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April 30

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April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks A Texas man opens fire with an AK-47 style rifle at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., in a suspected hate crime. No one is injured, and the shooter is arrested and charged. (The Washington Post) (Associated Press) Business and economy Syrian businessman and Syriatel owner Rami Makhlouf makes an "unprecedented" public appeal to his cousin, President Bashar al-Assad, on Facebook, saying a "cadre of officials" are seeking to seize his assets. Makhlouf, who was a part of President al-Assad's inner circle, says he will pay the President himself but not the state. (The Washington Post) Disasters and accidents Tornadoes of 2020 The 2020 tornado season in the United States is named the deadliest tornado season since 2011, particularly due to the outbreaks on March 2–3 and Easter Sunday. (Fox News) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen Officials in Yemen report the country's first deaths from COVID-19 in the port city of Aden. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan Tajikistan reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan Armed protesters storm the House chamber of the Michigan State Capitol to demand that Governor Gretchen Whitmer lifts the stay-at-home order. (Forbes) (New York Daily News) COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin temporarily steps down after being diagnosed with COVID-19; he will be replaced by Andrey Belousov. (Reuters) The government of Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation. (The New York Times) Science and technology Artemis program NASA officially selects SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build its next-generation lunar lander to carry American astronauts to the Moon by 2024. (Reuters) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in France The Ligue de Football Professionnel awards Paris Saint-Germain F.C. the 2019–20 Ligue 1 title after ending the season early. It is PSG's ninth Ligue 1 title. Amiens SC and Toulouse FC are subsequently relegated to Ligue 2. (BBC Sport)

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(Closed) Spinosaurus, revised

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Article: Spinosaurus (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A study of newly recovered material suggests that Spinosaurus had a fin-like tail, indicating that the theropod dinosaur may have been more aquatic than previously thought. (Post)
News source(s): Nature.com, National Geographic, The New York Times, BBC Science Focus, Smithsonian, CNN.com
Credits:

• Nominated by MatthewHoobin (talk · give credit)

 —Matthew - (talk) 21:18, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose good-faith nom. Not particularly notable, and I'm not sure whether any other studies have confirmed this. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 21:37, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Does something like this ever truly get “confirmed”? Zagalejo^^^ 13:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
    • To my understanding, there's no such thing as absolute certainty in science. However, I think John M Wolfson is justified in wanting to see more than one study about this. —Matthew - (talk) 16:19, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
      • You are correct, and I was using language loosely in that sense. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose seems better suited to an alternate portion of the main page. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 21:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

RD? – Sca (talk) 12:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

I think it's better suited for ongoing first, we've had staler stories in there.--LaserLegs (talk) 15:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Weak Support article is GA, is updated, is being reported by WP:RS, the box is painfully stale and my six year old has informed me that this is a really big deal. --LaserLegs (talk) 23:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • That the box is stale is not an argument for inclusion. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:57, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
    • Oh, just let me know where the list of approved arguments is and we're all set then. --LaserLegs (talk) 09:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
      • On the contrary, it is an excellent argument for inclusion. Whenever the oldest story is of no interest to readers (because anyone who is interested read it weeks ago), substituting a new one serves 3 of the 4 stated purposes of ITN. GreatCaesarsGhost 12:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
        • It is a rather awful argument. I agree that freshness is good, but we must also have significance. The fact that nothing is happening in the world right now (except for a really big thing we have a special box for) does not mean that a insignificant niche event somehow becomes magically notable enough for the Main Page. I agree that the staleness is frustrating, but the proper response is to look for better news stories than some dinosaur fact (not to put down palaeontology, as I have a background in biological sciences) rather than loosen our standards. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Already seemed pretty aquatic to me. Dimetrodon, too. But if it's later discovered to have used the fin to generate wind, I'm all aboard! InedibleHulk (talk) 03:58, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Has anyone seriously proposed that Dimetrodon is aquatic? I’m honestly curious what you’re getting at. Zagalejo^^^ 13:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm no expert, barely a student, just my gut feeling. Reminds me of a beaver, iguana and sailboat; not exactly a marine creature, though, a casual swimmer. And yes, hunches have a poor history in paleontology, so no, don't cite me on this or illustrate anything accordingly! InedibleHulk (talk) 17:17, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose – A case of the tail wagging the dino. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:29, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Support I actually expected to see this in ITN already. It’s a cool science story that even children can understand. Zagalejo^^^ 13:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

'Coolness' is not a criterion for ITN. Significance is. Whatever significance this 'discovery' – "suggesting" a fin-like tail in a species thought to have lived 100 million years ago – would be limited to a niche audience; ergo, it lacks general significance. – Sca (talk) 14:41, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, it's at least a significant story within paleontology, and it did appear in mainstream news services. We're not talking about some arcane argument about phylogenetics. This study suggests that one of the best known dinosaurs looked and behaved in a different manner than we thought. There's a large audience of casual dinosaur enthusiasts throughout the world who would understand and appreciate this story. I don't think the story is fundamentally less significant than the Hugo Awards, or the World Snooker Championship, or various other things listed at ITNR. Not everything that goes into ITN is a disaster or an election.

And I don't know why you're putting "suggesting" in quotes. That's as much as we can expect from paleontology. Zagalejo^^^ 22:30, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

As a reader, I was quite enthused by this news and Spinosaurus is way cooler than protozoa or elections. It was a damn good nomination! Just not blurb material, if I put my curator hat on. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:34, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Please curb your enthusiasm. – Sca (talk) 16:54, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

• Weak Support In a busier news cycle I'd probably give this a pass. But it is interesting. It's relevance in a world dominated by politics and body counts might be debated, but I think it passes muster. The article quality is GA and yes, it would be nice to get something new up. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:44, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
• Not sure if this is still up for promotion to the Main Page, but whatever happens can we please spell "theropod" correctly?--Khajidha (talk) 14:15, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Chuni Goswami

Article: Chuni Goswami (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): India Today
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Former Indian Football Captain Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:29, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Looks close to being ready, the formatting of the tables is messy and there are a couple missing references though. - Indefensible (talk) 18:53, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Can you please take a look now.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 05:24, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Support looks to be a nicely referenced article now Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:12, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Support - The "Other activities" section should either be supported with references or removed (it can be transferred to the talk page temporarily) in my opinion, otherwise looks good. - Indefensible (talk) 21:34, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Moved "Other Activities" to article talk page as suggested Joseywales1961 (talk)

• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 01:36, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Kundanika Kapadia

Article: Kundanika Kapadia (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Indian Express
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Nizil Shah (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Minor grammar corrections may be required. Please have a look. Nizil (talk) 09:13, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment a few statements at the start of 'Biography', in the middle of 'Works' and some in 'Awards' should be sourced before this article is ready for RD Joseywales1961 (talk) 16:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Seems to meet the requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 18:51, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 02:24, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Rishi Kapoor

Article: Rishi Kapoor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Bollywood Indian Actor. A blurb might be appropriate? Sherenk1 (talk) 04:25, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment @Sherenk1: The reference is for Irrfan Khan (already in RD), please fix it. Gotitbro (talk) 04:35, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Fixed Sherenk1 (talk) 04:54, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose quite a lot of unsourced material. No blurb. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:42, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Updated --(Replacing my two previous comments) I believe it's ready. Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:35, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Mostly looks good, there are just a few unreferenced awards, which I've tagged. I'll support RD once those are addressed. Definitely not blurb territory. Modest Genius ^talk 11:17, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

  Modest Genius, those were left uncited because it was cited in the lead or the career section. I have now added inline. Usedtobecool ☎️ 11:23, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

  Support. It's worth citing the references in the list too, as that wasn't obvious. Thanks for adding them. Modest Genius ^talk 11:40, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support — good to go. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:27, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - references added, clean-up done. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 12:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 16:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

April 29

Portal:Current events/2020 April 29

April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan A suicide bombing in Char Asiab, Kabul Province, kills three civilians and injures 15. No group has claimed responsibility yet. (Reuters) Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur, accuses the Myanmar Armed Forces of intensifying their attacks on civilians in Rakhine and Chin states. The Myanmar government blames Rohingya insurgents and the separatist Arakan Army for the violence. (Reuters) Terrorism in Russia The Federal Security Service carries out an anti-terrorist raid near Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, to thwart planned attacks in the city. Three suspects, reportedly linked to ISIL, are killed in an exchange of gunfire. (Meduza) Disasters and accidents 2020 Icheon fire A fire at a four-story warehouse under construction in Icheon, South Korea, kills 38 construction workers and injures 10 others. An additional 40 people remain unaccounted for. The fire is the most deadly in the country since 2003. (BBC News) (The Guardian) A Canadian CH-148 Cyclone helicopter vanishes while flying over the Ionian Sea during a NATO mission. One body is recovered, while the five other persons on board remain missing. (BBC News) (The Straits Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen Yemeni authorities in Aden report five cases of COVID-19, the highest total to date, amid fears that the disease could be spreading undetected in a country where millions face famine and lack medical care. (Reuters) Law and crime COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisis Over 500 Venezuelan migrants block a major toll road in northern Bogotá, Colombia, demanding they be allowed to return home after the coronavirus pandemic caused economic opportunities to dry up. (Reuters) Politics and elections U.S. Congressman Justin Amash joins the Libertarian Party and announces his bid for the presidency. This also makes him the first Libertarian in Congress in the party's 48-year history. (Reason) Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, incumbent Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta dies from cancer at the age of 75. Ruy Gonçalo do Valle Peixoto de Villas Boas succees him as Lieutenant ad interim of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. (ABC News) Science and technology (52768) 1998 OR2, a near-Earth asteroid that is 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) wide, makes a close approach of 0.042 AU (6.3 million km; 16 LD) to Earth. It will not approach closer than this until 2079. (Sky News)

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2020 Icheon fire

Article: 2020 Icheon fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A fire at a construction site in South Korea (flag pictured) kills at least 38 people. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A fire at a construction site in South Korea (flag pictured) kills 38 people.
News source(s): Associated Press via WCHS-TV, The New York Times, ABC News, The Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post
Credits:

• Nominated by Illegitimate Barrister (talk · give credit)
• Created by Phoenix7777 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Love of Corey (talk · give credit), Jim Michael (talk · give credit) and Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Widely-reported mass casualty incident in a high-income country. Also notable in that it is part of a larger trend of such incidents (i.e. mass death structural fires) frequently occurring in said country over the years. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 14:57, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose for now, needs a bit of expansion as it's very stubby at the moment Joseywales1961 (talk) 16:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose until article is improved. Currently only 4 sentences total, still a stub as Joseywales1961 noted. - Indefensible (talk) 17:43, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose We're half way there. News sources are covering the story in sufficient detail, which is good, but the article is a stub right now, and contains almost no useful information beyond what can be said in a blurb. Needs considerable expansion. --Jayron32 19:03, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support in principle, although the article is currently stubby. No flag for image, though. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 19:45, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose until the article is appropriately expanded. Would change to support when this is done. -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 06:45, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - for now. Consider it Support when the article reaches Start. Ping me.BabbaQ (talk) 11:01, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Ideally, this should have been posted three days ago. (Bleve AP and Reuters had stories.) Now it's getting rather stale. – Sca (talk) 14:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - very unfortunate event, but the article is not in main page form at all. Juxlos (talk) 07:26, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Martin Lovett

Article: Martin Lovett (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Gramophone
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Cellist, last surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet, much more could be said but be repetitive to the quartet - I'm just listening to the interview where he said that Benjamin Britten wrote a quartet for them. Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Looks good.130.233.2.13 (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - sufficient.BabbaQ (talk) 10:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support as above Joseywales1961 (talk) 16:28, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 16:33, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Maj Sjöwall

Article: Maj Sjöwall (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): SVT
Credits:

• Nominated by TompaDompa (talk · give credit)
• Updated by BabbaQ (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Swedish author. Not COVID-19. The article is very short, no bibliography at present. TompaDompa (talk) 23:33, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment I have added a bibliography. TompaDompa (talk) 08:11, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Updated and expanded. Ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 10:17, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support as above Joseywales1961 (talk) 16:30, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 16:33, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Trevor Cherry

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

• Updated and nominated by Black Kite (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: English footballer, captained his country. Needs a significant amount of work, which I'll try to have a go at now. All cited now, I think. Black Kite (talk) 21:06, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose massively improved from when it was nominated, mainly thanks to Black Kite, good work. Some stuff to reference in the International section, please don't hesitate to ping me when it's good to go, and I'll revisit. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:11, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• @The Rambling Man: What do you reckon? Black Kite (talk) 22:12, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support good work. Good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support No issues. P-K3 (talk) 23:15, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Jānis Lūsis

Article: Jānis Lūsis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sport 24, Teller Reporter
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Latvian athlete and IAAF Hall of Famer. Three medals in three Olympic Games and 4 golds in 4 different European Championships. The article, unfortunatelly, is a stub with a orange tag. --SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 19:36, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - Not ready yet per above comment. - Indefensible (talk) 20:24, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose far from ready. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:09, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto

Article: Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News, Reuters, The Daily Telegraph
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Equivalent to a head of state. Headed an international organization that has formal diplomatic relations with 110 countries. Bloom6132 (talk) 17:56, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Good work with updating the article. - Indefensible (talk) 20:23, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak support where are those "knight grand cross" honours referenced? The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• @The Rambling Man: I've now added citations for those honours. —Bloom6132 (talk) 00:43, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Note Should probably be piped to Giacomo dalla Torre when posted, the rest is a title (and it would take up ridiculous space!). Black Kite (talk) 00:34, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Black Kite: Agreed. I hope no one has any objections to my marking this down as ready to go. —Bloom6132 (talk) 00:49, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 00:54, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Alexander Fernando

Article: Alexander Fernando (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): DailyNews.lk
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Gihan Jayaweera (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Artegia (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Sri Lankan actor. - Indefensible (talk) 15:17, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:07, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 22:21, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Irrfan Khan

Article: Irrfan Khan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Hindustan Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Usedtobecool (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit), Mar4d (talk · give credit) and Krimuk2.0 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: I will work on it once activity subsides, if necessary. I don't know if this is blurbworthy; it surprised me but I don't follow personal lives of celebrities. Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment - Article has uncited sentences Sherenk1 (talk) 07:13, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Career (uncited paras), filmography (expansion), award section (expansion) - all need work. Gotitbro (talk) 07:48, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support blurb — Important personality. His films grossed $3.643 billion. Has been awarded fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri. Died young and non COVID related death. It's a huge shock for everyone.~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 11:31, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - A lot of references have been added and clean-ups have been performed. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 11:52, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support RD. MSN12102001 (talk) 12:18, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support RD: good to go as an RD, unsourced sentences have been taken of. --Titodutta (talk) 12:36, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:47, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Denis Goldberg

Article: Denis Goldberg (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ENCA, The Guardian, BBC, New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Elinor.Dashwood (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: South African activist, anti-Apartheid campaigner, imprisoned on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela after the Rivonia Trial. --Elinor.Dashwood (talk) 12:00, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support in principle, but his death needs to be written up in the article (Later life and legacy section perhaps?). The citation for the death date can be removed from the first sentence, but his death should be noted in the last paragraph of the lead, and properly written up in the body, with the citations. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 12:23, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Laterthanyouthink, I've expanded the Death section and his introduction. Is there anything further that urgently needs changing? --Elinor.Dashwood (talk) 17:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Elinor.Dashwood,thanks. It looks mostly fine now, although the citations are not needed in the lead (supplied in the body), so I'll remove those. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 22:44, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - There are still a couple references needed and the Awards section in particular needs better support, but overall I think it is sufficient. - Indefensible (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Indefensible, I've added a number of more references to the Awards section. --Elinor.Dashwood (talk)
    • Good job Elinor.Dashwood, thank you. Marking as Ready, this deserves to be posted. - Indefensible (talk) 23:01, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Comment Yes, I tweaked the sections and improved some of the citing too - but just noticed above that you wrote in the nomination that he was imprisoned on Robben Island with Mandela... He wasn't; because of the racial segregation, he went to a prison for Whites in Pretoria. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:31, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 01:40, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

April 28

Portal:Current events/2020 April 28

April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2020 Afrin bombing A suicide bombing, using a fuel tanker, detonates at a busy market killing at least 53 civilians, including 11 children, in Turkish-occupied Afrin, Syria. The Turkish defense ministry accused the People's Protection Units (YPG) of "carrying out the attack." (Rudaw) (Al Jazeera) Business and economy American movie theater chain AMC Theatres states it will no longer host movies produced by Universal Studios, in response to The Wall Street Journal reporting that NBCUniversal plans to release its movies simultaneously in cinemas and streaming moving forward. (Reuters) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The United States surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. (CNN) COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina A pug in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, becomes the first dog in the United States to test positive for COVID-19. Three of the humans it lives with have also tested positive for the disease. (WRAL-TV) International relations Bolivia–Chile relations Bolivia and Chile agree on a deal to return home hundreds of Bolivian migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in Santiago. The migrants will be transported to Iquique where they will spend 14 days in quarantine before finally returning to Bolivia. (Reuters) Colombia formalizes its membership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), becoming the 37th nation in the organization. (OECD) Czech Republic–Russia relations Mayor of Prague's sixth municipal district Ondřej Kolář announces on Prima televize that he is under police protection after a Russian man made attempts on his life, possibly due to his removal of a statue of World War II-era Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev from the city's square. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš condemns this as foreign interference, while Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov dismisses allegations of Russian involvement as "another hoax". (Reuters) India–United States relations The Indian Ministry of External Affairs condemns the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom after the Commission in its annual report recommends placing India on the "countries of particular concern" blacklist over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, and controversial comments made by Home Minister Amit Shah, among others. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons A prison riot at the Lurigancho jail over demands for better sanitary measures and COVID-19 medical care in San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru, leaves nine inmates dead, according to the National Penitentiary Institute. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2019–2020 Lebanese protests Protests erupt in major cities across Lebanon for the second day over the country's continuing economic problems. Banks and vehicles are set on fire, and clashes between the protestors and the army in Tripoli leave around 40 soldiers injured. (Reuters) Science and technology A fast radio burst is detected from the Magnetar SGR 1935+2154, the first ever detected inside the Milky Way, and the first to be linked to a known source. (Astronomer's Telegram) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in France France officially ends the 2019–20 Ligue 1 and 2019–20 Ligue 2 football seasons after banning all sporting events in the country until September. It is not yet known whether the governing body Ligue de Football Professionnel will void the seasons. (BBC News)

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(Posted) RD: Michael Robinson

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

• Nominated by Joseywales1961 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool footballer, cancer Joseywales1961 (talk) 12:23, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Seems to meet requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 17:04, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 00:05, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Lynn Harrell

Article: Lynn Harrell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/performing-arts/2020/04/28/renowned-cellist-lynn-harrell-with-dallas-roots-dies-at-age-76/
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Renowned American cellist. Needs a lot of work on references. Zingarese talk · contribs 02:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• I believe the article is wholly referenced now and ready to go. If someone has the time, possibly adding a lede to the article would be of great benefit. Thanks Zingarese talk · contribs 02:47, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Looks much improved now, good work on the updates. Still has one cn tag but acceptable for posting. - Indefensible (talk) 04:03, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Fails MOS:OPENPARABIO with a one-sentence lead. What is he notable for?—Bagumba (talk) 19:02, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

  @Bagumba: I fixed the lede; please let me know if this is satisfactory now. (Also please ping me next time, so I could have done it myself and sooner. I had already expressed concern above about the lede!!) Zingarese talk · contribs 16:35, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

  Striking oppose. @Zingarese: I typically don't ping on !votes, but would if I was rebutting or seeking a response. I didn't see your comment before (and probably would have assumed you didn't have the time if I did) Reagrds.—Bagumba (talk) 17:02, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

  @Bagumba: Thank you, and understood. I will try to check on nominations I post more often in the future. Zingarese talk · contribs 02:34, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose I'm with Bagumba on the opening, the rest is satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:03, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
• "@The Rambling Man: ditto. Zingarese talk · contribs 16:36, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
• Moved to April 28 per date of death announcement and Posted. Black Kite (talk) 18:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

April 27

Portal:Current events/2020 April 27

April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Second Libyan Civil War In a televised address, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar says his Libyan National Army is accepting a "popular mandate" to rule the country, seemingly declaring himself the ruler of Libya and dismissing the House of Representatives. An adviser to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord says Haftar has exposed himself as an authoritarian. (Reuters) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Coronavirus recession Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling files for bankruptcy due to the oil price collapse, following the reduction in oil demand during the global coronavirus pandemic. (The Wall Street Journal) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation Delta Air Lines announces it is suspending flights to several small-hub airports after losing $534 million in the first quarter of this year due to aviation restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (MLive.com) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic The number of worldwide cases of COVID-19 surpasses three million. The United States accounts for more than a third of the total cases. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reports no new community transmissions of COVID-19 for the first time since the pandemic began, effectively eliminating the spread of the virus. (BBC News) Law and crime Censorship in Vietnam A court in Vietnam sentences a man to one and a half years in jail for posting anti-government content on Facebook. (Reuters) Politics and elections Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi officially endorses former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee in the Democratic Party primaries. (The New York Times) The Ankara prosecutor's office launches an investigation into a lawyers' organization which condemned the head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs for implying that homosexuality causes human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The investigation is launched on the basis that the organization may have insulted Turks' religious values. (Reuters) Science and technology USS Nimitz UFO incident, USS Theodore Roosevelt UFO incidents The Pentagon formally releases three videos of "unidentified aerial phenomena" encountered by United States Navy pilots after determining the videos "do not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems". The footage was previously leaked by Luis Elizondo in 2017. (CNN)

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(Stale) RD: Marty Smith

Article: Marty Smith (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo News, CNN, NY Post
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American "legendary motocross" racer. --SirEdimon ^Dimmi!!! 19:20, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose pretty stubby for a "legend". The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:04, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Mohammad Shariff

Article: Mohammad Shariff (admiral) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Razzsic (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Pakistani military commander. - Indefensible (talk) 17:27, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support There a 4 tags for self-published sources, otherwise looks ok Joseywales1961 (talk) 19:24, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose per above. Sort those tags and good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:03, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ramon Jimenez Jr.

Article: Ramon Jimenez Jr. (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, Manila Bulletin
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Vivafilipinas (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Filipino businessman & politician. - Indefensible (talk) 16:34, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:48, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to go Joseywales1961 (talk) 17:11, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:58, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

April 26

Portal:Current events/2020 April 26

April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces say they are in full control of all sovereign state institutions in the port city of Aden, after capturing the Yemen Oil and Gas Corporation refinery, Aden International Airport, the central bank headquarters and the seaport. Yesterday, the STC declared self-rule in southern Yemen. (Xinhuanet) Governors in the southern Yemeni Governorates of Hadhramaut, Abyan, Shabwah, Al Mahrah, and the island of Socotra reject the STC's claim to self-rule and declare their loyalty to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia King Salman issues an order to partially lift the curfew in all regions of the country except Mecca, where a 24-hour curfew continues. Saudi authorities report 16,299 infections and 136 deaths nationwide. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia King Salman issues a royal decree, declaring that people will no longer be executed for crimes they were convicted of when they were minors. (Reuters) Aftermath of the 2019 El Paso shooting A survivor of the terrorist mass shooting that occurred at El Paso, Texas in August 2019 dies after nine months of hospitalization, raising the death toll to 23. (The New York Times)

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(Posted) RD: Donald S. Gann

Article: Donald S. Gann (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Baltimore Sun
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Trauma surgeon and professor. Death announced on this date (died February 3) TJMSmith (talk) 13:29, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Seems to meet the requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 17:01, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 19:18, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: James B. Adams

Article: James B. Adams (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Texas DPS
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Associate Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Death announced on this date. - Indefensible (talk) 04:01, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Checks out.130.233.2.206 (talk) 07:42, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak support article is mediocre but what's there appears to be satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:49, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Short article but sufficient Joseywales1961 (talk) 19:15, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Sparse but meets minimum requirements. Spencer^T•C 19:18, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Marcel Ospel

Article: Marcel Ospel (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Financial Times, Yahoo!, Bloomberg, Nasdaq, Malay Mail, SWI
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Sandstein (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Swiss businessman (head of UBS). - Indefensible (talk) 19:00, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support 1.7 kB of prose is a little thin for such a giant in his field, but otherwise OK.130.233.2.206 (talk) 07:49, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak support mediocre but what's there is satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Sparse but meets minimum requirements. Spencer^T•C 19:18, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Gideon Patt

Article: Gideon Patt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Jerusalem Post
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Number 57 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Israeli politician. - Indefensible (talk) 18:50, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support really bare bones coverage of his life but what's there is satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:51, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Refs spot checked. This article contains even less personal information than the nomination immediately above and borders on resumé. It nonetheless ticks the boxes.130.233.2.206 (talk) 07:56, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 08:46, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Erin Babcock

Article: Erin Babcock (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Edmonton Journal
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Connormah (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Adriannaphillips (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Canadian politician. - Indefensible (talk) 04:35, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 11:23, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Article is sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 12:31, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Thin. – Sca (talk) 12:36, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Yes, it's short but well sourced Joseywales1961 (talk) 13:11, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:19, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

April 25

Portal:Current events/2020 April 25

April 25, 2020 (2020-04-25) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) The separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) announces the establishment of a self-rule administration in southern Yemen. The internationally-recognized government describes this move as "catastrophic." STC forces are deployed in the city of Aden as emergency rule is declared. (Reuters) Health and environment The Lost Apple Project, a non-profit conservationist society based in the Pacific Northwest, announces the rediscovery of ten cultivars of apples previously thought to be extinct. The decad almost doubles the total amount of species the society has rescued, bringing the total to 23. (CNN) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care confirms the UK's death toll from COVID-19 has exceeded 20,000. It joins the United States, Italy, Spain and France as the fifth nation to reach this total. (BBC News) International relations Bangladesh–Myanmar relations Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AK Abdul Momen says that it is not the responsibility of his country to rescue more than 500 Rohingya refugees who have been at sea for weeks. Momen tells Al Jazeera they "should ask the Myanmar government first because they are their citizens". (Al Jazeera) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands The 2019–20 Eredivisie season is declared void by the Royal Dutch Football Association. (Sky Sports)

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(Posted) RD: Alan Abel

Article: Alan Abel (musician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Philadelphia Inquirer, WRTI, BroadwayWorld
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Ihavetantrums (talk · give credit)
• Updated by SoWhy (talk · give credit) and Cursedwaffles (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American musician. Press articles have been a couple days late. COVID. - Indefensible (talk) 22:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support, short but solid, and unusual --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:18, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - This is not going to go up in time ahead of other more recent RDs that are ready to be posted to the Main Page. Even though the press was late to report this, it's still stale. WaltCip (talk) 22:21, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

  We had a discussion about that unfairness last year, if Márta Kurtág had been an American man, she would have appeared, but she is an Hungarian woman., but nothing changed. We do have IAR, no. Our system promotes those who get the press, thus those who will get the attention anyway, while we could do something for those who deserve attention also and will not get it per the press. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:18, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:52, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Marino Casem

Article: Marino Casem (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Advocate, Mississippi Today
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Patken4 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jweiss11 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American sports coach. - Indefensible (talk) 16:44, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Just needs refs for the coaching record, and any highlighted stats and achievements in the infobox. Stephen 01:15, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Added a few refs to the infobox. The championships have Wiki links which go to articles with the particulars for those years listed, hopefully that works. - Indefensible (talk) 03:28, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
    • Except that I checked a couple and the team or his name were not mentioned in the linked article (and then there's a secondary issue in that even if they were mentioned would they be referenced). For example, 1967 does not mention Alcorn or Casem. Is there a website that lists all his career coaching stats we could put at the top or bottom as a source? Stephen 03:37, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
      • The Black college football national championship article has the 4 championships listed, upon closer inspection the SWAC years listed were for winning their conference and not necessarily a championship. We can probably strip all of the years out except for the championship years if needed, as those seem to be the most notable ones and have supporting references. - Indefensible (talk) 04:09, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose head coaching table unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:52, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Zarina Hashmi

Article: Zarina (artist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Scroll.in, The Daily Star, Hindustan Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Saritazaleha (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Indian American artist. - Indefensible (talk) 04:58, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Looks to be well sourced and long enough article Joseywales1961 (talk) 13:13, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 18:04, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Yevgeny Yuryev

Article: Yevgeny Yuryev (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Tolyatti News (Russian)
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Spokoyni (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Russian military officer & politician. New article, but seems to meet the quality requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 04:53, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Sufficient for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 11:22, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Gunnar Seijbold

Article: Gunnar Seijbold (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [1], [2]
Credits:

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

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

 BabbaQ (talk) 23:34, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support fairly well sourced if it is long enough for RD Joseywales1961 (talk) 13:15, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose 1240 bytes of prose, criteria I usually see for non-stub status is >1500 bytes. The article was created the 26th, and I am unfamiliar with the notability requirements for photographers (I know GNG, but the citations do not have published dates, so I do not know if they are all obituaries which may mean article does not meet notability requirements; I don't have the time to go through them all right now). Removing ready tag, would like an article expansion and someone that has more time to analyze to comment on notability. Kees08 (Talk) 17:14, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

  The time limit issue is not an issue the last article is from 23 April. I have expanded the article. The sources are good.BabbaQ (talk) 17:52, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

@Davidgoodheart: can perhaps give some insight.BabbaQ (talk) 18:02, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - article is succinct and well-sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 18:09, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:41, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Per Olov Enquist

Article: Per Olov Enquist (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Dagens Nyheter
Credits:

• Nominated by Gumruch (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TompaDompa (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Awarded and recognized Swedish author. Gumruch (talk) 11:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment – Looks a bit thin; documentation is minimal. – Sca (talk) 12:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - sourcing. It could be that Biography paragraph is supposed to all be sourced from the Dagens Nyheter obituary, but I can't tell because it's behind a paywall, and the Recognition paragraph isn't sourced either. Support - a bit short, but acceptable now - good work. Black Kite (talk) 15:06, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Needs better referencing per above. - Indefensible (talk) 17:11, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – I added a bunch of references and removed the stuff I couldn't find proper sourcing for. TompaDompa (talk) 21:21, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Support per User:TompaDompa's updates. Good work. - Indefensible (talk) 21:30, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 21:32, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support sourcing is much better now. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Nice work on the referencing. Spencer^T•C 03:46, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: James M. Beggs

Article: James M. Beggs (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NASA Release, Washington Post
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by John M Wolfson (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former NASA Administrator. Death happened on April 23, announced by NASA on April 25. This is my first nomination, feel free to move it to April 23 if it is more appropriate. The article is in quite a state right now, I will do major improvements. (UPDATE: The article is now adequate, IMO.) – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:36, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

• Ready I think — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Seems to meet the requirements, however the article is almost entirely supported by a few NASA refs which are probably primary sources in this situation, so it would be good to get additional 3rd party reliable sources I think. - Indefensible (talk) 16:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 03:50, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ricardo Brennand

Article: Ricardo Brennand (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Correio Braziliense
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Businessman and art collector who founded the Ricardo Brennand Institute museum in Recife. Died today from COVID-19. —NoMoreHeroes (talk) 20:53, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Article is new, but seems to meet requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 21:00, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Short but sufficient.BabbaQ (talk) 23:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Lead identifies him first as a businessman but there is only 1 sentence about what he did as a businessman in the article. Insufficient depth of coverage in that part of his life. "Weak" since the art collector side meets minimum standards. Spencer^T•C 01:02, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Spencer:Made some improvements related to his business coverage from a new source. NoMoreHeroes (talk) 07:02, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support No issues, ready to go. P-K3 (talk) 01:42, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:31, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Reported death of Kim Jong-un

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: Kim Jong-un (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un dies after a failed heart surgery. (Post)
News source(s): New York Post, TMZ
Credits:

• Nominated by PCN02WPS (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: This can be closed (or I will withdraw) if it turns out to be untrue, but this would certainly be newsworthy if it is indeed correct. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:16, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment. The NYP says that he could also be in a vegetative state; this is going to be difficult to determine given the opaqueness of North Korea. 331dot (talk) 18:18, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait. The state media might lie about a lot of things, but it isn't going to lie about his death.--WaltCip (talk) 18:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait – information is all over the place. Reports vary from he's dead to he's fine. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:24, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Fake news and death to the Western pig-dogs! Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait - until confirmed. Then consider it Support.BabbaQ (talk) 18:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait per all; then support if confirmed. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:57, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now. We post confirmed facts, not rumors. Suggest speedy close pending some sort of official confirmation. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:06, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose without confirmation. NY Post and TMZ are not paragons of journalism. J Post is speculating he's in Wonsan. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:56, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – All primary Eng.-lang. RS sites ignore, downplay or characterize as speculation this so-called report. In the absence of credible information, suggest CLOSE before we waste any more time on this. – Sca (talk) 20:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 24

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April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen The Saudi-led coalition announces the extension of a unilateral ceasefire by one month to fight the pandemic. The Houthis did not accept the coalition's previous ceasefire that expired Thursday. Reportedly, the Houthis "want a lifting of air and sea blockades imposed by the coalition to the regions they control before agreeing to a ceasefire". (Reuters) Internal conflict in Myanmar Unknown gunmen attack the headquarters of the government-backed Pan Say militia in Muse, Shan State. The attackers opened fire with small arms and artillery before fleeing in cars and motorbikes. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. (The Irrawaddy) Kivu conflict An attack by members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leaves 17 people dead: 12 park rangers and five civilians. (Al Jazeera) Business and economy COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia The government bans vehicles from entering or leaving the Jakarta metropolitan area to prevent Mudik, a local observance in which migrants and migrant workers return home for Ramadan. (The Jakarta Post) Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States President Donald Trump signs a US$484 billion interim coronavirus relief bill that will add another $310 billion to the small-business Paycheck Protection Program, as well as provide billions in aid to hospitals and for testing. (Axios) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic in the United States More than 50,000 people have now died in the United States from COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. (BBC News) Law and crime Saudi Arabia says it will end flogging as a form of punishment, according to a government document. (Reuters) Six activists of the Free Papua Movement are sentenced by an Indonesian court to 8–9 months in prison for treason. The ruling is condemned by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as a violation of their freedom of speech and assembly. (Reuters) Politics and elections Brazilian Minister of Justice Sérgio Moro resigns, claiming President Jair Bolsonaro is criminally interfering with the country's law enforcement. (Reuters)

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(Posted) RD: Grandma Lee

Article: Grandma Lee (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): People
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Comedian who began career in her 60s, gained acclaim on America's Got Talent. —Bagumba (talk) 18:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 18:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Article seems to meet requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 20:38, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 01:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) COVID-19 deaths in the US surpass 50,000

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Article: 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ More than 50,000 people have now died in the United States from COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 50,000 people have now died in the United States from COVID-19.
Alternative blurb II: ​ More than 50,000 people have now died in the United States from COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, representing more than a quarter of total worldwide deaths.
News source(s): BBC, Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, TheHill, El País (in Spanish), RTVE (in Spanish), Berliner Morgenpost (in German), Stern (in German), Le Figaro (in French), Europe1 (in French)
Credits:

• Nominated by Naypta (talk · give credit)
• Created by Pigsonthewing (talk · give credit)

 Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 20:37, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb as the target article is not present in either. Additionally, I don't think a "total deaths" blurb will be necessary unless we are looking at worldwide numbers, as Wikipedia is not US-centered. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 20:42, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose good faith nom. This is an arbitrary milestone and people are dying all over the world. These developments are adequately covered in the various links within our COVID-19 template. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:45, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Ad Orientem: worth noting this is front page news around the world currently, because the death toll is so much greater than every other country (maybe this should be included in the blurb in fairness) - I'm a Brit and saw it initially on the BBC, but it's being covered as well on the front page of RTVE's website as well as El País etc. It's not just a US news story by any means, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it at all - though I appreciate your point. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 21:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose posting such a benchmark for any single country; perhaps a worldwide figure. 331dot (talk) 20:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Yes, it's a worldwide phenomenon, but the U.S. is also the first country to hit this number of deaths, and accounts for a quarter of deaths worldwide. BD2412 T 21:05, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment I've added altblurb2 here with a worldwide contextualisation of just how significant this figure is in international terms. As mentioned above, the figure is being reported on the front pages internationally - I wouldn't have heard about it at all otherwise. Here in Europe, we're used to hearing about how bad the situation is in Italy and Spain, so these figures are really quite shocking. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 21:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Country with bigger population has more deaths. You could equally make a case for blurbing Belgium, with the highest death toll per capita of any heavily populated country (four times higher than the USA). Black Kite (talk) 21:58, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Black Kite: The US population makes up under 5% of the global population, yet accounts for more than 25% of all COVID-19 deaths worldwide now. I don't think this argument really fits. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 22:00, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
    • Yes, but the reason for that particular statistic is not really because the US figures are ridiculously high per capita, but because there are many heavily populated countries (i.e. most of South America, India) with very small death tolls, plus dubious (at best) data from China. Black Kite (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
      • @Black Kite: An argument against the validity of the statistics is a question for somewhere other than Wikipedia; reliable sources show the statistics to be what they are. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 22:20, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
        • OK, but you could equally say that the UK has 1% of the world's population, but 10% of the deaths - a far higher death rate. Is one statistic more notable than the other? Plus we're here for the long run - do we post to ITN every time a country gets to an artibrary figure? - the UK will probably get to 20K tomorrow, and that will be covered in plenty of reliable sources too. Black Kite (talk) 23:31, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. Tragic, but why pick out an arbitrary threshold in one particular country? There have been almost 200,000 deaths worldwide. Modest Genius ^talk 22:02, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Modest Genius: Because that one particular country is now more than a quarter of the entire worldwide deaths. Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 22:20, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment the highest death toll of any country brings notability, but it's an arbitrary threshold and we have the huge infobox already. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:19, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose This is a worldwide event, focusing on any single country for ITN is completely inappropriate. I would be willing to support - if it got there - a worldwide death toll hitting 1M (based on WHO numbers). --Masem (t) 23:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose we posted the Olympics postponement, but for pretty much everything else there's the infobox. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:07, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait for a worldwide figure - has the global total hit 100k? RIP. Kingsif (talk) 05:20, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose This is like posting the half time score in a football match as it happens. Sure, the US is doing tremendously, but it's just the overtaking of an arbitrary number. HiLo48 (talk) 05:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Lynn Faulds Wood

Article: Lynn Faulds Wood (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Needs work. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 14:15, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment short but just about long enough article, a few citations needed, will support when these are addedJoseywales1961 (talk) 14:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support looks good to me. @Joseywales1961 and The Rambling Man: I have added sources so that each individual paragraph has at least one source, and so there are no cn tags. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:05, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support looks good enough now, good work Joseywales1961 (talk) 17:36, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support- marked as ready. I added a reference for the last citation needed tag. Would be great to expand the lead and early life section. TJMSmith (talk) 19:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted by Spencer. Black Kite (talk) 19:26, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks; computer had some issues right after I posted. Spencer^T•C 20:00, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
• Article has an orange banner currently, probably should be addressed per the guidelines. - Indefensible (talk) 19:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• As it's an expansion tag I'd probably just remove it until it cycles off RD. It's not a "something is seriously wrong" tag. Black Kite (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

April 23

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April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23) (Thursday) Business and economy COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; Unemployment in the United States Over the last week, 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits. Since mid-March, 26.4 million have filed, which is more than 15 percent of the workforce. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation Italian Minister of Economic Development Stefano Patuanelli announces the government will nationalize the country's main flag carrier Alitalia by June, claiming the airline will go bankrupt otherwise. This reverses earlier plans to have it fully privatized. (Reuters) Facebook removes "pseudoscience" and "conspiracy theory" as options for targeted ads, as criticism mounts against social media for their role in spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. (Reuters) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Fifty crew members on the cruise ship Costa Atlantica test positive for COVID-19 after it docks in Nagasaki, Japan. (Reuters) Law and crime Two former high-ranking members of the Syrian Army go on trial in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, for alleged war crimes committed during the Syrian Civil War. This is the first time that Syrian military officials are being prosecuted for their roles in the conflict. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters) Politics and elections 2020 Kiribati parliamentary election Results show that four women win seats in the parliament and that most ministers of the current government keep their seats, including President Taneti Mamau. However, it is too early to say whether he would be his party's nomination for President again. (RNZ) Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane rejects a deal between South African mediators and his coalition government asking him to resign amid accusations that he was involved in the murder of his ex-wife. (Reuters) Sports 2020 NFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports In American football, the National Football League starts its draft for the 2020 season, with the Cincinnati Bengals selecting Joe Burrow with the first overall pick. The draft's public events in Las Vegas were canceled, with teams selecting players from private offices to comply with social distancing guidelines. (NFL)

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(Posted) RD: Kumiko Okae

Article: Kumiko Okae (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Japan Times
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)
• Created by Scanlan (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Japanese actress, voice actress and television presenter. Article is on short side, but just past stub. COVID-19 related. TJMSmith (talk) 04:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose stub. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:07, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support -barely but is Start class now. Seems ready.BabbaQ (talk) 00:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Sad that there is more about the death and her whole career. Hopefully people will expand it now.  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:25, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Fred the Godson

Article: Fred the Godson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Billboard
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)
• Created by Bearian (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American DJ and rapper from the Bronx. COVID-19 related. TJMSmith (talk) 01:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support satis. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:06, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support as creator. Bearian (talk) 18:07, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 00:31, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 00:58, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Norbert Blüm

Article: Norbert Blüm (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Berlin Spectator, Medium
Credits:

• Nominated by PCN02WPS (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Grimes2 (talk · give credit) and Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: German politician. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 15:15, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support. I saw the article in the morning and was afraid it was too poor, but Grimes2 worked miracles. I did a bit, also. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Fknisel should also be mentioned. Grimes2 (talk) 20:22, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 20:10, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

April 22

Portal:Current events/2020 April 22

April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22) (Wednesday) Disasters and accidents Tornado outbreak of April 22–23, 2020 Tornadoes touch down in the South Central United States, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. (The New York Times) A semi-trailer crashes into two police cars along the Eastern Freeway near Kew, Victoria, Australia. Four police officers are killed, making it the deadliest incident for law enforcement in the history of Victoria. (News.com.au) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in India The Indian Council of Medical Research advises all states to suspend using COVID-19 rapid test kits for two days, after some kits were found to be faulty. (CNN) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 4,451 new confirmed cases and 759 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the United Kingdom's total cases to 133,495 and the death toll to 18,100. (ITV) Science and technology Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deploys the country's first military satellite, using a new satellite carrier called "Ghased" ("Messenger"). (Deutsche Welle)

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(Posted) RD: Jimmy Goodfellow

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

• Nominated by PCN02WPS (talk · give credit)
• Created by Kosack (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: English footballer and football manager. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Patchy referencing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hrodvarsson (talk • contribs) 21:47, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose just a few citations needed. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 11:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @Hrodvarsson and The Rambling Man: I have added references, and each section now contains a source. If it needs more sourcing, could you let me know exactly where? Thanks! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:32, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
    • Support looks good now. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 19:10, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to me. I don't see anything in the article I can't confirm from the sources in the article. --Jayron32 19:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

April 21

Portal:Current events/2020 April 21

April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Mozambique (2017–present) Mozambique police say 52 male villagers were killed by Islamist militants earlier this month in the Muidumbe District, Cabo Delgado Province, after they refused to join their ranks. (Reuters) Internal conflict in Myanmar A World Health Organization worker collecting coronavirus samples is killed after his United Nations–marked vehicle was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Both the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army rebels deny any involvement in the attack. (BBC News) Arts and culture COVID-19 pandemic in Spain The city council of Pamplona announces the suspension of the San Fermín festival scheduled for July, for the fifth time in its history. (The Guardian) Business and economy Cannabis in Lebanon The Lebanese Parliament legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal purposes, in hopes that it will bring revenue to the country. (Reuters) Oil Prices Crude Oil prices fell to a 21 year low with seller's paying as much as 30 dollars a barrel to take it off their hands. (Washington Post Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Russia Russia reports 5,642 new confirmed cases and 51 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing Russia's death toll to 456 and 52,763 total cases. (TASS) A 56-year-old urologist becomes the first Russian doctor to die from COVID-19 at a hospital in Moscow. (The Moscow Times) International relations China–United States relations, COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri Missouri becomes the first U.S. state to file a lawsuit against the Chinese government over the coronavirus pandemic, claiming the government is responsible for the virus's negative impact on the state's economy and that the nation is "hoarding" masks. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman says his country is "not under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts"; that "abuse of litigation" does not help the "epidemic response at home in the United States and also runs counter to international cooperation". (Reuters) Law and crime 2020 Nova Scotia attacks The death toll in last Sunday's killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, rises to at least 23, including the perpetrator. (CBC News) Pio Tikoduadua, a member of Fiji's National Federation Party, is arrested after he uploaded a video to Facebook denouncing police brutality. His party demands his immediate release. (RNZ) Baakline attack A man kills his wife, brother and seven others in Baakline, Lebanon, in the country's worst mass shooting in years, before being arrested. It is suspected they were honor killings. (Reuters) Spanish National Police Corps officers arrest former rapper and ISIL militant Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary and two other men, after raiding their apartment overnight in Almería. Abdel Bary is suspected of being a member of the The Beatles cell, who were responsible for beheading Western hostages in Syria. (AP) Politics and elections 2020 Kiribati parliamentary election Kiribatians head to the polls to elect members of the House of Assembly in the second round of voting. (RNZ) 2019–2020 Chilean protests Protests against the Chilean government in commemoration of the International Workers' Day are suppressed by the police, citing social distancing laws established due to the coronavirus pandemic. (BBC News)

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(Posted) RD: Donald Kennedy

Article: Donald Kennedy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Stanford
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Isingness (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: FDA Commissioner, Stanford University President, Science Editor-in-Chief. COVID. - Indefensible (talk) 05:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support pretty well referenced article Joseywales1961 (talk) 09:49, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - decent enough for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 09:51, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Looks OK. Notable person. – Sca (talk) 13:23, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted --Jayron32 14:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Sir John Houghton

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Article: John T. Houghton (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post
Credits:

• Nominated by 2A00:23C5:5082:6101:3DAA:1C90:914B:87E5 (talk · give credit)
• Created by SmackBot (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jfrw51 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Noted climate scientist, co-chair of IPCC which received Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. 2A00:23C5:5082:6101:3DAA:1C90:914B:87E5 (talk) 20:15, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - seems to meet the requirements. COVID related. - Indefensible (talk) 06:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 09:52, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support this one looks ok Joseywales1961 (talk) 10:34, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Note Stale, older (April 15) than the oldest RD we currently have posted (April 16), no extenuating circumstances (death was reported immediately). --Jayron32 14:23, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose as stale. Death was 15 April, and was reported on that day too. RD uses the date death was reported, and it in older than 16 April 16, so unfortunately this is a stale request. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 20

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April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20) (Monday) Arts and culture COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion Saudi Arabia announces the Great Mosque of Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, the two holiest mosques in Islam, will remain closed throughout Ramadan this year. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in New York City New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announces that major parades scheduled for June, such as NYC Pride March and Puerto Rican Day Parade, are cancelled this year. (NY Daily News) COVID-19 pandemic in Israel Israel is expected to commemorate its Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony without public gatherings. (Haaretz) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo Cars resumes full production at its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, which had been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 26, 2020. (Just Auto) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States World oil market chronology from 2003 U.S. oil prices for May contract settle at an all-time low, finishing down over 300% to −$37.63 per barrel. (Market Watch) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation United Airlines reports a $2.1 billion loss in the first quarter of this year, blaming restrictions on the aviation industry due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNBC) The Industrial Bank of Korea agrees to pay US$86 million and will enter a two-year deferred prosecution agreement to settle lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York over a 2011 scheme to help transfer US$1 billion to Iran. (Reuters) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that the country will ease its lockdown on April 27 if progress is maintained. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus Schools in Belarus reopen, but authorities say that parents are allowed to keep their children at home despite lifting of restrictions. (ABC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Germany Germany reopens shops, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a second coronavirus wave in the country. (The Guardian) Law and crime Ramos v. Louisiana In a 6–3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that convictions for serious crimes requires a unanimous decision by the jury, overturning the conviction of the plaintiff, a Louisiana man, and the 1972 case Apodaca v. Oregon. The ruling paves the way for hundreds of defendants to receive new trials. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Florida Miami Police disperses crowds who violated social distancing guidelines during David Guetta's coronavirus relief concert in the city. (ABC News) Immigration policy of Donald Trump Citing jobs and the ongoing pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump announces he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration to the United States. (The Hill) Politics and elections Politics of Vanuatu, 2020 Vanuatuan general election Bob Loughman is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu with 31 votes in Parliament. Loughman defeated former foreign minister Ralph Regenvanu, who received 21 votes. (RNZ) Thirty-fifth government of Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz agree on a deal to form a unity government, thus ending more than a year of political deadlock. As part of the deal, Netanyahu will hold onto his position for 18 more months, with Gantz replacing him afterwards. (The Times of Israel) In a deal brokered by South African mediators, Lesotho's government says that Prime Minister Tom Thabane "will immediately resign", in a "dignified and secure" exit from power. Thabane is accused of murdering his ex-wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017. (BBC News) Seoul-based Daily NK reports North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is recuperating from a heart procedure done earlier this month, after his disappearance from various events led to speculation about his health. (Reuters) Science and technology New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array and Hubble Space Telescope, published in the Nature Astronomy journal, suggests interstellar comet 2I/Borisov contains large amounts of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. The new findings suggest the object was formed in the cold outer region of its planetary system. (BBC News) Sports Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports COVID-19 pandemic in Spain The Spanish government reaches a deal with Spanish association football league La Liga for teams to return to practice. (Time) COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China The Wuhan Zall football team returns to Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, after their lockdown restrictions have been lifted. (ABC News)

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(Posted) RD: Rudratej Singh

Article: Rudratej Singh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): India.com, The Telegraph
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Archians (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Indian businessman. - Indefensible (talk) 02:48, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support but quite short, but enough in there and well sourced. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - short but sufficient for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 10:57, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:30, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Tom Lester

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Article: Tom Lester (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): People, Variety
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Updated by P37307 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American actor. - Indefensible (talk) 02:38, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose two or three places need a citation. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:16, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose - a couple of citation needed tags give me pause. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 18:35, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Noureddine Diwa

Article: Noureddine Diwa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [3]
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Joseph2302 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Death announced on this date. Short article, but uses all the online sources available. French Wiki article has more content, but not well sourced which is why I haven't added it Joseph2302 (talk) 09:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support just about long enough, plenty of references (mostly in French) Joseywales1961 (talk) 10:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak support - ready.BabbaQ (talk) 11:47, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Article is new but well-sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 23:24, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:59, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Ronan O'Rahilly

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Article: Ronan O'Rahilly (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Radio Caroline founder The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:16, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - Needs referencing improvement. - Indefensible (talk) 06:05, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose for citation needed tags. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:30, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Ramos v. Louisiana

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Article: Ramos v. Louisiana (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Ramos v. Louisiana, the United States Supreme Court rules 6-3 that criminal convictions require a unanimous decision by the jury. (Post)
News source(s): (Reuters), LA Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Elijahandskip (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Article might need some improvement, but it is a big court case in the US. Elijahandskip (talk) 23:14, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose It doesn’t seem earth-shattering to me; it just requires two states to follow what the other 48 are already doing. P-K3 (talk) 23:38, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support on notability, I think the effects on criminal law are significant as it's enshrining a fundamental principle as opposed to merely "yeah, it's the law of the land in almost all of America, except when it isn't." However, given the messy verdict the article needs to be expanded to explain why the justices !voted the way they did. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:49, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Having expanded the article, the decision affects all of 2 states (Oregon and Louisiana), and even then, only will cause review of OR's and a portion of Louisiana before 2019 (LA had amended its constitution for unanimous jury convictions now). All other states had cases of unanimous convictions on the books long before this. It is a landmark case in US law, as it is another incorporated Bill of Rights against the states, but its impact is minor relative to the big picture that it is not ITN appropriate as it mostly affirms the status quo. --Masem (t) 00:04, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Milestone court case that has everlasting effects on the United States' entire criminal justice system. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 00:09, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Masem, and not seeing this "in the news". --LaserLegs (talk) 00:54, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
  • It's definitely in the news, its not hard to find coverage, just that its net effect has little change on most of the US , much less the rest of the world. --Masem (t) 01:08, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose as someone who's personally interested in this, this is nominally a big deal that overturns a precedent from the 1970s, the "two states" thing notwithstanding. Having said that, I'm not sure if this reaches the level for a blurb that is expected of court cases that aren't directly notable due to the persons involved. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:18, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
  • I've given some more thought about this, and I've decided that posting this without the context that only two states still allowed non-unanimous convictions might give people a POV view of the United States. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:51, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Support This case is a rare one, because it makes formal changes to criminal cases; but I take the point most states had already moved in this direction. Nonetheless, it prevents states from exercising their own discretion as to proceedings in their own territory, and it prevents a (granted small) amount of venue shopping. Added LA Times source to the nomination.130.233.3.157 (talk) 06:38, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose hyperlocalised minor amendment. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:07, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support A key decision in the question of states' rights vs federal rights, which strikes at the heart of constitutional law as it applies to the criminal law system. (It might be difficult to appreciate its scope from within countries which have a stronger federal system of government -- which the U.S. emphatically does not. The best way currently to appreciate the differences is to look at the vast differences in COVID-19 governmental response between states -- inconceivable in most European and N/S American countries -- and to look at how reviled Obama was for centralizing response to swine flu and Ebola a few years earlier. The battle cry of "states' rights" has not tempered much since the U.S. Civil War.) Essentially, this decision tackles the question of the extent to which states have the ability to interpret the U.S. constitution (see Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution). It is in that sense specifically that the wider ramifications make this decision notable, by changing common practice to federal dictum. Although this does fall within the wider spectrum of Supreme Court cases (after the state courts were given the right to hold jury trials) which have generally determined that Bill of Rights amendments (ie. federal constitutional rights) apply to state trials, very few decisions in this millennium have had comparable weight. (Most of this was ironed out in the 1970s civil rights trials or earlier). Certainly none have had equivalent weight in both the legal sphere and public perception. The right to trial by jury is dear to American hearts. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 09:37, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Some non-US interest I think. Where I'm from (England) 10-2 is sufficient and I wasn't aware of the US situation. Nigej (talk) 10:01, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Local issue with no clear significance.– Ammarpad (talk) 11:01, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Too local, too minor. - SchroCat (talk) 11:47, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Minor import in the context of general U.S. jurisprudence. – Sca (talk) 12:45, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - A handful of judges make a decision that affects a subsection of a subsection of one nation's population. Definitively parochial.--WaltCip (talk) 12:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This is prime for a DYK which I plan to sumbit (if no one else does). --Masem (t) 15:29, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, as this changes an obscure legal point in only state-level courts in Oregon, and historical cases in Louisiana. Whilst some convictions will now be overturned or require a re-trial, that does not seem significant enough to merit an ITN blurb. The article has nothing on implications. I agree it would make a good DYK entry and is new enough. Modest Genius ^talk 15:34, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Price of oil is negative

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Article: Price of oil (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The price of oil becomes negative in the US. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The price of oil in the US becomes negative for the first time in history
News source(s): CNN, NYT
Credits:

• Nominated by 2601:602:9200:1310:31C4:B759:FF29:594C (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Price of oil just became negative in the US. That's a giant abnormality, as instead of a commodity, "black gold" is a liability/toxic asset. CNN, NYT. 2601:602:9200:1310:31C4:B759:FF29:594C (talk) 22:43, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

As with the previous stories on the market turndown, we should wait for a trend. If this lasts for a few days, that might be an issue to post, but a daily blip in a financial market should not be an ITN as proven out from before. --Masem (t) 22:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

But NEGATIVE prices is an extreme aberration. It's like having news of a large asteroid with uncertain orbit being predicted to hit Earth, even though later orbit measurements proves "just miss" status. Difference is that this has not happened on the NY Mercantile Exchange since its inception in 1983. 2601:602:9200:1310:31C4:B759:FF29:594C (talk) 22:49, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

We tend to judge blurbs here, which means you have to have one first. Most of the ideas I have would be greeted with either "trivial!" or "Coronovirus 'impacts' cover this." GreatCaesarsGhost 22:59, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Again, there's blips in markets. The media jumps at those, we are looking at the larger picutre. A sustained negative price would be something. But even with that, I would expect a more narrow focus article on why it got to negative like this (is this an extension of the russia-opec price war earlier? is this COVID related? etc.) --Masem (t) 00:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

*Oppose this is one specific type of oil (West Texas Intermediate) for a specific futures contract (May delivery in Oklahoma, and today was the last day trading was allowed for this contract). All the other major oil indices are still positive. Juxlos (talk) 00:29, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Change to Weak Support based on media coverage. Juxlos (talk) 05:17, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Support big deal in business news today, article is decent. Weak because of the one sentence update and because the target it "proseline-y" --LaserLegs (talk) 00:47, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support on notability, this is far crazier than a big one-day drop in stock indices which we routinely post. Needs expansion though. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support A huge deal and a milestone on the way towards severe economic downturn. It's not just the government anymore; private companies are willing to pay their customers to stay in business. Contra Juxlos above, this did not just impact WTI; the majority of US-domestic crude went negative. WTI is just the "benchmark" which is reported in the popular press; TX sour was even more negative at ca. -50USD/bbl.130.233.3.157 (talk) 06:26, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Arguably, a negative price on a core commodity rather undermines the entire concept of industry development, challenging a few other dearly held economic beliefs in the process. (And the prize for the best-timed single commodity trade war ever goes to ... Russia and Saudi Arabia!) No question that the issue has been exacerbated by a sudden sharp drop both in discretionary spending and in demand due to COVID-19 (both possibly ongoing: no job or perma-home job leads to a sharp reduction in travel and industry electricity use, and there are already fewer heating days each year) , but that should not make a difference to its ITN notability. As one political cartoonist put it: such cheap gas prices ... and nowhere to drive. That kind of death spiral can be hard to escape, to the point that the phrase "economic black hole" comes to mind. Time to review some of the patterns of the Great Depression; it took a rather large war to fully lift us out of that one, and the emergence of the military industrial complex to maintain a new western pattern of war = prosperity. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 09:52, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

  It's not the price of oil per se that's gone negative, but the price of contracts for delivery in the near future. Basically, traders are saying "I'll pay you to figure out where the heck to store this stuff". What you're describing would be the spot price, not the futures price going negative. --Carnildo (talk) 04:26, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment perhaps a superlative would highlight imptact better. Added altblurb.130.233.3.157 (talk) 11:10, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - We can safely say this has never happened before in the history of global economics.--WaltCip (talk) 12:41, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wait – Sensational spot coverage internationally April 20, but suggest waiting a few days to ascertain extent, longevity of this possible watershed development. – Sca (talk) 12:58, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

You don't need to wait. The news is all around you.--WaltCip (talk) 13:11, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose The price is positive again now. "Yesterday's price action is best understood as a quirk or peculiarity of futures trading," said analyst James Trafford of Fidelity International." (BBC). Also, just one line mentioning it in the target article. Black Kite (talk) 13:28, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

In NY Tuesday, crude futures were in positive territory but showed volatile fluctuation up & down. – Sca (talk) 16:45, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment The newsworthiness is not diminished simply because oil futures are currently back in positive territory (after OPEC rapidly cut yields). It is not even in the aberration that, at the end of one market day as May futures were expiring, some oil prices dipped below zero. It is simply in the fact that, for the first time ever since oil became something useful, no one wanted oil. Did you ever think anyone would ever say that as fact? At this point, there is so much oil in storage that there is literally no place left to store it! (Some countries have been using the tankers themselves as extra storage.) - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 15:23, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
  • There's many many footnotes to explain why oil was negative, that it is too simply to say "because no one wanted it". The cost of oil accounts for what people will pay (revenue) against the costs of production, processing, transportation, and storage (costs). There are so many levers on this calculation that a temporary drop into the negatives in one area is just a blip, and any statistician will tell you is something you routinely would ignore if it doesn't sustain a negative value. --Masem (t) 15:32, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose based on this Guardian article, which makes it clear this applies only to one oil market and is expected to rebound quickly. That makes our blurb misleading, and the article has only a single sentence on this topic, providing no more information. Modest Genius ^talk 15:26, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Even with the caveats, I think this is still extremely noteworthy and historic. Davey2116 (talk) 18:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support This is a very notable event. It would be good for people to know.Rooves (talk) 18:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. This kind of blip is fairly routine in commodities markets. The only reason the price briefly showed as negative, rather than zero, is that environmental legislation mean oil can't be dumped or stockpiled in the same way one can dump unwanted grain or leave coal piled at the minehead until the price goes up, and consequently when the May options expired the traders who'd overpurchased had to pay facilities to store it. ‑ Iridescent 18:51, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose There isn't much to it when you look deep enough; not doing so would be a disservice. Usedtobecool ☎️ 19:22, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment: Just a note that West Texas Intermediate, 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Corporate debt bubble, and Financial impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic all have multi-sentence updates on this topic. Featous (talk) 21:15, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Modest Genius. And too many media outlets proceeding with the clickbait simplification when the single futures market was the one that turned negative. ITN should not sink to their level with atrocious blurbs like that. CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 03:20, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment So, I woke up today to find that oil is Asia is fast approaching 0, the June futures contract is dumping, and oil derivatives are closing. The notion that such is "fairly routine in commodity markets" is very false; what commodity has ever gone negative, let alone "routinely"? The notion that environmental regulations lead to this is also false; uranium is traded on the open market, has suffered a terrible bear market for years, and it also cannot be "dumped" - it never touched zero or below.130.233.3.91 (talk) 06:56, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose current blurb. If it becomes a worldwide phenomenon, then change the blurb to reflect this. Otherwise, not important enough for ITN. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Iri, Black Kite and Modest Genius. An interesting little quirk, but not right for ITN at present. Should this be the start of something larger (i.e. it spreads to most markets and shows longevity, then the question could be reappraised, but not yet. - SchroCat (talk) 11:59, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Oil futures opened around $14 Wednesday and closed at $14.23. – Sca (talk) 13:34, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) Prime Minister of Israel

Article: Prime Minister of Israel (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After an unprecedented three elections in one year, Netanyahu and Gantz sign a unity government agreement ending 17 months of stalemate (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The 2019–20 Israeli constitutional crisis ends with Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The Thirty-fifth_government_of_Israel finally approved following agreement of Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz ending a seventeen month caretaker government.
Alternative blurb III: ​ After seventeen months, the Likud and Blue and White parties reach a power-sharing agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz for the Israeli government.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ After seventeen months of stalemate, the thirty-fifth_government_of_Israel is finally approved with Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel.
News source(s): JPost, NYTimes, Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Sir Joseph (talk · give credit)

 Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:06, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment I nominated this and pointed to PM, but it could also go to Netanyahu or Gants. I do think this is notable because Israel had three elections in one year and had a caretaker government for 17 months and almost had 4 elections in one year until they finally got a coalition agreement signed. That seems notable in itself. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:10, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • I would think there should be a separate article to cover what's been 17 months of stalemate. It might require more digging into regional sources for development. --Masem (t) 18:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
    • There is one, 2019–20 Israeli constitutional crisis. As for Prime Minister of Israel, it has no updates – in fact it's had only four edits to it this year.-- P-K3 (talk) 18:26, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

      Pawnkingthree, That article was for a specific moment in time, not necessarily on the whole shebang, so not sure if that would be a good article for this. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:53, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

    Masem, We have articles on the individual elections, for example, 2020_Israeli_legislative_election. We can also blurb it to Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz form unity government after 17 months of stalemate. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 18:59, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

    Certainly some summary-level article, maybe looking at it from a timeline POV, could be made. At that level, you don't need the details of the elections, just net result and how one election came out from the previous, etc. Just something to give a better history as a summary style article. --Masem (t) 19:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• (edit conflict) Note: The story is certainly covered by major news outlets to sufficient depth, but that's only half the necessary bits. We also need a quality article with a sufficient update so readers can get a full story from it. It doesn't have to be specifically about this event, but it does have to have enough information to place the event in historical context and provide enough information to give readers a good understanding. What article are we assessing? The Prime Minister of Israel article does not have a sufficient amount of updated material yet. --Jayron32 19:33, 20 April 2020 (UTC) (post ec note): The altblurb bolded article is also not updated. It states the crisis ended on March 26, and contains no information about the current news. --Jayron32 19:35, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment added less colorful alt-blurb feel free to tweak it in place --LaserLegs (talk) 19:31, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment what changed? The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 19:31, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Ah, Sky are now reporting this as a "unity government" in the face of Covid-19. Not quite what I'm seeing here. In any case, not really interesting. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Three elections in one year with a caretaker prime minister, and heading to a fourth election, now the country will have a unity government with a PM and a vice PM and an agreement to split up and then have the PM's swap position. That sounds like news to me and certainly interesting. I don't know of other stable democracies that have had three elections in one year, so that in itself is interesting. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 20:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Everything you say may be true; but there is no properly written and sourced text in any target article, so what exactly are we supposed to assess for quality? Instead of spending all of your time arguing with people here, you could be off expanding and referencing an article we could post to the main page. --Jayron32 20:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Ok, thanks for the explanation. It sounds more like some Trivial Pursuit question ("In 2019–20, which country had three elections before ending up with a unity government?") but nothing more. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Stale? The article on the crisis says that Gantz was chosen as speaker of the Knesset almost a month ago. What about this agreement is new? The article is not particularly clear. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Muboshgu, I didn't put that alt-blurb in and the constitutional crisis was only a specific point in this whole 17 month timeline. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 20:25, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Sir Joseph, okay, but I still don't understand the timeline here, and the JPost article didn't help me. I want to support this, but I'm not clear on what happened in this agreement that didn't happen last month. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:28, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  There's definitely events today that establish a deal (see NYtimes + Guardian), which appears to be giving Netanyahu 18 add'l months as PM, after which he is to turn it over to Gantz for the rest of the term. --Masem (t) 20:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Masem, that news I can support, if there's a sufficient update to post in an article. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:32, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Muboshgu, I expanded the article mentioned in the third blurb. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:09, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment I found an article Thirty-fifth_government_of_Israel that has a good background to the whole mess that should give readers a good primer on this, I added a blurb. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 20:43, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Expand details on today's (20 April) agreement and I'd support this. This is the type of timeline/summary article I spoke to earlier. --Masem (t) 20:57, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

    Masem, done, I am working on more, but I started it.

• Support - I think alternative blurb III is the most thorough. TJMSmith (talk) 21:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  I agree, I think alt 3 is the best. Not sure if I can undo the other choices, or my nom for my blurb, but I Support alt 3 blurb. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 22:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose absolutely no clarity over what is making this in any way significant. Some fluff about a deal, some sharing, some Covid-19, nope, nothing that an encyclopedia should be promoting, perhaps a tabloid. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 21:40, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose as above, nothing very encyclopedic. Nigej (talk) 10:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support As was noted earlier, ITN habitually posts election results, and this is of at least comparable notability. Israeli politics have been a mess of late, in part because of changing demographics. The only western country with comparable instability is Italy; but for Italy this is a "normal" state of affairs. For Israel, it emphatically is not. Consider that if Netanyahu had been re-elected or become PM as a result of replacing a previous party leader, ITN would automatically have posted that (given adequate article quality). Sometimes such postings include the party details, but more often they do not. ITN also does not normally include the details of power-sharing in minority results. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 10:22, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Note: For whatever it is worth, I did add a fourth blurb, emphasising the amount of time involved and Netanyahu's continuance in the post. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 10:24, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support – but only for a blurb containing the names of both men, preferably with some minimal indication of their political orientation. (How long it's taken is a side issue.) – Sca (talk) 13:04, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

PS: One possibility (call it Alt5): "Following the Israeli parliamentary election in March, the Benjamin Netanyahu-led Likud forms a coalition government with the Kachol Lavan led by Benny Gantz." (The introductory clause could be replaced by "In Israel," ....) – Sca (talk) 13:13, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Sca, I think alt-III is fine, it has the details without getting too detaily for the blurb, it does mention names, and then the government, which is linked. I think that reads better than alt-IV. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 13:35, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Wait - while the formation of a new government after 3 deadlocked elections is significant enough to warrant posting (I dare even say it's ITNR-level, if not in letter then in spirit), this hasn't happened yet. The coalition agreement between Blue&White and Likud does not automatically mean a new government - the government still needs to win a vote of confidence from the Knesset. While this is a likely outcome with the coalition parties seemingly controlling a majority, a lot can happen between now and the vote. I'd support posting a blurb only after the government is sworn in. Rami R 13:59, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Alt-3 is my first preference, with Alt-2 as my second preference. The key element of the story is the power-sharing agreement between the two men. That needs to be mentioned in the blurb. The story is in the news prominently, AND the article that is now highlighted in those blurbs is in a good state. --Jayron32 14:00, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Alt blurb 3. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment: in principle, I think a new government after three elections is important enough to post. However, the nomination is a mess, all five(!) of the proposed blurbs are poor, and it's very difficult to work out what is going on from the numerous partially-overlapping articles. There needs to be an accessible top-level summary somewhere, and the blurb should keep things simple without casting judgement on either the participants or the time taken. Modest Genius ^talk
• Oppose per Rami R. Once the Knesset votes to confirm the unity government (a mere formality, which I assume will be in the next couple days?) then this is ITN/R, since it establishes the final results of a general election. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 19:31, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

  I don’t think it’s ITN/R. The elections themselves are, but not the formation of a government. P-K3 (talk) 01:50, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

  I would think that formation of a government is more notable than the election since that is when the prime minister is chosen. I don't know what ITN conventions have been lately, but it makes more sense to me to post government formation rather than election results when there is no majority in a parliamentary system, if I had to choose one. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 21:29, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Seems to be notable news that deserves to be posted. Another possible altblurb could be: "The 2019–20 Israeli constitutional crisis results in the Thirty-fifth_government_of_Israel after negotiations between prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset speaker Benny Gantz." Does not seem to fit in the box currently though. The Prime Minister of Israel should not be the target/focus article though. Alternatively, could be posted as ongoing. - Indefensible (talk) 06:15, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

The fact that a ("unity"-?) coalition govt. was finally formed by by avowed adversaries certainly is ITN-level news, and should be posted now or it'll seem stale. – Sca (talk) 13:41, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment There is still some uncertainty, as described here[4], as to whether the new government will be approved. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 21:34, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted a tweaked version of Alt3. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:36, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

April 19

Portal:Current events/2020 April 19

April 19, 2020 (2020-04-19) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2020 Nova Scotia attacks A killing spree occurs in the small coastal town of Portapique, near Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. At least 17 people are dead, including the perpetrator and a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, making it the deadliest rampage in Canadian history. (CBC News) (Associated Press) Second Libyan Civil War, 2019–20 Western Libya offensive, Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Turkish-backed GNA forces advance on the key town of Tarhuna in the Murqub District, capturing dozens of Khalifa Haftar loyalists and several vehicles after overrunning a Libyan National Army military camp. (Al Jazeera) April 2020 Katsina attacks Gunmen raid multiple villages in Nigeria's Katsina State, killing at least 47 people, according to police. (Reuters) Arts and culture COVID-19 pandemic in Poland Warsaw commemorates the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but memorial observances were moved to the internet due to the COVID-19 crisis. (SFGate) On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis speaks at Santo Spirito in Sassia and warns about being struck by a worse virus of forgetting the poor and of “selfish indifference.” (Crux) (NC Register) (America) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in New York New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that the state will begin testing residents for COVID-19 antibodies as the state plans to reopen the economy. (Politico) COVID-19 pandemic in California, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons California reports the first prison inmate death from complications related to COVID-19. (Los Angeles Times) International relations Iran–United States relations The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announces it has increased patrols of the Persian Gulf following a confrontation between its Navy and the U.S.'s on Wednesday, and warns that "any error in calculation on [a foreign vessel's] part will receive a decisive response". (Reuters) China–Vietnam relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns China's decision yesterday to establish administrative districts in the disputed Paracel and Spratly Islands, saying it violates Vietnam's sovereignty. (Reuters) Law and crime Censorship in Turkey Turkey blocks access to the websites of Saudi Press Agency and Emirates News Agency in response to Saudi Arabia blocking access to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency a few days ago. (Al Jazeera) Corruption in Israel, COVID-19 pandemic in Israel Over 2,000 Israelis protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of endangering democracy in the country and using the coronavirus crisis to escape prosecution on corruption charges. (ABC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe Unrest breaks out in Paris, Berlin, and in Vladikavkaz as people oppose lockdowns. (The Guardian) (Sky News) Politics and elections 2020 Malian parliamentary election Malians head to the polls in a second round of voting to elect a new National Assembly. The election has been mired in controversy over fears of the coronavirus spreading at polling stations, threats of Islamist violence, and the kidnapping of opposition politician Soumaïla Cissé. (Voice of America) 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Presumptive nominee Joe Biden wins the mail-in Wyoming caucuses. (CBS News)

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(Closed) RD: Peter Beard

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Article: Peter Beard (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Vogue
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Created by Saudade7 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Kitchawan (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American photographer. - Indefensible (talk) 04:53, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Needs references for the filmography. Stephen 05:27, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks Stephen, forgot about that. Removed the section for now, put a copy on the talk page. - Indefensible (talk) 06:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Noach Dear

Article: Noach Dear (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Law Journal
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Pi314m (talk · give credit)

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Nominator's comments: American judge. COVID. - Indefensible (talk) 04:24, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 04:54, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) 2020 Nova Scotia killings

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Article: 2020 Nova Scotia killings (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 13 are killed in a mass shooting attack in Portapique, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At least thirteen people die in a spree killing in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Alternative blurb II: ​ At least thirteen people die in a spree killing in rural Nova Scotia, Canada.
News source(s): CBC News, BBC, NYTimes, AP, Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by 142.122.141.211 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: At least 13 killed in a shooting and arson attack, possibly the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history. 142.122.141.211 (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• Strong support as nominator. 142.122.141.211 (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • FWIW as nominator, it is presumed you support posting. --Masem (t) 00:37, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support ALT and article seems to be in shaped for ITN. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 00:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Article covers the basics, and with the perp killed, its determining the why which will take take. I offer Alt2 as to note it was in rural NS as Portapique is a bit tooo obscure (but identified in the article now). --Masem (t) 00:49, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • And to note for others, it was a combination for shootings and arson, to the "13 people die" is the right wording here. --Masem (t) 00:50, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Article is in acceptable condition and is being worked on. Huge loss of life for Canada. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:53, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose / Wait the article is still lean on details, and while tragic this isn't important enough to rush to the main page. I'd like to see a full paragraph on the perpetrator and given the nature of the spree a timeline and some details about the victims. --LaserLegs (talk) 01:01, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Proving to be one of the deadliest shootings in Canadian history, and has made international headlines. Article has enough information to inform, and is being updated as details are released. Sportyguy03 (talk) 01:03, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support either alt. Making international news, and the article is decent enough. Natureium (talk) 01:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support with preference to alt2. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 01:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • You made up your own instead of posting any of the options above? Natureium (talk) 01:28, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I agree with Natureium, that doesn't seem right. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 01:29, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
      • Would have at least liked to see that particular blurb proposed here instead of having the nominator's disregarded. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 02:08, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
        • Pinging Stephen. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 02:54, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment I believe there should be reference to it being the deadliest mass shooting rampage in Canada.— Crumpled Fire • contribs • 03:04, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • We usually don't include such superlatives in blurbs. In the article it is fine. --Masem (t) 03:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Mass shooting is more common and understandable than spree killing. The current blurb seems fine. Gotitbro (talk) 09:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Agree with previous re "mass shooting," which is the usual term. "Spree" connotes an element of enjoyment or fun – highly inappropriate for such events. – Sca (talk) 12:29, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  • That's not what spree killer says, it merely defines it as the killing of two or more people in a short space of time in multiple locations.-- P-K3 (talk) 12:51, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - Stephen knows what he's doing. Let's not jump to premature conclusions.--WaltCip (talk) 12:41, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  I agree. It's obvious that mass shooting is the common term. It's also clear that the blurb was reworded so it didn't mirror (and thus clash) with an existing blurb. This really is nothing to see here territory. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 13:57, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  "Wot other blurb does it clash with?" asked William. ——SN54129 14:12, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  "Thirty-eight people are killed in ..." The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 14:18, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Check. Well, that's certainly an argument for keeping them apart, but I don't see how calling this a mass shooting or a spree killing makes a difference; the tornado blurb uses neither. Still, I'm more interested in Stephen's supervote than anything else. ——SN54129 14:27, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  Support current blurb as nominator. 142.122.141.211 (talk) 15:00, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  I meant avoiding the clash of the portion of the blurb I mentioned, not that the tornado blurb mentions spree killings. And it doesn't take a genius to see that "mass shooting" is about 20 times more common than "spree killing" for this specific news item. We all already know that admins are able to make changes to blurbs to better suit the main page and our readers. This is no different. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 15:11, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

  When they're misleading, absolutely (as opposed to, making them misleading!) ——SN54129 16:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Spree: "A merry frolic; especially, a drinking frolic." – Sca (talk) 15:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC

• Per MW "an unrestrained indulgence in or outburst of an activity" [5] which is probably more the origin where "spree killing" comes from. --Masem (t) 15:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

And let's not forget, it's also the name of a German river that flows through Berlin and empties into the Havel (not to be confused with Václav).
– Sca (talk) 15:35, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 18

Portal:Current events/2020 April 18

April 18, 2020 (2020-04-18) (Saturday) Arts and culture COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Iran parades disinfection vehicles, mobile hospitals, and other medical equipment to mark Army Day as their death toll rose to 4,598. (Reuters) Business and economy COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Hundreds of garment workers march in Chittagong, Bangladesh, demanding factory owners pay them last month's wages following delays. (Reuters) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan Taiwan quarantines 700 Navy sailors after three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on board a vessel that recently returned from the island nation of Palau. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 5,526 new confirmed cases and 888 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the United Kingdom's death toll to 15,464 and 114,217 total cases. (RTÉ) International relations COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan–United Arab Emirates relations Pakistan begins repatriating some of its citizens from the United Arab Emirates, after the UAE threatened to review its labor ties with countries that refuse to take their nationals back during the pandemic. (Reuters) Law and crime Forty-four suspected Boko Haram members are found dead, apparently due to poisoning, inside a prison in N'Djamena, Chad. (The Guardian) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons Bonanno crime family mobster Vincent Asaro is granted compassionate release and released from the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNN) Politics and elections 2019–20 Hong Kong protests Convener of the Civil Human Rights Front of Hong Kong, Jimmy Sham, warns police to expect "more resistance than ever" as veteran pro-democracy activists are arrested in a mass raid. Sham also says plans for a mass rally on July 1 are underway. (Radio Television Hong Kong) Vice-convener of Sham's organization, Figo Chan, is also arrested Saturday afternoon by Hong Kong police. (Hong Kong Free Press) Science and technology Several hospitals across the Czech Republic, and authorities at Prague Airport say they have thwarted numerous cyberattacks against them since yesterday. (Reuters)

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(Posted) RD: François Lafortune Jr.

Article: François Lafortune Jr. (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Het Laatste Nieuws, RTBF
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: 7-times Olympian, one of two people to share the Belgian record of most appearances. Article is short but everything is sourced I think. Fram (talk) 12:45, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 00:21, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Lucien Szpiro

Article: Lucien Szpiro (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Colleague website, colleague tweet
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by MarkH21 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: French mathematician, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, known for Szpiro's conjecture; more refs to follow — MarkH₂₁^talk 19:47, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment – Rather stubby. – Sca (talk) 13:53, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – French mathematician with no article in French. Nigej (talk) 21:12, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

  Yes, I found that quite strange. He has a lengthy one on the German Wikipedia though. — MarkH₂₁^talk 21:31, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Article was recently expanded and is sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 04:04, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 04:19, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

April 17

Portal:Current events/2020 April 17

April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks The United Nations human rights office says that Myanmar has been carrying out daily airstrikes in Rakhine and Chin states and that at least 32 civilians (mostly women and children) have been killed since March 23. The Arakan Army unilaterally declared a month-long ceasefire to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but the military rejected the ceasefire saying a previous ceasefire had not been respected by the insurgents. (Reuters) Moro conflict Abu Sayyaf militants ambush and kill 11 Philippine Army troops and wound 14 others in the southern Sulu Province, according to general officer Cirilito Sobejana. (The Straits Times) Business and economy The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved a transaction in which Switzerland's Credit Suisse will take a majority interest in a China securities firm. Credit Suisse will thus be the first foreign bank to own a majority of such a company since the easing of rules about foreign ownership in 2018. (Reuters) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Former England international and Leeds United F.C. footballer Norman Hunter dies from COVID-19. (BBC News) The Department of Health and Social Care reports 5,599 new confirmed cases and 847 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 14,576 and 108,692 total cases. (RTÉ) COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Syria The Kurdish-controlled area of Syria confirms the first death from COVID-19 in Qamishli; that of a 53-year-old man who tested positive postmortem. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China China revises the coronavirus death toll upward in Wuhan, where the virus originated, adding 1,290 more fatalities to bring the country's reported deaths from COVID-19 to 4,632. (BBC News) (CNBC) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates Dubai extends their 24-hour curfew by one week. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria Nigerian Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari dies from COVID-19 in Lagos. Kyari is the highest profile person to die from the virus in Nigeria so far. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reports 493 total cases and 17 deaths from COVID-19. (Reuters) International relations Norway–Russia relations The Russian Foreign Ministry files a complaint to its Norwegian counterpart over a Russian fishing trawler's detainment by the Norwegian Coast Guard near Svalbard earlier this month. (Reuters)

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(Posted) RD: Abba Kyari

Article: Abba Kyari (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
Credits:

• Nominated by Ammarpad (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Nigerian president's chief of staff, COVID-19 death – Ammarpad (talk) 06:47, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment just a couple of refs needed (cn's added), will support when addressed Joseywales1961 (talk) 21:07, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:53, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Norman Hunter

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

• Updated and nominated by Black Kite (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Egghead06 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Notable English footballer, COVID-19. Well sourced as I and others rewrote it when he was diagnosed, sadly. Black Kite (talk) 10:27, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 10:29, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Govvy (talk) 10:50, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Nigej (talk) 11:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted --Jayron32 13:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

April 16

Portal:Current events/2020 April 16

April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16) (Thursday) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic The number of confirmed coronavirus cases passes two million worldwide. (Foreign Policy) COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini Eswatini reports the country's first death from COVID-19, as total cases rise to 17. (National Post) COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria At least 18 people in Nigeria have been killed by police during the enforcement of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. (De Telegraaf) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The government extends the country's lockdown for at least another three weeks. (BBC News) The COVID-19 critical care NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham is opened inside the National Exhibition Centre in Solihull, England. It can treat up to 4,000 COVID-19 patients. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The Robert Koch Institute reports 2,866 new confirmed cases and 315 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing Germany's death toll to 3,569 and 130,450 total cases. (Reuters) Law and crime Police discover the bodies of 17 people inside a morgue built for four at a nursing home in New Jersey, United States, following an anonymous tip-off. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in India Tablighi Jamaat leader Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi is charged with manslaughter after a gathering the organization held in Delhi on March 3 was linked to 1,023 coronavirus cases across 17 Indian states. Police say he ignored two notices to end the religious event at a mosque in Delhi, though he denies any wrongdoing. (BBC News) Saudi Arabia executes a 33-year-old Yemeni man convicted for an attack on a Spanish dance troupe last year, which resulted in two dancers injured. The attack was claimed by the affiliate of al-Qaeda in the region. (Al Jazeera) Politics and elections COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fires Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta amid disagreements over the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. He is replaced by Nelson Teich. (CNN)

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(Posted) RD: Jane Dee Hull

Article: Jane Dee Hull (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AZCentral
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Williamsdoritios (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Almost stale already – Muboshgu (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

• @Muboshgu: I'm getting "access denied" on the source for her death [6] — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:14, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

  MSGJ, that's odd. It loads for me. How's this? – Muboshgu (talk) 19:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

  Doesn't work from the EU, it's a GDPR thing — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:48, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

• Found an extra reference, which worked for me. And  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:54, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Althea McNish

Article: Althea McNish (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Fabric designer Andrew🐉(talk) 17:52, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support I'm no expert on textile design but seems ok. Nigej (talk) 21:10, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:49, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ulrich Kienzle

Article: Ulrich Kienzle (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): FAZ
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: German TV personality, Near East and Middle East (interviews with Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein), political debates Frontal, analyzed in at least one book. - The article was basically there, only with zero references which I changed. Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:54, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Good work. RD ready.BabbaQ (talk) 13:44, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Copy-edited to Eng. syntax. – Sca (talk) 20:27, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

 Posted. El_C 07:28, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Gene Deitch

Article: Gene Deitch (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Tagesspiegel Prague Morning Deadline Hollywood
Credits:

• Nominated by Fram (talk · give credit)
• Updated by CherokeeJack1 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Notable animator and comics artist, death noted across multiple countries and languages. Not a Covid19 death. Article seems fully sourced already. Fram (talk) 10:50, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Article in decent shape. --Masem (t) 20:02, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. Even without being in RD, this got more than 20,000 page views yesterday (more than what many articles get when listed at RD). Notable subject, good enough article, would be a pity to let it become "stale" for no good reason. Fram (talk) 11:18, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. The article looks very good. He was a major figure in animation world. - EugεnS¡m¡on 15:23, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Added references for the last two CN tags. Spencer^T•C 21:50, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Christophe (singer)

Article: Christophe (singer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: French singer, COVID-related death. Significant lack of sourcing though. Masem (t) 13:25, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Luis Sepúlveda

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

• Nominated by Alsoriano97 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Renowned Chilean writer and journalist. Dies from COVID-19. I'm trying to update his article as it really need it. User:Alsoriano97 (talk) 17:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment Support in principle but needs some refs. Kingsif (talk) 19:52, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Largely unsourced. Hrodvarsson (talk) 23:42, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) South Korean election

Proposed image

Article: 2020 South Korean legislative election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the South Korean legislative election, the ruling Democratic Party (leader Lee Hae-chan pictured) and their allies increase their majority in the National Assembly (Post)
News source(s): Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Modest Genius (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: Some actual news that isn't coronavirus-related. The results table has been updated but there's no prose reaction yet, or description of the extra steps taken to run the election during a pandemic. Modest Genius ^talk 13:05, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Well sourced, good length. At least non-coronavirus stuff for a change. TuorEladar (talk) 14:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Decent article. The table in the section on political parties needs to clarify its source. I think it is cited in the text above but it's not completely clear. Otherwise looks good. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:22, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Worth adding. Nigej (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Election with decent article. Kingsif (talk) 19:52, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment though I question our obsession with a prose update for election results, we do tend to require one and this article seems to be lacking it --LaserLegs (talk) 20:48, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I agree. I don't think it's ready yet. Modest Genius ^talk 21:35, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment That is not a high-quality image of Lee-Hae Chen. Do we have any better ones? Rockin 04:04, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per the still-present shortcomings noted by the nominator. Also, the Opinion polls section contains only a link, which I consider to be an empty section.130.233.3.31 (talk) 06:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support per ITN/R, though a lot of commentators on media noted that the party's popularity soared due to COVID so this is somewhat related, but alas. Juxlos (talk) 06:50, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Juxlos It's unnecessary to say "support per ITNR" as being ITNR means that the merits are not in dispute; only article quality is at issue(and the blurb). 331dot (talk) 17:14, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Per Wikipedia:In the news § Updated content, needs sourced prose update on the results. Preferably, include a gist of what the reaction is.—Bagumba (talk) 07:49, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Articles, whether about elections, tornadoes or sports events, that rely too heavily on tables, charts, etc., don't serve readers very well. If we're an encyclopedia we should be presenting mainly prose.
  Undecided about this one, mainly 'cause it's ITN/R. – Sca (talk) 14:05, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

  Being on ITNR does not supersede the page meeting quality standards.—Bagumba (talk) 17:03, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

• Updated: I've added a section on coronavirus impact, a prose summary of the results, and copyedited the rest of the article. Modest Genius ^talk 15:30, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Ready thanks Modest Genius. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:28, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:43, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Keiji Fujiwara

Article: Keiji Fujiwara (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [7] (source in Japanese)
Credits:

• Nominated by Nahnah4 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Windywalk (talk · give credit) and Pokelova (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Japanese voice actor, most famous for dubbing Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, as well as other Japanese shows including Crayon Shin-chan and Fullmetal Alchemist. Nahnah4 (talk

• Weak Oppose The article is (gasp!) reasonably well sourced. But it consists mostly of tables. Once you take them out you have very little left. Needs some text. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Long list of "Filmography" but the "Biography" is just a series of bullet points. Nigej (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This is very close (surprising given the enormous amount of 'ography), and at 1.5 kB of prose, it's just there. If a Japanese-capable reader could fill in the current disjointed prose with a few more sentences it would pass.130.233.3.31 (talk) 07:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per previous three. As noted above, articles that rely too heavily on tables, charts, etc., don't serve readers very well. If we're an encyclopedia, we should be presenting mainly prose. – Sca (talk) 14:10, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Howard Finkel

Article: Howard Finkel (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): USA Today
Credits:

• Nominated by GaryColemanFan (talk · give credit)

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Nominator's comments: World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer, employed by the company for 45ish years and best known as ring announcer. Obviously needs substantial work, but hopefully can get in good shape in the next few days. GaryColemanFan (talk) 18:00, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose The vast majority of statements in his bio are unsourced. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:48, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Would need a significant rewrite/sourcing Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:04, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Currently in the ring, weighing in at "immovable object", from Shark Lick, Wyoming...Lethal Lockdown! Seriously though, nothing's getting out or in. For a while, apparently. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:52, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Still largely unsourced, and four of the cites are from IMDb as well. Black Kite (talk) 19:24, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Nominator's comment - This article is fully protected, and the content dispute may well carry on in two days when it's unprotected. This has prevented the sourcing from being anywhere close to ready, and I understand that this nomination will go stale. So it goes. Can't blame a guy for hoping. GaryColemanFan (talk) 00:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

April 15

Portal:Current events/2020 April 15

April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Mali War, COVID-19 pandemic in Mali Spain evacuates its troops from Mali after several soldiers become infected with COVID-19. The troops were part of the European Union's EUTM Mali training mission. (The Olive Press) Terrorism in the United States A 36-year-old man is arrested for attempting to firebomb a Jewish assisted living facility in Longmeadow, Massachusetts on April 3. His arrest is part of a larger investigation into a white supremacist group suspected of plotting mass killings online. He is charged with two counts of attempted arson, but is released the next day. (HuffPost) (WWLP) According to the United States Navy, a Russian SU-35 fighter jet intercepts a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft, flying over the Mediterranean Sea. (Business Insider) Disasters and accidents 2020 Easter tornado outbreak The death toll in a tornado outbreak that devastated the Southeastern United States on April 12–13 rises to 35. (WHSV-TV) Fourteen people are injured in a chain-reaction accident involving up to 60 vehicles, during the morning rush hour on Chicago's Kennedy Expressway, as unseasonable, wintry weather strikes the city. None of the injuries is considered life-threatening. At least 32 others are treated at the scene. (NBC News) (Accuweather) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States rises by 2,371 in a single day to 30,800, the highest number of COVID-19 linked deaths reported in any country in a single day, as total cases rise to 635,000. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 1,438 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 17,167 with 133,470 total cases. The latest figures include deaths from COVID-19 in care homes over the three-day Easter weekend. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic on naval ships The French Ministry of Armed Forces reports 668 sailors, more than a third of the crew of its flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, have tested positive for COVID-19. (France 24) International relations U.S. officials say China may have conducted low-yield nuclear weapon tests in its Lop Nur test site in violation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. (Reuters) According to United States Space Command, Russia conducts a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test. (CNBC) (Air Force Magazine) Politics and elections 2020 South Korean legislative election Elections for the 21st National Assembly of South Korea are held amidst the coronavirus pandemic. (BBC News) Turnout is at 66.2 percent, the highest in a legislative election since 1992. (United Press International) The ruling Democratic Party and its affiliate Together Citizens' Party are projected to win 180 seats, a record high for any political parties in South Korean history. (Yonhap News Agency) The leader of the main opposition United Future Party, Hwang Kyo-ahn resigns from his post after his party's defeat. (The Korea Times) Thae Yong-ho becomes the first ever North Korean defector to be elected to a constituency seat, representing Seoul's Gangnam District in the National Assembly. (The Korea Times) Sports The 2020 Tour de France is delayed until August due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNN)

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(Stale) RD: Ranjit Chowdhry

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Article: Ranjit Chowdhry (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo News
Credits:

• Nominated by 7&6=thirteen (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Donaldd23 (talk · give credit) and 7&6=thirteen (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Bollywood Hollywood actor 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:20, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose at the moment. First half of the career section and the filmography are unsourced. Black Kite (talk) 19:27, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Joe Brown (climber)

Article: Joe Brown (climber) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian, The British Mountaineering Council
Credits:

• Nominated by SchroCat (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: A couple of minor points unreferenced, but will sort these shortly. Now sorted. Brown was one of the greats of mountain climbing and transformed the sport in the 1950s and early 1960s. Numerous 'firsts' in climbing, and pioneered several pieces of safety equipment. SchroCat (talk) 11:10, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Looks good to me.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Looks quite complete & well-referenced. Subject apparently had an international reputation. (German Wiki's RD lists him.) – Sca (talk) 14:20, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Much improved. Nigej (talk) 14:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted—Bagumba (talk) 16:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Lee Konitz

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Article: Lee Konitz (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian, NY Times, The Independent, Billboard, Metro
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: American composer and alto saxophonist --SirEdimon (talk) 20:13, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Poorly referenced. Hrodvarsson (talk) 23:44, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Stale) RD: Brian Dennehy

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Article: Brian Dennehy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American actor. Usual lack of sourcing throughout, needs a lot of work to get there. Not COVID related. Masem (t) 17:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Adam Alsing

Article: Adam Alsing (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [8], [9]
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: One of Sweden’s best known television presenters. Covid 19 related death. BabbaQ (talk) 22:48, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support good work turning this article around from a stub, decently referenced Joseywales1961 (talk) 23:29, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:04, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Tom Moore (soldier) charity

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Article: Tom Moore (soldier) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ ...Tom's 100th Birthday Walk For The NHS has raised millions of pounds to support patients and carers in the COVID-19 pandemic (Post)
News source(s): [10]
Credits:

• Nominated by Pigsonthewing (talk · give credit)
• Created by Tabletop123 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Philafrenzy (talk · give credit) and Pigsonthewing (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Very high profile and a good-news story when we need one. Listing Philafrenzy as an updater, as two versions were started, which I have merged. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:38, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose good faith nom with regret. It's a great human interest story but there have been a lot of people stepping up during the not so great pestilence. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:46, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This would be a good DYK candidate, I'm not sure about ITN.-- P-K3 (talk) 17:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, better for DYK I know "better for DYK" is often seen (rightly) as a sarcastic put-down, but this is genuinely better for DYK and does meet the eligibility requirements AFAICT, so I encourage the nominator to take it there. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:13, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose While some major news outlets are carrying the story, I'm not seeing its appearance in the context of those outlets (i.e. the section they put it in, the depth and breadth of coverage, etc.) which indicates to me that the story has the level of significance necessary for an ITN post. --Jayron32 18:15, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 14

Portal:Current events/2020 April 14

April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14) (Tuesday) Business and economy The U.S. Department of Justice returns US$300 million recovered from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal to Malaysia. The repatriation was due for February, but was delayed due to technical issues and Malaysia's ongoing political crisis. (Reuters) Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism Airbnb secures a US$1 billion loan to stay afloat as the pandemic causes worldwide demand for its services to drop. This follows a separate bond deal, also worth US$1 billion, it negotiated last week for similar reasons. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires Officials of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine announce the successful extinguishment of all open fires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. (Deutsche Welle) The ghost city of Pripyat was left unscathed by the fire while several abandoned villages burnt to the ground. (Forbes) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in India, 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi extends India's nationwide lockdown until May 3. (Al Jazeera) COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Philippine Department of Health initiates a nationwide "mass" testing program, but prioritizes the critically ill and vulnerable. (Arab News) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States rises by 2,228 in a single day, the highest number of COVID-19 linked deaths reported in any country in a single day, as total cases rise to over 600,000. (Reuters) International relations United States and the United Nations, World Health Organization's response to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic U.S. President Donald Trump announces the United States is suspending funding of the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and its relationship with China. (CNN) China–Kazakhstan relations The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Chinese ambassador after an article claiming that Kazakhs are "eager to return to China" and "do not have too many complaints" about China's historical invasions of Kazakhstan is published on the private Chinese website Sohu. (Reuters) Law and crime COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey Turkey will free one-third of its prisoners to curb the spread of COVID-19. At least 45,000 prisoners will be freed until the end of May, with the exception of those accused of terrorist offenses, as well as journalists and politicians accused of plotting the 2016 coup attempt. (Al Jazeera) COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion Jordan bans public worship at mosques during Ramadan, and will not allow evening prayers, as a precaution to fight the virus. (Reuters) A 30-year-old man is arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after he allegedly threatened to kill his father and his ex-girlfriends, as well as blow up the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park. Explosive devices are discovered in his Upper West Side apartment. (The New York Post) (Yahoo! News) Politics and elections China appoints Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps general secretary Sun Jinlong as the new Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. (Reuters) Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign Former U.S. President Barack Obama officially endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee in the Democratic Party primaries. (The New York Times) 2020 Kiribati parliamentary election Citizens of Kiribati cast their votes in the first round of the country's latest parliamentary election. (Radio New Zealand)

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(Posted) RD: Margit Feldman

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

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)
• Created by Missvain (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Hungarian-American public speaker, educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor. COVID-related. TJMSmith (talk) 05:02, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:15, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Kerstin Meyer

Article: Kerstin Meyer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Telegraph and Swedish
Credits:

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

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Internationally known Swedish mezzo who sang many world premieres. - Referencing was poor ... - more detail in the sources, but I need a break. I referenced the composer below, - very impressed. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Good to go for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 13:24, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Dmitri Smirnov (composer)

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Article: Dmitri Smirnov (composer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [11], [12]; see also sources in [13]
Credits:

• Nominated by Pigsonthewing (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Composer. Died 9 April, from COVID-19. A notable Wikimedian: User:Dmitrismirnov. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support, per nom. Sad. As he died 9 April, I am afraid this should be moved to the date, and is probably too late. Can we make an exception for one of us?? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:51, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Unfortunately, his death was in the news on 9 April, this is not the case of a death notice postponed by family/etc. It can be posted if it can be brought to quality but we're not about to make exceptions because someone was a Wikipedian (that's terribly nepotism, the last thing ITN should engage in. Signpost or other WMF venues, sure). --Masem (t) 23:06, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Eh. "I'm not absolutely opposed to a little nepotism, as long as you keep it in the family." -John F. Kennedy

• Oppose Referencing is dreadful. Willing to consider an IAR RD exception per Gerda if the article can be brought up to speed in a timely manner. But it's going to need some work. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:00, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Neutral for IAR, but oppose for the reason that he was a Wikipedian per Masem. It's navel-gazey to do so; if there's another reason for IAR I'd be open to it (pending quality, of course) but we shouldn't be giving ourselves preferential treatment. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 02:51, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. Virtually no referencing; it's a massive BLP fail. - SchroCat (talk) 08:42, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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• What a shame.--WaltCip (talk) 15:28, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

  Life is a never ceasing string of nonstop disappointment until you die. You should probably learn to expect nothing except such disappointment for every second of existence, or you're in for a long ride. --Jayron32 18:19, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Hank Steinbrenner

Article: Hank Steinbrenner (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Post
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

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

 – Muboshgu (talk) 15:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. Article quality is not great; while referenced, it basically consists of a series of random and contextless quotes by the subject without much narrative flow and leaving huge gaps in his biography. Not really a high-enough quality article for the main page. If the article was expanded and given more narrative structure, I could support this. --Jayron32 16:50, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

  Jayron32, I cut some of it, but the thing is... his time as managing partner of the Yankees was spent, publicly at least, being a big mouth. Then he stepped aside and let his quieter brother run the show. I can add more about his business interests in Florida to balance it out, but lots of the stuff about Red Sox Nation is key to his biography. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:10, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

  Cutting wasn't the issue. You don't make this any better by removing anything. I don't mind periodic quotes and paraphrases and the like. The issue wasn't removing those, it was adding more text around them to build up a narrative. --Jayron32 18:23, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

  The trouble is, there isn't much text to add around it. His big time in the public eye was 2007-08. Per ESPN today: "While Hank was in his 13th season as a general partner and 11th as co-chair, he did not appear to have much involvement in the team's operations in recent years. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support I'm not wowed by the article quality, but I think it meets our customary standards for RD. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:40, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support While I agree that the composition of the article is not optimal, it contains that essentials of the subject's life, establishes the basis of notability, links out to other articles sufficiently and suitably, and everything is referenced. The Controversial statements section I take in the same manner as the ubiquitous Philanthropy & charity sections in articles about living royals; it just comes with the territory.130.233.2.77 (talk) 05:55, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Article meets the RD requirements on length and sourcing.-- P-K3 (talk) 12:55, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Long article, good sources, but do we need a Controversial Statements, though? Also, good linking and has the basics. TuorEladar (talk) 14:49, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:09, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

April 13

Portal:Current events/2020 April 13

April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Second Libyan Civil War 2019–20 Western Libya offensive GNA forces recapture the city of Sabratha, and the nearby town of Sorman in the Zawiya District, while seizing armored vehicles and weapons belonging to the Libyan National Army. (Anadolu Agency) The Libyan National Army confirms one of its Mi-35 helicopters has been shot down near Misrata, killing three crew members onboard. (Al Masdar News) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The Walt Disney Company reports it is entering a US$5 billion unsecured credit agreement, possibly to make up for shortfalls in its theme park division. Citibank, N.A. is the main broker of the deal. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2020 Easter tornado outbreak The tornado outbreak continues from Easter Sunday across the Southeastern United States. At least 30 people are confirmed dead. (USA Today) Fiji declares a 30-day state of natural disaster in areas affected by Cyclone Harold. (RNZ) 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires Wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, reach the abandoned city of Pripyat, 2 km (1.2 mi) away from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. (The Guardian) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 4,342 new confirmed cases and 717 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 11,329 and 88,621 total cases. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Guam COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt The United States Navy confirms the first death of a sailor serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Over 500 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the virus. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming Wyoming's Governor Mark Gordon reports the state's first death from COVID-19 in Johnson County, meaning all 50 U.S. states have now recorded a fatality from the virus. (Reuters) Politics and elections Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign Less than a week after dropping out of the race, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially endorses former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee in the general election. (The New York Times) Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign files a defamation lawsuit against Wisconsin TV station WJFW-TV for airing an advertisement by Priorities USA Action which criticizes Trump's response to COVID-19. (International Business Times)

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(Posted) RD: Jacques Blamont

Article: Jacques Blamont (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Monde
Credits:

• Nominated by Fram (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Thinking of England (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Important astrophysicist and rocket scientist. Well-sourced article already before his death. No indication of cause of death apparently. Fram (talk) 13:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• Suppose, good to go, although I must say that it's so full of awards and honours that I was struggling to find out what he actually did. Nigej (talk) 13:29, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:53, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Abraham Pinter

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Article: Abraham Pinter (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Yeshiva World
Credits:

• Nominated by 73.81.117.102 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: COVID-19, stub article, GNG tagged for 7 years now 73.81.117.102 (talk) 23:12, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose, orange tag (about notability), extremely short, outdated (nothing about his life is shown), etc. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:22, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, just a stub. Nigej (talk) 08:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Little point in nominating an article in this state if you’re not going to expand it. P-K3 (talk) 12:06, 14 April 2020 (UTC) I should add, though a thanks to User:Headhitter for at least cleaning it up. P-K3 (talk) 12:09, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Short stub. – Sca (talk) 12:12, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Not comprehensive enough. It's basically a lead paragraph without an article. --Jayron32 16:54, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - at this time a stub.BabbaQ (talk) 23:05, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Moraes Moreira

Article: Moraes Moreira (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Agência Brasil, Time 24 News, El País
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Brazilian musician. The article has an orange tag and severe refs issues, but I'll work on it ASAP. I think I fixed all refs issues --SirEdimon (talk) 19:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Refs spot checked. Added El País ref to the nom.130.233.2.209 (talk) 10:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 11:19, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted—Bagumba (talk) 11:53, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - Could somebody give me the "credit"? Regards.--SirEdimon (talk) 18:43, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

• doneJoseywales1961 (talk) 20:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) Easter tornado outbreak

Article: 2020 Easter tornado outbreak (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A tornado outbreak (satellite image pictured) affects much of the Southeastern United States, killing at least 30 people. (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post, BBC, CNN, AP, NYT
Credits:

• Nominated by Cyclonebiskit (talk · give credit)
• Created by MarioProtIV (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk · give credit), United States Man (talk · give credit) and Cyclonebiskit (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Multiple destructive and deadly tornadoes last night into this morning across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 17:17, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Article is of sufficient quality, and news sources are covering the event showing a sufficient level of significance. Checks all of the boxes. --Jayron32 17:52, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support decent article, notable event, and "storm during storm season does storm things" is posted all the time anyway. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:55, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Though not unusual this time of year, mortality is high and may increase from present 20. – Sca (talk) 18:25, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

PS: AP sez toll up to "at least" 30. – Sca (talk) 20:31, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support per all. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:50, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Only as a comment though, is that the article could use a map that has a better visibility of the US under the cloud cover (maybe needs to be a more traditional meteorological map). A USian can see Florida and Texas to get a sense, but a non-USian might not. Alternatively, an overlay of this with a better map would work. -Masem (t) 22:58, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support, notable and of sufficient quality. Can we please just get the over-two-week-old painting story off.  Nixinova   T   C   00:28, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 00:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Tarvaris Jackson

Article: Tarvaris Jackson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): USA Today
Credits:

• Nominated by Thechased (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former NFL QB, car accident. Thechased (talk) 14:33, 13 April 2020 (UTC) (UTC)

• Support Article quality looks quite good. --Jayron32 17:53, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Sufficiently referenced.—Bagumba (talk) 18:11, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose inadequately cited. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:29, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

  Not anymore. --Jayron32 20:15, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support now that sourcing has been improved. P-K3 (talk) 21:40, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support improved enough. Nigej (talk) 08:15, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Landelino Lavilla

Article: Landelino Lavilla Alsina (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Mundo
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Alsoriano97 (talk · give credit)
• Created by Egeymi (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Spanish politician with an important role during Transition to democracy. Was president of the Congress of Deputies during the failed coup d'état in 1981. Good article, but can be improved. Working on it. Alsoriano97 (talk) 12:07, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Looks fine to me.  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:08, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

April 12

Portal:Current events/2020 April 12

April 12, 2020 (2020-04-12) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan; Afghan peace process A Taliban spokesman announces the release of 20 government prisoners in response to the latter's release of 300 Taliban prisoners since Wednesday. (Reuters) Yemeni Civil War Yemeni troops recapture a strategic military base on the island of Socotra from the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC). STC forces, which seized control of the base on February 18, fled before the operation began. (Middle East Monitor) Kashmir conflict An exchange of artillery fire between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC), kills three civilians, including a child, in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, according to Kashmir Police Chief K. Vijay Kumar. Pakistan Army general Babar Iftikhar says two Pakistani civilians are injured. (U.S. News & World Report) Arts and culture Today Pope Francis livestreames the Urbi et Orbi blessing for the second time in just a month. Usually given on Christmas and Easter, this year the pope also gave the blessing on March 27, during a special prayer service for the end of the coronavirus. (CRUX) Business and economy 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war OPEC and allies strike a deal to cut oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day, the largest such cut agreed upon, starting May 1. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents 2020 Easter tornado outbreak A tornado outbreak occurs in the Southeastern United States. Mississippi declares a tornado emergency. (Weather) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Philippines reports 220 new confirmed cases and 50 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 297 with 4,648 total cases. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Israel Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron dies from COVID-19 at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. (U.S. News & World Report) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Saba The first confirmed case of COVID-19 is reported on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba. (Mas Noticia) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Italy The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has reached 19,889 people. Italy has the second highest number of deaths in the world, after the United States. (Corriere della Sera) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is released from hospital after days in intensive care. (Orlando Sentinel) The Department of Health and Social Care reports 737 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 10,612. The UK becomes the fourth country in Europe, after Italy, Spain and France, to surpass 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. (The Independent) COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia Justice Minister of Hirshabelle State, Khalif Mumin Tohow, becomes the second person to die from COVID-19 in Somalia. The state minister recently travelled back from the United Kingdom. (Middle East Monitor) Law and crime Former Bangladesh Army officer Abdul Majed is executed for his involvement in the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's first president. (BBC News)

(Posted) RD: Ted Evans (public servant)

Article: Ted Evans (public servant) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sydney Morning Herald
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:34, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose The paragraph Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Evans held various positions in the Australian Treasury in Canberra and in several overseas posts. Between 1976 and 1979 he was posted as a Treasury representative to the OECD in Paris. Upon return to Australia, he was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in Treasury becoming a branch head for Fiscal and Monetary Policy and then, in 1982, moving to become head of the General Financial and Economic Policy Divison. In 1984, he was promoted to one of the deputy secretary positions. Later, between 1989 and 1993, he was posted as an executive director to the IMF in Washington. is uncited. Consider this a support once that's fixed. Support fixed. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:44, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• @John M Wolfson: Fixed. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:55, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Short but decent article now following recent fixes Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:27, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

  Question: Can we move this article to the more accepted and WP:NPOV disambiguator "politician"? "Public servant" is too euphemistic. --Jayron32 17:56, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

  I think "public servant" is more accurate since he never held elected office and the phrase is common and NPOV enough; "(civil servant)" might be better as he appeared to be in the civil service more. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:53, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

  Doing a bit of research, it looks like the position he held was a non-political one, as noted at Departmental secretary, and it also appears that the term "public service" and "public servant" is used in AusEng in the same way as "civil service" and "civil servant" is in other countries. I withdraw my original point. Carry on. (as an aside, elections do not a politician make, and appointed politicians are still politicians, political appointments are also a thing. But it is clear from the relevant articles that the office he held was expressly non-political, so that doesn't apply here.) --Jayron32 21:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 01:59, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron

Article: Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yeshiva World News
Credits:

• Nominated by 73.81.116.51 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: COVID-19, former Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel. Perhaps worthy of a blurb. Israel has two Chief Rabbis at a time, one Ashkenaz, one Sephard. They have effective control of Israeli law on many significant issues, including marriage, divorce, immigration. 73.81.116.51 (talk) 22:46, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Referencing is quite poor. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:03, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Much of this is unreferenced. I tried to fix up the language but the sourcing needs a lot of work. Yoninah (talk) 10:40, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose until Cn's are addressed and more referencing added Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:25, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per CN tags, and Oppose blurb if those ever get resolved. There are clear criteria for RD blurbs, and I can't see this fulfilling any of them.130.233.2.114 (talk) 13:27, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Glenn Beckert

Article: Glenn Beckert (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): USA Today
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Echoedmyron (talk · give credit)

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

 – Muboshgu (talk) 20:16, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose Referenced but seems very thin for a significant baseball player. Nigej (talk) 20:21, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

  Nigej, I'll work to expand it today. Still, it's longer than a stub already. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:23, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

  Yes, certainly not a stub. Others make think it's long enough. Perhaps it is. Nigej (talk) 20:47, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support I think it is just about long enough, it certainly is referenced well Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:23, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 03:09, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Peter Bonetti

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

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

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

Nominator's comments: Lots of refs needed. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 16:59, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Large sections unreferenced. Three iconic Britains dying on the same day. Nigej (talk) 20:14, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now, unfortunately The Cat's article needs lots of referencing Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:21, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Edem Kodjo

Article: Edem Kodjo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Africa News
Credits:

• Nominated by Alsoriano97 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former Prime Minister of Togo. Article in good shape. Alsoriano97 (talk) 12:23, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support mostly well referenced. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose article ok, but worried that there isn't sufficient interest in him. Nigej (talk) 20:16, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

If notability or interest was the relevant criterion, most Anglo-Saxon people would not be cited in the RD. Here the important requirement is the quality of the article, which is indisputable in this case. Alsoriano97 (talk) 20:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure that's true. Stirling Moss has had over 200,000 hits in the last year, Tim Brooke-Taylor over 100,000, Edem Kodjo less than 5,000. Clearly hits aren't everything, but it does reflect interest on the English language Wikipedia. https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=enbaike.710302.xyz&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2019-04-11&end=2020-04-10&pages=Tim_Brooke-Taylor%7CStirling_Moss%7CEdem_Kodjo Nigej (talk) 21:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

That is immaterial. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 22:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support – Appears fully sourced now. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 22:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - article well sourced and comprehensive. Additionally, Togo is already mentioned ITN. Droodkin (talk) 23:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 06:59, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Tim Brooke-Taylor

Article: Tim Brooke-Taylor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Mjroots (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Mg27127 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former Goodie, ISIHAC panellist. Mjroots (talk) 12:15, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose with regret. Nowhere near close at this time. RIP. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:24, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Nowhere near good enough. Nigej (talk) 15:23, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose paragraph after paragraph of career with no source, many looking like commentary/anecdotes on his performances. Wallachia Wallonia (talk) 18:08, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted to RD) RD: Stirling Moss

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Article: Stirling Moss (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Independent, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by SchroCat (talk · give credit)
• Updated by MWright96, Unnamelessness (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Not known whether this is COVID of not. Needs a bit of work first SchroCat (talk) 09:56, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose as it stands. Opposite problem this time - awards, results etc. are all sourced but the main text isn't. Some of the trivial intricate detail could be pared down. Black Kite (talk) 10:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose once again with regret. Prose is almost unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

One wonders just how and why so many BLPs are so sub-standard in terms of referencing. It’s depressing to see just how many people are not posted at RD because the articles are so poor in this respect. - SchroCat (talk) 13:15, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

This is why I had begin to work improving existing BLPs from my home country. :S robertsky (talk) 13:44, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment – Doubly unfortunate in that Stirling Moss was, arguably, so notable as to merit a blurb. – Sca (talk) 13:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Level-5 vital article, and the article has improved a lot. Unnamelessness (talk) 13:56, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Black Kite, TRM, Sca, Can you have another quick look at the article. This is now there or thereabouts, but please flag up anything that still remains unsourced. Thanks - SchroCat (talk) 14:18, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support looks much better sourced than earlier today. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Reference 62 (supporting the second sentence of the Post-racing career section) is marked as permanently dead, but that's not a particularly contentious thing so I'm happy to support this in its current state. Thryduulf (talk) 15:11, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Considerably improved. Nigej (talk) 15:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support much better, well done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 15:23, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Ditto – although the 60-year-old dangerous-driving incident in the "Personal life and death" section seems irrelevant at this point. Still think he's worth a blurb, and the stolen Van Gogh blurb in the box is quite stale. – Sca (talk) 15:32, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Marking ready. I don't have strong feelings either way about a blurb. Thryduulf (talk) 16:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD, discussion can continue on a possible blurb. Black Kite (talk) 17:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Although he was one of the greats of motorsport, I'm not sure he rises to the level of a blurb (that's just going on some of the other people I've seen turned down for blurbs). - SchroCat (talk) 18:14, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb no where near Thatcher / Mandela --LaserLegs (talk) 22:33, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb per SchroCat – not anywhere near the level of a former POTUS/UKPM, or other similarly revolutionary figure. (As for motorsport, I might have voted for a Dale Earnhardt blurb back in 2001, but that would be due to his cause of death, which isn't anything out of the ordinary for Moss unfortunately.) – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:17, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @John M. Wolfson: I would say that Moss' long life and not dying in a horrific accident are fortunate things, rather than unfortunate! — MarkH₂₁^talk 12:57, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
    • That is very true! :P I meant that Moss has no qualifications for blurb status, and that the misfortune was the blurb's rather than Moss's, as you said. Either way, RIP Moss. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:28, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• No blurb His lead is clear about how he won zero championships. Still a damn fine driver, apparently. But obviously not one of the best (seems Lewis Hamilton is the best). InedibleHulk (talk) 05:54, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• No blurb he's a highly respected driver and probably one of the best in his time, but clearly not someone who's had a significant influence on the field (again, zero championships). "29th best Formula One driver of all time" is... not really that high, all things considered. Juxlos (talk) 05:18, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 11

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April 11, 2020 (2020-04-11) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Second Libyan Civil War The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya condemns the cut-off of water supply to the capital Tripoli, after an armed group seized a Great Man-Made River control station. The armed group is reportedly using the water cut-off, affecting two million people, to secure the release of detained family members. (Al Jazeera) Boko Haram insurgency Chad reportedly ends its military participation with the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) countering Boko Haram, saying Chadian ground forces will no longer operate outside its borders. (Reuters) Arts and culture Paul McCartney's handwritten copy of The Beatles' "Hey Jude" is sold in a virtual auction for US$910,000, almost six times its estimated value. (CNN) Disasters and accidents Anak Krakatoa, part of the Krakatoa complex in Indonesia's Sunda Strait, erupts. (Channel 9) 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires A village near the mostly abandoned town of Poliske is evacuated, as forest fires continue to spread inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine. (Euronews) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in South America COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil Brazil becomes the first country in the Southern Hemisphere to surpass 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, as the death toll rises to 1,068 and 19,789 total cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 917 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 9,875. Victims in the latest figures were aged between 11 and 102, while 33 people had no known underlying health conditions. (Sky News) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States With 20,071 deaths, the United States' death toll from COVID-19 passes that of Italy and becomes the country with the highest number of known COVID-19 deaths in the world. (CNBC) International relations Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Sudan's Health Minister Akram Ali Altom says that his country urgently needs US$120 million to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. While the country has registered relatively few cases and two deaths, Altom says that if it spreads, the country is not prepared to face it. (Reuters)

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(Closed) Abdul Majed hanged

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Article: Abdul Majed (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Abdul Majed, who killed Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a coup, captured and hanged.
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by 2605:6000:101B:8EDD:45D5:EB98:66AB:4BF8 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Non-Covid related, one of the most significant cases in Bangladesh history 2605:6000:101B:8EDD:45D5:EB98:66AB:4BF8 (talk) 22:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose requires significant expansion to merit consideration. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:36, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose The original conviction was in 1998, and one could argue that this may have been reconfirmed in 2009 by the Bangladesh Supreme Court. This was just completing that sentence. Basically, something we typically do not post. Now, as a strict RD nomination, that would be possible but the article needs to be cleaned up to better explain the case around it. --Masem (t) 23:42, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Majed had already been convicted and sentenced, and as repeatedly established by precedent we don't post expected "routine" post-conviction trial matters. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:37, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

  It's not routine at all, but our article doesn't tell the tale well. It needs a full rewrite. GreatCaesarsGhost 19:36, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Stanley Chera

Article: Stanley Chera (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Matzav
Credits:

• Nominated by 73.81.116.137 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: COVID-19, major NYC real estate developer, friend of Trump, his case influenced Trump to not ease restrictions 73.81.116.137 (talk) 14:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support It's a decently referenced but very short article Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:18, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 03:03, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Colby Cave

Article: Colby Cave (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Teemu08 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: 25-year-old hockey player dies following a brain bleed (non-COVID) Teemu08 (talk) 20:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Short but adequate and decently referenced. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:24, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Well-written, referenced, and unexpected death. Kaiser matias (talk) 23:12, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Stats and info box details lack references. Stephen 23:56, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Reference has been added to support both. Aria1561 (talk) 00:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support per reasons above. Aria1561 (talk) 00:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:59, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: John Horton Conway

Article: John Horton Conway (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Heise, Mercer Daily Voice
Credits:

• Nominated by 70.172.136.61 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: One of the best-known mathematicians in recent memory. Only problem is that I wasn't able to find any great sources for his death, but I expect official confirmation will appear shortly. 70.172.136.61 (talk) 19:18, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - the article still says he is alive. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 21:15, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• This looks a bit premature. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:25, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Count Iblis (talk) 22:19, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Another source. Count Iblis (talk) 22:23, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• A colleague of Conway's has confirmed the death; according to him it's a COVID death. I agree that we should wait until an RS reports it; perhaps the obits will help with the missing cites. When that is done I will support blurb as he was at the top of his field and the current blurbs are very stale. Davey2116 (talk) 05:55, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
  • He may be one of the most recognizable mathematicians in the field, but he doesn't met "top of the field" considering few awards and the like he had won. He does not compare, for example to Stephen Hawking, so this is not a real case for a blurb. --Masem (t) 15:00, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I would definitely consider him to be "top of the field". Awards just aren't that big of a thing in mathematics (and no, Stephen Hawking's Awards section isn't that much longer). Note how many broad-scope articles link to his article - he basically invented at least one mathematical field (combinatorial game theory) along with a lot of other important concepts Pseudorandomnickname (talk) 02:15, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
      • The fact no mainstream paper has picked up his death is a very strong indication that a blurb is not appropriate here. --Masem (t) 03:29, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose firstly issues on reliable sources for his death. Secondly, lots of unsourced content. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:54, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

  The lack of citations in the "Early life" section has since been addressed, so this is no longer a valid reason to oppose. 70.172.136.61 (talk) 14:40, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• A major German publishing house has confirmed [14] --Masem (t) 14:58, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support blurb Andrew🐉(talk) 17:37, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support (wait for article cleanup): I couldn’t find an RS on the day of his death and I’m glad that someone found one now. — MarkH₂₁^talk 20:44, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Strongly support blurb. Double sharp (talk) 03:06, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support blurb. WaltCip (talk) 03:35, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• For those that are arguing for a blurb, there needs to be much much much more coverage about his importance from RSes in his article. You can't wave your hand and say he was important to justify a blurb. RD is assured after a few more references are fixed, but the article and current coverage of his death no way supports a blurb. I'll point the article on Sterling Moss above , which is much more fleshed out and demostrates a clear likeliness for a blurb, and even these, the importance is not as great as to need one. We need this to be a significant tragic loss to the math community, which is not demonstrated. --Masem (t) 03:40, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support RD Sources clear and reliable enough, article in good shape. Neutral on blurb leaning oppose - if he's super important in maths surely we would've seen more articles about his death. Juxlos (talk) 04:06, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Strongly oppose blurb per Masem.-- P-K3 (talk) 12:36, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb Not to get all OTHERSTUFF-y, but if Freeman Dyson doesn't warrant a blurb neither does this person. We ran a blurb on John Nash in 2015 and might run one on Terence Tao when the time comes decades from now, but Conway is nowhere near as famous or otherwise noteworthy outside of mathematics. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 20:39, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support blurb: Conway was a very large figure within the mathematical and broader scientific community, and mainstream press coverage in the days following his death reflects this (e.g. New York Times, CNN, The Telegraph, Ars Technica). — MarkH₂₁^talk 19:23, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Enrique Múgica

Article: Enrique Múgica (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Mundo, El País
Credits:

• Nominated by Alsoriano97 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Punk Hazard (talk · give credit) and Tajotep (talk · give credit)

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Nominator's comments: Former Minister of Justice, Deputy and Ombudsman. Key figure during Transition and COVID-19 victim. Article recently updated by Punk Hazard. Alsoriano97 (talk) 00:45, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose stub with several CN tags. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 05:53, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose only because of article quality (needs some more citations and if possible, please add more information to the article) - RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - looks good enough. Redlinks have been sorted. RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 06:56, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

• Nominator's comment his article has been improved by other users and I added new citations. Maybe it is ready. Alsoriano97 (talk) 16:03, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Comment @Alsoriano97, I've added citation needed tags where these would greatly improve the articles chances of making the grade if you can help Joseywales1961 (talk) 09:35, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

@Joseywales1961, done! Check it out and see if everything is in order now. Alsoriano97 (talk) 12:10, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Sourcing has been sorted by Alsoriano97 Joseywales1961 (talk) 12:14, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:08, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

April 10

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April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10) (Friday) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Europe EU finance ministers agree on a €540 billion loan package to alleviate the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. (The New York Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic The first United Nations Security Council meeting on the pandemic is held in a closed video-conference session. (AIR) COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen Yemen reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a patient in the Hadhramaut Governorate. (Gulf News) COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 1,972 new confirmed cases and 122 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 4,232 and 68,192 total cases, while 3,969 people remain in critical condition with the virus. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The Robert Koch Institute reports 5,323 new confirmed cases and 266 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing Germany's death toll to 2,373 with 113,525 total cases. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 980 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the UK's death toll to 8,958. (The Guardian) NHS England announces two more temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients in Washington, and Exeter. (NHS England) COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium Belgium reports 1,684 new confirmed cases and 494 more deaths from COVID-19, its highest daily death toll to date, bringing the country's death toll to 3,019 and 26,667 total cases. (Anadolu Agency) COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland The Republic of Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar extends stay-at-home coronavirus restrictions until May 5. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Johns Hopkins University records 2,108 more deaths from COVID-19 in the United States, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the U.S. death toll to 18,693 and 500,399 confirmed cases. The U.S. becomes the first country to report over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day. (BBC News) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education Students of Outside Creek Elementary School in California attend classes despite Governor Gavin Newsom's order to close all schools in the state. (Boston) Kivu Ebola epidemic In a major setback for efforts to declare the end of the outbreak on Sunday, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports the first case of Ebola since February. The outbreak has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018. (Reuters) Law and crime A prison riot breaks out at a high-security prison in Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, allegedly in response to an officer beating an inmate. Large sections of the prison are set on fire, and casualties are reported. (BBC News) Politics and elections 2020 Kiribati parliamentary election Kiribati postpones its parliamentary elections for a week. (RNZ) Science and technology The European Space Agency/JAXA space probe BepiColombo makes its final gravity assist around Earth, and is now on course for Venus, where it will make several gravity assist manoeuvres before finally arriving at Mercury in 2025. (BBC News)

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(Stale) RD: William R. Polk

Article: William R. Polk (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/william-polk-dead.html
Credits:

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

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Death reported on April 10 --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 03:32, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted to RD) RD: Rifat Chadirji

Article: Rifat Chadirji (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The National
Credits:

• Nominated by Droodkin (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Notable Iraqi architect, called the father of Iraqi modern architecture, and well-known in the field of architecture. Droodkin (talk) 09:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - once citations are added to unsourced info (like the statement that he taught for many years). Meets notability and article looks detailed enough. RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 11:41, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Nice work on the references. Spencer^T•C 18:33, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Shanti Hiranand

Article: Shanti Hiranand (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ET
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Nizil Shah (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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 Nizil (talk) 07:41, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak Support Very short article but probably meets the standards, barely. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:28, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:04, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Hilary Dwyer

Article: Hilary Dwyer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Actress and producer. Death was sometime last week, only accounced by family now. COVID related. Typical sourcing issues for actors. --Masem (t) 04:06, 11 April 2020 (UTC) Masem (t) 04:06, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Looks good. Gotitbro (talk) 18:48, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Currently tagged with "more citations needed" — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:02, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Tom Webster (ice hockey)

Article: Tom Webster (ice hockey) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): LA Times, ESPN
Credits:

• Nominated by Spengouli (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Canadian ice hockey player and coach. Non-COVID. Spengouli (talk) 03:15, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment A few paragraphs in the playing and coaching career require sources, as does the entire statistics section Joseywales1961 (talk) 09:08, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted to RD) RD: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Article: Nobuhiko Obayashi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo! Japan, Bloody Disgusting, The A. V. Club
Credits:

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

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Japanese film and television director. Non-COVID death. Currently working on adding more citations to his article. —Matthew - (talk) 23:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Update: Each item in the article's Partial filmography section is now sourced. —Matthew - (talk) 01:21, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support article looks up to standard now, good work Joseywales1961 (talk) 09:10, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 18:36, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

April 9

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April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan Five rockets hit Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, with no casualties reported. The Taliban denies responsibility and ISIL claims responsibility. (Reuters) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war OPEC+ holds an emergency meeting to try to agree on output cuts due to decreased demand for oil due to the coronavirus pandemic. Russia says it has "no plans to discuss oil markets with the leadership of Saudi Arabia or the U.S. on Thursday". (CNBC) Disasters and accidents 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season Cyclone Harold Cyclone Harold hits Tonga. (The Washington Post) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The Robert Koch Institute reports 4,974 new confirmed cases and 246 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing Germany's death toll to 2,107 and 108,202 cases. This marks the largest daily increase of deaths for Germany. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 881 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 7,978 with 65,077 total confirmed cases. (Metro) COVID-19 pandemic in Spain Spanish Congress of Deputies approves an extension of the State of Alarm to 26 April. With more than 140.000 reported cases, the country becomes the second in the world with number of cases, overtaking Italy. (EFE) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan Michigan's death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 1,000. The state has 1,076 deaths and 21,504 cases as of this date. Governor Gretchen Whitmer also extends the state's stay-at-home order, which was set to expire on April 13, until April 30, and adds several new social distancing restrictions. (MLive.com) (MLive.com 2) International relations Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics Taiwan strongly rejects accusations from the World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom that it "condoned racist attacks" on him, and demands an apology. He has accused Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs of "waging a months-long campaign against him, including death threats and racist abuse." (ABC News) (Reuters) Law and crime Prisoners riot in Russia's high-security Penal Colony No 15 in the Siberian city of Angarsk over complaints of mistreatment by the guards. Fire on the grounds spread to three buildings including a woodwork factory. (Reuters) (BBC News)

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(Posted to RD) RD: Phyllis Lyon

Article: Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Funcrunch (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Phyllis Lyon died on April 9; her wife Del Martin died in 2008. They do not have separate articles as they are/were most notable as a couple. Both Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin are redirects. Funcrunch (talk) 00:36, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Commenting as I see no issue to be using the couple's page for the RD, both are discussed briefly as individuals and then their relative importance as a couple. I do Oppose only on some weak sourcing issues. --Masem (t) 00:59, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

  I've now added a number of sources. Funcrunch (talk) 01:48, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted to RD. Sourcing issues addressed. Spencer^T•C 18:38, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

April 8

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April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen The Saudi Arabian-led coalition declares a unilateral ceasefire in its military action against Houthi forces in Yemen. The ceasefire, which supports UN efforts to end the five-year-old war, will be effective Thursday. (BBC News) Syrian civil war, Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons finds there are "reasonable grounds to believe" that the Syrian Air Force was responsible for three chemical weapon attacks in March 2017 that affected 106 people in the opposition-held village of Al-Lataminah. (BBC News) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Following a collapse in print sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, The Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News newspapers enter voluntary liquidation and are to close. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents Cyclone Harold Cyclone Harold hits Fiji. (UPI) Caprigliola bridge collapse A bridge between the towns of Caprigliola and Albiano Magra in Tuscany, Italy, collapses. It results in only minor injuries of two truck drivers. (BBC News) (The Guardian) (The New York Times) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China China ends the lockdown in Wuhan, as controls on outbound travel in Wuhan are officially lifted just after Tuesday midnight. (The New York Times) COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia Prince and governor of Riyadh Region Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud is admitted to an intensive care unit after testing positive for COVID-19. It's reported that at least 150 members of the royal family have been infected. (Al Jazeera) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 936 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the UK's death toll to 7,095. (Metro) COVID-19 pandemic in Malta Malta reports its first death from COVID-19, a 92-year-old woman with underlying health problems, as total cases rise to 299. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia Somalia reports its first death from COVID-19 as the cases reach 12. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan Michigan becomes the third state to surpass 20,000 cases of COVID-19, after New York and New Jersey. As of this date, Michigan has 20,346 confirmed cases with 959 deaths. (MLive.com) COVID-19 pandemic in New York New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reports 779 more deaths from COVID-19 in the state, the highest daily death toll in the state to date, bringing its death toll to 6,268, with 149,316 total cases. (NHK) Law and crime The Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, pardons 599 prisoners, including 336 foreigners. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Senator Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for President in the general election. (BBC News)

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(Posted to RD) RD: Mort Drucker

Article: Mort Drucker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times, NBC News, LA Times
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: An American caricaturist and comics artist --SirEdimon (talk) 05:31, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

• Appears to be non-COVID related but not known for sure. --Masem (t) 05:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

@Masem: Is there something against posting COVID deaths in RD, even of prominent persons? Gotitbro (talk) 14:09, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

This is only presently for tracking purposes. There is currently nothing for/against COVID related deaths, only that per discussions on WT:ITN if there may need to be methods in the future to manage RD postings during this period during COVID, and hence I'm adding whether deaths were COVID related or not simply for ease of tracking for this. --Masem (t) 14:11, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose on sourcing - a few para needs closing CNs, and the bibilography should include ISBNs. But otherwise its close. (Notably, he worked for MAD Magazine.) --Masem (t) 05:40, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

• I sorted the ISBN's,but still oppose for now until sourced Joseywales1961 (talk) 14:18, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Minor understatement. He was the "MAD caricaturist" for decades. In a 1985 Tonight Show appearance, when Johnny Carson asked Michael J. Fox, "When did you really know you'd made it in show business?" Fox replied, "When Mort Drucker drew my head." --47.146.63.87 (talk) 16:16, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support now that sourcing has been improved Joseywales1961 (talk) 12:11, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Sourcing is fine. Jusdafax (talk) 15:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to go. P-K3 (talk) 01:25, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 02:00, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for posting, even if it only stayed up for five hours. P-K3 (talk) 11:54, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Te Huirangi Waikerepuru

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Article: Te Huirangi Waikerepuru (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RNZ, 1 News
Credits:

• Nominated by Nixinova (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Paora (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Stub, but well referenced.  Nixinova   T   C   01:57, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose seems to be limited coverage of his life. What's there is satisfactory but not enough. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:33, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment decently referenced but very short article - I will add support if the article were to be expanded a bit by someone who knew more about him Joseywales1961 (talk) 09:12, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - just past stub status. Article is sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 11:42, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Well sourced. But somewhat limited coverage of life, though. TuorEladar (talk) 17:10, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose per TRM. Spencer^T•C 22:13, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) RD: Linda Tripp

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Article: Linda Tripp (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: The whistleblower in Monica Lewinsky scandal. Non-COVID death. Sourcing issues. Masem (t) 21:23, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment I cleared up three of the CN tags. There may be other details that need in-line sourcing. CaradhrasAiguo (leave language) 21:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose A long way to go with the referencing.-- P-K3 (talk) 22:09, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Lots of CNs. --Rockin 02:38, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:34, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose This goes beyond the usual poor referencing. This is a controversial person and there are multiple unsourced controversial claims of fact in here. Potentially significant BLP issues need to fixed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:31, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Nipper Read

Article: Nipper Read (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sky BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by SchroCat (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Article a little on the short side, but fully cited and covers all the main points. SchroCat (talk) 11:33, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support per Alec Eist. ——SN54129 11:51, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Short but adequate. Decently referenced. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 12:14, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Marked ready. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:18, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 18:42, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Coronavirus pandemic in Ecuador

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Article: 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ecuador (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ecuador distributes cardboard made coffins to residents due to the country's struggle in evacuating the dead bodies which are leftover in the streets (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Government of Ecuador builds emergency cemeteries to dispose the dead bodies to cope with the COVID-19.
News source(s): The Guardian, CNN, Reuters
Credits:

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

Article updated

Nominator's comments: I think Ecuador is probably the only country to face this issue. Abishe (talk) 04:02, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose A shortage of affordable and biodegradable coffins or new cemeteries being delayed would be unusual issues to face. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:11, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Every country or locales of countries are dealing with overflowing morgues. Some are able to handle it more humanely, some not. This is all covered under the COVID header banner. --Masem (t) 04:27, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - This is not a major thing in any way. Many countries are doing unique things regarding handling the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, like Indian railway coaches and British exhibition centres being converted into quarantine sites and so on. The only good reason I can think of for posting this would be that no other country has a coffin shortage (but I don’t know if coffin shortages are notable enough) RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 04:32, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

There is no shortage, I invented it for rhetorical purposes. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:48, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

InedibleHulk, I meant shortage of ordinary coffins (and sensible places to bury/cremate the deceased, though I didn’t mention that) RedBulbBlueBlood9911 (talk) 05:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Those are ordinary coffins. You're probably thinking of the $5,000+ fancy caskets. You don't expect luxury from the Ecuadorian government (if you're poor, I mean). InedibleHulk (talk) 05:10, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose good faith nomination. This is truly appalling. But it's a sign of the times. In New York City they are talking about turning one or more municipal parks into mass graves as a temporary measure because the mortuary people are so swamped. Kyrie eleison. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Former Ecuadorian President arrested

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Article: Rafael Correa (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to eight years in prison (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is sentenced in absentia for corruption charges
Alternative blurb II: ​ The National Court of Ecuador sentences former president Rafael Correa and 19 others in absentia on bribery and corruption charges.
News source(s): The New York Times, BBC, France 24
Credits:

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

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Quite important as the decision was made by the top court of Ecuador amid the coronavirus struggle in the country. Abishe (talk) 04:02, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support in principle, this is the point of conviction, though apparently Correa will be able to appeal. I added altblurb2 as there were 19 others also charged (appearing to be part of his administration). There are some CN and similar tags scattered in his article so its not quite ready. --Masem (t) 04:36, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Most important part: in absentia. Pavlor (talk) 08:59, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose In absentia, yes, but more importantly his article has two sentences about the issue (in the lead) which doesn't really explain it at all. Black Kite (talk) 12:05, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per previous two. Murky, prolix. – Sca (talk) 13:48, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per In absentia issue. Which is very important here – Ammarpad (talk) 17:23, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Ignoring the quality/update issues (valid points), the in absentia I don't get. He had his lawyers in court (see NYTimes article) it wasn't like a mock trial, and he has the right to appeal. If he steps foot into the country, he'll be immediately arrested. It seems a fully valid trial result. Compare this to, say, the US trying to put a foreign president on trial without being able to extradite him to the US; that's just more an empty result. --Masem (t) 17:41, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

  In absentia apparently has different meanings in common law vs. civil law systems: trial in absentia. Given that I strongly advise against putting that phrase in the blurb because it's very likely to give many a false impression. How many average English-speakers can tell you off the top of the head what legal system Ecuador uses? --47.146.63.87 (talk) 23:03, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

This is a very good point, and enlightening for above commentators, but I don't think it makes a difference. One reason in absentia is shunned in Common Law is that it precludes further action at the moment of conviction; that is, convictions can be meaningless. Before this conviction, Correa would have been arrested. After conviction, Correa could be jailed. Changes to Correa's status don't actually depend on what happens in court; they depend on whether Correa makes himself available. Traditionally, ITN has posted convictions because that is the moment when impact in a case is realized, in part because the cases covered are usually Common Law cases. Should the conviction carry no impact, then I can see a reason for posting when sentencing is carried out. If so, perhaps this distinction should make it's way into the ITN instructions.130.233.2.71 (talk) 07:14, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 7

Portal:Current events/2020 April 7

April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan; Afghan peace process A Taliban spokesman says that the group has recalled its negotiators with the government in response to the latter's refusal to release Taliban prisoners. The Taliban also announces it could increase violence against government forces. In response, the government asks the Taliban not to "sabotage the process". (Reuters) Disasters and accidents A major blackout is reported in western and southern Libya, according to the General Electricity Company of Libya, which says its control teams are trying to figure out the reason behind the power outage. (Libya Observer) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declares a state of emergency to combat COVID-19. (Associated Press) COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines 2020 Luzon enhanced community quarantine President Rodrigo Duterte extends the lockdown and home quarantine measures on Luzon until April 30. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons A riot breaks out at Qubbah prison in Tripoli, Lebanon, with reports of a "number of injuries". In a separate incident, Lebanese security forces thwart a mass escape attempt at a prison in Beqaa Governorate, which relatives of inmates say is linked to fears of COVID-19. (Al Jazeera) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 854 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the UK's death toll to 6,159 and 55,242 confirmed cases. (The Guardian) Officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh report its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a patient who had recently returned from Armenia. (National Post) COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 1,417 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, raising the country's death toll to 10,238. (Sky News) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic in New York New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reports 731 more deaths in the state from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the state to date, bringing the state's death toll to 5,489 and 138,836 infections. (BBC News) Law and crime Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Australia George Pell wins his appeal in the High Court of Australia against child sexual abuse convictions. (CNN) Corruption in Ecuador Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa is found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to eight years in prison. Correa is also banned from participating in politics until 2045. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries 2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2020 Wisconsin Republican primary Voters in Wisconsin go to the polls in their primary elections. (CNN) COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns amid controversy surrounding his comments regarding Captain Brett Crozier, former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. Modly had referred to Crozier, whom he relieved of command on 3 April, as "too naïve or too stupid" to be in command following the leak of a letter the captain had sent pleading for help with the COVID-19 outbreak on his ship. (CNN) Former CNN contributor and press secretary for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign Kayleigh McEnany is appointed as the new White House Press Secretary. (New York Times) Science and technology Astronomers report, via The Astronomer's Telegram, that comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) appears to have disintegrated. (The Independent) Donald Trump signs an executive order encouraging Americans to resist international restrictions on mining celestial objects, should the situation arise. (The Guardian)

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(Closed) RD: Charlotte Figi

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Article: Charlotte Figi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): kdvr
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)
• Created by Another Believer (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Whisperjanes (talk · give credit), InedibleHulk (talk · give credit) and Penny Richards (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: The subject was 13 when she died. (Sadly, she lived a short life. This is a relatively short article, but it is well sourced) TJMSmith (talk) 14:27, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

• Delete (thus Oppose) This was a perfectly fine redirect to the story about her wider impact for six years, only got kneejerked to a stub because COVID was briefly suspected, should go back to normal instead. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:49, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment Just want to point out that about half of the sources out there on the subject are from before her death. Just because WP:RECENTISM happened doesn't mean she is not notable. - Whisperjanes (talk) 23:36, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

If there wasn't already a bigger and better article about her bud encapsulating her notable parts, I'd vote Keep (and Support). Not everyone who deserves a standalone bio needs one. It's a redundancy thing, always has been. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:46, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

@InedibleHulk: You should nominate at AfD if you have doubts about the topic being a standalone article. ITNC isn't the venue to delete.—Bagumba (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

Can't paste, AfDs need pasting. Do you want to help me start? If you also have doubts, I mean. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:50, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

@InedibleHulk: Twinkle can be used to open Xfds, such as AfDs.—Bagumba (talk) 12:17, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

I use Javascript as a last resort. Remerging this offshoot isn't that crucial. But thanks for trying! InedibleHulk (talk) 20:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Well sourced. Her medical case seemed to be well known in the medical marijuana movement. Could probably do with additional edits, though, since it was recently created. - Whisperjanes (talk) 06:00, 10 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) RD: Leib Groner

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Article: Leib Groner (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Yeshiva World
Credits:

• Nominated by 73.81.116.34 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: COVID-19 related, longtime secretary of the Lubavitcher rebbe 73.81.116.34 (talk) 21:41, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Many unsourced statements.-- P-K3 (talk) 22:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per PK3. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:46, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) RD: Allen Garfield

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Article: Allen Garfield (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): THR
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Actor, death from COVID related complications. Needs filmology sourcing. Masem (t) 04:39, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose mostly unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:57, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Still needs a lot of references Joseywales1961 (talk) 21:37, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: John Prine

Article: John Prine (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone
Credits:

• Nominated by KConWiki (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Notable singer/songwriter KConWiki (talk) 02:10, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Terrible referencing. Stephen 02:34, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Comment: Working on improving references, let me invite interested parties to help. KConWiki (talk) 04:06, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose still poorly referenced. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 07:58, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support edits have greatly improved the references since this morning. †dismas†|^(talk) 20:56, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose still got FOUR citation needed tags, and there are other bits that need addressing too. - SchroCat (talk) 21:01, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Four remaining cn's addressed by adding citations Joseywales1961 (talk) 21:35, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment the additional cn's added since my vote have now also been addressed. Joseywales1961 (talk) 22:41, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Referencing issues have been fixed and the article is well cited. Jake (talk) 22:43, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted great turnaround on quality. Stephen 23:59, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Yaakov Perlow

Article: Yaakov Perlow (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Yeshiva World
Credits:

• Nominated by 73.81.116.20 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Leading US Haredi rabbi, the Novominsker rebbe, COVID-19 related 73.81.116.20 (talk) 12:10, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support I made some improvements to the article, including removing dead links and making it more Wikipedia-quality. I hope that I helped! --Rockin 13:16, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support One or two spots that could use a cite but overall it's in decent shape. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:23, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Could of inline citation needed's tagged.—Bagumba (talk) 18:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Your objections have been fixed. Everything is now supported by a source. Kalimi (talk) 23:42, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Nice article made by Yoninah. Kalimi (talk) 19:37, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi, saw myself pinged here. I added some more sources and fixed the citation-needed tags. Yoninah (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:48, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) Cardinal George Pell's Conviction for Child Sex Abuse is Quashed

Article: George Pell (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The High Court of Australia unanimously quashes the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for child sex abuse and orders the verdicts amended to acquittal. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The High Court of Australia quashes the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for child sex abuse and orders his acquittal.
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Ad Orientem (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Probably the biggest legal case in Australia in the last 30 years. The ruling was unanimous and highly critical of the jury and original trial stating that there was a strong possibility an innocent man was convicted. Given that we posted the original conviction, and assuming article quality, I think we have an obligation to post this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:37, 7 April 2020 (UTC) Ad Orientem (talk) 00:37, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support: I agree; this is very clearly notable, and has been updated to note the quashing of the verdict. Is the article good enough, though? This is my first time here, so I'm not sure... — Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 01:05, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support though I feel there's probably a bit more reaction to be had on the quashed verdict to be had base on the Guardian's running timeline. But yes, we can post these types of reversals of major cases that we've posted the convictions before. --Masem (t) 01:08, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I agree and think it would be a good idea to let this develop a bit while the reactions come in and the article is updated. This basically happened within the last hour or two at the most so there is no rush. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:12, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support This case has attracted international attention since the beginning. This major development seems worth posting, especially, as you point out, since the original conviction was posted here. Bnng (talk) 02:35, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Not comfortable with seeing Pell described as an innocent man. A large number of people have come forward over the years and claimed he assaulted them, including a couple more only last week. They are unlikely to all be lying. This trial was on only one charge in the end. So, not legally guilty of that charge, but no evidence he is an innocent man. HiLo48 (talk) 02:43, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
  • He is, pending the lower court's submission of the acquittal verdict, is innocent of this crime. And he hasn't been proven guilty of any other crimes, so we're not going to consider him guilty of other crimes that people believe he might be guilty of. --Masem (t) 02:52, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I agree. Just saying that (probably like all of us but more so in his case) he cannot be described as an innocent man. HiLo48 (talk) 02:55, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict) In the Anglo-American legal tradition, a person has an absolute legal presumption of innocence until/unless convicted in a court of law. There were five charges on which he was convicted. All five have been quashed and the High Court has taken the extremely unusual step of stating that there was a serious possibility that an innocent man had been convicted. Of course we are all free to form private opinions. But as a matter of law he is innocent. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:59, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment: Biggest Australian legal case in 30 years? I think that's hyperbole. Bigger than the cases of Ivan Milat, Bruce Burrell, Gordon Wood, the so-called Bowraville murders, the Snowtown murders, the death of Cameron Doomadgee, the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy, Mabo v Queensland (No 2), Wik Peoples v Queensland etc...--Jack Upland (talk) 05:09, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Since we posted the conviction we have the moral obligation of posting the acquittal.--SirEdimon (talk) 05:21, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

What exactly is this "moral obligation"? As far as I can see, it's just news.--Jack Upland (talk) 05:41, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I think the argument, which is fair, is that if we posted a person's conviction at ITN, and that conviction was overturned (and in this case, in such a dramatic manner, quashing is not just a simple overturn), we are obligated per BLP to make sure to post that as well, assuming article quality is to par. --Masem (t) 16:27, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

How far does this obligation extend???--Jack Upland (talk) 23:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow the question. If we post at ITN that someone was convicted of a serious crime, and that conviction is later overturned, or in this case actually quashed with not guilty verdicts entered, then I see no "limit" to our responsibility to post that news (assuming article quality is up to scratch). IMO the obligation is first and foremost, moral. But I also believe that the obligation is at least implicit under WP:BLP. Worse, failing to do so could expose the project to accusations of editorial bias. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:32, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

In the same concept, I would say this does not extend beyond BLP. If we happened to post about the conviction against a company (for some reason), and not directly against any individuals, and that was later over turned, I don't think we would be as morally driven by any policy to post the reversal at ITN (in the article on the situation, yes). --Masem (t) 03:42, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

What about a civil case? What about a story that did reputational damage?--Jack Upland (talk) 04:36, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

If we ever posted such a civil case, which would involve fines, and later it was reversed on appeals, we'd do the same. But I have a feeling we'd never post such a civil case, the way things go here at ITN. --Masem (t) 04:55, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support While Wikipedia does not have the "moral obligation" to post anything on ITN, this is a big deal, unlike stuff such as the Delhi hangings. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 05:56, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support purely as we posted the conviction and for no other reason. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:07, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted alt1. Will get an image up shortly — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Mild BLP implications for posting the acquittal if we posted the conviction. WaltCip (talk) 10:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• I'm late to this nom, but I agree it's appropriate to post as we covered the conviction. Modest Genius ^talk 12:23, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support: internationally high-profile case. Also agree with wording of the posted blurb. Blurbs should be for a general audience and avoid jargony words like "quashed". If people want to learn more, that's what the article link is for. --47.146.63.87 (talk) 19:30, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

  Well now someone changed it back. "Quash" is legal jargon that doesn't aid understanding for most people. I think the general public, to the extent they even know the word at all, only knows it means something like "overturn", so why not just use the latter, which is a familiar word? --47.146.63.87 (talk) 22:57, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

April 6

Portal:Current events/2020 April 6

April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Mali War Gunmen on motorbikes attack a military base in Bamba, Gao, Mali, killing at least 25 soldiers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Xinhuanet) (Al Jazeera) Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom British department store retailer Debenhams files for administration due to "unprecedented" circumstances caused by the United Kingdom's coronavirus lockdown. (BBC News) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London as his COVID-19 symptoms worsen. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, as First Secretary of State, will assume Johnson's duties while he remains in the ICU. (ITV) COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 833 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day, bringing the country's death toll to 8,911 and the number of cases to 98,010. Health Minister Olivier Véran says, "We have not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic." (BBC News) President Emmanuel Macron eases some lockdown restrictions for people on the autism spectrum following the requests of disability groups. (Metro) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados Barbados reports its first death from COVID-19, an 81-year-old man with diabetes who recently travelled to the United Kingdom. (Voice Online) Law and crime Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast Police and protesters clash in Ivory Coast, after the latter dismantled a half-built COVID-19 testing center over fears that people using the facility would spread the virus through their district. (Reuters) Right-wing terrorism in Russia, Russia–United States relations In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration designates a white supremacist group, based in Russia, as a terrorist organization, and imposes individual sanctions on its leaders. The organization, Russian Imperial Movement, is believed to have trained the perpetrators of a series of terrorist attacks in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2016. (Associated Press) Politics and elections Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics 2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2020 Wisconsin Republican primary, COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Governor Tony Evers's order to postpone tomorrow's primary elections. Furthermore, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 5–4 in favor of the Republican National Committee to overturn a lower court decision extending absentee ballot eligibility in the Wisconsin primary election to those ballots postmarked by April 13, ruling that ballots postmarked after April 7 will be invalidated. (Politico) (CNBC) COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, 2020 Polish presidential election Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin tenders resignation over disagreement with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party as to the upcoming presidential election. He stated at a press conference that the election scheduled for May 10, should be postponed, while the government pushes for the election amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gowin also resigns as Minister of Science and Higher Education. (Radio Poland) Polish MPs, with 230–226 votes and two abstained, pass a bill under which the presidential election in May will be held by postal vote only. The bill now goes to the upper house, the Senate, for debate. (Radio Poland)

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(Posted) RD: Eli Velder

Article: Eli Velder (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Baltimore Sun
Credits:

• Nominated by TJMSmith (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: New article. Velder died on April 6. Local obituaries were published April 7. TJMSmith (talk) 20:34, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• cause of death not give, presumably non-COVID --Masem (t) 00:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
• Not to be too blunt do you have something better than a short form obit (which clearly came from a loved one, not the paper itself). This doesn't pass ITN. Even a statement from one of the Universities he taught at would work. --Masem (t) 21:09, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

  Here you go, from Goucher College link. PotentPotables (talk) 21:33, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

  That works (already posted but just acknowledging) --Masem (t) 00:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 23:54, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

RD: Radomir Antić

Article: Radomir Antić (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guardian
Credits:

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

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

 The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 06:53, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. A major figure in Spanish management, but there are large numbers of uncited paragraphs right now.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:29, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Black the Ripper

Article: Black the Ripper (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Complex
Credits:

• Nominated by TwinTurbo (talk · give credit)

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

 – TwinTurbo (talk) 23:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose Discography needs some referencing. Otherwise article is not in bad shape. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:59, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now. The lead needs a bit more about his music career, a couple of cites missing, and as AD Orientem says, more refs in the discog section. After that, good to go.  — Amakuru (talk) 07:38, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Discography page has been created which is adequetely cited, more info about his music career has been added in the lead section and the article overall has been heavily edited. Good to go? TwinTurbo (talk) 16:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Discog remains partially unreferenced, as well as several refs to primary sources (such as the artist's Apple Music page). GreatCaesarsGhost 18:05, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Added more references, and replaced the apple music references for secondary sources. TwinTurbo (talk) 19:43, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:44, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Al Kaline

Article: Al Kaline (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Detroit Free Press
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jimmiefoxx (talk · give credit)

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

 – Muboshgu (talk) 20:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support, Hi, how are you. Hope fine. I support it, mostly referenced. I'll try to find sources for some gaps, but the gaps don't influence my position. Regards. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:48, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment I was going to post, but there's a couple of outstanding inline CN tags.—Bagumba (talk) 02:37, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support I've resolved the tags.—Bagumba (talk) 07:42, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support too many see also links, but the rest is satis. Good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:05, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
•  Posted — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Margaret Burbidge

Article: Margaret Burbidge (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times Sky & Telescope
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Modest Genius (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Astrophysicist who played a key role in developing stellar nucleosynthesis. Died aged 100 after a fall, not COVID-related. Death announced this afternoon. I'm in the process of addressing the {{cn}} tags (most of which I added myself). Modest Genius ^talk 20:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

All tags fixed. Modest Genius ^talk 21:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Willing to help -- I'll try to find some sources, I actually love to source ^_^ --CoryGlee (talk) 20:09, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Support, please cross out my opinion of wiling to help to switch to support, I don't know how to do that. Thank you. --CoryGlee (talk) 21:12, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
    • @CoryGlee: adding a comment with support as you did works for this. If you want to visually strike out your old comment, use <s>[comment]</s>. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 21:18, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:16, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) Cyclone Harold

Article: Cyclone Harold (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Cyclone Harold (satellite image pictured) impacts the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, killing at least six people. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Washington Post, RNZ
Credits:

• Nominated by Cyclonebiskit (talk · give credit)
• Created by Typhoon boy 20 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TheAustinMan (talk · give credit), Hurricaneboy23 (talk · give credit) and Jason Rees (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Second-most powerful storm on record in Vanuatu with extensive damage reported. At least 6 deaths (21 missing, BBC says all dead tho) from a COVID ferry incident in the Solomon Islands. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:11, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support. Looks ready to good. --Masem (t) 19:34, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support As one who has been recently updating the article, I say it's quite well sourced and everything we can possibly know right now is inside the article. Hurricaneboy23 (Page)
• Support Im working to expand and tidy up the MH as we speak but otherwise its good to go!.Jason Rees (talk) 20:08, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Definitely the most impactful storm of the season.--Jasper Deng (talk) 21:14, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:12, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

RD: Jay Benedict

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

• Nominated by Black Kite (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: US-UK actor. Aliens, Emmerdale. COVID-19. Died 4/4, announced today. Article needs a lot of work. Black Kite (talk) 12:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Too much unsourced material. - SchroCat (talk) 17:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

April 5

Portal:Current events/2020 April 5

April 5, 2020 (2020-04-05) (Sunday) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar confirms the country's first case of COVID-19. The patient is a 29-year-old woman who had arrived from Ethiopia in February and is now in isolation. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies in Egypt from COVID-19 at the age of 67. (Bloomberg) COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia The government confirms its first death from COVID-19. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco King Mohammed VI pardons 5,654 prisoners and orders new measures to protect inmates from COVID-19. The prisoners were selected on the basis of their age, frail health, time spent in prison and good conduct. (Middle East Monitor) COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt United States Navy Captain Brett Crozier, recently relieved of his command of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after his letter pleading for aid for the coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship was leaked to the press, tests positive for COVID-19. (The New York Times) COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) New York reports 8,327 new confirmed cases and 594 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll to 4,159 and 122,000 cases, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti Haiti reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 55-year-old man with underlying health conditions. (France 24) COVID-19 pandemic in Europe COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to hospital 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19. (BBC News) Queen Elizabeth II gives an address to the nation, just the fifth such event in the monarch's 68-year reign, where she compares social isolation to the world war evacuations, thanks the public for their resilience and the world for unifying. (BBC News) COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood resigns after breaking her own rules on COVID-19 restrictions by visiting her second home in Elie and Earlsferry. She had been warned by police about her conduct. (Reuters) Law and crime Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Yelatma, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The suspect has been arrested and said he shot dead four men and one woman for "talking too loudly". (BBC News) Politics and elections COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. (BBC News) Science and technology Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic YouTube says it will remove videos promoting a conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19, while "borderline content" will be removed from search results. The decision comes after four more mobile phone masts are set on fire, and broadband engineers have received threats, in several UK cities. (The Guardian)

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(Posted) RD: Honor Blackman

Article: Honor Blackman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood, The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Actress w/ numerous roles including original UK Avengers TV show but best known as Pussy Galore from Goldfinger. Non-COVID. Several CNs and filmography needs sourcing. Masem (t) 17:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Too much unsourced material. - SchroCat (talk) 17:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
  • My Oppose still stands: there are still several unsourced paragraphs or statements that need sorting. - SchroCat (talk) 08:24, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Everything seems to be sourced now. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:09, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:14, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
• Waiting for a few missing citations — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:21, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

@MSGJ: - I think I've sorted all those. Ping me if I've missed any! Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 16:17, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 16:20, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bobby Mitchell

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

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

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

Nominator's comments: Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he became the first black star for the Washington Redskins after they were the last NFL team to integrate. No cause of death yet. —Bagumba (talk) 08:19, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Weak support just one cn in there as far as I can tell. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:49, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man: Ref added and minor copyedit here. Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 10:35, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Looks well sourced. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:19, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 12:53, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

RD: Shirley Douglas

Article: Shirley Douglas (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Canadian actress as well as spouse to Donald Sutherland and mother of Kiefer Sutherland. Non-COVID (pneumonia). Sourcing issues. Masem (t) 23:23, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

• Non-nominator's comment She was also Tommy Douglas' kid, eh? InedibleHulk (talk) 23:32, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for the usual reason per nom. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:45, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per above. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:50, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

(Re-closed) Boris Johnson in intensive care; Raab to lead UK

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Article: Boris Johnson (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to intensive care with COVID-19, the First Secretary of State Dominic Raab assumes leadership. (Post)
News source(s): ITV
Credits:

• Nominated by IAmNitpicking (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hospitalized over 'persistent' coronavirus symptoms

IAmNitpicking (talk) 22:34, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

• Strong oppose We already rejected when he was diagnosed . If he does die from this, that would likely be a blurb, but not just being put in serious condition to be hospitalized. --Masem (t) 22:40, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, per Masem. - SchroCat (talk) 22:45, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now. If he is forced to stand down or (God forbid) he should die, then that would be something we would almost certainly cover. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Reopen based on the development Monday night; Johnson has been moved to intensive care and first secretary Raab is to lead. Kingsif (talk) 19:20, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Still oppose Raab is only in charge temporarily. If Bojo recovers, this is a non-story. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Unless Raab take over full time, or something more serious happens to Boris. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 19:26, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Continue to Oppose. Still basically a COVID story and does not need special highlighting. --Masem (t) 19:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - We're not there yet. Let's try and back away from minute-to-minute coverage of COVID-19. It's easy to get swallowed up in the news cycle. --WaltCip (talk) 19:34, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. I hope we never have to post anything further about this, but now isn't the time to post it. 331dot (talk)`
• Oppose unless he's officially replaced as PM on a permanent basis, or if he passes away. And reclose. This isn't going to fly.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:48, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose (still). - SchroCat (talk) 19:57, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Wait for something more concrete. This is a breaking story Nigej (talk) 19:59, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support (ec) I still remember where I was when I heard that Kennedy had been shot and this news seems similar in impact. The current blurbs at ITN are all quite stale and unimportant by comparison -- the painting theft was a week ago now and the other blurbs are even older. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:12, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• I think there is too much of a rush to close this. Is there any other world leader in intensive care because of Covid 19? Dominic Raab is running the UK now. This is a huge story.-- P-K3 (talk) 20:21, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

  No, if Boris dies, then we can post. Until then, he's poorly. Next. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 20:24, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

  Pawnkingthree, this is systemic bias in action. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:25, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

  • That phrase, I do not think it means what you think it means. Gamaliel (talk) 21:23, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment What a horrible discussion, he's a human being. I'm not saying the users are horrible, just the discussion. I'm sensitive, pardon me. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:30, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Concur with closure pending further developments. [Prayers for his recovery.] -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Stale) RD: Tim Robinson (cartographer)

Article: Tim Robinson (cartographer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RTÉ (obit), The Irish Times (obit), Fintan O’Toole on Tim Robinson: ‘One of the greatest writers of lands’ (tribute)
Credits:

• Nominated by 66.226.63.50 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by MarnetteD (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Irish artist, writer, cartographer. Honors include an Irish Book Award Literature Medal, election to Aosdána and the Royal Irish Academy. Exact date of birth unknown; COVID-19-related death. 66.226.63.50 (talk) 16:42, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

• Some more citations needed. – Ammarpad (talk) 17:43, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose under-referenced. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Mahmoud Jibril

Article: Mahmoud Jibril (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Bloomberg
Credits:

• Nominated by CoryGlee (talk · give credit)
• Updated by WelshDragon18 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Former Libyan PM. COVID-19-related death. --CoryGlee (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Article looks good. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:40, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. --Tone 16:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Pentti Linkola

Article: Pentti Linkola (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yle, Iltalehti, Ilta-Sanomat
Credits:

• Nominated by Hrodvarsson (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Finnish environmentalist and writer. Exact date of death unknown, and scarce coverage of announcement in English-language outlets at the moment. Hrodvarsson (talk) 13:37, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Article has been polished since his death. The exact death date is now also known. --Pudeo (talk) 08:16, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose the list of Works is mostly unreferenced. The rest is fine. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:51, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
  • @The Rambling Man: Works section now referenced. Hrodvarsson (talk) 22:27, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

April 4

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(Stale) RD: Forrest Compton

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose career section unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:53, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Article too small with most of the readable prose being a list of works (as it's not in a table), and not much else about their career.—Bagumba (talk) 12:38, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Tom Dempsey

Template:ITN candidate

• Support Well-sourced. Spengouli (talk) 17:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support well sourced. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:47, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:14, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath

Template:ITN candidate

• Support Was just about to nominate this myself. Well written and good quality. Though shouldn't it just be linked as "The Marquess of Bath"? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:04, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - was also going to nominate, but got beaten to it. Mjroots (talk) 12:11, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose support for now. A few CN tags in place and some unsupported material towards the end of the article. I'll sort shortly if no one else does, but my missus has a list of things for me to do in the garden while it's sunny... - SchroCat (talk) 12:42, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment CN tags all gone, and media appearances all sourced. PotentPotables (talk) 13:43, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support posting full name and title. This is a noble. We should pay all due respect accordingly. WaltCip (talk) 15:55, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posting, I'll just use the name, we don't add titles. --Tone 16:03, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Grand National

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose should link to 2020 Grand National which is barely a stub. Unlike the template, it's not updated. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 22:12, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose This does not sound like it is an official "result". There have been actual athletes competing in video game equivalents, but no league is yet considering this as equivalent to the actual physical play, and this even more so. --Masem (t) 22:33, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose just a fundraising gimmick. Stephen 22:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose A real stretch to call this ITN/R if it’s just a computer-generated version. P-K3 (talk) 22:45, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• No Chance in Hell WrestleMania is objectively realer, for once. InedibleHulk (talk) 22:49, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. There was no event, this was a simulation of the event. The "Virtual Grand National" is not ITNR. 331dot (talk) 22:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

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April 3

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(Closed) Resolute sinks Naiguatá

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose I had to dig to find any WP:RS actually covering this (doing a search for a topic doesn't count, I want to see it featured), the article is stubby and light on details about the incident itself. The owners of Resolute say it was "purposeful" but the Venezuelans haven't confirmed the same and only they know what their captins intent and motivations were. Non-event on a slow news day. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:42, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality, however I think this might be post-worthy if the articles are improved. Probably pretty embarrassing for Venezuela. - Indefensible (talk) 19:00, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. This kind of thing is surprisingly routine; the sea may be a big place, but the places where shipping wants to be are small. Even US warships—which presumably are equipped with better sensors than anything Venezuela has to offer—regularly collide with commercial shipping (example, example). ‑ Iridescent 19:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
  • If this turns out to have been intentional though, that would be pretty atypical, right? - Indefensible (talk) 19:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
    • If that turns out to be the case (akin to 1988 Black Sea bumping incident), I'd support. Brandmeister^talk 20:44, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose so what? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 22:12, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. On both significance and article quality. – Ammarpad (talk) 08:19, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. This isn't the Titanic. "Boat sinks" isn't really the sort of notable world event that we should be featuring. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 12:06, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Interesting, but the only thing notable about it was how weird it was. Consider the source. – Sca (talk) 13:27, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Eric Verdonk

Template:ITN candidate

• Support - Seems to meet the requirements. Non-COVID. - Indefensible (talk) 03:05, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Satisfactory, decently sourced. Spengouli (talk) 18:11, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:12, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Constand Viljoen

Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose a cn and unreferenced awards section. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:51, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Template:Re Go take a look now. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 17:45, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

All good. Support. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 18:22, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Fully referenced now. - Indefensible (talk) 17:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - fully referenced. ^_^ ---------- --CoryGlee (talk) 17:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 18:48, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bill Withers

Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose too much unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:52, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Noting he did die on March 30 but only now his family made news of it. With rate of RDs, would be buried in the current list. (See WT:ITN for ideas/suggestions for trying to deal w/ situation) --Masem (t) 15:30, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

  Per WP:ITNRD, we should use the announce date in this case.—Bagumba (talk) 16:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Nearly all refernced; the remainder should be finished shortly - SchroCat (talk) 18:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD Referencing looks complete, nice work. Spencer^T•C 22:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

April 2

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(Posted) RD: Juan Giménez

Template:ITN candidate

• Comment Still a few CNs but I've expanded and sourced it much better since nom. --Masem (t) 14:51, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Fixed remaining CNs, should be ready to go. --Masem (t) 04:01, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 12:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Logan Williams

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose. With all respect to his recent death, this teen is not notable in the WP:N sense. All coverage of him is about his recent death, not about his life or short career. He shouldn't even have an article, never mind be featured on ITN. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 05:58, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• If you think he doesn't meet notability, please go ahead and PROD - but since the career section is longer than the death one, and there's sources from 2014, and he won awards for acting, and literally every major film and TV news outlet in North America reported on his death... I don't think it will go very well. Kingsif (talk) 15:06, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• I've taken it to AfD. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 18:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose echoing Chaos - while he is "in the news", the article was just created today and has a total of three editors. While that isn't an absolute negative, it's a major contra-indication, and unfortunately when over three-quarters of the sources regard his death, that's not a good sign either. -- a lad insane (channel two) 09:43, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment ITN/RD doesn't really care how old or under-edited an article is. If it's satisfactory and the person is notable, it can be posted. I was expecting more arguments about privacy of a teenager's family than about newness. Kingsif (talk) 15:06, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Comment Yeah, I was going to comment about that as well, but every source in that article that's actually about him is about his death (WP:BIO1E), so I'm sceptical as to whether he passed WP:GNG as well. Black Kite (talk) 16:49, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Not all of them. Most of them, but not all. Kingsif (talk) 19:19, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Louis J. Gill

Template:ITN candidate

• Support - Article is sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 03:08, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Doesn't appear to pass WP:NPOL to me. Only two sources about him are local paper. Notability tag added. Black Kite (talk) 16:07, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

  Template:U, he absolutely meets NPOL as a U.S. state legislator. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:35, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Sorry, missed the bit about the New Jersey state legislature. Black Kite (talk) 19:09, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 03:07, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Patricia Bosworth

Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose - Not ready per nominator. - Indefensible (talk) 03:04, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Aaron Rubashkin

Template:ITN candidate

• Comment: Article needs to be updated. Spencer^T•C 14:31, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose no mention of death in the article, which itself is just about passable. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:53, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Noted death with 2 refs, moved from April 3 to April 2. - Indefensible (talk) 16:58, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 02:39, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Goyo Benito

Template:ITN candidate

• Weak support what's there is fine, but what dismal coverage of such a huge career at Real Madrid. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:54, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support short but well sourced - agree with The Rambling Man we have vast pages on the likes of Reality TV "Stars" and an icon like gets a brief mention. Joseywales1961 (talk) 15:10, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Template:Added—Bagumba (talk) 15:47, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bernardita Catalla

Template:ITN candidate

• COVID-related death --Masem (t) 14:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - still on the short side, but article is sourced. TJMSmith (talk) 13:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Reads like WP:PROSELINE, but seems to meet the requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 18:14, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support - seems good enough for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 21:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 02:32, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Eddie Large

Template:ITN candidate ====

• Comment wait and see what the current 'Heavy Editing' does, currently 3 cns and 2 orange tags Joseywales1961 (talk) 11:52, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• I suspect it will be easily sourced when the obits come out. Black Kite (talk) 12:28, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• All cited now. Black Kite (talk) 15:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Properly referenced now per Black Kite above, seems to meet the requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 15:32, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support now as per User:Black Kite Joseywales1961 (talk) 16:36, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Well sourced. Great work! --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 16:38, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Great loss. +Great work all round. ——SN54129 16:41, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support per all the above. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 18:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 02:34, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: William Frankland (allergist)

Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose not updated, death not referenced. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 10:38, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per TRM. Joseph2302, what on earth makes you think Template:Em of all things is a reliable source for anything, let alone something as sensitive as a death? ‑ Iridescent 10:49, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Template:U WP:SELFPUB, although I notice now it wasn't a post from their own Twitter, so that doesn't apply. I'll work on updating and wait for proper confirmation. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:33, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

  That's an interesting question actually. The Tweet is from the verified account of Dan Snow, who is a notable historian. Does that qualify as a reliable source? If the same author wrote about the death in the Guardian then we would count it, but maybe not on Twitter? I actually don't know the answer to that question.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

The phrase "published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy" is pertinent. We have no reason to believe Snow's tweets are checked by anyone, and while online sources can sometimes be described as "published," tweets clearly lack the permanence implied by the word. GreatCaesarsGhost 13:58, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps five years ago I would have agreed with you, but with our current administration in the U.S. having a penchant for announcing policy decisions via tweet, and with of course the unwritten credo of the Internet being "what you put on the Internet stays there forever", it's becoming more and more difficult to characterize tweets as ephemeral.--WaltCip (talk) 14:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Even when Trump makes declarations via twitter, we have third-party RSes that pick up on it to confirm/corroborate. That's what we'd want here. --Masem (t) 14:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Added a source confirming death. Updated article with a few refs, should meet requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Now we have a source confirming the death, I don't see any other issues.-- P-K3 (talk) 22:54, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 02:36, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

April 1

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(Posted) RD: Edward L. Feightner

Template:ITN candidate

• User:TJMSmith, please review if you are available. This subject meets notability and the article is well written. Feightner's death was on the 1st but source was published on the 3rd, it would be a shame if he missed the list by a day or few hours. - Indefensible (talk) 03:20, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support- Article is in depth but seems sourced. Rated B class. I added one inline citation needed tag, but it's a strong article overall. TJMSmith (talk) 03:31, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support, excellent quality. The New York Times also published a news obit today. Connormah (talk) 17:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
• Template:Added using April 3 announce date.—Bagumba (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Cristina (singer)

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Weak oppose needs one more ref. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 14:57, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Ref added (The Times!). Fram (talk) 15:22, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Her full name should be used I think, "Cristina" is a very common name. - Indefensible (talk) 17:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Opened a move request to Cristina Monet-Palaci. - Indefensible (talk) 17:25, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
    • I don't think it needs to be moved, but in terms of posting to ITN, based on the Cristina disamb. page, definitely use the full name. --Masem (t) 17:26, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
      • For the avoidance of doubt, her name at the time of her death was Cristina Monet Zilkha, not Cristina Monet-Palaci. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:55, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Mahmoud Zakzouk

Template:ITN candidate

• Support satis. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:00, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 17:06, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bucky Pizzarelli

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• Weak support just a single citation missing there... The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 15:01, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Replaced the cn tag w/ a ref. - Indefensible (talk) 16:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 17:06, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks for posting Amakuru, sadly it looks like Pizzarelli was only up for 5 hours. - Indefensible (talk) 22:28, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Zoltán Peskó

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• Support – Copy-edited. Looks OK. Notable musician. – Sca (talk) 17:13, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Insufficient depth of coverage unfortunately. It meets bare minimum standards describing some of the works he conducted through 1989, but after that it's basically a list of positions he held ("resume in prose format"). Spencer^T•C 14:22, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

At 330 words, it's just enough for an RD of a non-Anglo musician. – Sca (talk) 15:26, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose for now - per Template:U, most of the article currently is resume-style, with no discussion of the significance of the work he did. Just a bit more detail on the later part of his career and it would be OK.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:09, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

  A bit frustrating to read that now, instead of yesterday. Instead of expanding "him", I put effort in what I hoped might become GA, but no (and I knew it), and in Hertha Töpper for whom it's too late anyway. Looks like it's almost too late for him as well. A bit frustrating, but I'll try. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

There's really no point in postponing this one any further. These days, no single RD is worth nitpicking ... er, to death ... if it's reasonably informative and documented, as this one is. – Sca (talk) 20:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

• Posted. I've added extra detail to his roles at the Rhein Oper and at the Lisbon opera so it's fine to go now. There are now eight RD entries, but none have super-long names and all posted within the past 24 hours so seems OK to WP:IAR on that. Apologies to Gerda for the late opposes a day after the nomination, but just because these are strange times doesn't mean the main-page standards have changed. Rather than dismissing Spencer's concern above, it's better to just resolve the issues as I've done. Many thanks Gerda for another informative article.  — Amakuru (talk) 20:40, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ellis Marsalis Jr.

Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose Some unsourced prose and large discography is largely uncited.—Bagumba (talk) 06:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

  I've sourced the discography.—Bagumba (talk) 12:01, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose per above. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:54, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support r.e. notability, once sourcing etc. is resolved: Once the article is in good enough shape to address concerns, I think the patriarch of the Marsalis jazz family is certainly RD-worthy. KConWiki (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

  Please note that, per RD policy, having an existing Wikipedia article is enough to be RD-worthy. All that matters is that article quality (especially things like comprehensiveness and referencing and not having any major issues) with regards to posting in RD. --Jayron32 17:58, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support. I added 2 refs for 3 facts, and don't see anything missing now. Please check, Bagumba, TRM, all. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:46, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Influential cultural figure. – Sca (talk) 13:34, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment A Cn tag was removed without explanation by Template:U. I've restored it, as it's still unresolved.—Bagumba (talk) 15:20, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

  I found a ref saying something similar, - perhaps someone who knows the subject better rephrase what the article says? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support Remaining issues resolved.—Bagumba (talk) 16:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 17:06, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Stale) RD: Kevin Duffy

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• Oppose Multiple cn tags. Hrodvarsson (talk) 01:42, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose tagged. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Not ready yet per above. - Indefensible (talk) 04:39, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Stale) RD: Adam Schlesinger

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• Oppose too many unreferenced claims. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:55, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Still needs referencing improvement. - Indefensible (talk) 04:38, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Whiting Petroleum Corporation

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• Oppose lots of businesses going out of business at the moment. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 21:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Not notable enough and should be covered under 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war, which is linked through the coronavirus banner. But good nomination, glad to see more coverage of companies. - Indefensible (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose stub, small company. We posted a painting that was stolen because of COVID-19 so that excuse has been exposed as utter horse shit, but this article is not really main page ready. Thanks for the nom Elijahandskip I too appreciate more business news. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - As per most large companies, declaration of bankrupcy, while still a bad sign, is a means to be able to releverage debt and other financing and at least continue to operate. --Masem (t) 22:48, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Branislav Blažić

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• Weak oppose still a [cn] in there but mainly okay. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:56, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
  • The Rambling Man, cn tags have been addressed on this article. - Indefensible (talk) 18:26, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Sourcing looks fine.-- P-K3 (talk) 23:08, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 02:19, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) April 1 cancelled

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• Oppose - nom needs a reliable source. Mjroots (talk) 17:53, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose This is not a formal event such as Wimbledon or the Olympics, so it can't truly be "canceled". If this is intended as an April Fool's Day thing, please do realize that we don't do April Fools (EDIT: in the mainspace) outside of DYK. I thank you for your nom but please really think of notability before nominating more articles. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:29, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

  No, that's patently untrue. We often have spoof AFDs (e.g. delete the main page) or RFAs. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

  Yep, POTD ran a humorous entry last year, and I'm sure if someone had a true but funny TFA then that could be run as well. The pages linked below are not policy either.  — Amakuru (talk) 19:44, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

  • Apologies, I misspoke. I meant, and thought I had implied, that we don't do such things in the mainspace; humorous stuff like spoof RfAs and AfDs are in projectspace. In any event we don't ever do outright spoofs in the mainspace (other than possibly deliberately-misleading DYKs); that POTD is funny but true, so isn't what I had in mind. A spoof TFA that combined Harry Trumans was voted down in 2018, and given that we didn't cancel the DYK April Fools my oppose still stands. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 19:59, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
    • But like the other jokes, this is being conducted outside mainspace and would never impact mainspace as it's absurd. I think a little chilling out is required. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 20:54, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Did not know about the WP:APRILFOOLS policy, I appreciate Count Iblis's joke though. - Indefensible (talk) 18:53, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Actual policy seems to be at WP:FOOLS. - Indefensible (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – Some yrs ago I nominated my 'Van Gogh' (see end of Nom. 7.6 below) at WP:FPC, but it failed to fly, verdamme! – Sca (talk) 20:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Not even kidding. Cancellations based on fear of spreading a disease are a dime a dozen, but companies and governments agreeing with the Internet about avoiding jokes is seriously new and unusual. This goes beyond the standard respiratory infection logic to something way more deeply wrong with the virtual human condition (though there are fortunately better sources than The Verge documenting this global buzzkill). InedibleHulk (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

That said, target article's unupdated. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Wimbledon cancelled

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose And there will be no Major League Baseball games in April for the first time since 1883. We're not posting all of these cancellations. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:30, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose With the exception of the Belarus Premier League who have announced an intention to soldier on, virtually every major sporting contest in the world has been cancelled or postponed. Why should we single out this one? ‑ Iridescent 17:47, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Not obviously more significant than many other cancellations. Nigej (talk) 17:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose would be more significant if we posted something that wasn't cancelled by the virus. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:47, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Nur Hassan Hussein

Template:ITN candidate

• Support satis. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:49, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Decent article. Adequately sourced. No issues. Marking as ready. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:02, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Support per above. TJMSmith (talk) 20:45, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support Looks good. Gotitbro (talk) 00:19, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
• Template:Added—Bagumba (talk) 07:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)