:13, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  OK. Next question. By whom? And so what? What's it mean? What happens next? Just repeating headlines intended for internal US consumption is not good enough for this global encyclopedia. HiLo48 (talk) 03:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support I see a number of comments saying it's "local," but by that definition we shouldn't consider the change of Prime Ministers or Kings either; this is counter-productive, and is just an example of a lot of Wikipedians forgetting the 2nd "Please do not" guideline. Just because McCarthy wasn't Speaker of the House for the entire world doesn't make it "too local." And while not being the sole head of government (contrast to the analogous position of PM in the world's many Westminster-styled parliamentary systems) is a difference, that actually only really applies to the rational for the change in Speakership to not be ITN/R.

In short, there's a lot of folk forgetting that we're not debating whether all Speakership changes are ITN/R, but rather whether this particular event is "newsworthy," as well as having encyclopediac significance. These two parts are pretty self-evident: we have loads of evidence of heavy reporting of this event all over the world, and its significance is already established given this event Already has a substantial article.

It's pretty hard to question that this whole event cycle (of replacing Kevin McCarthy as speaker) is easily on the sort of event that we post: it is highly unusual. And because the ouster itself is the unusual part, that's what'd be posted, not the eventual election of a replacement. Nottheking (talk) 00:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support As plenty of other domestic political events across the world have been featured in the news and this is a first time in the United States congress, at least recently, it's an event worth a blurb in my opinion. --AXEdits (talk) 00:31, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strong support per 331dot, Nomader, and others. If this becomes a routine occurrence in the House, then sure, we shouldn't post it. For now, it is an unprecedented event that has resulted in the removal of the #3 government figure in the world's superpower. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 00:37, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Wait. Movement underway to name Trump to the speakership, much bigger news if this transpires. Let’s see what chaos comes. Hyperbolick (talk) 00:48, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose internal politics. If the head of state / head of government is affected then sure, for everyone else I oppose regardless of what country it is. Banedon (talk) 00:49, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The "only head of state/government" is for ITN/R. We're not discussing whether all US Speaker changes are ITN/R, (this isn't even the page to discuss that!) but whether this particular event is noteworthy. And to call it "internal politics" is to ignore #2 of WP:ITNCDONT. - Nottheking (talk) 01:07, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support. Historic first. Has a good article. —siroχo 00:57, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support The office of the Speaker of the House has existed continuously since April 1, 1789, and the speaker is second in the line of succession to the US presidency. The speakership is an exceptionally powerful office, and this is the first time in 234 years that a speaker has lost his job through a vote of the House of Representatives. This is an unprecedented development in US politics, and has an immediate impact on military assistance to Ukraine. Cullen328 (talk) 01:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support, significant event in American politics. Connormah (talk) 01:04, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strong support this one as I did the similar event in January. The house speaker has never been removed before, and is a crucial role in the government — the House of Representatives has a lot of power over diplomacy, and a lot of the dispute stems from the funding of Ukraine; it is by no means solely internal politics. I agree with Rockstone35, many may be misconstruing the role of the Speaker of the House as the US does not use a Westminster system. Unknown-Tree (talk) 01:05, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  I support alt blurb 3 by the way. Unknown-Tree (talk) 01:06, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support (altblurb 3) - While I came here with the intent to oppose this to avoid Americentric bias, particularly considering we did not post Anthony Rota's resignation in Canada, it does appear that this is making pretty big news elsewhere, or at least across the pond where it is the top story for the BBC [3] and The Telegraph [4]. I think a lot of the opposition here is ignoring WP:ITNCDONT: Oppose an item solely because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. And while I understand and support the idea that we should avoid ITN being solely or heavily America-centric, I wouldn't want to overcorrect in the other direction and not post something historic in the U.S. in the name of WP:GLOBAL. estar8806 (talk) ★ 01:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Yeah I agree strongly with you, we need to ensure that we don't overcorrect. Unknown-Tree (talk) 01:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Altblurb3 at least avoids the tabloid word "ousted", using "removed" instead. That's good. But this non-American is still confused. Who removed him? Really? The article says the House did, but I'm getting the impression that his party has turned against him. Is that what's really happened here? If that's case, THAT is surely the big news here. HiLo48 (talk) 02:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

8 Republican members of the House who were unhappy w/McCarthy voted w/the Democrats to oust McCarthy. 1 of the Republicans (Matt Gaetz) made the initial motion to vacate. B/c of the slim Republican majority, there were enough votes to remove McCarthy. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 04:00, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose. Being unprecedented does not make an event more impactful. If we don't post speaker elections, I don't see the point of posting a removal. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

There's nothing saying we don't post speaker elections, we just haven't, in the past, because they're not notable enough for here. A speaker gets elected every two years in the US House. This is the only time a Speaker has been removed. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 01:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The question in my mind is if a change in the Speaker was not considered notable enough to post in the past, why now. DYK is a great place for interesting factoids. The most important thing here is the Speaker has changed, and it appears consensus is to not post such changes. And with all due respect you did compare the Speaker to a PM above, which simply does not follow. Yes, this hinders the functioning of the government, but the Speaker is hardly the most powerful person in US politics, not by a mile. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:51, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The most important thing here is the Speaker has changed -- That is not my impression, and it doesn't seem to be what's reported in the news. The most interesting thing is the fact they have been removed, not that they have changed. Renerpho (talk) 03:10, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I'm seeing reports here in Australia emphasising the mess the Republican Party is in as the major issue here. HiLo48 (talk) 03:18, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support, wait ~ I agree with Estar8806, but I believe we should wait until a new speaker is voted in - however long that takes - and include both McCarthy's ousting and the newly elected speaker in the blurb, so that ITN isn't filled up with two separate blurbs discussing McCarthy's ousting and the election of his successor a few weeks later; if this blurb is posted now, I'm sure ITN will have another nomination for the newly elected US speaker whenever that happens, and that would certainly seem a little over Americentric. Alternatively, we could post the blurb now and change it when a new speaker is chosen, but it depends on whether McCarthy's ousting or a newly chosen Speaker of the House seem like more ITN-worthy blurbs. If McCarthy's ousting seems more covered among news sites, then I agree the blurb should be posted now. Daneellis114 02:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.216.43.157 (talk)
• Oppose. Speakership of a house, not that significant, even if a first for that country. We can't post speakership changes for all countries. Posting just this one only adds to the systemic bias. Usedtobecool ☎️ 02:54, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Again, the US Speaker of the House is significantly more powerful than the Speaker of the House within a Parliamentary system. Not posting this would indicate systemic bias against the US (which is a serious problem here). Just because it's from the US doesn't mean it's 'not' newsworthy. -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 03:01, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  However more powerful they are, they are still just the Speaker, working within the basic confines of the role, that is largely universal. If anything the post mid-term development in the US House show, it is that. I can not take any claims implying the US is the one suffering from bias anywhere seriously, unless accompanied by overwhelming evidence. Usedtobecool ☎️ 03:32, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  they are still just the Speaker, working within the basic confines of the role, that is largely universal. Not at all. In Westminster countries, the Speaker is a more procedural office. The Speaker of the U.S. House has a near-unchecked pocket-veto (in the colloquial sense) over all legislation in the United States, in that they can prevent it from ever coming to a vote, and have enormous power to shape what legislation does come to a vote. They are either the second- or third-most powerful person in the U.S. government, depending on what responsibilities a given vice president has. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 03:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Yeah, this is why I say that the Speaker is the closest thing to a Prime Minister the US has. Notwithstanding alsor's incorrect insistence that that's not the case, the Speaker is the most powerful member of Congress, and is the leader of the legislature. It's hard to make direct comparisons between the Presidential and Westminster systems, but the Speaker in the US has the legislative power of a prime minister, even if not the executive power (which falls to the President and his cabinet). -- Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 05:17, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  No, the Speaker of the House is not even 'remotely' the same between the USA and Westminster-style Parliametnary systems. The better parallel with the latter is... the Prime Minister. In both cases their powers, the rules for their selection, etc. 'are more or less identical'. (down to the fact that while each lower chamber can elect anyone they wish for their respective posts, the winner is almost always just the leader of the majority/plurality party of the chamber)

  So saying it's "not significant" would be the same as saying that the oust of Liz Truss wasn't significant, as another case of a party's leader being forced out after a short, turbulent premiership due to losing the support of their own party. As a reminder, no election of the UK House of Commons was held, with only an internal party leadership vote that elected Rishi Sunak to succeed her. And at the time... There was overwhelming support with nearly no one opposing posting it.

  And this was NOT ITN/R, because that was instead applied to Rishi Sunak's election four days later. Both events got posted as their own blurbs. - Nottheking (talk) 05:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  @Nottheking: Well said! And we shouldn't have posted the resignation of Truss, I would say. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 05:44, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  The difference of the American system is that you elect the executive and the legislature separately, so that the two branches can in theory be truly independent of each other. That extra power that occasionally comes from it, lies in the House, not its Speaker. The Speaker may appear to do big things when proxying for the majority; that does not mean they did said big things with the power inherent to them. To wit, the Speaker prevents a bill from reaching the floor not because they themselves have the power to decide which bill gets a vote and which does not, but because they, by virtue of being Speaker, have the majority behind them, and can use that majority to fail said bill on the floor anyway. If they don't have the majority support in blocking the bill, the majority can simply vote them out and elect a Speaker who will put the bill to a vote. The Speakers in other countries have enormous power in shaping and influencing what gets done too, by the simple fact that, in almost all cases, an influential member of the Party and the House is who gets elected Speaker in the first place.

  As for the comparison with the prime minister, as you all acknowledge, the PM has executive powers. The Speaker does not. So, yeah, the Speaker is like the prime minister except for lacking any executive powers and just staying in the House, in other words the Speaker is like the Speaker, same as everywhere else. Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support, it's a current and significant event at the moment. It would be worthy to be in the news. Rager7 (talk) 03:09, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb, Alt blurb I, Alt blurb II. Weak support Alternative blurb III per HiLo48, Unknown-Tree, Estar8806 24.193.10.111 (talk) 03:24, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose - local politics. nableezy - 03:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  I would draw your attention to WP:ITNCDONT, specifically item #2. Just because it only directly applies to a single country is not a valid reason for opposition. - Nottheking (talk) 05:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Nableezy, in my world, "local politics" covers the mayor, the city council, county supervisors and perhaps state legislators and the like, and issues within a relatively small geographic area. . The United States is widely considered the "world's sole superpower", and the "locale" it encompasses stretches from Nome, Alaska to Key West, Florida, a distance of 7,252 kilometers, and from Bangor, Maine to Kauii, Hawaii, a distance of 8,350 kilometers. The US has a population of over 330 million people. This is not a local matter. Cullen328 (talk) 04:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose If we are to consider that this position is analogous to the one of prime minister/second-in-command (actually third here?) in other presidential systems, the argument goes that we don't post those here at ITN (neither elections, including this, nor changes/drama thereof) and would be setting a bad precedent for a flood of such noms especially to do so based on internal party squabbles. Though further significance to this might be added if it does have immediate effective impact but so far all that has been posited is basically CRYSTALBALLing. Gotitbro (talk) 03:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment I currently count 22x support, 20x oppose, and 2x wait, and no indication that this is leaning in either direction. Is there any chance we will reach a consensus, given how controversial this topic seems to be? Renerpho (talk) 03:44, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  This is not a vote. Hopefully the closing admin will take into account the significant number of opposes that are based either on misstatements of policy or misunderstandings of how the U.S. system of government works. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 03:57, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Government infighting which is front page news in non-US international media. 2607:9880:2D28:108:863:C4EB:4622:888F (talk) 03:47, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support - In addition to being unprecedented, it’s being reported as a sign of fundamental instability in the party controlling one of the chambers of the legislative branch of government, and is already causing paralysis of that body’s functions. It’s equivalent to a mass protest event that disrupts a country’s governmental functioning or the removal of a head of government given that the U.S. government is not unitary and depends on the basic functioning of each constitutional institution to act. Also, I don’t think we should wait until McCarthy’s successor is chosen, because that could be weeks or months away. SS451 (talk) 03:53, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strong Support - This event is notable and has received front-page attention even from non US media, such as the BBC and CBC News. To state that it is "domestic" neglects the fact that almost all news is "domestic" in some sense. It isn't notable just because the guy left, but because he was ousted in a historic first, and the instability that it indicates for Congress. Let's not reduce this down to just "some guy got fired from his job." It's the most powerful person in the United States legislature losing their job to significant in-fighting in their own party.aaronneallucas (talk) 04:03, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Yes. Really, the "significant in-fighting in their own party" is the major news here. Do we normally post political party in-fighting? HiLo48 (talk) 04:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Party infighting is playing a role, but it's hardly the major news, considering it has been going on for years. There is a lot more to this news item. Renerpho (talk) 04:59, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  What? HiLo48 (talk) 06:46, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment re blurb Based on some feedback this non-American is getting and some clarity I am finally seeing, I propose Alternative blurb IV: ​ In the United States, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is removed from office after eight rebel Republican members voted against him. This is the real issue here. Someone else will be in the Speaker's position in no time. It's not a constitutional crisis for the US. But the Republican Party is in a bit of a mess. HiLo48 (talk) 04:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Weak support This is unprecedented and while it is for now local to the US government, the speakership is a huge deal here and this could have massive ramifications especially since US is playing a big role in the support of Ukraine. He's declined to run again as well, this might be local news but it is MASSIVE local news and I think it warrants posting. Jbvann05 04:28, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose: Unprecedented and historic first but no direct significant impact yet beyond mere speculation. StellarHalo (talk) 04:34, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. Saying this will have huge ramifications is speculation, and ultimately this is just a squabble that doesn't involve the head of the executive and I can't imagine we'd even consider such a posting for any other country.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
• Stats Our readership naturally thinks this is a big deal and isn't waiting for ITN's permission. It's not just Kevin McCarthy that they are reading to understand the issue. The related topics include:

• Kevin McCarthy – 319,661
• Matt Gaetz – 215,803
• Patrick McHenry – 138,177
• Speaker of the United States House of Representatives – 113,967
• United States House of Representatives – 59,953

As McCarthy has said he won't stand again, attention will shift to the Speaker pro-tem, the election of another Speaker and the pending shutdown. Perhaps there's an umbrella topic which would be suitable for Ongoing? Andrew🐉(talk) 09:22, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I don't know how many times you have already been told that the number of readers per article does not influence ITNR. _-_Alsor (talk) 09:50, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Why not? It clearly affects notability. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:53, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

It may be a factor for gauging reader interest but is really not a basis to judge ITN suitability (see for e.g. WP:POPULARPAGE). A comparision can be made with WP:TOP25 to see how that rarely corresponds with ITN. Gotitbro (talk) 10:13, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Support - Per @Andrew Davidson PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:52, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I think I Oppose posting this on the basis that we dont normally post removals, and I'm not sure this is significant enough. Would definitely support posting the new speaker once they are sworn in as speaker (or however they are officially made speaker). QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 10:21, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

(Closed) Bed bugs infest Paris

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Article: Bed bug (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Paris is infested with bed bugs (pictured), causing panic ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, DW, France24, Guardian, Hindustan Times, Reuters
Credits:

• Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: I noticed this as the top story on the BBC and it's gotten worldwide coverage as there seems to be a panic in Paris. The 2024 Olympics seems to be a particular factor so I'm not sure which the best article is and haven't found an update yet. The NYT associates it with the Paris Fashion Week so the search continues... Andrew🐉(talk) 17:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• The target article doesnt have the word Paris until the reference section where Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London is cited. Beyond that, doesnt really seem like "news". nableezy - 17:55, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose The fact that Paris is hosting the Olympics in 2024 does not make a bedbug outbreak more notable. I am finding it difficult to take this nomination seriously. But assuming it is genuine, oppose due to lack of encyclopedic value. Chrisclear (talk) 18:00, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose Not suitable for ITN (in addition to other issues, like it not having its own page). Johndavies837 (talk) 18:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. I was in Paris briefly last weekend; I didn't notice any bedbug-related panic. Black Kite (talk) 18:31, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  Friends of mine are going to Paris the weekend after next lol PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Oppose - per above. Seems like a non-story anyways, only really gaining traction because the French government is paranoid about something derailing the 2024 Olympics PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:30, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose The news cycle is not that slow that we start posting one of the most common health issues which adds nothing to it (CRYSTALLBALL as for any effect on the Olympics). Does not appear to be a convincing nomination either. Gotitbro (talk) 20:05, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Strong oppose, WTF was this person thinking when nominating this, this is so small and so absurd to nominate, if this happens in any other city that was not hosting or soon to be hosting an Olympic games, no one would attempt and/or even think to nominate this, it is absolutely not newsworthy. 4me689 (talk) 20:08, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Nobel Prize in Physics

Articles: Pierre Agostini (talk · history · tag) and Anne L'Huillier (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Pierre Agostini, Anne L'Huillier (pictured) and Ferenc Krausz are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for experimental methods in attosecond physics. (Post)
News source(s): Nobel press release
Credits:

• Nominated by Sandstein (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: Agostini's article is new and needs expansion (and an image). Agostini and Krausz each have an unsourced paragraph. L'Huillier seems OK. In all articles, the Nobel win is mentioned, but needs more context and sourcing. After a bit of work on the articles, this should be postable (but I don't have the time right now).  Sandstein 10:31, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment: the fact that Pierre Agostini page was created today means that there is a lot of work to do.--ReyHahn (talk) 11:50, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment Bothj Agostini's and L'Huiller's articles need "Research focus" or a similarly titled section to explain the body of their work, beyond what they were just awarded for. Krauzs' needs to be updated with Honors and Awards in the body as to call out, at least, the Nobel. And as noted, Agostini's is ways away from being ready, as it only has one secondary source so far. --Masem (t) 12:07, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2

Portal:Current events/2023 October 2

October 2, 2023 (2023-10-02) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in the Sahel Jihadist insurgency in Niger At least 29 soldiers are killed during an ambush by Islamic extremists in the Tahoua Region, Niger, involving suicide car bombs and bombings. Several attackers are killed in a counter-offensive. (BBC News) Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey launches airstrikes against around 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, in response to the PKK's bombing of Ankara, killing an unknown number of militants. (AP) Disasters and accidents Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in Ismailia, Egypt. (Al Jazeera) International relations Haitian crisis The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution establishing a Kenyan-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti. (The New York Times) Ukraine–European Union relations For the first time in the history of the European Union, representatives of all EU states, most of them foreign ministers, meet informally outside the EU. They meet with the Ukrainian government in Kyiv and assure it of their further support. (Euronews) Three Filipino fishermen are killed and eleven others survive after their vessel collides with an unidentified foreign merchant ship near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (CNN) Politics and elections Indigenous peoples in Brazil The government of Brazil begins expelling non-indigenous residents off of the Apyterewa and Trincheira/Bacajá indigenous territories in Pará state. (AP) Science and technology The European Space Agency reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected "Jupiter-sized objects", unconnected to any stars, which appear to be moving in pairs in the Orion constellation. Around 40 of the objects, known as Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, have been detected so far. (BBC News) 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing technology that resulted in mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. (BBC News) Sports 2023–24 AFC Champions League Al-Ittihad refuses to play a match with Sepahan due to the placement of busts of Qasem Soleimani at the side of the football pitch. (Arab News)

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RD: Russ Francis

Article: Russ Francis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo Sports, New York Post
Credits:

• Nominated by thrashbandicoot01 (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 NFL tight end for the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers. Won Super Bowl XIX as a member of the 49ers and was a 3-time Pro Bowl selection as a member of the Patriots. thrashbandicoot01 (talk) 19:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose The article is currently orange-tagged, the referencing needs some work. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 09:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Francis Lee (footballer)

Article: Francis Lee (footballer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News Sky Sports
Credits:

• Nominated by Fats40boy11 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Egghead06 (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: English professional footballer, former chairman of Manchester City and businessman. Fats40boy11 (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Looks well-cited to me; I don't see any issues. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:30, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Posted Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:20, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) Nobel Prize in Medicine

Articles: Katalin Karikó (talk · history · tag) and Drew Weissman (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Katalin Karikó (pictured) and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Price in Medicine for discoveries that led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. (Post)
News source(s): Nobel press release
Credits:

• Nominated by Sandstein (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: Articles are brief and merit expansion and copyediting, but appear broadly sourced and are updated with the prize.  Sandstein 10:49, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support as this is a huge discovery.Elisecars727 (talk) 11:22, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  The discovery happened a few years ago, this is only the Nobel Prize for it. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 12:01, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  I know, but this is still kind of a big deal. Elisecars727 (talk) 21:33, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support articles look okay - I just resolved the sole CN tag on Karikó's – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 12:06, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support Quite possibly the most important award in the world. Articles look good. Iamstillqw3rty (talk) 12:11, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support Articles are sufficient but Kariko's DoB is unsourced, which should be fixed. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 12:13, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support Karikó's has one "better source needed" tag and one statement summarizing the research that should sourced, but both articles are otherwise good. --Masem (t) 12:14, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support ITNR and article looks ready to go. The Kip 13:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support, it looks like something that is put on ITN. 4me689 (talk) 14:36, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Support Both articles look good. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 15:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Articles look good, recurring. —siroχo 15:50, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Looking good. Can anyone capable, attempt at creating a composite of image of the two winners? Masem indicated that they are busy off-wiki. Ktin (talk) 16:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Or just

? --GRuban (talk) 21:40, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

I've got that running through image protection right now Masem (t) 00:13, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support articles look fine. Alanscottwalker (talk) 16:21, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Posted. Since no other admin seems to be around, I've taken the unusual step of posting my own nomination, given the unanimous support. Sandstein 17:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Concur with the posting. I would have done it myself if I'd been checking ITN. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:38, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
    • Ditto. No issues here. Black Kite (talk) 18:40, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

RD: Patricia Janečková

Article: Patricia Janečková (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Novinky aktuality
Credits:

• Nominated by 115.188.126.180 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 85.92.62.115 (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: Soprano, died young from cancer age 25 115.188.126.180 (talk) 08:55, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose several uncited claims, including a claim apparently about the film Once Upon A Time In The West which makes little sense. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 10:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  I would have opposed too, because this isn't ITN material, but the claim about the film music makes perfect sense to me. This may have been her signature song. Renerpho (talk) 22:02, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

October 1

Portal:Current events/2023 October 1

October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2023 Ankara bombing A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Interior Ministry in Ankara, Turkey, injuring two police officers. A second attacker is shot dead by police. (Al Jazeera) Mali War Tuareg rebels take control of the town of Bamba, Gao Region, Mali, claiming over 80 soldiers have been killed. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents Fonda Milagros nightclub fire At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain. (BBC News) Ten people are killed and 60 more are injured after the Santa Cruz Church's roof collapses during a baptism ceremony in Ciudad Madero, Mexico. (Al Jazeera) Ten people are killed and 25 more are injured after a truck carrying mostly Cuban migrants overturned between Pijijiapan and Tonalá in Chiapas, Mexico. (AFP via CNA) North Dakota state senator Doug Larsen and his family are killed in a plane crash in Grand County, Utah, United States. (AP) A grizzly bear attacks and kills two people and their pet dog in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The bear is later euthanised. (BBC News) Politics and elections Charles Brown succeeds Mark Milley as chairman of the United States Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff. (NBC News) California Governor Gavin Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She will be California's first openly LGBT senator. (Politico) Sports 2023 NRL season In rugby league, the Penrith Panthers defeat the Brisbane Broncos 26–24 in the 2023 NRL Grand Final, their third consecutive win. (The Guardian Australia) 2023 Speedway Grand Prix Bartosz Zmarzlik defends his motorcycle speedway world championship title, it was his fourth world Speedway World Championship won overall. (Eurosport) 2023 World Rally Championship In rallying, Toyota Gazoo win their third consecutive World Rally Championship for Manufacturers title after Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen win the Power Stage of the 2023 Rally Chile. (JCN via AsiaOne) The 44th Ryder Cup comes to an end with a victory of the European team. (BBC)

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RD: Jim Caple

Article: Jim Caple (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPN
Credits:

• Nominated by Blaylockjam10 (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: American sportswriter Blaylockjam10 (talk) 03:50, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose The article is a bit too short and is a stub. There's also one cn tag. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 09:09, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Tim Wakefield

Article: Tim Wakefield (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [5]
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Coingeek (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.

 – Muboshgu (talk) 18:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Needs ref improvement still. - Indefensible (talk) 21:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
  • We're getting it there. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:06, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support. Looks pretty good. RIP Tim. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:26, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Posted Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 02:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Ryder Cup

Article: 2023 Ryder Cup (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In golf, the Ryder Cup concludes with Europe defeating the US. (Post)
News source(s): BBC.
Credits:

• Nominated by Black Kite (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: Needs a prose update of the final day. Black Kite (talk) 17:39, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment. Not fit as it stands. Lead needs expanding with a decent summary of the event. Also needs prose for each session on Saturday, as well as Sunday, and refs for Friday. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 21:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Update: I've expanded the lead, but the other work still needs doing, especially sourcing. _wjemather^{please leave a message...} 11:08, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality, as well as on the general proposition that there's far too much sports on ITN/R listing This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 21:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• There are between 50 and 55 sports ITN/Rs per year. That's one per week (and not all of those get posted because they're not up to quality standards). I don't think that's overkill. What you do get is clustering of events at certain times (as currently - the same thing happens around May/June time) which makes it appear that there are far more. Black Kite (talk) 10:08, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support - referencing looks good now and seems like there is enough prose ✈ mike_gigs ^talk_contribs 15:01, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support Seems like there’s an adequate amount of prose now. The Kip 16:16, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment It's good that prose has been added to the lead, but it should be added to the Sunday section too. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:33, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

2023 Speedway Grand Prix

Article: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In motorcycle speedway, Bartosz Zmarzlik defends his world championship title. (Post)
News source(s): Eurosport
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Zmarzlik's dominance continues. Abcmaxx (talk) 18:07, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose - is this ITNR? --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:34, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  No, it does not appear to be. - Indefensible (talk) 22:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  It would be a good candidate though. Why the oppose though? Abcmaxx (talk) 07:22, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose This article is almost entirely tables. The Kip 04:53, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose Needs much more prose, mostly tables. It'd be great to see a speedway article on the front page, but the quality is nowhere near good enough. --Bcp67 (talk) 12:38, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose Even if there is a prose update, the interest isn't there. Some other sporting events you may not heard of may even had better pageviews than this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howard the Duck (talk • contribs) 18:10, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

(Closed) Teatre nightclub fire

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Article: Teatre nightclub fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 13 people are killed and 4 more are hospitalized during a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain. (Post)
News source(s): BBC News, NOS, The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)
• Created by Jim 2 Michael (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Breaking news, article still needs expansion Abcmaxx (talk) 13:56, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose. Teetering on WP:NOTNEWS. Anarchyte (talk) 14:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  The death of 13 people in tragic circumstances is routine news according to you? Wow. Abcmaxx (talk) 14:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  He could have put it in a more respectful way, but as unfortunate as it is, events like these are relatively routine. ITN should not be a tragic disaster ticker. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 14:59, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  That's not what I wrote. But regardless, personal emotions shouldn't change our approach to ITN or notability. PrecariousWorlds described it in a more diplomatic way. Anarchyte (talk) 15:38, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  How is any of this in any way "routine"? It's in the news around the world as an unusual rare (and tragic) event Abcmaxx (talk) 17:11, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I'm not arguing against posting, but nightclub fires are not particularly rare occurrences, owning to a combination of generally poor building codes, pyrotechnics, overcrowding, etc. Curbon7 (talk) 23:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  An answer to "ITN should not be a tragic disaster ticker" could be that we need to nominate and post a wider variety of content more often. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 02:01, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  When is the last time a nightclub fire with tragic consequences in a health and safety conscious country like Spain occurred? Abcmaxx (talk) 07:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  I would agree with this PrecariousWorlds (talk) 11:59, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support- This type of event is not common. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:35, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:NEWSEVENT. And the article seems quite thin as the cause and details of the fire are not known. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. Wikipedia is not for news coverage, it's for encyclopedic coverage. Likewise, ITN is not for news stories, it's for encyclopedic subjects that happen to be in the news. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 01:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment We currently have the Qaraqosh wedding fire posted, and actually nightclub fires are rare contrary to comments above. Abcmaxx (talk) 07:36, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  Abcmaxx, List of nightclub fires only includes notable fires. Just in the past couple of months, there were nightclub fires in Arkansas, Scotland, England, Alabama, North Carolina, Cambodia, and Texas, as well as likely many more. Now, all of these but the one in Cambodia had no deaths involved, but the assertion that these types of fires are rare simply because our article doesn't list them is incorrect. Curbon7 (talk) 07:48, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  A lot of those were former nightclub fires, to be fair. Whole other ballgame. Still, bit extraordinary how it was the third time for Kitty's (Scotland) this year. InedibleHulk (talk) 08:12, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose I think the Colectiv nightclub fire, which resulted in 64 deaths and the resignation of Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta, is a very good standard for posting. This fire is far from it.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:39, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per Kiril. A tragedy, but not on the level that typically merits blurbing. The Kip 16:18, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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2023 Cauvery water dispute protests

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Article: 2023 Cauvery water dispute protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The 2023 Kaveri River water sharing protests are a series of ongoing protests on the issue of water sharing problems from the River Kaveri between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka which are two states in India.. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Protests erupt in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka following the Kaveri River water dispute.
News source(s): [6][7]
Credits:

• Created and nominated by DSP2092 (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: There is also a strike (transl. bandh) in Karnataka following protests, and Bengaluru, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Ramanagara, and Hassan district have declared a holiday for schools and colleges there.[8] DSP2092^talk 12:58, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Comment That's not a blurb that's just the first sentence of the article that got copy-pasted. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 13:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Added a new blurb ChaotıċEnby(talk) 13:19, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose and wait. Protests, just because they are protests, are not always ITN-worthy. For now, there is nothing to suggest that they will have a noticeable transcendence and impact.

_-_Alsor (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose The triggering event appears to have been in August 2023, and while there are ongoing protests, the scale of them seems small, compared to last big one in India, the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. --Masem (t) 13:50, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment the article doesn't indicate the scale of the protests; do we know the scale of this? Abcmaxx (talk) 21:36, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per above; the article's also in dreadful shape. The Kip 04:54, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  Oppose indeed, the article is in a poor state. Schwede66 06:37, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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RD: A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal

Article: A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Business Standard
Credits:

• Nominated by 115.188.126.180 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 103.151.1.109 (talk · give credit), Hrksmp (talk · give credit), Rigg (talk · give credit), Kelisi (talk · give credit) and Jkaharper (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Former member of Bangladesh parliament and former minister of civil aviation and tourism. 115.188.126.180 (talk) 11:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Not ready Still a stub, needs expansion. The Bengali Wikipedia article is longer. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 14:29, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

2023 NRL Grand Final

Article: 2023 NRL Grand Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In rugby league, the Penrith Panthers defeat the Brisbane Broncos to win the NRL Grand Final (Clive Churchill Medal winner Nathan Cleary pictured). (Post)
News source(s): [9]
Credits:

• Nominated by Happily888 (talk · give credit)
• Created by Talsta (talk · give credit)
• Updated by ChampsRT (talk · give credit), BJHRBB (talk · give credit), Storm machine (talk · give credit) and 172.193.238.85 (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.

 Happily888 (talk) 10:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Needs a prose summary of the match. Some sourcing work is also necessary, some unsourced statements and some of the end of paragraphs sources only source part of the paragraph. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 10:42, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. The match summary section is entirely unsourced and full of peacock phrases and bad wording. --Bcp67 (talk) 12:43, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose per Bcp. The Kip 16:19, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

RD: Richie Poulton

Article: Richie Poulton (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Otago Daily Times
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by MonarchOfTerror (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Lcmortensen (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 Zealand psychologist. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 08:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Seems pretty good. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 14:28, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

2023 Slovak parliamentary election

Article: 2023 Slovak parliamentary election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The parliamentary election in Slovakia results in a hung parliament. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In the parliamentary election in Slovakia, SMER-SD wins a plurality of the vote.
Alternative blurb II: ​ In Slovakia's parliamentary election, SMER-SD wins a plurality of the vote.
Alternative blurb III: ​ SMER-SD wins the most votes in the Slovak parliamentary election.
News source(s): (The Guardian)
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (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: A plurality of votes does not mean much here as everything rests on coalition building with the smallest parties. Abcmaxx (talk) 07:48, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment As there is no majority winner, they will have to form a coalition, which will take time. We do usually mention which party won the plurality in the blurb. In any case, a section on the aftermath is needed in the article. --Tone 08:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support but Oppose Blurb 1 The term hung parliament is mostly used in the UK, not in countries like Slovakia where a single party almost never wins an outright majority. In fact, searching for Slovakia + hung parliament on Google News shows only 2 results, both from the UK. Johndavies837 (talk) 17:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support; neutral on blurb This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 20:41, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality, needs more content on the campaigns and the aftermath. The "issues and developments" section is the only prose outside the lead describing the election at all and mostly now looks like outdated speculation. Proposed altblurb3 for simplicity. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 09:50, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

RD: George Reed (Canadian football)

Article: George Reed (Canadian football) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s):
Credits:

• Nominated by 168.103.165.53 (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: CFL Hall of Famer 168.103.165.53 (talk) 01:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

September 30

Portal:Current events/2023 September 30

September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Papua conflict Five Free Papua Movement militants are killed during a shootout with Indonesian soldiers and police officers in the Papua province. (AP) Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using a sniper to kill one of its soldiers in the city of Kalbajar. Armenia denies involvement in the incident. (The Star) Mexican drug war Two Morena party pollsters are killed and a third is kidnapped in Juárez, Chiapas, Mexico. A note was left on the bodies from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, threatening the government. (CBS News) Politics and elections 2023 Maldivian presidential election Maldivians vote in a run-off election between candidates Mohamed Muizzu and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (Reuters) 2023 Slovak parliamentary election Slovaks elect the 150 members of the National Council. (Reuters) 2024 United States federal budget The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate pass a 45-day stopgap measure bill backed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. President Joe Biden signs the bill, averting a government shutdown. (CNN) Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election The office of the Attorney General of Guatemala seizes the tally sheets of votes from the general election and the runoff. The judges of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal opposed the seizure but were attacked by police and prosecutors. Electoral tribunal officials were also intimidated. (AP) (Prensa Libre) Sports 2023 AFL season Collingwood defeats the Brisbane Lions by four points to win the 2023 AFL Grand Final. (The Guardian)

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RD: Alison Quentin-Baxter

Article: Alison Quentin-Baxter (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Tributes Online Ltd
Credits:

• Nominated by Schwede66 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Paora (talk · give credit) and LJ Holden (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: The source may, at first sight, not appear reliable, but this is a site where only funeral homes can set up new pages, hence it's legitimate and reliable. Article looks ready to me. Schwede66 23:21, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Looks good to me. 98.170.164.88 (talk) 01:05, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Article appears sufficient for the purposes of RD. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 09:05, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Maldivian presidential election

Article: 2023 Maldivian presidential election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Mohamed Muizzu (pictured) is elected as President of the Maldives. (Post)
News source(s): (AlJazeera) (elections.gov.mv)
Credits:

• Nominated by Chaotic Enby (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.

 ChaotıċEnby(talk) 17:56, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• There’s not a single word written about who has won the runoff. The prose stops with the first round held on 9 September. Schwede66 19:52, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality article is not in good condition: there are paragraphs and lines without sources, missing sections such as "Campaign" and "Aftermath", lack of prose in the results section (which should narrate both the first round and the run-off), as well as a "Background" section that details more about the political situation of the country at the time these presidential elections were called and held. _-_Alsor (talk) 21:10, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support once expanded per above This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 23:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality the "Campaign" section really should be expanded. Additionally several uncited paragraphs. Therapyisgood (talk) 03:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) 2023 AFL Grand Final

Article: 2023 AFL Grand Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Australian football, Collingwood defeats the Brisbane Lions by four points to win the 2023 AFL Grand Final. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Australian rules football, Collingwood defeats the Brisbane Lions by four points to win the 2023 AFL Grand Final.
News source(s): (The Guardian Australia)
Credits:

• Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Hawkeye7 (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.

 Abcmaxx (talk) 15:50, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality The Match Summary section still has basically empty subsections, and the article is still quite table-heavy. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 16:36, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment table heavy is fine, but we need at least a brief summary of the match and a check for citations. I see some unreferenced statements in the article, in addition to things like the attendance. cc Abcmaxx Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:23, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment Australian football is a redirect to the correctly named Australian rules football Chrisclear (talk) 23:22, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  That is incorrect: the sport is officially named "Australian football". [10] Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:51, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  I've used "Australian rules football" for the blurb because that's what our article is titled. This might be worth a move discussion at Talk:Australian rules football? Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:00, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  For context, Australian football is the official name, Australian rules football is the common name. Steelkamp (talk) 05:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support I have gone through the article and it is now fully referenced. Match summary has been filled in by other editors. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:51, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support, article has been extensively improved and is now up to scratch. Devonian Wombat (talk) 23:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Posted, knowing that this is ITNR, and with kudos to Hawkeye7 for the article's significantly improved quality. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:00, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

September 29

Portal:Current events/2023 September 29

September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hangu mosque bombing Five people are killed and ten others are injured by two suicide bombers at a mosque in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) Four soldiers and three Pakistani Taliban militants are killed during a shootout in Zhob, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Aaj English Tv) Insurgency in Balochistan 2023 Mastung bombing At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (BBC News) Somali Civil War Mogadishu tea shop bombing At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) Business and economy Toys "R" Us announces plans to open 24 new flagship stores across the United States, along with new shops in airports and on cruise ships, after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six years ago. (The New York Times) Disasters and accidents September 2023 New York floods New York City declares a state of emergency due to widespread flooding caused by heavy rain. (CNN) Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion The death toll from an explosion at a fuel warehouse in Berkadzor, Artsakh, on Monday increases to 170 people. (Reuters) M53 motorway coach crash Two people are killed and 17 injured after a school bus crashes into a central reservation and overturns in The Wirral, England. (BBC News) Nine people are killed, four others are trapped, and 21 are rescued after a mine collapses in Chegutu, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. (New Zimbabwe) Five people are killed and five more are hospitalized as a semi truck carrying a toxic substance turns over near Teutopolis, Illinois, United States, causing evacuations. (The Guardian) Law and crime Murder of Tupac Shakur Duane "Keefe D" Davis is arrested by police for the 1996 murder of American rapper Tupac Shakur. (CNN) A second suspect, a man in his sixties, is arrested in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, United Kingdom. (Sky News) Politics and elections Aftermath of 2023 Guatemalan general election Rafael Curruchiche, a prosecutor in the Guatemalan attorney general's office, accuses the Organization of American States and the European Union of interference in the election and says that around a thousand people denounced irregularities in electoral process. (Prensa Libre)(Prensa Libre) The Supreme Court of Belarus bans the activities of the Belarusian Left Party after a complaint filed by the Ministry of Justice. Only four political parties remain permitted to operate. (Nasha Niva)

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RD: Glenn Bujnoch

Article: Glenn Bujnoch (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.wlwt.com/article/former-bengals-offensive-lineman-glenn-bujnoch-died/45381813
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: National Football League guard, 1976-1984. 65.94.213.53 (talk) 15:35, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Weak oppose There is one unsourced sentence in the Professional career section. Also there should probably be a source for the information in the infobox and his DoB. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 08:53, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Pat Arrowsmith

Article: Pat Arrowsmith (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian CND
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by MonarchOfTerror (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Politicscurator (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: English author and peace campaigner. Death announced today. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 20:05, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose for now needs a bit of citation work, but it's close to readiness (in my opinion). ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 05:09, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Nearly ready I’ve placed two citation needed tags. Schwede66 19:35, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
  • I've replaced one of the {cn} tags with a footnote. --PFHLai (talk) 05:38, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
  • I've removed the sentence with the other {cn} tag. I have trouble believing it was "the only time in modern history". Unable to verify that by Googling. So, no {cn} tags left. --PFHLai (talk) 12:13, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support seems good and ready. Nice work. _-_Alsor (talk) 15:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Posted Schwede66 06:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

(RD Posted) RD: Dianne Feinstein

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

• Nominated by Ornithoptera (talk · give credit)
• Created by Chadloder (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Slamforeman (talk · give credit), Nextrava (talk · give credit), Jauerback (talk · give credit) and DarmaniLink (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: US Senator from California, former mayor of San Francisco, long electoral history. Ornithoptera (talk) 12:57, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I see a handful of unsourced placed in "Early Political Career" but otherwise close. Masem (t) 13:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Support - estar8806 (talk) ★ 13:10, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support pbp 13:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support- Smallangryplanet (talk) 13:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support - article seems sourced now. PhilKnight (talk) 13:44, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• How do we feel about a blurb? She was a sitting U.S. Senator and a major player in American politics for decades, and remained both up until she died. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 14:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell did not get a blurb because people on here thought they weren't internationally known enough (which is crazy), so I don't think she makes the cut. I think McCain got one? RBG definitely did. The blurb guidelines really need some consistency. -- jonas (talk) 15:22, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  There's a related discussion at Wikipedia talk:In the news § Formalizing a death blurb criterion? —Bagumba (talk) 15:37, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Support Covers the entirety of her life in detail; facts are cited. Bremps... 14:24, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Relatively well cited for its size, but I've added {{Cn}}'s for a few uncited larger passages.—Bagumba (talk) 14:32, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support: I've added numerous citations, including for the cn tags @Bagumba added. Marking as ready. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 14:46, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support Looks to be well cited now.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support RD, oppose blurb - notable in US, unknown outside the country. --Soman (talk) 15:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Nobody is suggesting a blurb Noah, AA^Talk 15:29, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Somebody did above. —Bagumba (talk) 15:34, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Posted to RD. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:29, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support RD image Davey2116 (talk) 16:24, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Post-posting support Article looks good, that is why it has been posted in the RD. And that's enough for a senator. _-_Alsor (talk) 18:06, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb As far as I can tell, this person was not a head of state or head of government. There would be close to zero chance of this being considered for a blurb if she was from another country. In fact, most people would have the common sense not to start a discussion about a possible blurb for such a person. Chrisclear (talk) 19:45, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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(Posted) Mastung bombing

Article: 2023 Mastung bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A suicide bombing kills more than 50 people in Mastung, Pakistan. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, CNN, Crisis24, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, NY Times, Reuters, Independent
Credits:

• Created and nominated by Ainty Painty (talk · give credit)

 Ainty Painty (talk) 10:08, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support very sad news, and there's a lot of sourcing to back up the event and the article. 🔥Jalapeño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 10:22, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support altblurb when the article is improved sufficiently. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 10:35, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support Count went up to over 50 deaths :( Chaotic Enby (talk) 12:21, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support Biggest attack in Mastung area to date, and the death tolls are rising. MarioJump83 (talk) 12:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

The 2018 bombing killed far more people, but this one is still easily important enough to post. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 13:29, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose only on quality - background needs sourcing and could be expanded just a notch to explain the origin of the hostilities. --Masem (t) 13:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Wait This is a complex and contentious part of the world, per WP:ARBIPA, and no-one has claimed responsibility. We are therefore not in a position to explain who dunnit and so should wait until the speculation resolves. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:55, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

It's easily important enough to post, regardless of the ideology or identity of the bomber. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 14:25, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Neither of the proposed blurbs engages in this kind of speculation, only mentioning "a suicide bomber" without connecting the incident to any ideology or organization. Chaotic Enby (talk) 18:53, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

There's no hard evidence that it was a suicide bombing. It might have been a proxy bomb, a false flag operation, a premature detonation or other malfunction. It's speculation and jumping to conclusions. See WP:DELAY.

Note also that Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians has now been pulled from ITN because of a NPOV dispute. That's another contentious part of the world and so there are similar sanctions per WP:CT/A-A. In such cases, one is supposed to "err on the side of caution".

Andrew🐉(talk) 19:51, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Many RS describe it as a suicide bombing; none describe it as any of your alternative suggestions. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 14:19, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support Article seems ready. Bremps... 14:25, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Posted per support above. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 05:01, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Murder of Tupac Shakur indictment

Article: Murder of Tupac Shakur (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Duane Davis is indicted on first-degree murder charges for his alleged involvement in the murder of Tupac Shakur. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Duane "Keefe D" Davis is indicted on first-degree murder charges for his alleged involvement in the murder of Tupac Shakur.
Alternative blurb II: ​ A suspect is indicted on first-degree murder charges for his alleged involvement in the murder of Tupac Shakur.
News source(s): NBC News, ABC News
Credits:

• Nominated by Blaylockjam10 (talk · give credit)

 Blaylockjam10 (talk) 07:17, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Wait until the verdict. It will still be a story then. Tone 07:21, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Wait until the verdict. Then it'll be worthy of ITN. I feel like posting this now might violate BLP anyway. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose it's not the right time. Snow close because the tendency (with unexplained exceptions) is to wait until the defendant's conviction. It will then, most likely, be ITN-worthy. _-_Alsor (talk) 20:06, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose In line with all of my previous opposes for indictment/charges and contradiction of BLP spirit. Though a conviction if it happens would definitely be considerable. Gotitbro (talk) 20:23, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

September 28

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Article: 2023 Rotterdam shootings (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the Netherlands, three people are killed in a spree shooting in Rotterdam. (Post)
News source(s): AP
Credits:

• Nominated by FatCat96 (talk · give credit)
• Created by Coldbolt (talk · give credit)

 FatCat96 (talk) 18:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• oppose 2 peeps is too few Daikido (talk) 18:44, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• support A shooting like this is very rare in a country like the Netherlands as well as Europe. Coldbolt (talk) 19:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose because attacks with this death toll or higher happen every day somewhere. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 20:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Not in the Netherlands, not in Europe. _-_Alsor (talk) 20:52, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  We shouldn't post something that's common in some countries just because it's unusual in the country it occurred in. Something like this wouldn't be posted had it happened anywhere in Africa, Asia or the Americas (except perhaps Canada). Jim 2 Michael (talk) 21:28, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Yes, yes, WP:ignore all precedent and so on, but we just refused to post an event unprecedented in its country largely because it would have been "commonplace" "in any other country" - your words. —Cryptic 21:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  totally comparable situations. For sure! _-_Alsor (talk) 22:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  So what's your bar for what's notable for posting in the US vs. elsewhere? Cryptic makes a valid point that you're not addressing. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:20, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Is not absolut like that. For example, a strike in the US is more common than a shooting and arson attack in a public place in Europe. So simple, clear and easy to check. _-_Alsor (talk) 23:42, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose -- this is not a mass shooting by definition. This is a spree shooting, but at only 3 deaths I don't think it's notable enough for posting on ITN. For me, a bare minimum for posting a shooting is that the event satisfies the criteria of a mass shooting. Aside from that, this type of thing happens everywhere. It is irrelevant that it's happening in the Netherlands instead of another country. Notability is not (or should not) be tied to location. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 20:59, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose appears to be a domestic crime with no ties to terrorism. --Masem (t) 21:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support highly unusual for Europe (unlike, say, the US, or the Disputed Zones of Burkina Faso), and noting that per WP:ITNCDONT, Oppose an item solely because the event is only relating to a single country. Serial 21:08, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• I read part of ITNCDONT as also saying that an item shouldn't be supported solely because of where it's happening. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  then we would be undermining one of the main characteristics that identify the concept of "notoriety" and "newsworthiness". _-_Alsor (talk) 22:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• OK then, I don't see how it's more relevant that it took place in the EU vs. in the US. There are many parts of the US with little gun crime. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:22, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  But it's something as simple as knowing and understanding that at the national level it is not like that in the US. _-_Alsor (talk) 23:40, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose. Again that's the issue with systemic bias. ITN is already pretty biased towards Europe (and the US) in several regards, so having this be news even though it would not be news in another country absolutely contributes to that bias. Chaotic Enby (talk) 21:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  this tbh Daikido (talk) 21:46, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  The word news comes from the plural of "new" and means "new things", and usually involves something that "deviates from the norms of everyday happenings". A shooting in Chicago is not news because it's not so unusual, it's not such a deviation from the norm (in fact a lack of shootings in Chicago would be more likely to make the news). Same with terrorism in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Not to say that this particular shooting is newsworthy, but as an explanation of supposed systemic bias, the news is by definition new things that deviate from the norm, which is why a shooting in a low-crime area is more notable than a shooting in a high-crime area. JM2023 (talk) 06:55, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Comment Would support this if it carried weightage (links to terrorism or other high profile relations etc.) but so far that is not the case. The killings in Sweden appear to be at a higher point of notability than these but those too are just the result of local gang wars. We are better off not posting crimes which have no additional significance other than their occurence. Gotitbro (talk) 03:44, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Oppose and SNOW close. We shouldn't support something just because of where it happened, even if it carries some weight. 🔥Jalapeño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 10:21, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Oppose per Jalapeño Elisecars727 (talk) 11:27, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Ganira Pashayeva

Article: Ganira Pashayeva (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://en.apa.az/incident/azerbaijani-mp-ganira-pashayeva-passed-away-412993
Credits:

• Nominated by Nemoralis (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.

 Nemoralis (talk) 17:44, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support - article is pretty sparse, but what is there is all sourced ✈ mike_gigs ^talk_contribs 14:18, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Posted Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:21, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

(Pulled from RD/Discussion regarding blurb continues): Sycamore Gap Tree

Article: Sycamore Gap Tree (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  The Sycamore Gap Tree (pictured) is felled in an act of vandalism. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Mjroots (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Thoriginalone (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.

 Mjroots (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support - poor tree  :( ✈ mike_gigs ^talk_contribs 16:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support because it's a tree JM2023 (talk) 16:01, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support What a shame. The article is of high quality, so this is already ready as far as I am concerned. 70.181.1.68 (talk) 16:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support nice tree. AryKun (talk) 16:42, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose I doubt it's dead. Reportedly, Acer pseudoplatanus has "the ability to grow vigorously from the stump when felled". So as long as roots and stump are undamaged, it appears this is still alive. Brandmeister^talk 16:47, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Hmm, good catch. I may have to retract my support. 70.181.1.68 (talk) 16:50, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  This article from The Guardian also expresses doubt on whether the tree's actually dead. —Cryptic 18:57, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support. Loss of an iconic tree and the media is stating that everyone is left speechless and furious. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 17:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• This is where we are, huh? I know RD says that any living organism with an individual article counts, but man... _{Duly signed,} ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 17:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Well a tree is a living organism so it goes PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support Yes I know, It is a tree, but RD is for any individual organism, not just people. RIP tree.Editor 5426387 (talk) 18:14, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Neutral Depends on whether the stump left is enough for it to regrow, really. Chaotic Enby (talk) 18:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Posted Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:33, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
  • @The ed17: would you do the admin please? Mjroots (talk) 04:49, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
    •  Done Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:56, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose Are you fucking joking? A fucking tree? 184.179.169.144 (talk) 18:39, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  We are fucking serious. RD is for any person or organism that has died. Noah, AA^Talk 20:34, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  ITN is very serious business PrecariousWorlds (talk) 09:18, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Strong Support

RIP Robin Hood Tree. Gone, but not forgotten PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:20, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• IAR Post-Posting Support. Yes, the tree may not be dead, but the tree, even if it grows back, will not look the same, and being photogenic is what the tree was known for. So perhaps the tree is not TECHNICALLY dead, but something has certainly been lost here. Just let it ride. This isn't as silly as the duck situation. DarkSide830 (talk) 19:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Retrospectively agree with the decision. This tree had massive importance and its felling was an unfortunate and disastrous event, whether it will be able to regrow or not. Chaotic Enby (talk) 19:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  "the duck situation", some of us are in need of an ITN history lesson? JM2023 (talk) 19:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  There was some controversy over if a duck should be posted. The duck didn't end up getting posted and the discussion ended up being closed with no consensus developing. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 20:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  The issue there was whether or not the duck actually died rather than controversy about a duck being posted. Noah, AA^Talk 20:50, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  To be fair that was kind of the situation here too. Is the tree really dead or just chopped down? Chaotic Enby (talk) 21:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  That kinda was part of the issue. I still maintain that a university - nor anyone else - can declare a duck dead in abstentia. At least in this situation we can see the tree, and maybe it's not dead, but it certainly won't be the same. DarkSide830 (talk) 05:36, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  I personally would've been happier with a blurb. Besides resolving the ambiguity of whether it actually died - we'd just say it was "felled" or "cut down", like our sources do - this tree's felling changed the world, in a way that the deaths of most of the people we blurb, who have been retired for five or ten years, do not. —Cryptic 20:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Put me down as Oppose Blurb as well per Rockstone a little ways down. DarkSide830 (talk) 02:34, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

I might be in the minority here, but, I think we have taken this a tad too far, with a very open read of “organism”. In some sense it might be a disrespect to the others on the RD carousel as well. Ktin (talk) 20:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Btw it might be worthwhile to inspect where the term “organism” came into the template and the criteria. I am reading the past RFCs and it seems like the discussion was very specifically about “Animals”. I think introduction of “organisms” was an overzealous act. Ktin (talk) 20:39, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Trees were specifically discussed.[11] Thincat (talk) 21:57, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Post-posting support and I would IAR support an RD image for this too. Davey2116 (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Post-posting support - The felling of this tree reminds me of The Senator (tree); a 3500 year old bald cypress tree that was destroyed here in central Florida in an act of vandalism (actually, the woman apparently was smoking meth and burned it down, but that's irrelevant). No idea if we posted it to RD at the time, but if it happened today, it would surely qualify. So, too, does this tree, which seems to be of similar importance. RIP. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:59, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• That tree appears in Deaths in January 2012. It doesn't seem to have new growth since but 10 clones were taken and it seems that seven survive as new trees. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Comment we've posted a tree on RD before, if anyone cares. -BRAINULATOR9 (TALK) 23:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Post-posting oppose Missing ducks and half-dead trees are not "deaths". If the tree was actually dead it would be a support from me, but one rooted still rooted in the ground with quite the possibility of regrowth is not it. DYK would have been the ideal posting for this. Gotitbro (talk) 03:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Post-posting support RD, oppose blurb This is a clear and devestating event, but I'm not going so far as to make this a blurb due to, I'm afraid, the systematic bias towards US/UK events in English Wikipedia ITN. As for why I support this being RD, living beings, regardless of them being human or not, should be included. MarioJump83 (talk) 03:47, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Blurb This is front-page news and it's likely that the tree will grow more shoots, per coppicing. RD is not appropriate for such complex cases. Why can't we just have a few words to summarise the situation? ITN has become far too parsimonious and terse compared to other main page sections and it is obstructing clear communication. Brief blurbs cost nothing. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:03, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

You repeatedly say that disasters in which dozens of people were killed aren't important enough to blurb, but you're saying that a tree being cut down is?! Jim 2 Michael (talk) 13:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Andrew’s ITN contributions are approaching the point of disruptive behavior. The Kip 13:08, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

How so? Aaron Liu (talk) 14:26, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Makes no sense to blurb the loss of a famous tree. And given that we are purposely blind to RD posting beyond article quality, many of the RDs we post are people that are likely unknown to a good fraction to the readers so being able to click through to read about them is appropriate - same with this case. Masem (t) 13:25, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Consensus to post this has already been established and this has been done. The issue is doing so in a clear and accurate way. There's already a complaint at WP:ERRORS that the RD entry is wrong. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:38, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm not seeking for it to be pulled from RD; I'm questioning why you think it blurb-worthy. Jim 2 Michael (talk) 15:18, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Let me count the ways:

1. It was the top news story on the BBC yesterday.
2. It was still a top news item getting continuing coverage in the midday bulletin today
3. It was on the front pages when I checked the newsstand today. And not just a sidebar – the entire front page.
4. It got about 150,000 views yesterday. That's about ten times more than the Qaraqosh wedding fire, for example.
5. The article was written by Dumelow whose work is always excellent in my experience.
6. This was a Tree of the Year – a rare distinction
7. There are lots of beautiful and iconic pictures of it and, as a blurb, we could use one (see above).
8. With blurb text rather than a bare link, we can better explain what has happened

Andrew🐉(talk) 16:00, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Bob Saget & Anne Heche received extremely high pageviews last year. We didn't blurb their deaths. Tree of the Year is a trivial domestic award. You regard this tree being cut down as more notable than the Qaraqosh fire? Jim 2 Michael (talk) 18:35, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

It's day 3 and the tree is still in the top 10 most read articles on Wikipedia. The wedding fire not so much. The latter seems to be a standard WP:NEWSEVENT while the tree has got and is getting continuing coverage. For example, this latest development is currently the top read story at BBC News. Other related encyclopedic topics like Hadrian's Wall, Robin Hood and coppicing are getting significantly more attention too. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:04, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Once again, we do not consider page views, popularity or fame for ITN items, we have rejected the idea of being TOP25. We are looking for encyclopedic content as well as significance; that is not to say that the felling of a tree could not be either but the bar for that is going to be pretty high, and more that just being a "famous" tree. Masem (t) 20:00, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

The question was the notability of the tree versus the notability of the wedding fire. The evidence is that the tree is the more notable topic. If Masem has some other evidence, they should please present it. If they are saying that ITN doesn't care about evidence and just prefers personal opinions, they should please see core policies such as WP:NPOV. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:53, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

popularity isn't notability. Secretlondon (talk) 22:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

The question wasn’t notability, the question was blurb-worthiness. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:27, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

I ask again, have you ever in your life read WP:POPULARPAGE and did you understand it?

Will you ever understand that page views and fame don’t matter here? The Kip 13:09, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Convert to a blurb about the act of vandalism. The tree is not dead so it shouldn't be posted as a death, but this well known tree being vandalized seems significant. I think if the General Sherman tree was cut down by vandals or even spray painted, we would at least consider posting it. 331dot (talk) 16:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  To clarify my position, if this is not blurbed, it should be removed from RD, since the tree is not dead. 331dot (talk) 16:34, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  "Felling" is not equivalent to death. 331dot (talk) 20:09, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support converting to blurb. The article is higher quality than most we post here, and it makes a nice change from the normal disaster stubs we post. BilledMammal (talk) 16:03, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb. I've added a (felled) note to the RD entry to clarify the concern that it's not actually dead. As for a blurb, I think that's over the top, per other comments made above. It's no doubt sad for those who enjoy the view in that part of the world, but with everything else going on in the world, this is emphatically not a story of lasting significance. Trees also get felled in other parts of the world too, e.g. Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone) earlier this year and we don't blurb those, so there's a WP:WORLDWIDE issue to consider here too.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:15, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Was the Cotton Tree nominated? "Everything else going on in the world" is precisely the reason to blurb this, not to refrain from doing so. 331dot (talk) 16:32, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  The Cotton Tree was posted to RD. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 18:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  The Lahaina Banyan Tree was in the news recently too – I noticed the coverage at the time. IMO, such trees are more historic and significant than the routine sporting events that ITN runs as blurbs. But we have space for all – blurbs are not such a precious and limited resource – we could easily run several fresh blurbs every day, just like the other main page sections. Andrew🐉(talk) 16:38, 29 September 2023 (UTC) (edit conflict)

  Well blurbs are limited to four at a time, so yeah, they are a limited resource by definition. Chaotic Enby (talk) 23:11, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb as nominator, but consider an IAR image posting. Mjroots (talk) 16:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Pull Death is the biological end of a life. Is this tree biologically dead? No. Then it’s not a "recent death" because it is not dead. If it can grow, it’s alive. And if it’s alive…it’s not dead. _-_Alsor (talk) 17:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Post-posting support - I would support either the RD or blurb. The tree was technically "felled" but colloquially it is "dead". If someone wants to quibble about it being "dead", then a blurb is the way to go.

EvergreenFir (talk) 17:22, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Note: the RD item was tweaked so that it now reads "Sycamore Gap Tree (felled)". Also, there is a parallel discussion happening at WP:ERRORS. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb A tree being felled isn’t important enough for a blurb. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 18:27, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose / pull Not dead. It's a species that's notable for being receptive to coppicing. Also, shoehorning this into a section for people (and occasionally animals) who've actually recently died also seems a bit tasteless to me. I love trees, I get that people love trees, but there's a place for this, and this isn't it. EditorInTheRye (talk) 21:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Pull / Oppose blurb Not dead, and there's no reason a tree should get a blurb if literal ethnic cleansing of 90,000+ people doesn't. That's pretty much adding insult to injury. Chaotic Enby (talk) 23:09, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• STRONG OPPOSE BLURB - for the avoidance of all doubt, I'm fine with an RD entry, but a blurb is ridiculous, and if we did blurb this, it'd be the biggest example of systemic UK bias on ITN that I can think of (no, we would not be blurbing this if it happened anywhere else). --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 23:55, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• See the Pioneer Cabin Tree – a sequoia in California which was posted in 2017. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:57, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Well... you're right, nice find, and I stand corrected. But I still don't think it should be blurbed. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 19:28, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• pull. i think there was a consensus to post early on, when many of us had believed that the tree had died, but now that it is clear that the tree had only been felled, and also has a decent chance of regrowing, i don't think it is appropriate to keep it in the list of recent deaths. to be clear, had the tree actually died, i would have thought that its death would have been appropriate for the list.
  the arguments that the tree is effectively dead enough for the list make me worried, as they could also be used to argue that people in deep comas who may be described as "virtually dead", or that people who underwent extensive plastic surgery who may be described as "virtually unrecognizable", would also be eligible for the list. keeping the tree on the list may validate those arguments and set a weird precedent.
  i don't think posting a blurb would be a wise idea. it seems farcical to refuse a blurb for a prominent senator who recently died, only to then turn around and post one for a tree that didn't. dying (talk) 01:11, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support blurb It's obviously contentious to post this as RD as technically, the tree isn't dead. The qualifier "(felled)" has been added but for many, that's still not good enough. The status quo works for me, but my preference is to have this as a blurb. Firstly, this is a notable event that's making the news around the world. Secondly, it has a lasting effect, as the area has lost a major tourism item. Thirdly, it overcomes the conundrum whether or not this fits under RD as a blurb can explain in a more nuanced way what's going on. Fourthly, I do not buy into the systemic UK bias issue. That Wanaka Tree got vandalised in 2020 but the tree itself is still standing. Had it been cut down back then, Wānaka would have lost its most-photographed item and I suggest that would have been suitable for a blurb nomination (granted, the UK tree is probably better known). That's a tourism item and some Kiwis might say "so what?". But if something fatal happened to Tāne Mahuta, New Zealand would go into mourning for a week, that's for sure. Schwede66 01:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Is there any scenario where a tree being cut down in the US would be posted here in ITN? No. Same if it happened in Canada or Russia. The UK gets special treatment in ITN and the systemic bias here has been a problem for years. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 03:53, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• See the Pioneer Cabin Tree – a sequoia in California which was posted in 2017. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:59, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Post-posting conditional support RD. Regardless of whether it could regrow, it is the end of the tree as we know it. The regrown part would be a new thing/offspring. On the person analogy, you have chopped off everything except the head and put that in a magical vial where it can regrow; 90% is already dead. The fact that the stump is alive and could facilitate regrowth is irrelevant.
  I support converting to blurb and removing the RD equally, as a blurb would also make this known. To clarify, the condition is that there is no blurb posted. I think either we post a blurb or keep the RD. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:53, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  Aaron Liu, i am not sure if i am understanding you correctly. are you saying that, if a notable person with a quality article on wikipedia was reduced to a head in a magical vial, you would support listing that person at recent deaths? if that person then died a year later, would you support a second nomination for that person, assuming that the article remains of sufficient quality? dying (talk) 09:57, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  Yes and if it has no brain. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:45, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  The fact that the stump is alive is absolutely relevant. It is "recent deaths", not "recent end of organisms as we know them". Should Michael Schumacher have been posted to RD? ChaotıċEnby(talk) 14:44, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  I'm not sure what you're talking about, how has Schumacher been ended? He's still alive and in full shape, he just dropped his career. If the tree was just relocated in full shape then nobody would put it in RD. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  His brain was injured in a skiing accident shortly afterward. Now he doesn't drive, talk or walk. His head and legs are still attached, so I guess that's "full shape", but 2013 marked the end of the man as the people recognized him. It wouldn't be right to call him dead, though, just disabled (or differently abled). Same for similar cases, like latter-day Ronald Reagan. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  Ahhh... I didn't see that, but yeah they still have their body. Aaron Liu (talk) 23:31, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  As does this tree, just shorter in the trunk than in its glory days and lacking a crown, like a latter-day Hulk Hogan. As a tree guy, I appreciate how it can be tempting to draw parallels between our lifecycles and theirs, especially since we share the same air and nutrients. But a tree is not a guy, buddy! If this hypothetical and unprecedented magical human "deadhead" does float by this bureau in the future, I say we blurb it first and discuss RD later. Even if he or she wasn't a household name to that point, it's news we can use. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  The base is not the body, I'd parallel it to the head. It's not just "shorter". I don't know what happened to Hogan either but he hasn't been criminally amputated AFAIK. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:01, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  He had a bunch of hip and back surgeries, lost about four legit inches. In his field, four inches counts for a lot more than in Tree's. Trees can take a hell of a licking, next to men, including in proportionate mass loss. The "head", if you insist on analogizing the unanalogizable, is in that cluster of nervelike appendages plants keep underground and drink through. The stump of a stem is like a reduced neck, if necks had aortae, at least in my worldview. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:13, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Huh, interesting worldview you've got there. I have been persuaded and now only support blurb. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Cool, me too. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I was less referring to his subsequent long-term disability and more to him falling into a coma immediately after the accident. Sorry for not having been more clear, my point was that if a tree being cut to the stump is counted as "dead", it wouldn't be a big step before people falling into a coma without any guarantees (at the time) of waking up would also be counted as "dead". ChaotıċEnby(talk) 01:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Comas still have quite a high probability of getting back the original thing but not splitting a base to have new stems grow. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:42, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I was talking about immediately after his injury, when he fell into a coma and it wasn't sure whether he would even wake up. With the current arguments, I could absolutely see people arguing that that could count for "recent deaths". ChaotıċEnby(talk) 01:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Pull from RD. The tree could regrow, but we should wait until it is confirmed that the tree is dead. 🔥Jalapeño🔥 Stupid stuff I did 07:59, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Pull. Tree can't die.

If this was blurb, I would understand its proposal.

But this is dubious — recent deaths entry Tree (felled). As if someone wonders how tree can tree actually die. Kirill C1 (talk) 08:17, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose. It's probably not dead, as pointed out by Brandmeister above. Maproom (talk) 08:37, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Pull Tree can die, just alive for now. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:12, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Pulled per above. There is serious doubt that the tree is actually dead. Discussion regarding the suitability of a blurb should continue. As of right now I see no consensus. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:51, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  P.S. No inference of poor judgement is intended to the posting admin. At the time of posting that was a reasonable read of the existing consensus. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  Appreciate that. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:05, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Post-pulling stong support RD. Even if the tree is able to be coppiced, which is not a certainty, it won't be the same "tree" as what it was when it was felled. There is likely not going to be a better time to post this to RD than now. Happily888 (talk) 01:26, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  "It won't be the same tree" isn't a great argument. With this reasoning, people falling in a coma or having personality-affecting brain injuries could be nominated for RD, which would be honestly absurd. Even if the tree lost its iconic parts, it is still the same organism. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 01:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  No, it's not. In the case of a tree, the part which makes it notable (the trunk/branches) is what died. I think it is disingenuous to think that it is a logical step to apply this to a person, if someone has fallen into a coma or has had a brain injury, the majority of the parts which make them notable are still alive. Even if this tree is coppiced, whilst a new replanted tree will have the same DNA as the previous tree, it will not be seen as the exact same tree as the one which has been felled. Happily888 (talk) 03:17, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  the majority of the parts which make them notable are still alive is again a slippery slope. What if a powerlifter lost their arms? If a sprinter lost their legs? ChaotıċEnby(talk) 03:36, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  While I don't have a strong opinion on this either way, I think Happily888 is trying to say that the tree has "died" in the colloquial sense—the tree that so many people have journeyed to see won't be back in full until after their own deaths. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 04:04, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Don't forget "brutally disfigured" supermodels. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment. I am conflicted on this one. I agree that this one does not deserve a posting on the RD carousel. I almost fear that posting this one is disrepectful to the other BLPs that are out there. But, that being said, "organisms" is allowed per the current rules. I was initially wondering if the term "organisms" had snuck in in an overzealous interpretation of the policy. But, upon checking it was seen that the term organisms was specifically added based on a discussion in the RFC. So, if we need to change that a new RFC should be considered. Posting this one might have to be on the current interpretation of the rules and that might allow for this one to be posted onto the RFC carousel. Ktin (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  There isn't much of a substantial disagreement on the organism part; most of the disagreement is on whether or not it is dead. Aaron Liu (talk) 15:16, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  If it is not dead — no need to post it. Ktin (talk) 15:56, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose both It's not dead. It's not PINE-ing – it's not ceased to be, it's still pushing aside the daisies. - SchroCat (talk) 15:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment. The "it is not dead" argument is silly. I know Cat's comment above here is specifically trying to be silly, but the argument that is silly. This is like claiming Henrietta Lacks never died be cause some of her cells continue to grow as the HeLa cell line. The tree is no longer and will never be what it was and so is essentially dead. Perhaps we do not have the proper word for it, because it is not a state we experience, but dead will suffice. Perhaps, you all just do not like having a tree in RD and use this spurious argument because getting what you want is more important then semantics. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 17:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  There are several proper words for a state of injury. Some apply better to wood, some to meat, many to either. Personally, I'd like to see more species in this Homo carousel, just not survivors of violent and life-altering crimes. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  No, I'd really like to see more non-human organisms represented in RD (and Wikipedia in general), just not still alive ones in RD. No need for personal attacks and speculation please.

  In terms of actual arguments, "essentially dead" doesn't mean dead, and, while I agree that we don't have a specific word for this situation in humans, it's also why the comparison with Henrietta Lacks falls flat. Especially given that we know what "dead" means for a tree, and this isn't it. As regretful as the situation is, it isn't a death. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 22:20, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I don’t think that’s right. I’ve opposed because the tree still lives and will likely regrow. You can’t list a Recent Death if there is no death. I’ve opposed a blurb on several grounds, not least of which is that it doesn’t reach the level (for me) of global events on which we should be reporting. - SchroCat (talk) 06:22, 2 October 2023 (UTC) Edited to readjust slightly with addition of "likely". - SchroCat (talk) 12:35, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  There is no certainty that it "will regrow", see here: "The National Trust and Northumberland national park hope the tree might regrow,… but the age of the tree might make this difficult." If in about a year's time, it is announced that the tree hasn't regrown, would opposing users in this discussion support posting this then? How long should be waited before determining whether an organism is 'dead'? Happily888 (talk) 06:57, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  I've added "likely" to regrow, but that doesn't counter the fact that the tree is still not dead. As to the question "how long should be waited...", then it's nowt to do with WP or ITN: as always we go with repeating what the reliable sources say. At the moment they say it's still alive, but once they change, that's a discussion for a different day. - SchroCat (talk) 12:35, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment - does Wikipedia use brain death or biological death to determine if a subject has died? If the former, then I am comfortable posting the tree as a recent death, because it's effectively the same thing as brain death. If the latter, then it shouldn't be posted. --Rockstone^{Send me a message!} 21:32, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Per usual, it depends who shows up. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:43, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  None of these appear to be posted RDs, though not because it’s just a brain death. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:49, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  There were also differing opinions on latter-day Tom Petty and Tanya Roberts, whose hearts had stopped beating, with organs kept oxygenated on life support. I think we follow the sources, not biology. When RS call a death, fine; when they backpedal, so be it. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:59, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  That's something that never was really stated upon, and honestly, absolutely deserves to be clarified in the RD guidelines. Both for humans/animals and for trees. ChaotıċEnby(talk) 22:22, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  plants are different. coppicing doesn't kill the individual. Secretlondon (talk) 22:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Regrowing through coppicing would take centuries, that’s like being in cryo Aaron Liu (talk) 11:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Sapling planted at Sycamore Gap removed by National Trust See here: "A man who planted a sapling at the site where the Sycamore Gap tree previously stood at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland has said it is “devastating” that it has been removed. The National Trust dug up the young sycamore planted by 27-year-old Kieran Chapman metres away from the stump of the historic tree, which was illegally felled overnight on Wednesday." Count Iblis (talk) 06:24, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  This, too, shall live. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Strong oppose blurb A tree getting cut down, no matter how famous, is not a story wide-reaching enough for blurbing. The fact it’s even reached this point feels like a rare genuine example of the oft-cited Anglo-centrism we claim ourselves victims to. Agree with the pull from RD as well, as it’s quite literally not dead. The Kip 13:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

  In principle, I don’t see how much worse for posting this is than sporting events on most of your points. Aaron Liu (talk) 15:08, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

RD: Michael Gambon

Article: Michael Gambon (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Irish actor Michael Gambon dies at age 82. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, AP, CNN
Credits:

• Nominated by Davey2116 (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: Possible blurb? Davey2116 (talk) 12:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose RD on quality issues - lack of sourcing throughout body. Oppose blurb as while having received some of the highest awards for acting, there's little given about any impact or legacy he may have had. --Masem (t) 12:31, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose on RD because of sourcing issues throughout the article. While notable I don't think he has significant enough notability to warrant a blurb. Suonii180 (talk) 12:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment One line on his role in The Singing Detective, really? I'd argue that was his best-known performance outside Harry Potter. I would need to see some more detail on that before I could support.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:07, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• RD only (sadly), but oppose for the moment on quality grounds. SchroCat (talk) 13:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• RD only. No comment on quality, haven't had a proper look yet. Anarchyte (talk) 13:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. Lacking proper sourcing. DarkSide830 (talk) 14:55, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb as I for one think deaths must be exceptional for them to be blurbed -- i.e., the death itself is famous JM2023 (talk) 16:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

support blurb once the issues are fixed, clearly a more notable individual. we've posted that guy who played Snape i think. we should post Dumbledore too since he was arguably a more important character Daikido (talk) 18:45, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Alan Rickman was actually posted to RD only.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb Old man dies. Nothing like the importance required for blurb. Nigej (talk) 20:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• We shouldn't give his woefully-underreferenced filmography a pass just because it was shuffled off to a subarticle, either. —Cryptic 20:59, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  It was moved off a long time ago. If it was moved off just now to avoid sourcing it, that would be a problem. Masem (t) 21:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  I can't agree. We shouldn't be declining to post RDs or blurbs, either one, just because someone tried to game the system; we should be looking solely at whether the current state of the article(s) is good enough to post. —Cryptic 21:22, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  There's a couple factors here: If the filmography (or similar list) was undersourced and shuffled off to a separate article when there was no size issues to worry about, that would be a problem, as that's the literal "sweeping dirt under the rug" situation. On the other hand, if that type of list was actually large and the article was nearly WP:SIZE concerns, then shuffling it off wouldn't be a problem, but as Gotitbro states below, there should be a proper sourced summary prose left in place. Masem (t) 13:39, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  If enough prose is there to substitute for it, I don't really see a problem. We have enough list-occupying bios as is. Gotitbro (talk) 03:19, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose Let's stop looking at whether he should have a blurb or not and focus on the quality of the article first. I just orange-tagged it, as it needs some major source work. _-_Alsor (talk) 17:31, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Alsoriano97 also added 45 {{citation needed}} – a remarkable display of tag bombing. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:25, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

At a glance, most of them appear justified. DarkSide830 (talk) 01:33, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

(Evaluate Blurb) RD: M. S. Swaminathan

Article: M. S. Swaminathan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  M. S. Swaminathan, architect of India's green revolution, dies at 98. (Post)
News source(s): The Times of India
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (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: Father of Green revolution in India Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 09:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support - a very well cited article ✈ mike_gigs ^talk_contribs 12:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support: Article looks good. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 13:15, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Blurb?. I do not say this often, but, is there an appetite (no pun intended) for blurbing this article? If there has been anyone who has helped millions from hunger and famine, it is him. NYTimes Bio here. Irrespective this is ready for RD. Article looks in good shape. Ktin (talk) 15:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• RD posted Blurb discussion can continue.—Bagumba (talk) 15:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Blurb His name is not familiar to most and so RD would not do him justice. And it's not as if ITN is overcrowded currently – there are only three blurbs and they are 4+ days old. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Isn't this a good reason not to blurb? Blurbs should be reserved for well known figures or if the death is the reason for notability. Natg 19 (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

The problem is terms like “well known figures” or “not familiar to most” borders on a very ethnocentric read of the world and is not the best way to evaluate impact. If you believe importance and weightage needs to be given to transformational impact — we should evaluate the impact of work. In this case there is a case to be made that elevating millions from hunger and famine is impact like no other. Ktin (talk) 17:10, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I know the name Norman Borlaug, who is given credit for saving those same lives. As the saying goes, "Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan." I don't know how much credit should go to Swaminathan here, but he was not the primary driver of this effort. GreatCaesarsGhost 17:40, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

The “I don’t know” of them and hence not worth posting argument is frankly a tad tenuous.

I certainly don’t imply that we should go by a particularly news org, like Time in this case, but posting from the article — “ In 1999, he was one of three Indians, along with Gandhi and Tagore, on Time's list of the 20 most influential Asian people of the 20th century.” Certainly that should mean something. Ktin (talk) 18:18, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I am neutral on this person, but was just commenting that his name is not familiar to most does not seem like a good reason to blurb someone. I don't know if ITN has a purpose to "highlight" lesser known figures in blurbs. Natg 19 (talk) 18:40, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

isn't ITN meant to highlight news stories relevant enough to receive their own articles or at least significant sections? so posting something with the justification of basically "he's not well known"... well that's really the opposite of a justification, isn't it. JM2023 (talk) 19:41, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. I agree with both of you. We should not be posting because the subject was not well-known. On the other hand, we should not be not-posting because the subject was not well-known. There are many Rfcs that are pending on this topic, but, as it stands today, with our current policies — we should posting major figures who have demonstrated impact by their work. Call it transformational / groundbreaking / anything else. By those grounds, I think the subject deserves a blurb. We should not mistake opposes to the policy to be opposes to the individual case such as this. Policy opposes should go to the talk page. Ktin (talk) 19:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I didn't say “I don’t know of them" so don't misrepresent my argument to counter it. Your repeated claims of "elevating millions from hunger" is clearly an attempt to ascribe to him a greater import to the effort than deserved. GreatCaesarsGhost 21:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

It looks like an argument against blurb. Kirill C1 (talk) 08:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• For a blurb I feel the article needs a short section under Public Recognition about the green revolution which can borrow content from that article. His role is mentioned in the lede and scattered through but a single brief section of how he came by that term and what it means ands impact on India's ag industry should be clear.--Masem (t) 15:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb blurbs of deaths in my opinion should only be done when the deaths themselves are famous -- all famous people die, but not all people die famously JM2023 (talk) 16:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Appreciate your point of view. The editor below references an RfC that has been some time in coming. In its absence, today, we do not distinguish between famous (sic) people dying and famous people dying famously. Best wishes. Ktin (talk) 17:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Neutral on blurb, would highlight the life of someone with a little-known but massive impact on the fight against hunger, although I agree that blurbs of deaths could be reserved for the deaths themselves making news. I'd say we should have a RfC about this last point, to have an idea of where we stand relative to this in the future (and, depending on the result, Support if non-famous deaths of famous people can be blurbed and Oppose otherwise). Chaotic Enby (talk) 16:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Appreciate it. I know that the RfC has been sometime in coming, but, in its absence, I think there is a strong case to be made for this posting. Ktin (talk) 17:02, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

For reference, WP:ITNRDBLURB reads:

The death of major figures may merit a blurb. These cases are rare, and are usually posted on a sui generis basis through a discussion at WP:ITNC that determines there is consensus that the death merits a blurb.

—Bagumba (talk) 17:08, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I know, and given the repeated discussions (a few days ago with Giorgio Napolitano, now today) often in confusion without clear indication as to what level of notability merits a blurb, I figure it would be better to formalize this more clearly. Chaotic Enby (talk) 17:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Support blurb given the current policies until such a discussion concludes. Chaotic Enby (talk) 18:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support blurb Certainly transformative and at the top of his field. Davey2116 (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support blurb Article being a GA pushes this over the edge for me. Absolutely top of his field. Curbon7 (talk) 23:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  Support Agree with Curbon here, being a GA definitely does it and we did post Norman Borlaug, it is only good that we follow in with a quality article which highlights thr further building upon his work. Gotitbro (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb What RD is for. Making it a blurb would add nothing. As a GA it's still prominently linked in the RD section. Pawnkingthree (talk) 00:13, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb per above. RD is sufficient in nearly all cases, including this one. Nigej (talk) 08:49, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  With due respect, please can you explain why RD is sufficient in this case? Ktin (talk) 14:26, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb per above. RD is sufficient in nearly all cases, including this one. (see above for attribution for this comment)  — Amakuru (talk) 17:33, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Again, with due respect Amakuru, please can you explain why RD is sufficient in this case? Ktin (talk) 08:56, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Failed. I have not said this so far, but, I think this project has failed its purpose at this point. None of the editors above have had a solid reason for their opposes. Yet, here we are. If we can not blurb a subject who has had transformational impact in lifting millions out of hunger and famine -- I am sorry to say we have no reason to be blurbing any post. Ktin (talk) 16:05, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  I'd say the argument of "he didn't die in a famous way" is solid. Aaron Liu (talk) 16:48, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

  We should not post any death blurbs simply for being transformative figures. A death blurb isn't some kind of lifetime achievement award. We should only post "death is the story" blurbs. Pawnkingthree (talk) 00:55, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  @Aaron Liu and @Pawnkingthree -- The problem with both of your views is that they run counter to the current rules. If you really believe that "we should post *only* 'death is the story' blurbs" you should bring it as a proposal. Multiple such proposals have not gone anywhere. The rules as coded right now allows for "major figures" to have their blurbs posted. So, you should evaluate this post as such. Ktin (talk) 04:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• RD is sufficient in nearly all cases, including this one. —Cryptic 16:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support blurb Since Borlaug was blurbed & it sounds like Swaminathan played a similarly transformative role in the Green Revolution, a blurb seems appropriate. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 00:00, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Support blurb I agree with Ktin - if being the reason that millions avoided malnutrition, famine and starvation is insufficient for a person to be blurbed, then what is? One can't help but wonder if there would be more people in support of a blurb if M. S. Swaminathan was American and not Indian. Chrisclear (talk) 13:27, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
• Marking read for blurb. Marking ready for blurb with the following rationale -- All the opposes so far have been based on a forward looking want for a policy change (e.g., want for the policy to be changed to *death as the story* etc.). The rules as it is coded right now allows for death of "major figures" to be blurbed. This posting has to be evaluated with that current policy in mind. If we need to change the current policy -- that discussion belongs to an RFC and not to this nomination. With that said, none of the opposes have made the cases that Swaminathan was NOT a "major figure". I am marking this one as ready for blurb. Ktin (talk) 15:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I believe that they may be a major figure, but not enough to warrant a blurb. The policy itself says that major figures that major are rare. Most opposes on death as the story should already IMO operate under the assumption that he is not a major-enough figure. Aaron Liu (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  On policy, what I believe you are referring to says These cases are rare, and are usually posted on a sui generis basis through a discussion at WP:ITNC that determines there is consensus that the death merits a blurb. Sui generis means "case-by-case" and my interpretation of that is that just that they were by normal means major cannot automatically warrant a blurb, and you are missing consensus here. Aaron Liu (talk) 15:21, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I partly agree with what you say here. However, can you give me the rationale for why Swaminathan does not make the cut for a “major figure” who should be blurbed? I don’t see a reason so far. Ktin (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  You've got this backwards. It's not that all major figures automatically get blurbs, it's that in rare cases a major figure may merit a blurb. It's up to supporters to make the case, opposers are merely saying that the default position, the RD section is sufficient. Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  I think that is a fair assertion. My case is that having saved millions from malnutrition, hunger, and famines — there can not be a greater case for impact. Now, please tell me that that is not the case. I will hold off on making a case that given we blurbed Norman Borlaug, we should have a strong reason not to blurb Swaminathan. Ktin (talk) 19:29, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  The relevant update to this article, not redundant to the blurb, is five words long. We wouldn't blurb the pope's death if his article was in that state. —Cryptic 15:44, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Please be specific. Ktin (talk) 15:46, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  "at his home in Chennai". —Cryptic 15:51, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Ok. You are trolling right now and you do not merit a response. Ktin (talk) 15:54, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  On the contrary. The person bludgeoning this discussion and the related one at WT:ITN, insisting that since you consider this person to be major and "the rules" say the deaths of major persons may be blurbed all other considerations are invalid, is you. A substantial update is required by the part of the rules you don't like. I can say with some confidence that no administrator will post this article as the emboldened link in this state. —Cryptic 16:02, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Please both assume good faith. I believe Ktin’s objection is that you only quoted part of the update, but as the update was only less than 20 new words I wouldn’t call that substantial either. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:52, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  His five key words were not redundant to the blurb. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  Ah, I somehow missed that. Perhaps Ktin missed it as well. Aaron Liu (talk) 23:15, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

  If it can happen to you, it can happen to anyone, I figure. Anyway, I'll agree that an admin is unlikely to post this September death in October, given how little we all now know about it. But kudos to this old man for a life well lived beforehand! InedibleHulk (talk) 07:40, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb per the opposes above. _-_Alsor (talk) 20:02, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh

Article: Republic of Artsakh (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh declares its intent to dissolve (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh declares its intent to dissolve, following its capitulation to Azerbaijani forces and the flight of its population.
News source(s): APal-Jazeera
Credits:

• Nominated by PediaOS (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Related articles such as 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh have been continuously updated; major update in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; follows precedent.

• Ongoing They don't seem to have much choice. Anyway, this development needs consolidating with all the other Nagorno-Karabakh conflict nominations. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:28, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Comment This is clearly a developing story with multiple implications that merit inclusion on their own, so ongoing is completely justified even though it's a bit challenging to find the right article to post.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:35, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment As the Republic of Artsakh article is oranged-tagged, perhaps an article on the decree itself could be created and added to the blurb. A historic milestone in the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict anyway. The future departure of Russian peacekeepers from the region would probably be the final milestone. Brandmeister^talk 10:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Wait until it actually happens. The decree states that all state institutions will dissolve by January 1st, and I think we're a bit off from that date. Iamstillqw3rty (talk) 11:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Wait per Iamstillqw3rty. We have three months until it happens, and its clear this region is not currently stable, so things can easily change. --Masem (t) 12:14, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment can we somehow merge this proposal with this one below for the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh? It's effectively the same event, the dissolution of the breakaway state with the expulsion of its people. JM2023 (talk) 14:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Merge with below proposal. This story really only makes sense in the context of the fleeing of Armenians from Azerbaijan, as Artsakh exists largely because of this group of people. DarkSide830 (talk) 14:50, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support, if possible also merge per suggestions above. Major development. Yakikaki (talk) 16:54, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Wait Until it actually dissolves, then, I'll switch to Support. Editor 5426387 (talk) 18:16, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Wait - Once this actually happens and Azerbaijan actually annexes Artsakh then I would instantly support. Resolution of a 30 year conflict, major change in global geopolitics as a country annexes another country. If situation gains enough coverage and enough new developments happen then I think we could post now. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Merge with the current Artsakh ethnic cleansing blurb, perhaps by simply adding as the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh declares its intent to dissolve at the end of it. (According to the end of the discussion for that blurb, the potential merge should be discussed here.) JM2023 (talk) 19:58, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support News will be stale if we wait too long. Bremps... 01:28, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support, dissolution of a country - even a non-internationally recognized one - is a significant event. Oppose merging with the existing blurb; ethnic cleansing is so significant it shouldn't be diluted with other news. BilledMammal (talk) 01:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  the dissolution of Artsakh, the nation-state of the Karabakh Armenians, is part of the ethnic cleansing of Karabakh Armenians from their nation-state's territory. The nation-state is dissolving because the nation is being ethnically cleansed. JM2023 (talk) 06:47, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Yeah but like. The ethnic cleansing blurb got removed. So not really sure about merging to non-existence... Chaotic Enby (talk) 23:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support given the standalone significance, shouldn't be merged with the blurb relative to ethnic cleansing simply because both are about the same country. Chaotic Enby (talk) 02:17, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  the dissolution of a nation's state is inexorably linked to the exile of that nation from that state's territory. Artsakh is being dissolved because and as part of the ethnic cleansing. JM2023 (talk) 06:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  Agree to some extent, but the point is moot given that the other blurb has been removed without any discussion. Chaotic Enby (talk) 20:25, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• Since the point is moot, I've proposed alt-blurb 1. Given that the flight is no longer on the front page I think there is a clear consensus here to post. BilledMammal (talk) 23:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support. Massive development. Kirill C1 (talk) 08:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment bolded article has two orange tags (update needed and NPOV). Regardless of whether we're merging or posting a new blurb, nothing will move before those are resolved. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:11, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Antimatter falls down

Article: ALPHA experiment (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The ALPHA experiment (pictured) shows that antimatter falls down in gravity, like normal matter. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The ALPHA experiment (pictured) shows that antimatter does fall down in gravity, like normal matter.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The ALPHA experiment (pictured) shows that antimatter, like normal matter, falls down in gravity.
News source(s): BBC, Guardian, Nature, NYT, Scientific American, Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Drbogdan (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: This is a fine bit of fundamental physics – comparable with Newton and the apple. It hasn't been possible to check this before because apple-sized lumps of antimatter don't exist. But I'm not seeing any update yet and so there's work to do here too. ... (later) ... Drbogdan has kindly provided an update. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey, we have some cool science-related stories recently! I like this one, but as Andrew says, an update is needed. And some references are missing, I see. Tone 09:08, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support pending update. It's clearly a significant discovery of high encyclopedic value.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:57, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose While we should feature more scientific stories, I don't see this as a revolutionary discovery, just more a confirmation of what was expected to happen. --Masem (t) 12:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose - No update, big unsourced sections, and I too question the relevance of this as confirms what most scientist suspected. If antimatter did "fall up" it would be a different story ✈ mike_gigs ^talk_contribs 12:52, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  "Confirms what most scientists suspected" can still be significant. The Higgs Boson was widely believed to exist, and we blurbed the experiment that proved as much. Kurtis ^(talk) 15:41, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

  To explain this for readers near the top of the thread-yes, this was I think considered more likely, but from the gravitational interaction of antimatter some serious physicists proposed arguments that it was the opposite. Blythwood (talk) 22:41, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• support its cool Daikido (talk) 12:52, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Strong support - Yes, assumptions of what was expected to happen were confirmed, but one has to realize that when it comes to science - especially theoretical physics - this is a very, very big deal. We can theorize and hypothesize all day long with the best scientific knowledge we have on hand, but it doesn't take but one actual, in-the-wild observation to completely demolish a theory that looks good on paper. We need to publish more stories like this. _{Duly signed,} ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 13:56, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality The first two sections after the lead paragraph are totally unsourced, as is most of the third. Just out of interest, a question for anyone more knowledgeable - why wouldn't anti-matter react to gravity in the same way as matter? Black Kite (talk) 14:18, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
  • If the proper article - Gravitational interaction of antimatter - were advanced as the bold-link candidate instead of the easily-updated one, you wouldn't have to ask. —Cryptic 14:41, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

  This was predicted but scientists don't assume when they can check. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose is this against what the consensus expected to happen? as far as I can remember, the only known difference between matter and antimatter is the electric charge. It is really such big news that one type of baryonic matter falls down just like another type of baryonic matter? What would really be news is if it didn't fall down like normal. JM2023 (talk) 14:20, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose. Not that this isn't a useful discovery, but I question the interest readers may have in what is effectively the null hypothesis being sustained. DarkSide830 (talk) 14:54, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose A great scientific discovery, I'm sure, but not sure if it's important enough for ITN, plus a lot of unsourced items. Editor 5426387 (talk) 15:35, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Weak support This nomination will probably fail, but it seems like a relatively important confirmation, even if it's not a surprise. This is also one of those rare headline fundamental physics experiments whose result is understandable and memorable to the average person (the detailed article less so, but that's to be expected). 70.181.1.68 (talk) 16:02, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality but support on importance. Even if it's the predicted result, confirmation is important. Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her)^{My Talk Page} 16:05, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support on significance, as the gravitational interaction of antimatter article explains, this was the subject of considerable debate (hey, maybe antimatter is the opposite of matter in all ways?) and having tested it is a big advance. No opinion on article quality. The primary article could potentially be moved to the gravitational interaction of antimatter article, which only has a few CNs. Blythwood (talk) 18:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Strong support - Huge achievement in Physics, a lot of implications, interesting story that is a change of pace from the usual stuff, In The News PrecariousWorlds (talk) 19:29, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support when the article is adequately ref'd. Davey2116 (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support in principle Most science is not "sexy science" à la The God Particle, but as IP/70.181.1.68 states above this is an important confirmation even it was somewhat expected. I have not looked at the article's quality, so am not commenting on that. Curbon7 (talk) 23:31, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support it would've been a huge shock if antimatter didn't fall down, but even verifying that it falls down is a notable result. Banedon (talk) 01:11, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

• For anyone wondering about the significance of this: General Relativity (which is our prevailing theory of gravity) does not distinguish between matter and antimatter. That's why it would have been a huge shock if antimatter didn't fall down. However, you cannot say that antimatter does not fall down without having done the experiments, and it's possible to devise theories where antimatter falls up, so showing that antimatter falls down is still a notable result. Banedon (talk) 15:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support per Banedon. Double sharp (talk) 03:18, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
• Comment — No opinion on posting as I don't have the scientific knowledge to judge how significant this is. But I really dislike "[subject] does [verb]" constructions, because they're usually awkward and their infrequency can mean those skimming them read "[subject] doesn't [verb]," which is a much more familiar construction. Removing "does" also simply makes it more concise. I've added an alt blurb as such. I also moved "like normal matter" to avoid MOS:SOB issues. Jjamesryan (talk | contribs) 06:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Weak Oppose I don't really think this all that notable. Antimatter was always said to have the same properties of normal matter. But if we are to post it can we please use blurb that doesn't say "fall down?" I know that's how most people think of gravity but its not really accurate. I suggest we quote the article and say something like. "The ALPHA experiment shows that antimatter particles behave in a similar way as normal matter in a gravitational field." I understand that's a bit wordy but it is more accurate. Aure entuluva (talk) 04:43, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

The thing about science is that "well, we always knew that would happen" doesn't mean very much to a scientist. The boundary of theoretical physics is that you can't develop a working theory unless you are able to test a hypothesis such that it can empirically be proven or disproven. What we might regard as restating the obvious (which come on, how many of us here are experts in antimatter?) is in this case another step towards building a rigorous body of evidence, and this experimental outcome is truly a big step. _{Duly signed,} ⛵ WaltClipper -(talk) 12:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

• Comment consensus is close, but regardless the article is nowhere near ready. Is someone here up for sourcing the majority of the article? Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:18, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

RD: John Tembo

Article: John Tembo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Malawi24
Credits:

• Nominated by RFBailey (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: Attempting to get a broader range of RD nominees (see this). RFBailey (talk) 01:28, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose for Now Nomination is definitely good faith, but the article needs serious citation work. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 04:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Not ready Needs lots more sources. Schwede66 19:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Aziz Pahad

Article: Aziz Pahad (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): SABC
Credits:

• Nominated by RFBailey (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: Attempting to get a broader range of RD nominees (see this). RFBailey (talk) 00:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose One citation needed, but otherwise good. DarkSide830 (talk) 00:54, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Procedural support meets minimum criteria This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 02:13, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support Looks fine for an RD to me. Gotitbro (talk) 04:45, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Support: I've added a source for the only cn tag. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 13:18, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
• Posted—Bagumba (talk) 15:07, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

September 27

Portal:Current events/2023 September 27

September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh Exodus of Armenians The number of refugees fleeing from Artsakh to Armenia increases to 50,243, more than a third of the region's population. (France 24) Former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan is arrested by Azerbaijan after attempting to cross the border into Armenia. (BBC News) Azerbaijan reports that 192 of its troops were killed and more than 500 others were injured during last week's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. (ABC News) Mexican drug war Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León find at least twelve bodies dumped on roads near Monterrey, likely related to a drug cartel operating in Tamaulipas. (CBS News) Arts and culture 2023 Hollywood labor disputes 2023 Writers Guild of America strike The Writers Guild of America strike ends after nearly 22 weeks, following a agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood's studios and streaming services. (CNN) Waheeda Rehman is awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for her work in Hindi cinema. (Hindustan Times) Business and economy Documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have recalled over 3.4 million vehicles in the United States over concerns of fire risks, and urge owners to park these vehicles outdoors. (AP) Disasters and accidents List of earthquakes in 2023 A magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano near Naples, Italy, the strongest earthquake to strike Campi Flegrei in 40 years. Experts say that an eruption of the supervolcano is not imminent, but called for an inspection of buildings in the immediate area. (Reuters) International relations North Korea–United States relations North Korea deports U.S. soldier Travis King, who crossed the DMZ into North Korea in July, back into U.S. custody. (The New York Times) Law and crime Five people, all members of the same Arab family, are shot dead in Basmat Tab'un, Israel. (Reuters) Germany bans the neo-Nazi movement Artgemeinschaft for reportedly targeting children and young people with racial propaganda. (BBC News)

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(Ready) RD: Donal Smith

Article: Donal Smith (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/donal-smith-obituary?id=53222116
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 Zealand middle-distance runner. 65.94.213.53 (talk) 15:30, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

• Comment The article looks mostly fine, however the infobox mentions that his 800 m personal best is 1:48.54, which isn't sourced anywhere. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 09:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

  @MonarchOfTerror: I found a reference that said that his 800 m personal best was 1:48.52. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 03:27, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

  Nice, I'll support this then. Scientia potentia est, MonarchOfTerror 06:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

• Support This has enough details & references. Blaylockjam10 (talk) 03:29, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

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