Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates

This page provides a forum for editors to suggest items for inclusion on In the news (ITN), a protected template on the Main Page, as well as the forum for discussion of candidates. This is not the page to report errors in the ITN section on the Main Page—please go to the appropriate section at WP:ERRORS.

This candidates page is integrated with the daily pages of Portal:Current events. Under each daily section header below is the transcluded Portal:Current events items for that day (with a light green header). Each day's portal page is followed by a subsection for suggestions and discussion.

Some jargon: RD refers to "recent deaths", a subsection of the news box which lists only the names of the recent notable deceased. Blurb refers to the full sentences that occupy most of the news box. Most eligible deaths will be listed in the recent deaths section of the ITN template. However, some deaths may be given a full listing if there is sufficient consensus to do so.

Security forces enter after school shooting The China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 lander-rover vehicle successfully lands on Mars. A school shooting (security response pictured) in Kazan, Russia, leaves nine people dead. Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, escalating to airstrikes and rocket attacks, kill more than a hundred people and injure several hundred others. In Afghanistan, a bombing near a school in Kabul kills at least 85 people and injures more than 140 others. Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic Recent deaths: Dhiru Parikh Đorđe Marjanović Farooq Qaiser Jay Barbree Seamus Deane Indu Jain view — page history — related changes — edit

How to nominate an item In order to suggest a candidate: Update an article to be linked to from the blurb to include the recent developments, or find an article that has already been updated. Find the correct section below for the date of the event (not the date nominated). Do not add sections for new dates. These are automatically generated (at midnight UTC) by a bot; creating them manually breaks this process. Nominate the blurb for ITN inclusion under the "Suggestions" subheading for the date, emboldening the link in the blurb to the updated article. Use a level 4 header (====) when doing so. Preferably use the template {{ITN candidate}} to nominate the article related to the event in the news. Make sure that you include a reference from a verifiable, reliable secondary source. Press releases are not acceptable. The suggested blurb should be written in simple present tense. Adding an explanation why the event should be posted greatly increases the odds of posting. Please consider alerting editors to the nomination by adding the template {{ITN note}} to the corresponding article's talk page. There are criteria which guide the decision on whether or not to put a particular item on In the news, based largely on the extensiveness of the updated content and the perceived significance of the recent developments. These are listed at WP:ITN. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines at Wikipedia:In the news will not be placed onto the live template. Headers Items that have been posted or pulled from the main page are generally marked with (Posted) or (Pulled) in the item's subject so it is clear they are no longer active. Items can also be marked as (Ready) when the article is both updated and there seems to be a consensus to post. The posting admin, however, should always judge the update and the consensus to post themselves. If you find an entry that you don't feel is ready to post is marked (Ready), you should remove the mark in the header. Voicing an opinion on an item Format your comment to contain "support" or "oppose", and include a rationale for your choice. In particular, address the notability of the event, the quality of the article, and whether it has been updated. Please do not... add simple "support!" or "oppose!" votes without including your reasons. Similarly, curt replies such as "who?", "meh", or "duh!" are usually not helpful. Instead, explain the reasons why you think the item meets or does not meet the ITN inclusion criteria so a consensus can be reached. oppose an item 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 unproductive. accuse other editors of supporting, opposing or nominating due to a personal bias (such as ethnocentrism). Conflicts of interest are not handled at ITN. comment on a story without first reading the relevant article(s). oppose a recurring item here because you disagree with the recurring items criteria. The criteria can be discussed at the relevant talk page.

May 16

Portal:Current events/2021 May 16
Current events of May 16, 2021 (2021-05-16) (Sunday)

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May 15

Portal:Current events/2021 May 15

Current events of May 15, 2021 (2021-05-15) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis The death toll in Gaza from the Israeli airstrikes rises to 145 people, including thirty-nine children. A second refugee camp is also bombed, after another was bombed yesterday resulting in multiple deaths. At least 950 people are wounded, while two protesters are killed in the West Bank. The headquarters of many media organisations in Gaza, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, are destroyed by bombings. A man also dies in Ramat Gan, in central Israel, during a rocket attack, bringing the death toll there to 9. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China The General Administration of Sport of China announces that the summits of Mount Everest used by climbers in China will remain closed through the spring, citing coronavirus concerns in both mainland China and neighboring Nepal. (Reuters via Yahoo!) COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan surpasses 100,000 cases of COVID-19. (Kabar) COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia Malaysia reports a record 44 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including one foreign citizen. This thereby brings the nationwide death toll to 1,866. (Malay Mail) COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan The Taiwanese government raises the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 for the next two weeks, urging citizens to limit gatherings to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors, avoid non-essential travel, and continue wearing masks outside homes. This comes after a record 180 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours. (The Washington Post) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Poland Poland reopens bars, restaurants and other establishments for outdoor usage for the first time in seven months and relaxes its mask requirement as the number of COVID-19 cases declines and the number of vaccinations increases. (Daily Sabah) COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia Slovakia lifts its national state of emergency that has been in force since October as the number of COVID-19 cases declines, ending the curfew and all nationwide restrictions on gatherings. (The Slovak Spectator) COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela Venezuela approves the use of the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine. (Azeri Press Agency) International relations Foreign relations of Austria, Foreign relations of Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif cancels a trip to Austria after Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ordered the Israeli flag raised at the Chancellery and Foreign Affairs buildings yesterday. (Politico.eu) Law and crime Protests over the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrest 21 people in Kashmir, India, for organizing protests in support of Palestine. (ThePrint) Police in Paris, France use tear gas and water cannons against pro-Palestinian protesters. This comes a day after a French court banned protests in support of Palestine. (UrduPoint) Protesters gather in London and Madrid in solidarity with Palestine. In Central London, protesters gathered at the Israeli embassy. Former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn also speaks at the London protest. (France 24) (Arab News) (Evening Standard) Politics and elections 2021 Ethiopian general election The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia delays the national elections from June 5 to an unknown date, citing logistic issues. Prior to this, several oppositional parties were planning to boycott the election over the Tigray War. (Al Jazeera) Science and technology Chinese space program China National Space Administration rover Zhurong successfully lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars, making China the third nation on Earth to achieve a soft landing on the planet. (BBC) The Spectrometer for Heavy Atoms and Nuclear Structure, at the Heavy Ion Research Facility, in Lanzhou, China, is reported to have created a new uranium isotope, uranium-214. (Sci-News) Sports 2020–21 Bundesliga Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scores his 40th goal of the season to equal the Bundesliga record set by Gerd Müller during the 1971–72 season of the highest number of goals scored by a player in a season. (France 24) 2021 FA Cup Final Leicester City beats Chelsea 1–0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2020–21 FA Cup with Youri Tielemans scoring the winning goal. It is Leicester City's first ever FA Cup title. (BBC)

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RD: Sunil Jain

Article: Sunil Jain (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu
Credits:

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

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Indian financial journalist. Just breaking. Article is a tad small and is a start-class biography, but, meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. RIP. Ktin (talk) 23:09, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

New Isotope - Uranium-214

Article: Isotopes of uranium (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​Physicists in China create a new Isotope of uranium: Uranium-214. (Post)
News source(s): Phys. Rev. Lett., (Sci-News)
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: First of all, I don't know for the blurb to use a colon (:) or semi-colon (;). There isn't enough information right now for it to be posted, but after some work, it probably could. Elijahandskip (talk) 19:28, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Need Help The "Article" syntax is broken. Not able to put in Isotopes of uranium#Uranium-214 into it. Elijahandskip (talk) 20:08, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
  • The template doesn't have the capability to point to a section, you just need to leave it to the article name, but you can id it in the blurb as you have done. --Masem (t) 20:13, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Ah. Good to note for the future. Thanks for that fix! Elijahandskip (talk) 20:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment I was going to create a redirect, however somebody beat me to it. Uranium-214 will redirect. As far as the nomination goes, it needs be expanded a lot more to be considered. KittenKlub (talk) 21:01, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose. The coverage of this currently consists of two lines in the linked article. It would preferably have its own dedicated article, but if not then at least some detailed history and methodology of the discovery, as well as why it's significant would be needed.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:13, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose This doesn't rise to the notability of discovering new elements. Period 7 elements will naturally have more and more isotope possibilities, even if most of them will be highly unstable and of little utility. Albertaont (talk) 21:40, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• question: the first source appears to have been published last month. is there a reason why the more recent date of the second source is being treated as the date of publication? dying (talk) 00:37, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Đorđe Marjanović

Article: Đorđe Marjanović (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Danas, RFE/RL
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Vacant0 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Serbian singer Vacant0 (talk) 16:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Well sourced, long enough and interesting article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elserbio00 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• COmment - it's in pretty good shape, just one uncited claim about "Rokeri Đorđu Marjanoviću" in the legacy section.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
  • I added a citation for that sentence, thank you for noticing that. --Vacant0 (talk) 21:21, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted. Thanks for adding the cite.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:29, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Leicester win FA Cup

Article: 2021 FA Cup Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​In association football, Leicester City win the FA Cup, defeating Chelsea in the final. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by 2600:1702:38D0:E70:1C0D:F211:DBDF:5E0 (talk · give credit)

 2600:1702:38D0:E70:1C0D:F211:DBDF:5E0 (talk) 18:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Weak oppose Conditional supportArticle seems decent, but the FA cup is not in ITNR and I fail to see a compelling reason to post it.Jackattack1597 (talk) 18:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Now that it looks like it is not going to SNOW like I feared, I am willing to support if there is prose added on the match itself.Jackattack1597 (talk) 22:44, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support in principle but obviously the match itself needs a write-up. This is the oldest cup competition in world football and although not ITN/R, is significant enough in my view. (Also no team before Leicester has had to wait until their fifth attempt to win a final, which is an interesting angle.) P-K3 (talk) 18:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Conditional Support per P-K3 - prose needed for the match. Although not ITNR, I think it is significant as the oldest football competition in the world JW 1961 ^Talk 20:43, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose no prose summary of match. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:53, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment - ITN/R includes the Spanish, English and German leagues, but doesn't include the French or Italian, which are also generally considered amongst the top club competitions in the sport. As such, when we're not posting those two things, adding a second domestic competition for England seems a bit of a WP:WORLDWIDE issue. Then again, the FA Cup is the oldest and is the sort of tournament that brings in the magic moments - you can read all about two of those magic moments in Featured Articles, if you know where to look! And actually Leicester winning it is a little bit of an underdog victory in itself. So I don't know. Leaning slightly against, but I can see the case for inclusion. Either way, the prose needs a write-up as per TRM.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Unwilling support: It's ITN/R but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 00:14, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

May 14

Portal:Current events/2021 May 14

Current events of May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul mosque bombing Twelve people, including an imam, are killed and 15 more are wounded when a bomb explodes inside a mosque in the Shakardara District on the outskirts of Kabul. The Taliban condemns the attack, for which nobody has so far claimed responsibility. (Reuters) 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis The death toll from the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza increases to 137 people with more than 920 others wounded, as shellings and bombardments increase in the districts of Gaza. The Shati refugee camp is hit by bombings resulting in the death of ten people, including eight children, bringing the number of children killed to 36. The death toll in Israel rises to nine people killed, including a six-year-old boy. The International Criminal Court says that individuals involved in the conflict may be targeted by an investigation into war crimes. Violence also continues in the West Bank, with Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian homes in the city of Hebron, while eleven protestors in the West Bank are shot dead by soldiers, bringing the number of Palestinian protestors killed there to 15. Also, two men are killed in Lebanon during protests at the border against Israeli soldiers. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extends the state of emergency to Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures from May 16 until the end of this month and also declare a quasi-state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa and Kumamoto prefectures from May 16 until June 13. (The Japan Times) COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore The Singaporean Health Ministry announces that it will impose the strictest curbs since the circuit breaker last year, including limiting social gatherings to two people, making work from home default, and banning dining at restaurants. The new restrictions will be in effect from May 16 until June 13. (The Straits Times) (Forbes) COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan The Taipei City Government announces the indefinite closure of entertainment venues and multiple public facilities such as libraries and sports centres beginning tomorrow after Taiwan reported a record 29 new locally transmitted cases in the past 24 hours. (France 24) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra Andorran minister of Finances Èric Jover reinfects from COVID-19, becoming the second minister in the past week to test positive for the virus after minister of Economy Jordi Gallardo on May 12. (Diari d'Andorra) COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism Greece officially reopen its borders to all visitors who present a proof of vaccination, a negative PCR test result, or a document certifying recent recovery from the COVID-19 as tourism season begins in a hope to revive the sector badly affected by the pandemic. (Balkan Insight) COVID-19 pandemic in Italy Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signs a decree that will remove quarantine rules for travellers from the European Union, the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, and Israel as long as they have tested negative for COVID-19. The decree will take effect on May 16. (Barron's) COVID-19 pandemic in Canada COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was first discovered in India. (CKCK-DT) COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia Colombia surpasses 80,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Reuters) International relations International reactions to 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, Czech Republic–Israel relations Czech Republic President Miloš Zeman orders the Israeli flag to fly at the Prague Castle to show support for the country amid the conflict with Palestine. (Newsweek) Law and crime Protests against the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Jordan police disperse protesters who were trying to reach the Allenby Bridge near the border with Israel. Additionally, protesters from Lebanon also reach the Israeli border. (Al Arabiya) (Times of Israel) Pro-Palestinian protesters storm the Queensway tunnel in the United Kingdom, disrupting traffic. (Birmingham Mail) A court in France bans pro-Palestinian protests planned in Paris. However, activists say that protests will go as planned. (France 24) Health Service Executive cyberattack The Irish Health Service Executive shuts down its IT systems nationwide after a cyberattack involving ransomware. (RTÉ) Two men are arrested and charged with the theft of United States government property after allegedly obtaining and selling 1,875 stolen technical orders, including documents detailing operations, maintenance and schematics of equipment, from the United States Air Force between 2015 and 2020 in exchange for at least $132,280. The seller worked for Summit Aerospace, while the buyer operated a private company, LTC Products, listed only for aircraft rental services, and they were discovered because of sales to a third company, Newport Aeronautical Sales. (Military.com) Venezuelan authorities seize the headquarters of oppositional newspaper El Nacional for failing to pay a US$13 million fine for allegedly defaming United Socialist Party of Venezuela assemblyman Diosdado Cabello. (DW) Politics and elections Taiwan's Central Election Commission approves three referendums in late August. The referendums will allow the public to decide on banning pork containing ractopamine, on holding referendums on the same day as general elections, and whether to change the location of a planned new liquefied natural gas terminal to protect the maritime environment. (Reuters) Sports 2021 Formula One World Championship, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport The Turkish Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June, is canceled due to the recent upgrading by the British government of pandemic-related travel restrictions on Turkey. (Arab News)

(Posted) Tianwen-1

Article: Tianwen-1 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​The China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 craft successfully lands on Mars. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​The China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 lander-rover vehicle successfully lands on Mars.
News source(s): Verge, Endgadget, NASA, BBC, AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Nixinova (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: First Chinese spacecraft on Mars. China becomes the third nation to do so.  Nixinova   T   C   02:46, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support as notable, and article seems to be of high quality. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 03:09, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Slight blurb change. This was the landing of a smaller craft that includes a rover, which will be deployed in a few weeks from now. The lander is not the named "Tiawen-1" craft that reached orbit a few months ago. --Masem (t) 03:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

  The little guy is named Zhurong, has six wheels, used to be a fire god. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:58, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

  And just to note, they have not offloaded Zhurong yet, which they consider another mission milestone, though that sounds less of a concern given the payload landed safely on Mars. --Masem (t) 14:53, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support atlblurb but wait The article is in good shape, but still light on the landing details. We should wait until that gets fully updated, since thats the real ITN. Albertaont (talk) 04:41, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment The lead of the article has been updated but not the body, which still says "planned on occur on 14 May 2021. P-K3 (talk) 07:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

I have copy-edited the content. STSC (talk) 13:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Good article, ITN/R event. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 13:00, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support blurb with added named Zhurong rover. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:08, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support - The article should be ready. STSC (talk) 13:43, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support - But maybe consider remvoing the link the mars landing article as it seems underdeveloped. –DMartin 14:18, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support looks alright to me, gj! --Vacant0 (talk) 15:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posting. --Tone 16:11, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Edit the blurb to reflect a more nuanced, yet still factually accurate reading of the situation; that the CNSA's Tianwen-1 mission successfully lands its Zhurong rover on Mars. As alluded to by editors above me, "Tianwen-1" is the name of the mission, not the spacecraft, of which the orbiter and lander are unnamed except for the Zhurong rover. As far as I understand, we italicize the names of individual spacecraft and vehicles, and not the names of intangible concepts such as missions. — Molly Brown (talk) 20:06, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Though the rover itself has not yet been deployed, only the lander-rover payload. --Masem (t) 22:32, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Farooq Qaiser

Article: Farooq Qaiser (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Dawn
Credits:

• Nominated by Ktin (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Pakistani artist. Article is almost there. Some edits and should be ready for homepage / RD. Edits done. Article is a C-class biography. Meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 02:25, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - Well sourced and good enough for RD.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 04:49, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support well-cited, RIP! --Vacant0 (talk) 15:40, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 21:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Jay Barbree

Article: Jay Barbree (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NBC News
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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) 01:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment - Few cn tags and sentences unsourced, but it seems "easy" to fix.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 04:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Easy to overlook problems, too, blast off! InedibleHulk (talk) 07:12, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support GA status, well-cited --Vacant0 (talk) 15:38, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 21:18, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Kenneth Mayhew

Article: Kenneth Mayhew (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Ministry of Defence
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article has been updated and is well sourced (is under Good Article status) --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Looks good for RD JW 1961 ^Talk 22:35, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Good Article. More than enough for RD.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 22:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support well sourced, GA status, RIP! --Vacant0 (talk) 23:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 02:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: David McPhail

Article: David McPhail (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NZ Herald
Credits:

• Nominated by Amakuru (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Vacant0 (talk · give credit) and Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Kiwi actor and comedian. Article needs some work, with expansion and reference improvements, but I'll hopefully work on that today.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support – all referenced now. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support per above --Vacant0 (talk) 22:12, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support looks good for RD JW 1961 ^Talk 22:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 02:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez

Article: Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Pais
Credits:

• Nominated by Elserbio00 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by JTtheOG (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Assassinated. Former member of the Chamber of Deputies, candidate for municipal presidency. Article is long enough and everything is sourced properly. Elserbio00 (talk) 15:17, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support I was going to nominate him too. His article covers his career in depth and is well referenced. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 15:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Article is well referenced, deserves a RD--Vacant0 (talk) 15:29, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support per above. Wizardoftheyear (talk) 17:59, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 02:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Penpa Tsering

Article: Penpa Tsering (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​Penpa Tsering becomes president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Government-in-Exile). (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​Penpa Tsering becomes president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Government-in-Exile), having been confirmed as the winner of the general election.
Alternative blurb II: ​Penpa Tsering becomes president-elect of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
News source(s): The Washington Post (AP), The Times of India
Credits:

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

 DTM (talk) 18:40, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. Role has no actual on-the-ground power, and we don't AFAIK generally post changes to pretenders to power. Indeed, we failed to post the new leader of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus recently, an entity which actually is listed at List of sovereign states and controls real territory, so it would seem odd to post this one.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:33, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

May 13

Portal:Current events/2021 May 13

Current events of May 13, 2021 (2021-05-13) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks War In Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks Four separate bombings kill eleven civilians and injure many others across the country as the three-day ceasefire declared by the Taliban to observe Eid al-Fitr remains in place. No group claims responsibility for any of the bombings. (Reuters) A week after two power pylons were destroyed in Kabul's Mir Bacha Kot district, an unidentified man blows up another power plant in Kalakan District on Wednesday night, removing a further 260 megawatts of electricity imported from Uzbekistan. (TOLO News) The last Spanish soldiers in Afghanistan arrive in Spain, ending the mission after 19 years. (El Periódico) 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis The death toll from the airstrikes in the Gaza Strip increases to 113 people, while 600 others are wounded. The city of Rafah is attacked by multiple Israeli raids. Protests continue in the West Bank, resulting in injuries to 35 more Palestinian protesters. The number of children killed also increases to 31. (Al Jazeera) The Israel Defense Forces says that it has deployed two infantry units and an armoured unit to the border on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and that a ground operation inside Gaza will be submitted to military chiefs later today, ahead of a potential approval by the Israeli government. (The Daily Telegraph) Israeli strikes destroy Hamas' internal security headquarters and Gaza's central bank, as the spokesman of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, says that the group has launched "massive rocket strikes", larger than any launched on Israel since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (The Jerusalem Post) Syrian Civil War The Syrian Democratic Forces reports that it apprehended a 39-member ISIL cell in Al-Hasakah, Al-Hasakah Governorate, a few days ago. The cell was reportedly planning an attack during Eid al-Fitr. (Rudaw) Arts and culture Eid al-Fitr, the "Feast of Breaking the Fast" that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan, is celebrated in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for the first time in 87 years. (Anadolu Agency) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte approves the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases of downgrading the Greater Manila Area under the General Community Quarantine with "heightened restrictions" on indoor dining and personal care services. These downgrades include the reopening of hair salons and barbershops. (Rappler) COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand Thailand reports a record 4,887 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours due to the emergence of jail clusters that have infected 2,835 prisoners. This subsequently brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 93,794. (Bloomberg) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates approves the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15. (The National) COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia The government signs an agreement with Moderna to purchase 25 million doses of its vaccine. (ABC Australia) COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, Lineage B.1.617 Russia reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in 16 Indian students studying at Ulyanovsk State University. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii Hawaii Governor David Ige says that the state will keep its mask mandate despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying that fully vaccinated Americans can go to places without wearing a mask. (Hawaii Tribune-Herald) The CDC announces that all fully vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear masks or practice social distancing, unless the person is immunodeficient or still displaying symptoms of the virus. (CNN) International relations 2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan accuses Azerbaijan of moving its army more than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) across Armenia's southern border to try to capture Lake Sev, and convenes an emergency meeting with his security council. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Protests against the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Kenya Police fire tear gas at a group of crowds protesting the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip in Nairobi. (Reuters) Colonial Pipeline cyberattack‎ The Colonial Pipeline attempts to restart a resource movement after a cyberattack six days ago. The ransomware attackers were reportedly paid $4–5 million in cryptocurrency prior to the restart. Meanwhile, it is revealed that the cyberattack targeted the corporate business computers and that the physical resource supply was turned off in response to the attack. Furthermore, 100 gigabytes of Colonial Pipeline corporate data was stolen prior to the attack. The hacker group, DarkSide, attempts to distance itself from the Colonial Pipeline attack, saying that it provides ransomware as a service, selling licenses to other criminals. (Tom's Guide) (Reuters) (Bloomberg) (Politico.eu) (Fox Business) Gun violence in the United States Nine people are wounded, three of them critically, in a shootout between groups at a residence in Providence, Rhode Island. It is believed to be the largest shooting in Providence's memory. (AP) Aftermath of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol An active-duty major with the U.S. Marine Corps is arrested and charged for assault and obstruction in relation to the storming of the United States Capitol, thereby making him the first known active-duty service member to be charged in relation to the events of January 6. (USA Today) After compromising the Washington, D.C., police department's computers in April, the Babuk group releases thousands of the department's sensitive documents on the dark web. Hundreds of police officer disciplinary files dating back to 2004 are found, as well as intelligence reports that include feeds from other agencies, including the FBI and the Secret Service. The group reportedly asked for $4 million in ransom and were offered $100,000 at which point negotiations stopped. (WMC-TV) (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago. Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular. (DW) 2019–2021 Israeli political crisis Leader of the right-wing Yamina coalition Naftali Bennett calls off talks with oppositional leader Yair Lapid to form a new government in light of escalating violence. He instead voices his support for a unity government. (Haaretz) Sports 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football UEFA decides to relocate the 2021 UEFA Champions League Final, which is to be played between English clubs Manchester City and Chelsea on May 29, to the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal. The Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally scheduled to host the event, but stricter pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed by the British government on Turkey prompted the move by UEFA. (CNN)

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(Posted) RD:Indu Jain

Article: Indu Jain (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Times of India
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Head of the Times Group Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 10:58, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. Very little basic biographical information or context, and it reads like promotion. AleatoryPonderings (???) <(!!!) 13:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Weak support per KittenKlub (with thanks to them and IF for their work on the article). Would be nice to have some more background detail, but sometimes such things just aren't available. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 21:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose it has a little amount of text, it will have to get expanded for an RD in my opinion --Vacant0 (talk) 14:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Changing my vote to Support, it looks good now.--Vacant0 (talk) 22:14, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Weak support it is now long enough and referenced. Jain was clearly a private person, the story remains somewhat weak. KittenKlub (talk) 18:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support. The entry now a solid start and even illustrated. Indeed a private person, but KittenKlub was able to find materials documenting that—well done. Innisfree987 (talk) 18:55, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 02:04, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

May 12

Portal:Current events/2021 May 12

Current events of May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded and left in a coma after attackers target the area where he lived in Herat Province. Three of Niazi's men are also killed and four others wounded during the clash. (TOLO News) Afghan officials confirm that Nirkh District, in Maidan Wardak Province, was captured by the Taliban yesterday as the group seized the district building and set it on fire after days of intense siege. Attacks by the group have significantly increased as United States troops have started to withdraw from the country before the final deadline of September 11. (DW) 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Thirty-seven more Palestinian civilians are killed after further airstrikes are executed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll to 69. Among the victims are a five-year-old child and their parents, who died when a residential building collapsed, while five more are farmers killed at their farms. The number of children killed rises to seventeen. At least 390 people have also been injured. The main Palestinian headquarters and all of the police stations in Gaza are destroyed by the strikes. Protests also erupt in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of three protesters. (Al Jazeera) Three additional people are killed by Hamas' rockets in Lod, while an IDF soldier is killed as a military jeep outside Gaza is bombed, thereby bringing the Israeli death toll to seven. (BBC) The Israel Defense Forces says that it has conducted a "complex and first-of-its-kind operation" in the Gaza Strip, killing several senior members of Hamas. (AP) (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares a state of emergency in the city of Lod following rioting between Arabs and Jews. It is the first use of emergency powers over an Arab community in Israel since 1966. (Times of Israel) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the Biden administration will send Hady Amr to help defuse tensions. Blinken also defends Israel's right to exist and condemns Hamas for firing rockets. (Ynet) 2021 Colombian protests President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez announces that 65 officers have been given disciplinary actions for acts of brutality allegedly committed while repressing demonstrations. Of the actions, eight were for homicide, 27 for abuse of authority, and 11 for physical assaults. (MercoPress) Business and economy Amazon wins a legal dispute against a European Union order to pay back taxes of €250 million ($303 million). The setback renewed calls from EU lawmakers for a global corporate tax deal and for several to voice their support for the Biden administration's proposed 21% minimum tax rate on multinationals. (Reuters) Tesla announces they will no longer accept Bitcoin as payment. (AP) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in India India reports a record 4,205 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 254,197. (The Times of India) COVID-19 pandemic in Uttar Pradesh A total of 52 bodies have been found floating in the Ganges in the state of Uttar Pradesh with suspicions that villages may simply be disposing of pandemic deaths in the river. (The New Indian Express) COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan signs a agreement with the World Bank to purchase vaccines developed by Sinopharm. (Kabar) COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia Malaysia reports a record 39 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,761. (Malay Mail) COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases. (The Hindu) COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Taiwan reports a record 16 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,231. (CNA) COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand Thailand reports a record 34 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 486. (Bangkok Post) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in France The French National Assembly approves the creation of a COVID-19 health pass to enable international travel and organization of large events. MPs also agree to end the state of emergency on June 1 and replace it with a transitional period that will last until the end of September, which will allow the prime minister to extend the 9 p.m. curfew until June 30. (Euronews) (The Connexion) COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary Hungary announces that hospitals are resuming elective surgeries, which had been suspended during the pandemic. However, due to the workload, altered circumstances, the vaccination campaign, and other factors, waiting list times have effectively doubled and are now one to two years for most patients. (Hungary Today) COVID-19 pandemic in Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces that Norway will remove the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from its vaccination programme due to the risk of rare blood clots. (Bloomberg) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba, Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines Cuba initiates its mass vaccination campaign for around 1.7 million people, using its locally-developed SOBERANA 02 and ABDALA vaccines, both of which have yet to complete its Phase III clinical trials. (The New York Times) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel votes to recommend the use of Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years. (The New York Times) Lineage B.1.617 The World Health Organization says that the B.1.617 variant first detected in India in October has now been detected in more than 4,500 samples from 44 countries that were uploaded to an open-access database. (Khaleej Times) Climate change A study published in Nature estimates that during the last glacial maximum, low-to-mid latitude land surfaces at low elevation cooled on average by 5.8 °C relative to their present day temperatures. The study was based on an analysis of noble gases dissolved in groundwater rather than examinations of species abundances that have been used in the past. (phys.org) (Nature.com) Law and crime Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom Twenty-nine men are charged with the sexual exploitation and rape of a teenage girl over a seven-year period in Calderdale and Bradford, West Yorkshire, between 2003 and 2010. (BBC) The government of Sierra Leone decides to push for the abolition of capital punishment. (AFP via IOL) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors for allegedly lying to Parliament about his role in the Ibiza affair. Kurz denies the charges. (Politico.eu) UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab reports that war criminal and former Republika Srpska President Radovan Karadžić will serve the rest of his life sentence in the United Kingdom. Karadžić was handed the sentence by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 2019 for crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections Protests against the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Protesters gather in Paris, France, in support of Palestine following attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Gaza Strip. During the protest, police dispersed crowds. (Anadolu Agency) Protests break out in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Loop in opposition to Israel's occupation. (Voice of America) In Milwaukee, protesters gather near the The Calling sculpture in opposition to Israel's occupation. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) United States House Republicans vote to remove Wyoming representative Liz Cheney as Chair of the House of Representatives Republican Conference, following her critical statements about former President Donald Trump. (BBC) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports The Badminton World Federation announces the cancellation of the 2021 Singapore Open, which would have been held from June 1–6, due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic. (Reuters)

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(Posted) RD: Seamus Deane

Article: Seamus Deane (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Irish Times; BBC News; Irish Independent
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 11:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - Well-referenced.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 23:01, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support - Well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:36, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Appropriately referenced and comprehensive enough. I've labelled it ready. Uses x (talk • contribs) 02:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 02:41, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Spencer Silver

Article: Spencer Silver (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by Ktin (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Inventor of the post-it note. Announced this day. Article needs some work. Edits done. Article has been expanded to a Start / C-class biography. Meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 03:56, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - Good enough to RD.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 05:01, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Quality good. More Spencers needed on the Main Page. Marking ready. Spencer^T•C 05:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 08:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bob Koester

Article: Bob Koester (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Chicago Tribune; Chicago Sun-Times
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 10:43, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Neat, short but suitable for RD JW 1961 ^Talk 18:14, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment - @Bloom6132: just a query about this sentence in the lead: "He also operated the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, once the world's largest jazz and blues record store, and later a record store specializing in blues and jazz in Irving Park, Chicago." The claim about it being the world's largest such store doesn't appear to be in the body, or indeed cited. I'm also having trouble parsing the last part of that sentence. Is the record store in Irving Park (specializing in blues and jazz) a separate institution from the Jazz Record Mart? If so, that is also not AFAIK mentioned in the body or cited. CHeers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• @Amakuru: I've now clarified and cited both statements. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:45, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Posted. Thanks, that looks good now.  — Amakuru (talk) 23:21, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment My father-in-law knew him. He showed old movies at his house on Friday nights. Funny to see a name you knew personally in RD; he was well-known in the Chicago music circle. A big thank-you to the folks who got the article up to scratch. Jip Orlando (talk) 14:55, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

May 11

Portal:Current events/2021 May 11

Current events of May 11, 2021 (2021-05-11) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Israel launches another series of strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing eight people and wounding several others, thereby bringing the total death toll from the strikes to 32. The Hanadi Tower is also destroyed during the incident. Hamas responds to the attacks by launching rockets towards Israel, including several towards Tel Aviv, killing three people. (Reuters) An Israeli-Arab man is killed and two more are wounded after a Jewish gunman opens fire against a group of protestors in Lod. (The Jerusalem Post) Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi is injured after being shot by Israel Police in Haifa. (The Independent) Protests break out in London, New York City, and other cities across the world expressing solidarity with Palestine. In Manhattan, pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Israeli consulate on East 42nd Street. Additionally, U.S. Reps Rashida Tlaib and André Carson participate in a protest at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (Arab News) (Gothamist) (Newsweek) Armed miners on seven boats attack the indigenous Yanomami community in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, opening fire against them and wounding one person. The Yanomami respond to the fire, killing three miners and wounding four others. (BBC) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal Nepal reports a record 9,317 new cases and 225 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the total of confirmed cases to 413,111 and the nationwide death toll to 4,084. (Kathmandu Post) COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Lineage B.1.617 The Philippines reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India in two Filipino seafarers who travelled to Oman and the United Arab Emirates. (CNA) COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan The Taiwanese government prohibits outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people and indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, as well as banning all food and drink in trains until June 8, after reporting six new domestic COVID-19 cases with no clear source of infection. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia Slovakia suspends the use of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine for people that received the first dose after the State Institute for Drug Control ruled that the death of a 47-year-old woman was likely connected to the jab. (Euronews) COVID-19 pandemic in Spain Spain approves the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people under the age of 60 years. (El Pais) COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination. (SABC News) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signs Presidential Proclamation No. 1143, declaring a state of calamity for one year due to the African swine fever, two years after the disease was reported in the country. (Rappler) International relations Kenya–Somalia relations The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority suspends all commercial flights to Somalia for three months, days after both countries announced the restoration of diplomatic relations. No reason is given for the suspension. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Kazan school shooting Seven students and two teachers are killed and 21 others are wounded in a mass shooting at a school in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The attacker has been arrested. (Al Jazeera) Colonial Pipeline cyberattack‎ Some gas stations in the U.S. states of Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina begin to run out of fuel as the Colonial Pipeline shutdown enters its fourth day after a cyberattack on May 7. (Bloomberg) 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad sues units of Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Coutts for a combined amount of US$2.9 billion on the basis of negligence and conspiracy to defraud. The lawsuit is a bid to recover lost assets of more than $23 billion. (RFI) The Troubles According to a coroner's inquest report, ten people shot dead in the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre in Belfast were innocent civilians and their killings were unjustified. Nine of the people had been shot by the British Armed Forces. (The Guardian) Sports 2020–21 Premier League Manchester City win the Premier League for the fifth time after rivals Manchester United were defeated 2–1 by Leicester City. (The Guardian) 2020–21 Primeira Liga Sporting CP win the Primeira Liga, the top tier of the Portuguese football league system, for the first time since the 2001–02 season. They become the first team other than Porto or Benfica to win the title in 19 years. (The Washington Post)

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(Posted) RD: Lester L. Wolff

Article: Lester L. Wolff (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:

• Nominated by AleatoryPonderings (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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 politician. Looks decent at a quick glance. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 21:58, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose for now There are still 4 cn tags. I will support it once resolved. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 22:07, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Alsoriano97, They are now addressed. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 22:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Support enough referenced with ITN minimum requirements. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:16, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Tags addressed— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackattack1597 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Looks fine for RD now JW 1961 ^Talk 20:01, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 21:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

(Ready) RD: Serge Bouchard

Article: Serge Bouchard (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette
Credits:

• Nominated by Amakuru (talk · give credit)
• Updated by AleatoryPonderings (talk · give credit) and PotentPotables (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Quebec anthropologist, author and broadcaster. Article is currently a stub, but I'm hoping to expand it today.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:13, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment article has been expanded from stub-size. PotentPotables (talk) 02:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Weak support – 10 entries in the "Works" are unsourced, but the rest of the article is well-referenced. —Bloom6132 (talk) 08:36, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Bloom6132: I actually finished the referencing of all those works 10 minutes after you posted this, but I've only just seen your comment now! Myself, AleatoryPonderings and PotentPotables have also worked on adding more detail to the Career section. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:44, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Looks all good now. Full support. —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - Good to go.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 05:05, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support well cited and looks good --Vacant0 (talk) 14:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment this article has been "ready" for over 24 hours now, while others finished after it have been put on RD. PotentPotables (talk) 19:56, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Norman Lloyd

Article: Norman Lloyd (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WaPo
Credits:

• Nominated by AllegedlyHuman (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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 actor, 106. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 23:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - Article is very well-referenced.--SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 04:20, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted. Looks fine.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Ballymurphy massacre

Article: Ballymurphy massacre (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​An inquest into the deaths of 10 people at Ballymurphy, Belfast, in 1971 finds they were killed without justification. (Post)
News source(s): Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Yorkshiresky (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Pincrete (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Notable event in history of the Troubles. Lead item on UK news. Blurb probably needs some work. yorkshiresky (talk) 19:17, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose – Historical note half a century after the fact; lacking wider significance. – Sca (talk) 22:12, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - I don't see much British news covering it (although I'm checking the BBC from over here in America). -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 22:14, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Ultimately it's just a correction for the historical record. The result isn't particularly eventful or surprising, and no prosecutions, etc, are planned to come from it. Uses x (talk • contribs) 23:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support - 10 innocent people were found unlawfully shot by the British Army. This is absolutely significant news, doesn't matter when it happened. STSC (talk) 20:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support If the Brereton Report can be posted, don't see a reason to oppose this - article looks fine. Gotitbro (talk) 21:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Hard to see how this is significant or important or, frankly, even interesting. Mlb96 (talk) 02:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  It is interesting -- I imagine particularly interesting for those involved in the Troubles, but I don't think it's ITN worthy. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 03:50, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support So a first-world government admits that it murdered its own citizens, and the argument here is that it is insignificant specifically because of the length of time that government lied about it? GreatCaesarsGhost 20:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose What's the impact in the present day? An apology from BoJo isn't enough. Maybe if they put the soldiers on trial it'll be significant enough. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:31, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

(ATTENTION NEEDED) Manchester City win the 2020–21 Premier League season

Article: 2020–21 Premier League (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​In association football, Manchester City win the 2020–21 Premier League. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by NorthernFalcon (talk · give credit)
• Created by 11cookeaw1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Flix11 (talk · give credit), Kowalczyk900 (talk · give credit) and Amakuru (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating
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: This just happened, so the article has not been updated yet. This is ITN/R. As noted in the Bayern Munich nomiation below, there's been some discussion about whether to nominate soccer champions at the end of the season or at the time when it is mathematically impossible for them to lose the title. The previous blurb on the Premier League champion went with the end of the season, but in line with the Bayern Munich nomination below, I'm nominating this now. NorthernFalcon (talk) 19:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Top sports news story at the moment on both BBC and NBC, and it seems reasonable to post when championship is achieved, not when season ends. Wizardoftheyear (talk) 19:23, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Not internationally notable. --Heymid (contribs) 19:26, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Event is listed at ITN/R. Wizardoftheyear (talk) 19:30, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
    • ... and if it weren't, please see worldwide media coverage of the Premier League. ---Sluzzelin talk
      • This is a joke vote, don't worry!! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:01, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
        • Not internationally notable? BAHAHAHA, I'm in Indonesia and my math teacher spent like half of his class time to talk about this. He's a fan of MU, btw. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 01:35, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose quality is not there yet; barely any prose. My personal preference is to wait until the end of the season, but I can see the opposing view as City's win is "in the news" now.-- P-K3 (talk) 19:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - no prose summary of the season, and information in lead is not repeated in prose anywhere else in the article. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait until the end of the season. ITNR explicitly says 'the conclusion of the ... tournament or series'. There are still several games to go; just because Man City cannot be overtaken doesn't mean the competition is over. Also, the article is not ready because the prose summary is extremely brief, giving no more information than the table. See 2018–19_Premier_League#Summary for an example of the sort of treatment required. Article maintainers have a few weeks to sort that out before the season actually concludes. Modest Genius ^talk 11:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  The now-expanded prose summary does look good. It just needs to be updated with the European places once those are settled - which is unlikely to be until the final round of matches has been played. I still think we should wait. Modest Genius ^talk 16:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  The European places don't form part of the blurb, as far as I'm aware, so not sure why that should hold this up. We don't wait for the electoral college or the inauguration on US election stories, we post as soon as a result is known. I.e. when the story is in the actual news. The same should apply here.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  You're right, they're not part of the blurb, but they are a necessary part of a complete encyclopaedic article on the entire season. This isn't a bold link to a single game (like 2021 UEFA Champions League final), or even a single club (2020–21 Manchester City F.C. season), it's an article about the entire season so should have reasonably complete for all clubs over the entire season. Modest Genius ^talk 17:55, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  I agree. Everything is about getting in the top four these days. (It's like a trophy...) The article isn't complete until we know those places. P-K3 (talk) 01:32, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose Generally post at end of season, when readers can also see final standings. See past blurb which mentions "concludes".—Bagumba (talk) 11:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  I really don't care, but thought I was upholding a precendent, which it might not be (see below).—Bagumba (talk) 12:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment - obviously the quality isn't there yet, but if and when that's resolved, it should absolutely be posted now. In English football, the winner is declared as soon as one team cannot be caught; that's what reliable sources report, and the trophy is usually presented either at that game or before the next game. Last year, Liverpool clinched the title on 26 June, and we posted it on that date, not one month later when the season finally drew to a close.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Then please update WP:ITNR so fans and non-fans alike don't need to quibble over this again.—Bagumba (talk) 12:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Posting early was a novelty in 2020 and was controversial. That was a Covid-disrupted season played partly while the rest of the country was in a strict lockdown, so I don't think it sets a precedent. 2019 was posted at the end of the season, so were 2018, 2017 etc. (I got bored of checking them all). Modest Genius ^talk 13:06, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  It wasn't remotely controversial. Some opposed, but the vast majority supported posting an ITN item when it was actually in the news and not a month later. Even a 12 day delay is enough that the nom could be reasonably considered stale. GreatCaesarsGhost 13:42, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  I actually did try to update this previously and it had majority support. The opposition largely missed the point (what if an unassailable lead isn't really unassailable?) but others called it CREEP and said we can address the issue in ITNC, which we did last year. Some would prefer to quibble. GreatCaesarsGhost 13:42, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  Updating !vote to Support - with thanks to Jayron32 for reopening the discussion. I've updated the article with an expanded prose summary of how the race for the title panned out, which hopefully meets the quality doubts above. If there's anything else that needs looking at quality-wise, then let me know and I'll see what I can do. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 16:00, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Wait for the end of season (and establish this as ITNR for sport events where such a winner can be determined early). While the event is around one team mathematically winning the season, the rest of the games will still be played out as there will be 2nd, 3rd, etc and other placements, and other things can happen - eg I would assume M.C. here would immediate drop into their 2nd and 3rd strings to risk injuring their lead players for next year. We should feature the completed season when all is said and done and while this will still end up with M.C. as the winners, the article will document all other placements and other things that happened afterwards. --Masem (t) 13:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Target article has very little useful prose. Needs a lot of expansion of prose. If and when that is fixed, consider this opposition to be a support. --Jayron32 14:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - The 2020–21 Premier League season isn't over yet. STSC (talk) 19:45, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Stat filled article, half of the available prose is about COVID-19. Gotitbro (talk) 21:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support I would concur that the prose is now sufficient. GreatCaesarsGhost 19:53, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment - I'm marking as attention needed. Please could an uninvolved admin assess the state of this nomination? Most of the opposes above are either on quality grounds, which I believe are now resolved, or based on the misconception that we usually wait until the end of the season to post Premier League winners - something which has been shown to be incorrect in the discussion at WT:ITN. Personally I think it's time to post this, but obviously I'm too involved at this stage.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:55, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm inclined to post it but the last person to assess a consensus got improperly accused of abusing the admin tools so I'm frankly not sure I want to go there with this nomination. Is there a second for posting this? 331dot (talk) 11:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Wait - When Man City are presented with the Premier League trophy officially (after their final game on 23 May). STSC (talk) 12:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait Post on May 23rd after the official trophy presentation.Jackattack1597 (talk) 16:44, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support this isn't "in the old news from a couple of weeks ago". Deary me, the meaning of "NEWS" is that it's NEW and it's being currently reported and commented on. Waiting for trophy to be awarded renders this a report about items that are not in the news. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:50, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

RD: Colt Brennan

Article: Colt Brennan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NBC Sports
Credits:

• Nominated by PCN02WPS (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Johndavies837 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Record-setting University of Hawaii quarterback, spent some time in the NFL. Article needs some work, I'll see what I can do today. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support article seems well developed. –DMartin 21:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Outstanding citation tags.—Bagumba (talk) 04:37, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) Kazan school shooting

Article: Kazan school shooting (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​At least 9 people are killed in a school shooting in Kazan, Russia. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Kiril Simeonovski (talk · give credit)
• Created by Cerberon-900 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Cerberon-900 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: School shootings in Russia are rare and mass shootings with two-digit death toll even rarer.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC) --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Absolutely in the news. I expect those who supported two-digit death toll in USA shootings to also support this. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 09:42, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

What about those who spit bile and venom at two-digit death toll shootings in the USA? You know Russia is a different country, on a different continent right? Maybe you should try to stay focused --LaserLegs (talk) 10:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Gratuitously contentious. – Sca (talk) 15:44, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@LaserLegs: Hello, I mentioned USA because mass shootings from USA are the most frequent here and I rarely see mass shootings nom from other countries. Thank you for your understanding. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:03, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Most definitely should be in the news. Although the sources I'm reading say that it's at least 8, not 11. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 09:59, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support posting when now the article's quality is good enough. It's currently too short, but is rapidly being expanded. Jim Michael (talk) 10:00, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality the article is a micro-stub, 602 characters long. Needs to be a minimum of 3-4 times longer than that before we should consider putting it on ITN. Also, cn tag needs to be addressed. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:02, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support now that article is good enough. This is an uncommon event, and therefore ITN worthy. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality as above. A weak stub at the moment. Event is notable enough for ITN however. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Support article much better than when I first assessed. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:02, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support in principle, oppose on quality per above. The article is WAY too short. Try following the disaster stub template. It's a neat tool to get out of stub status. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Support the article has been developed to ITN standards. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Article is too short to be put on the main page. As always, if this is fixed, then consider my opposition to be ended. --Jayron32 13:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - Not ready yet for ITN. STSC (talk) 14:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment – Cited sources indicate this is another disgruntled former student, apparently acting alone on personal motives. Wider significance might be doubtful. – Sca (talk) 15:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

It makes it less notable than if it were carried out by a terrorist group, but I think it still notable enough for ITN. Jim Michael (talk) 16:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support As of now, the article is ready. And per nom, school shootings in Russia, particularly the deadly ones, are relatively rare. Brandmeister^talk 16:26, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - we would not post this if it happened in the US. We should not post it just because it happened elsewhere. --Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 16:54, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  I'm afraid that argument is deeply flawed and I suspect you know it. There are plenty of instances where mass shootings outside the US are much more notable (like almost all of them) because the frequency with which they occur in the United States is far higher than almost any other country in the universe. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:01, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  We don't get mass shootings of 9 people that often here, though. I just don't see anything that makes this notable beyond that it took place in a country where mass shootings aren't as common. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 22:16, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Mass shootings, as you know, happen in the US practically every day. This is not just about the numbers, this is about the infrequency and the numbers. But you knew that. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Very few mass shootings in the US (or anywhere) kill 9 people. I'm just saying that if we wouldn't consider this shooting notable in the US, it shouldn't be notable elsewhere. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 21:42, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  That doesn't make any sense. We have plenty of examples of mass shootings in the US which go way beyond nine deaths, but very few indeed elsewhere. You know that. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:31, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  The sad truth is that school shootings happen way more often in the United States than anywhere else in the world. A school shooting that kills 9 people in the context of the US isn't notable, but in the context of Russia, a country with relatively few school shootings, it is very notable. It made international news, so I would say it's notable. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 15:12, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  I wish things were different in the United States but there have been more mass shootings this year than in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 17:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Posted. Spencer^T•C 18:42, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting support Good enough quality-wise now.-- P-K3 (talk) 19:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• PP Comment – Not entirely convinced happening in Russia made it major. Oh well. – Sca (talk) 22:15, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment: please add more depressing events to ITN. 2601:602:9200:1310:91B9:30F0:652:3D3B (talk) 08:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

If you would like to see more "positive" events posted, please develop articles about such an event in the news and nominate them. 331dot (talk) 08:55, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

We seem to get these amusing comments on a semi-regular basis. Are you saying we should ignore fatal events? The world is a messy place and ITN correctly reflects it. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• comment: this photo seems appropriate for the blurb. dying (talk) 13:11, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

May 10

Portal:Current events/2021 May 10

Current events of May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks Eleven people are killed and 29 more are wounded when a roadside bomb hits a bus in Zabul Province. (Al Jazeera) (TOLO News) Five members of the National Directorate of Security, the head of the economy directorate of the province, and a manager of the Central Bank branch in Logar Province are killed in three separate incidents, all of which involved attacks by unknown gunmen. In a fourth incident in the same province, two civilians are killed and six more are wounded after two mortar shells hit their house on Sunday evening. (TOLO News) Afghan peace process In the early hours, the Taliban announces a three-day ceasefire to observe the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday. A Taliban spokesman says that it is for the mujahideen to provide a peaceful and secure atmosphere to their compatriots. (Reuters) 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip including Hamas fire barrages of rockets at Israeli cities and towns near the Gaza border, as well as seven toward Jerusalem, injuring one person. Israel retaliates with airstrikes in Gaza killing 24 people and wounding 103 others. Nine children and a Hamas leader are among the dead. (Al Jazeera) 2021 Colombian protests President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez orders a mass deployment of troops to the city of Cali and its surrounding area after 12 days of protests. (MercoPress) Human Rights Watch reports on the use of "horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers" meant to fire multiples of tear gas or stun grenades simultaneously. The Executive Director of the Americas Division, José Miguel Vivanco, publishes a corroborating video reportedly showing a Venom grenade launcher from Combined Systems being used against protesters. (MercoPress) (Twitter) 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis A US Coast Guard vessel fired roughly 30 warning shots on Monday to drive away Iranian fast-attack boats in an "unsafe" encounter in the Strait of Hormuz. (MSN) 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan conflict Citizens who evacuated from the Batken Region due to clashes at the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border return to the area for the first time since the clashes. (AKIPress) Disasters and accidents Chernobyl disaster Ukrainian scientists report that, for an unknown reason, the levels of nuclear radiation have increased in the remains of the Chernobyl power plant. Most areas of containment have shown decreasing radiation levels, however, in one particular room, radiation counts have doubled over the last four years. These radiation levels are high enough to preclude installing sensors. Additionally, fuel containing materials, which were initially the consistency of lava, are disintegrating into radioactive dust. (Popular Mechanics) (Nature) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Canada COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta Alberta expands its vaccine eligibility to people over the age of 12 years. (Global News) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 vaccination in the United States The Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 15 years. (MSN) COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in India COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu, COVID-19 lockdown in India Tamil Nadu enters a two-week complete lockdown until May 24 amidst an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Livemint) COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan receives the second component of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. (Kabar) COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, Malaysian movement control order Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announces a new nationwide movement control order from May 12 until June 7, with additional restrictions due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (Malay Mail) COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal Nepal reports a record 9,127 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 403,794. (Kathmandu Post) COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines The Philippines receives its first shipment of 193,050 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative. (GMA News Online) COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, Lineage B.1.617 Thailand reports its first two cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in a woman and her four-year-old son who traveled from Pakistan and are currently in quarantine. (ABC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Greece Greece reopens primary and junior high schools for in-person classes for the first time in months. The courts also restart many activities. (U.S. News and World Report) COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France. (Bianet) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom lowers its COVID-19 Alert level to level 3 as vaccinations and lockdown restrictions ease pressure on the NHS, which means that the transmission of the virus is no longer rising exponentially. (The Independent) COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, variants of SARS-CoV-2 Argentina reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in two people who travelled from Paris, as well as its first case of the Lineage B.1.351 variant in a person who travelled from Spain. (Reuters) Variants of SARS-CoV-2 The World Health Organization classifies the Lineage B.1.617 variant as a "Variant of Concern", becoming the fourth variant to be designated as being of global concern after the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 variants. (The Wall Street Journal) International relations COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain, COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates establish “a safe travel corridor” for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, which will be in effect by the end of this week. (Al-Arabiya English) Law and crime 2021 Dunedin Countdown stabbing A man stabs and injures four people in a Countdown supermarket in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is also injured and has been hospitalised. (ABC News) A court in Paris dismisses the complaint of a French Vietnamese woman against several manufacturers of the Agent Orange chemical used by the United States military during the Vietnam War. The court rules it to be a sovereign case under the jurisdiction of the United States (VnExpress) Politics and elections The Federal Parliament of Nepal votes 124–93 in a no confidence vote against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli over both his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and his attempts to lead a minority government after his party, the Nepal Communist Party, split into the Communist Party of Nepal–UML and Communist Party of Nepal–Maoist earlier this year. President Bidya Devi Bhandari is expected to name Oli caretaker Prime Minister until the next election. (Al Jazeera) Science and technology Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests. Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022. (TASS) Sports Italian Football Federation president Gabriele Gravina threatens to expel Juventus from Serie A, the highest tier of the Italian football league system, if the club does not withdraw from the proposed European Super League before the start of the next season. (BBC)

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(Posted) RD: Dennis Joseph

Article: Dennis Joseph (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Times of India
Credits:

• Nominated by Amakuru (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 202.164.131.251 (talk · give credit) and Ranjithsiji (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Indian screen-writer. Needs some expansion and citations, which I will endeavour to update in the next day or so.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:32, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment - I've had a go at whipping this into shape, so any comments or suggestions welcome please. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 20:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Nice job updating, well sourced (even has the filmography fully sourced) JW 1961 ^Talk 22:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support – well-referenced; meets minimum ITN requirements. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 20:50, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: S. A. E. Nababan

Article: S. A. E. Nababan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): UCA News
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Jeromi Mikhael (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Leader of the largest church in Indonesia and Southeast Asia for more than a decade (his last five years were disputed) — 10 May refers to his burial day. I visited his funeral home for about fifteen minutes. The photo that was used in the article was the last photo I took before I left the funeral home. (you could see from the stare) Article is still in development, please kindly wait. Article is done, please voice your opinion or input for the article. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:08, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Good depth of coverage, AGF on the sources, referenced. Spencer^T•C 17:54, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support definitely good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:01, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose One-sentence lead too short. Even missing the country per MOS:CONTEXTBIO.—Bagumba (talk) 06:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Hi Bagumba, thank you for your input, I have expanded the lead. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 09:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Striking my "oppose"—Bagumba (talk) 09:43, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Looks alright and notable enough for a RD.--Vacant0 (talk) 16:03, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 18:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: James Dean (footballer)

Article: James Dean (footballer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by The Rambling Man (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Joseph2302 (talk · give credit)

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

 The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:01, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment: I've added some more on circumstances surrounding his death. There doesn't look to be much more that can be added, it looks just about long enough for RD now. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:14, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support It's short, but per above there's probably not much more to say.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Information on the page seems to be well-cited even though its short, seems good.--Vacant0 (talk) 16:05, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 21:43, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

(Pulled) Colonial pipeline

A junction in Dorsey, Maryland being inspected by the chairman of the NTSB

Article: Colonial Pipeline cyberattack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​The largest U.S. refined products pipeline system is shut down by a cyberattack. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​The largest U.S. refined products pipeline system is shut down by a cyberattack, resulting in gasoline shortages in several states.
Alternative blurb II: ​The largest U.S. refined products pipeline system is shut down after a cyberattack, resulting in gasoline shortages in several southeastern states.
News source(s): BBC; Reuters
Credits:

• Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk · give credit)
• Created by Elijahandskip (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Fashqueen (talk · give credit) and Bri (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: It's a new article which needs more work such as a picture but it's a reasonable start Andrew🐉(talk) 12:41, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose I was ready to support this based on the blurb, but that's not what happened at all. Their IT systems were hit by malware and as a precaution they shut down their industrial control systems. In that regard, it's not really notable it's the internet equivalent of checking for unlocked doors. Targeted attacks on industrial control systems I would support. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

  The gas shortage that since transpired is the bigger news now.—Bagumba (talk) 01:23, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose + per LaserLegs, single entities being hit by a cyberattack (regardless of means) is far too narrow for ITN. We'd be focused on something on a far more massive scale like the 2017 cyberattacks on Ukraine (which also hit numerous orgs outside Ukraine). --Masem (t) 13:30, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose - Overblown.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose poor stub, story is not of particular note. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 16:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Update I was just listening to the latest BBC report. They said that the main pipeline is still shut, that there is no date yet for resumption and that President Biden has declared a state of emergency. This seems to be a bigger deal than the current top blurbs -- the bombing of a school and the collapse of a bridge. The latter was a week ago now so, as usual, ITN is not keeping up with what's actually in the news. Andrew🐉(talk) 17:24, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

  Actually, at least part of the problem is that it's a crap stub. And I don't recall standards for inclusion being on a sliding scale depending on the age of the material in the ITN template, but perhaps I missed that discussion and community consensus. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 20:43, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support This is a big deal given the circumstances. It has the potential to economically impact the US -- -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 17:43, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Gas prices will go up by $0.20 a gallon. That's about it. Any further speculation on potential economic impact is WP:CRYSTALBALL and contingent on a continued shutdown after the end of the week. --WaltCip-(talk) 19:19, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

    And an increase by $0.21/gallon would set a record for most expensive petrol in the United States. osunpokeh (talk) 04:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

    Prices go up. So what? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:49, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  • To note - it's affecting airports as well - it's a primary source (because it's basically brand new information, but it's the airline saying itself that it's due to the pipeline) but one AA flights from CLT-Europe and a long-haul flight CLT-Hawaii have diversions planned en-route to pick up more fuel (or possibly to pick up fuel to tank it back to CLT). This twitter thread has the screenshot of the flight data that AA put in directly for the reason for the stop, and this (unreliable source afaik) has more information. Just saying, this should be left open for another few days at least as it certainly has the potential to impact more industries than just auto fuel. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 23:46, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

    Now covered by multiple reliable sources (including reuters, cnbc) and officially confirmed by the company that the stops are because of fuel supply issues at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. I'm going to work on adding this to the article on it, and I don't think at all that this should be part of the blurb, but it's not just "gas prices will go up by 20 cents a gallon" - it is having impacts on multiple sectors other than just the automotive gasoline industry. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 01:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

    Breathless reliable source coverage does not equate to actual newsworthiness. WaltCip-(talk) 13:10, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support for having significant coverage in the news. Einsof (talk) 00:54, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support This has resulted in a formal state of emergency, so I think WP:N is well satisfied here. The article is okay.130.233.213.199 (talk) 05:39, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment this has already dropped out of the top eleven news stories on BBC News' world homepage. If this happened in any other country on planet Earth it'd just be an inconvenience, but in the US it's a "state of emergency". Give us strength. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:48, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  There are now four other US-related stories ahead of this one on the BBC News world homepage. Then you have "Americans panic-buying gas". Wow. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:17, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  On the other hand, it's currently (see my timestamp) the top story at BBC's US & Canada News page. ---Sluzzelin talk 09:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Oppose per Rambling Man's comment. Just a minor disturbance, gas price hike is common. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 16:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose if this wasn't in the US, this nom would have been snow closed by now. No evidence that it is important enough for ITN, or that there will be any lasting impact (for more than a few days) of it. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:59, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• I don't know how you can say this. It would absolutely be posted if this happened in another developed country. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 03:42, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Prove it. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:15, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Nobody can prove anything, this is all people manifesting the biases that exist in their head into something tangible. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 09:29, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose Per Joseph2302. Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support - Significant news, and it's having a domino effect on many states. STSC (talk) 14:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support with an updated blurb - now there are gasoline shortages in several states. The article is good enough, though I expect it will be better tomorrow. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 23:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support. Now there are significant gasoline shortages affecting several states[1], with two of them, North Carolina and South Carolina, having declared the state of emergency, and Florida having activated National Guard. Even before that happened the CBS News characterized the event as "the worst cyberattack to date on critical U.S. infrastructure"[2]. Nsk92 (talk) 00:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• I am also still seeing this in the news. Willing to post, however, please suggest a blurb that reflects the recent developments. --Tone 09:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Posting. I'll make it today's item. --Tone 09:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
    • Hi Tone, not to be rude or something but when the majority of !votes here are opposing the blurb to be posted I expect the posting admin to make a concise explanation as to why the admin posted it. Thank you... Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:25, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Pull Tone there is absolutely no consensus to post this story here at all. Indeed, opposers outnumber the support. What are you doing? The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
  • • • My reasonins at this point is that the topic has shifted from a cyberattack to a disruption of supply. Several of the initial opposes did not consider this new development while the recent supports do. I did not just count the votes. But no hard feelings from my side if another admin decides to pull. --Tone 10:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
        • Your personal reasoning about what earlier commentators now think isn't what we're here for, consensus is still very much against this story. You have just "supervoted". Suggest your revert yourself. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Pull This should not have been posted without any consensus whatsoever, especially with a numerical majority against it. Jackattack1597 (talk) 10:31, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Pull and leave discussion open, there's still quite a few days left. No need to rush this one, if consensus develops then it does – but absolutely never post before that point. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 10:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Keep. I endorse the posting, per the reason given. This is not a vote count. I too, however, won't feel bad if this is pulled. 331dot (talk) 10:41, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  The reasoning that an admin can read the minds of other editors? This has no consensus and the admin action was a supervote. This is procedurally negligent and an abuse of the admin tools. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  If you want us to count votes, you know where you may propose that. Calling their evaluation "abuse" is a gross misuse of the word. If you disagree with the rationale, okay, but it was in good faith. 331dot (talk) 12:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  No, it was pure and simple abuse of position. There is absolutely no way Tone could have known the feelings of those who had commented previously about the developments since. To post an item with not just no consensus, but consensus against posting is not what admins should be doing. What happened is called a "supervote". I think we all know that, and this is now defending the indefensible. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:59, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Pull consensus was not reached. Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Pull I don't think the blurb extracts the exact notability of the cyberattack. I see that oil prices in the US reached a historical high since 2014, which seems more important than the oil shortages in a few states. Anyway, this causes only a short-lived disruption with minor impact on the US economy.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:55, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Pulled. With due respect to Tone and 331dot for their rationales above, it seems crystal clear to me at this point that the posting of this item does not enjoy the consensus of the community. This may still find consensus to post, but probably it's best to actually ping in the earlier opposes to see if they've changed their minds based on later developments. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 10:57, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Seems the post could have been reasonable if it was discounting the "relating to a single country" opposes. However, that was not stated. Many of the new opposes are over the procedural reading of consensus, not specifically "not significant to be a blurb" opposes.—Bagumba (talk) 11:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  There are three problems with this story. Firstly, notability is not well established. Secondly, proposed blurbs are not the best that we can get out of it. Thirdly, it took place five days ago with a couple of consequential events afterwards. Given that only the last blurb in the box documents earlier news, this could quickly become stale and nomination for ongoing would be a better fit.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:44, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  It seems the pulled blurb was more about the shortage, which is more in the news now than the date of the cyberattack. A similar example is the current Isreal–Hamas blurb using the later airstrike date, rather than the orginal clashes in Jerusalem.—Bagumba (talk) 11:51, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  The problem is that we're talking a shortage of gasoline (raising prices) to a portion of a first world country. Oh no how ever will we get through this. Gas prices were already elevated from the driver shortage earlier last month. Unless we have something that is having world-pricing effects (eg the Suez Canal blockage), we really should be careful about stories related to "inconveniences" in first-world countries. --Masem (t) 12:52, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  No different than posting leisure entertainment "news" from first-world countries, or continuous doom and gloom from developing countries.—Bagumba (talk) 14:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Post-pull endorse pull - while I support posting, there clearly wasn't consensus to post yet. I do still support posting, though. User:力 (power~enwiki, π, ν) 19:52, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Re-post - It's still very much in the news: Panic buying and hoarding add to long lines and outages at gas stations as Colonial Pipeline shutdown drags on - STSC (talk) 20:33, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  This is daft, there was no consensus to post in the first place and there's still no consensus to post. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 21:48, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Not daft at all. Consensus can change. STSC (talk) 22:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Um, but consensus hasn't changed!!!! You already supported and there's still no consensus to post. Duh. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

To my knowledge, we didn't post the toilet paper shortage, did we? WaltCip-(talk) 22:27, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Seriously, which commodity is more important to you? Like the toilet paper shortage, panic buying gas worsens impact of Colonial Pipeline hack - STSC (talk) 22:50, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Panic!! I can't drive my gas guzzling car!! Meanwhile tens of thousands of people a day are dying of Covid. Talk about "inconvenience"! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 07:09, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

If you have a covid related nomination to make, please do. 331dot (talk) 08:18, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

I don't know if you're being deliberately challenging here, I mean defending supervoting from an admin is one thing, but of course the use of Covid here is to provide some context for the relative significance of this story. A few Americans can't make a 500-mile round trip to pick up a Wendys. Big deal. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:33, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• Re-post -- it is ongoing and continuing to effect the southeastern US. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 21:43, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  This is daft, there was no consensus to post in the first place and there's still no consensus to post. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 21:48, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• NYT states Colonial is restarting the pipeline and it will take "several days". Nothingburger. Suggest this nom be closed.--WaltCip-(talk) 22:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Just like the politicians used to say, "Crisis? What crisis?" - STSC (talk) 22:59, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Re-post w/ alt blurb II The gas shortage is the bigger news now, days later after the initial nomination from news of the shutdown. Alt II corrects early "opposes" that the cyberattack directly shutdown the pipeline, when the pipeline company proactively shut it down after to contain the attack. The gas impact is specifically to the Southeast. Par for the course, any U.S.-related nomination riles up "global impact" debates and "single country" opposes about a country of 300+M people. The pulls were mostly procedural and not outright opposes.—Bagumba (talk) 01:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
  • It is a first world inconvenience, which we really do not post. No one's lives are at stack (as the case would be if it were a winter storm or wildfires). --Masem (t) 02:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
    • But you also opposed a winter storm outage in the US, which consensus ended up to post. (Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/February_2021#(Posted)_February_13–17_winter_storm_(Winter_Storm_Uri)). Perhaps you meant "United States inconvenience", not "first world".—Bagumba (talk) 02:57, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
      • I would in fact be even more careful about posting stories about "inconveniences" in the U.S., because the US media tends to have a way of blowing these stories up beyond unnecessary coverage, when there are people that live in condition far worse year-round. In contrast, this story is also comparable to the Suez Canal blockage, and while that was an "inconvenience" it has far more direct financial and international impact to make it appropriate to post. --Masem (t) 13:30, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
        • All the deaths we post are an "inconvenience". Life goes on, right? But use the term at your convenience.—Bagumba (talk) 13:47, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose The Nominator seem to ask several people to vote here, anyway I am also with Rambling Man's comment. CommanderWaterford (talk) 08:30, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
• oppose. from what i can tell, this story has three parts: the hack, the shutdown, and the panic. my nonexpert opinion leads me to believe that the hack itself does not seem notable enough, being apparently a routine cybersecurity attack that had neither the sophistication of stuxnet, nor the widespread nature of the bear attack, nor the informational repercussions of equifax. the shutdown does not appear to be notable enough, with the pipeline being restarted in under a week, and the supply chain likely to be fully restored within a few days. the panic may be unusual, but, like the toilet paper panic, it has caused no deaths, injuries, or major incidents that i am currently aware of. however, if the shortage caused by the panic continues long after the supply chain has been fully restored, i think this might be worth a blurb. in addition, i fear that poor storage of hoarded gasoline may lead to a future tragedy that may be notable enough to post on itn, in which case, this hack could be referenced in the subsequent disaster blurb. dying (talk) 12:15, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  i fear that poor storage of hoarded gasoline may lead to a future tragedy that may be notable enough to post: Sigh. ITN always circles back to deaths.—Bagumba (talk) 13:22, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  Yes, that seems to be the problem here – that there's no bodycount. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  it's not just the lack of a body count. it's just that it seems that no major incidents have actually happened yet as a result of the shortage. in addition, consumption of gasoline is presumably lower than normal due to the pandemic, and it has become more socially acceptable to replace many things that would have previously required the consumption of gasoline with something virtual instead. as a result, even if such a shortage would have usually had a big impact, i suspect that the pandemic has mitigated the shortage's effect. gasoline shortages can be notable, and panics can be notable without being associated with deaths. however, i don't personally think this is currently notable enough to post on itn, but have previously noted that if the shortage does become prolonged, it may become notable enough.

  sure, there's a lot of people that are worried, but a lot of people were also worried about where the uncontrolled chinese rocket would crash, even though that incident did not seem worthy of nomination. dying (talk) 15:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Update There are more developments as a trend is established: Ransomware attack disrupts Irish health services; How the Colonial Pipeline hack is part of a growing ransomware trend in the US. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  The attack on Irish health services is honestly more notable, because that directly impacts a country's healthcare system. WaltCip-(talk) 12:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  i agree that the irish health service hack is more notable due to its direct effect on a national health system, especially during a pandemic. i also felt that the dc police hack is more notable due to the massive amount of sensitive data exfiltrated. in fact, the latter has been described as "possibly the most significant ransomware incident to date". dying (talk) 15:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support. Disclaimer: I pulled this above, with my neutral uninvolved admin hat on, because it was clear to me that a consensus to post didn't exist. And still doesn't exist now really. But looking at it again, this time from an editor point of view and on the merits of the case, I will put my hat in the ring as saying we should (re-)post this. It's a major enough and interesting enough story to post, with high impact depite the lack of deaths, and even notwithstanding that Western news outlets routinely tend to give more importance to US topics than others. And actually, if an event of a similar magnitude happened in some other country we'd probably have far fewer qualms about posting it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment if there's some kind of ongoing issue/trend, then the best thing would be to make an Ongoing nomination. I personally fail to see why this is really any more significant than most other hacking outings, and those linked by Andrew aren't directly related to this. Interestingly, there's a far more impactful story going on in Lebanon now relating to a quarter of the country's electricity supply being withdrawn for unpaid bills. That would seem to be much more relevant than this humdrum. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:37, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

That's the significance: Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom - STSC (talk) 14:00, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted; ongoing updates) Jerusalem clashes

Article: 2021 Jerusalem clashes (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​Clashes in Jerusalem at the Al-Aqsa Mosque leave hundreds of Palestinians and more that 20 Israeli police injured. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​The Israel Police storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque ahead of Jerusalem Day marches, amid clashes that have left hundreds injured.
Alternative blurb II: ​Clashes in Jerusalem at the Al-Aqsa Mosque leave hundreds of Palestinians injured and more than 20 Palestinians dead, as well as more than 20 Israeli police injured.
News source(s): AP BBC Guardian, Reuters, dpa
Credits:

• Nominated by AllegedlyHuman (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Worldwide front page news. Shaping up to be a major escalation in a long saga of conflict. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 08:06, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Tentative support but the article is a bit short. The intro could be expanded as well. --Tone 08:58, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Tone, I have expanded the lead beyond a sentence. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 09:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Weak support because the article is too short for read. I think if i strongly support, i would prefer Altblurb instead. 36.77.95.215 (talk) 09:02, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose disaster stub. There are no details about the storming of the mosque (number of officers, time of day, what was going on inside, what prompted them to take that building in the first place, what damage was done to it, did they occupy it or just leave afterwards, was there a specific target in mind and was that target achieved), the rest of the article has nonspecific comments about clashes but no basic where, when, who types of details. 136 people across all of Jerusalem? Was there city wide rioting or were the police picking up random Palestinians? "Further clashes followed at the Al-Aqsa mosque" clashes with who? Were random Israelis just loitering at an important Islamic holy site looking for a fight? --LaserLegs (talk) 10:01, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

As the person who has added most of what you're referring to, very little information of the sort you're asking for currently exists. If you can find sourced information that would benefit the reader, please, add it to the article. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 10:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

If very little of that information exists, then maybe there ought not be an article for it. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:16, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

And this is not AllegedlyHuman's fault but is a common problem with breaking event articles like this: international reaction sections should not be including simple quotes from countries that express sympathy or similar types of language. Every reasonable country is going to issue a statement about these disasters, and they stick out (particularly when MOS:FLAGS are used) like sore thumbs. If countries are actually helping (for example, in the KRI Nanggala (402) search and recovery, several countries outside Indonesia are stated to helped, this should clearly be documented. Or if a country does simply give a statement and that prompts some significant reaction, that can be documented as well. But it can be expected that generally, no country is going to be an ass and is going to offer sympathy for losses of human live and tradegy and these sections do not really help our articles. --Masem (t) 13:37, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment – Widely covered but complicated and difficult to comprehend. Wider significance may be doubted. – Sca (talk) 13:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Article is well referenced, and while short does hit all of the important parts. Some expansion of the narrative is welcome, but it's good enough for posting. Would prefer the original blurb. --Jayron32 14:20, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support on significance, neutral on quality this is a major story that is garnering significant reactions from world leaders. The article quality is fine in terms of citing sources, but I find the article's explanation of why the clashes are happening lacking. If it's not fixed before I'm off of work, I'll see if I can do something about that. NorthernFalcon (talk) 14:56, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Too much flag salad for my taste. – Sca (talk) 15:37, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - major escalation of this conflict.BabbaQ (talk) 15:49, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support A significant event and the article is about what 2021 Baghdad hospital fire was at when it was put into ITN. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Significant development, article quality is decent. Hrodvarsson (talk) 19:39, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support This is an extremely significant escalation drawing international attention. The article does need a lot more background on the events though. Blade Jogger 2049 ^Talk 19:48, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Events in the last 12 hours clearly are pushing this to importance. (Still have my reservations on the international reactions section but there's enough in the rest of the article to support). --Masem (t) 19:55, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Weak oppose on quality The background and reaction sections are both individually longer, more detailed, better written, than the part which should be the substance: what is happening. And a lot is happening, but the article doesn't reflect that. Kingsif (talk) 20:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support Yes, its true that this has happened before. But the ITN is because there has been a significant increase in clashes after a period of relative stability. Albertaont (talk) 20:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted – Muboshgu (talk) 20:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment – AP and BBC on Monday quote Gaza "health officials" saying at least 20 people, including nine children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes. – Sca (talk) 21:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment update to alt blurb 2 212.74.201.233 (talk) 22:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• * Post-posting comment The current blurb is misleading. It seems to suggest that 20 people were killed at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, but the deaths happened in subsequent clashes in Gaza. The blurb should be clarified. 142.117.9.52 (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment Change the blurb, it is absurdly misleading. Something like "20 Palestinians are killed in Israeli air strikes after clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque" would be fine. Mlb96 (talk) 03:15, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment The blurb as currently phrased is offensively misleading fake news - it implies that the Palestinians who were killed were killed in the clashes in Jerusalem (there are various reputable sources that can attest to the local police's - both Jewish and Arab - restraint regarding the protests, and the efforts to avoid casualties). The Palestinians who were killed were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza after Hamas fired rockets on Israel, including on Jerusalem. 87.68.252.89 (talk) 04:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Nom comment Yes, the blurb on MP is incorrect – 20 were not killed at the mosque. I do not know who added altblurb 2 or why that one was selected but it is inaccurate. Given the nature of the topic a fix ASAP is advised. Pinging WP:ERRORS. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:01, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• This is FAKE news. FAKE, WRONG, news. Rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, people in Israel were injured. Israel responded with airstrikes in Gaza. People in Gaza were killed. Nobody was killed in Jerusalem.TotallyAbrupt (talk) 05:36, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Two comments - (1) notwithstanding the embarrassing error that we posted to the main page as highlighted above, I think the blurb should still be amended to make mention of the subsequent development of Hamas firing at Israel and Israel firing at Gaza with loss of life;[3] and (2) the blurb is still misleading, because it implies that all the clashes were at the Al-Aqsa mosque, when in fact the injuries happened "across Jerusalem" (in the words of the article).  — Amakuru (talk) 08:26, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Update: I've now added "and elsewhere in" before Jerusalem, to correct the second point.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Amakuru: The problem with adding "elsewhere" is that the existing "more than 20 Israeli police officers" part was specifically from sources for the mosque. Sure, it's still "more than", but I doubt we'll ever get an accurate cumulative count for "elsewhere". This blurb is fast becoming unwieldy without identifying the scope of what news we are blurbing about for this wide-ranging article.—Bagumba (talk) 08:53, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Well, the "at the mosque and elsewhere" clause does also include the state of affairs where one facet of the incident was exclusively at the mosque. I certainly see it as an improvement on the outright erroneous text that I amended. To be honest, it's almost getting to the point where we might consider pulling this and rethinking what it should say from scratch, because it's fast becoming a comedy of errors. (And to some extent this was the worry that LaserLegs was trying to convey above - the article itself doesn't seem to entirely make clear what the scope was and what the most noteworthy aspects were).  — Amakuru (talk) 09:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  The blurb started "​Clashes in Jerusalem at the Al-Aqsa Mosque leave ..." It's OK if the blurb limits mention to a fact that occured at Al-Aqsa Mosque. That's an editorial decision on what is blurb-worthy. The blurb did notsay that clashes were exclusively at the mosque. We could widen the blurb's scope, as the actual article covers more than just the mosque (no comment on what the actual article should cover). However, that really should be driven by consensus.—Bagumba (talk) 10:06, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Reworded I have boldly changed the wording on this to reflect the aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes as a result of the clashes. That's clearly what the media has focused on. I will profess my wording is likely not best but felt it needed to be changed as clearly the import of the story has drastically shifted from what was originally posted. --Masem (t) 13:09, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Masem: Israeli air-strikes following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque ... omits Hamas firing rockets into Israel. Looking rather unbalanced.[4]—Bagumba (talk) 13:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Added to account for that (+2 deaths from NYTimes), also dealt with a wording order from errors. --Masem (t) 13:44, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• information Clashes on the Israel-Gaza border: Two women were killed in Ashkelon and several people were injured after Hamas opened heavy rocket fire on southern Israel. Hundreds of rockets have been fired at Israel since May 10, including a barrage of 7 rockets into the Jerusalem area, in parallel with the riots in Jerusalem. In response to the shooting, the IAF attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip, as part of a military operation called the "Wall Guard" (The Times of Israel) ידידיה צ' צבאן (talk) 16:43, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment As it's posted on the main page, please, add links there to Operation Guardian of the Walls and Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, like this:

Israeli air-strikes and Hamas militant missile launches kill at least 26 people and injure hundreds more following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque (pictured) and elsewhere in Jerusalem.--Triggerhippie4 (talk) 17:30, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Elsewhere is the Damascus Gate. Euro know (talk) 06:32, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Someone already added (though it seems like an overlinked blurb to me).—Bagumba (talk) 12:00, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment Can we put this in the ongoing section? BBC states that it may escalate to a full-scale war Scaramouche33 (talk) 15:28, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Probably, although dropping into "ongoing" usually occurs after the initial blurb drops off the bottom of ITN.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:39, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• update Clashes with terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip: Six killed in Israel after the terrorist organization Hamas opened heavy rocket fire on southern Israel and the Dan Bloc. Hundreds of rockets have been fired at Israel since May 10, in parallel with the riots in Israel during Ramadan, including the riots in Jerusalem. In response to the shooting, the IAF attacked many targets in the Gaza Strip, as part of a military operation called "The Guardian of the Walls" (Haaretz) (The Times of Israel) ידידיה צ' צבאן (talk) 16:07, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  update Seven people have been killed in Israel. Also, riots broke out in Lod, Acre and other cities in Israel. (The times of Israel) ידידיה צ' צבאן (talk) 15:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  update Operation Guardian of the Walls: Ten Israeli civilians have so far been killed by rockets fired by the Hamas terrorist organization at the State of Israel. ידידיה צ' צבאן (talk) 22:58, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

• Pull and put in Ongoing per updates above. Correct me if I'm wrong, but blurbs are usually for one-time events, and there have been multiple attacks. There is no sign of the attacks stopping so it's worth putting in ongoing. Jbvann05 18:49, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
  • No need to stuff it in ongoing while it's still an item; if the article is still being updated when it's time for the item to roll off, then ongoing can be considered. Spencer^T•C 20:17, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
• Please, change the link for "missile launches" on the Main Page from Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel to List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2021. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 21:23, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  Why? That's a paltry list in its current state.—Bagumba (talk) 02:22, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

• POV issues First, this is just a POV failure. Why are we doing bold edits to ITN? Second, and most subtly, why is Israeli air strikes listed first? Chronologically, Hamas fired air weaponry first. And alphabetically, H appears before I. So could someone explain the criteria used for the ordering here? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 09:55, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  @ProcrastinatingReader: You'd have to notify those editors directly about their edits.—Bagumba (talk) 11:52, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  I think it's Masem who added both skimming the history of Template:In the news, but I haven't looked more closely. In any case, could Masem either swap the order or justify the current one? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 12:07, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  In RSes reporting on this, the Israeli strikes are given more weight because they're the most deadly (when I updated, it was 24 dead from those, vs 2 from Hamas rocket strikes). Since they have continued, it is still the Israeli strikes that are causing the largest loss of life and this seems to be the way it is presented in RSes. Its the "POV" as media reports which, for as brief as we can do in a blurb, we should follow. --Masem (t) 13:02, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

  @Masem: Talking about weight here, you could swap the order chronologically but then make it like this "...kill more than a hundred people (mostly Palestinians)..." to indicate who suffered the greater loss of life. As tragic as it is, that creates a win-win scenario. --Depressed Desi (talk) 22:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

• Footnote: FYI, Israeli airstrike May 15 destroyed Gaza building housing the AP, other media offices. – Sca (talk) 18:43, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

May 9

Portal:Current events/2021 May 9

Current events of May 9, 2021 (2021-05-09) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks 2021 Kabul school bombing The death toll from yesterday's school bombing in Kabul increases to 68 people. (Reuters) With multiple electricity pylons near Kabul being destroyed by bomb blasts, electricity supplier Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) is reporting a shortage of 530 megawatts of power and announced that it will take 20 days to repair the destroyed pylons. Residents are accusing DABS of discrimination during these outages, as the capital's elite had 24-hour electricity. (TOLO News) Yemeni Civil War The United States Navy announces that it has seized a shipment of thousands of weapons in a stateless dhow on the Arabian Sea believed to be en-route to Yemen. (Politico) 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis The Israeli Supreme Court agrees to delay its ruling on whether Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood can be evicted to make way for Jewish settlers to later this month, following a series of violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters over this issue. (The Guardian) Business and economy Colonial Pipeline cyberattack U.S. President Joe Biden declares a state of emergency following Friday's ransomware cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., which transports 2.5 million barrels a day – 45 percent of the U.S. East Coast's supply of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. (BBC) A day after appearing on Saturday Night Live and causing Dogecoin's value to drop by a third by calling the digital currency a "hustle", SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announces that his company will accept the cryptocurrency as payment for a DOGE-1 mission to the Moon. (Reuters) (CNBC) Disasters and accidents A landslide at a clandestine gold mine in Siguiri, Guinea, kills at least fifteen miners. (BBC) Rescue operations are underway in southwest London to help a small whale, believed to be a Minke, stranded in the River Thames, apparently stuck on the Richmond Lock's boat rollers. (BBC) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Germany lifts its curfew and some social restrictions, such as requiring a negative test result to enter certain venues, for those who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19. These people are also no longer required to enter quarantine unless they have travelled to a high-risk country. (MedicalXpress) COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland Taoiseach Micheál Martin receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 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(Newsfirst) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Florida has reported more than 10,000 cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7, Lineage P.1, and Lineage B.1.351 variants since spring break. (ABC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia Tunisia enters a seven-day strict lockdown during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which includes a curfew from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime 2021 Colorado Springs shooting Six people are killed by a gunman in a mass shooting during a birthday party at a residence in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The gunman, who committed suicide at the scene, is believed to have been a boyfriend of one of the victims. (BBC) Capital punishment in Egypt Coptic monk Wael Saad Tawadros, better known as Brother Isaiah, is executed over the killing of bishop Anba Epiphanius, the abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Wadi El Natrun, in 2018. (Macau Business) Politics and elections 2021 Colombian protests Claudia Blum, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, resigns from her post amidst the ongoing anti-government protests that have killed at least 26 people. (Semana) Science and technology Environmental issues in Kyrgyzstan A court in Kyrgyzstan fines a company owned by Centerra Gold 261.7 billion soms for environmental pollution at the Kumtor Gold Mine. (Business Recorder) The China Manned Space Engineering Office says that remnants of the Chinese Long March-5B Y2 rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere into the Indian Ocean, just west of the Maldives. (CNN) (The New York Times) South Korea reports that it now holds the world's largest number of standard-essential patents followed by the United States, Finland, and Japan. Standard-essential patents refer to major technologies that are vital in producing standardized products and that must be verified by standards organizations. (Yonhap)

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(Posted) RD: Dhiru Parikh

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

• Nominated by Nizil Shah (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Gazal world (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Article might need some copyedit. Nizil (talk) 07:05, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support - this nomination seems to have been neglected a bit, but the article looks decent enough for a start-class article. Marking as ready, assuming nobody else spots anything wrong. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 15:53, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment - please can someone look at this? As the sole support, I'm reluctant to post it myself, but I think it's probably ready to go.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:05, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:18, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Karl-Günther von Hase

Article: Karl-Günther von Hase (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): FAZ and others
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with their own 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: Died age 103. Had, after military in World War II, a long career as spokesman for the German Federal Government under 3 chancellors, ambassador to the UK, and a short career as head of the ZDF tv, but that's what he is known for. Had a sad stub of an article. There could be more (especially life after ZDF, from 1982 that is) but I need a break. Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:49, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support Looks good and well-cited. Good job Gerda.--Vacant0 (talk) 16:07, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Support article definitely good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:10, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Weak support Would like to see more info about his 7-year role as ambassador to the UK and a little more depth as mentioned by the nominator, but what's there meets minimum standards. Spencer^T•C 18:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 21:43, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

2021 World Women's Curling Championship

Article: 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni wins the World Women's Curling Championship, becoming only the fifth skip to win back-to-back Women's Championships. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni wins the World Women's Curling Championship, defeating Russia's Alina Kovaleva in the final.
Alternative blurb II: ​The Swiss team lead by Silvana Tirinzoni wins the World Women's Curling Championship, only the fifth time a team has won back-to-back Women's Championships.
News source(s): TSN, Sportsnet
Credits:

• Nominated by A202985 (talk · give credit)
• Created by Edwyth (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TracyFleuryFan (talk · give credit) and Earl Andrew (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Highest level curling tournament besides the Olympics. Winning back-to-back championships is rare. A202985 (talk) 17:14, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support article is quality (in terms of citations), and this is a top-level championship for an international sport. Prefer original blurb, then alt blurb I if we're not going with the original. NorthernFalcon (talk) 02:44, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality, undecided how much to factor the subject's significance. Very liitle write-up on the final, aside from a couple of sentences in the lead. Be good to have some background on Russia's path to the final. Zero prose on bronze medal.—Bagumba (talk) 02:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Article has since been expanded. It'd be better to move the final and bronze medal game details to their respective sections, leaving only brief mention in the lead.—Bagumba (talk) 06:31, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Oppose While there have been improvements on quality I think the subject's significance is not enough for an IAR given that ITN posts are currently not stagnant.—Bagumba (talk) 04:10, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

• None of the blurbs seems good. The championship is won by the team, not by the skip, so blurb and Alt are not good. Alt2 is better, but "only the fifthe time something happens" is not really that remarkable after 42 or so editions. In fact, a "team" (meaning Switzerland or Canada" has won back-to-back titles more often than 5 times (Canada even won 4 in a row), I suppose it is only the fifth time with the same skip? I would use a variation of Alt1: "The Swiss team lead by Silvana Tirinzoni wins the World Women's Curling Championship, defeating Russia in the final" (with a link to the Russian team added probably). Fram (talk) 09:22, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  i also agree with not mentioning the back-to-back victories, as doing so could be considered sensationalism. the russian team should probably be mentioned, but please note that, in this tournament, the russian athletes were representing the russian curling federation, and not russia, in accordance with a ruling associated with the russian doping scandal. as a result, the phrase "defeating Russia" may be technically incorrect, while i am assuming that "defeating the Russian team" may avoid the issue. dying (talk) 18:20, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose don't see why World Curling Championships are important enough to be on ITN. We didn't post the men's championships last month- where article quality is similar- so not sure why people think the women's ones are more important and ITN-worthy? Joseph2302 (talk) 10:23, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

....or maybe it just wasn't nominated and there is nothing nefarious going on here. 331dot (talk) 10:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

I still don't see why a World Curling Championship regardless of gender) is important enough for ITN. And nobody has yet demonstrated why that would be the case. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

nominator A202985 has mentioned that it is the "[h]ighest level curling tournament beside the Olympics", while NorthernFalcon notes that it is "a top-level championship for an international sport". dying (talk) 12:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

There are tons of sports with World Cups/World Championships which are the highest level of their sport- see Template:World championships in 2021. My concern is that if we start posting some sports World Championships, we may get overrun with nominations for other sports World Championships that are as equally important to their sports. I don't think the level of coverage of Curling World Championships makes it important enough for ITN, which is a view I'd hold for most sports World Championships on the template I listed. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:19, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Not to argue against your viewpoint on this nomination, but one of the most common criticisms of ITN I see is that we don't post enough, not that we post too much. Being flooded with nominations and postings is a problem I would want to have. 331dot (talk) 14:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Joseph2302, i think your concern is valid, and was also something i was considering when trying to determine my support for this nomination. i have watched curling before, but do not know enough about whether the sport is considered important enough to merit posting on itn.

i've since perused the discussions on the talk page and noticed that: (1) in order to increase the variety of competitions featured on itn, there is interest to add an esport tournament to itn/r if a worthy one can be identified; (b) all the blurbs currently featured are disaster blurbs; and (iii) itn/c could possibly benefit from more feminine input. seeing that this nomination adds more variety to what i understand has been posted before, is not considered a disaster (except maybe for the russian team), and deals with a women's championship, i think the topic is currently worthy of posting.

for now, i would hesitate to add the championship (or its male counterpart) to itn/r, echoing the concern that you mentioned. however, i think posting this year's championship can address some concerns currently being voiced on the talk page. dying (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• support, as noted in my lengthy time-wasting comment above, and because the quality exceeds minimum requirements. dying (talk) 16:04, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• question: what is the standard for mentioning runners-up in blurbs? is there one? dying (talk) 12:08, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  In general, where the post is about a championship game, where one team or player defeats another in head-to-head competition, we often describe the event "In Super Bowl LXXXVIII the Cleveland Browns defeated the Carolina Panthers by a score of 53 to 32" or something like that. In the case of things like races, season champions determined by round robins, judged events like gymnastics, etc. etc. where there is not a clear 'head to head' game that determines the champion, we don't usually list the "also rans" who came in lower places. I'm not sure how curling is contested, I know that there are head-to-head matches, but I don't know if the champion is awarded to the team that wins the most matches in a round robin, or to the winner of a single championship match. It would matter which as to what typical convention we use. --Jayron32 16:26, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  thanks for the thorough explanation, Jayron32. i had noticed that the boat race seemed to violate this standard, but i wasn't sure if this was because there were only two schools participating. in this curling tournament, i believe the championship has a final match that determines both first and second places, so i am assuming that mentioning the runner-up here is appropriate. dying (talk) 18:20, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

• Support article quality is not bad for a sports article. While it is very table heavy, the prose in the article does cover the event sufficiently, with a large paragraph adequately describing the championship, refs look good. --Jayron32 12:21, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Article needs lede cleaned up with the prose about the championship moved to the section further down the page and other info moved to appropriate sections. At present, article is top heavy with all the prose at the top and dozens of tables following. If fixed, willing to Weak support. Spencer^T•C 18:28, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment fixed lede length concerns. Opted against making the round-robin table section collapsible, but if people think that's a good idea it can be pursued. NorthernFalcon (talk) 19:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose on notability. A good example of a story that is not "in the news." Personally, I like curling and I watched the gold medal match live on TV. But curling is still very much a niche sport, especially geographically. At the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship the total number of teams represented was pretty small, and outside of Europe and North America only three countries were represented, China, Japan and South Korea. It's very hard to find anything in GoogleNews covering the event's final, and none of the major news sites have covered it, even in their back sections. Even Swissinfo doesn't appear to have covered it[6], although Switzerland won. It's fine to want to post more sports stories and especially women's sports stories but they have to be more widely covered than this one. Nsk92 (talk) 19:29, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

  Nsk92, you made some really good points that i was previously unaware of, so i did some digging around to try to get some idea of what, roughly, the viewership numbers actually were. apparently, sportcal, a sports market intelligence company, published a global sports impact event study on the 2018 world men's curling championship here. page 68 of their report states that the total cumulative audience was about 83.54 million television viewers. it also notes that 18.4% of the audience watched it live, so that means it had a live audience of about 15.37 million people. in comparison, the last sporting event featured on itn, the kentucky derby, had an live u.s. audience of about 14.4 million, according to deadline. i don't know if the women's and men's championships have similar viewership numbers, but i think this is at least a decent argument that the world men's curling championship is notable enough for itn, and possibly also for itn/r. dying (talk) 00:42, 12 May 2021 (UTC) [added "live u.s." qualification. dying (talk) 12:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)]

The Deadline story you quote re Kentucky Derby concerns the Nielsen ratings, which measure the live TV viewership in the U.S. only. Even in the U.S. the actual numbers of people who saw the Derby live were certainly much higher since many people watch horse racing in sports bars and racing halls, etc. If you factor in the global viewership (at some point those numbers would become available), the numbers would look much different. Your 15.37 million extrapolated live viewership figure for the 2018 mens world championship shows the dangers of trying to perform the kind of WP:OR that you tried to do here. The bulk of the total viewership shown on p. 68 there, 58.23 million, were from China where I doubt very much that live broadcasting of NBC Sports or of the Olympic Channel is available. Much more likely all of those 58.23 million people watched some reruns later on. In fact, pages 65-66 in the same document list the TV broadcast hours for the event by 10 top markets and China is not even listed there. In any case this is Wikipedia, and on Wikipedia the main and deciding factor for considering notability is the coverage of a given event by WP:RS. The Derby received massive news coverage worldwide. The curling world championship final game received rather little. Nsk92 (talk) 07:48, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

you're right, this is original research, and i had no intention of adding these sorts of statistics to the article space without asking around for further input since i know i'm missing a deeper understanding of these numbers. this original research was presented only to get a rough idea for a sanity check, since my current knowledge of the area is pretty much nonexistent.

i recognize the deadline statistic was based on live u.s. viewership, which is why i did not think the 83.54 million and 14.4 million numbers were comparable. i don't know if calculating the 15.37 million number using the 18.4% statistic is valid, but i think it's a reasonable assumption to make, and at least gives a better number to use for comparison. i couldn't find any global viewership numbers for the kentucky derby for any year, but reasoned that, since it was a u.s. event, the 14.4 million value would likely make up the plurality, if not the majority, of the global audience. (i realize now that i should have explicitly qualified my statement about the deadline statistic and note that it was based on live u.s. viewership in order to avoid people misintepreting it as cumulative global viewership. for some reason, when i wrote it, i had thought it was implied. thank you for making it explicit for the benefit of anyone else reading this.)

admittedly, i don't think total broadcast hours is a reliable indicator of viewership. page 65 notes that russia is the market with the most broadcast hours, and that the russian channel match arena is the channel with the most broadcast hours, even though page 68 notes that the cumulative television audience in russia is roughly 0.80 million. also, page 65 lists the chinese channels cctv5 and cctv5+ amongst the top ten channels with respect to broadcast hours, even if china itself is not amongst the top ten markets with respect to broadcast hours.

i don't know how to quantify the viewership in sports bars and racing halls, or the viewership in the equivalent venues for curling events, but i had made the (perhaps erroneous) assumption that the methods used in determining viewership as reported by sportcal is roughly equivalent to those used in determining viewership as reported by deadline, largely because i couldn't figure out how to make any meaningful comparisons otherwise.

i agree that it's very likely that the chinese audience did not watch nbc sports or the olympic channel. however, i also doubt that those are the only two channels through which the chinese audience can watch the event broadcasted live. page 62 lists a number of different broadcasters that appear to have rights to broadcast the event live, including cctv5 and cctv5+, and pages 63 and 64 appear to list the total number of live broadcast hours for each territory, including a value of 15:51:00 for china. also, this 2019 source states that there are plans to launch a cctv olympic channel, which makes sense considering the location of the 2022 winter olympics, but i don't know if it has been launched yet, and even if it has, i doubt it would be noted in a report from 2018. in any case, even if no one in china watched it live, i had assumed that inclusion on itn was not based on live viewership, and had only compared live viewership numbers because it was the only meaningful comparison i could make from the data i could find.

also, is the deciding factor based on the coverage of an event, as noted by reliable sources, or the coverage, by reliable sources, of an event? if it's the former, that's what i'm trying to determine. if it's the latter, i'm wondering if there may be an inadvertent bias by relying on anglophone or european sources, but i don't have a working knowledge of enough languages to determine if that is true.

in any case, i'm not trying to state that the 2018 world men's curling championship had a higher viewership than the 2021 kentucky derby. i'm only attempting to determine if the viewership was significant enough that posting the 2021 world women's curling championship would not be considered unreasonable. after all, it's likely that many sporting events with a higher viewership than the kentucky derby are already on itn/r, so requiring a competition to have more viewers than those of the kentucky derby before the competition is posted may not help with the goal of adding variety to the competitions posted to itn. furthermore, i doubt that the kentucky derby is the least watched sporting event on itn/r. i only used it for comparison because it was the last one posted to itn. dying (talk) 12:24, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

i was still trying to figure out why you had difficulty finding information about the final in swiss news sources, so i decided to try it myself, and i think you're right about the final not being reported on swissinfo. however, they have covered the swiss team before, and it turns out that their coverage of sports appears rather minimal, since it does not appear to be one of the topics they focus on (or at least the wikipedia article on swissinfo is telling me so). that being said, it took me perhaps a few seconds to find this article, as it's the top result (for me, at least) for the search "curling site:.ch", and i would probably consider radio télévision suisse a reliable major news site. also, i noticed that your query for swissinfo was in english, which further reinforces my worry that we may be inadvertently biased if we are relying on anglophone sources. dying (talk) 17:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Chadian victory over FACT

Article: Front for Change and Concord in Chad (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​The Chad National Army announces its victory over rebellious Front for Change and Concord in Chad. (Post)
News source(s): VOA, Al Jazeera
Credits:

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

Article updated

Nominator's comments: According to our article, FACT has been active since 2016 and involved in the death of President Idriss Déby which we posted. Brandmeister^talk 21:23, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

• Comment If this hasn't been independently confirmed yet, we run the risk of it being a Mission Accomplished moment. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 21:25, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose article for a rebel organization with zero history and a few short paragraphs isn't at all adequate. --LaserLegs (talk) 21:33, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• comment: source appears to mention that the military has had a mission accomplished moment regarding the rebels before. dying (talk) 22:41, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait per all.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Not in it's sparse yet WP:PROSELINE state.—Bagumba (talk) 00:39, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Bold links an org which has been active since 2016, whose article was created less than a month ago. I question how impactful they really were/are. Sources for this event are: a state-controlled source previously and openly engaged in propaganda (VoA), and a state-controlled source that one could say is INVOLVED (AJ - not cited in the article). This has to be a wait at the very least.130.233.213.199 (talk) 06:13, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

fact has been associated with the death of president déby, and the article on fact was created in 2016, so personally, i think they have been impactful enough. (i'm not sure if you're conflating the article on fact with the article on the northern chad offensive, which was created less than a month ago.) also, although i generally appreciate a healthy skepticism of sources, in this case, both sources provide virtually the same text, taken from reuters. (finding the differences between them is interesting, though.) reuters has since updated their article to report the fact that fact "said it was not aware of an end to the fighting", implying that this may be another mission accomplished moment. dying (talk) 09:20, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Medina Spirit drug positive

Article: Medina Spirit (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit faces potential disqualification after failing post-race drug testing. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit fails post-race drug testing.
News source(s): ESPN, Washington Post, BBC, BloodHorse, AP
Credits:

• Nominated by JRHorse (talk · give credit)
• Created by Strattonsmith (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: The Kentucky Derby is one of America's most significant thoroughbred races and the first leg of the Triple Crown. JRHorse (talk) 15:48, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

• Wait until the definitive outcome, but otherwise this is a rather curious story. We did post high-level doping incidents so I'd support it. --Tone 15:51, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• This may be just an update to the current blurb if it is still up there if this is confirmed. --Masem (t) 15:55, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Altblurb added. JRHorse (talk) 15:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
    • Would the win go to the second-placed horse? In which case that might need to go on the ITNR listing. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 16:26, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
      • That's what I assume we're waiting on for the officiating body to decide if they will nullify the win, and reaward it to #2, or simply not award it, or call for a new race. --Masem (t) 16:32, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
        • From the racetrack: "To be clear, if the findings are upheld, Medina Spirit's results in the Kentucky Derby will be invalidated and Mandaloun will be declared the winner."[7]—Bagumba (talk) 17:04, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Wait until test results are upheld.—Bagumba (talk) 16:39, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait until the horse is disqualified. 331dot (talk) 21:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait per all.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:32, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Wait until horse is DQ'ed, then add to current blurb (with new winner) and bump. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 02:59, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

  If it comes to be, a new blurb would need to be posted as the old one is off the MP now.—Bagumba (talk) 07:52, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

(Closed) 2021 London mayoral election

Reclosing Sca's SNOW close. Very clear this will not be posted. --Masem (t) 15:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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

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Article: 2021 London mayoral election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​At the 2021 London mayoral election, incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured) is re-elected (Post)
News source(s): Telegraph
Credits:

• Nominated by The C of E (talk · give credit)
• Created by AusLondonder (talk · give credit)
• Updated by JamesVilla44 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Election for mayor of the capital of the United Kingdom  The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:11, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

• I believe we never post mayoral election, regardless of the city. --Tone 06:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• oppose. even if we did, and this election was to be judged on its own merits, the mayor remains unchanged, and khan's reëlection does not appear to have been under serious question. article is of decent quality, though. dying (talk) 06:52, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose Local politics for the 37th-largest city in the world. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 07:05, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
  • That list stopped making sense when China juked their stats by folding the whole metropolitan area into the "city". Chongqing has a larger population than London, but with an "area" of 22,000 sqkm it's bigger than the entire South East Region of the UK. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:06, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose We never post local elections. Alsoriano97 (talk) 07:20, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Oppose because of local elections. 110.137.161.129 (talk) 09:53, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment the OP has not marked this as ITN/R, and "we never post local elections" is not codified anywhere at WP:ITN. Lets just judge it on it's own merits, such as Dying did above. I'd say "we never post local elections" opposes should be discounted for the purposes of evaluating consensus or closure. If that camp would like to codify such a clause, head over to WT:ITN --LaserLegs (talk) 09:58, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

No one has claimed it is codified anywhere(and I would oppose doing so) but it is fair to say as a general practice we don't usually post such a local election. I can't recall when we have, at least. 331dot (talk) 10:36, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose - The nominator will have to point out the significance of this election before we consider it. STSC (talk) 11:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
• Comment I'm re-opening this. London is an Alpha++ Global city and while I'm not convinced on the "significance" here there is absolutely no criteria at all anywhere that says mayoral elections are "inadmissible". Let this discussion play out, and if someone wants to ban local elections, head over to WT:ITN and kick off an RFC. --LaserLegs (talk) 14:57, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

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