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March 31

Portal:Current events/2018 March 31

March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in the United Kingdom Police in London announce the arrest on March 29 of a 19-year-old man suspected of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism. (Time 107.5fm) Syrian Civil War, Siege of Eastern Ghouta, Rif Dimashq offensive (February 2018–present) The Syrian Army declares that the Eastern Ghouta towns of Arbin, Zamalka, Jobar, and Ein Tarma are vacated of rebel fighters. Except for the town of Douma, which is facing an ultimatum, the government controls most of the area around the capital Damascus. (AP via The New Zealand Herald) Arts and culture General Conference (LDS Church) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces the elevation of Brazilian Ulisses Soares and Chinese American Gerrit W. Gong to the church's top leadership group, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. They are respectively the first Latin American and first man of Asian descent to serve in this role. (AP via Yahoo!) LDS President Russell M. Nelson announces that High Priests Quorum will be merged into Elders Quorum. (Daily Herald) A man attempts Seppuku at Nankang Software Park in Taiwan, apparently in response to the final public appearance of online celebrity Zhou 'Dora' Yingxin. (Kotaku) Disasters and accidents U.S.-based automobile manufacturer Tesla confirms that one of their Model X cars was placed into Autopilot mode moments before a fatal crash in California, United States. Tesla's Autopilot system is not intended to operate independently and as such the driver is meant to have their hands on the wheel at all times. The recorder of the system logged that the driver did not have their hands on the wheel at the time of the crash. (BBC) Updated analysis by the European Space Agency and Aerospace Corporation suggests that the derelict Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will crash on tomorrow evening or the day thereafter in the morning. Although the prediction remains highly uncertain, the station may impact around Africa. (Space.com) A fire destroys four World Food Programme warehouses in Hudaydah, Yemen, which contained 50 tonnes of food as well as fuel and mattresses. (BBC) Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom reopens after a shuttle bus fire. (The Guardian) In Japan, Kyushu Electric Power shuts down their Genkai Nuclear Power Plant because of a steam leak less than a week after being restarted for the first time in seven years. (The Mainichi) An explosion at a market in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, kills one person and injures three others. (Tolo News) A bulldozer damages a gas line with a subsequent explosion at a construction site in al-Jalala mountain, Egypt, killing two people and wounding nine more. (The Egypt Independent) A hotel collapses in Indore, India, killing at least 10 people. (CNBC) A fairground ride collapses in Neuville-sur-Saône, central France. Occupied pods attached to the ride fall to the ground, ejecting some riders, with one man dead. (Channel News Asia) 2018 Balikpapan oil spill As workers attempt to clean up an oil spill, a fire breaks out off the coast of Borneo near Balikpapan, Indonesia, killing at least two fishermen. Search and rescue personnel evacuate all 20 crew from a nearby ship. (AFP via Channel News Asia) International relations Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal The United Kingdom Foreign Office considers a consular request from the government of Russia for visitation with Yulia Skripal, the daughter of poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal. (The Guardian) The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency claims a Vietnamese fishing vessel tried to ram one of their boats when they tried to detain it for illegally entering and fishing from Malaysian waters. (The Sun Daily) 2018 Gaza border protests Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of responsibility for the deaths of 16 protestors at the border with Gaza. Israel accuses Palestinian terrorists of using civilians as human shields. A video begins circulating on social media appearing to show an unarmed teenager being shot. (Bloomberg) Israel claims to have identified ten of the dead as members of terrorist organisations, and publishes a list of their names and the groups Israel says they belonged to. (The Times of Israel) An unknown source supposedly leaks a report from the German defence ministry which suggests the nation's Tornado fighter jets may not meet NATO requirements for secure encrypted communications and are therefore potentially unsuitable for NATO missions. (Reuters) The French ambassador to Italy is summoned to the Italian foreign ministry to explain an incident in which French police cross over the sovereign border of Italy, enter a migrant clinic in Turin, and force a refugee to take a urine test. (BBC) In order to make sea room for expanding berthing facilities in Trincomalee Harbour, the Sri Lankan navy raises the SS Sagaing, a British passenger ship sunk when it was bombed in an April 1942 Japanese air strike during World War II. (BBC) Law and crime Crime in Russia The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detains Ziyavudin Magomedov, his brother Magomed Magomedov, and the chief executive of the Summa Group on charges of embezzlement of public funds and criminal association. A Moscow court orders Ziyavudin Magomedov, one of the richest Russians, to remain in pre-trial custody until May 30. (TASS), (Reuters) Human rights in Turkey The Law Society of England and Wales issues a report claiming that Turkey has prosecuted 1,539 lawyers since the 2016 coup d'état attempt. The report states that 580 people still remain incarcerated with 103 more having received prison sentences. (The Law Gazette) In Madarganj Upazila, Jamalpur, Bangladesh, a group of between 70 and 80 people from one faith of mosque attack an inauguration ceremony for another faith of mosque, resulting in at least 20 injured. (The Rabwah Times) Politics and elections Sierra Leonean general election, 2018 The second round of a general election begins in Sierra Leone with a tight race expected between the People's Party and the All People's Congress. Incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office. (The Guardian) Botswanan President Ian Khama steps down and hands power over to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi. (Africa News) Science and technology The current largest cruise ship in the world Royal Caribbean International's $1.35 billion MV Symphony of the Seas commences its maiden voyage. (USA Today) Sports 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The Michigan Wolverines and the Villanova Wildcats advance to the National Championship Game after defeating the Loyola Ramblers and Kansas Jayhawks in the Final Four. (CBS Sports)

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[Posted] RD: Margarita Carrera

Article: Margarita Carrera (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Dumelow (talk · give credit)
• Updated by FlyingAce (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 perhaps a little short but has been updated and sourcing seems OK Dumelow (talk) 09:14, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose One of the main references is a WordPress.Zigzig20s (talk) 09:37, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Support Problem solved.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:08, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. The bio needs expanding. The bibliograpy is unsourced. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:41, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment I'll try to improve with local sources. –FlyingAce^✈hello 17:23, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose "selected works" is unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:59, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• @The Rambling Man: Newbie question – would adding the ISBN be sufficient, or do we need a RS stating these works were authored by her? I am honestly not sure about the correct way to source lists of works. Thank you! –FlyingAce^✈hello 16:52, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

• Yes, ISBNs are usually considered acceptable from a verifiability and RS perspective. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:41, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

• P.S. I do realize that the existing sources are problematic as well – I'm currently looking for better sources to replace the Wordpress blog. –FlyingAce^✈hello 16:53, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

• Comment I have sourced her works, replaced the Wordpress ref with more reliable sources, and cited most of her awards (and removed the ones I couldn't find a RS for). @Zigzig20s, Espresso Addict, and The Rambling Man: Would you mind taking another look? –FlyingAce^✈hello 21:12, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Thanks, FlyingAce. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:11, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Peg Lautenschlager

Article: Peg Lautenschlager (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Dumelow (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 has been updated and appears to be fully referenced Dumelow (talk) 09:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose electoral history section has no refs. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:58, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi The Rambling Man, I have now added reliable references for these results - Dumelow (talk) 21:46, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Support good enough for me now! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:50, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support g2g. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:52, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:33, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Chris Edwards

Article: Chris Edwards (boxer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, World Boxing
Credits:

• 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: British national boxing champion. Pretty well sourced now. Black Kite (talk) 12:51, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support references aren't well written and some are out of order, but it's good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:23, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks OK now. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:48, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Spencer^T♦C 19:51, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] 2018 Land Day incidents

Article: 2018 Land Day incidents (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Admittedly, I'm struggling to think of a blurb that is both succinct and neutral (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Clashes kill 16 at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Clashes kill 17 Palestinian protesters and injure more than 1,400 others at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Alternative blurb III: ​ Clashes at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip leave 17 Palestinian protesters dead and over 1,400 others injured.

It seems like an entry of some kind for the 2018 Land Day incidents would be in order, if anyone can come up with a suitable blurb. 89.240.143.247 (talk) 21:20, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support this has been trending on social media yet failing to break any mainstream news (how curious) but it's a significant clampdown and attack. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:22, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Possible blurb Clashes kill 16 at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. 89.240.143.247 (talk) 21:27, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Added  Nixinova  T  C  01:20, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support - per TRM, and support proposed blurb, which I find to be phrased quite neutrally. I’d support a mention of the now 17 Palestinian protesters that died, actually, but this blurb should be acceptable. Jusdafax (talk) 21:42, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment this can't go up with a list of the dead. That's silly. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Referenced. Sherenk1 (talk) 04:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support - It's an important event. Oranjelo100 (talk) 05:24, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - I would clarify 16 (now 17) Palestinians died so no one concludes both sides sustained the same casualties. Other than that, I support - this major event and don't find the dead to be "silly".TheGracefulSlick (talk) 05:37, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support َA major even with significant toll in a day. Moreover, as per TheGracefulSlick, the blurb needs to include 16 Palestinians! --Mhhossein ^talk 06:51, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support. This is actual news, as opposed to whatever this ridiculous cricket ball-molestation story is. Sandstein 10:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• You mean the biggest story for years about the second-biggest sport in the world? Black Kite (talk) 10:10, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• The one that's no longer in the news, that's right. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:41, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• I think Sandstein needs to stop being a dick here. His edits are becoming disruptive here and if they continue I will seek for him to be topic-banned. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:57, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• Support. All over the news, will run for a while. Black Kite (talk) 10:10, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment The article is level 4 edit protected or somesuch, I've asked that the list of victims be refed or deleted but it's gone no where. Maybe someone here with the right barnstars and flags can go and clean that up so we can post it. Without that section it's easily as long as the slew of other irrelevant disaster stories which are routinely posted. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:41, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• There is an unsourced paragraph, in addition to the above mentioned issue with the victim list. When those two issues are resolved, I support. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:30, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

@Muboshgu and LaserLegs: I tried to add some citations and fix the raised issues. --Mhhossein ^talk 20:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Indeed it is fixed. I now Support as it's ready. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I still don't think a list of the individuals is encyclopedic but it's refed so support GTG --LaserLegs (talk) 23:24, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

• Blurb suggestion: Clashes kill 17 Palestinian protesters and injures 1,416 others at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. --Mhhossein ^talk 20:59, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
  • I'll add that as an altblurb for an WP:UNINVOLVED admin to post. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:08, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
    • I fixed that suggestion to something that might be acceptable in written English and moderately future-proofed. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:22, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Another possible blurb Clashes kill 17 Palestinians and injure more than 1,400 others during protests at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Suggesting this form because Israel would strongly dispute the claim these were all merely protestors, and is accusing the majority of the dead of terrorism. -- BobTheIP editing as 89.240.143.247 (talk) 21:45, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support Lots of people involved; newsworthy.  Nixinova  T  C  21:49, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support altblurb 2 & 3 - I'm amazed this hasn't been posted yet. No need to whitewash this. The fact that the people killed are Palestinians needs to be in the blurb. --39.57.233.22 (talk) 07:54, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment anyone here to post this? It's been ready for a couple of days now. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Alt3. Spencer^T♦C 19:46, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• not 3: I would leave out the number injured because it is not independently verified, and including it supports the Hamas POV. OtterAM (talk) 22:30, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Excluding it supports the IDF POV. Here is the thing, it's cited to reliable sources. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

March 30

Portal:Current events/2018 March 30

March 30, 2018 (2018-03-30) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in Pakistan A bomb targeting police in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, kills three people and injures five others. (Geo News) Syrian Civil War A roadside bomb in Syria kills one British and one U.S. soldier and injures five more coalition personnel. It is the first death of a British soldier fighting ISIL. (The Telegraph) The government of Turkey rejects the government of France's offer to mediate in the conflict between Turkish armed forces and Kurdish YPG militia in Syria. (BBC) 2018 Gaza border protests On Land Day, the start of a planned six-week protest at the Israeli-Gazan border involving tens of thousands of Palestinians, Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians and wound over 1,100 others as tens of thousands of protestors approach the border fence. (The Times of Israel), (Reuters) Terrorism in Italy In the latest in a series of raids, Italian authorities detain 19-year-old Ilyass Hadouz in Fossano on suspicion of pro-ISIL extremism. (Euronews) National counter-terror prosecutor Federico Cafiero de Raho states that an estimated 50 people have returned to Italy after fighting with the Islamic State. (ANSA) Aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting A United States court jury in Florida finds the widow of Omar Mateen not guilty of assisting her husband in the June 2016 attack that killed 49 people. (CNN) Terrorism in Germany Police in Germany announce that earlier this week they detained four Syrian nationals on suspicion of arson and attempted murder over a Turkish Muslim mosque firebombing in Ulm. Police say the attack "may have been politically motivated". (The Local) Disasters and accidents A bus carrying migrant workers from Myanmar catches fire near Bangkok, Thailand, killing twenty people and injuring one other. (Evening Standard) Stansted Airport in the United Kingdom is evacuated after a bus catches fire outside the main terminal. (The Telegraph) A hot air balloon hits a tree near Sydney, Australia, wounding 16 people. (Sky News) An overloaded bus carrying migrants from Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan crashes into a light pole on the Igdir-Kars highway in Turkey and catches fire. A second bus hits some of the ejected passengers, killing at least 17 people and wounding 36 others. (The Times of Israel) An overloaded bus explodes a tyre and crashes near Bhanjyang, Nepal, killing at least two people and wounding dozens of others. A riot follows. (ABC) The government of Russia declares a state of emergency in Volokolamsk over toxic hydrogen sulphide fumes leaking from a dump at at least ten times permitted concentrations. (BBC) International relations Russia and weapons of mass destruction The Russian military announces a second test of its most advanced nuclear ICBM, the RS-28 Sarmat, from a base in Plesetsk. President Vladimir Putin claimed in his March 1 state of the nation speech that the new nuclear arsenal will be impossible for U.S.-engineered technology to intercept. (ABC News) (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) Politics and elections Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes a bill that would have demoted all communist-era military officers who served between 1944 and 1990 to private. (Deutsche Welle) Law and crime Alcohol licensing laws of Ireland The government of Ireland lifts a 90-year ban on the sale of alcohol on the religious holiday of Good Friday. (BBC) Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal The Putin administration gives the government of the United Kingdom one month to reduce its diplomatic missions' sizes to mirror those of the Russian ones in Britain. (The Telegraph) The government of Russia expels 59 diplomats from 23 nations and may also take retaliatory action against four other countries. (Reuters via Geo News) The government of Russia claims that United Kingdom police searched an Aeroflot Airbus jet at Heathrow Airport arriving from Moscow. The Metropolitan Police deny searching the aircraft. (Sky News) The government of Ukraine states that it expelled two Iranians earlier this year for attempting to buy a Kh-31 missile in Kiev, in violation of United Nations sanctions. (The Daily Beast) Senegalese Judge Malick LaMotte sentences Khalifa Sall, mayor of Dakar, Senegal, to a five-year term for fraud. (BBC) Protestors take to the streets in Faisalabad, Pakistan, following the rape and murder of a local university student. (Geo News) Illegal immigration to the United States Mexican federal police and migration agents find 136 migrants in a locked truck abandoned near a freeway in Veracruz. Without water or food, the people from the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, including dozens of minors, were en route to the United States. (Reuters) Immigration to the United States The Trump administration through the United States Department of State publishes a 60-day notice of request for public comment, proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States. (The Indian Express) Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, detained in Syria on suspicion of beheading hostages for Islamic State, claim their right to a fair trial has been breached by the government of the United Kingdom stripping them of citizenship. (Sky News) Four suicide bombers attack Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing five people with thirteen others wounded. (Daily Post) Terrorism in the United States Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland sentences Maryland resident Mohamed Elshinawy to a 20-year term for financing ISIS. (AP via Fox News) U.S. sportswear brand Under Armour states that the personal details (including user names, email addresses and scrambled passwords) of about 150 million users of the MyFitnessPal application were compromised in one of the biggest hacks in history. (The Guardian) The Lansing, Michigan, Catholic Diocese's insurance company files a civil suit against Rev. Jonathan Wehrle, former pastor of St. Martha's Catholic Church in Okemos, a Lansing suburb, for the embezzlement of more than $5 million from his parish. Wehrle already faces six criminal counts for using embezzled funds to pay for home construction (appraised for much more than a $1 million), maintenance, and purchases. (Lansing State Journal), (AP via ABC News), (Lansing State Journal²) Science and technology Suicide among LGBT youth Journal of Adolescent Health publishes research from the University of Texas at Austin implying that transgender youths have a much lower risk of suicide when they are permitted to use their own chosen names. (Eureka Alert!), (Journal of Adolescent Health) Chinese space program Updated predictions suggest that derelict Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will reenter Earth's atmosphere over the weekend. (CNET) Sports International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (ESPN)

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[Closed] Win Myint appointed President of Myanmar

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Article: Win Myint (politician, born 1951) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Win Myint is sworn in as President of Myanmar. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Win Myint is elected by the Electoral College as President of Myanmar
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Lihaas (talk · give credit)

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: ITNR as head of state change and it ain't a small country barely in the news. Lihaas (talk) 18:34, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Conditional Support-Head of state changes are important, no matter the importance of the country, should be posted once the article is no longer a stub. Awestruck1(talk) 22:35, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment- I would support it, but the article is not good enough. It's a stub or a start at best.--SirEdimon (talk) 22:54, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• It's long enough, but it needs sources. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:54, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose There are 5 {{cn}} templates that must be fix them. Hanamanteo (talk) 04:30, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• {{cn}} resolved, though it was a bit uncomfortable to use Sputnik News. Juxlos (talk) 10:11, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Per BBC, this should be under 28 March, when the MPs elected him. Added altblurb for clarity. Brandmeister^talk 07:27, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Awestruck1. Some extensions needed. Juxlos (talk) 10:11, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose the ITNR is for the article about the election result. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:24, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Bill Maynard

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Article: Bill Maynard (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43596854
Credits:

• Nominated by Aiken drum (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: British actor. Needs a few extra references. Aiken D 12:57, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Needs more sourcing mainly towards information regarding his career.--TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Poor quality, undersourced article. Television and Filmography section is completely unreferenced. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 29

Portal:Current events/2018 March 29

March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2016 Berlin truck attack Italian police arrest five Tunisians suspected of links to Anis Amri, perpetrator of the December 2016 terror attack in Germany. (Reuters) Terrorism in Israel The Central District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment with the Israeli Lod District Court against Abed al-Karim Adel Asi for the murder of a rabbi on February 5 and the Haifa District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment against Malek Yusef Nahar Asadi for the March 4 attempted murder by ramming a car which injured four people. (The Jerusalem Post) Terrorism in the United States U.S. District judge George B. Daniels of the District Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected the government of Saudi Arabia’s request to throw out lawsuits claiming the nation helped plan the September 11 attacks. (The Independent) Business and economy British automotive and aerospace engineering firm GKN (founded in 1759) is sold to British-based investment company Melrose Industries for £8.1 billion. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes off the coast of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of 35 km (22 mi). There are no reports of immediate damage. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43592321 (BBC) A boat capsizes in Nawabshah, Pakistan, killing eight people. (Geo News) A Línea Aérea Amaszonas passenger plane overruns the runway at Riberalta Airport after abandoning takeoff due to a bird strike and crashes into a ditch with no injuries. (The Aviation Herald) The Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile completes its probe into the March 2016 near-miss between two commercial aircraft at Basel/Mulhouse Airport, concluding miscommunication between an air crew and air traffic control was to blame. One aircraft took off over the top of the other one. (The Aviation Herald) International relations 2018 inter-Korean summit Authorities announce that the summit between the governments of North Korea and South Korea will take place on April 27, 2018. (USA Today) Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal The Putin administration closes the United States consulate in Saint Petersburg and expels 60 U.S. diplomats from Russia as a retaliatory measure to the closing of the Russian consulate in Seattle, Washington. (BBC) Poland in the European Union The Polish government announces a planned visit for April 9 from European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans. The government of Poland and the European Union are locked in a dispute over planned judicial reforms. (AFP News via Yahoo) American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War U.S. President Donald Trump, during a speech on his infrastructure plan in Richland County, Ohio, announces U.S. forces will be leaving Syria "very soon." (Politico) (White House Dossier) Law and crime 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire An attempted prison break and subsequent rioting and fires at a police station in Valencia, Carabobo State, Venezuela, results in at least 68 people dead. Two women who were visiting inmates are thought to be among the dead. Prosecutor General Tarek Saab says an investigation into what has happened would begin immediately. (BBC) A French animal rights activist is charged under counterterror legislation for praising the death of a butcher in a terror attack. (The Times of Israel) Extradition law in the United States U.S. Department of Justice immigration Judge Jose A. Sanchez in Boston, Massachusetts, approves an extradition request from the government of Guatemala for Juan Alicio Samayoa Cabrera, who is wanted for trial for war crimes. (WBUR News) Asylum in the United States Because the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) routinely failed to notify screened immigrant asylum-seekers of the one-year deadline for filing an actual asylum application, Western Washington state chief federal district judge Ricardo S. Martinez orders DHS to give those who missed the deadline another year to file their application, and to modify the DHS asylum system to avoid future problems. (AP via The Washington Post) Weinstein effect A pair of women accuse The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi of sexually abusing them in the 1990s while they were minors. Kricfalusi, who was in his 40s at the time, admitted to Buzzfeed that he had an underage girlfriend during the years in question. (BuzzFeed) A car bomb kills five people and injures six others in Ajdabiya, Libya. (Reuters) Politics and elections Egyptian presidential election, 2018 State media reports preliminary indications incumbent President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won 90% of the vote with a 41% turnout. (BBC) 2018 Kentucky Senate Bill 151 Lawmakers at the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives pass a heavily disputed pension overhaul and forward it to Governor Matt Bevin for his signature. Several school districts will close on Friday due to teacher protests against the bill. (AP) (WYMT-TV) (The Courier-Journal) Sports 2018 Major League Baseball season The 2018 Major League Baseball season begins. (Hollywood Life)

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[Updated] Update on Russian diplomat expulsion story

Article: Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by WaltCip (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Cross-posted from ITN/Errors where it was deleted: Apparently Russia now intends to expel at least 60 diplomats as a retaliation for having their diplomats expelled by the Western nations. Should we update the blurb with this? This is pretty serious. WaltCip (talk) 11:24, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - yes we should. Expanding the blurb to include the Russian retaliation makes sense, and this expansion is clearly notable, representing escalation and development to an already listed item. Stormy clouds (talk) 12:20, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Bump as combined blurb, something like "Russia and over 20 countries expel each other's diplomats in response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal", perhaps with the Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal as a new target. Brandmeister^talk 13:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Maybe this should be moved to Ongoing. Natureium (talk) 14:23, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Update and Bump My gut says this may be winding down so I don't think ongoing is the optimal course. But who knows. This has already gone on longer than I expected. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:47, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support updating without bump So long as it's on the main page, it should be up to date. However, it's still second on the ITN list. By the time it is pushed off, it should be done. I don't feel that it's necessary to keep having the latest news on Russian international drama posted and bumped to the top of the main page every time something happens, but with all of that being said I still agree that this is an important story that belongs on the main page because of its unquestionable impact on global diplomacy. I also support the phrasing in Brandmeister's proposal as the nominator did not provide a proposed updated blurb. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 15:36, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb update The current blurb has a few days still, so adding this makes the most sense rather than a new blurb. --Masem (t) 18:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Update and bump agree with Brandmeister. Banedon (talk) 21:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support updating without bump - Agree with the update, but no bump is needed per BrendonTheWizard. Jusdafax (talk) 00:00, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Since there seems to be consensus for doing so, I have updated the blurb but not bumped it, as suggested. Think I did it right. 331dot (talk) 08:17, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Egyptian Presidential election 2018

Articles: Egyptian presidential election, 2018 (talk · history · tag) and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Incumbent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wins the Egyptian presidential election, 2018 (Post)
News source(s): [1] [2]
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Number 57 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

 Banedon (talk) 22:41, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose According to the article, the winner will not be announced until 2 April, assuming there is no run-off. TheMrP (talk) 03:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait until formal announcement on April 2 as noted in article.--Jayron32 03:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support- A new president in such a country such as Egypt should be posted Awestruck1(talk) 22:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Well of course, but it’s ITN/R, so we’re looking at article quality. To me it makes no sense to post this until results are confirmed on April 2. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:43, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Confirmed by Economist as well [3] Sherenk1 (talk) 05:00, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose obviously. The second sentence of the lead says "A runoff, if necessary, will take place 19 April to 21 April outside the country and 24 April to 26 April within the country.". So this is clearly not ready. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:25, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Support per ITN/R. --Jamez42 (talk) 00:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. The election article is not updated fully and has no post-election section. In particular, The Guardian source above is commenting on the high proportion of spoiled ballots. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:29, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

• Still not ready, see above comments. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:40, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Emiliano Mondonico

Article: Emiliano Mondonico (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BT
Credits:

• Nominated by Harambe Walks (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Danieletorino2 (talk · give credit) and Messirulez (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: This article is looking very well referenced due to the work of two specialists in Italian football. Harambe Walks (talk) 20:50, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Looks good. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:40, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
• Comment coming up to being ready to post for 24 hours now. Anyone here? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:43, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. If an admin could doublecheck that I did it right, I'd appreciate it. 331dot (talk) 18:49, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
  • 331dot All fine. And congrats on becoming an admin ;) --Tone 18:54, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Pope says there is no Hell

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Article: Pope Francis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In an interview, Pope Francis states there is no Hell. (Post)
News source(s): Newsweek and numerous other sources.
Credits:

• Nominated by Ad Orientem (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Religious news doesn't often make it on here but this sounds pretty significant not least because it at least appears to contradict what the Roman Catholic Church has traditionally taught on this subject. Ad Orientem (talk) 16:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I honestly am not sure about the merits of this at the moment. But skimming the Newsweek piece, the Church is stating that it was not a formal interview but a private conversation and is challenging the accuracy of the transcript. Either way, this isn't the Pope making a formal declaration of Church policy/teachings. 331dot (talk) 16:42, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

That's a fair point. This is not an ex cathedra pronouncement and it changes no doctrine. I may withdraw this. However the Vatican's response is not really a denial. They play this game whenever this Pope puts his foot in his mouth by issuing a non-denial denial. "Well he may not have been accurately quoted... blah blah blah." -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:44, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Also a fair point. 331dot (talk) 16:48, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Rusty Staub

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

• Nominated by Everymorning (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: Looks mostly well sourced (but there are some unsourced bits and pieces that need to be cleaned up). Every morning (there's a halo...) 15:39, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Some sections of the article have less than three citations. Overall yes it's not in bad shape, but there is room for more citations (plus I'm not sure if this is a merit for the nomination but the article does have a very few bare URLs that wouldn't hurt to clean up). --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose not the greatest article, and a few citations missing, but not far off. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:59, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 28

Portal:Current events/2018 March 28

March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in the United Kingdom The Sentencing Council for England and Wales issues new guidelines increasing the penalties for terrorist offences. (The Financial Times), (The Law Gazette), (Sentencing Council for England and Wales) (The Times of India) A report by Max Hill QC, an independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, reviewing the police response to the March 2017 Westminster attack, concludes that the arrests of 12 people cleared of involvement were appropriate, as was the questioning of them on their religious beliefs. (The Guardian) Terrorism in Italy Italian counter-terror police arrest Elmahdi Halili on suspicion of planning attacks with knives and lorries, attempting to recruit terrorist attackers, and creating the first piece of Islamic State propaganda in Italian. (The Local) Libyan Crisis (2011–present) United States Africa Command announces that a March 24 airstrike in Ubari, Libya, killed Musa Abu Dawud, who was a wanted alleged senior member of al-Qaida. (Stars and Stripes) Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) Iraqi authorities announce the arrest of alleged senior Islamic State member Saab Abdullah al-Issawi in a military-supported airdrop in Anbar. (Iraqi News) Somali Civil War (2009–present) A car bomb near an International Committee of the Red Cross office wounds three people in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Anadolu Agency) Terrorism in Greece An anarchist group claims responsibility for a bombing outside a courthouse in Athens, Greece, on March 24. (eKathimerini) Business and economy Conviviality PLC, owner of Wine Rack and Bargain Booze, announces it has been refused investment to stave off bankruptcy and will likely enter administration. (The Guardian) The United Arab Emirates, with help from Korea Electric Power Corp., completes construction of the first reactor complex at the Barakah nuclear power plant 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Ruwais. The complex is the first Arab nuclear power plant. (The Mercury News) Disasters and accidents Shutdown of Gran Turismo 6 Online Servers A partially-constructed building collapses onto a truck in Jacobs, Durban, South Africa, killing at least three people and hospitalising six more. (News 24), (Eyewitness News) A tank containing ethyl acetate explodes in a port in Livorno, Italy, killing two people. (The Local) California Highway Patrol search and rescue operations continue off the Californian coast for three children missing following a crash which killed five of their relatives. Their car drove out of a seaside unbarricaded parking lot and off of a 75-foot cliff into the sea on March 26. (KGW 8 News) Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 U.S. Federal Judge Michael P. Shea of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in Hartford, Connecticut awards an injured passenger US$272,000 against Caribbean Airlines over the July 2011 airliner crash in Guyana. (The Washington Post) A New Zealand light aircraft pilot Rod Vaughan claims that his plane was brought down at Waihi after colliding with a drone. If true, it would be the first such incident in the country. (Stuff) International relations China–North Korea relations The governments of China and North Korea both confirm that North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing during the past four days. China states that North Korea is "committed to denuclearization" and willing to hold a summit with the United States. (Reuters) Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, himself the victim of a September 2004 poisoning, calls for military action to be considered against Russia. (Sky News) Poland–United States relations Poland signs a deal with the United States to buy a US$4.75 billion Patriot missile system. (BBC) Poland in the European Union Polish environment minister Henryk Kowalczyk says Poland alone should decide the fate of the protected Białowieża Forest, ahead of a European Court of Justice ruling on whether additional logging allowed by the Polish government at the UNESCO world heritage site breaches European Union rules. (Reuters) Law and crime Crime in Italy A judge in Catania, Italy, upholds the seizure of a Proactiva Open Arms ship that brought migrants to Sicily after refusing to hand them over to the Libyan Coast Guard. (The Libya Observer) Crime in the United Kingdom English judge Christine Henson fines St. Michael's Hospice in St. Leonards, at East Sussex, over the July 2015 fire in which three residents died. (BBC) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Police investigating the attack say they believe the Skripals were poisoned at Sergei Skripal's home. (Sky News) History of autonomous cars Claims emerge that Uber had disabled Volvo's collision avoidance technology in the self-driving car involved in a fatal accident in Arizona. (Bloomberg) Uber reaches an out-of-court settlement with the victim's family. (Reuters) Crime in Qatar Mubarak al-Ajji, named on a Qatari official list of wanted terrorists, wins second place at a government-sponsored triathlon and is photographed at the medal ceremony. (The Week) Crime in Canada A court in Quebec City accepts guilty pleas to six murders and six attempted murders tendered by Alexandre Bissonnette on March 26 and lifts restrictions on reporting the pleas after he passes a psychiatric evaluation. The charges relate to the January 2017 Islamophobic shooting at a mosque that Justin Trudeau described as a terrorist attack. (The South China Morning Post) Crime in China A Chinese court sentences Zhang Zhongsheng, the former Vice Mayor of Lüliang, Shanxi, to death. Zhongsheng was convicted of accepting bribes totaling 1.04 billion yuan (US$160 million). (The South China Morning Post) Aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting The trial of Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, hears closing arguments. Jurors begin deliberations. During the trial it was revealed that Mateen's father was an FBI informant. (CNN) Cyberattacks Computers at Boeing are infected with the WannaCry ransomware. (The Seattle Times) French left-wing activist Stephane Poussier receives a one-year suspended term for praising the death of a policeman in a terrorist attack. (The Times of Israel) Politics and elections 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Clara Ponsatí i Obiols, fugitive ex-Minister of Education of Catalonia, hands herself over to Police Scotland. She appears before court and is released on bail. (The Guardian) (BBC) The Spanish National Police Corps arrest the two Mossos d'Esquadra and Asia History academic, Josep Lluís Alay, who accompanied Puigdemont in the van at the moment he was detained in Germany amid a crime of concealment. On 28 March were released. (El País) Egyptian presidential election, 2018 On the final day of the election, Egypt's National Election Authority says it will fine abstaining voters. (The Egypt Independent) Cabinet of Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is replacing David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs and will nominate Ronny Jackson, who is currently the President's Physician, to fill the position. (USA Today) Officials with former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva say shots were fired at two of his reelection campaign buses. (The Guardian) Human rights activist Malala Yousafzai returns to her native Pakistan for the first time since being shot in October 2012 to meet with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. (BBC) Science and technology Australian Aboriginal languages The linguistics journal Diachronica publishes Australian research implying that a tracement of the country's indigenous languages can be made back to a single, common language known as Proto-Australian, which was spoken around 10,000-years ago. (BBC) Giant-impact hypothesis Research published in the journal Science Advances implies the Earth may have had water earlier than thought, and that terrestrial water could have survived the impact that created the Moon, the event which was previously hypothesised to be responsible for our planet's water. (New Scientist), (Science Advances) Galaxy formation and evolution Research published in the journal Nature implies the existence of a galaxy that appears to contain no dark matter, dubbed NGC1052-DF2. If confirmed it would be the first such galaxy discovered. (BBC), (Nature)

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[Posted] 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire

Article: 2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A fire in a police station in Valencia, Venezuela kills at least 78 people. (Post)
News source(s): Guardian BBC CNN ABC
Credits:

• Nominated by Everymorning (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Large death toll, lots of media attention, but article is very new and also very small, so expansion is clearly needed. Note also that ABC News [4] says this is "one of the worst catastrophes involving the nation's prison system." Every morning (there's a halo...) 15:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - short but sufficient. High number of deaths.BabbaQ (talk) 20:33, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - but it needs expansion, as noted. I just rated it as a “stub.” Jusdafax (talk) 20:42, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose clearly not suitable for main page, a handful of sentences, barely a stub. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Not currently of sufficient quality but there's a lot more in the Guardian article, so expansion is possible. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:57, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose stub. What, beyond the death toll makes it notable? It'll probably be out of the headlines by morning. --LaserLegs (talk) 21:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Sufficiently developed. - Sherenk1 (talk) 02:37, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I’ve been adding a bit. It’s now a “start” class, and I’ve rated it as such. Jusdafax (talk) 05:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article has been expanded. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:39, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support- This fire made major news for many reasons, such as corruption, etc. Awestruck1(talk)10:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I have now added a “Background” section and upgraded the article class to C. Jusdafax (talk) 23:27, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article has improved, and the story is getting significant coverage - was front page of the New York Times today. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:31, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Thanks everyone who improved this. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:15, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. I'd like to ask for a change in the blurb, the official death toll given by William Saab was 68 deaths, like BBC, CNN and ABC reported, I'm not sure why the Guardian has a different figure. Here are other sources that show the same official estimate: [5][6][7][8][9] --Jamez42 (talk) 02:04, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• I've edited this. I don't know where the 78 figure came from. The Guardian now seems to state 68 too. Thanks for commenting. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:29, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment "A fire" can't kill people. Please fix the grammar of this blurb. — Hugh (talk) 21:38, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

  Yes it can. We use regular English here. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:39, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] RD: Clément Rosset

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Article: Clément Rosset (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Truong, Nicolas (28 March 2018). "Mort de Clément Rosset, philosophe de la joie tragique". Le Monde. Retrieved 29 March 2018.; Franck-Dumas, Elisabeth (28 March 2018). "LE PHILOSOPHE CLÉMENT ROSSET RATTRAPÉ PAR LE RÉEL". Libération. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
Credits:

• Nominated by Zigzig20s (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: French philosopher Zigzig20s (talk) 12:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose on quality The list of works in French will need sourcing. If we take the bibliography out, the article is woefully short, and really needs some expansion to get past a stub. This might be a language barrier issue. --Masem (t) 13:52, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Bibliography needs sourcing and the article is basically a stub. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 17:03, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per both above. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:51, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment User:LouisAlain improved the bibliography. We don't have a rule against stubs, do we?Zigzig20s (talk) 21:12, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia:In_the_news#Article_quality: "Articles should be a minimally comprehensive overview of the subject, not omitting any major items. Stub articles are never appropriate for the main page." This includes RDs as well. Looking at Rosset's article, there isn't sufficiently comprehensive coverage of the subject's work as a writer and philosopher (there are only 4 sentences dedicated to that). Spencer^T♦C 02:33, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

User:LouisAlain: Would you like to help with this please? It would involve translating the French text.Zigzig20s (talk) 08:35, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Sir Eric McClintock

Article: Eric McClintock (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Australian Financial Review
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Well sourced article --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:45, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support looks okay. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:43, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Not sure it's ready, let alone "Ready!!!!!!!" On a quick scan, the article looks well enough sourced but it is still very short, as it was the last twice I looked. Personally I like two different reviewers to check, though I know other admins differ. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:33, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Short but meets RD requirements. Pawnkingthree (talk) 03:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Short but well referenced. -Zanhe (talk) 10:39, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 12:26, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Galaxy seemingly without Dark Matter

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Articles: NGC1052-DF2 (talk · history · tag) and Dark matter (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Astronomers report that galaxy NGC1052-DF2 has no detected dark matter. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Astronomers report that galaxy NGC1052-DF2 has no detected dark matter.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Astronomers report that galaxy NGC1052-DF2 appears to contain little or no dark matter. (Please note: this is the original blurb, to which many of the comments below refer)
News source(s): BBC, Irish Examiner, Herald Scotland, National Post (Canada)
Credits:

• Nominated by Tlhslobus (talk · give credit)

Both articles updated

Nominator's comments: The most important possibility is that this unexpected discovery, the first of its kind, may eventually prove that dark matter is real, and not just an illusion caused by a currently unknown effect of the gravity of ordinary matter. But, as with all important discoveries, further study will be needed before any of this can be confirmed (so using that argument to oppose posting would seem to logically rule out all or almost all important discoveries, with the initial story being rejected as unconfirmed, and the eventual confirmation(s) later rightly rejected as not news). Also the first of the two main target 'articles' is currently a section of another article (reached via a Redirect), which, for all I know, may well have to be changed to being its own article. Tlhslobus (talk) 05:28, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Dark matter is 85% of all matter so this is.. interesting. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 05:50, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose "appears" and "little or no" render this DYK material. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:23, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose: Agree with TRM, this is probably better suited for DYK although I am not sure if there are enough information at the moment to expand. Alex Shih (talk) 06:59, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support on merits, though I haven't had a chance to look at the article quality. This is in the news and I think fits points 1 and 3 of the purpose of ITN. GoldenRing (talk) 10:45, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose - certainly significant, but I agree with TRM and Alex Shih that this is probably better suited to DYK. Stormy clouds (talk) 11:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support Interesting and noteworthy. The blurb does not sound news-y, and if this were good to go for DYK then I would tell them to go there. But I support it on its merits per GoldenRing. talk to !dave 12:25, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose it’s a single paper, and may be overturned. With the “appears to” it makes little sense to report it as fact. Juxlos (talk) 13:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose While astronomic topics are a welcome addition for ITN, this appears highly speculative and will be impossible to prove out in any real time scale. --Masem (t) 13:50, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Support if areas of concern are fixed. I support this based on merit, but I do agree with the oppose !vote rationale that DYK is more fitting. Blurb should be modified if added into ITN, as Juxlos pointed out that "appears to" heavily implies that these findings remain early and speculative rather than confirmed and objective. It is also worth noting that this blurb puts both in-text links in bold; the primary article for this ITN submission should be bolded, and all article links should simply be non-bold links. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 15:19, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment: Thanks for all the replies, and especially all the suggestions to take it to DYK. I've never done a DYK before, and I'm finding all sorts of potential banana skins when trying to prepare this one for nomination there, such as whether what is currently a Redirect to a section of another article will do (seemingly not), and whether, despite TRM's comment above, 'appears' and 'little or no' are incompatible with "The hook should refer to established facts that are unlikely to change" (from here), and whether it is problematic that the 'little or no' is another editor's paraphrasing of the Nature paper, whereas the cited BBC article just says 'no', and so on. So I've decided I would probably prefer to leave any DYK nom to some editor more familiar with that process than me (and find some simpler case for my first DYK nom some other time, if ever). Meanwhile I was thinking of withdrawing this nom here due to the DYK suggestions, but as DYK also seems problematic, and as there have so far actually been 4 support !votes (5 if you include me, as against 5 opposes), so that it is just possible (tho seemingly unlikely) that a consensus for posting could yet emerge, I've decided to leave any decision on closing this nom to others. Thanks again to all, and regards, Tlhslobus (talk) 16:02, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Re DYK, redirects are out and the entire article, never mind the hooky section, is far too short for DYK at present. If it could be expanded I see no reason in principle why it should not be acceptable there. You can always write a hook that quotes someone; that will remain true (ie that s/he said x) even if the opinion subsequently turns out to be incorrect. (Which is the line the BBC report has largely taken.) Espresso Addict (talk) 18:49, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for the helpful info (but see item 3 in my comment below). Tlhslobus (talk) 10:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment
  • 0) As I don't expect this nom to succeed, this comment is probably mostly 'just for the record' and/or 'just for future reference', etc
  • 1) Bold Links: Per Brendan The Wizard, I've changed the blurb to just one bold link.
    • 1b) Currently that is NGC1052-DF2 because, being short, it has no Citations Needed issues, etc
    • 1c) However if Dark Matter is deemed (now or later) to be of adequate quality then I would marginally prefer it to be the bold link, as somewhat better serving ITN's stated purpose of giving readers the background to the story, so I've added this as altblurb1
    • 1d) But actually WP:ITN is currently a bit ambiguous about how many bold links there can be, tho the '(s)' in "with an emboldened link to the updated article(s)." (here) appears to imply that one can have more than one, so if a posting admin wants to bold both articles (in the unlikely event this gets posted), please feel free to do so.
  • 2) Re-wording: Due to various objections above about 'appears' and 'little or no', I've re-worded the blurb as: Astronomers report that galaxy NGC1052-DF2 has no detected dark matter. (This is repeated with Dark matter bolded in altblurb1, per item 1c above).
    • 2b) However I've left the original wording as altblurb2, as I think the original wording is actually much better. As far as I'm concerned, objections to 'appears' and 'little or no' and objections like "it’s a single paper, and may be overturned" and "With the “appears to” it makes little sense to report it as fact", etc, are dangerously misguided. With science stories, the only thing we should normally report as fact is that scientists have published something. Anything else tends to mislead our readers about the inherently speculative and reversible nature of Science, thus encouraging Cargo Cult views of Science. It has also led us to mislead many of our readers in practice (even if in theory we can always arrogantly blame them for their 'ignorant misunderstanding', etc), and perhaps also unnecessarily damaged our reputation, by posting stories like Dua's layer without qualifying words like 'possible' (for all except that story's last day at ITN). And it comes from a mindset that would prevent us reporting many of the most important results in Science (such as the Michelson–Morley experiment, and Eddington's 1919 General Relativity test, etc), initially (and wrongly) because they might be reversed, and later (and rightly) because they were no longer news.
  • 3) DYK v ITN: Despite above suggestions, I no longer think this is suitable for DYK, as, among other things, it would seemingly require questionably moving an article section to become a new article, and then padding it out with unencyclopedic waffle to fill the size requirements, etc. Meanwhile I think it remains entirely appropriate for ITN, for reasons well stated above, especially by GoldenRing (for which many thanks).
  • 4) Regards, Tlhslobus (talk) 10:52, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support, if that even carries any meaning given my perceived inconsequential status. I would like to at least thank Tlhslobus for the hard work and determination in bringing this article to discussion. As little as a year ago, this page was highly informative with genuine discourse from international viewpoints. I could always count on it to educate me regarding various news items with commentary from those more familiar with the events than populist news outlets. These days, sadly, it degenerates far too quickly into passive aggression and nasty attitudes. It's neither enjoyable nor educational when that happens. There also seems to be far too much weight given towards pointless sporting events, but that's only my opinion. I come here for the education, not the drama, and not for its value as a sports almanac. 165.225.0.85 (talk)

Thanks for your kind words and your support, 165.225.0.85. Incidentally, if you're worried about your perceived status here, the quickest way to improve it is almost certainly to create a user account for yourself. It's free and all you need is an e-mail address (and you can then click on 'Create account' at the top of this page). Anyway, thanks again, and regards. Tlhslobus (talk) 13:13, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment: To say that a galaxy "has no detected dark matter" is poor grammar. "Scientists are unable to detect any dark matter in galaxy x" would be an improvement. — Hugh (talk) 20:47, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Bobby Ferguson

Article: Bobby Ferguson (footballer, born 1938) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Harambe Walks (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: Going out on a limb here. Practically all of this I have sourced from the obituary in the local newspaper ([10]) but for somebody who worked for a medium-sized football team in the 1970s and 1980s that may be as good as we get. Harambe Walks (talk) 23:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support I see no reason not to post. Article seems ready.BabbaQ (talk) 23:33, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Well sourced. Marking ready. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support: Not exactly sure about the importance but it's not a reason to oppose. Article is sourced and ready to go; however RD slots are currently filled with very recent entries, so ideally this should wait for another two days. Alex Shih (talk) 06:53, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. Important enough, managed second tier English football team, far more notable in the world of sports than most college basketball coaches. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:41, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment 14 hours later ......... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:52, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Spencer^T♦C 21:45, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Peter Munk

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

• Updated and nominated by Floydian (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: Founder of Barrick Gold. Article is pretty well sourced as is but there are a few unsourced statements (notably in the Honours section). Floydian ^τ _¢ 19:27, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support but only when the entire article is referenced. As of now many sections are almost without references.BabbaQ (talk) 19:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• I've made some edits to reference the unreferenced sections. Should be good to go. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 21:00, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Sorry for late reply. I see that the article has been posted. Good work!BabbaQ (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

*Oppose until orange tag issues are fixed. Challenger l (talk) 20:53, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Really? You'd hold this back based on a tag added 30 minutes ago because the lede isn't long enough?!? ITN has become a bureaucratic red tape these days. Article is fine. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 20:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 22:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support. Glad the issue was an easy fix. Challenger l (talk) 18:27, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] Smith and Warner sacked from international cricket

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Articles: Steve Smith (cricketer) (talk · history · tag) and David Warner (cricketer) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Cricket Australia ban Steve Smith and David Warner for twelve months and Cameron Bancroft for nine months from international cricket amid a ball tampering controversy. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ As a result of the verdict given by the CA, both Steve Smith and David Warner have been banned from playing in the upcoming 2018 Indian Premier League season.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Cricket Australia bans Steve Smith and David Warner for 12 months from all top-flight cricket in the aftermath of a ball tampering incident.
News source(s): (BBC Sport), (CNN),

(ESPN Cricinfo)
Credits:

• Nominated by Abishe (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Lugnuts (talk · give credit), Propadog (talk · give credit) and Spike 'em (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: This is one of the breaking news in the aspect of the sport of cricket as two most prominent cricketers have been banned for one year has been the story on the headlines. Abishe (talk) 14:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose – It wouldn't be cricket to post this. Sca (talk) 16:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I've boldly tweaked the nomination because it didn't have a highlighted article in the blurb suggestion; looking at possible targets those on the athletes are both high quality articles which have extensive writing on the specific subject of the blurb. Given that we have good articles, and that this is a highly publicized story in the world wide press (even in cricket ignorant America, broadcast news like NPR is giving the story prominence). Quality articles? Check. Currently a major story? Check. --Jayron32 16:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment There are actually three cricketers banned. Cameron Bancroft is less high-profile but it still seems odd to omit any mention of him. I think Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18#Ball_tampering may be a better target article - it meets the update requirements.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:02, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  I would rather highlight and bold the three cricketer articles rather than the article you suggest because that article has major ommissions in its prose; basically there is no prose OUTSIDE of the ball tampering issue, which is a major WP:UNDUE issue; there should be summaries of all of the tests in sufficient detail, and basically its a few tables and three paragraphs on the ball tampering. At least the three cricketer articles are sufficiently detailed. I'd actually rather do that... I have tweaked the blurb to include all three names. --Jayron32 17:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  N.B. Cameron Bancroft (not Cameron Bancroft) has been banned for only 9 months, not 12. 86.170.155.164 (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  So fixed. --Jayron32 17:23, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support. I know little of cricket, but this seems to be unusual and a big deal. 331dot (talk) 17:08, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

There have been several previous incidents - see Ball tampering - but this seems to be the biggest in terms of media reaction and severity of punishment.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support and it has the advantage of being relevant in parts of the world that are often less covered, let alone in a single line (E.g, Europe [UK], South hemisphere (Aus.), Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) and the Carribean (West Indies). Sorted! —SerialNumber54129 ^{paranoia /cheap shit room} 17:19, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Athletes are suspended and/or fined all the time. Not making sports headlines (maybe cricket headlines but where do we draw the line). David_Warner_(cricketer) has a number of CN tags and unreferenced claims. Steve_Smith_(cricketer) as well. Before we gasp "A BILLION people in India watch cricket (I surveyed them all myself) this is BIG NEWS" at the very least get the articles cleaned up. If you need me to go through and spam them with CN tags, please, LMK. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  Why not just improve those articles? How often does a Prime Minister like Malcolm Turnbull get involved? 86.170.155.164 (talk) 17:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment: There is now a separate article for this incident (Australian ball tampering scandal), Gaia Octavia Agrippa ^Talk 18:02, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - This is massive. High-profile athletes being suspended for a very long time over what is essentially cheating.--WaltCip (talk) 18:12, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support it would be nice to have some good news stories at ITN and this certainly one of those. Plus it's been mainstream news since it broke and it continues to get worse for the Australians, so we should certainly be posting this.... The Rambling Man (talk) 18:29, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Athletes are suspended all the time for improper activities (cheating, doping, etc.); this is nowhere close to a scope or scale that I would consider front page material (something akin to the Russia doping issue that led to their inability to participate in the Winter Olympics under the Russian flag, that's severe). The fact that those accused admitted to it, have taken the penalties and/or resigned makes this a relatively not-notable event that could possibly fail NEVENT (eg merged to Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18 where there's already a similar section). I mean, we did not (wisely) post Deflategate, despite the fact that involved high-profile players and involved a handful of trials (whereas here, guilt has been established). Yes, its news from underrepresented countries, but let's keep the larger purpose of ITN in mind here. --Masem (t) 18:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

There is no way this would fail NEVENT. The amount of coverage generated means it would quickly overwhelm the article on the tour and raise UNDUE concerns, as Jayron32 notes above, so it has rightly been spun off into its own article.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

A burst of short-term coverage and no longer-tail coverage would fail NEVENT/GNG. That's a core element of WP being NOT#NEWS comes into play, we're looking for news events that have a longer-lasting impact. If this event started a large investigation into cheating in cricket, then perhaps the article is justified, but right now, with all those involved having asserted their guilt and taken the punishment, it seems like the end of the story here. Its still enough to include in a more notable standalone article. --Masem (t) 18:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

This isn't a burst, this has been massive news for days and will continue to be so while the fallout is analysed, it'll no doubt have an impact on the way in which the ball is inspected and treated by umpires, and is very much not the end of a story. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:15, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support This is huge - the Australian cricket captain is arguably the most high-profile sportsperson in the country and he's been banned for a year for cheating.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Big news right now, biographies updated, etc. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 19:48, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per WaltCip. Huge impact on an international sport, I'm even seeing it in my news feeds here in the U.S. Davey2116 (talk) 19:58, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support alt 2 I don't particularly find this very interesting, but it dominates Australian news (even saw one article say the cricket captain is the second most important person in Australia, after the prime minister), and it's not mine to judge what should be interesting to Australians. Banedon (talk) 20:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. What even is this sport? Trivia. Sandstein 20:38, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  What even is this !vote? Absurd. Cricket is far more global than (say) American football, or ice hockey, or college basketball... The Rambling Man (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  I don't particularly care about the nomination but that is patently false, TRM. You might be right about the American-style football bit, since that is primarily played in the US, but ice hockey and basketball? First, "college basketball" is not a sport, but a level to distinguish between professional and amateur. I know you know this, but I thought I'd point that out for others. Basketball and ice hockey are international sports which are played at the Olympic level and cricket is, well, not. It's mostly popular in the UK, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia, but that's about it. — Moe Epsilon 22:37, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  You forgot about Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa where coincidentally the cheating happened) and the English-speaking Caribbean (Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, etc.). Gizza ^(t)(c) 22:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment clear consensus to post now, so good to go, marking as ready. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. I've not bolded the tampering article for now, first because I think "scandal" is a poor choice of title & second because it has no lead and thus is confusing if you have not been following this. Espresso Addict (talk) 21:07, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment both articles have unreferneced paragraphs. I don't know what "On 6 September 2017, while playing against Bangladesh at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong,he became the sixth Australian player to score back-to-back test hundreds in Asia after Allan Border, Bob Simpson, Damien Martyn, Mike Hussey and Michael Clarke." means but it's unreferneced. If you're going to pile on "support OMG big news" could you at least take a cursory glance at the article? This is absurd. --LaserLegs (talk) 21:15, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  The target has been changed. Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

  Thanks TRM. --LaserLegs (talk) 21:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] Kim Jong Un visits China

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Article: China–North Korea relations (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. (Post)
News source(s): (The New York Times)
Credits:

• Nominated by Colipon (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Momentous visit - probably going to be rivalled in news value only by Trump visiting North Korea. —Colipon, 02:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose If the meeting info is only one line on the page I don't think this should be posted. Is "China–NK" relations really the best article to use here? – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 03:23, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Not opposed in principle, but the update is a single uninformative sentence. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Espresso Addict; I am not opposed to this in principle. However, this does not offer the user with any meaningful or substantive information about what the context or significance of this story is; the purpose, outcome, or impact of the meeting are missing. However, if more information is offered than simply stating the meeting is taking place, I may reconsider my !vote based on the new information. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 04:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose World leaders meet everyday and it must be covered by media. Not ITN worthy . –Ammarpad (talk) 10:30, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose In the grand scheme of things, this is a routine meeting, even if it is Kim's first venture outside NK. The blurb is extremely uninformative. talk to !dave 11:59, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Ammarpad and per Dave. Also, contrary to nom's claim, we've no way of knowing whether there's anything 'momentous' about this visit. Tlhslobus (talk) 12:55, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – Just showing the flag. Main point of interest is his ornate VIP train. Sca (talk) 14:40, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 27

Portal:Current events/2018 March 27

March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in the United Kingdom Old Bailey Justice Charles Haddon-Cave sentences convicted terrorist Umar Haque, who indoctrinated children he was teaching in London so that he could use them to commit attacks, to lifetime incarceration with parole eligibility only after 25 years. (The Evening Standard) Islamophobic incidents in the United Kingdom Justice Michael Alexander Soole sentences Paul Moore to lifetime incarceration with a minimum imprisonment of 20 years for using his car to attack Muslims following a string of terror attacks in 2017 linked to Islamic extremism. (The Guardian) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) NATO says the Afghan Air Force dropped its first laser-guided bomb on a Taliban compound on March 22. NATO have trained the Afghans in use of the equipment. (ABC) Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War The government of Turkey states that eleven Kurdish militants have been killed near its Syrian border, and two soldiers were killed by an explosion in Syria. (US News) Disasters and accidents History of autonomous cars U.S. graphics processing unit producer Nvidia suspends all its tests of self-driving cars. (The Verge) History of the electric vehicles The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launches a probe into a Tesla electric car crash and fire in California. The NTSB says it will investigate issues firefighters had trying to determine how to respond. (Bloomberg) 2018 Kemerovo fire President Vladimir Putin visits the scene and declares "criminal negligence" responsible for the high death toll. (BBC) Maritime incidents in 2018 Two ships collide in the Great Belt strait between Funen and Zealand, near Romsø, Denmark. One catches fire. (The Local) Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) expands the search area to 560 square nautical miles for nine crewmen missing since March 21 from a capsized sand dredger off the coast of Malaysia. MMEA requests for the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency to assist in the operation. (The Malay Mail) 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race Chilean search and rescue authorities declare that a crewman who fell overboard from a competitor vessel is lost at sea. (The Telegraph) 2018 in aviation The South Korean Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board issues its final report on the March 2016 near-collision between a China Southern Airbus A319 and a Korean Air Boeing 737-800 on a runway in Cheongju, South Korea. The Board reports the Airbus crew misunderstood the full meaning of the specific ground control runway instruction. (The Aviation Herald) International relations Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping's meeting North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, on what is his first known travel outside North Korea since assuming office in 2011. (Reuters) Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal NATO and the government of Australia expel Russian diplomats. (The Independent), (The Guardian) Netherlands–Turkey relations The government of the Netherlands recalls a diplomat from Turkey after local newspapers accused him of spying. (Dutch News) Law and crime Aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing A United Kingdom panel, chaired by the former head of the Home civil service, Lord Bob Kerslake, issues a report which concludes that firefighters were prevented from attending the scene of the bombing for two hours. The report makes more than 50 recommendations. (BBC) Censorship in Spain A Madrid court issues an order shutting down a website that uses extracts from Don Quixote to recreate the book Farina. Farina, an investigation of drug trafficking, is the subject of a freedom of speech debate after a court halted sales ahead of a libel case. (AP via The Washington Post), (The Telegraph) Crime in the United States The FBI arrests Everett, Washington, 43-year-old Thanh Cong Phan on suspicion of charges of illegally shipping explosive materials by sending 12 package bombs to the CIA as well as multiple military and government facilities in the Washington, D.C. area. Those devices did not explode. (CBS News) Kent County, Michigan special prosecutor Bill Forsyth charges William Strampel, the former dean of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan in East Lansing, Michigan, with misconduct in office, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, and two counts of willful neglect of duty in connection with the Larry Nassar scandal. (Detroit Free Press) Law enforcement in the Netherlands A Dutch court rules police are liable for a mass shooting at a shopping centre that killed six and wounded sixteen because the gunman should not have been issued a firearms licence. (Sky News) Politics and elections Egyptian presidential election, 2018 Voting enters the second day. (Reuters) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets Led overall by researchers at Aix-Marseille Université in France using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, Nature Astronomy publishes observations of what may be a new exoplanet named K2-229b, whose attributes may resemble the planet of Mercury (hot, metallic, and dense). (Health Thoroughfare), (Phys), (Nature Astronomy)

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[Closed] Fabiano Caruana qualifies for World Chess Championship

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Articles: Candidates Tournament 2018 (talk · history · tag) and Fabiano Caruana (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Fabiano Caruana becomes the first Italian person to qualify for the World Chess Championship. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Fabiano Caruana becomes the first American to qualify for an undisputed World Chess Championship since 1975.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Fabiano Caruana wins the Candidates Tournament 2018 to qualify for the World Chess Championship.
Credits:

• Nominated by Sagittarian Milky Way (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: (dozens of undisputed chess world championships have been played since the first in 1886, and 2018 will be the 16th since 1972) If posted at all should be now since he's unlikely to win — his opponent's stronger than him (Magnus) and Americans haven't even been runner up since 1907 besides that one time that genius played in 1972 then went crazy (Kamsky lost the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996 to the favorite but that shouldn't count since there were 2 rival championships in the 90s and he missed out on getting into the stronger one by 1 place) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:47, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose a good DYK. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I disagree this should be posted now. On the contrary, as the World Chess Championship is WP:ITN/R the nomination should be done once the match has taken place - if the quality is there it will be posted.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Of course an ITNR event should be posted. Having to also suffix one of the first 2 blurbs to "Magnus Carlsen wins" would probably make that blurb too long so it really would be posted now or never (unless the underdog wins) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:01, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• I've added an ALT2, as I don't think either ethnic-themed hook is reasonable. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

  No, we'll post the winner of the tournament if the article is up to scratch, but otherwise this is just trivia. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

  Oppose I agree. Probably important enough for Portal:Current events, but not here. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:03, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Strong oppose. We can post the winner of the world championship when that happens (it's on ITNR), but merely qualifying for it is far FAR too minor for ITN. Modest Genius ^talk 19:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Multiple (edit conflict) Oppose per TRM. However if she he wins I will happily support posting that subject to article quality. On a side note we don't generally put ethnicity in blurbs. He's American. That's about as far as I'd go. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:56, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

He, not she. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:57, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

It certainly would be notable if a woman had qualified for the World Championship, but we're still waiting for that.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

He's a citizen of both the US and Italy but moot point as this is snow close. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:39, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose – Footnotes to chess history. Post championship results. Sca (talk) 19:59, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose qualification is not worthy enough to yield a blurb, wait for the actual results of the championship for that matter. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 21:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 26

Portal:Current events/2018 March 26

March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in the United Kingdom Six alleged members of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action appear in court. One is accused of planning to kill MP Rosie Cooper and another is charged with inciting murder. (The Independent) Business and economy Economy of the United States U.S. firearms and ammunition manufacturer Remington Arms files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after amassing US$950 million worth of debt. (Bloomberg) Following a collapse of a farm and a large release of Atlantic salmon into the Pacific, the state of Washington bans the farming of Atlantic salmon in their territorial waters. (NPR) China launches an oil futures market, with contracts denominated in yuan, in a bid to compete with oil benchmarks from the United States and Europe. (MarketWatch) Disasters and accidents 2018 Kemerovo fire Witnesses and Russia's Investigative Committee say the Winter Cherry complex's exits were blocked and there were no alarms during the disaster. (BBC) US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 The death toll rises to 52 people as a survivor dies in hospital. (Khaleej Times) 2018 New York City Eurocopter AS350 crash The US National Transportation Safety Board releases a preliminary investigative report containing new information on the accident, in which five passengers drowned when they were trapped in the wreckage. (CNN) 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race A British yachtsman falls overboard from Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. A search and rescue operation launches, with one ship diverting from over 400 nautical miles away. (BBC) History of autonomous cars The governor of Arizona suspends all statewide-testing of Uber autonomous cars following the March 19 fatal accident involving Uber self-driving car research. (The Verge) A same-sex couple and three of their adopted children have been found dead at the bottom of a cliff at the coast of northern California, along with the wreckage of their SUV. After further investigation, authorities eventually deduced that it was very likely that the couple, which was previously known to have abused their children, intentionally drove off the cliff with them. (CNN) International relations Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled from over 20 countries. (BBC) U.S. President Donald Trump orders the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle. (BBC) European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker conclude talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The parties say they have been unable to agree on human rights issues but pledge to hold more talks. (The Financial Times) A letter from 59 US Senators is sent to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticising proposed legislation on reparations to Holocaust victims. The Senators say the bill will discriminate against victims and descendants who had emigrated. (The Times of Israel) Law and crime Crime in France French police detain two men in connection with the murder of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was found in the burned remains of her apartment. The prosecutor's office is investigating if the killing was "motivated by the real or supposed adherence to a religion". (Reuters) Carbanak Spanish police in Alicante arrest the suspected leader of a bank hacking scheme believed to have stolen over €1 billion. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) Carcassonne and Trèbes attack In regards to the March 23 attack that killed four people, French state prosecutor François Molins charges attacker Radouane Lakdim's 18-year-old girlfriend with terrorist conspiracy. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Egyptian presidential election, 2018 The Egyptian electorate vote in their presidential election, with incumbent President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi facing only one opponent. (The Washington Post) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets ArXiv publishes research that a gas giant may be orbiting a brown dwarf. The exoplanet, designated OGLE-2017-BLG-1522Lb, orbits its host at a distance of 0.59 AU and could be the first known gas giant to have formed inside the protoplanetary disk of a brown dwarf. (Phys.org)

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[Closed] RD: Zeke Upshaw

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Article: Zeke Upshaw (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post The Guardian
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bagumba (talk · give credit)
• Updated by NBA Fan44 (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: Professional basketball player collapsed during a game and died two days later. —Bagumba (talk) 18:14, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Looks to be ready for the main page. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:20, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Note I don't really have any knowledge of notability for US sports, but this is another example of a biography that was only created after the subject died. Black Kite (talk) 18:21, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • The article cites multiple sources of significant coverage from before his death, most of which have his name in its title.—Bagumba (talk) 18:23, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
    • That's not the point I was making. He appears to have only played college and minor league basketball; all the references - bar possibly one - are pretty routine sports reports and transfer news etc. So the question remains - is he notable? Given our very comprehensive coverage of popular sports, I'm always very wary of suggesting an RD for someone who didn't have an article before their death, and indeed recently most examples of this have been turned down. Black Kite (talk) 18:28, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Indeed ready for main page.BabbaQ (talk) 18:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose RD - Notability was established upon death, not prior to.--WaltCip (talk) 18:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• I am taking no position on this and may post it based on article quality. However as questions have been raised over notability I have requested a 2nd opinion at WT:SPORTS. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

He appears to fail WP:NBASKETBALL as he has not "won an award, or led the league in a major statistical category of the NBA G League" - merely appearing in a minor league is not sufficient.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree that WP:NBASKETBALL is not met. I estimate it would have had a 50-50 chance of surviving at AFD (based on GNG arguments) if it had been created before his recent death. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:31, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose based on the fact that he doesn't meet the notability criteria. Tragic as the death is, that's all his Wikipedia notability amounts to. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:34, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose would have not qualified for an article under either GNG or NSPORTS prior to death. --Masem (t) 19:39, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as not meriting an article, his tragic death non withstanding. 331dot (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose, per above. We should probably edit the RD criteria to state that articles created on death are not automatically entitled to an RD airing (where quality is sufficient); there's a covert "notability is supported by survival in mainspace for a few months" clause in there. Espresso Addict (talk) 21:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Sergei Mavrodi

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

• Nominated by Brandmeister (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 in decent shape. Post-Soviet folks remember his now ridiculous MMM commercials on TV. Brandmeister^talk 14:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:58, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article looks fine.–Ammarpad (talk) 07:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - ready for posting, as the article is fine. Stormy clouds (talk) 08:23, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 09:40, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] Expulsion of Russian Diplomats

Articles: Russia-United States relations (talk · history · tag) and Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ President Donald Trump orders the closure of a Russian consulate in Seattle, Washington and the expulsion of 60 Russian officials in retaliation for the attempted murder of Sergei V. Skripal. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Eighteen countries announce the expulsion of Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
News source(s): NYT Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by WaltCip (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: The toughest ever action taken against the Kremlin by the Trump administration to date. WaltCip (talk) 13:12, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - Sergei Skripal and Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal don't show that either have died, so attempted murder, not murder. Ravensfire (talk) 13:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, corrected.--WaltCip (talk) 13:19, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose More fallout/continued action over the Skirpal poisoning. We don't need every major action that happens. --Masem (t) 13:30, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support altblurb on the 18 countries doing it as a joint response. --Masem (t) 16:22, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Another trail of now banal story. Not ITN worthy at all. –Ammarpad (talk) 13:41, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Britain expelled diplomats too, and I don't think that was nominated. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:49, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • It was both nominated and posted, but the UK has a lot more skin in the game here than the US that their response makes sense to cover, since the incident happened on their lands. --Masem (t) 13:55, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
    • You beat me to it. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
      • My mistake. Of course, as indeed this directly involves the UK, that was a worthy update to post. This is oddly delayed (well, we can guess why it was delayed) and doesn't merit posting. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:01, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Changing to support alt blurb. This is a multinational coordinated effort, not "Trump being Trump". That makes it more significant, even if the guy I heard on NPR called it more "symbolic" than a threat leading to war. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:27, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Target article orange tagged, lots of proseline, no meaningful update. --LaserLegs (talk) 13:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment As mentioned above, when the same exact thing happened in the UK literally twelve days ago I guess it means more than it does here. This kind of crap is why The Boat Race is on the main page and when it comes down to it, major college-level American tournaments have twice as much opposition. Every time I hear cries of US systemic bias, I laugh a little knowing exactly what goes on here. — Moe Epsilon 14:12, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • @Moe Epsilon: I'm usually the one beating that drum the loudest, but the UK reaction is bigger news than this, I think. Save that energy for the NCAA basketball finals next weekend. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:15, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
    • I'm not going to waste my time next week when I'll see literal oppose comments consist of "We don't post the results of The Boat Race on the Main Page, do we? Oh, we do? Fancy that." — Moe Epsilon 14:17, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Target article does not mention the expulsion at all. Last information in the target article is from March 1, 2018 and does not mention the information in the blurb. --Jayron32 14:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

  Support altblurb which highlights Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal which is of sufficient quality, and has been updated as of March 26. --Jayron32 16:32, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment It's not just the U.S. doing this, a whole bunch of NATO countries (and the Ukraine) are expelling Russian diplomats. Why is this proposed blurb focused only on the U.S.? – Muboshgu (talk) 15:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Yes, there are now 18 countries (including the US) expelling. This is gross, so I've added altblurb. Brandmeister^talk 16:18, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
    • This I can support. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:27, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Support for alt blurb only. If passed this will be the third time that this article will be posted on ITN in a relatively short period of time. That would normally cause me to oppose. But this is a huge story that continues to evolve in dramatic ways. I am not sure there is any precedent for this kind of mass expulsion of diplomats from so many countries. Article quality is decent. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:30, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • NPR this morning said the last time such a number of diplomats were expelled from the U.S. was 55 Soviets during the Reagan administration (1981-1989 for those who don't recall). – Muboshgu (talk) 16:34, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Interesting. Were there a wave of supporting expulsions from other countries? -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

They did not say. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:49, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wait this is barely discussed at the target article, and Russia's reaction hasn't happened yet. It might be better as "Ongoing" rather than a blurb (for the third time this month, as Ad Orientem notes). power~enwiki (π, ν) 16:33, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Ongoing linked to Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal#Aftermath and international consequences might be good. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 17:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Enough focus on the poisoning, plus this retaliation is just symbolic, especially if you do it after UK as a gesture. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 16:34, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - I'll put my full support behind the altblurb. The blurb I proposed was just what came up in my news ticker, so I put it up there, assuming that it was notable because it's President Trump doing this.--WaltCip (talk) 17:06, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Not a comment towards WaltCip, but this is something I noticed is that many news stories are making this "Trump" related ("oh, and there's some EU countries doing it too" as an afterthought), when the actual news is that the US is doing this with their NATO partners. Perfect example of media bias to watch for at ITN here. --Masem (t) 17:12, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support altblurb (or ongoing would also work). This is NOT a Trump story. I cannot think of the last time eighteen different countries all expelled diplomats in a coordinated protest. Yes it's follow-up from the Skripal case, but it's generating headlines and that's as big a diplomatic response as you can get without imposing further sanctions. However the article needs to be adjusted to reflect that this was an international move, with the US as just one of the countries involved. I also suggest an additional anchor or section link on 'expulsion' so readers get taken straight to the update. Modest Genius ^talk 17:25, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Question so where is the update in Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal? --LaserLegs (talk) 17:34, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

At the end of Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal#Aftermath and international consequences. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 17:50, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support alternative blurb. This doesn't need to be US-focused. Natureium (talk) 17:47, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Trump blurb, dozens of other "diplomats" were expelled from many other countries too, this isn't about Trump for the love of God. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

  Oh, and support alt blurb. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:52, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support alt blurb it's an international action. Banedon (talk) 22:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support alt blurb - bigger than just Trump, but worthy of ITN. Retitled, and marked ready. Stormy clouds (talk) 22:50, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Note to closing admin - It probably doesn't bear mentioning, but the consensus here is to post the alt blurb and not the main blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 02:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. I'm ambivalent about posting yet another blurb about this event; ongoing seems a better place for it. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Personally I’m ok with ongoing but the consensus for the alt blurb seems clear. Pawnkingthree (talk) 02:22, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Ongoing - Oppose blurb & alt blurb because the article doesn't tell us which 18 countries expelled how many diplomats individually. The update is insufficient. --39.57.172.141 (talk) 03:24, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb support indefinite ongoing posting instead of arguing over every dimension of the case, which will clearly take long time before it cease appearing on news ticker. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 09:49, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Should we include a link to Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal? ^Falling_Gravity 18:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] 2018 Kemerovo fire

Article: 2018 Kemerovo fire (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 64 people are confirmed to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping center in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Alex of Canada (talk · give credit) and Abductive (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Still in stub stage. It is getting updated. Sherenk1 (talk) 03:07, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support as long as the page is expanded Tragic and extraordinary incident. The article needs a bit more meat to it though. talk to !dave 08:10, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support subject to extension same as above Juxlos (talk) 08:43, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose stub. The maps use flames to pinpoint the location, which ... come on. Adding maps and a wall of reactions from various people does not count as expansion in my book. --LaserLegs (talk) 11:53, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• The way the maps are presented is, uhh, new. Juxlos (talk) 14:00, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support subject to extension per above. Corvus tristis (talk) 14:18, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Support This certainly deserves to be featured, but it needs to be expanded. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 15:36, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional support. It's a significant fire. 2607:FEA8:1CDF:DF8C:50E5:7067:2619:6BB9 (talk) 18:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good enough now. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:59, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Prose has doubled in size in the previous 7 hours. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 20:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support once it gets cleaned up, work which I may well contribute to. Three hundred dead, at least? Blocked exits? The fire alarm switched off by security? These things have gotten fires on ITN with far fewer casualties. Daniel Case (talk) 20:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Addendum I was taken in by some unsourced info added by a new editor whose Russian-language summary claims that the real death toll is much higher, a rumor that may well be true and has been repeated on comments sections elsewhere but ... we have to stick with 64 for now. Daniel Case (talk) 20:26, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted with edited blurb. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:48, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment: Should we mention that 2/3rds of the casualties are children? - Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

March 25

Portal:Current events/2018 March 25

March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Somali Civil War (2009–present) A car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills five people including the driver and wounds around ten others outside Somalia's Parliament, Interior Ministry, and Presidential Palace buildings in Mogadishu. (ABC) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Two suicide bombers strike a Shi'ite mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, killing one person and wounding seven others. Security forces kill one bomber while the device kills the other. ISIL claims responsibility. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) ISIL releases a statement claiming responsibility for killing or wounding 103 Iraqi soldiers within one month. The group also claims to have abducted 13 more soldiers, and destroyed 12 armoured vehicles. (Iraqi News) Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Houthi forces fire several Burkan-2 ballistic missiles at targets in Saudi Arabia with at least one person, an Egyptian national, being killed in Riyadh. The Royal Saudi Air Defense says it intercepted seven missiles, three of them targeting Riyadh, two targeting Jizan and one apiece targeting Najran and Khamis Mushait. (The Washington Post) Disasters and accidents 2018 Kemerovo fire A fire in the Winter Cherry complex, a shopping centre in Kemerovo, Russia, kills at least 64 people, the majority of which are children. (BBC) South Korean ferry disasters A passenger ferry grounds off the coast of South Korea, injuring at least six people with The South Korean Coastguard evacuating all 163 on board. (Channel News Asia) A bus and a lorry collide head-on near Kitonga, Tanzania, killing twenty six people and wounding nine others. (The Nation) International relations Trump tariffs, South Korea–United States relations South Korea and the United States reach agreements on trade and steel tariffs. (Bloomberg) Russia–European Union relations, Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini holds crisis talks with Markus Ederer, the bloc's recalled ambassador to Russia. (France24) Qatar–Russia relations, Modern conflicts in the Middle East Sheikh Tamim of Qatar visits Russia to discuss the situation in Syria, Yemen and Palestine. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime A suspected drunk driver loses control while fleeing police in Maputo, Mozambique, strikes a crowd, and kills 21 people, injuring 30 more. (The Nation) Politics and elections 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Catalonia's ex-President Carles Puigdemont is detained in Germany. (The Daily Telegraph) Fugitive ex-minister Clara Ponsatí i Obiols says she will hand herself over to Police Scotland, who have received a copy of the European Arrest Warrant for her. (BBC) Protests erupt across Spain, especially in Barcelona, against Puigdemont's detention. (BBC) Aftermath of the Carcassonne and Trèbes attack A former French Parliamentarian candidate of the La France Insoumise party is arrested for tweeting that the death of Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame was "great" and "one less vote for Emmanuel Macron." (BBC) Science and technology Novae in the Milky Way galaxy Researchers publish observations of a possible nova (ASASSN-18fv) in the constellation Carina. (AAVSO), (APOD) Kangaroo Route, History of Qantas Qantas Airways Flight QF9 becomes the first ever regularly scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and Europe after making the 17-hour journey from Perth to London. (The Evening Standard) Climate of Europe An anomalous weather event caused due to dust from a sandstorm in the Sahara, leads to an orange snow blanketing several Eastern European countries, including Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia. This weather event happens roughly every five years; a similar event occurred in Siberia in 2007. (The Guardian)

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[Posted] RD: Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende

Article: Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Africa News
Credits:

• Nominated by EternalNomad (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: Political figure from Gabon; article is, surprisingly, not a stub and well-sourced. EternalNomad (talk) 02:08, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Referenced. Sufficiently good overall.BabbaQ (talk) 06:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. It would be useful to have a reference in the article to his death, as well as the death date. The one linked here gives 26 March, while the article states 25 March. ETA: I have changed the date to match the Africa News source & others online, but worry about time zones. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 11:13, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Jerry Williams

Article: Jerry Williams (singer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [11] , [12], [13]
Credits:

• Nominated 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: Article is well sourced. --BabbaQ (talk) 13:43, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Question is this a reliable source? The discography section has this as its only basis. --Jayron32 13:46, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• It is an official site for charts in Sweden used for basically all Swedish singer articles. It has not been an issue in previous noms. Otherwise I could remove the sections all together if it is an issue.BabbaQ (talk) 13:48, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• If it is official, I would have no objections. It looks kinda cheaply made and unprofessional, which is why I asked. Just raised an eyebrow for me; it could be reliable, but being unfamiliar with Swedish music press, I thought I would follow up. --Jayron32 13:52, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Are you OK with them or should I simply remove the sections all together for now. I take any advice.BabbaQ (talk) 13:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• (e/c) See Wikipedia:Record charts, these kinds of questions are frequent, so this page covers such queries. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• I have removed the sections all together for now. They were filled with red links anyway. I will probably return the sections later on with better sources for each song. The rest of the article is referenced. BabbaQ (talk) 13:58, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• This would not be an acceptable solution for quality concerns for RD posting. If the person is a professional musician, I expect to see a list of songs/albums they have been on, and lacking that, this article is incomplete. We can't sweep sourcing issues under the rug like that. --Masem (t) 14:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• You are probably right. I returned the sections, added a second source. The sources for Discography are now sufficient. BabbaQ (talk) 14:11, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article is well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 16:51, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – not a great article, but good enough. /Julle (talk) 18:22, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 11:11, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Pakistan Super League

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Article: 2018 Pakistan Super League Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In cricket, Islamabad United win the Pakistan Super League, defeating Peshawar Zalmi in the final. (Post)
News source(s): ESPNcricinfo, Gulf News, Arab News, Reuters, The Indian Express
Credits:

• Nominated by 39.57.244.160 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by The Floka (talk · give credit)

Article updated

 39.57.244.160 (talk) 08:36, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support There's a minimal prose summary in the target article. Would prefer some expansion, but will not hold it up over that issue. Still, more would be nice. --Jayron32 13:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose on notability. Sorry but the PSL is not the top domestic cricket tournament, or even the top domestic T20 league - that would be the Indian Premier League, which is on WP:ITNR#Cricket. If we posted this we would have to post the equivalent T20 tournaments in Australia, England and the West Indies, which are of similar prestige, which would make five blurbs a year. I don't think that level of coverage for just one of cricket's three major formats is justified. Let's stick to just the most prominent domestic T20 tournament, which is the IPL. Modest Genius ^talk 13:18, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I always check Wikipedia article page views for questions about "notability", at least when ITN is concerned... –HTD 13:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the interesting link, HTD, tho see my Comment about it below.Tlhslobus (talk) 14:41, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
      • Fake news - pageviews does not equal notability. Please see WP:TOP25. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - per Modest Genius - this is not the most prominent cricket league, nor does it have the prestige for an English speaking audience of similar contests in England and Australia. For analogy's sake, we post the Premier League in association football, but not La Liga or the Bundesliga. I find this to be a similar situation, where we should stick to posting only the most prominent event - the IPL. Stormy clouds (talk) 13:49, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - per Modest Genius. Tlhslobus (talk) 14:19, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - Incidentally, it's perhaps unfortunate that we are ignoring this while posting The Boat Race, which has far fewer viewers, at least year-round (thanks for the above stats link, HDT), and which has also been mentioned in support of I-forget-which other nomination in recent days, but if that's a problem, it's a problem with ITNR, to be discussed there rather than here.Tlhslobus (talk) 14:36, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • It's not due to viewership, but recognizing that we only consider the top events of a specific sport as ITNR so that we have better diversity of topics. There are a multitude of cricket top-tier events so we've had to limit those, whereas the Boat Race is pretty much the only top-tier rowing-related event outside of the Olympics. --Masem (t) 14:40, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
    • Sure, Oxford v Cambridge is clearly of a much higher standard (and clearly also more diverse) than the non-ITNR World Rowing Championships . But as already mentioned this discussion belongs at ITNR, not here (I just mentioned it here as a sort of reply to HTD's above-mentioned stats link).Tlhslobus (talk) 14:53, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
    • But thanks anyway, Masem. I'll probably have to see if there's a barnstar for adding to the gaiety of nations through surreal humour that I can award you for this, as well as your Post-posing comment the other day, for which thanks again .Tlhslobus (talk) 15:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
      • Oxford's Law: As a sports-related ITN discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving The Boat Race approaches 1.--WaltCip (talk) 15:29, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
        • The Supreme Cabal hereby indefinitely bans WaltCip for a wickedly POV Oxonian violation of the copyright of Cambridge's Law . Thanks be to Godwin . Tlhslobus (talk) 15:37, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I have consistently opposed including the Oxbridge Boat Race on ITNR, but been in the minority every time. I would be happy to support a removal proposal. Regardless, it doesn't really have any relevance to the PSL. Modest Genius ^talk 18:28, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Far fewer viewers? We don't do ITN articles based on page views, that's what WP:TOP25 is for. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:41, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Moreover, page views, as demonstrated by the Signpost Humour article, are misleading, and some very poor quality articles attract massive amounts of views. ITN enshrines quality as well, and posting on pure popularity would remove this aspect of the criteria. Plus, ITN would just be a list of the newest films released. Stormy clouds (talk) 10:01, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose per Modest Genius and last year.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose PSL is still nascent compared to other major cricketing tournaments, simply not important considering the range of affairs. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 18:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Time to close? per WP:Snow - it's currently 5 to 1 against. (At least closure should stop me trying to move the above discussion on to Gamaliel's wise or blasphemous reference to a 'canoe race', and in a non sports-related ITN discussion too, thereby grossly and shamelessly violating the above-mentioned Oxbridge's Law WaltCip's Law .) Tlhslobus (talk) 10:20, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: André Bourbeau

Article: André Bourbeau (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Huffington Post
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article is well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:38, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Short but sufficient. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 02:00, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support agreed, it's weak but okay. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:20, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:22, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

[Removed] Remove 2018 UK higher education strike from ongoing news

Article: 2018 UK higher education strike (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: Adding header. Originally proposed by Mtaylor848 LaserLegs (talk) 13:22, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

This has had little media coverage in the UK; I would imagine most people don't know it is going on. It is certainly not notable to a global audience and looks completely silly next to the other ongoing news articles. I can't see that it has too much notability beyond its newsworthines. Moreover the article is pretty poor and lacks balance and neutrality. Mtaylor848 (talk) 11:14, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose the article seems up to date, the event is still ongoing, and I'm not really seeing that it's "pretty poor" or "lacks balance and nutrality [sic]". Perhaps you could clarify your objections? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:46, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per TRM. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:08, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Still ongoing and continuing to generate significant coverage (it took a matter of seconds to find new articles about it from the Guardian); it has become the largest strike the UK's higher education sector has ever seen. I see no particular reason to remove it, and saying it quote "looks silly" is an IDONTLIKEIT argument. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 22:45, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Lying as it does at the intersection of education and economics (and health care, although this particular strike does not directly relate to that sister issue), it does have significant relevance to a global audience. The details may be UK specific, but the friction point itself is symptomatic of broader issues which are currently sweeping much of the western world. The UK's choices in this will have broad ramifications. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 00:01, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - I'm not seeing anything about this whatsoever on the entirety of the BBC News page. Is there something I'm missing? Does BBC not think this is a big deal?--WaltCip (talk) 10:57, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Keep in mind BBC serves content based on geolocation from your IP. This is usually not a good test of how important something is. --Masem (t) 13:32, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
    • They're actually forbidden from making the domestic page available internationally because of the television license. --LaserLegs (talk) 14:02, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

for that statement! That would be extremely surprising and inconsistent with other BBC output (e.g. radio & TV). Modest Genius ^talk 13:24, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• • • • That's... rather counter-intuitive. Well, I'll take everyone's word for it in terms of its notability.--WaltCip (talk) 18:16, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
        • With a UK IP address I can see no links to it on the front page of BBC News, no obvious coverage or media. I watch BBC News everyday and have seen no mention at all of it. Industrial action these days tends not to get much media coverage; the only time it may is if it creates widespread inconvenience such as tube/train strikes.Mtaylor848 (talk) 19:56, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• comment - The article has numerous pictures of strike supporters and a great deal of material relating to that side yet little content and no pictures representing the other side. That to me suggests it is lacking in neutrality. Of course there are articles in the Guardian; this is broadly their coverage however finding articles in newspapers and on the internet does not mean it has significant enough coverage. Has in the past week (if at all) the issue featured prominently in a popular newspaper, on television news, on the BBC News front page; I doubt it, let alone it having international noteworthiness. Industrial disputes do not make big news these days and this one is no different. It being the 'largest strike in UK higher education' doesn't really give it any great weight. Saying it 'looks silly' is not an 'I don't like it argument'; I am just pointing out the absurdity of having a relatively trivial article such as this one next two two articles of major offensives with international coverage. I have a UK IP address; scanning the BBC News website, the Sun, the Mail and the Times I can see no prominent coverage. In fact besides this link it is necessary to search under specific terms to find link to it on the internet. Mtaylor848 (talk) 19:52, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove. According to the article and the UCU website strike action finished on 20 March. I know negotiations are continuing, but right now no-one is on strike. Iff further rounds of strikes occur we can reassess, but right now having an article entitled 'XXX strike' in the ongoing section is misleading if no strikes are in fact going on. Modest Genius ^talk 20:41, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• The article says the union has a mandate for further strikes next month so it’s inevitable there will be more. The dispute itself is definitely still ongoing. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:58, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

'Inevitable' is way too strong - the two sides appear to be close to a deal, so that seems more likely than further strikes. Assuming that more will be announced at some unknown time is WP:CRYSTAL. Modest Genius ^talk 13:23, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Remove per Modest Genius. Banedon (talk) 22:17, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support removal, per Modest Genius. The event is no longer in the UK press that I see, and while the article is still being worked on, editing has been pretty slow over the past few days. Until consensus to remove develops, or the strike restarts, I have changed the wording from "strike" to "dispute" for accuracy. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:57, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove that's the reasonable action. It has run its course and is no longer ongoing./–Ammarpad (talk) 07:45, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose removal Reading the article, it appears that there is still ongoing, active news regarding the strike; there's expected to be more information over the next few days (March 28 is a date mentioned for next major announcement from the negotiators, according to the article text). Given that, and the article is actively being edited, I see no good reason to remove it. --Jayron32 13:10, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove per nom and per ModestGenius.Tlhslobus (talk) 14:14, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove per nom. "The strikes might continue" is not a valid reason to keep a dormant news item up on the main page, especially with as limited coverage as there is. Collective bargaining is always an ongoing process, no matter what field it occurs in.--WaltCip (talk) 15:17, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove I'm unsure why this originally was posted on ongoing, instead of a blurb a month earlier, since the strike had already finished on 20 March. Personally, I don't understand why a labour strike over pension rights in one domestic industry would ordinarily be ITN material (consider if it had happened in America, for example) though I will concede that the staggered approach - 14 days over the course of a month - to the action gave their cause, and the disruption to students, optimum media coverage. Which I suppose is what strikes are meant to do. However, coverage since then has barely registered, as shown by the (non-news) references used to support the proseline added. Piecemeal negotiations about whether a deal can be reached (think Brexit) or whether further strike action is warranted over the next few months isn't what I consider blurbable material or adequate incremental updates for ongoing. Fuebaey (talk) 15:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove - per WP:CRYSTALBALL and the end of the event. We removed the Austin Bombings as soon as he died, same goes here. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:00, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove - per Modest Genius. Jusdafax (talk) 12:22, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
• Removed. Espresso Addict (talk) 18:45, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Qantas

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Article: History of Qantas (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner operates the first ever scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and Europe (Post)
News source(s): "Australia-UK: First non-stop flight arrives in London from Perth". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.Munk, David (25 March 2018). "First non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to Britain lands after 17 hours". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
Credits:

• Nominated by Bahnfrend (talk · give credit)

 Bahnfrend (talk) 06:51, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I don't see how this is very important, considering there have been even longer non-stop flights. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 10:08, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Response Maybe, but not between Australia and Europe. Also, The Guardian's article doesn't share your view - it says that "...the first commercial passenger jet journey direct between Australia and Europe ... has been described as a “game-changer” by some in the aviation industry." Bahnfrend (talk) 11:33, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  Yeah, if I was in the industry I'd say it too. I'm obviously not claiming this isn't unique but it's still the second longest no-stop flight in operation and there's been flights with 15k+ km non-stop before, which leads me to think it isn't an achievement, just that Qantas decided to do it. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 12:17, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment where is the update? Significant milestone. Longest_flights#Non-stop_flights --LaserLegs (talk) 13:18, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – Lacks broader significance in the Big Scheme (although I'm mildly surprised it hasn't happened before). Sca (talk) 14:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Good faith nom but this is basically a back page news and trivia item. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:51, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose it's a unique nomination, but its arbitrary at best. Sorry, but this turns me off. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 17:16, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

It's not arbitrary, when this flight returns early tomorrow (UTC) Europe to Australia will be the 30th and last combination of non-Antarctic continents to be done (and I checked the long ones both ways to ensure wind allows nonstop both ways) This will be a historic moment in aviation. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:43, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Not really “historic”. It’s been done before in longer distances as on of the above users noted. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 21:58, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose more of a DYK but I'm not sure there's a suitable article for that, since most will fail DYK's arcane ruleset... sorry. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:47, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose The first non-stop flight from the European continent to Australia is certainly an interesting milestone, and it would be refreshing to post something other than international turmoil. I'm open to the idea and I applaud you for finding a unique item in good faith, but I don't think this is significant enough to feature. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 22:51, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 24

Portal:Current events/2018 March 24

March 24, 2018 (2018-03-24) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Terrorism in Egypt A bomb planted beneath a car explodes in Alexandria, Egypt, as a motorcade carrying the city's head of security passes by, killing at least two people. (The Telegraph) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi aircraft attack Houthi targets in residential areas of Hudaydah and Sa'dah, Yemen, killing at least seven civilians. (Press TV) Terrorism in Greece An Afghan community centre is burned down in Athens, Greece. An extreme far-right group claims responsibility, and the United Nations condemns the attack. (ABC News) Arts and culture The Times reports their journalist, Bel Trew, had been expelled from Egypt shortly after her February 20 arrest. Trew had been given the option of a military trial or leaving the country. (AP) (The Guardian) 2018 Kids' Choice Awards The 31st annual Kids' Choice Awards takes place. (Hollywood Reporter) Disasters and accidents The Kofu District Public Prosecutor’s Office in Japan announces nobody will be prosecuted over the collapse of the Sasago Tunnel, which killed nine and injured three. Officials say the collapse would have been difficult to predict. (The Japan Times) Two men are rescued from a capsized dredger off Malaysia after 50 hours in an air pocket in the engine room. The death toll so far is nine, with rescue efforts underway to search for more survivors. (Sky News) International relations 2018 inter-Korean summit North Korea accepts South Korea's proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks, scheduled to take place on March 29. (CNN) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal A friend of poisoned exiled Russian spy Sergei Skripal claims Skripal had written to Vladimir Putin asking to return to Russia. Russia denies receiving such a letter. (BBC) The 23 British diplomats and their families expelled from the Russian Federation arrive on a flight from Moscow. (BBC) Investigators discover the Skripals switched off their mobile phones for four hours shortly before falling ill, and begin examining mobile phone data from everyone in Salisbury the day of the crime in a bid to link a phone to the poisoner. (Daily Mirror) Law and crime A car is deliberately driven into a group of schoolgirls in Glasgow, Scotland, injuring five. Police launch an attempted murder probe. (BBC) Politics and elections 2018 United States gun violence protests Hundreds of thousands of people participate in the March for Our Lives protest around the world regarding gun violence, mass shootings and school shootings in the United States. (BBC) (PBS) Peruvian ex-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's homes are raided by police investigating Operation Car Wash. A judge orders him to remain in Peru. (Deutsche Welle)

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[Posted] RD: Arnaud Beltrame

Article: Arnaud Beltrame (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): "Tributes paid for hostage-swap policeman". BBC News. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.; "France terror attack: Hero policeman married hours before he died". Sky News. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.; Willsher, Kim (24 March 2018). "Gendarme who swapped place with hostages hailed a hero in France". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
Credits:

• Nominated by Zigzig20s (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: There is a blurb about the event, but this hero deserves an RD in his own right.Zigzig20s (talk) 05:30, 26 March 2018 (UTC) Zigzig20s (talk) 05:30, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose tagged and under-referenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:21, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

User:The Rambling Man: And now?Zigzig20s (talk) 10:16, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Fix the bare URLs and we're on. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:17, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

User:The Rambling Man:Done.Zigzig20s (talk) 12:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Support my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:45, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - tragic news. Good to go. Stormy clouds (talk) 13:50, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 14:04, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment: Can anyone add an "early life" section and chronological order please?Zigzig20s (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Never mind--I did.Zigzig20s (talk) 16:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

I've also added more references. More than ready.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:05, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:59, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Bill Lucas

Article: Bill Lucas (athlete) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Athletics Weekly
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article is well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support: No issues for now. 2601:2C0:4700:4A9A:D9F0:6CCB:624F:6279 (talk) 22:21, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support: - sourced and ready.BabbaQ (talk) 11:25, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support yup, been ready a while now. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:57, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:04, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• The article is linked wrong at the main page. It does not direct to Bill Lucas.BabbaQ (talk) 19:08, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  Fixed, thanks. ansh666 19:11, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] March For Our Lives

Article: March For Our Lives (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Hundreds of thousands of protesters in the US participate in the March For Our Lives protest against gun violence in the United States (Post)
News source(s): [14] [15] [16] [17]
Credits:

• Nominated by Nixinova (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Major event taking place in lots of places around the world. Article reads like a list though. – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 20:27, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Sources can't seem to agree on the size, one says in a caption "hundreds of thousands" across the globe another of your sources say "tens of thousands" across America, assuming both are credible statements a majority of marchers would be outside of "America", just a thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.150.255 (talk) 21:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose In the past we have almost always declined protests involving domestic political issues unless they were extraordinarily large, which this really wasn't, or there was some other factor that makes them unique. Protesting against (and for) guns is as normal and American as hot dogs and fireworks on the Fourth of July. There is nothing here that warrants mention on ITN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:30, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

I believe you are mistaken about the magnitude of this multifaceted campaign. Sca (talk) 00:32, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• • @Ad Orientem: Define "extaordinarily large", please. This doesn't qualify? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Typically in the millions. This is simply the latest in a seemingly endless series of protests since the Clown in Chief got elected and it is pretty run of the mill in terms of size, maybe even on the small side. Most of these, with the exception of the Women's March, which did number in the millions, we declined. Almost all of them got a lot of short term news coverage. If are going to start posting these kinds of things, I could easily see a lot of nominations of this sort coming in. Unless of course this is one of those America is special kinda noms. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:48, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Just going off of Timeline of protests against Donald Trump, I don't see anything as big as this, aside from the Women's March, of course. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:57, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

That article looks like an anti-Trump WP:COATRACK and seems to list almost every gathering no matter how trivial that garnered even a mention in the local news. I suspect it was created in response to this archived RfC that put restrictions on what protests could be listed at Protests against Donald Trump. Even though I may not like it, I can read the score and this is going to get posted. But my oppose stands. [Saluting the flag as the ship goes down.] -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

This doesn't have much to do with Trump; these kids just want sensible gun laws. – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 22:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

PP Support Striking my oppose. I am satisfied at this point that the news coverage warrants posting. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:38, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Major protest in the U.S., with worldwide satellite marches. Very much "in the news", which is allegedly our purpose here. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support this is a global protest, which has been top of my "local" news since it started several hours ago. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man: As usual, what's top in "your" local news is worthy of posting. How unsurprising. It's not top in mine but I guess that doesn't matterManish2542 (talk) 15:24, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  Manish2542 I don't follow you at all, but I don't care either. Go and pester someone who cares what you think. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man: Truth hurts, I know. At least now it's clear that the sole condition for something to be worthy of featuring on wikipedia's main page is whether or not it is in "your" local news. Nothing else matters. Thanks for clarifying things Manish2542 (talk) 18:23, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  No, you just don't get it. Nothing hurts here, the sooner you realise this is a website, the better. Go and pester someone else now. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:05, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Globally covered and is a major ongoing protest in the U.S. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:43, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per all of the above. The protest have been the talk of the news for the past few days. Even if the protests yield little effect on gun control, they are still getting widespread coverage. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 21:47, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Rather unprecedented for something like this. Amazing how it took this school shooting in particular to bring the gun control movement to the forefront.--WaltCip (talk) 21:50, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose the article ... it's got to be a WP:MOS vio with all those sections with one line each. The DC rally needs a real prose update, the rest of them I think could be consolidated into a table, and if attendance numbers are published, added to the table. It's in the news, so as always, I support. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support – All mainline news sites tell of hundreds of thousands of protestors across the U.S., not only in Washington, D.C., but also in scores of other cities nationwide. (Even in the small, rather remote city where I live thousands showed up, chanted and marched.) In addition, there were supporting demonstrations in Europe. This is different, and it's not going away. Sca (talk) 21:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - we posted the Women's March, and I view this to be of similar significance and importance. Dominant media story for days now. Stormy clouds (talk) 22:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

@Stormy clouds: Dominant where? You might be quite surprised but the world doesn't limit itself to the US. And calling it a global event in the blurb is a sheer lie.Manish2542 (talk) 15:27, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

There are lots of demonstrations taking place worldwide... What are you talking about? – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 00:28, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - per Stormy clouds, among others. The only thing I'm not sure about is whether this is merely of similar significance to the Women's March, or whether it's of greater significance. Either way I supported then so I should logically also support now.Tlhslobus (talk) 23:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Stormy cloud, Sca, etc. Insane that 20 minute canoe race makes it to ITN but this does not. Gamaliel (talk) 23:44, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment does the article really need the maps? power~enwiki (π, ν) 23:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support well over one million have protested nationwide, including 800,000 in Washington. It makes just the Washington march the third largest protest in American history alone, surpassing the Million Man March (which had at most 800,000 people, despite its name). Half a million more people have marched in this than in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. To quote the former Vice President, this is a big effing deal. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 23:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted I am both involved and opposed, but consensus is clear beyond any reasonable doubt. If any admin objects feel free to revert. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:58, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posing oppose on quality I wouldn't recommend pulling, but I really have to think that an article that is effectively WP:PROSELINE is not our best work. It would have been better to have this tabular, after a brief introduction as well as a summary after the events were over to estimate the population. I do think the activity is ITN material, just that the article, plainly, sucks in quality terms. --Masem (t) 00:46, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe worse, there were 11 CNs (Citations Needed) when I looked shortly after it was posted, and there were still 11 CNs when I looked a few minutes ago, 12 hours after posting. (And I suspect several citations don't properly support the text, tho I haven't really checked). I should probably have supported on principle, but temporarily opposed on quality. Last night I spent 5 to 10 minutes looking for supporting citations for the French planned marches (after first finding nothing re my native Ireland), and could only find one from ABC for something having taken place in Paris, which is not quite the same thing as a citation supporting a plan, and in the end I decided to go to bed, and I'm not sure I want to spend time on it today (per WP:NOTCOMPULSORY and WP:BNO if necessary). Maybe the CNs will get fixed as Americans wake up today, though they weren't fixed by them yesterday evening. Maybe temporary pulling would encourage fixing, but I'm far too cowardly to suggest that (though perhaps somebody a lot braver than me might). Tlhslobus (talk) 11:18, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

By the way, is the above and/or below Post-posing (instead of Post-posting) a deliberate or merely Freudian slip, but an amusing one, perhaps suggesting that most of us supporters are merely poseurs too busy Virtue signalling to bother with irrelevant details like article quality ? Guilty as charged, at least in my case . Tlhslobus (talk) 11:35, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

My error, was not deliberate. --Masem (t) 14:15, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Post-posing support - This has recieved world wide attention. Is the main news on every media service right now whether we like it or not.BabbaQ (talk) 11:26, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Modification I'm not against posting the blurb but why "around the world"? This is mainly an american-centric event and the "planned" rallies that took place outside the US barely mobilised people there. The blurb should be modified to "major rallies in the US".Manish2542 (talk) 15:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

That may be a legitimate point but it probably belongs at WP:ERRORS. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:35, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Recent BBC article says: "With events not just in the US but as far afield as London, Paris, Mauritius, Tokyo, Stockholm, Sydney, Geneva and Berlin," [18]. One of the things that is notable about this protest is that it has spread beyond the national boundary. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:26, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

As noted above, there were supporting demonstrations in Europe – Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, London – and elsewhere. "Around the world" does sound a bit hypey and POV, though. Possible replacement: "Hundreds of thousands of protesters participate in March for Our Lives rallies for tighter gun control in the United States, with supporting demonstrations in Europe and elsewhere." Sca (talk) 21:31, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

ERRORS. ERRORS. ERRRORS. And "elsewhere" is hardly encyclopedic, is it?!! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:34, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Having done a little more online research, I agree re "elsewhere" (see change above), but otherwise I don't understand your comment at all. Can't you see that I'm basically agreeing with Manish2542's objection to "around the world" – ??? – "Errors?" – baloney. Sca (talk) 22:39, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

 • In NYT's pictorial series "Photos From the 'March for Our Lives' Protests Around the World," nearly all are from the U.S. Exceptions include Paris, Berlin, Hamburg and Bogotá, Colombia. Thus in this case too, "around the world" seems an exaggeration, and I tend to agree with Manish2542 on this point. Sca (talk) 22:39, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose per Ad Orientem. Wikipedia steps into the political propaganda arena with this news item. Also contrast, the 10 million in London alone for the Protests against the Iraq War. Regards, Sun Creator^(talk) 15:45, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

I mean, that's protesting a hot war with bombings and boots on the ground. Somewhat of apples to oranges considering that this issue would otherwise be purely domestic.--WaltCip (talk) 18:17, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

The anti-Iraq War protesters in London were 1 million, not 10 million.Tlhslobus (talk) 14:25, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose This is a very politically charged topic with a lot of pro and anti propaganda surrounding it. I've read numerous dubious claims that that range from a few thousand supporters to millions of supporters showed up (clearly the reality is somewhere in between). What makes this protest different from others around the world such as the ones happening in Catalonia? Also, this is a very US-centric topic, I question its worthiness of international interest to begin with.Spoonlesscorey (talk) 18:25, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• P.P. Support - International news, participation by numerous nations (More nations had protests than expelled Russian diplomats), and we're not funded by the NRA. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:52, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Far and away the No. 1 Eng-lang story for several days. Gun control, or the lack thereof, remains a hot topic in the U.S. and Europe. That it's "politically charged" is obvious, and only enhances its significance. Sca (talk) 00:34, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Lys Assia

Article: Lys Assia (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Blick.ch, Metro
Credits:

• Nominated by PootisHeavy (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: Relatively short article, but nonetheless well-sourced. --PootisHeavy (talk) 19:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Short but sufficient. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 19:14, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support -No issues. –Ammarpad (talk) 19:37, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 20:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] The Boat Race 2018

Article: The Boat Race 2018 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The annual Boat Races are held, with Cambridge winning both the men's and women's races. (Post)
News source(s): Daily Telegraph
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by The Rambling Man (talk · give credit)

Article updated
The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Fixed up, basically FA quality article, ITNR as we all know... The Rambling Man (talk) 17:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC) (UTC)

• Support - The article is in very good shape and the race is very traditional. --SirEdimon (talk) 19:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - FA or not, is a varsity between 2 British universities covered almost exclusively by British media really ITN-worthy? Juxlos (talk) 20:02, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

  Not at all "almost exclusively" British media, but we have this every year, and that's why it's ITNR. If you don't like it, and this is also an annual issue, go seek it being removed from ITNR. That you'd deny a sporting event that's witnessed live by a quarter of a million people, has a heritage dating back to 1829, features international athletes and is broadcast and viewed globally, plus with an article that's already good to go, makes me wonder what your "IDONTLIKEIT" vote is worth here. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

  I strongly suggest reading the ITNR talk page logs. This specific race has been the subject of much discussion, but in the end, it is the highest level recognized competition in rowing in the world with a large enough interest (in the millions). --Masem (t) 20:19, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Pretty sure we don't have to worry about the quality of the article here (though I spot checked to make sure :) --Masem (t) 20:21, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

  Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:34, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Well-recognised event. talk to !dave 20:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Ready to go. Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:30, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 20:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Massive kudos to TRM for getting this article up to quality standards so quickly.--WaltCip (talk) 20:51, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

  Much appreciated. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Seconded. That was some top tier editing. Sublime work. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:01, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

March 23

Portal:Current events/2018 March 23

March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of the 2017 Parsons Green bombing Convicted terrorist Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Ali is jailed for life in London for one count of attempted murder and one of causing an explosion with intent to endanger life. He will have to serve 34 years before becoming eligible for parole. (Surrey Advertiser) Carcassonne and Trèbes attack Four people are killed and 16 wounded when an extremist takes hostages in Trèbes, France. The suspect is killed by police. (BBC) (CNN) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) A car bomb is driven into a crowd outside the Ghazi Muhammad Ayub Khan Stadium in Lashkar Gah, Helmund, before detonating. At least 13 people are killed. (BBC) Northern Mali conflict Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga visits separatist rebel stronghold Kidal. (WBOY-TV 12 News) Business and economy Economy of Denmark Boeing loses a case in Copenhagen city court against the Danish Ministry of Defense over access to documents used in the purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighters in preference over Boeing F/A 18 Super Hornets. Boeing argued the evaluation process used in the purchase had been "flawed". (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2018 disasters in Vietnam A fire at a condominium complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, kills at least 13 people and injures another 27, with most people dying of suffocation or jumping from high floors. (The Washington Post) International relations Poland in the European Union Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz asks the European Commission to halt its use of Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union against the nation in exchange for modifications to controversial proposed judicial reforms. (Radio Poland) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Russia–European Union relations The European Union agrees with the United Kingdom's assessment of the incident, stating that "there is no plausible alternative explanation" to Russian involvement. (NPR) The EU ambassador to Russia is recalled from Moscow. (BBC) Iran–United States relations, Cyberwarfare in Iran The United States charges and sanctions nine Iranians and the Iranian company Mabna Institute for hacking and attempting to hack hundreds of universities. (Reuters) Cyprus dispute Turkey calls a statement of European Union support for Greek Cypriots in a dispute over offshore resources "unacceptable". Turkey has been using its Navy to prevent exploration by Cypriot vessels. (al-Jazeera) 2018 North Korea-United States summit New US National Security Advisor John R. Bolton says that President Donald Trump should insist on Libya-styled denuclearization for North Korea. (Reuters) Law and crime Crime in South Korea Former President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak is detained on charges of taking bribes when he was in office. (Reuters) School shootings in the United States One of the victims of the shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland dies from her injuries. (CNN) Crime in the United Kingdom Two lorry drivers receive prison terms, one of 14 years, for killing eight people when their vehicles collided with a bus on the M1 in Buckinghamshire, England, in 2017. (BBC) Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections Tumblr shuts down 84 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency. (The Outline) Gun violence in the United States The US Department of Justice announces it will reclassify bump stocks as machine guns, effectively outlawing them. (Axios) Human rights in the United States, Transgender personnel in the United States military US President Donald Trump issues an order banning "transgender persons who require or have undergone gender transition" from the military. Pentagon spokesman Major David Eastburn says this announcement will have no immediate practical effect for the military which will continue to recruit and retain transgender people in accordance with current law. (BBC) (NBC News) During a three-week US Border Patrol Operation Sandman near Yuma, Arizona, there are 204 arrests for human smuggling. (KYMA) Politics and elections 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Thirteen Catalan separatist politicians appear before the Spanish Supreme Court. Marta Rovira, who is "self-exiled" in Switzerland, does not attend. (AP via U.S. News & World Report) (The Washington Post) The judge remands Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa and Raul Romeva into custody again. (New York Times) Judge Llarena reactivates the European Arrest Warrants against Carles Puigdemont, Marta Rovira, and four fugitive ex-members of dismissed regional government. (El Mundo) Abortion in Poland Thousands protest across Poland against the government's proposed restrictions on abortion. (The Guardian) Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski The Peruvian Congress votes 105–12 to accept President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's resignation. (ABC News) Vice President Martín Vizcarra is sworn in to replace Kuczyski. (The Guardian) Politics of the United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn sacks Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Smith after he called for a second referendum on European Union membership. He is replaced by Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd. (The Guardian) Government shutdowns in the United States The United States government avoids another government shutdown when President Trump signs the 1.3 Trillion dollar omnibus spending bill into law. This bill ensures no more shutdown threats until October 1, 2018. (Federal News Radio), (The Washington Post) Politics of Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib leaves the office after resigning on 17 March over a credit card from a NGO scandal. She is succeeded ad interim by Vice President Barlen Vyapoory. (Al Jazeera) Science and technology Fauna of Australia More than 140 pilot whales die in Hamelin Bay, Australia, after beaching themselves. (BBC)

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[Posted] Carcassonne and Trèbes attack

Article: Carcassonne and Trèbes attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A gunman takes hostages at a supermarket in Trèbes, France, before fatally shooting three people and then being shot dead by police. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A gunman is killed after killing a self-sacrificing police "hero" and three other victims in a terrorist attack in Trèbes, France.
News source(s): BBC Telegraph NYT Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Everymorning (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Unclear if it was a terrorist attack so far, though the gunman reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and the prime minister says all signs point to it being a terrorist attack. Every morning (there's a halo...) 18:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - even if it is a terror attack, it is too small to merit posting. Stormy clouds (talk) 18:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support as "The Islamic State released a statement calling him a "soldier of the Islamic State", and French president Emmanuel Macron called the attacks an act of Islamist terrorism." means that has been confirmed as terrorism to an extent that authorities find satisfactory, as well as claimed; "too small" is objectively meaningless and doesn't determine notability, while on the other hand, "He swore allegiance to the Islamic State and demanded the release of Salah Abdeslam, an Islamist accused of involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks" makes this event notable as a type of attack with demands and conditions for hostage release that had never been made before in Europe by the IS. LjL (talk) 19:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Has been in all international and national media today. Article seems ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 20:46, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose It's just too small scale for ITN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:50, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support While this incident has resulted in less fatalities than we usually post, it is prominently in the news. The article's quality is also pretty high. Half of our current blurbs occurred more than a week ago. Mamyles (talk) 21:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support it's in the news (that shooting in Afghanistan is not, BTW), article is decent. ISIL will take credit for mild food poisoning, no need to mention it in the blurb. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Neutral This event has already generated several responses from prominent world leaders, which demonstrates worldwide significance. However, events just as worthy of featuring have been rejected.BrendonTheWizard (talk) 00:37, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support This was the first deadly terrorist attack in Western Europe in several months, and is being covered internationally. EternalNomad (talk) 01:01, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support an unusual terror incident in Europe. Certainly more newsworthy than than the regular school shootings in America. The Rambling Man (talk) 01:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• An unusual bombing incident in the U.S. gets opposed, and this gets supported. Because the American terrorist is white? General anti-U.S. bias here? I'm genuinely curious. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:32, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Domestic terrorism vs international terrorism, most likely. --Masem (t) 01:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
    • That seems to me to make little difference. In these two examples, one is a Christian extremist and the other is a Muslim extremist. One resulted in three dead, the other resulted in four dead (including the perps). I'm still at a loss. – Muboshgu (talk) 01:48, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
      • Personally, I would have supported the inclusion of both based on what you've described. Terrorism is terrorism. The article you were referring to appears to be more ready for featuring on the main page than this one with the amount of fatalities the event caused being nearly identical and the number of injuries caused by the other article being greater, so I've demoted my response to neutral out of a desire for consistent standards. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 03:30, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • It's anti-US bias, mostly. The US rarely calls white terrorists "terrorists" which doesn't help. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:03, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Domestic terrorism with little effect where the assalaint had already been killed within shot time, not ITN worth. –Ammarpad (talk) 03:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support, but I completely agree with Muboshgu and BrendonTheWizard. We should post this one, but we should also have posted the Austin bombings. There is a clear double standard here that needs to be addressed. Davey2116 (talk) 04:04, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose- small-scale shooting incident, besides the blurb is too long. - 58.27.134.33 (talk) 08:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support altblurb or something similar that mentions the police hero. It's this self-sacrificing heroism that seemingly makes the event unusual, exceptionally newsworthy, and ITN-worthy. (Please note that I support posting even if I don't get an altblurb). Tlhslobus (talk) 10:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • We generally do not call out acts of heroism in blurbs (since what is a "hero" is going to be very subjective). A police officer putting his life before others is part of their job. --Masem (t) 12:40, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• I agree that it would be inappropriate to use the term "hero" in an alt-blurb. Yes, the police officer was heroic, but that is not the story here, really. To some, (they are wrong, but they exist), the terrorists are heroic for their actions. Stormy clouds (talk) 12:42, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• He's called a hero by the French President (among many others) and by a very large number of Reliable Sources in their headlines and their texts, and it is in quotes in the altblurb. Wikipedia goes by what Reliable Sources say, not by what a few terrorist supporters may think. And his heroism is what makes this story interesting to readers. Omitting it will disimprove the encyclopedia, contrary to WP:IAR and the related 5th Pillar of Wikipedia, WP:5P5, by causing the story to be missed by many readers (unless one thinks that causing readers to miss a story somehow improves Wikipedia), tho many (but fewer) will probably still come anyway because they already know about his heroism and want to read about it.Tlhslobus (talk) 19:25, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose as others mentioned, had this been in the US (or the middle east or africa or the rest of the world really) it won’t receive support. Juxlos (talk) 10:32, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Except it wasn't in those places, which is kind of the point. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:55, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
    • Whether or not it was in those places shouldn't be a factor; terrorism by fair-skinned non-Muslims is still terrorism. The opposition to posting the Austin bombing cited relatively few deaths, which is the same in this situation; the only thing that changed is whether or not it was motivated by Islam. Wikipedia's standards should be objective and not subject to one's POV. While I do believe that the Carcassonne and Trèbes attack is worthy of the ITN section, I can't bring myself to support one being posted and not the other. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 20:55, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Also others said that before there was any mention here of a police hero, so it's at least possible that might have made a difference to their view (because I entirely agree that without the 'hero' angle this would not be ITN-worthy, at least in my view - indeed I wouldn't be involved here without it). Tlhslobus (talk) 11:02, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• A reminder: We did post the Austin bombings, they were only posted to ongoing, rather than a blurb when the situation ended. --Masem (t) 12:38, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • We did, but we didn't. It got on ongoing with some thinking it was an inappropriate decision based on the opposition that did exist, then when it went up for a blurb it got shot down hard, even though it differs little from this story. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:52, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
  • We really didn't. I agree with Muboshgu; it wasn't accurate or appropriate to place it in the ongoing section, and the only reason why it was placed there was because of the speedy closure (<1 day of discussion is rather quick to deem it infinite) where the opposition cited reasons that seem to be generally overlooked during this discussion. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 20:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. The police officer who intervened in the attack has now died. This makes the attack notable for several reasons, with five dead including the perpetrator:
  • This is the deadliest terror incident in France since the attack in Nice.
  • If this had happened in any European country other than France, it would almost certainly be posted.
  • If it had occurred in France pre-2015, it certainly would have been posted.

184.151.37.41 (talk) 14:12, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support – Per Nomad, TRM, although it looks like consensus may be elusive. Agree that the death of Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame heightens reader interest. Sca (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually we may be not necessarily be too far off 'consensus' as understood in these parts, as I currently make it 10 to 5 in favour (and 3 to 1 in the last 4 !votes, the ones since the hero cop got mentioned here) and though it's not supposed to be a vote, assessing admins have sometimes been known to deem 2 to 1 a consensus by supermajority, especially if support is moving in the right direction. At any rate that's a question for them to decide, not us. Tlhslobus (talk) 19:02, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted. There appears to be a reasonable consensus. Black Kite (talk) 20:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Zell Miller

Article: Zell Miller (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Atlanta Journal Constitution
Credits:

• Nominated by It's Wiki Time (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.

 It's Wiki Time (talk) 16:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Sourcing needs work, but the article is in decent shape. Hopefully it will be good in a few hours. power~enwiki (π, ν) 16:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Referencing is actually dreadful. I had intended to nominate this when I caught the breaking news of his death but one look at the article stopped me in my tracks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:35, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

You're right, the "Senate" section is more than I can fix now; if nobody else gets to it I'll try in a few hours. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

I took a hatchet to the unsourced material in that section. No {{cn}} tags remaining, but somebody else needs to review it before I'd support posting. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:41, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Much improved but still a few gaps. I have added tags. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:55, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

• Question: do we think the 2004 RNC bit is WP:UNDUE? I mean, I vividly remember watching him challenge Chris Matthews to a duel on live television, or say he wish he could. But, with the value of 14 years of hindsight, I'm thinking it should be trimmed a bit. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:49, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Probably a matter for the talk page. I think merging into a single section on the 2004 election and reducing it a bit is called for. power~enwiki (π, ν) 16:59, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article overall well sourced and has improved. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:42, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is pretty good. Davey2116 (talk) 01:39, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:59, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Well done to everyone who worked on it. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:53, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:27, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Antigua and Barbuda general election, 2018

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Article: Antiguan general election, 2018 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party led by incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne wins the Antigua and Barbuda general election, securing 15 of the 17 seats in the House of Representatives (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Gaston Browne (pictured), gains the most seats in the House of Representatives.
Alternative blurb II: ​ The Labour Party of Antigua and Barbuda gains the most seats in the House of Representatives.
News source(s): [19], [20], [21]
Credits:

• Nominated by WTKitty (talk · give credit)

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

 WTKitty (talk) 11:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Stub article with no global coverage and I'm not confident it's publicized enough. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 12:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment - here is an article from the UK on the election telegraph and one from Yahoo — Preceding unsigned comment added by WTKitty (talk • contribs)
• Oppose for now Agree that the article is too much of a stub to post. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Article is a stub and, with the due respect, A&B General Elections are not worldwide important.--SirEdimon (talk) 18:56, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Comment - See WP:ITN/R, elections in sovereign states only depend on the quality of the article. WTKitty (talk) 19:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose for now Although I was initially inclined to support it, the article does appear to be very short and would need a lot of work to be featured in the news. I wouldn't say that it's not important enough to be featured, but the article does not provide information more in-depth than what is provided by the blurb summary. BrendonTheWizard (talk) 00:28, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 22

Portal:Current events/2018 March 22

March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Somali Civil War (2009–present) A car bomb blast in Mogadishu, near the Weheliye hotel in the Somali capital, kills at least 14 people and injures 10 others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility for the blast. (AP via MSN) Syrian Civil War Evacuations of 7,500 people from rebel-held Harasta, Eastern Ghouta begin. Rebels agree with the Syrian government and Russia for the displaced people to be exiled in Idlib Governorate. (The Guardian) A market in the town of Harem, Idlib province, is reportedly struck by Russian aircraft, killing 35 people including 12 children. (NPR) Yemeni forces launch a missile attack on Aramco's HQ in Najran, Saudi Arabia. (Press TV) Arts and culture Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act Craigslist deactivates its personals section in response to the U.S. Senate's passage of the bill. (Buzzfeed) Business and economy Economic policy of the Donald Trump administration U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer tells a Senate panel that President Donald Trump has decided to "pause" tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea. (BBC) Disasters and accidents 2018 Unipetrol explosion Six people are killed after an explosion at a Unipetrol plant in Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. (BBC) A four-storey building collapse kills two firefighters in Pennsylvania. (Snopes) International relations China–United States relations U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on US$60 billion of Chinese goods, while also limiting China's ability to invest in the U.S. technology industry. (The Washington Post) 2017–18 Qatar diplomatic crisis Qatar's Interior Ministry releases a list of individuals and entities it says are linked to terrorism. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, who had demanded the list amid tensions with Qatar, welcome its release but criticise the time taken to prepare it. (Gulf News) Foreign relations of Poland Poland's ruling Law and Justice proposes changes to planned judicial reforms in response to European Union criticisms the plans threaten judicial independence. The European Commission is threatening Poland with sanctions over the reforms. (Deutsche Welle) Polish and U.S. authorities say the completion of the United States missile defense complex in Poland, part of a NATO project, will be delayed until 2020. (U.S. News and World Report) Poland's ruling Law and Justice's Arkadiusz Mularczyk says Germany owes Polish victims of World War II a total of 1.984 trillion zloty (US$543 billion, 440 billion euros) in compensation. (The Times of Israel) Russia–Sudan relations Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation to visit Sudan from Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Africa News) Cyprus dispute The European Union calls on Turkey to cease military actions aimed at enforcing Turkish claims to disputed natural gas deposits. The bloc also asks Turkey to release detained EU citizens. (al-Jazeera) Law and crime Murder of Maria Ladenburger Iranian immigrant Hussein Khavari is convicted of rape and murder in a case that provoked widespread discussion of refugee immigration to Germany. (BBC) Ukrainian crisis Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko is arrested in Parliament over an alleged plot to attack Parliament and overthrow the government. (BBC) Alleged Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections In a statement to French investigating magistrates, ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy refutes corruption charges relating to alleged receipt of funding from the then President of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, in 2007. (The Telegraph) Crime in Brazil An open letter from international politicians, activists, journalists, and academics demands an independent commission be formed to investigate the assassination of Brazilian human rights activist Marielle Franco and her driver. (The Guardian) Cow vigilante violence in India since 2014 An Indian court convicts eleven Hindus of murdering a Muslim man they discovered transporting beef, sentencing them to life. It is the first successful prosecution of cow vigilantism violence in India. (BBC) Palestinian government Two men accused of an attempt to assassinate Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah die in a shootout with security forces. Two Hamas security personnel also die. (The Jerusalem Post) Crime in Kenya The Kenyan Court of Appeals rules forced anal examinations on suspected homosexuals are illegal. (Deutsche Welle) Sanctions against Iran Malta imposes a freeze on Pilatus Bank. The bank's Iranian chairman Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad was arrested and charged in the United States earlier this week, accused of breaching United States sanctions against Iran. (Reuters) Politics and elections Protests against Emmanuel Macron People in 150 places across France take to the streets peacefully in a general strike to protest President Macron's economic reforms. Railways, airways, schools and power generation are affected. (Reuters) Cyprus dispute Turkey announces it is to send a drilling boat to disputed waters claimed by both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. (The Guardian) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, wounded when he came to the aid of the poisoned Russian dissidents, is discharged from hospital. (BBC) British Prime Minister Theresa May calls the incident "part of a pattern of Russian aggression against Europe" and promises to raise the matter at an upcoming European Union summit. (BBC) An inquest is opened into the death of murdered Russian exiled dissident Nikolai Glushkov in London. (The Independent) The Court of Protection hears the Skripals are unable to communicate and may have suffered lifelong brain damage. It rules blood samples can be taken from the pair for analysis by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and grants the group access to medical records. (The Independent) Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections John Dowd, the most senior lawyer advising U.S. President Donald Trump on allegations of Russian electoral interference, resigns. (BBC) (CNN) 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Jordi Turull fails in the first vote to become President of the Generalitat. The next session will be held on Saturday, March 24. (La Vanguardia) Marta Rovira, Carme Forcadell, ex-president of the Parliament and Dolors Bassa, ex-member of the dismissed government who was in prison accused of sedition, resigns as Deputy before the declaration in front of Supreme Court that will be held on March 23. (La Vanguardia) Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski A Peruvian court confirms it will consider a request to impose a travel ban on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski if his resignation is confirmed by lawmakers, who are considering whether to accept it. Some politicians have vowed to resist the resignation in favour of instead impeaching Kuczynski. (The New Jersey Herald) Peruvian Vice President Martín Vizcarra returns from Canada, where he is his nation's ambassador, in preparation to take over the Presidency. (CBC) Presidency of Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump announces former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton will become his National Security Advisor, succeeding the outgoing H. R. McMaster. (USA Today) Antiguan general election, 2018 Antigua and Barbuda's ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party wins a second term in a landslide vote. (The Sun Daily) Science and technology Human genetics DNA tests confirm Ata, an unusual six-inch-long mummy found in Chile in 2003, to be the remains of a newborn human with genetic mutations. (BBC)

[Posted] RD: Wayne Huizenga

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

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jobsecure (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.

 – Muboshgu (talk) 17:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Article is good enough and Huizenga was a high profile businessman. SirEdimon (talk) 18:51, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Article is in good shape and ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 22:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Article well sourced. g2g. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:30, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support anyone working this pages at all at the moment? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:56, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Trump announces tariffs on China

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Article: Trump tariffs (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ President of the United States Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum announcing his plan to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion USD of goods made in China. (Post)
News source(s): CNBC BBC NYT The Independent (many more if you look for them)
Credits:

• Nominated by Everymorning (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: I realize that the sanctions may well not take effect, since Trump just signed a memo basically announcing this intention on his part. But there has still been a HUGE reaction from China, which says they will “take all legal measures to protect our interest”, [22] and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says that "China is likely to retaliate against the tariffs by targeting U.S. agricultural products that are reliant on the Chinese export market." [23] Stocks have also fallen. I think this adds up to a significant enough event to post IMO. Every morning (there's a halo...) 21:14, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I am not formally expressing a view on this, but I think until the tariffs actually take effect this will have a tough time being posted. 331dot (talk) 21:20, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose the trickle of tariff threats are barely news enough for Portal:Current events, and Trump tariffs doesn't mention this latest one yet. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Tariffs are far too common between countries (not just US) nowadays. These feel no different .--Masem (t) 21:38, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle but wait till actually enacted, per previous nomination. I don't agree with Masem's reasoning - if this goes ahead, it's a trade war between the world's two largest economies. Banedon (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle per Banedon's reasoning (i.e. wait until actually enacted). Also, is the term "Trump tariffs" one in widespread, actual use outside of WP? I see instances of the use of the words "Trump" and "tariffs" adjacent to each other but not "Trump tariffs" as a standalone term to refer to the proposed tariffs. I might be wrong, though, as I haven't looked that carefully. Chetsford (talk) 22:34, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
  • There's limited discussion on Talk:Trump tariffs regarding the name; American tariffs are normally referred to as being named after a person (Smoot-Hawley tariff), there's no clear common-name, and it is descriptive. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:40, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Makes sense! Thanks for the edification, power~enwiki! Chetsford (talk) 23:45, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Oppose – I suspect there will be many more disruptive edicts by DT, and I doubt this one is really ITN, but we shall see. Sca (talk) 00:16, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose not a Trump ticker and this may be of mild interest to a handful of people, but it's hardly something I'd expect to see in a encyclopedic selection of news articles for the main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:00, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - I feel like we need a SNOW clause specifically written for Trump-related ITN noms given the disproportionate amount of media coverage he receives by virtue of his notoriety.WaltCip (talk) 10:02, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Per TRM. --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 12:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 21

Portal:Current events/2018 March 21

March 21, 2018 (2018-03-21) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthis claim to have shot down a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 jet over Sa'da province, Yemen. (Sputnik News) Syrian Civil War The Syrian government and rebel forces reach an agreement to allow 7,500 people to evacuate from rebel-held Harasta, Eastern Ghouta. (al-Jazeera) Boko Haram insurgency, Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping Boko Haram releases most of the 110 Nigerian schoolgirls it had kidnapped in February 2018, and warns against sending them back to school. (The Globe and Mail) Disasters and accidents Accidents and incidents involving helicopters A Eurocopter 120 helicopter carrying five people crashes into the sea near Hardy Reef off the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia. Two people are killed. (The Guardian) Aftermath of the 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash The Crown Prosecution Service charges pilot Andrew Hill with 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence and one count of endangering an aircraft over an accident at Shoreham Airshow in England. (The Telegraph) Metro Hotel Dublin fire A fire breaks out in the upper floors of a hotel and apartment block building in Ballymun, Ireland, near Dublin Airport. The fire affects the top seven floors of the building and two floors of apartments, without casualties. (RTE) (The Irish Times) History of autonomous cars Police release onboard video from an autonomous Uber car that fatally struck a pedestrian crossing the road in Tempe, Arizona. (BBC) International relations Israel–Syria relations Israel admits for the first time that it carried out an airstrike on a suspected nuclear reactor in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, on 6 September 2007. The strike allegedly killed ten North Korean workers. (Reuters) Austria–Israel relations Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl recalls diplomat Jürgen-Michael Kleppich from Israel after he is photographed wearing a t-shirt with slogans linked to Nazism. (The Local) Economy of the African Union The leaders of 44 African Union states sign an agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, to create the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). (BBC) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Russia holds a briefing on the case for all foreign diplomats in Moscow, where it accuses the United Kingdom of "withholding evidence." (The Guardian) Poland in the European Union Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz accuses the European Union of "double standards" and of suffering "a deficit of democracy". Poland and the European Commission are engaged in disputes over migrant quotas and proposed reform of Poland's judiciary. (al-Jazeera) Law and crime Censorship in Singapore The Singaporean Parliament approves the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act, which makes it a crime to take pictures and relay information during terror attacks. (Channel News Asia) Austin serial bombings Mark Anthony Conditt, the main suspect in the serial bombings, dies after detonating a bomb in his vehicle while being pursued by Austin police officers. The police chief warns residents that while they believe the bomber is deceased, he may have sent more packages before his death. (CNN) Crime in the United Kingdom James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State, Nigeria, launches a bid to overturn his guilty pleas on corruption charges in the UK alleging police corruption. (Africa News) Alleged Libyan influence in the 2007 French elections Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is preliminarily charged with illegal funding of his 2007 presidential campaign, passive corruption and receiving money from Libyan embezzlement. (Voice of America) Aftermath of the 2017 Parsons Green bombing The Independent claims the Metropolitan Police misidentified material in convicted bomber Ahmad Hassan's possession as not related to ISIS when in fact it was produced by the group. The newspaper says it has submitted evidence to the Central Criminal Court that could affect Hassan's sentence. (The Independent) Police in the Philippines fatally shoot 13 suspected drug dealers in Bulacan. (France 24) Politics and elections Politics of Myanmar Myanmar President Htin Kyaw resigns due to ill health. Vice-President Myint Swe, a former general, will become acting president until a new president is chosen. (CNN) (U.S. News & World Report) (BBC) Jackfruit becomes official state fruit of Kerala. 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis Catalan activist Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol, imprisoned accused of sedition, drops his bid to lead the Catalan government. (BBC) Jordi Turull i Negre, ex-member of the dismissed regional government, who was imprisoned amid sedition and under investigation due to his connection in a corruption scandal involving CiU, is named candidate by the President of Catalan Parliament in an investiture for Thursday, March 22. (El Mundo) Resignation of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid a vote buying scandal. (BBC) Antiguan general election, 2018 Voters in Antigua and Barbuda go to the polls, with Barbudan residents having to travel to Antigua in order to participate. (The Telegraph) Politics of Kosovo In Kosovo, opposition lawmakers set off tear gas to prevent the ratification of a border treaty with neighboring Montenegro. (CNN) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets Fifteen new exoplanets are discovered. Three of them, larger than Earth, are also discovered around the dwarf star K2-155. Furthermore, a 3D climate simulation was created to find out if K2-155d has water. (Health Thoroughfare) (ScienceDaily) 2018 in spaceflight Three people (two American, one Russian) launch successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz MS-08 to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 55. (NASA)

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[Stale] Turing Award

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Articles: John L. Hennessy (talk · history · tag) and David Patterson (computer scientist) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson win the Turing Award for their work on a simplified computer architecture. (Post)
News source(s): NYT, Wired, Xinhua
Credits:

• Nominated by Fuebaey (talk · give credit)

One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Needs work. One reads like a CV, the other is plagued with proseline. Fuebaey (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] Kabul suicide bombing

Article: March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A terrorist bombing kills 33 people in Kabul. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A terrorist bombing in Kabul kills atleast 33 people, injuring more than 65 others.
Alternative blurb II: ​ A terrorist bombing kills atleast 33 people in Kabul.
Alternative blurb III: ​ A terrorist bombing kills atleast 33 people in Kabul, injuring more than 65 others.
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:

• Nominated by 50.30.144.22 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by QEDK (talk · give credit)

Article updated

 50.30.144.22 (talk) 00:27, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose on article quality. It's a stub and will need significant expansion before it could be posted to the main page. Will happily reconsider on improvement. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Support It's not FA but it is passable. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:44, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wait 24-48 hours and see how this develops. A terrorist attack in an area of frequent terrorist attacks and war might make news initially but drop off the headlines quick. 331dot (talk) 00:54, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Question if we're not posting a serial bomber in a place where bombings are rare, why post a terrorist bomber in a place where bombings are common? --76.122.98.135 (talk) 02:03, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• The same reason we post school shootings if they have high body count. Juxlos (talk) 10:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Great, thanks. Could you point me to the minimum deaths criteria? I can't seem to find them. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 11:36, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• It’s nowhere, but it’s a general perception. Juxlos (talk) 11:50, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wait article is a couple paragraphs, not sufficient. Juxlos (talk) 10:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I've expanded it somewhat, though it's still a bit short. It's being reported across the globe, and it's well referenced. Vanamonde (talk) 16:16, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose stub, of which about a third is not actually related specifically to this attack. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:18, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I think the article is in a decent state now and deserves to get coverage, considering every attack in a third-world country that gets unnoticed (but this one is still well-covered by news sources). --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 12:05, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Still a stub.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:24, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Weak Support Short but just about enough there now.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:56, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support, article is in good shape and I don't see any other issues with it. -- Tavix ^(talk) 16:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

It's less than 250 words of readable prose. We don't post stubs to the Main Page.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

It is close enough by my count, so it has my support. -- Tavix ^(talk) 17:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• @The Rambling Man, Pawnkingthree, and Ad Orientem: Opinions now? --QEDK (後 ☕ 桜) 19:32, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The article has been expanded and now looks good enough to post. Mamyles (talk) 21:07, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Ready -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:33, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Looks good to go. -58.27.134.33 (talk) 08:29, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The article has been greatly improved. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Nearly 18 hours since this was marked ready; anyone? I've voted here and worked on the article, else I would post this. Vanamonde (talk) 15:08, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Disclaimer: I am involved but this doesn't look controversial and it's been sitting for way too long. If any admin disagrees feel free to revert. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:16, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] Kuczynski resigns

Article: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns, amid a scandal over Operation Car Wash (Post)
News source(s): BBC, New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Cambalachero (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Sitting head of state resigns. Cambalachero (talk) 21:27, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support This is a very important political fact, especially in South America.--SirEdimon (talk) 22:03, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Gaining globe coverage and I believe his failed impeachment was covered here at ITN. Resignation is huge especially since he offered to do so to prevent a second impeachment vote. Huge story. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Support Article quality is not impressive for a head of state and referencing is weak. That said I do think it is acceptable, if barely. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose article still claims he is the incumbent, so is he or is he not president? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man:: Where in the article claims that he is still incumbent (so I can fix it)? He's not president, he's out we're just waiting for his VP to be sworn in. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:43, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  Why ask me when you know you've fixed it? How bizarre. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man:: I thought the issue was within the text section. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:52, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support on principle, oppose on quality The article on him should include what role he is believed to have in Operation Car Wash , which is not mentioned at all on the page at this point. But this is clearly an ITN-worthy nom. --Masem (t) 22:47, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment please note that his resignation will need to be accredited by Congress, and that won't happen until tomorrow so this needs to wait until tomorrow evening. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:50, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support post now, update later. Banedon (talk) 23:01, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment. Several sources indicates that the peruvian congress just accept PPK resign. Here:1, 2 and 3--SirEdimon (talk) 23:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

support came here to potentally nom and its itnr as head of state change. Tomorrow he will be replaced by VP Martin Vizcarra.Lihaas (talk) 09:52, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support good enough article and notable news. Juxlos (talk) 10:44, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – Head of state and head of government. Article seems OK, although it doesn't really explain why he resigned – but the details are murky. Sca (talk) 13:30, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The resignation of a head of state in a strong presidential system of government is significant Chetsford (talk) 22:38, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Note: MPs Kenji Fujimori, Bienvenido Ramírez, Guillermo Bocángel, Carlos Bruce (also a minister), and Mercedes Aráoz (also the Deputy Vice President and the Prime Minister of Peru), are expected to be impeached/dismissed by the Congress within the next hours due to this Kenjivideos scandal. ★ Iñaki ★ (Talk page) ★ 22:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support-Head of state resigns over contoversy is important, should be posted Awestruck1(talk)10:57, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support This is major news and the article is adequate. Natureium (talk) 14:20, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - good to go. Pinging some uninvolved admins, as this has been ready/attention needed for quite some time now. Stormy clouds (talk) 14:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posting And I'll go through the process of changing the image to get Putin's ugly mug off the main page. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Image changed to File:Fotografía Oficial del Presidente de la República del Perú Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.jpg, which seems more appropriate to me than that above image of him on the telephone. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:49, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

@Muboshgu: The image does not show for me. --Saqib (talk) 14:12, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Coz it has been deleted.  samee  converse  18:53, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Austin bomber blows himself up

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Article: Austin serial bombings (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Austin bombings suspect kills himself in an explosion as authorities close in. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In the United States, the suspected perpetrator of the Austin serial bombings kills himself in an explosion.
News source(s): New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Pawnkingthree (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: As suggested below, proposing a blurb for this. It is still in the news and the suspect blowing himself up will create new interest in the story. Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:48, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Pulled from ongoing and not put in a blurb? Seems irregular to me. Major story that has dominated U.S. news (and been in news across the globe, not that that's necessary for ITN criteria) and has now reached its conclusion. Article is in good shape, and was just on the main page. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:53, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  Well, not without precedent; this was recently pulled from ongoing after few hours of posting and opposed to be converted to blurb even though most of the blurbs then were older than it –Ammarpad (talk) 17:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak weak support I feel this was a domestic violence situation, equivalent to why we don't post shootings in the US. However, I recognize that "targeted bombing by shipped package" is a novel metric that made this significant ww news moreso than other facets. --Masem (t) 17:05, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose IMO, this was never an ITN-level story. Lepricavark (talk) 18:11, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. How many times is this same story going to be discussed? An attack that caused two deaths (plus the attacker) and no wider reaction is not a major enough encyclopaedic event to merit an ITN blurb. If we posted every terrorist (or criminal, if you prefer) attack in the world that killed two people we would have hundreds a year, maybe thousands. See List of terrorist incidents in March 2018 just as an example. Modest Genius ^talk 18:17, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Those are mostly (or all?) one-off events as opposed to somebody working over the course of weeks, for one thing. Most of those appear to be in war zones while Austin is not in one, for a second. Nobody says we can't be nominating and posting Boko Haram or whatever else. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support it is an unusual and for that reason it has made headlines and is ITN worthy. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:ADD7:661C:B5A0:D000 (talk) 18:59, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

support CLEARLY been in the news this week. Further if attacks with barelycasualties and teachers protests in London are notable. This is far above noteworthy-ness. Still, it is not clear that it is 100% over yet either.

btw- clearlylocal sources are going to better (and there are other articles too).Lihaas (talk) 19:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Some perspective would be useful here. Only two people (plus the suspect) have died, so the story isn't worthy of a mention on In The News. Just because the mainstream media likes to hype up a story does not mean Wikipedia should mirror that by posting it in the ITN section. Chrisclear (talk) 20:04, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment The blurb does not state the country in which this event took place. Chrisclear (talk) 20:04, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Lepricavark. This does not warrant a blurb. I do think pulling it from ongoing was premature since the case is still very much open and there are a lot of details that are still emerging. But since it was done, it's time to move on. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:09, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support In principle I agree with Modest Genius; however given that this was posted to ongoing, its conclusion should also be posted as a blurb. Banedon (talk) 20:42, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. This is newsworthy, but not newsworthy enough for the main page. This was largely a local event. Natureium (talk) 20:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support the event is not frequent, the event is being compared to that of the Unabomber with global coverage -> BBC, Le Monde, The Japan Times, Times of India, Sydney Morning Herald, etc. This event is newsworthy due to its coverage and side not it's not everyday a serial bombing case lasts this long or occurs frequently here in the U.S.. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:06, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Opppose Doesn't appear to be particularly ITN-worthy; if the method had been a gun or a knife it would never have appeared here in the first place. Black Kite (talk) 21:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
  • But it wasn't a gun or knife attack. It was homemade bombs. Why compare to other stuff? – Muboshgu (talk) 23:43, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
    • if the method had been a gun or a knife it would never have appeared here in the first place. What kind of argument is this? "If it hadn't been newsworthy, it wouldn't have been newsworthy"? --Calton | Talk 13:32, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – So he decided to go out with a bang. At this point it seems rather anticlimactic. Sca (talk) 22:31, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The arguments in favor are a lot stronger than the arguments against. It's a rare event that is still in the news and so warrants a blurb; the story was already judged to be ITN-worthy. I would've also been okay with leaving it as ongoing for a couple of days. Davey2116 (talk) 03:55, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• The claim that it was already determined to be ITN-worthy is extremely debatable. I continue to believe that there was no consensus in the original thread, and there is clearly no consensus for posting here. Lepricavark (talk) 04:50, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose the bombings killed 2 and injured some. If this was a school shooting, it would be an overwhelming oppose. Juxlos (talk) 10:45, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. It's not some sort of numbers game, it's about impact: by the mindless bean-counting argument on display, John Lennon's murder wouldn't have counted because, after all, it was only one death. --Calton | Talk 13:32, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
  • How many world-famous icons of popular culture were killed in these attacks? If it's zero, your argument is invalid. The lack of impact is precisely why this shouldn't be on ITN. Modest Genius ^talk 13:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per most of the above users, a local level incident with casualties only reaching the single digits almost never makes the ITN bulletin, while there are some past exceptions, roughly 90% percent of the time attacks like these do not make the cut. Kirliator (talk) 14:13, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose considerable overhype is written all over this nomination (alongside irony), all because of a series of attacks that were relatively minor in size. SamaranEmerald (talk) 14:20, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose, partially because the article at the moment seems to be uncertain about labelling the attacks incidents of terrorism (we all know what they would be called if the bomber weren't an American...) and also because given that we've already posted the bombings themselves to ongoing (and then removed them) I would want to see a lot more coverage for the attackers death to post that as a blurb in and of itself. Vanamonde (talk) 15:58, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Pulled] Pull: Austin bombings

Article: Austin serial bombings (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: They identified, found, and chased down their culprit, who blew himself up in the chase, effectively ending the situation. The police are still making sure no other packages are out there, but the situation is otherwise completed. --Masem (t) 13:51, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Don't pull entirely. Take it out of "ongoing" and make it a blurb. Something like: "The Austin bombing suspect is no more. He has ceased to be. – Muboshgu (talk) 13:55, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Move to blurb per Muboshgu.--WaltCip (talk) 14:09, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait There are a lot of details that are still unreleased. I am fairly sure this will be in the news fro a few more days. Once things have quieted down we can pull it. Opoose blurb. Not important enough for that level of attention. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:28, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

The suspect is dead, the case is closed. Any further details are purely ancillary.--WaltCip (talk) 15:30, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

What if he had accomplices? What if there are other bombs out there that haven't yet been found? – Muboshgu (talk) 16:00, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

And what if the Fed raises interest rates? What if Trump is found to have colluded with Russia? What if the world ended tomorrow? It's not the job of ITN to predict what may or may not have happened, and use said prediction as the basis for notability.--WaltCip (talk) 17:03, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb Even at the peak of the bombing it wouldn't have been posted if it were nominted for blurb and only marginally gained support for this ongoing posting. In addition, I Support removal from ongoing since reasonably it is no longer so with the death of the suspect. .–Ammarpad (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
  • We don't just pull something from ITN because it is resolved. By that logic we could pull every blurb currently on there because those stories are resolved. It's still in the news, because the suspect has been dead less than 12 hours. It was a mistake to pull the U.S. federal government shutdown blurb and we should not be making that into standard operating procedure here. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:58, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
    • While I mostly agree with you, the situation is a bit different for ongoing; however, the criteria here is that the article is still receiving regular updates with new information, and it seems likely that that will go on for a bit yet, so I'd weakly oppose removing this at this point. GoldenRing (talk) 16:04, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  (edit conflict × 2) No, we do pull ongoing items when they're no longer "ongoing". That's common. Removing " blurb" may be less so, but this is not blurb, it is something posted while it is ongoing..and wouldn't hurt if it is removed when it is no longer ongoing. Nonetheless, I can agree with you that it is too soon to be removed now. –Ammarpad (talk) 16:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  Fair point re: pulling a blurb vs. pulling ongoing. Still, it seems to me ongoings often become blurbs when no longer "ongoing" without discussion necessary. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:57, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• If it's not notable enough for a blurb then why do we bloody have it up there as ongoing??--WaltCip (talk) 15:29, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Because when it was nominated, editors were trying to compare the significance of this to the Unibomber, which was crystal-balling the event. It was simple domestic racially-motivated terrorism , which, given that this is the US, is not something we would have otherwise posted if we knew the facts beforehand. --Masem (t) 15:37, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Pull. The event is over and an attack with two deaths (plus the attacker) is not significant enough to merit a blurb. I'm puzzled as to how this made it into the ongoing section in the first place, given the amount of opposition it received. Modest Genius ^talk 16:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Pulled, as suggested. It is not ongoing anymore, it can be considered as a blurb, if a consensus is reached. --Tone 16:15, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

March 20

Portal:Current events/2018 March 20

March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian Civil War A rocket fired from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta strikes a popular market in Damascus, killing at least 35 people, according to Syrian state TV SANA. (Reuters) (Channel News Asia) An airstrike in Eastern Ghouta kills two women and 15 children in an underground school. (BBC) Military activity of ISIL Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj tells Parliament DNA testing on remains in a mass grave in Iraq confirms 39 Indian nationals believed to have been kidnapped by ISIL have been killed. (The Guardian) Business and economy Weinstein effect After a series of allegations of sexual misconduct against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company also states that it will release all employees from a non-disclosure agreement which could prevent them from coming forward regarding the alleged misconduct of Weinstein. (CNN) Economy of India Aircel, India's fifth-largest wireless provider, declares bankruptcy. (CNN) Disasters and incidents A Red Arrows jet crashes in North Wales, killing an engineer. (The Scotsman) History of autonomous cars Toyota pulls all its self-driving cars off U.S. roads in the wake of a fatal accident involving an Uber vehicle. (The Verge) Police state their investigation indicates the collision could not have been avoided. (AZ Central) 2017–2018 South African listeriosis outbreak The World Health Organisation says a listeria outbreak spread via infected food responsible for 200 deaths in South Africa may have spread to Namibia. The organisation reaches out to 16 African nations it assesses as at risk. (CBC) 2018 disasters in the Philippines A bus falls off a bridge in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, killing at least 19 people and injuring 21 others. (Rappler) Saratov Airlines Flight 703 Russia's Ministry of Transport suspends all flights by Saratov Airlines after conducting checks on the company's Antonov An-148 aircraft. (The Aviation Herald) International relations 2017–2018 North Korea crisis Delegations from North Korea, South Korea, and the United States meet in the outskirts of Helsinki, Finland. (Reuters) North Korean state media KCNA claims that, as a result of its nuclear weapons program, there has been "dramatic atmosphere for reconciliation" with South Korea, and "a sign of change" from the United States. (SBS news) China–Japan relations, China–South Korea relations, Japan–South Korea relations Japan, China, and South Korea agree in principle to hold a trilateral summit in May. (SCMP) South Korea–United States relations South Korea and the United States announce that the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills will start on April 1 and last for four weeks. (ABC News) United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas insults U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman, calling him a "son of a dog" when he says Israeli settlers build on their land in the occupied West Bank. The U.S. warns Abbas to "choose between hate and peace". (The Kuwait Times) (Jerusalem Online) (The Telegraph) Palestinians are planning a mass demonstration in the Gaza Strip, ahead of the U.S. Embassy move. (Bloomberg) Human rights in China Chinese diplomat Chen Cheng repeatedly interrupts and objects to exiled dissident Yang Jianli's testimony to the United Nations Human Rights Council. (The Guardian) Cyprus dispute Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asserts his nation will secure Northern Cyprus' access to natural hydrocarbon resources off the Cypriot coast. The comments come amid disputes as to sovereign rights and access to offshore resources on the island. (The Daily Sabah) Brexit negotiations The Court of Session allows an appeal by a cross-party group of Scottish politicians seeking court permission for a referral to the European Court of Justice. The group wish for a ruling that the UK can abandon Brexit without permission from the European Union's other member states. A lower court will examine the claim. (The Guardian) Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal All 23 Russian diplomats expelled from the UK and their families depart on a flight to Moscow. (Sky News) Law and crime Austin serial bombings A bomb detonates overnight at a FedEx facility in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The FBI believes the bombing is linked to the other bombings in the area. The ATF reports that there were no serious injuries. Both the bomb's point of origin and intended destination were in Austin. (CNN) (NPR) A second package presumed to have been sent by the bomber is discovered in a FedEx facility near Austin–Bergstrom International Airport. (New York Times) School shootings in the United States A shooting occurs at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland. Two students are reported injured; the shooter is killed by police. (CNN) Alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is held for up to 48 hours and questioned by police in Nanterre over allegations that he illegally accepted €50 million from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to finance his bid in the 2007 presidential election. (NPR) Shooting of Justine Damond Minneapolis Police formally charge Mohamed Noor with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the shooting death of Justine Damond. (Star Tribune) Human rights in Turkey The United Nations issues a report calling for an end to the nation's state of emergency, claiming it has been used to violate human rights. Turkey responds, calling the report "biased" and "unacceptable". (al-Jazeera) The European Court of Human Rights says that Turkish authorities violated the rights of journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay when they were arrested in the aftermath of a failed coup. The court ruled the men, one of whom is now serving life, were innocent and their rights to freedom of expression and to liberty had been violated. (Euronews) Human rights in the United Kingdom The Department for Work and Pensions wins a court case holding that benefits claimants cannot raise arguments based on the European Convention on Human Rights at tribunals, and must instead go via the High Court. (The Canary) Legal status of cryptocurrencies U.S. President Donald Trump issues an executive order banning U.S. entities from trading in the Venezuelan Petro cryptocurrency. Trump calls the digital currency, launched last month, an "attempt to circumvent U.S. sanctions". (al-Jazeera) Politics and elections Politics of Norway Norwegian justice minister Sylvi Listhaug resigns amid controversy over remarks on human rights and national security. (The Guardian) Politics of Slovakia Protests continue in Slovakia after last week's collapse of the government, which included the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico. (NPR) Politics of Zambia Zambian Minister Bowman Lusambo is suspended by Parliament over an assault on a fellow lawmaker in October 2017. (Africa News) Science and technology Eschatology in Norse mythology Analysis of ancient ice cores extracted from Greenland dates an eruption on Eldgjá volcano in Iceland. Iceland's largest eruption in the last 2,000 years was described in ancient poem Völuspá. (Infosurhoy) Extinction threshold Sudan, the last known male Northern white rhinoceros, dies in captivity, leaving two females as the only surviving members of the subspecies. (BBC) ESA missions The European Space Agency announces a mission to study the atmospheres of exoplanets. Selected as Cosmic Vision medium class M4 mission, ARIEL is expected to launch in 2028. (BBC) Japan's space development Japan announces a fund worth US$940 million to encourage the foundation of new companies involved in space exploration. (CNBC) Marine debris A study commissioned by the UK government concludes marine plastic debris may treble within ten years, and predicts the "ocean economy" will double to US$3 trillion (£2 trillion) by 2030. (BBC)

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[Posted] RD: Peter George Peterson

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

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article has been updated and fixed referencing issues --> --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support No issues. Looks good. Pawnkingthree (talk) 01:34, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article looks fine. –Ammarpad (talk) 15:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T♦C 17:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Katie Boyle

Article: Katie Boyle (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Mjroots (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 minor attention to referencing. The book section should be easy enough to deal with. Mjroots (talk) 18:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak oppose a handful of unreferenced claims. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:46, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support There are unreferenced claims, but not too much. Support Article in overall good shape. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:09, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment There is precisely one unreferenced sentence. It could probably be deleted without detracting from the article, but other than that it's good to go. The Rambling Man, does the article now pass for you? Mjroots (talk) 19:06, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  Two actually, I referenced the one in the prose, the book is still unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:12, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

  @The Rambling Man: & @Mjroots:: I fixed the sourcing issue by adding an obit source and replaced a dead link. Seeing the sole issue has been addressed. Marking it ready. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:19, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted Stephen 23:37, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Northern white rhinoceros

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Article: Northern white rhinoceros (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Last male Northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by W.carter (talk · give credit)
• Updated by WikiHannibal (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Sad news that yet another species probably is heading towards extinction if in vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques aren't successful. cart-Talk 13:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• The male rhino is already in RD. It's not yet the extinction of the species, as sperm samples were taken and an IVF programme is planned with the surviving females. The chances may be slim, but let's not WP:CRYSTAL. If/when the species goes extinct would be a better time to post this as a blurb. Modest Genius ^talk 14:05, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose it is a sub-species, not species, that is on the verge of extinction; add that the RD of Sudan is better suited as an entry, we should cover that instead. --Masem (t) 14:09, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose as per both above. RD works for now. The blurb implies that extinction is inevitable, which, due to IVF, may not be the case. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 14:24, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per all of the above. Python Dan (talk) 16:14, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose The RD is sufficient. –Ammarpad (talk) 16:15, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose RD is sufficient. Lepricavark (talk) 16:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] Abel Prize

Articles: Robert Langlands (talk · history · tag) and Abel Prize (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ American-Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands wins the Abel Prize. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Mathematician Robert Langlands wins the Abel Prize for his development of the Langlands program.
News source(s): Abelprize.no
Credits:

• Nominated by Ammarpad (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Hanche (talk · give credit)

One or both nominated events are listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Article needs some work. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:26, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Yeah, getting the necessary level of referencing in Robert_Langlands#Research is going to require some serious mathematical understanding. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 11:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  I have posted about that on the talk page, hoping to resolve it, but now looking at how it was added. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• We should really mention the Langlands program in the blurb, as that's what he won it for; altblurb added. Unfortunately that article is in an even worse state for referencing, so we're a bit stuck without an expert. The rest of Langlands' article looks OK, it's just the research section that's problematic. Modest Genius ^talk 12:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Even with a bit of basic understanding of modern algebra, I tried reading even the lowest-level summary of the Langlands program and while I understand where its going, nowhere close to understand the levels of detail that are necessary to explain it at a basic level; its not the type of thing I can even see an easy layman's version coming about, outside of being towards a grand unified theory of everything. --Masem (t) 14:33, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Agree with the above on the need for an expert to clean up the articles. I'm in favor of including "Langlands program" in the blurb. Davey2116 (talk) 17:25, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment the research section, which was the only problem, has been improved from its former zero-source state. Courtesy ping @LukeSurl, Modest Genius, Davey2116, and Masem:. –Ammarpad (talk) 00:58, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
• I'm going to have to oppose until someone can explain his research section in more layman terms. Not talking about dumbing down to simple.wiki prose here. I don't think it's an unfair request to write in a way a non-expert mathematician (yet average adult, native English reader) can understand. Fuebaey (talk) 18:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

  It's cutting edge math research in an area where most of the concepts aren't even introduced to students until postgraduate studies. The idea that most of this is every going to be presentable in layman's terms is pretty unrealistic. WP:ONEDOWN would suggest shooting for something like the level of someone with a BS in Mathematics, but even that could be quite challenging at times. About the best bit of a lay description is already offered by the intro of Langlands program: "In mathematics, the Langlands program is a web of far-reaching and influential conjectures about connections between number theory and geometry." But trying to really explain what they are talking about isn't going to be possible at a lay audience level. Dragons flight (talk) 19:31, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Langlands' article is now in good shape. I still think we should include "Langlands program", to if anything give the reader a sense of how groundbreaking his work is. As a non-expert, I first heard about the Langlands program when the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem was announced. Davey2116 (talk) 04:26, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment This article has been fixed reasonably as the main problem was the too technical research section. Simplifying this pioneering, doctoral-level work beyond that so as to be comprehended by all English speakers is tantamount to Lying to children and means it will never be posted. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:30, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
• The biography still has swathes of unreferenced text. Stephen 23:24, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  It is not perfect, and not cited by evry single word, but it pass the point of reasonable article. Can you point out 'the swathes of unreferenced text'?. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:19, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• This is much improved. The research section is indeed impenetrable to non-mathematicians, but I doubt there is much that can be done about that. The bigger problem is that there are still entire paragraphs with no references. Either add citations or cut them completely, then I think this could be posted. Modest Genius ^talk 11:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

  I have fixed that and added more content and references. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:42, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted, just squeezed it in as the last item. Stephen 22:33, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Nicolas Sarkozy arrested

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Article: Nicolas Sarkozy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former President of France Nicholas Sarkozy (pictured) is arrested by police and held for questioning regarding allegations the 2007 French presidential election was influenced by Libya. (Post)
News source(s): Bloomberg ABC News
Credits:

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

Article updated

Nominator's comments: The arrest of the former head of state of a permanent member of the UN Security Council is of sufficient relative rarity to make it noteworthy. It has been covered widely outside of France. Chetsford (talk) 08:23, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I would note that there is a difference between being arrested and charged with a crime and being detained for questioning, this seems to be the latter, at least right now. 331dot (talk) 09:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Convicted, yes. Charged, maybe probably not. Arrested, no. -- KTC (talk) 11:12, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - long standing consensus is that we post convictions. Mjroots (talk) 11:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

I would note that on rare occasions arrests do get posted, such as with El Chapo in 2014. 331dot (talk) 11:43, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. This is not a case like El Chapo where the subject had been wanted for some considerable time. In those cases the arrest is newsworthy rather than, as here, the allegations but BLP considerations rightly mean that we don't post for just allegations. Also I think that being arrested for questioning is less significant in a civil law system such as France than in a common law system like the UK and USA (but having written that I'm now less certain than I Was). Thryduulf (talk) 11:48, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

I do think that the arrest of a former head of state on charges related to their own election to office might merit posting(Sarkozy is being investigated for allegedly accepting illegal campaign contributions) although right now he is just being questioned. 331dot (talk) 11:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose until convicted of something. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:BLPCRIME - for the same reason we don't have a nomination for Ant, but not Dec, despite being plastered over the tabloids. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:15, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

@Ritchie333: Is a former President not a public figure and covered by WP:WELLKNOWN?(genuine question) 331dot (talk) 12:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh yes, good point well made (for those watching at home, here is an important lesson as to why you should read policy instead of just quoting it with what you think it says) - nevertheless, until there is an actual conviction, I think we should err on the side of caution. There's plenty of mud thrown at Trump, but not much has been proven yet in a court of law, for instance. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:22, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

I do agree that posting now is not appropriate(count that as a formal oppose). 331dot (talk) 12:24, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose The only time I'd think we'd post the arrest of a leader is if it was while they still held office. Otherwise, as pointed out above, we'll wait on the conviction itself to post. --Masem (t) 14:11, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per most of the above. If he were still president I would probably support on the basis that sitting presidents being arrested is pretty unusual. But he is not in office. And last I looked he has not actually been charged with anything... yet. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose this would be more suitable for the future conviction... if it occurs. Kirliator (talk) 14:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Ayaz Soomro

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

• Nominated by 39.48.73.97 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Saqib (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: Short but well referenced. Lets see if it just needs one Support before getting posted like the RDs from West or it requires Support from everyone on WP before getting posted because of the usual WP:BIAS. 39.48.73.97 (talk) 07:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment it only needs one support from an admin who judges it meets the quality required to post, regardless of where the individual is from. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:00, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Personally I generally tend to look for comments (not necessarily supports) from at least two people other than the nominator before posting, but that's not a policy requirement. Thryduulf (talk) 11:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support just above stub, but just above is enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:01, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - I have expanded it considerably. A national level lawmaker died while in office. --Saqib (talk) 08:23, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is sufficient for RD. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:53, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Thryduulf (talk) 11:54, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Cambridge Analytica

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Article: Cambridge Analytica (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The UK's Information Commissioner will seek a warrant to look at the databases used by British firm Cambridge Analytica, a company accused of using personal data of 50 million Facebook members to influence US presidential election in 2016. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Bahudhara (talk · give credit) and TheFrenchTickler1031 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Big news, fall in Facebook stock. Sherenk1 (talk) 04:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose It's yet another facet of the investgation of the election. --Masem (t) 06:01, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Sure, but, I mean, 50 million users is pretty significant if you ask me. That said, if anything were to be posted, I'd probably use a different (and shorter) blurb to take note of the general incident. Master of Time (talk) 06:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose keywords being "will seek a warrant". It's a long way from "will seek a warrant" to "have received a warrant" to "have found something" to "have concluded that Cambridge Analytica has used the personal data of 50 million Facebook members to influence the 2016 US presidential election" to "have enacted ____ as punishment". When we get to the last step, then we can reexamine. Banedon (talk) 06:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I think that, once the warrant is served, this would be very much worthy of revisiting. However, as of now, a person announcing their intention to maybe do something at some point in the undetermined future may be a little too much on the edge. Chetsford (talk) 08:28, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - There's no there there. Not an actual finding of fact of election tampering.--WaltCip (talk) 11:01, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose at least until formal charges are brought. 331dot (talk) 11:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - Incidentally, a fall in stock price is meaningless. The market volatility is at its highest that it's been in years. The stock is just as likely to recover once the market-timers stop panic selling and buy back in within a few days.--WaltCip (talk) 11:09, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support dominating the news since this weekend, decent article. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 12:10, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

IP user, we don't generally post allegations or investigations. Formal charges, maybe; convictions, likely. But not every step in the process. 331dot (talk) 12:12, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

I was "CosmicAdventure" (scrambled my password to enforce a wiki break and then lost it ... oops). It's in the news now, the article is decent now, post it now. #twocents anyway. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 12:53, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment This is one of those cases where it will be WP:Crystalball up until the point that it's stale. In two years, FB will have gone the way of Myspace, and this is why. The warrant is not the issue, it's Facebook obscene breach of trust. GCG (talk) 12:28, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Comment - This is angle I was going for. Maybe someone can help write blurb from this viewpoint. Sherenk1 (talk) 12:41, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

We need FB or a gov't doing the "action" in the blurb I think; we can't say "A whistleblower says..." Perhaps "FB acknowledges the unauthorised disclosure of data on 50 MM users to CA...blah, blah" GCG (talk) 12:56, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose no charges have been brought yet. I don't believe we ever post investigations before they yield actual results. Lepricavark (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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Portal:Current events/2018 March 19

March 19, 2018 (2018-03-19) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Turkish military operation in Afrin The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army rebels loot the Syrian city of Afrin. (BBC) The United Nations reports that from January 2017 to January 2018 a total of 47 people were killed in protests against Congolese President Joseph Kabila. (Yahoo! News) Arts and culture "Gaudete et exsultate" ('Rejoice and Be Glad'; from Matthew 5:12) is the third apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, dated on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, and is subtitled "on the call to holiness in today's world". It addresses the universal call to holiness, with a focus "to repropose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time". (Catholic Herald) Business and economy Economy of the United States After struggling with debt from a leveraged buyout, Claire's files for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. The company has issued a statement that it expects its stores to remain operational while it restructures its debt. (CNN) Disasters and accidents History of autonomous cars A woman in Tempe, Arizona, dies after being hit by a self-driving car operated by Uber, in what appears to be the first death of a pedestrian struck by an autonomous vehicle on public roads. In response to the fatal accident, Uber suspends self-driving car tests in all U.S. cities as well as Toronto. (The Guardian) (BBC) Law and crime Austin serial bombings In Austin, Texas, a fourth bomb detonates, injuring two men. The Austin Police Department believes it is connected to the other parcel bombings, but do not believe it to be connected to the bomb threat leveled at the SXSW festival. (BBC) (NPR) Turpin case The seven adults of the "Turpin children" are reported to have been released from the Corona Regional Medical Center in California and placed into an undisclosed residential home to lead normal lives. (ABC) Crime in Turkey Turkish police discover 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) of radioactive-labelled material in a car in Ankara. Initially claimed to be californium by the smugglers, the material is later identified as a type of polystyrene sulfonate. (BBC) (Daily Sabah) 2018 Riverview killings A Florida man is arrested after killing his girlfriend and nine-year-old daughter in their home in Riverview, Florida. (Bay News 9) Politics and elections Federal drug policy of the United States U.S. President Donald Trump unveils his plan to combat the United States's opioid epidemic which includes harsher penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty. (CNN)

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[Closed] RD: Keith O'Brien

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Article: Keith O'Brien (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC The Guardian The Times Vatican News
Credits:

• Updated by Proxima Centauri (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: This person is the last cardinal in Scotland, and there is a developing story about his behaviour around other people. Do the Danse Macabre! (Talk) 20:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose tagged. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• OpposeNeeds more sourcing. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Sudan (rhinoceros)

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

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Ackatsis (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: The world's last surviving male northern white rhino. Sherenk1 (talk) 07:12, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Comment I just got an edit conflict trying to post this here! Most statements in the article are referenced, but I haven't explored all the cites in detail. Will try to do some more cleaning up tonight. Ackatsis (talk) 07:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posting. The article is in a good shape. --Tone 08:07, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• That rhino got onto the RD ticker pretty darn quick.--WaltCip (talk) 11:08, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  What's your point? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:03, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  It's impossible to get an animal posted to RD without at least one person making a sarky comment.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:25, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  In this case, the posting is justified. Thankfully, this issue does not come up very frequently. Lepricavark (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  I make a simple observation and people think I'm either being snarky or hiding some subtext. I'm not. I'm just surprised at how fast it got onto the main page, animal or not.--WaltCip (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Why? It was of decent quality and that's all that's required to post an RD, right? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:45, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Exactly; yet somehow we struggle to get the Grammys up there for lack of quality.--WaltCip (talk) 18:11, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Well it tells its own story, people are correctly more interested in the destruction of a sub-species and less interested in a navel-gazing exercise in self-indulgent bullshit that is meaningless to anyone bar the recipients who sell a few more albums. It feels like the right way round to me. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Sorry I misread you WaltCip. Now I'm going to try and get Bento the Keyboard Cat up there too...--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Maybe it should specify (rhinoceros), because right now on the main page, it looks like the country of Sudan died. Natureium (talk) 18:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  And how, pray tell, does a "country" die? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  That's exactly why it looks like a hoax. Natureium (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  It's not a hoax, ITN doesn't do "hoax". The Rambling Man (talk) 19:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  What ITN does doesn't matter when it comes to what it looks like. Natureium (talk) 19:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  It doesn't look like a hoax unless you're incredibly naive, we assume our readers have a level of competence too. Where are all the complaints, or where are all the memes that suggest "Sudan (the country) has died"? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  It looks like an error; I wouldn't be surprised if someone who knew nothing about the machinations of WP posted on WP:MP/E about this. — Hugh (talk) 19:44, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Someone already did—and they were called an idiot by our friendly editors. Natureium (talk) 19:46, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  No they weren't, try to stick to facts. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  "You would have to be an idiot to think that a country had died." It's right there on the Errors page. — Hugh (talk) 21:20, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Are you trying to demonstrate that there are no friendly editors? Natureium (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  No, I'm trying to demonstrate that people stick to facts before making personal attacks or fake accusations. WHat are you "trying to demonstrate"? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:55, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  We've been in this situation before where the name of an animal matched that of a well-known person, but we did not add the disambiguation since hovering/clicking the link took you to the animal, not the person. This is following that practice. --Masem (t) 18:41, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment This should read Sudan (rhinoceros) or at least Sudan (rhino). Come on. — Hugh (talk) 19:41, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Why? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Normally it wouldn't be an issue, but given that the country of Sudan actually split in two a few years back, some readers might very well be confused. Lepricavark (talk) 20:32, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Countries don't "die", we need to assume our readers our competent enough to understand that. If some of our users don't get that, well that's another thing altogether, WP:CIR covers that. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:40, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  I hadn't realised until today how difficult it must be for some editors of Main Page sections such as ITN and FA to envisage how text might read to the uninitiated. Expecting competence should not clash with, for just one policy example, MOS:EGG. — Hugh (talk) 20:44, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  It would be EGG if there was any such concept of a "country dying". And there isn't. So this is a gross waste of time. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:57, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  I had to click the link to figure out what "Sudan" meant. It hurts nothing to add (rhinoceros). --76.122.98.135 (talk) 23:33, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  Agreed. This has to be one of the sillier and more trivially solved arguments I've ever seen on WP. — Hugh (talk) 01:08, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Disambiguator added, enough people are genuinely confused about this, and no good argument not to do this in this one case has been presented. Fram (talk) 08:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted to Ongoing] Austin package explosions

Article: Austin package explosions (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times, Reuters
Credits:

• Nominated by Valoem (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Ongoing serial bombings Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - is this intended as an ongoing nomination? Currently, it is an RD, which is not apt. I would support an ongoing nom. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:51, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry this is my first time nominating, ongoing is fine. Valoem ^{talk contrib} 20:11, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support- this is a recent event, should be posted in the news, the event has already passed through, Awestruck1(talk)20:59, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose too small-scale an event to qualify for either ongoing or a blurb. Lepricavark (talk) 22:06, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support for ongoing, it's clearly being reported around the globe and is most certainly unresolved at this point. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:10, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose There are multiple problems with the nomination. (1) No blurb has been suggested. (What is an "Austin package"? In what country is Austin located?) (2) The article does not provide any prose/proof explaining how/why the bombings are connected to each other. (3) Only two people have died, so the story isn't worthy of a mention on In The News. (4) I don't see how this can be an ongoing item, unless the nominator has inside information about similar bombings that are planned for the future. Chrisclear (talk) 03:57, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Global coverage and is ongoing seeing that it is unsolved. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 04:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Comment I don't understand that logic. Suppose this was posted as an ongoing item, does that mean it would remain an ongoing item until the case was solved? Chrisclear (talk) 04:48, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

It would remain an ongoing item while there were significant developments and regular updates.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Appears to be a domestic situation, not related to international terrorism. --Masem (t) 04:43, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Masem, local issue, the bombings themselves are also unpredictable. SamaranEmerald (talk) 04:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:CRYSTAL. We don't know if there are going to be any more explosions.--39.48.73.97 (talk) 07:50, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose too local right now Chetsford (talk) 08:41, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Another explosion has been reported at a nearby FedEx facility. This is becoming a top story in the news and a lot of readers will be looking at Wikipedia's "In the News" section for a link to an article. --Tocino 10:21, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - As per above post. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:46, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Opppse local bombing, many of them happen around the world daily. This didn't rise to the level that can merit Ongoing posting. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:15, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support, this is a well-developed article on a topic that is in the news. The investigation is ongoing, not necessarily that there will be more explosions, so ongoing makes sense and isn't CRYSTAL. -- Tavix ^(talk) 14:16, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose the interval at which the attacks occur is unpredictable, unless the perpetrator(s) is/are caught, these attacks may continue indefinitely as far as some above users have noted, which is why this nomination is a victim to WP:CRYSTALBALL. Kirliator (talk) 14:49, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Lepricavark. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:55, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support 2/3 dead, 3/4 injured and the person is on the loose. We posted the washington area shootings a couple of years ago. This is similar. Believe we also posted an attack in London with injures and no deaths (or maybe about the same). Although Sunday's was a trip wire appaerently, so maybe change the title.Lihaas (talk) 15:56, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – not similar in scale to the DC sniper. This could possibly be national news, but not important enough for the main page. Natureium (talk) 16:02, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per most of the above opposers, the attacks are a small-scale issue that is too small to be noteworthy on ITN. Python Dan (talk) 16:07, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment - another explosion in the region, this continues to dominate in media, even receiving radio attention in Ireland and appearing on Sky News. Stormy clouds (talk) 16:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Tocino. It's a big story getting updates very consistently over the past week. Davey2116 (talk) 17:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Developing story which is getting widespread coverage.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:19, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose this series of events is notably overhyped, while it is getting international coverage, its largely a local-sized series of unfortunate events (pun not intended). 161.6.7.130 (talk) 18:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

  As a complete outsider, this has all the hallmarks of another Unabomber, so I'm not sure it's about "unfortunate incidents", more about "traps designed to murder innocent people", but your mileage may vary. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:30, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Ongoing this is getting international coverage. While I do agree with some of the opposition that the media outlets are indeed overhyping this issue, and that it is [at the moment] small/local scale; the fact is this series of attacks has been going on for over 2 weeks now and it has attracted attention similar to the Unabomber as TRM mentioned above, which makes it fit perfectly for Ongoing criteria. The article itself is short, but also straightforward and clean. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing Yesterday I couldn't decide if it should be a blurb now or wait until the perp is caught (they found the Unabomber, they'll find him/her). Given that yet another package has exploded and people are on edge, ongoing is appropriate. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted to Ongoing Stephen 22:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• There was clearly no consensus to post this. Lepricavark (talk) 22:59, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

10 support and 12 Oppose and we still posted. Disclaimer: I supported posting it. Sherenk1 (talk) 05:38, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Opposition to posting a blurb is different from opposition to posting to ongoing. Master of Time (talk) 05:50, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

It is also not a straight vote. 331dot (talk) 08:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Pull - My count is 12 Support votes (incl. the nominator) and 12 Oppose votes. There was no blurb MoT, so everyone who voted Oppose actually opposed posting to Ongoing. 39.48.37.7 (talk) 08:59, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Discussions like this are not a straight vote, but a weighing of arguments as well. 331dot (talk) 09:03, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• It's no longer ongoing as the suspect has apparently blown themselves up. Pull. WaltCip (talk) 10:20, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Which will create more interest in the story. Seems odd to remove it when our readers will be looking for it. Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

But the suspect is dead, meaning that the bombings have stopped and that the story is effectively over. No longer ongoing.--WaltCip (talk) 11:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

March 18

Portal:Current events/2018 March 18

March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Turkish military operation in Afrin The Turkish Army and Free Syrian Army seize the Kurdish stronghold of Afrin from the YPG in northern Syria, raising the Turkish flag above the city centre. A statue of the Kurdish legendary figure, Kaveh the Blacksmith, is bulldozed by Turkish-backed forces. (BBC) (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2018 Manila Pavilion Hotel fire Three people are killed in a fire at the Manila Pavilion Hotel in the Philippines. (Reuters) Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse The Miami Police Department states that they believe they have recovered the last of the victims killed by the bridge's collapse. (NPR) Cirque du Soleil fatal accidents A Cirque du Soleil performer dies after falling 15 feet (4.6 m) during a performance in Tampa, Florida. (CBC) 2017–18 Australian bushfire season A bushfire destroys dozens of buildings in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia. (BBC) Law and crime 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ends the state of emergency declared on March 6, 2018. (BBC) Far-right politics in the United Kingdom Lutz Bachmann, the founder of the German nationalist group Pegida, is detained and prevented from speaking at a free speech rally at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, at which activist Tommy Robinson is also speaking. (The Independent) (The Guardian) Politics and elections Russian presidential election, 2018 Voters in Russia cast their votes for the President of Russia. Incumbent Vladimir Putin wins a fourth term in office, with just over 75% of the popular vote. (Reuters) Sports 2018 Winter Paralympics The closing ceremony of the Winter Paralympics takes place with the United States team winning the medal table with 36 medals (13 gold, 15 silver and 8 bronze). (BBC)

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[Closed] First self-driving car fatality

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Article: Autonomous car (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Elaine Herzberg becomes the first uninvolved pedestrian to be killed by an autonomous car. (Post)
News source(s): [24] [25] [26]
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
• Updated by 172.58.35.236 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Putting this here when the crash happened, but it has continued to generate coverage. "Uninvolved pedestrian" because she wasn't part of the test. Banedon (talk) 08:02, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• I'm pretty sure someone has already been killed in relation to a self-driving vehicle before this happened. How many specific scenarios are we willing to post blurbs for? I can't say I support this one. Master of Time (talk) 08:06, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• But those people were inside the car and actively participating in the test. Elaine Herzberg was outside it and effectively uninvolved. Banedon (talk) 08:20, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose I think the fact the victim's article is heading for deletion says it all. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:28, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. While unfortunate, this is being reported as a relatively minor story. I also think long term this will just be a footnote in the history of autonomous cars; few people (unfortunately) will know who this person is. Most people don't know who the first pedestrian killed by a regular car is. 331dot (talk) 08:40, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Cars with drivers kill hundreds more on a daily basis.--WaltCip (talk) 11:03, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose It was more a matter of when there was going to be a self-driving car-related fatality, the industry never claimed perfection. This happened to be it, but it came as no surprise. --Masem (t) 15:05, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. There are huge numbers of people killed by vehicles every day; the fact that this particular vehicle was more automated than previous ones makes it a piece of trivia. I would suggest DYK instead, but the article looks like it fails WP:BLP1E. Modest Genius ^talk 16:16, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Road deaths are a common occurrence, and it was inevitable that someone would eventually be killed by an autonomous car. Also, the proposed blurb stating that the pedestrian was 'uninvolved' is inaccurate. The town's police chief has said that an initial investigation indicates that the crash was unavoidable, caused by abruptly stepping into the street. Mamyles (talk) 16:54, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: David Cooper (immunologist)

Article: David Cooper (immunologist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kirby

News.com.au
Credits:

• Nominated by Dumelow (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: Australian immunologist who diagnosed the first case of HIV in Australia. Article is a little short but is well sourced. I may try to expand it later if I get time Dumelow (talk) 14:17, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support just beyond stub, but sufficient. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is short, but no major problem to prevent RD posting. –Ammarpad (talk)
• Support - Ready for RD.BabbaQ (talk) 20:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support Article is well sourced, but merely passes stub level. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:10, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. As with other stubs nominated for RD, I believe there should be some coverage of what the subject accomplished in his/her professional life, and this article describes Cooper as an "Australian HIV/AIDS researcher" first. Aside from noting that he diagnosed "the first case of HIV in Australia", there is no description of what he researched within the field of HIV/AIDS (e.g. discoveries, confirmations of other findings, other results). For example, this could include Cooper's research on pre-treatment prophylaxis, development of therapeutic regiments, etc. I'm not saying that information in the article (generally professional appointments) aren't important, but for me the article has inadequate depth to merit RD posting. Spencer^T♦C 21:23, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support It is adequate for RD. Pawnkingthree (talk) 01:38, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Vanamonde (talk) 04:42, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] Russian presidential election, 2018

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Article: Russian presidential election, 2018 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Vladimir Putin is reelected as President of Russia. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Vladimir Putin is elected as President of Russia for a fourth term.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Vladimir Putin is elected to fourth term as President of Russia.
News source(s): BBC, Guardian, Reuters, dpa ((in English), Zeit (in German)
Credits:

• Nominated by Sherenk1 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by YantarCoast (talk · give credit) and SpanishSnake (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: Added now to assess article quality so as to make it ready to post as soon as election results are announced. Blurb can be specified at that time. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:38, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I think it would be OK to write a blurb now as no one thinks anyone other than Putin will win. 331dot (talk) 18:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• I’ve added an altblurb. —LukeSurl ^{t c} 18:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Rather than try a WP:IAR oppose based on the fishy nature of the vote, disallowing of Alexei Navalny's candidacy, etc., perhaps we can add something to the blurb about it? [27] – Muboshgu (talk) 18:52, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• In the past we have refrained from any editorializing when posting even the most flagrantly bogus "election results." -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:54, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Indeed; we do not make judgements about the validity, fairness, or legitimacy of the election, that's for the reader to decide. 331dot (talk) 18:56, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Not saying this to be pointy, but ITNR thinks the election of a head of state is notable, but that is based on the notion that an election is a choice by a populous. There is a threshold of corruption where the preceding cease to be an election in the conventional sense of the word, and what happened in Russia today certainly exceeds that threshold.GCG (talk) 20:04, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• No, it's most certainly not based on any such assumption. That's plainly incorrect. We report the facts, and it's up to article writers and third-party sources to provide the context. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:07, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• This is ITNR and marking as such. Banedon (talk) 19:40, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose until the results are declared "officially", plus since when has anyone on God's own Earth referred to Putin as "Vladimir V. Putin"? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I just took the middle initial out. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:58, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
    • Bravo! No wonder I voted for you to become an admin! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose in addition to needing the "official" results, I want to see something in the article about the alleged voter fraud. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• This is notable because he's the head-of-state of a nuclear power, not because of it being a fair election. If this were Uzbekistan, I'd be inclined to IAR oppose it, but once the results are official and the article is updated it has to be included. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:14, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I've added the "fourth term" to the altblurb, just for the record. Brandmeister^talk 20:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per IAR. It's hard for me to believe that this was in any sense a fair election.--WaltCip (talk) 20:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support fair or not, an election is an election and a head of state is a head of state. If anything, the ITN would read "Vladimir Putin is still President of Russia, as everyone expected". Juxlos (talk) 20:36, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support it's ITNR, article is in good shape. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:D447:384A:ABF0:BBE9 (talk) 20:50, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment There is a section Reactions missing, usually we have some domestic and international reactions to the election when we post election articles. --Tone 20:56, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Juxlos. I think those opposing this because the election wasn't fair clearly have a point. This is a result of a presidential election in a sovereign country, which is listed as a recurring item and, like it or not, it has to be posted once the official results come in and the article is sufficiently updated. The discussion on modifying the blurb to include the rumours on electoral fraud is relevant and should be carried out separately from any vote count.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 20:58, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment if official results are expected in the next 3-4 hours, I'd like to wait for them. If they won't be available for several days, this is probably ready to go. The lead section needs copy-editing and expansion, the rest is fine. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • RT (a reliable source for the official election results) says 80% of votes are in, and Putin has 76% of the vote. [28]. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – Details aside, this is global news. Suggest Alt2 as a more logical word order. Sca (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Note: I reworded the Alts, removed Alt1 - "elected to a fourth term" is not global English. Black Kite (talk) 21:07, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Based on decades of newspaper editing, I must strongly disagree with this unilateral deletion of another's proposal. Replaced blurb as Alt2 once again.

• Fine, put it back. I can assure you that "elected to fourth term" would be up at WP:ERRORS seconds after it was posted, though. Black Kite (talk) 21:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Go fly a kite. Sca (talk) 15:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - this is ITN/R, so ethical qualms about the legitimacy of the election are irrelevant for notability grounds. Maybe we have a combined blurb with Xi Jinping - in "democratic" despot news, both Putin and Xi are (shockingly) re-elected. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Second this. The first option seems the best if combinated with Xi. Also btw, there was no corruption, 80% of complaints were 100% fake, and a couple thousand Ukrainians couldn't vote because of the police. wumbolo ^^^ 21:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
    • @Wumbolo: LOL, got a source for that claim? – Muboshgu (talk) 21:46, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
      • @Muboshgu: "State TV channel Rossiya 24 reported earlier there were complaints of violations but many were 'fake'." (Al Jazeera) wumbolo ^^^ 22:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Irrelevant personal comments.

OMG are you serious??? Russian state-owned media says there was no fraud, so you accept that? That's like believing there was no Russian collusion in the U.S. election because Trump tweeted "NO COLLUSION". – Muboshgu (talk) 22:04, 18 March 2018 (UTC) "OMG" are you really an admin? Remain calm here, please. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC) Yes I'm an admin. And you've been de-sysop'd. So STFU. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:20, 18 March 2018 (UTC) Not for much longer! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC) I'd have to take notes on your behavior to really see how one goes about losing adminship. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:24, 18 March 2018 (UTC) You're way ahead of where I ever was at your stage. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• • • • • (edit conflict) @Power~enwiki: RT claimed this. Do you think it is reliable, since you already said it publishes reliable election results? wumbolo ^^^ 22:29, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
          • RT would be reliable for a statement that the Russian government claims there was no fraud, and little more. This discussion would be better held at Talk:Russian presidential election, 2018. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment We have posted w/o any editorial comment some of the most corrupt and patently fake elections ever staged. We are likely going to do the same for the reelection of the President of China whose manner of election would probably make Stalin smile. There is no question that this whole thing has been rigged from the word go. And yes that needs to be in the article before I will support it. But not in any blurb on ITN. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I agree with presenting a short blurb without the fraud, and that the fraud needs to be mentioned in the article. I started a talk page thread there about it. I don't know exactly how to write the fraud section that the article needs to be complete. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:09, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – Significant news about the reelection of a major world figure in a major country. I would change alt-blurb II to say "his" fourth term, though. Master of Time (talk) 22:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • @Master of Time: It's missing info about alleged voter fraud though. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:12, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
    • I mean, I never actually considered the Russian elections to be free and fair, but that's not a reason to oppose the mention of it in the ITN section, in my opinion. Master of Time (talk) 22:14, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
      • @Master of Time: I'm not saying the article shouldn't be posted. I agreed with Ad Orientem above in that we should post it, but we should post a complete article, which means not posting it until the allegations of fraud are included. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment what Ad Orientem said. All of you whinging about "corruption" should look closer to home, and accept that Wikipedia is not here to WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS, merely to report what has actually happened. Where did it all go so wrong for so many of you? Incidentally, refusing to post this until some kind of "fraud" section is added to the article is bullshit, and pure systemic bias, arguably worse. We post per RS, so as and when we have consensus to post based on the results, that's what we do, we don't wait for admins who don't like the result to declare their own posting criteria, that's complete and utter bullshit. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:23, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
  • We post updated articles, that means articles should be relatively complete. Without fraud allegations, this article is missing significant context. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:26, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
    • The allegations seem to be primarily coming from western press at this point, not internally to Russia (contrast to the last US election where it was definitely internal). At this point, external allegation are not needed. If there does come internal allegations raised, that can be added, but it is not necessary for an ITNR posting, and like TRM, I have a great concern a number of editors are seeing the requirement of having them as righting great wrongs. We are not in that business. --Masem (t) 22:28, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
      • @Masem: Golos is internal, and they're reporting alleged violations.[29] – Muboshgu (talk) 22:31, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
        • Once WP:RS are declaring results, this should be posted, we don't need to wait for some "admin" version of the "truth", perhaps these "admins" should step aside and allow others to make judgements here, the kind of judgements we expect from our admins, not those which are personal and against the principles of Wikipedia. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
        • (ec) Even with that, because WP handles news of allegations carefully, I would only expect initial mention that there might be allegations. It would be irresponsible of us to try to document a full allegations section until Russia's election organization can actually comment on it. Initial statements would fine, but they are not necessary to consider this article complete for ITN posting. --Masem (t) 22:36, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I'd like to remind everybody that, apart from the technical ability to post things on the front page (and the obligation to assess and act according to consensus when doing so), admins don't have any special powers here. People unhappy with the content of the article would be advised to add referenced content, or discuss the flaws of the article on the talk page. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:37, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted with minimal blurb. Worldwide RS are reporting it, we can't editorialise. Black Kite (talk) 22:40, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

  Probably time to change the image too... The Rambling Man (talk) 22:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

  I vote the one with putin on a horse with his shirt off. Only in death does duty end (talk) 22:54, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Seconded. Stormy clouds (talk) 23:49, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• I've added the infobox image from Putin's article to CMP, just need to wait for KrinkleBot to weave her magic. Black Kite (talk) 23:17, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

  Image switched. Black Kite (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. De facto uncontested elections, nobody is surprised, why is this news? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

@Piotrus: As to why it is news, you will need to take that up with the news media; here at ITN we do not editorialize or make judgements about the validity, fairness, or legitimacy of elections. That's for readers to decide for themselves. This event is what passes for an election in Russia. That's all we are interested in. 331dot (talk) 11:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Pull until the article sufficiently covers the allegations of fraud. We don't editorialize in ITN blurbs, but we also shouldn't post articles that are missing important information. Lepricavark (talk) 14:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Right now, there's claims of ballot stuffing and the like, and that's in the article as well as the election committee's response that there was no major incidents they had observed yet, but there's no formal claims or allegations that we as WP can rightfully justify a complete section on and stay within NPOV. There will likely be more in the next several weeks, just as there was with the US election, but for ITN, the article properly covered the key event. --Masem (t) 14:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Keep feel free to embellish the Reactions section which is already quite descriptive. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:14, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Indeed. Four whole sentences. It's a wonder you don't split them off into a separate article and then nominate it for FA. Lepricavark (talk) 14:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• I think you need to (a) calm down and (b) retract that, or else I'll have to get you a saucer of milk. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• I thought you saved your vague, empty threats for admins. Lepricavark (talk) 14:24, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• No, disruptive and bad-mouthing editors in general. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• I think you meant 'people who disagree with me', but have it your way. Lepricavark (talk) 14:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• You're not making sense I'm afraid. There's a huge difference between disagreeing with someone and just making stuff up about someone. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• As I said, have it your way. Lepricavark (talk) 14:40, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Post-posting comment – How about we add the phrase "yet again" to the current blurb? Very journalesey. Ha. Sca (talk) 15:20, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• I think this discussion has probably run its useful course and can be safely closed. Any further objections can be made at ERRORS. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Li Ao

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Article: Li Ao (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [30]
Credits:

• Nominated by Oceangai (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 well written and sourced Oceangai (talk) 14:33, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. There are referencing gaps and several CN tags.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:18, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Contrary to what the nominator says, this is neither well written nor well sourced at the moment. Vanamonde (talk) 04:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 17

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March 17, 2018 (2018-03-17) (Saturday) Disasters and accidents 2018 Philippine Piper PA-23 Apache crash A Piper PA-23 passenger aircraft bound for Laoag International Airport in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, crashes upon take off from Plaridel Airport in Bulacan, killing all five people onboard as well as five on the ground. (Reuters) (Rappler) International relations Russia–United Kingdom relations, Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal In response to the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the Russian Federation expels 23 British diplomats, closes the British Council in Russia and closes the Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Saint Petersburg. (BBC) Law and crime Judicial system of Iran Former Vice President of Iran Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close ally to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is arrested after criticizing Iran's judiciary. (AP via Al-Arabiya) Crime in the United States A man is arrested in Austin, Texas, for threatening, via email, to bomb the SXSW festival. (NPR) Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey launches an investigation into alleged harvesting of Facebook profiles by Cambridge Analytica, a firm employed by Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. (BBC) (Reuters via The New York Times) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States launches an investigation into potential defects in the airbag control systems of some Kia and Hyundai models. (NPR) Politics and elections South Australian state election, 2018, Batman by-election, 2018, Cottesloe state by-election, 2018 Australian voters in South Australia, the Melbourne division of Batman, and the Perth electoral district of Cottesloe go to the polls in three separate elections. (Switzer Daily) The SA Liberals win a majority of seats in South Australia's lower house, ending 16 years of Labor Party government in the state. (The Guardian) Ged Kearney retains the Batman Division for the Australian Labor Party, despite earlier predictions that the Australian Greens would win. (SBS News)

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Article: Sushil Siddharth (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Hindustan and Navbharat Times
Credits:

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

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

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[Closed] Ameenah Gurib

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Article: Ameenah Gurib (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib resigns amid financial misconduct allegations. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib resigns amid credit card scandal.
News source(s): Al Jazeera Bloomberg BBC Times of India NYT 1 NYT 2
Credits:

• Nominated by 39.48.73.97 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Pritish.Seeboo (talk · give credit)

Article updated

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[Posted] RD: Mike MacDonald

Article: Mike MacDonald (comedian) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC
Credits:

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 18:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Decent article, good to be posted. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:55, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:49, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Solid article, sources plentiful and proper. A few red links, but all seem properly sourced. Challenger l (talk) 21:27, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Xi Jinping reappointed president without term limits

Article: Xi Jinping (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Xi Jinping (pictured) is re-elected as the President of the People's Republic of China with no term limits by the National People’s Congress. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Xi Jinping (pictured) is re-elected as the President of the People's Republic of China.
News source(s): AFP, Reuters, Al Jazeera
Credits:

• Nominated by Starship.paint (talk · give credit)

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Should qualify under WP:ITN/R as an indirect election for head of state. starship.paint ~ KO 03:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Previous, related nomination on the removal of term limits on March 11. Current nomination is on the reelection of President on March 17, and has a different target article

Name: Chinese presidential term limits removed Date: March 11 Alternative blurb: ​The National People's Congress removes term limits for the President of the People's Republic of China (incumbent Xi Jinping pictured) Alternative blurb II: ​The National People's Congress removes term limits for the President of the People's Republic of China, with Xi Jinping as the incumbent president. Alternative blurb III: ​At the 2018 National People's Congress, the Chinese legislature removes term limits for the President of the People's Republic of China (incumbent Xi Jinping pictured) Sources: BBC,CNN, Reuters Nominator's comments: Significant change in way of governing in one of the most significant countries now. More from The New York Times on why this is a big deal. Feel free to add more blurbs and suggest alternative target articles as the current one is not detailed starship.paint ~ KO 09:27, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Conditional support Widely covered and highly notable, might very well not have more Chinese presidential succession for a while. Article needs significant extensions though. Also blurb feels a bit long. Juxlos (talk) 11:02, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Change to Support focusing on the presidency instead of the meeting per below. Juxlos (talk) 07:41, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Oppose on quality - article tells us nothing more than the blurb and is almost as long. The reason your struggling with the blurb is we can't say what RS are saying per WP:crystalball. The part we can say doesn't feel all that newsworthy. GCG (talk) 11:32, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Oppose. The PRC is free to use its legal processes to change its laws about how long the President serves whenever it wishes. This will have little effect. 331dot (talk) 12:16, 11 March 2018 (UTC) I would add that this legislature is essentially a rubber stamp body anyway. If Xi didn't want it, they wouldn't do it. 331dot (talk) 12:20, 11 March 2018 (UTC) With the exception of Mao Zedong, the term limit seems to be obeyed in general. While the body may not exactly be a proper democratic one this still implies a major event in Chinese politics. If Trump even formally proposes doing this it will be all over the news in a heartbeat. Juxlos (talk) 12:54, 11 March 2018 (UTC) FYI the US President has no formal role in crafting US Constitutional amendments. He can't push one through Congress (2/3 vote needed) or through the states (3/4 of the states). He can propose whatever he wants but it's unlikely it would happen. I believe he has joked about doing something similar to this Chinese action. 331dot (talk) 19:14, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Notability wise, support. I'm seeing this development in multiple news sources. This was also in the news a few weeks ago when it was effectively passed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, but in terms of the encyclopedia, the official change to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China is what we want to mark. When evaluating this, we can't use the same criteria as that we would evaluating a development in a Western democracy. In China power happens through closed-door meetings and not by elections, and this is one of the most significant occasions. I've suggested a shorter alt-blurb. Article will need some work. --LukeSurl t c 14:24, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Oppose on article quality. It's a stub and will require significant expansion before we can seriously consider posting to the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:42, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Support on notability as above; I was thinking about nominating this when the news first broke but knew that the response would be 'wait until it actually happens'. The article should be expanded. Davey2116 (talk) 17:06, 11 March 2018 (UTC) President of the People's Republic of China might be a good target, as the news is really about this post rather than the meeting. --LukeSurl t c 19:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Agree. Stormy clouds (talk) 19:56, 11 March 2018 (UTC) Support this saw coverage before the congress even happened (e.g. [31]). I'm for targeting President of the People's Republic of China as that's the position that's actually affected. Banedon (talk) 01:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC) @GreatCaesarsGhost, LukeSurl, Ad Orientem, Davey2116, and Stormy clouds: - switched the target article. starship.paint ~ KO 08:30, 12 March 2018 (UTC) There was an uncited section, now fixed. Juxlos (talk) 10:20, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Sorry, still opposed. The new target has only a brief mention and offers no more information than what is in the blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:12, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Support in principle, oppose on update. A historically significant change to one of the world's most powerful offices. However unless I'm missing something President of the People's Republic of China has just two sentences on the change, that say nothing more about it than the blurb does. I think we need a full paragraph of cited update somewhere before posting. Modest Genius talk 11:38, 12 March 2018 (UTC) The difficulty of using President of the People's Republic of China as the target is that it's not really the place for an extensive commentary on recent events, especially when these events now mean there's an absence of a particular aspect of the position. --LukeSurl t c 12:19, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Fair enough, but that's currently the bold link in the blurb. If there's a better location for an update, that's fine. We do need one somewhere. Modest Genius talk 13:03, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Support in principle. If allowing presidency for life in the most populous country and second-largest economy in the world, which directly impacts 1.4 billion people and has large potential to affect international relations, does not merit a blurb, then I'm really wondering what the political news should be concerned with to get included.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:22, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Comment I think there is a lot of support in principle because this is a huge power grab for Xi. However, he is only the third leader of China since the President role became synonymous with the supreme leader, and he is just now entering his second term. The narrative that he is becoming Mao-like or ruling for life is highly speculative. GCG (talk) 13:37, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Nominal or not, it’s still the head of state position, the same way we care about the Queen of the United Kingdom. Juxlos (talk) 15:34, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Reluctant oppose as it's a significant story that is getting coverage, but neither proposed target has been sufficiently updated - the 2018 Congress article is still a stub and there has been a mere two line update to the new target that tells us little more than the blurb.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 18:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• @Pawnkingthree, Juxlos, GreatCaesarsGhost, Kiril Simeonovski, Modest Genius, LukeSurl, Ad Orientem, Banedon, 331dot, Davey2116, and Stormy clouds: - involved in the previous nomination on March 11, which was a change to the constitution, but 6 days later we have a re-election. Several opposes due to state of target article but the target article is now different. starship.paint ~ KO 03:30, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• @Pawnkingthree, Juxlos, GreatCaesarsGhost, Kiril Simeonovski, Modest Genius, LukeSurl, Ad Orientem, Banedon, Davey2116, and Stormy clouds: - in case the ping didn't go through as per below. starship.paint ~ KO 13:56, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I didn't get a ping even though I see you tried. Anyway, I don't think the blurb needs to mention term limits or lack thereof, which is a separate issue from who the President is(even if the legislature is just rubber stamping the choice of President). 331dot (talk) 07:26, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Is this really an indirect election to make this ITNR? The election was squaring from those already sitting in the national congress in contrast to, eg, the US's electoral college. Normally Election ITNRs point to an election article, (and the winner if that article is in good shape), but clearly there's nothing close to that here. I am not saying that there is not something to put to ITN here between the combination fo the term limits and this recent "rubber stamping" by the congress, just that I don't think we should consider this ITNR. --Masem (t) 13:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I don't know their system; is the Congress even given more than one candidate to in theory choose from?(even if Xi winning is predetermined) Even if Xi is the only option, could they in theory not choose him? It would still nominally be an election for head of state (again, even if the result is predetermined) 331dot (talk) 13:50, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• 331dot - each of the 2,000+ delegates gets a yes/no vote. Xi got all 'Yes'. His Vice President got 1 'No'. starship.paint ~ KO 13:56, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose Several gaps in referencing though the article is not in horrible shape by any means. Once remedied Weak Support on merits. I do think this meets our ITNR criteria although the election is obviously a sham by any normal standards observed in the democratic world. Also I favor the alt blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:15, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Strong Support - as per above, reference gaps here and there. Once fixed, principle is that this is the head of state of the most populous country in the world. Juxlos (talk) 18:25, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Since China has removed the term limits, this is not a direct election, thus it is not ITNR.--WaltCip (talk) 19:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Juxlos and Ad Orientem. Jusdafax (talk) 19:40, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Obvious oppose ITNR here applies to the election as target article, we don't seem to have one, so this is invalid. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:39, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle. I've already supported the introduction of the rule without it being invoked, so this formal application is additional justification for my previous vote.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:10, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• 2018 National People's Congress, the 'election' article, is a stub. Stephen 03:41, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support after the cn-tags are addressed. I think setting Xi as the target-article is fine. Davey2116 (talk) 06:01, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle, but oppose on update. 2018 National People's Congress is barely above a stub and has literally one sentence on Xi's re-election. Xi's own article has one sentence on the removal of term limits and one sentence on the re-election. We have the same problem as before: the update gives no more information than the blurb. If/when there's a substantial update somewhere, with multiple paragraphs of referenced prose, then this can go up, but not before. Modest Genius ^talk 14:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Modest Genius - the target article is a stub.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support in principle, but 2018 National People's Congress isn't a reasonable target article right now, and 13th National People's Congress is even worse. Could Xi Jinping be the target article? The alt-blurb is significantly better than the initial, longer suggestion. power~enwiki (π, ν) 17:36, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Ireland win Six Nations

Article: 2018 Six Nations Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In rugby union, Ireland win a Grand Slam in the Six Nations Championship. (captain Rory Best pictured) (Post)
News source(s): RTÉ BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Stormy clouds (talk · give credit)

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: Article needs some referencing, but is in an alright state. Item is ITN/R, and derives additional notability as it is only Ireland's third Grand Slam (and happens to fall on St. Patrick's Day). Stormy clouds (talk) 16:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Is just winning the Grand Slam on ITNR? They won the Six Nations a week ago.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:23, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

This nom is for the Six Nations as a whole. We wait until the tournament is concluded. Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:58, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose until improved. Compare 2016 [32] where the item was nominated in a state similar to the current one but was not posted until there was prose on the actual games themselves. (For some reason, this seems not to have been posted - or even nominated - at all in 2017.) There are also a number of uncited statements. Black Kite (talk) 12:17, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Needs update. Now is the correct time to nominate this, but at present there are only three sentences of prose in the article about the results of the entire tournament. The rest is all build-up, tables and team sheets. This needs a few referenced paragraphs describing the progress of the tournament. 2016_Six_Nations_Championship#Story_of_the_tournament is an excellent example, though it doesn't need to be quite that detailed to be posted. Modest Genius ^talk 14:07, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

March 16

Portal:Current events/2018 March 16

March 16, 2018 (2018-03-16) (Friday) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis 2018 inter-Korean summit, North Korea–South Korea relations South Korea states that they want high-level talks with North Korea before the summit. (Reuters) South Korea–United States relations South Korea and the United States announce that the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills will be scaled down and shortened. (The Malay Mail) Crime in the United Kingdom, Russia–United Kingdom relations The death of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom, is confirmed by a coroner's examination to be a murder. The killing happened eight days after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. (BBC) Law and crime South African Arms Deal South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority Director Shaun Abrahams says former President Jacob Zuma will be prosecuted for corruption, relating to a R30 billion arms deal in the late 1990s. Zuma disputes all the allegations against him. (The Guardian) The Holocaust in Latvia Police arrest a man at the Freedom Monument displaying a poster of soldiers killing Jews as a protest against an annual march in Riga, Latvia, honoring two Latvian SS divisions during World War II. (JTA) (The Times of Israel) Aviation in the United States The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States restricts "doors off" aircraft flights following a helicopter crash that killed 5 people. (CNN) Catholic Church sexual abuse cases Anthony Sablan Apuron, the former Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam is found guilty on charges of the sexual abuse of minors by a tribunal. He is suspended from the exercise of his authority over the archdiocese. (Zenit) Another lawsuit is filed against the Catholic Church in Guam, bringing the total lawsuits alleging historical sexual abuse to 157. Louis Brouillard, who is now 96, was on Guam from 1948 to 1981, and is accused of abusing boys in 100 of the lawsuits the church is facing. (RNZ) Politics and elections Presidency of Donald Trump U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fires former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe because of a report from the Office of Professional Responsibility accusing McCabe of making an unauthorized news media disclosure and lacking candor on multiple occasions. (CBS News) Science and technology Discoveries of exoplanets European astronomers discover eight new exoplanets classified as Hot Jupiters as part of the WASP project. (The Talking Democrat) Sports 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament For the first time in the history of the Division I men's tournament, a #16 seed defeats a #1 seed, as UMBC shocks top overall seed Virginia 74–54. (AP via ESPN)

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[Closed] 2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game

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Article: 2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The UMBC Retrievers became the first #16 seed in NCAA Tournament history to defeat a #1 seed with their 74-54 win over the Virginia Cavaliers. (Post)
News source(s): [33]
Credits:

• Nominated by UMBC vs Virginia (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Because its a article about a notable upset and no other college who was a 16th seed ever defeated a top seeded team in NCAA history. UMBC vs Virginia (talk) 03:17, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Strong oppose One underdog victory over a top seed in a non-final elimination game is not ITN, and even the game itself shouldn't have an article. --Masem (t) 03:21, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose We should post the tournament's conclusion, possibly with a mention of this game. It's the championship game that we're waiting for. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:28, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Portal:Current events/2018 March 16 is the appropriate page for this type of news story, and it is already included there. power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:34, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - It's enough of an uphill battle just getting the championship result posted. It's also meaningless. No one except die-hard fans of UMBC will remember this as a particularly notable sporting achievement, when as stated above, the focus will be on who wins the entire tournament.-WaltCip (talk) 11:07, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. We don't usually post specific games in larger tournaments, only the result of the tournament. 331dot (talk) 11:13, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Just wonder, seems the account is only created to make this nomination. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:43, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Adrian Lamo

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

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

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

Nominator's comments: Article well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:19, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Nice article. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:56, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Indeed nice article. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 23:11, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Added support. Ready to go. –Ammarpad (talk) 00:19, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - per above supports. Jusdafax (talk) 03:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good to go, do we need to wait any longer? Anyone out there? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support everything is well sourced. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:09, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 11:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Louise Slaughter

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

• Nominated by It's Wiki Time (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.

 It's Wiki Time (talk) 16:02, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• She's one of my personal favorites, and I may devote some time to getting the article up to speed, but my main point here is that the article is not yet up to speed. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:11, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support and ready Did the first comment make me too WP:INVOLVED to post this? It's ready now. Great job to everyone for improving this BLP. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose unreferenced material, tables aren't in chronological order, etc etc, lots of work to do here. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

What's wrong with the tables? They don't look as nice as the ones at Susan Collins, but reverse-chronological is pretty normal. power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:16, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Whether it's "pretty normal" or not, it's not acceptable. Show me an encyclopedia that lists events in reverse order. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:33, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

I've had that same argument on election pages in tables that list polling, and have often found myself in the minority in hating reverse chronology. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:37, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, it's just unacceptable, so until that's fixed, and all the unreferenced issues, this is a definitive no. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:38, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

I could be wrong about this, but isn't there some coding wizardry you can add to a sortable table so it defaults to showing a certain way round? Black Kite (talk) 19:40, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

There sure is, but the default should be chronological. That needs re-work. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Fixed it - now in chronological order. One of the very few things that Visual Editor is useful for. Black Kite (talk) 19:51, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Reverse chronology is the standard on many of these pages. Is that being a no-no codified anywhere in MOS? If so, would be nice to fix up some of the tables like Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2015, Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration, Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election, Opinion polling for the Russian presidential election, 2018. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:56, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies#Order_of_events would be the place to include it for biographies. I don't think there's an MOS sub-page relevant for the "Opinion polling" pages, which have problems beyond their ordering. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:58, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Again, how many encyclopedias are publishing reverse-order information? None is the answer. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:14, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

If it's so obvious, it should be easy to find consensus to state that in the site policies. The section of MOS:BIO currently says Within a single section, events should almost always be in chronological order. Exceptions to this rule may be apply to lists of works, such as publications or other media productions, where the most recent may be listed first, as well as for distinctions such as orders, decorations, and medals. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:24, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Again, how many encyclopedias are publishing reverse-order information? None is the answer. I've already challenged this absurd MOS exception. Time we all started acting like we're building a real encyclopedia, not a tabloid. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:29, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Too many gaps in referencing. The whole thing with the tables is not a deal breaker with me, but yea, they look weird. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:45, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• The article is down to one {{citation needed}}, which I've started a discussion about on the talk page. The article probably needs two more copy-editing passes before being "good". power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:06, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support I've resolved the last CN tag, and am happy with the article quality now. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:18, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support not seeing any more issues with this. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 23:13, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - ready for posting. Good work.BabbaQ (talk) 02:21, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Article has been improved greatly. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:55, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 11:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

March 15

Portal:Current events/2018 March 15

March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) (Thursday) Business and economy Economy of the United States The largest U.S. broadcaster, iHeartMedia, owner of 850 radio stations, files for chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating US$20 billion in debt. (CNN) Southeastern Grocers announces a plan to file for bankruptcy and close 94 of its locations. (CNN) Disasters and accidents Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse An under-construction pedestrian bridge over the eight-lane Tamiami Trail at Florida International University in Miami collapses killing at least six people and flattening eight cars. Nine people are rescued from the rubble and taken to nearby Kendall Regional Medical Center. Two require immediate surgery; the others injured sustain non-life-threatening wounds. (The Washington Post) Accidents and incidents involving helicopters A U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashes near Al-Qa'im in Iraq's western Al Anbar Governorate, killing all seven people on board. (ABC News) (CNN) Approximately 3,400kg of gold ingots break free from a Nimbus Airlines Antonov An-12 cargo plane and fall onto the runway at Yakutsk Airport. (The Aviation Herald) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis North Korea–Sweden relations, 2018 North Korea–United States summit North Korea foreign minister Ri Yong-ho visits Sweden for talks. (NK News) (CNN) Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act The Trump administration imposes financial sanctions on 19 Russian nationals, including 12 of those indicted in the Special Counsel investigation. (Business Insider) Russia–United Kingdom relations, Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov says Russia will "definitely" expel British diplomats. (Sputnik News) Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh The government of Myanmar agrees to repatriate 374 Rohingya refugees from a list of 8,000 submitted by the government of Bangladesh. Myanmar's authorities blamed their Bangladeshi counterparts for the slow process, citing "incomplete" information for many of the refugees on the list. (The Guardian) Iran–Saudi Arabia relations Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says that Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear weapons if Iran does. (Reuters) Politics and elections Politics of Slovakia Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico resigns amid controversy over the murder of Ján Kuciak. (The Guardian) (BBC) Sports Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Norwegian musher Joar Leifseth Ulsom wins the 2018 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (KTUU News)

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[Posted] Blurb: Marielle Franco

Article: Marielle Franco (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Member of the Rio de Janeiro City Council Marielle Franco and the driver Anderson Pedro Gomes are assassinated in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro's city center. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Brazilian politician and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco is killed along with her driver in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro.
News source(s): BBC, CNN, Vice News, MintPress News and virtually all major news outlets.
Credits:

• Nominated by RedUser (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: The assassination happened on 15 March, UTC time. RedUser (talk) 02:32, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Highly relevant news. 189.40.83.173 (talk) 06:21, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support alt blurb per the fact it's dominating Brazilian news and led to tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets. Banedon (talk) 06:58, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Strongly relevant. She was a human right defender and city council. Today, after her murder, theres a massive people spreading fake news and lies about her at social networks. This is a important channel to keep the truth alive.
• Support - led to huge protests. Article is ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose only on quality Just looking through the BBC, there are good reason why authorities believe this was a targeted assassination, but the article on her does not go into those. I think that needs to be added to understand this being ITN a bit better. I fully agree the item is ITN-worthy, just not article quality. --Masem (t) 15:46, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

The article was recently expanded to include that information. Also, some other news: Wall Street Journal, St. Louis American, ABC News, New York Times, Blavity and Financial Times. RedUser (talk) 22:29, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Perfect, all good now for me. Support. --Masem (t) 00:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Mateussf (talk) 00:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC) Highly relevant indeed.

• Support Relevant persona in the current political scenario - has drawn attention by the circumstances of her death: humans right activist and city councillor target of assasination after denouncing transgressions during military security forces intervention in Rio de Janeiro. Has been target of a smear campaign in order to supress public outcry. Freedom of press and in defense of liberty demands this article to feature on Wikipedia frontpage.187.61.197.239 (talk) 00:39, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I can't add more information but i couldn't endorse more.2804:14C:5786:855C:1118:8A44:A873:3025 (talk) 00:48, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support A human rights activist gunned down at a young age and has tracked global attention. With article in good shape. Marking ready. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 01:01, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - article is ready, story is clearly worthy. Stormy clouds (talk) 01:03, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Strongly relevant, especially in the situation of a military intervention in Rio de Janeiro and current political events on Brazil. Waltercruz (talk) 01:23, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 02:02, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Carlton Gary

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

• Nominated by Dumelow (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 serial killer executed by lethal injection. Not the most pleasant of topics perhaps but the article is in pretty good shape - Dumelow (talk) 23:02, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Weak support there are two permanently dead refs in there which needs to be addressed before this is posted, otherwise it's in good order. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:54, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I have replaced the dead links- Dumelow (talk) 10:37, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

• support - ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 11:02, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article looks fine. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:26, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 11:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Slovakian Prime Minister resigns

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Articles: Robert Fico (talk · history · tag) and Peter Pellegrini (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico announces his resignation over the murder of a journalist and designates Peter Pellegrini to form a new government. (Post)
News source(s): New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, SCMP, Aktuality (local source)
Credits:

• Nominated by Juxlos (talk · give credit)
• Updated by BaconBoss Gabo (talk · give credit) and Fuebaey (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Interestingly, a day after his Slovenian counterpart. Peter Pellegrini is now PM-designate, but his article is a bit on the short side. Fico's article is long and well-referenced, though. Juxlos (talk) 22:29, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. Fico's article has not been adequately updated to discuss the circumstances of the fall of his government. This is even more important than normal given the rather sensational blurb. Pellegrini's article is only a half step over a stub and will require significant expansion before it can be linked on the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:46, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support on principle, oppose on quality ITNR transition of a world leader, but as noted above, we really need more about why Fico's resigning. --Masem (t) 00:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Masem Ad Orientem it seems like someone got around to updating the article, with a subsection on resignation. Juxlos (talk) 00:40, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Fico's article looks better. The other one is still in need of drastic improvement though. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:47, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support on the merits due to the reason for the resignation (though this is not ITNR as this is head of government not head of state). 331dot (talk) 17:37, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Masem. Banedon (talk) 21:01, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose looks like a big publicity issue, perhaps we can publish the new leader per ITNR, but this is titivating and nothing more. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:08, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support on circumstances of resignation, but wait till new government is formed. This is Paul (talk) 23:24, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait until Government is formed, then run a modified hook like Peter Pellegrini becomes Prime Minister of Slovakia after Robert Fico resigns the post. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Tom Benson

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Article: Tom Benson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Lepricavark (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: Influential sports owner and businessman dies at the age of 90. Lepricavark (talk) 21:48, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose too much unreferenced material. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Support -needs come cleaning and more references. Should be posted after adding new references Awestruck1 (talk) 22:38,15 March 2018
• Oppose The 'Saints relocation controversy" section is way too long and is rightly tagged for WP:UNDUE. That needs to be resolved.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:06, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

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(Closed) Miami bridge collapse

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Article: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A new pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida collapses days after being installed, killing at least six people. (Post)
News source(s): Miami Herald, BBC, ABC Australia, New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by SounderBruce (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Article needs expansion, but the news story is receiving international coverage. Highly unusual, given that it's a new bridge and using a modern method of construction. SounderBruce 20:13, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Just a small bridge. No long-term impact.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:16, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

"...killing at least six people." That's a long-term impact.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:19, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• A new bridge, using a relatively new construction method, will likely have a long-term impact. SounderBruce 20:20, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• If it is a new construction method, glitches or problems are to be expected. It doesn't mean this accident will be the death of this method. I don't think we even know if the accident was related to the construction method. 331dot (talk) 20:25, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose trivial accident, if this had occurred anywhere else on planet Earth it would be universally greeted with "meh", so ... "meh". The Rambling Man (talk) 20:30, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose certainly a tragedy, and brand new bridges are not expected to fail, but the death toll is too low for ITN. Lepricavark (talk) 20:35, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support – making international news; new construction method lends to greater notability than an old decaying bridge collapsing. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 20:36, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - unquestionably sad, but I don't feel that a sufficient number of people have died for this to merit posting. If it happened elsewhere, it would likely not even have an article - we must avoid bias, even if it means letting nominations like this fall to the wayside. Stormy clouds (talk) 20:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose at this time. Tragic, but not generally significant enough based on what we know now. 331dot (talk) 20:45, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose although undoubtedly a tragic event, it is ultimately a minor accident at best, the bridge was also not fully completed according to the article provided. SamaranEmerald (talk) 20:47, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. –Actually strong oppose, if it means anything. Relatively minor incident at unfinished bridge. If it were not in the US, it may not even get article talk less of going to main page. –Ammarpad (talk) 21:44, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Pile on Oppose At the risk of sounding callous; things break and people die. We just can't post every fatal accident that garners some short term, even if sensational, news coverage. Although there is no written rule, in my experience accidents with low death tolls usually don't make it onto ITN. Our motto is not "if it bleeds it leads." It has to bleed a lot. Prayers for those affected... Kyrie eleison. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Number of fatalities isn’t currently large, but nature of the incident and fact that it was a new structure sways it for me.yorkshiresky (talk) 22:51, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per all above opposers, arbitrary at best, bridges especially new ones tend to have problems within days after they open, take the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge for example, it had problems almost immediately after it opened, and as a result it collapsed several months later. Kirliator (talk) 23:01, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 14

Portal:Current events/2018 March 14

March 14, 2018 (2018-03-14) (Wednesday) Arts and culture British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76 at his home in Cambridge. (The Guardian) (The New York Times) (BBC) Business and economy Economy of the United Kingdom Toys "R" Us announce that they will close down all of their stores in the United Kingdom after rescue talks fail, resulting in the loss of about 3,000 jobs. (The Guardian) Economy of the United States Shortly after the announcement of the closure of Toys "R" Us stores in the UK, the company announced that they will close down all 800 stores in the United States, resulting in the loss of about 33,000 jobs. (The Washington Post) Ford issues a recall of 1.4 million vehicles, including some models of the Ford Fusion and the Lincoln MKZ, citing an issue where the steering wheel could come loose. (CNN) Panama Papers Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca announces that it is shutting down due to the economic and reputational damage inflicted by its role in the global tax evasion scandal. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents Two U.S. Navy aviators – a pilot and a weapons officer – are killed after they eject from their FA-18 fighter jet, which crashes into the sea off Key West, Florida. (Navy Times) (CNN) International relations Foreign relations of the Philippines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces the withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over "outrageous attacks" by United Nations officials. (Reuters) Australia–South Africa relations, South African farm attacks, Racism in South Africa Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says white South African farmers could receive fast-track visas on "humanitarian grounds" amid calls to transfer land ownership from white to black farmers, and fears over the number of racially-motivated farm killings. (BBC) Russia–United Kingdom relations, Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal The United Kingdom expels 23 Russian diplomats and cuts off all top-level ties with Russia as punishment for a reported attack with the Novichok military-grade nerve agent, an attack which Prime Minister Theresa May described as an "unlawful use of force by the Russian state against the United Kingdom". (The Guardian) (NPR) (Reuters) Law and crime 2018 United States gun violence protests Students throughout the United States participate in a walkout protest against gun violence. (ABC News) Crime in Brazil, Politics of Brazil Brazilian politician and outspoken police critic Marielle Franco is killed along with her driver in a drive-by shooting in Rio de Janeiro. (BBC) Telford child sex abuse ring After an 18-month Sunday Mirror investigation, Theresa May has called for an inquiry "as quickly as possible" on reported Asian grooming gangs in Telford whereby up to 1,000 girls were lured from their families to be drugged, beaten, raped and even murdered. (The Mirror) Politics and elections Politics of Germany Angela Merkel is elected and sworn in for a new term as Chancellor of Germany. Olaf Scholz and Heiko Maas assume the positions of Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs respectively. (The Guardian) Politics of Slovenia Miro Cerar announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Slovenia, due to the Supreme Court of Slovenia's annulment of the referendum that approved building a railway between Koper and Divača, a project which he calls "strategic". (Associated Press) Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election, 2018 Democrat Conor Lamb declares victory in the special election of Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. The final vote could still be determined by a recount if at least three voters in each precinct petition for one. (The New York Times) (Fox News) Presidency of Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump appoints conservative commentator Larry Kudlow as National Economic Council director, replacing outgoing Gary Cohn. (BBC) Internet censorship Facebook blocks Britain First, a far-right group that has been deregistered as a political party in the United Kingdom, because leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen have repeatedly violated its community standards. (The New York Times) (BBC) (NBC News)

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[Closed] Toys R Us

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Article: Toys “R” Us (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Toys “R” Us says they are closing in the US and UK. (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by 172.56.7.104 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Big news. 172.56.7.104 (talk) 00:49, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Strong Oppose: No sources given. Also, this is just a company about to be liquidated. This is not CompanyPedia. 2601:2C0:4700:4A9A:E1AA:FC3B:E64E:EACB (talk) 00:57, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose It is big news here in the States. But companies go broke all the time and we are not talking a mega bankruptcy here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:34, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - Just a side effect really of the biggening of the online shopping industry especially by mega-retailers like Amazon. More businesses will be sure to follow suit. WaltCip (talk) 01:39, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I personally find this to be sad news, but it certainly does not rise to ITN level. Lepricavark (talk) 02:31, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I'd consider a support if/when they actually closed. A few years ago HMV claimed it was closing, and never did. Aiken D 07:05, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose just another company whose business model didn't move with the times. Already fish and chip paper. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:11, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose routine business action. As I understand it(at least in the US) they are not totally going out of business yet, just closing a bunch of stores. 331dot (talk) 09:50, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose This does not interest the majority of people, even within the US. Natureium (talk) 13:58, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose No international significance, not the kind of thing we usually post on ITN and no reason why this is exceptionally different. AusLondonder (talk) 14:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

@AusLondonder: I agree that this does not merit posting, but "international significance" has never been required for any ITN posting; if it were, very little would be posted. 331dot (talk) 14:19, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] Slovenian Prime Minister resigns

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Article: Miro Cerar (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigns after the supreme court of Slovenia annuls the results of a government referendum. (Post)
News source(s): AP
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Juxlos (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: From the source, Slovenia has also had "a wave of strikes and protests by public sector workers", including a strike by teachers that shut down schools on Wednesday. Banedon (talk) 23:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article looks to be in decent shape though I might suggest waiting until we have a successor announced as we usually post the outgoing and incoming at the same time. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:57, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Wait per Masem below. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:36, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wait articles are fine but we should post it when his successor is sworn in – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 00:14, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional wait not entirely sure. If it’ll take a few months for his successor to be decided then post but if it’s within a week or so then might as well wait. Juxlos (talk) 00:20, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• also he’s still formally prime minister if I’m reading this correctly

• Wait Per Reuters, he will hold the post until the new gov't forms. --Masem (t) 00:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Masem. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional Oppose Sad to say, but the last time I heard about Slovenia was with regards to Melania. This news item may be too myopic?Zigzig20s (talk) 07:58, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait for the election (which is ITNR) to post something about this. There doesn't seem to be a big scandal here, he resigned after the Supreme Court annulled the results of a referendum he had championed and ordered a new vote. 331dot (talk) 14:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree. Inatan (talk) 18:39, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

You think whether or not there is a big scandal is relevant to whether or not this should be posted on ITN? Banedon (talk) 21:00, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• It is better to wait until the election here. He resigned a couple of months before the regular election would take place, and the resignation is being interpreted as a strategical move in view of tensions in the coalition and some other cases, such as the referendum being overturned. Cerar will remain acting PM until the election so there is no major change expected. --Tone 20:27, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Man and I was hoping we can have “Slovakian prime minister resigns” and “Slovenian prime minister resigns” next to each other on ITN. Juxlos (talk) 23:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] UK Expels 23 Russian Diplomats

Article: Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The United Kingdom formally accuses Russia of the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal by a nerve agent and expels 23 diplomats. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In response to the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal by a nerve agent, the United Kingdom expels 23 Russian diplomats.
News source(s): NYT and virtually all major news outlets.
Credits:

• Nominated by Ad Orientem (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: The original blurb just fell off ITN as the situation is rapidly escalating into a serious international incident/crisis. Russia is threatening unspecified retaliation. I think recent developments justify reposting. If this drags out we might want to consider ongoing. The article is in good shape. Ad Orientem (talk) 14:28, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wait I'm tempted to say this may be better for ongoing, as each element of the tensions rising here is not going to be ITN itself (we can't post every incremental update), but it is a major breakdown in relationships between the UK and Russia. --Masem (t) 14:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Okay, now we have something here. Support.--WaltCip (talk) 14:45, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

My intial reaction after seeing BBC's "to expel" headline was also 'wait,' but evidently they've been given official notice – they just have a week before they have to say "До свидания." – Sca (talk) 16:51, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support A major escalation. I think the expelling of diplomats is blurb-worthy and I would prefer this to merely adding it on Ongoing.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Ongoing the death blurb just expired off, pop this down into ongoing (now we have a free slot) and let it die off naturally. --173.38.117.77 (talk) 15:33, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support next logical stage but a real degradation in relationships between the two countries. Good job the rest of Europe sits between the UK and Russia...... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Also, good thing we're in a formal union with those countries so they can back us up. Oh, wait..... Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support – A big step all right (and May also revoked an invitation to Lavrov). – Sca (talk) 16:42, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I fin it unusual that this wasnt mentioned already, even before the expulsion of the diplomats. Dahn (talk) 17:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

It was. However it just got bumped off the ITN bar with the posting of Stephen Hawking's death. That blurb only addressed the attempted murder, not the most recent and rather dramatic developments. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:10, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support International news with a major case of excrement hitting fan that has not been seen since the Cold War. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 17:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post to ongoing - You don't need a crystal ball to know that this whole thing is going to be in the news for at least a couple of weeks. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 18:38, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait Russian Ambassador Alexander Vladimirovich Yakovenko is not expelled yet. If he is, then this would mean something huge. For now, I’d hold off. Juxlos (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. It seems to still be developing, and currently receiving a large amount of media attention. Natureium (talk) 19:06, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose until the diplomats actually leave (i.e one week from now). This is what we've been doing by precedent. Banedon (talk) 20:33, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

What precedent is that? I don't recall the last time we discussed posting the expulsion of diplomats. 331dot (talk) 20:40, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

No, but we had lots of nominations not posted because it "hasn't happened yet", e.g. your Kim-Trump meeting nomination. Banedon (talk) 20:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, this has happened. The named diplomats have to leave the country. I'm not sure what happens to them if they don't but I'm guessing it involves arrest. So you actually support this but oppose it for consistency? 331dot (talk) 20:50, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, this is for consistency. It's not that the diplomats don't leave the country, but rather that the UK can change its mind. Again, this is using previous arguments for not posting XYZ per WP:Crystal and all that. Banedon (talk) 20:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. 331dot (talk) 20:55, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support. Major escalation in this dispute. 331dot (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Major international kerfuffle involving the use of a nerve agent in Europe with long term consequences. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:57, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Is "formally" necessary in the blurb? zzz (talk) 21:38, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment – Still favor posting, but would add this note of caution: Looks like the Russians are getting ready to play (surprise!) tit-for-tat. If they do, that could be added. Sca (talk) 21:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Routine. You periodically expel spies to disrupt their network-building efforts. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Expelling diplomats is not common. The mass expulsion of more than 20 is w/o recent precedent. You would have to go back to the dark days of the cold war to find something like this. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:48, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Note: I would have posted this, but I'm not seeing language in the article to match the blurb. Perhaps something along the lines of "After Russia refuses to cooperate with the investigation of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the UK expels 23 Russian diplomats as undeclared intelligence officers." This matches the language of news sources, c.f. [34]. Accusing Russia of Murder does not appear in reliable sources as such. This seems to have the support as an article worth the main page, but the blurb needs to be nailed down better. --Jayron32 23:28, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

“Their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events,” May told MPs. She said: “There is no alternative conclusion other than the Russian state was responsible for the attempted murder of Mr Skripal and his daughter.” [35] -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:37, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

If you can make that language more explicit in the article, I will post this. --Jayron32 23:38, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:42, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Added alt blurb as a back-up. Brandmeister^talk 23:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Posted The altblurb. I am more comfortable with that language. In specific, the changes to the article do not reflect the sources still. I'd rather the Wikipedia article directly quote May than paraphrase. For material this sensitive, it's important we speak in the voice of our sources, and not in Wikipedia's voice. "Formally accuse" is not language that appears in the sources. --Jayron32 23:56, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:00, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I too like the altblurb, but wonder if the phrase "by a nerve agent" will be readily understood. Would "by a nerve-acting poison" be better, perhaps? Sca (talk) 00:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Alternatively, would "with a nerve agent" be better? Sca (talk) 00:09, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't know if we want to amend the blurb or not but Russia has announced it is expelling 23 UK diplomats (and some other actions) in retaliation. 331dot (talk) 09:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Jim Bowen

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

• Updated and nominated by Ritchie333 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Lugnuts (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.

 Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:10, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Parking this here for now. I suspect people will oppose, because the article is not in a good shape. However, we got Ken Dodd improved to be posted, so I think we might be able to do it again. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:10, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Subject to improvements, etc. And a speedboat for anyone who brings it up to scratch. But only if you live in Tamworth. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 13:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support subject to improvement S a g a C i t y (talk) 14:34, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Pending those last couple of citations being added. Miyagawa (talk) 14:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support referencing has now been improved. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:27, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Great job by Ritchie in bringing the article up to scratch. Now sufficiently referenced.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 15:43, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Super, smashing, great Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:50, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted blurb] Stephen Hawking

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Article: Stephen Hawking (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking dies at the age of 76. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by SounderBruce (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Article is in good quality, but does need a bit of spotchecking. SounderBruce 03:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support blurb Absolute no-brainer. EternalNomad (talk) 03:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb One of the most famous people, let alone scientists, in the world. And a tragic loss for mankind. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 03:53, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb No need to argue this; absolutely yes – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 03:55, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb with tears. Davey2116 (talk) 03:55, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb No doubt. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:56, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb Not even a question. What a loss. GrossesWasser (talk) 03:57, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb per MAINEiac4434 and Davey2116. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 03:58, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Strong support blurb One of the most influential and iconic scientists of this era. I couldn't believe the news when I just saw it on Facebook. Every morning (there's a halo...) 04:02, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Blurb This is definitely a no-brainer for a blurb (in addition to the !votes above), the article is strong shape. --Masem (t) 04:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support Just piling on. Passes the Bowie/Mandela/Prince standard. – Muboshgu (talk) 04:07, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment I'd also support adding a photograph of Hawking. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 04:15, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Agree. The infobox image (File:Stephen Hawking.StarChild.jpg) is appropriate and nicely framed at thumbnail size. SounderBruce 04:23, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
    • There is some necessary cascading protection for main page images that I am not 100% sure how to do, but this is clearly a move to make. --Masem (t) 04:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
      • Agreed on an image needed. RIP starship.paint ~ KO 05:45, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support without a doubt. Lepricavark (talk) 04:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment I think the image should be posted too. Our admins watching this should help. –Ammarpad (talk) 06:07, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting very strong support: very strong support, yes, I also feel the image should be posted as well. --Titodutta (talk) 06:11, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting very strong support. Of course. Double sharp (talk) 07:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support blurb - A true icon of our era. Kurtis ^(talk) 07:40, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Beyond the event horizon support - What more can one say? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 08:15, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• PPSS unequivocally blurb-worthy. RIP. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:58, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Much like WP:RFA, it's not often that the entirety of ITN can come to an unequivocal 100% agreement on something, but I think here there is a clear unanimous consensus. We've got our blurb and our image; we can probably just close the discussion at this point and leave it at that.--WaltCip (talk) 10:51, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment "In rare cases, the death of major transformative world leaders in their field may merit a blurb.". This was one of those "rare cases". Good post. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 10:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• This should be noted as an example for the guidelines. Juxlos (talk) 11:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Post Post Support - As per everyone else. It’s almost impossible to find a media that doesn’t show this as a headline or at least first page news. Juxlos (talk) 11:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment: Post-posting support. But it seems this was 17 minutes from nomination to posting. Is this a record for ITN? And for ITN article quality assessment? And for articles where the nominator writes 'Article is in good quality, but does need a bit of spotchecking.', where nobody else commented on article quality except the poster, and where the infobox was not (and still is not) even flagged as updated? Was such haste necessary or advisable? Or does it set a worrying precedent? I understand, perhaps mistakenly, that it was concerns about haste like this after the death of a revered figure that lead the Catholic Church to invent the post of Devil's Advocate, so might ITN benefit from something similar? (Please don't bother answering any of these questions here, as I'm only asking them to provoke thinking on the matter, and this is probably the wrong place to discuss them further, and anyway I'm not really interested in discussing them myself as this comment is hopefully just a one-off breach of my decision to try to stay away from ITN). Tlhslobus (talk) 11:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

The article is a former FA; even thought it was delisted in 2014, I know people have kept a close eye on it so I wouldn't have believed it any worse than B-class at any time - I suspect other people knew / felt the same and hence insta-supported. PS: I await Donald Trump's reaction to Hawking's death with interest. Just sayin'. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:49, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

It's a shame though that an article about such an important person is not a FA or at least a GA.... Regards SoWhy 12:04, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

The Donald has just tweeted that he is bigly saddened to learn that Wikipedia has posted the death of a character who once appeared in The Simpsons, but unsurprized as he always knew Wikipedia was Fake News. Tlhslobus (talk) 11:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Figures.... Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:01, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Almost. That's a parody account. Although it says something that in this day and age one can easily believe that the US President could have said something like this. Regards SoWhy 12:10, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

The fastest posting to ITN was Hilary Putnam's RD, back in March 2016. That took only 11 minutes. In that particular case, the article was featured, and the new RD criteria were in place, so it did not take long for a consensus to develop.--WaltCip (talk) 12:00, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Post Posting Support The very definition of a blurb-worthy death. Front pages everywhere, transformative.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:24, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted to Ongoing] 2018 UK higher education strike

Article: 2018 UK higher education strike (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The UK higher education strike over changes to pensions continues into its fourth week with potential further disruption set for April to June at over 60 universities after the University and College Union (UCU) overwhelmingly rejects revised offer from employers' representatives. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Talks to end the 2018 UK higher education strike collapse resulting in up to 16 university campuses being occupied by student solidarity groups in escalating dispute.
News source(s): BBC, Guardian, Independent, Times Higher Education, The Times, Xinhuanet, Irish News, Cyprus Mail, The PIE News, The Straits Times
Credits:

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

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Times describes dispute as "the worst industrial action at universities in modern times". Stinglehammer (talk) 12:16, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb - coverage is almost exclusively by British papers. Neutral for ongoing. Juxlos (talk) 12:39, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Added a few links to sites outside of UK inc. Singapore, China, Cyprus, Ireland etc.Stinglehammer (talk) 15:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, seems it as in the news in these countries 2-3 weeks ago... 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:55D4:F543:6342:97DA (talk) 18:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Can you login, please? Hard to argue with an address. Article did not exist 2-3 weeks ago. It exists now. Strike escalated on Tuesday this week when long hoped-for resolution, after 6 days of talks at the Acas conciliation service, resulted in an 'overwhelming' rejection by university staff. This rejection of the Acas agreement hardened the two positions, exposed deep divisions between the two sides and escalated the strike so that it is now set to continue for another 14 days; doubling the strike and doubling down on its effects as the new strike days will take place in the important April to June exam period. The elongating & escalating of the strike happened this week with resolution seemingly a long way off. That's why nomination was put in.Stinglehammer (talk) 19:39, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Not everyone has and wants an account. Unneccessary opening statement. Propose you retract. As for your argument. Not sure I am convinced, as you offer an interpretation using dramatic words. I checked the Guardian. If an important turning point, I would expect a British newspaper to offer extensive coverage. Nothing off that, even taking into account that the Russia news dominates headlines. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:55D4:F543:6342:97DA (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Sorry,I will retract of course. Wrongly assumed after your first Oppose comment I was discussing with a random IP address that hadn't read the nominated article or the thread discussion. Which after discussing the nomination for so long got my back up. Apologies again. Will moderate my comments in future. As to the substance of your point, it depends what you mean by extensive coverage. There has been sustained coverage from Guardian, Times, BBC, Times Higher Education, Independent etc. over the last 3 weeks which includes coverage of the rejection this week. Given BBC, Times & Guardian etc. have covered in number of articles over the period and ITN has not covered at all, I propose there is case for inclusion now strike is entering an escalated 2nd phase.Stinglehammer (talk) 21:31, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Union strikes are not the type of thing that makes good ITN stories. --Masem (t) 13:59, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Isn't this dealing with "the appropriateness of topics in general rather than the specific story"? This strike affects university staff at all UK universities established before 1992. 64 of them. Not a one-day strike either. Looking at a period of twenty-eight days of sustained striking now that talks have broken down. Strikes can be extremely newsworthy: (timeline of strikes). Stinglehammer (talk) 09:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Not to make it too trite, but I'd call this a "first world problem". Yes, a good number of people (profs, students, supporting staff) are affected, but we're talking about being inconvenienced over labor issues. It's the same reason we don't post when winter storms shut down airports and cause extreme disruption to traffic in the US - its not a significant long-term issue. Add that this is stale news - the strike has been going on for some time, and this is an arbitrary point to announce it. --Masem (t) 13:39, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

The dispute is about the future of UK higher education and how it is funded so it does indeed have longterm significance. The strike has resulted in a stalemate between the two sides grinding an important sector to a halt, a sector with international significance. Why are we equating this prolonged sector-wide strike with a one-off weather/transport issue? Not the same. The plane crash reported on ITN is a one-off event for that matter so why are we covering that? Hardly stale news either when after protracted talks the agreement has just been rejected in the last two days and a further 14 strike days are to go ahead now as a result, effectively doubling the strike and doubling down on its effects. Not arbitrary if you take that as your ITN blurb.Stinglehammer (talk) 17:16, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment - UK education system grinding to a halt as classes cancelled at 60+ of UK's oldest universities for an extended period from February up to (potentially) the June exam period is entirely worthy of ITN. Thousands of university staff and students all affected in the stalemate. Stinglehammer (talk) 14:11, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

A bunch of students can't go to class. It may be mildly disruptive, but it's not especially significant or lasting in any way.--WaltCip (talk) 14:24, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

"bunch" is way too blithe. 126,000 students have asked for their fees to be returned so far and that's before exams have been affected and standoff is now an entrenched one with goodwill of staff now permanently eroded. That will be a longlasting effect of the dispute for years to come and difficult to recover. Strike is also seen as emblematic of wider discussion on the future of higher education. e.g. BBC article - "The more you talk to people, the more they understand what the big issues actually are. Yes it's about pensions but, fundamentally, its about defending higher education against further cuts and marketisation." Ergo, the scale and nature of the dispute is historically notable for ITN.Stinglehammer (talk) 14:50, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb Nomination is stale. This has been going on since February. Neutral for ongoing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:56, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, ongoing since February. Has it featured in ITN in this time though? News from yesterday is that after 6 days of talks, an agreement has been rejected yesterday resulting in further entrenchment (and 'bad blood') in addition to the prolonging of the strike with a further 14 strike days now looking likely to take place in the important April to June exam period unless a mutually agreeable way forward can be struck. Stinglehammer (talk) 15:12, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. The blurb is too convoluted; if posted, it should be simplified. 331dot (talk) 15:18, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done Added shorter alternative blurb above. Stinglehammer (talk) 15:26, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Good article, in the news not just in the UK (it was on Democracy Now!) and we are not USApedia anyway.Zigzig20s (talk) 15:21, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

We should be careful not to end up as UKpedia too. Banedon (talk) 23:27, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

"Please do not oppose an item because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. This applies to a high percentage of the content we post and is unproductive." - Passing of Ken Dodd and Jim Bowen is very UK-centric for instance. Compare with universities which are international by their very nature.Stinglehammer (talk) 09:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Irrelevant. We would post the passing of Ken Dodd and Jim Bowen regardless of their nationality under the current ITNRD criteria.--WaltCip (talk) 12:19, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Point I was making this idea of "only relating to a single country" is not one ITN is supposed to go in for per the guidance page. Beyond that, the point is the UK Higher education sector has international relevance. The Bowen/Dodd point was just a throwaway followup as you can't get more 'UKpedia' than Ken Dodd and Jim Bowen.Stinglehammer (talk) 17:05, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose local news, plus it's just a strike per WaltClip. Compare e.g. the London underground, how often does it go on strike? Banedon (talk) 20:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

  Bizarre idea to compare it to some other completely unrelated entity, you might as well compare it to the French or the NRA. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Agree, this is a total false equivalence. Not the same at all. Half of all UK universities and some of the oldest in the world (inc. Hawking's alma maters Oxford and Cambridge) have ground to a halt in a stalemate with its staff which looks set to continue into pivotal exam period and have repercussions for sector for years to come in terms of the 'bad blood' that has been engendered. By same token, the Italian elections could be considered 'local' news... but it has international significance. UK higher education has international significance likewise in its students, staff, teaching & learning, research & development etc. Stinglehammer (talk) 22:47, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

If we accept that UK higher education has international significance because of international students and staff, then most things have "international significance" since in the globalized world we live in someone is bound to be international. That Hawking's alma maters are involved is irrelevant - Hawking is also only one person. To argue that Oxford and Cambridge are independently notable is another thing, but that's still a stretch; there are plenty of other notable universities (e.g. Harvard, MIT, Tsinghua, UTokyo ...) that are not on strike. Banedon (talk) 23:27, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Again this is a false equivalence. There are plenty of places where there are no elections, where there are no plane crashes, where there are no sector-wide education strikes. But where there are this is news. I mentioned Hawking because he is included on ITN and he is one man, as you say, albeit a giant in his field. He has thousands of colleagues who are similarly respected internationally, working at extremely notable institutions like Oxford, Cambridge and over 60 others where they have ceased to work and look like they will continue to be on strike for a prolonged period. This is crippling for the sector; an important sector in the UK and abroad. Therefore this is news.Stinglehammer (talk) 23:56, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support I think this story is very relevant, and highlights the depth of problems in UK Higher Education. Jason.nlw (talk) 10:11, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support This story is highly relevant to a valuable UK industry, as well as relevant to current UK politics and to plans for the restructuring of UK higher education. The story is also relevant globally, and of particular interest to the US, where historic K-12 teacher strikes have been ongoing. Karengregory (talk) 11:56, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support This is clearly important news. It's obviously of greater interest to those in the UK, but I think we all need to be informed if such a large scale strike is happening in any country in the world. NavinoEvans (talk) 13:02, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Large-scale strike affecting multiple universities. The Times's note on its significance is enough to make me support. talk to !dave 13:35, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The fact that a million students across more than 60 universities are directly effected by the strike and the rarity of action on this scale demonstrates quite clearly that this is a significant story. It is the biggest strike in the history of UK higher education. The top 20 universities internationally includes Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London all of which are impacted by the strike which should soothe any fears over whether this is of international importance. Richard Nevell (talk) 17:01, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• I will look to the support rationales in this ITN nom the next time we're talking about whether or not to post an ITN about NCAA basketball.--WaltCip (talk) 17:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• I should be delighted to take part in that conversation. Please do leave a message on my talk page when it becomes relevant. Richard Nevell (talk) 17:58, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• The two subjects are not comparable, so to attempt to chill the discussion over this nomination is completely misleading. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:43, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose unclear why this should be posted now, and not when the strike began. It's not like anything important has happened in relation to this strike in the last few days. The blurb says it all, "continues into its fourth week with potential further disruption set for April to June". 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:55D4:F543:6342:97DA (talk) 18:32, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

I suggest you read the article's section on the Acas agreement onwards which makes it clear that there are indeed important recent developments. The talks are important because it effects whether there will be further strikes.Richard Nevell (talk) 19:16, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Sure did that. Also read the section that came after the Acas section? Looks like this "important" agreement was rejected just a few hours later. Must have been an important development, indeed. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:55D4:F543:6342:97DA (talk) 19:42, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Indeed, in fact it sounds rather a lot like news to me. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Talks went on for 6 days. Acas agreement was rejected overwhelmingly by university staff across the UK when it was put to them by representatives the next day. Time for decision is not relevant - the rejection of the agreement is all. Shows the depth of feeling and that the employers' position did not go anywhere far enough. Thus deepening the divisions between the two sides and causing deadlock for entire sector until situation is resolved.Stinglehammer (talk) 19:47, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support This is an important and escalating story. As strikes enter their fourth week between 14 and 16 university campuses have been occupied by student solidarity groups, supporting staff and protesting marketising of education. This story speaks to a wider narrative around the UK HE sector and to student-led protest (national walkout day in the US yesterday for example). I think the summary needs to be updated to reflect the increasing direct action from student groups. Ammienoot (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Neutral for Ongoing, which seems a more appropriate place as it has been, well, ongoing since February. There doesn't seem to be a pressing reason to post this as a blurb right now.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:15, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support for ongoing, clearly no real clear blurb here, but this is an ongoing issue, and now there's talk over students suing for recovery of their fees, this is a really big deal right now. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:45, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
• Alt blurb - Talks to end the 2018 UK higher education strike collapse resulting in up to 16 university campuses being occupied by student solidarity groups in escalating dispute.Stinglehammer (talk) 22:16, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Alt blurb. Significant story with bigger implications for pensions regulation and students' rights. Zeromonk (talk) 09:28, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Significant and large scale strike affecting multiple UK universities, with additional student occupations of University property having been announced over the last few days, including the University of Glasgow yesterday. Lirazelf (talk) 09:40, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment On a historic note, this would be the third UK story in a row at ITN. Brandmeister^talk 10:12, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Duly noted. And obviously you'd normally want a wider spread of world news featured but passing of Stephen Hawking, the poisoning and the historic nature of the UK higher education strike are all huge stories with wide implications. Stinglehammer (talk) 11:18, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, a lot of people in the UK speak English, so why not. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:44, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment Just giving this thread a bump as the article has been significantly expanded and a new image gallery added. Think it looks good. Stinglehammer (talk) 10:57, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
• Just sifted through the BBC website and the NYT World section and I'm finding no mentioning of this particular story (but plenty about Brexit).--WaltCip (talk) 12:48, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

  It's not really comparable to the shutdown, is it? That lasted, what, two days? This strike has been ongoing (and still is) for five or so weeks, right? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:51, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

  Yet much like the shutdown, it has essentially disappeared off the news cycle. Might have something to do with that independent committee that was formed yesterday to address the issues, but even before then, the news simply stopped.--WaltCip (talk) 13:14, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

  Also, if this has been ongoing for five weeks, how is this not considered stale? If it's ongoing, post it as ongoing. Not as a blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 13:15, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment this has been ready for quite some time now, is there any good reason it hasn't been posted? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:53, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb, but neutral for ongoing. It's a large-ish strike and disruptive to students, but doesn't have the long-term encyclopaedic impact required for ITN. This is an argument about pension provisions; whichever way it's resolved isn't going to fundamentally change the UK higher education sector, let alone anything beyond that. (Disclaimer: I know many people involved in the strike, which is also affecting my own work. If anything that should bias me the other way.) The article does seem OK and there are lots of small updates rather than one big event, so I wouldn't be opposed to listing this in ongoing, but it's not blurb material. Modest Genius ^talk 13:56, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Alternative blurb - ​Talks to end the 2018 UK higher education strike collapse resulting in up to 16 university campuses being occupied by student solidarity groups in escalating dispute. - This was the alt blurb based on rejection of the Acas agreement last week. Might need to come up with alternative blurb again as we're almost a week past the rejection. Support for ongoing as a minimum. NB: It might change the H.E. sector because a different funding model is required to break the impasse. Ultimately we don't know what the end result of the strike will be on the higher education sector but we do know 14 further strike dates are to be announced this week; doubling the strike period and doubling down in its impact by affecting the important exam period.Stinglehammer (talk) 22:40, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• NEW ALT BLURB - 14 further strike days at 65 universities to be announced this week in escalating 2018 UK higher education strike. Open to other suggestions. Stinglehammer (talk) 22:46, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
• Stale - The oldest entry on ITN is now newer than the date of this entry.--WaltCip (talk) 10:58, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

It is still ongoing news and news that ITN could & should absolutely have covered. I don't see why this was delayed. The blurb was posted as ready for several days last week. I propose this is either posted as ongoing or we wait a day until the news covers the announcement of the 14 more strike days. When it will still be news of "the worst industrial action at universities in modern times".Stinglehammer (talk) 11:24, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

You may want to re-nominate this as ongoing then before this drops off the queue, which it will do at 00:00 GMT time tomorrow.--WaltCip (talk) 12:51, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted to Ongoing, and if there are any significant events a renomination would be in order. Stephen 22:05, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] 2018 Sukma attack

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Article: 2018 Sukma attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ An IED blast kills at least nine CRPF personnel and injures six others in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India. (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post, Herald Sun Hindustan Times
Credits:

• Nominated by 39.48.86.22 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: The Draft needs a Review before it could go to ITN on Main page. Its a stub atm but will expand it later. 39.48.86.22 (talk) 09:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose as of now due to quality (as mentioned by nominator). Weak Support on notability. Juxlos (talk) 10:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done, the article can now hopefully be judged above stub-level. 39.48.144.155 (talk) 09:07, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

• Change to Support - good enough now. Juxlos (talk) 18:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
  • @Juxlos: This expansion has been reverted - apparently the IP is a ban-evading sock.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:59, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oh well, revert then. On an unrelated topic, how do I strikethrough? Juxlos (talk) 14:05, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Use <s> and </s>.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:26, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. Could the name of the police force be spelled out in the blurb? It was not immediately obvious to me what "CRPF" means. 331dot (talk) 20:44, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose As I write this it’s still a three line stub. Not convinced about significance either. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:39, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] Trump sacks Tillerson

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Article: Rex Tillerson (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the United States, President Donald Trump sacks Rex Tillerson as United States Secretary of State. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In the United States, President Donald Trump fires Rex Tillerson as United States Secretary of State.
News source(s): BBC CNN The Hill Washington Post
Credits:

• Nominated by Davey2116 (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: I'm aware that this will get oppose !votes for being U.S.-centric, but the article update has been thorough and it's even the top story on BBC (beating out the fallout from the Russian poisoning). Davey2116 (talk) 14:50, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - Trump's cabinet has been a revolving door since his inauguration to the point of being almost as typical as sunrise and sunset. Rex Tillerson's sacking is neither unexpected nor overly significant.--WaltCip (talk) 14:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

And its placement on BBC, I think, is immaterial. I'm still of the belief that the Russian poisoning is a non-story.--WaltCip (talk) 14:57, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Maybe revise and check your logic - this does not make you look like an intelligent person. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:188B:D30F:20F4:98AF (talk) 17:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - Dismissal of a leader's adviser under conditions like this is not ITN type material. --Masem (t) 14:56, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Neutral on inclusion, but if used, the verb "sack" in the sense of "fire" or "terminate" (an employee) is less common in the US than the UK so we might want to rephrase. Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:01, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose John Magufuli sacks George Mkuchika, would it get posted? I think not. The BBC isn't above regional bias either. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 15:04, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• I don't think this should be posted either, but I think we both realize that US politics have a far greater global impact than Tanzanian politics. Lepricavark (talk) 18:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

That is true. How about Putin sacking Dmitry Medvedev? That would have a slightly higher chance of being posted, but still not much. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 18:58, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose as a simple personnel change, and it is true this wouldn't be considered for most other countries. I have added a blurb with US terminology (fired) 331dot (talk) 15:19, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support making headlines, decent article. We can talk about "other countries" when "other countries" currency is used as a global trade standard, when "other countries" have military bases in 180 countries and fleets of ballistic missile submarines, when "other countries" engage in nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea. The sudden departure of SecState is a big deal. The false equivalences are comical. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 15:32, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Systemic bias is not comical and something we should take seriously. This is not the pro-USA Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 15:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

This also was not sudden and was long expected. 331dot (talk) 15:37, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Once again, you don't fight "systemic bias" by suppressing stories from countries you consider to be over represented. It was long speculated, not so long expected, and it's not common for a sec state to go mid-term. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 17:11, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

IP editor, have you tried Conservapedia? You might be more at home there. Here at Wikipedia, though, we don't post stuff like this. And if we post every tiniest thing about a certain country, then you do counter the bias by "suppressing" stories- there are too many countries in the world to do that for, ITN would be flooded. You may even consider starting a wiki at Wikia, where all United States-related news is posted. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 17:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

The snottiness is unwarranted. The IP has a valid point about comical false equivalences, even if I disagree with his support for posting this. Lepricavark (talk) 18:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Apologies for the snottiness. -A lad insane (Channel 2) 19:00, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose ministers get sacked all the time, no reason in particular why this is special. Unless something huge follows, but that’s WP:CRYSTAL. Juxlos (talk) 16:22, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment As a result of the dismissal CIA director Mike Pompeo was nominated as new Secretary of State and in turn Gina Haspel was nominated as new CIA director. This would be the first female director of the agency, and her nomination is also controversial due to her involvement in a torture site and the 2005 CIA interrogation tapes destruction. I would recommend to change the blurb, but it may be too soon to nominate this.--Jamez42 (talk) 16:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support So this which makes global headlines doesn’t get posted but the election in Tuvalu does? 172.56.7.104 (talk) 16:29, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

General elections of all sovereign States are on the recurring events list. Routine dismissals of officials who serve at the pleasure of the President are not. If you feel elections should not be, please propose their removal. 331dot (talk) 17:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

The last sec-state dismissed mid term I think was Haig back in the 80s, I didn't look to see how frequent before that. Not exactly "routine". --76.122.98.135 (talk) 17:15, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose, local politics. If we posted every time a cabinet-level official was replaced in every large country ITN would be a continual stream of them. We stick to heads of state, and sometimes heads of government. Modest Genius ^talk 16:37, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support more important and more impact than most of the stuff we post on the mainpage. What the IP above rightly said, the false equivalences are comical indeed. Either this is an encyclopedia and we evaluate events based on their importance and impact. Or we are not, and we just keep shoehorning the usual fare of disasters, elections and sport events into the mainpage. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:188B:D30F:20F4:98AF (talk) 17:06, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Not unexpected, and while we can figure what this means for things like the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (R.I.P.), we'll post that when it happens. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Also, "sacking" is not terminology we use in the U.S. unless we're talking about football. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:27, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose yet another Trumpism, local politics, not important, not the last of these kinds of things. Suggest this is closed with extreme prejudice. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:28, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

  Then why did you not close it just yourself as SNOW. Would have been more constructive than posting a worthless oppose that does not provide a single valid reason? 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:188B:D30F:20F4:98AF (talk) 17:33, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

  Go away "IP", or log in, or do something constructive. I offered a perfectly apt oppose, "local politics", of no interest to anyone outside the Trump administration and, curiously, a handful of IP editors here. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:44, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

  Not going away, but maybe you can. National, not local politics, and please note the instruction above "Do not oppose an item because the event is only relating to a single country". Utterly worthless oppose, as I said. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:188B:D30F:20F4:98AF (talk) 19:05, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. Trump appoints Pompeo as Secretary of State. There can't be two at the same time. If anything, Haspel's appointment as the first female director of the CIA may be notable.Zigzig20s (talk) 17:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Utter local US politics and Trumpic drama. Ministers/secretaries are appointed and sacked all the time around the world. Their appointment is explicitly at the whim and pleasure of the master they serve, who can hire and fire at any time and such events are generally not ITN worthy at all. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:51, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose typical political drama. Political figures below the top come and go all the time around the world. ZettaComposer (talk) 18:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. As many sources point out, this signals the start of a far more confrontational foreign policy. Count Iblis (talk) 19:03, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Removed] 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka

Article: 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item removal (Post)

Nominator's comments: According to the article and external news sources this is no longer "ongoing." Tension has been defused and normalcy returned. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:55, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Given that this was posted more recently than 2/5 of active blurbs and within minutes of a third, could we move this to blurb? GCG (talk) 12:02, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Probably should have always been a blurb ... however per WP:USGOVERNMENTSHUTDOWN we now pull blurbs for events that have concluded, so .... neutral. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 12:13, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove per 76.122.98.135.--WaltCip (talk) 13:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove, but re-post as blurb per GCG and 76.122.98.135. Davey2116 (talk) 13:50, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support removal from ongoing / Oppose blurb One of the reasons this was posted in ongoing in the first place is that it was too stale for for ITN. The riots and their coverage began quite a ways back. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:54, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• If this were "converted" into a blurb, it would be dated from the start of the event, which would be older than the oldest item. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:38, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment: I've not looked into the current rate of updates, but if this has stopped being ongoing it should be removed entirely, not upgraded to a blurb. The original discussion very specifically formed consensus on an ongoing posting, not a blurb. Besides, moving to a blurb would create a bad precedent for circumventing the original consensus that way. Modest Genius ^talk 16:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Remove - this was too stale for a blurb when originally posted. Now that it is entirely complete and over, a blurb listing is even more redundant. Time to remove it, I feel. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:01, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Removed from ongoing Stephen 22:36, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

March 12

Portal:Current events/2018 March 12

March 12, 2018 (2018-03-12) (Monday) Business and economy Acquisitions by Apple Apple Inc. buys digital magazine subscription app Texture for an undisclosed sum. (CNBC) United States antitrust law Citing national security concerns, U.S. President Donald Trump blocks Broadcom's proposed acquisition of Qualcomm. (CNBC) Disasters and accidents US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 An aircraft operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla Airlines crashes at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 49 of the 71 people on board. (BBC) International relations Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Russia–United Kingdom relations British Prime Minister Theresa May says she believes it is "highly likely" that the Russian government was behind an attempt to murder Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a Novichok agent. (Deutsche Welle) Law and crime Austin package explosions Police in Austin, Texas announce that three package bombs in recent days that have killed two people and injured one more appear to be connected. The packages were left off at three separate locations and were not placed there by any delivery service, police say. (CNN) Politics and elections Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee announce the end of their Russia investigation, against the objections of Democratic members. According to the investigation's preliminary findings, the 2016 Trump campaign did not collude with the Russian government, and, contrary to the U.S. intelligence community's previous conclusions, Russia did not have a preference for Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. (NBC News) Sports 2017–18 Superleague Greece The Superleague Greece season is suspended indefinitely by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports after PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis invaded the pitch with several bodyguards during a match against AEK Athens F.C. while armed with a gun, after his side had a late goal ruled out for offside. (BBC) College basketball in the United States The field for the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament is announced. Connecticut, the only remaining unbeaten Division I team of either sex, is the top overall seed, with Notre Dame, Louisville, and Mississippi State as the other #1 seeds. (AP via ESPN)

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[Closed] RD: Nikolai Glushkov

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Article: Nikolai Glushkov (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Count Iblis (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.

 Count Iblis (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose on article quality. Huge CN for claims surrounding his death which are a serious BLP FAIL. That needs to be fixed PDQ or I am going to remove it. Beyond that some of the sources are Russian and we need to have a close look by someone familiar with Russia and the current state of affairs there to determine their reliability. No, I do not regard Russian sources as presumptively reliable. Too much is going on over there. And lastly the article really needs a lot of copy editing for better reading. I am having a hard time figuring out the plot to the backstory which sounds simultaneously bizarre and slightly incomprehensible. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:21, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

I removed the BLP vio. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Which has subsequently been fixed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:50, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Craig Mack

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Article: Craig Mack (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN Rolling Stone
Credits:

• Nominated by Davey2116 (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: A 1990s rapper dies at age 46. Davey2116 (talk) 13:48, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Poor sourcing and some word choices would be formalized. Main issue is sourcing. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 21:11, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Unsourced statements and parts of the article are not written in an encyclopedic tone. Quality is not there yet.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 12:45, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Oskar Gröning

Article: Oskar Gröning (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Spiegel, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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

Nominator's comments: He reportedly died on March 9, but Spiegel, the first source to report, is only reporting it today. Article seems to be in good shape. Masem (t) 02:00, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - I agree with Masems assessment. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 02:04, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Kyrie eleison. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:25, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 03:09, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] US Bangla Airlines Flight 211

Article: US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 49 people are killed after US Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crashed en route from Dhaka, Bangladesh to Kathmandu, Nepal. (Post)
News source(s): IE
Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Numbers are likely to grow looking at what happened to the aircraft. This should be mimimum for ITN notability. Lihaas (talk) 11:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Due to number of fatalities. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Per above. Article is a bit short but it should expand in the next couple hours as info comes. Juxlos (talk) 12:25, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Question what, beyond an unfortunate death toll, makes this notable? What are the minimum deaths for notability? --76.122.98.135 (talk) 12:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
  • There's no formal minimum, but commercial airline crashes with two-digit death tolls are almost automatically notable and postable. Brandmeister^talk 13:20, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - apparent high death toll, article in fairly good shape with no referencing issues. Mjroots (talk) 12:54, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - High number of deaths. Good shape article.BabbaQ (talk) 13:22, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Sad accident. Article looks short but adequate and is decently referenced. I did add a CN but it's not enough to hold up posting. I also updated the death toll in the blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support high death toll, article is sufficiently ready. Lepricavark (talk) 14:44, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted This does not appear controversial. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:04, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Ameenah Gurib announces her resignation as President of Mauritius

Article: Ameenah Gurib (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ameenah Gurib announces her resignation as President of Mauritius. (Post)
News source(s): Bloomberg

Nominator's comments: and other sources have reported this in the past few days. SecretName101 (talk) 10:53, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• comment change in head of state is ITNR so a new pone will get posted but I imagine she will be acting till then.Lihaas (talk) 11:09, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment The Presidency of Mauritius appears more ceremonial than of a true leadership position (the PM is the leading state official there), this might beg the question if this should be considered ITNR. --Masem (t) 13:45, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

The Prime Minister is head of government, not state. We should expect an "acting" President to take over, which would not be ITNR. The replacement being elected or assuming office would be. I still think we should be using the yellow-shaded from here for ITNR, but that idea was shot down. GCG (talk) 16:30, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

As a matter of practice we have generally posted changes in head of government as well as head of state assuming that the article is up to scratch. In any event this is ITNR. I have added a couple CN tags but the article is not in bad shape overall. Fix those and I would think this will be postable. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:29, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support resignation of any major post, even if wields less power than other positions is signifigant, especially if there is a scandal, which there is. Should be postedUser:Awestruck1(talk) 20:22. 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support According to ITNR only the succession of head of state is ITNR; however I would still post now and update blurb when a successor is determined. Banedon (talk) 21:28, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose because this is not ITNR, we must consider the merits. As this a ceremonial position, and the reason is run-of-the-mill government graft, this is not noteworthy. @Banedon: given historic precedent, a successor may take weeks to assume office. GCG (talk) 11:47, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

If that happens, I would still rather post this and the successor assuming office. Banedon (talk) 20:30, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose plenty of unreferenced material in here, whether it's ITNR or not, it's not close to being posted in its current state. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

March 11

Portal:Current events/2018 March 11

March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) (Sunday) Disasters and accidents 2017–18 South Pacific cyclone season Cyclone Hola makes landfall in New Zealand. (Newshub) 2018 New York City helicopter crash A helicopter crash in Manhattan's East River kills five people. (ABC News) 2018 Bombardier Challenger 604 crash A private plane from Sharjah to Istanbul crashes in the Zagros Mountains in Iran, killing Turkish socialite Mina Başaran along with, according to Iranian state media, ten other people on board. (The National UAE), (BBC) Law and crime Visa policy of the United Kingdom Far-right activist and journalist Lauren Southern is detained at Calais and prevented from entering the United Kingdom, with the reason given by the UK Home Office that her presence 'was not conducive to the public good'. (London Evening Standard), (Fox News) 2018 Vienna embassy stabbing An Austrian soldier was stabbed and injured in front of the Iranian embassy in Vienna. The attacker, which had Islamist sympathies according to the authorities, was shot dead. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2018 National People's Congress China's National People's Congress approves the removal of presidential term limits, in a move that allows current president Xi Jinping to remain president for life. (BBC) Chilean general election, 2017 Sebastian Piñera takes office for the second time as President of Chile. (SBS) 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka The suspension of Facebook remains in place until the riots end. (The Sunday Times) Sports College basketball in the United States The field for the NCAA Division I Men's Tournament is announced. The top overall seed is Virginia, with Villanova, Kansas, and Xavier as the other #1 seeds. (ESPN)

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[Posted] RD: Ken Dodd

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

• Nominated by The Rambling Man (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Ritchie333 (talk · give credit), Only in death (talk · give credit) and Ghmyrtle (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.

 The Rambling Man (talk) 05:49, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose The article is in a terrible shape unfortunately. Aiken D 07:03, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Enthusiastic support A huge improvement, well done. Aiken D 19:45, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose The quality feels very light m'lud ... unsourced sections, images dropped wantonly in the article without a thought for context, questionable layout and flow - in short, a total disaster area. :-( Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:23, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support I see the issue template but look at the article without snap judgements: I really don't see the issue. Not every assertion is referenced but we do not have huge tracts of unreferenced text (especially when implied references are included - not every reference needs a ref tag) and the article is reasonably well developed. Remember we do not require FA standard here. 3142 (talk) 09:25, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

  I think we all know we don't need FA quality here, but since this is a BLP, referencing for pretty much every claim is required. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:28, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Given we are discussing a recent death BLP by definition does not apply. 3142 (talk) 09:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

@3142: As I understand it, BLP applies to recent deaths as well(for about a year I think). 331dot (talk) 09:33, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

We can all do without this bickering.--WaltCip (talk) 11:07, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
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Plese read WP:BLP before making false assertions. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC) There is a difference between a false assertion and an honest mistake. 331dot (talk) 10:20, 12 March 2018 (UTC) Don't start again 331dot, you're already close. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• I've done a cull of the photos. There are now four (in appropriate placing) Infobox, one of his statue in the honours section, and two in the comedy section (one with his signature tickle sticks, the other from earlier in his career). The others were either unflattering or un-necessary (repeat of the statue, his house etc). If I have time later I will look at the sources. Only in death does duty end (talk) 13:13, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Everything is now sourced - I've got citations where I can and anything left over wasn't a deal-breaker so I removed it. Combined with OID's reorganisation of the article, I think we've actually done it. Aiken drum - do you want to revisit your oppose? Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 16:53, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is much improved.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Excellent work to get it up to scratch. yorkshiresky (talk) 19:07, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Great work on improving the article! --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:03, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:10, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Great work there - I was going to help when I got home from work, but it was already done. Black Kite (talk) 23:21, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Togo D. West Jr.

Article: Togo D. West Jr. (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (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: Updated and well sourced --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:16, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Indeed, ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 11:06, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to go. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:18, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:02, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Karl Lehmann

Article: Karl Lehmann (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kardinal Karl Lehmann ist tot FAZ
Credits:

• Nominated by Iselilja (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: Not ready yet, but I'll work on it Iselilja (talk) 09:00, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

• Came to nominate him, pleased it's done. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• I have now tried to improve the article and every paragraph should be referenced. I would appreciate some copyediting for language, and otherwise that people now start evaluating the article. It is still somewhat thin considered that this guy had a real career with real influence and I'll try to expand it somewhat more, but hope it can get posted within reasonable time. Iselilja (talk) 18:37, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:15, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

March 10

Portal:Current events/2018 March 10

March 10, 2018 (2018-03-10) (Saturday) Business and economy Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Congolese President Joseph Kabila signs a law that increases taxes on mining and government royalties on international mining companies working in DR Congo, including on the mining of cobalt, despite the opposition from foreign companies. (BBC) Disasters and accidents East-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists Lightning strikes a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nyaruguru District, Rwanda, killing 16 people and injuring dozens. (BBC) Health and environment Environmental issues in Chile Outgoing Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signs a new law which creates nine marine reserves. The new legislation will increase the area of sea under state protection from 4.3% to 42.4%. (BBC) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis North Korea–United States relations Jeju Island emerges as a possible location for U.S.–North Korea summit talks in May. (The Hankyoreh) North Korea–Sweden relations North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho will visit Sweden and meet with Deputy Prime Minister Margot Wallström. (Reuters via The Japan Times) Law and crime Aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting The NRA is suing Florida after it passed a gun control law which would raise the minimum age for purchasing guns from 18 to 21. (CNN) (BBC) The U.S. Department of Justice submits a regulation to ban bump stocks, a modification to semi-automatic guns that allows the user to fire at a faster rate. (Reuters)

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RD: Hubert de Givenchy

Article: Hubert de Givenchy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:

• Nominated by WaltCip (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: Supposedly the tip-top in his field with regards to fashion design. I'm not sure if that merits a blurb, but here it is for RD nonetheless. WaltCip (talk) 15:19, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support High profile, with probably sufficient sourcing. Brandmeister^talk 20:35, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article looks good to be posted. –Ammarpad (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Support - one CN which I added and cannot source, but otherwise we are good to go. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:15, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 21:23, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
• Very slight oppose Few CN tags, noting hard to fix up. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:05, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Millie Dunn Veasey

Article: Millie Dunn Veasey (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): WRAL
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) 06:10, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support god enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:18, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:12, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

March 9

Portal:Current events/2018 March 9

March 9, 2018 (2018-03-09) (Friday) Arts and culture Media of the United Kingdom British music journalism magazine New Musical Express (NME) issues its final print edition after 66 years, becoming a purely digital medium. (London Evening Standard) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis 2018 North Korea–United States summit White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says that the White House needs to see "concrete and verifiable steps" toward the denuclearization of North Korea before meeting with Kim Jong-un. (Business Insider) Australia–North Korea relations, Australia–United States relations Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urges U.S. President Donald Trump to be cautious in North Korea talks. Turnbull also said that Australia must retain sanctions on North Korea. (Canberra Times) France–North Korea relations, France–United States relations French President Emmanuel Macron says that Trump should hold tough talks with North Korea. (First Post) Law and crime Yountville hostage crisis An Afghan War veteran and recently expelled resident takes an executive director and two psychologists into a room at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, California. Seven hours later, California Highway Patrol officers find all of them shot dead. (The New York Times) Crime in New York A Brooklyn federal court sentences Martin Shkreli to seven years in prison for securities fraud in his hedge fund and pharmaceutical companies. (CNBC) Federal pardons in the United States U.S. President Donald Trump pardons Kristian Saucier, who had served a one-year sentence for unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information. (The Washington Post) Politics and elections Politics of Mauritius Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is to resign over a financial scandal, where she was accused of using a charity bank card to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. (Reuters) (BBC) Science and technology 2018 in spaceflight Arianespace launches mission VS18 from the Guiana Space Centre, a Soyuz rocket carrying a payload of four O3b communications satellites for SES. (NASASpaceFlight.com) Sports 2018 Winter Paralympics The opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Games in South Korea takes place. (BBC) Figure skating in the United States American figure skating coach Richard Callaghan is suspended by the United States Center for SafeSport for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a 15-year-old pupil in 1985, first reported in 1999. (The Washington Post)

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[Posted] RD: George A. Sinner

Article: George A. Sinner (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Star Tribune, Bismark Tribune
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) 18:50, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support – Good article, well sourced. – Nixinova ⟨ T | E ⟩ 23:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - well referenced. Ready for RD. -Zanhe (talk) 00:53, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:20, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:11, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Martin Shkreli

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Article: Martin Shkreli (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Businessman Martin Shkreli is sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money fraud. (Post)
News source(s): [36]
Credits:

• Nominated by BabbaQ (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Feel free to add another blurb etc. I find this to be a article ready for posting at ITN. BabbaQ (talk) 21:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Not significant.Zigzig20s (talk) 21:57, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I was actually earlier in the process of writing up an ITNC about this, but realized that at the end of the day: it was only for 7 years, and it was nothing to do with why he's notable, being the phrama pricing issue (this was due to fraud from his earlier investing position). --Masem (t) 21:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose in summary: somebody deeply obnoxious is sent to prison for a short period. Not ITN material. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Not related to his notability. 331dot (talk) 22:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Hell no, this guy's mostly notable for being a dick on social media and it's not like that's rare. Juxlos (talk) 22:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose minor criminal case in the global, overall perspective that ITN takes. —LukeSurl ^{t c} 22:45, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] Winter Paralympics

Article: 2018 Winter Paralympics (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The 2018 Winter Paralympics open in Pyeongchang, South Korea (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by LukeSurl (talk · give credit)

The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: 2018 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony exists but is a stub. For the Winter Olympics we posted the main article. LukeSurl ^{t c} 14:43, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Is a major sporting event. BabbaQ (talk) 17:04, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article quality is sufficient. --Jayron32 17:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - this is an ITN/R nomination, so there are no notability issues. Article quality of the main article, which we should post per the precedent set by the Winter Olympics, is fine. Stormy clouds (talk) 18:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Major event, article is good. – Nixinova ⟨T|C⟩ 18:19, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. I also tweaked it to remove the big whitespace. Black Kite (talk) 20:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted to Ongoing] Ongoing: Afrin operation

Article: Turkish military operation in Afrin (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:

• Nominated by Fitzcarmalan (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Having the Ghouta offensive posted but not this one is a bit strange. Maybe the civilian casualties are heavier in Ghouta, but Afrin has seen a lot more military losses. It's also a whole new front that is relatively unusual within the context of the 7-year long Syrian Civil War. And the involvement of pro-government forces against the Turkish military makes it even more unique. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 08:42, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article quality is sufficient (a few minor WP:PROSELINE issues, but not distractingly so) and well referenced, article is comprehensive, event is ongoing, and article is receiving regular updates. --Jayron32 15:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per Jayron32. A situation with major international implications. Jusdafax (talk) 18:16, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:02, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] RD: Bernardo Bernardo (actor)

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Article: Bernardo Bernardo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBN
Credits:

• Nominated by Abishe (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: This actor is a well known actor not only in the Philippines and has been a recipient of the Gawad Urian Award for 2 times. Abishe (talk) 06:30, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose until the article is expanded. Three sentences on his career is not sufficient. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:9812:AD74:9650:415A (talk) 06:46, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose article is not in the best condition, needs significant expansion before being posted. 161.6.7.1 (talk) 07:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Stub article with problematic sources. Challenger l (talk) 02:03, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Withdrawn] Trump and Kim agree to meet

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Article: North Korea–United States relations (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un agree to meet by May, with Kim agreeing to discuss denuclearization. (Post)
News source(s): NBC BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by 331dot (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: This announcement is significant and being widely covered. The relations article seems a logical one to update. 331dot (talk) 01:43, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Wait until they actually meet in 2 months. SamaranEmerald (talk) 01:52, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

This mere announcement is unprecedented (unlike tariffs which nations are free to do). Even if the meeting does not occur, this announcement is a high point for relations. 331dot (talk) 01:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, I have to agree. No opposition to posting this now, and I'd probably post it twice (now, and when it takes place). --Bongwarrior (talk) 02:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support pending article update, per 331. zzz (talk) 02:23, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait If the meeting still happens in May, consider this my clear support for that ITN item. But plans to make a meeting in 3 months - a lot can happen. Let's hold off and avoid the CRYSTALBALL issues. --Masem (t) 02:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait per Masem, this nomination is already falling under the influence of WP:CRYSTALBALL, anything could happen between now and then. I will support the nomination for when the meeting actually occurs, but until then, it is best to wait until it actually happens. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 02:35, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait per above. If/when this meeting actually takes place I think it will be ITN material. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:46, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait premature nomination, this is undoubtedly ITN worthy, but only when it actually happens. Kirliator (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait still speculative at this point; who knows what nefarious intentions Kim has in mind? EternalNomad (talk) 03:10, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

"Nefarious intentions" are irrelevant. 331dot (talk) 11:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - the announcement is already historic, even in the case this should not happen. Yes, sometimes announcements are newsworthy. Whether it happens in May or not, it will have a impact, more so than the usual ITN fare of bus accidents, fires and terrorist attacks. 2A02:A451:8B2D:1:9812:AD74:9650:415A (talk) 06:38, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait per all of the above minus zzz, widespread coverage yes, but premature in nature. Until this meeting is occurs, it is overhyped at best. 161.6.7.1 (talk) 07:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose which is really what all the wait votes mean, we're not keeping this nomination open for two months. Let's see what happens, if it happens. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• I'm not sure it is being appreciated how significant this is. This is one occasion where the announcement is significant as this sort of thing was avoided by US Presidents since the Korean War. It isn't "premature" to announce a future meeting when it is the annoucement that is notable. This is essentially the high water mark of US-NK relations and it comes so close to when war was being threatened months ago. The mere fact that the two men have announced that they want to meet is very significant, even if the meeting does not occur. This is being covered worldwide as significant, Le Monde, Irish Times, India, and many others. 331dot (talk) 11:33, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Editorial discretion might be prudent here. There really is no doubting that the story is international in scope, and diplomatically, this would be a huge deal - if it wasn't for who the two leaders are that are making this arrangement. One of the two leaders is frighteningly unstable, and the other has a tendency to change their mind on an almost predictable basis (I'll leave it to your imagination to figure out which is which). The more significant story will be if the meeting actually occurs. As it is, this is not Nixon going to China.--WaltCip (talk) 11:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Also worth considering that this is an encyclopedia and not a newspaper, so if you look back in time, do you honestly think you'll find discussions or entries where people agreed to do something that might lead to something in the short-term future? Or do you think you'll find the records reflect things that actually happened? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:17, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose. If/when this meeting actually happens it might be suitable for ITN, depending on what arises from it. But simply agreeing to meet in a few months time isn't historically significant. Make a new nomination when the meeting occurs. Modest Genius ^talk 12:22, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

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Since the closure with the editorialising note about some of us simply "not appreciating" the historic nature of this has been restored by an involved admin (thanks for watching!) then it's important here to note that no-one here suggested that the agreement wasn't notable and no-one here said they didn't appreciate its potential significance, but please don't editorialise when closing your own nominations. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:05, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] US tariffs on steel and aluminium

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Article: Trump tariffs (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ US President Donald Trump imposes a tariff on imported steel and aluminium amidst threats of retaliation from other countries (Post)
News source(s): [37]
Credits:

• Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Classicwiki (talk · give credit) and ReadingAmerican (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: This has been in the news for quite a while, and Trump's finally gone ahead with the plan, so nominating now. Article not updated yet as of time of nomination. Banedon (talk) 01:22, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment. This isn't a certainty yet, it goes into effect in 15 days, legal challenges are expected and Congress will attempt to stop it.[38] 331dot (talk) 01:27, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I'd still say post and update blurb if Congress stops it. Waiting for something to really happen is to me similar to not posting the Cuban missile crisis until either side actually launched missiles. Banedon (talk) 01:29, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

I'm not saying don't post it per se but we will look silly if we post this and the next day a court halts the move or Congress repeals it. 331dot (talk) 01:45, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, this is just like the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:17, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

• While I do think this is notable, I'd wait for it to actually come into effect first. Master of Time (talk) 01:47, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait until it goes into effect in 2 weeks. SamaranEmerald (talk) 01:50, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose at least for now, this will likely be challenged by numerous entities within the next 14 days before it is put into effect, if it overcomes all that outrage by then, it will be good to go. 161.6.7.1 (talk) 07:17, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Question has similar actions happened before were tariffs have been posted to ITN? This is out of curiosity. Hornetzilla78 (talk) 07:25, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose more whacky thinking from Trump, and certain to be challenged all over the place. Wikipedia doesn't need a Trump ticker. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:13, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose - The backlash by other countries barring trade with the U.S., if that happens, might be of considerable notability. Right now, though, the news media has it right in that this is not in effect yet.--WaltCip (talk) 13:55, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Article has not been sufficiently updated (at least according to the giant orange-level tag at the top). --Jayron32 15:10, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - this is an internal tax affair at present, and thereby lacks notability. Article quality is insufficient, and notwithstanding this, we should refrain from posting until the law takes effect (the whole updating a blurb which was rendered obsolete will, by precedent, likely not fly). Stormy clouds (talk) 18:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait - not 100% certain. Further discussion should be after it's on paper and not on Twitter. Juxlos (talk) 22:17, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

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March 8

Portal:Current events/2018 March 8

March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Turkish military operation in Afrin The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army seizes control of Jindires in Syria's Afrin District from the Kurdish YPG. The town is extensively destroyed by Turkish airstrikes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Reuters) (France 24) Business and economy Economy of the United States Toys "R" Us considers closing all its stores in the United States. (CNBC) International relations 2017–18 North Korea crisis 2018 North Korea–United States summit Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says "potentially positive signals" come from North Korea, but that the two countries are "still a long way" from direct negotiations. (NBC News) U.S. President Donald Trump accepts an invitation from North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un to discuss North Korea's denuclearization sometime by May. (CBC) (The New York Times) Japan–North Korea relations Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe says inter-Korea talks could be a "meaningless" ploy by North Korea. (The Japan Times) United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, Foreign relations of Guatemala Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit demands Guatemala reverse its decision to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Sandra Jovel says the move is "irreversible." (JPost) Protectionism in the United States Citing national security reasons, U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum imported from most countries. Canada and Mexico are provisionally exempt pending NAFTA renegotiations. The tariffs will take effect on March 23. (CBS News) Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Eleven countries in Asia, North America, Oceania, and South America sign the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. (The New York Times) Politics and elections Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018 Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala says the election – delayed repeatedly since President Joseph Kabila's term expired in December 2016 – will occur this December. (Reuters via Standard Digital) The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held on 8 March 2018 being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, annually held since then and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice) in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan. (Al-Jazeera)

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[Closed] RD: Wilson Harris

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

• 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: Important writer. Needs more sources, especially in biography section. Black Kite (talk) 12:10, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose as noted, currently still not up to scratch. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:21, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Ron Franklin

Article: Ron Franklin (jockey) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Baltimore Sun, BloodHorse
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) 22:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support sufficient. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:13, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support looks ready. Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:52, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Black Kite (talk) 12:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted to Ongoing] Sri Lanka riots

Article: 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Sri Lanka declares State of Emergency and blocks access to social media amids ongoing ethnic riots. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Sri Lanka declares State of Emergency amids ongoing ethnic riots.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Sri Lanka blocks access to social media to curb mobs organizing ethnic riots.
Alternative blurb III: ​ The ethnic riots in Kandy occurred for the first time in about 35 years since the Black July which was caused in 1983 between Tamils and Sinhalese Buddhists.
News source(s): 1

2
Credits:

• Nominated by Rehman (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jesuschristonacamel (talk · give credit), Abishe (talk · give credit) and Randeepa (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: The first time the country has declared State of Emergency after the 25-year civil war. And (probably) the first time ever that social media has been blocked. Rehman 03:02, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support - Well referenced. Sherenk1 (talk) 08:33, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - The article has a couple tagged sections of almost unreadable text. Jusdafax (talk) 09:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional support - subject to someone with the ability to write something legible in English touching up the whole article. Juxlos (talk) 10:08, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointers Jusdafax and Juxlos. I've made some changes to the article. Hopefully that's better. Rehman 11:00, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

There are still some minor grammar issues, but I guess it’s good enough now. Change to Support Juxlos (talk) 11:03, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• I strongly support on significance and quality, but there's a lot of "who did what to whom when" going on in the talk pages, so I'd advise we proceed cautiously. Upon first glance, the article is well written and sourced, and seems to carry a neutral voice. The article title would be problematic *if* there is equal blame. GCG (talk) 12:24, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment this should be under 6 March as that's when the state of emergency was declared. Otherwise, this should be ongoing because the riots have been happening since the end of February. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support I've been through the article once and worked over some of the prose. It isn't our best writing, but at the moment I'm not seeing egregious neutrality or verifiability issues. "weak" because I'd prefer the writing to be improved further. Vanamonde (talk) 13:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support for Ongoing per TRM. I do think this passes on both quality and the importance of the story, but it's been going on for a while. Realistically it's stale for the ITN sidebar. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:51, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb – I haven't seen much coverage on major news sites. After searching awhile, I found an unnarrated video on BBC, dated March 7, under the headline "Buddhist rioters dispersed in Sri Lanka." Seems to be over for now. Sca (talk) 14:54, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

A brief Google Search gives links from almost all major international news outlets including Al Jazeera, Reuters, etc. Juxlos (talk) 14:59, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Article is comprehensive, well written, and well referenced. Well done! Agnostic on blurb vs. ongoing, but the quality is good enough for the main page. --Jayron32 15:01, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

@Sca: Clear reports have been provided by the international news sites such as BBC and Al Jazeera on the tense situation which has been spread between Sinhalese Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka. Abishe (talk) 15:05, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

⇒ Among major English-language non-aggregation news sites, seems to be mainly Reuters. Sca (talk) 15:08, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support ongoing - per TRM, I feel that ongoing is preferable to a blurb in this case, and have no concerns vis-á-vis article quality or notability otherwise. Stormy clouds (talk 17:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing per above, but I'd support a blurb if the consensus does. Davey2116 (talk) 17:47, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing after reviewing all the sources I can find, my early concerns are assuaged. GCG (talk) 01:21, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing the suggested blurbs are abit of a jumbled collection of different claims, I suggest to avoid an blurb conflict, this nomination should be posted as ongoing, after all we did this with the Iranian protests earlier. SamaranEmerald (talk) 01:56, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support ongoing – Agree with previous posts regarding ongoing. Sca (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted to ongoing Stephen 03:53, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Remove ongoing as riots were over and curfew lifted. Gfosankar (talk) 14:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

March 7

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Pritzker Prize

Template:ITN candidate

• Support: Per ITN/R. TIL about that award. Article is just long enough. Juxlos (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose with regret. The Pritzker Prize article is an FL and has been updated, but Doshi's article is simply not good enough. The only way this could feature in short order would be if we switched targets... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:54, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Reynaldo Bignone

Template:ITN candidate

• Support Article is of sufficient depth and well referenced. --Jayron32 15:25, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:39, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting support - sufficientt article. Thanks for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 00:11, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

March 6

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[Posted] RD: John Sulston

Template:ITN candidate

• Support Referenced and interesting.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:37, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support only objection is to the use of the Daily Mail reference. Otherwise good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:12, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support replaced daily mail source. Galobtter (pingó mió) 11:37, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Sam Walton (talk) 11:45, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] [Posted] Sergei Skripal (Russian Spy Poisoned)

Template:Archive top Template:ITN candidate

• Oppose Premature I think. He and his daughter are still alive (though critical condition), they're not sure what the poisoning agent was, and the media is quick to draw parallels to Litvinenko. --Masem (t) 16:42, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Support now that its confirmed it was a nerve agent (not a random environmental thing) alongside the responding officer being ill with the same. --Masem (t) 18:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait - If either dies, then it would be worthy of a post (possibly blurb) - Floydian ^τ _¢ 16:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Several EMTs were injured, and one remains in hospital. I think the premature train is pulling out of the station. GCG (talk) 17:07, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
  • The only thing about the EMTs I can find is from the BBC in that 3 were treated for potential exposure; 2 were cleared, one still remained under testing 3 hr ago, but they certainly weren't "injured". --Masem (t) 17:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait until one of them dies per above.--WaltCip (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Whether they die or not makes no difference - the poisoning itself is a big enough story. Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support it's been confirmed that a "nerve agent" was used. This isn't run of the mill stuff by any means and regardless of whether the pair of them are still (barely) alive and whether or not parallels have been drawn to Litvinenko (how accurate!), assassination attempts of a known foreign spy on British soil, along with his daughter, is certainly worthy of posting. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:57, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Indeed. This could be about to turn into something quite serious. I would imagine the government will be under enormous pressure to respond, especially since it is not the first instance of this kind of thing by (almost certainly) Russian operatives on British soil. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Realistically, what are the geopolitical ramifications of this likely to be?--WaltCip (talk) 20:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

We don't know, do we? The Rambling Man (talk) 12:16, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Made some small tweaks, but all good in general. Not something I'd ever expect to happen in Salisbury. !dave 18:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - articles are of good quality, the story is dominating the media at present, and given that there was clear and malicious foul play, this is a geopolitical issue regardless of whether or not they die. Stormy clouds (talk) 18:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. Might it be useful to add that a nerve agent was used, now that it's been confirmed? Black Kite (talk) 20:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
  • I'd support, media seem to confirm. If they determine the specific substance, this could be updated further. Brandmeister^talk 21:16, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Post-posting oppose this isn't getting major coverage globally. It's there if I look for it, but otherwise it's drowned out. For example even BBC's World page currently has "US softens stance on metal tariffs" as the headline, followed by "Florida gun law moves step closer" and then by "Assad's forces push deeper into enclave". It's especially ironic since this apparently happened on Sunday and there was no coverage until now. Banedon (talk) 02:08, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

That's because for the BBC, it's not "world news", it's local news. It's the main story on the front page. Isa (talk) 03:25, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

It's still a sign that few / no other countries care. I learned about this story because of this nomination. I also read related stories because of this nomination, and if it continues to generate stories they are not showing up on my newsfeeds either. Banedon (talk) 19:53, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

reminder: do not oppose an item because the event is only relating to a single country, or failing to relate to one. This applies to a high percentage of the content we post and is unproductive. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

And it's been headline news on that front page for the past four days. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:26, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

• I still fail to see what consequences are likely going to come about for Russia, even if it were determined that the operative who poisoned him was on Putin's payroll. Perhaps an ambassador might be pulled out of the country, but nothing with any actual long-term significance. Feels like government shutdown-esque media hype.--WaltCip (talk) 12:05, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

  Who knows what the consequences are going to be? I don't have a crystal ball. But the use of a nerve agent against individuals in a high street setting in the UK is definitely significant. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:15, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

  All I'm saying is that something like this might have had greater consequences during or before the Cold War era. As it is, this isn't exactly the shooting of Franz Ferdinand.--WaltCip (talk) 12:54, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

  I'm sure no-one is comparing the possible consequences with the outbreak of the First World War, but the story was posted on its merit, not on the plethora of possible actions that may occur subsequently. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:56, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Peter Nicholls (writer)

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• Oppose Article is barely above a stub, would need to be expanded to better demonstrate his life's work. What is there is also poorly referenced. If expanded significantly and fully referenced, that would get my support. --Jayron32 13:19, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:Re I haven't seen anything in the criteria that articles for RD must be of a certain length (here assessed as Start-class), so sorry for that. There seems to be some coverage of him from the 1970s and 1980s (like this full-length article) but mostly offline it appears. I'm not sure that I can fix it with the sources I can find but someone else might be able to. Regards SoWhy 14:10, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

The purpose (in part) of ITNC is, and I quote, "To showcase quality Wikipedia content on current events." (bold mine) There isn't enough information in this article to qualify as "quality". There's large gaps in his biography. It is no where near comprehensive enough to be a quality article. Since you think this person is important enough for recognition here, I'm flummoxed as to why you would then want to specifically refuse to improve the quality of his article, that you would want to tell the world that he's not worth writing a decent article about him. --Jayron32 14:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I think you misunderstood. I'm all for writing a quality article about him and I wish someone would. I just said that I am not able to do it because most of the sources that apparently exist are offline and thus outside my reach. I'm not an expert on ITN and just by reading WP:ITNRD I did not see any requirements that a certain quality was required. Which I apologized for. Since WP:ITN/A says Template:Xt, I don't think I should withdraw this, should I? Regards SoWhy 16:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

No, you're fine to leave it open. Quality issues can, of course, be fixed by anyone with sufficient interest in doing so. There should be no rush to close nominations. (I'm not in favor of closing them unless there's outright disruption anyways). --Jayron32 17:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support I’ve tidied it up a little and added a few lines and some references. It is on the short side but I think it’s adequate. Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:04, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support I added some more material to better cover his non-science fictional work, and cleaned up the references a bit. It's not our best article, but I think it's good enough, now. /Julle (talk) 22:44, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

  Post-posting Support Good job all who worked on expanding this. It's still short, but now more comprehensive of his professional work. --Jayron32 12:58, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] 2018 Antonov An-26 crash

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• I fixed the link. Haven't looked at the article yet so no comment on that. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:54, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Article is a stub right now. Willing to re-assess when the article is in a well-developed state. --Jayron32 18:55, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• I believe that there was some discussion about posting military planes crashes regarding 2017 USMC KC-130 crash. --Jenda H. (talk) 19:13, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Let's not get hung up with "military = less notable". We do post military aviation accidents, such as the 2017 Myanmar Air Force Shaanxi Y-8 crash. In this case, we have a large enough death toll that we should be leaning towards posting, subject to article quality. Mjroots (talk) 19:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
    • WP:AIRCRASH is an essay not a policy, so editors should feel free to apply their own judgement. My take: apply it as a negative weight on the notability, such that the acceptable level of quality is a bit higher. GCG (talk) 21:51, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
    • The Myanmar crash was posted because the casualties includes people beyond the military (in that case, family members). If it is only military personal in a military plane, that's generally not very notable for ITN purposes; it's tragic, but we've considered that "in the line of duty". --Masem (t) 03:35, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose unlikely to have lasting impact, and the coverage I saw of it spend more words not on the crash itself, but rather Russian involvement in Syria. Banedon (talk) 22:47, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

• That's not the point. At all. – Nixinova ⟨[[User talk:Nixinova!T]]![[Special:Contributions/Nixinova!C]]⟩ 23:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

• Conditional Support - when article is expanded beyond a stub. The crash is certainly notable enough for ITN. -Zanhe (talk) 00:25, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – Unfortunate to be sure, but of only passing significance – mainly (as Banedon notes) due to Russia's involvement in the Syrian War. Sca (talk) 14:53, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - article not in good enough condition to post. Mjroots (talk) 19:04, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support once made more neat-article is important but is stub. Needs to be cleaned and posted. User:awestruck1 (talk) 20:14 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - the victims are exclusively soldiers. Soldiers die in war, especially while in active duty. Therefore, the crash is less notable, and 39 fatalities (a relatively low count for plane crashes which permeate into the news cycle) only compounds this in my view. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:05, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] Paula (1876 barque)

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• Forgive me if I'm being dense, but what is the significance of this? ‑ Iridescent 19:17, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
  • The 132 years between the bottle being dropped and its discovery. Mjroots (talk) 19:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• The fact that it happened in January and did not receive much immediate fanfare suggests to me that it's not a very big deal. Lepricavark (talk) 19:24, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
  • The reason for the delay in reporting was that an intensive investigation was carried out to confirm the provenance of the bottle and the message it contained. Mjroots (talk) 19:27, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose To my surprise this is actually getting some, albeit limited, news coverage. However I think this is more DYK material. -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:38, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose, this is a fun story, but its not really of great significance. As the article was created today, this would be a good nomination for DYK. --LukeSurl ^{t c} 20:02, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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• Oppose – I did read the story (on BBC), but must agree with previous two posts. Only a curiosity. Sca (talk) 21:36, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Note - I've undone the closure, as it was far too premature with 3 hours discussion and 3 !votes. As such, I will offer no opinion on this piece. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 14:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I thought it was closed too quickly as well. Sca (talk) 14:56, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose Trivial, not significant news, an interesting little factoid that would fit nicely at DYK as said above. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Unusual but trivial discovery which has no lasting encyclopaedic value. The article on the ship didn't even exist until yesterday. If this was a person it would fail WP:BLP1E, as it appears to have no notability whatsoever beyond this single bottle find. Take this to DYK, it isn't ITN material. Modest Genius ^talk 15:23, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose - take it to DYK, as this item is far more suitable there. Stormy clouds (talk) 15:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Shammi (actress)

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• Oppose Several problems here. There is a "close paraphrasing" tag that has been at the top of the article for four years, and a watermarked image. Maybe these could simply be removed, but the article is also under-referenced, and the sources that are there look weak - blogs, gossip-type sites and a heavy reliance on Rediff.com (is that a reliable source?)--Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:37, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Pawnkingthree – Nixinova ⟨[[User talk:Nixinova!T]]![[Special:Contributions/Nixinova!C]]⟩ 19:03, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] USS Lexington (CV-2) wreck discovered

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• Support. The article is a FA and the update is sufficient. --Tone 09:08, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Fine article, subject is historical and internationally notable. Good nom. Jusdafax (talk) 10:44, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Indeed, FA article. Updated. Ready for posting. Perhaps including the person who discovered it Paul Allen in the blurb.BabbaQ (talk) 10:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - article in excellent shape and updated. Mjroots (talk) 10:49, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support. I'm not convinced that finding the wreck in itself reaches the level of significance required for ITN, but the article is an FA, likely to be of interest to readers, and we're going through a slow news period. Modest Genius ^talk 11:16, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment – Personally I'm a sucker for sunken-wreck stories & pix, but agree with Genius that this one's significance in the Big Scheme is doubtful. Titanic and Bismarck were big finds of famous ships, but with advances in undersea technology discoveries of wrecks has become almost commonplace. Sca (talk) 14:44, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Yeah, I read this last night, and feel that given that it was purposely scuttled (only now affirming where it came to rest) and that Allen's Vulcan project has had a string of successful finds, this might not be that big of a discovery as being made out. However, I do weight the fact that the article is FA and is being covered by the news. --Masem (t) 14:51, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. --Jayron32 15:28, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Let's hope the the billionaire runs out of ships full of dead men to exploit soon. Abductive (reasoning) 16:43, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Uri Lubrani

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• Support Short but adequate. Decently sourced. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:37, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - indeed, short but sufficient. ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 00:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – Well sourced. – Nixinova ⟨[[User talk:Nixinova!T]]![[Special:Contributions/Nixinova!C]]⟩ 04:28, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 05:49, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] RD: Trevor Baylis

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• Oppose for now. Too much is uncited or with unclear connection to source material. I've done my best to tag the biggest problems with CN tags. --Jayron32 17:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• (ec) Oppose Several citation tags and other unsourced statements that will need to be referenced. (By the way this is not the current England cricket coach who I first thought of when I saw the name).--Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose – Too many Template:T tags – Nixinova ⟨[[User talk:Nixinova!T]]![[Special:Contributions/Nixinova!C]]⟩ 04:31, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Template:U, Template:U and Template:U, I think I've now got the sourcing covered. The article is still far from perfect, but if you could take another look to see if it is acceptable for our purposes here, that would be appreciated. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:29, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Article looks fine now, certainly good enough for RD. Nice work Template:U! Modest Genius ^talk 12:36, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. Rock on. --Jayron32 12:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support definitely up to mark, marking as such Galobtter (pingó mió) 12:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks good to go now. Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:36, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Russ Solomon

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• Oppose Too many unsourced statements.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:24, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] Italian general election, 2018

Template:ITN candidate

• Wait until we get the seat numbers, otherwise the result is incomplete. The article looks good, well referenced and with plenty of prose on the campaign. I'd go with blurb 1. Modest Genius ^talk 18:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

  Support. The article now has seat numbers, so I think we're good to go. Modest Genius ^talk 11:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

• Post now and update the blurb as more results come in. Banedon (talk) 22:30, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose for now. Multiple tables do not have a clearly cited source. Others need to be filled in. I have also added multiple CN tags. The article is not in horrible condition. But it has some gaps in referencing and there are a few too many sections in need of being updated. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:47, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Conditional support Template:Cn tags seem to be mostly on non-controversial statements and I've filled in some. But the tables do need some filling. Juxlos (talk) 12:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support It has 113 citations, enough. The big news are already confirmed, the rest of the tables can be filled when the final results are in (for example votes cast abroad counted etc.) --Pudeo (talk) 21:35, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - per Puedo. Ready for postingBabbaQ (talk) 09:36, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support The article has been improved greatly. The tables have been filled (I've added the updater). Davey2116 (talk) 21:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - good work on the article, less delighted with results. But, I mean, has the right-wing every failed Italy?. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:44, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Looks ready. Pawnkingthree (talk) 21:49, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Most of the tables still lack clear references. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:01, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] RD: William McAlpine

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Are we truly going to use the full title of nobility on the main page?--WaltCip (talk) 13:11, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Sir William McAlpine would suffice, although the honorific could be dropped. Mjroots (talk) 13:30, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
    • Honorifics are handed out liberally by governments of all stripes. I see no reason for us to use any of them. Vanamonde (talk) 14:04, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
      • This one was not handed out by a government, though. For some reason baronets have the "Sir" in the article title while mere Knight Bachelors, such as Sir Roger Bannister, do not.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:30, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Lots of unsourced material and not a huge amount about his life except for a too-big section on his railway hobby which takes up half the article. Black Kite (talk) 15:18, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] 90th Academy Awards

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• Support, when ready. © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 04:58, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. This is in WP:ITNR 184.153.25.119 (talk) 05:29, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Yearly ITN event 05:49, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Jusdafax (talk) 06:07, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support once article is ready. Lepricavark (talk) 06:20, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Lot of useless support !votes above; one section is tagged Template:Tq the box office section looks like it needs a few cites or atleast one more. Galobtter (pingó mió) 06:44, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Relevant discussion on whether to keep that tagged-section is currently taking place at Talk:90th Academy Awards#Proposal to remove "Historical Precedents" section. Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:57, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support. I don't see any tagged sections (maybe this has been fixed?) or any other problems that should preclude posting. Looks fine to go up. Modest Genius ^talk 14:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is ready; sufficient prose and no tags.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:43, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• I modified the blurb to mention that the movie won 4 awards in total, this was kind of a standard practice in past years. The orange tag is back in the article although I thought I found a good solution to the issue. --Tone 15:14, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Tripura Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate

• Comment the background is going to have to be expanded substantially explaining the significance of this election. I don't consider the population of the affected region when reviewing noms. It's either "in the news" with a "quality update" or it isn't. --76.122.98.135 (talk) 17:42, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose State of Tripura has a population of 4 million - if California or Central Java (pop 39 and 33mn) flips from their traditional parties, while pretty safe to say will be more significant, it would still be a regional election and hence not ITN-worthy. Otherwise, every ITN would be regional elections. Juxlos (talk) 23:05, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose this is a state election, so isn't significant enough for a broad audience of readers. Joseph2302 (talk) 23:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak oppose I'm not necessarily opposed to posting regional elections; in particular, I feel quite strongly that we should post the more significant domestic elections from countries with large populations. This particular one doesn't quite fit the bill, though. It's a very small state, which has frequently voted very differently from the country as a whole. The election to post was that of Uttar Pradesh, about a year ago; that state is more populour than all but a handful of countries, and the election made the news for the particularly strident views of the new chief minister. Vanamonde (talk) 14:03, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose. Sub-national entity, no wider implications, routine politics. If we posted this we would have to post a continual stream of state and mayoral elections. Modest Genius ^talk 14:35, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose this is too parochial. Lepricavark (talk) 22:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Davide Astori

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• Support Nice article. Referencing is better than what we typically see around here. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support yes, per above. Tragic. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:01, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - very sad news, but the article is in good shape. Stormy clouds (talk) 16:18, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Sad story. Ready for posting.BabbaQ (talk) 19:21, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support per above. Sobering news. Lepricavark (talk) 06:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment Could someone post this please? It's been sitting here marked Ready for well over 19 hours with unanimous support. I can't post it myself as I nominated it! Black Kite (talk) 11:12, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

  Just post it. Unanimous support, plenty of it, non-controversial. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

  I thank the admins for this slight delay; whether intentional or not it allowed Quini to be on RD for a few hours at least.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 14:04, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

• Posted. Vanamonde (talk) 11:41, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] 2018 Baku fire

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• Comment this should be moved to 2 March I believe, since that's when the event took place. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:31, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support: Article is a bit on the short side, but it’s good enough and decently referenced. Juxlos (talk) 11:47, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Two small inline tags, but promptly fixable. Brandmeister^talk 18:39, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - Short but sufficient.BabbaQ (talk) 19:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Articles looks fine, though short. –Ammarpad (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted. --Bongwarrior (talk) 22:37, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Lin Hu (air force general)

Template:ITN candidate

• Support Looks short but adequate. Decently sourced. No issues. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:59, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 05:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] RD: David Ogden Stiers

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• Oppose most of the career section is unsourced. Aiken D 17:37, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per Aiken D. Referencing is not up to scratch. [A sad loss. Memory eternal.] -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:28, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Roger Bannister

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• Oppose pretty much all of it's unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:30, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Most of the text appears to be verifiable from his 1955 autobiography, I can only do a spot-check on Google Books but if anyone's got a copy, that ought to be able to do most of it. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 14:25, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

• Comment I am currently updating its citations and referencing, and have added a number more in-line citations, starting with the section on the sub-four-minute mile. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 12:31, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Wait Bannister is well-documented in sources, so we should be able to fix it. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:31, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per The Rambling Man, but happy to support if it's fully referenced, which as Ritchie333 says, shouldn't be too difficult as a well-documented person. Aiken D 13:35, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

  Still opposed, unless the unsourced parts are removed. Per Joseph2302, it would probably work to remove them. Aiken D 18:56, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support It's up to C-class, and he's a very important figure. pbp 13:45, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

The class of the article is not relevant; no admin would post this in its current state of referencing. Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:58, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose mostly unreferenced with multiple large sections entirely unreferenced. Hope it can be referenced Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:52, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment This should additionally be moved to 3 March 2018, as family sources have confirmed (via news articles) this date (cf. [39]). — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 14:11, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:Done - Stormy clouds (talk) 15:30, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose many unreferenced sections. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:42, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppoze due to lack of referencing. However, there may be a case for a blurb given rating as a vital article. Capitalistroadster (talk) 20:12, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb the referencing looks to be getting better, and a RD listing is obviously necessary once that's up to snuff, but I oppose a blurb. Bannister's fame far exceeds his importance, and he was 88 when he died. power~enwiki (π, ν) 00:11, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose I hoped people would come forward, but there are still too many unsourced statistics in the article, so it's obviously not happening. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:27, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment A number of sections have now been updated, but it would appear that a lot of the unsourced items in the biography are from Bannister's book, of which I do not have a copy to verify; I'm trying to do what I can from other sources. If there are any particular items that, if they had citations, people would then be happy it is sufficiently referenced, please tag them or let me know on my talk page. Thank you — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 14:06, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• Comment There's now a lot more citations for the article since its initial nomination and objections; at the time of nomination, there were a couple of dozen citations from about as many references, and there are now more than 60 citations from 42 references. Given Bannister's milestone and the improvement in the article, I think it would be fair to list in RD. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 19:14, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
• There are still numerous uncited paragraphs. And the legacy and memorabilia sections are almost entirely uncited. Galobtter (pingó mió) 09:13, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Most of the content is well sourced. If you removed the unsourced content, this article would be good to go, so if it bothers people that much then just remove it. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Kenneth Gärdestad

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• Support looks adequate. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:33, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Very well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 18:26, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 22:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

[Closed] Video Assistant Referees in association football

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• Oppose Instant replay been going on in Major League Baseball and the National Football League for a few years now, didn't get nominated here. I don't think it's significant enough – Muboshgu (talk) 21:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Association Football (AKA Soccer) is not first sport to utilize such measures. As Muboshgu notes, both The MLB and the NFL, as well as car racing in general has already implemented this technique well before association football has, and thus is nothing new. It will also most certainly not be the last sport to do so as well.SamaranEmerald (talk) 21:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose it's already implemented in football, so this isn't that big a step. And in any case, I doubt it would ever rise to the level of the significance of events we normally post at ITN. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Relatively minor change in sporting rules. Maybe if keepers are no longer permitted to use their hands, that would be post-worthy. Spencer^T♦C 21:53, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose - brilliant news for fans of some teams, and association football is the world's leading sport, but I don't feel that it rises to a significant enough level in terms of rule changes, particularly as financial constraints mean that it will not be implemented universally. Stormy clouds (talk) 22:15, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Billy Herrington

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• Support I deleted a few unsourced categories. Looks fine to me. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Oops, missed where it was included inline. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:45, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
  • Oppose until those cn tags are addressed. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose unreferenced videography, several unreferenced sentences. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:10, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Good quality article. Well known figure in many parts of the world, especially the United States, Japan, and China. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wessex 95 (talk • contribs) 23:13, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:Replyto - notability at recent deaths is not a concern, only article quality is. Stormy clouds (talk) 23:19, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

• Oppose - referencing issues abound, particularly in videography, unfortunately. Stormy clouds (talk) 23:19, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose per TRM and Stormy. Referencing needs work. I have added a few tags. Also I'm not sure how "in the news" this is. I did a search and the only reference to his death came from the one Chinese site. We generally require some mainstream news coverage when considering RD nominations. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:27, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Closed] RD: Vanessa Goodwin

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• Support Short, but good enough. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - short, but sufficient.BabbaQ (talk) 21:01, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Weak support barely above stub standard, but what's there is fair and square, good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:11, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose Article notes that she had a ~10 year long political career, but aside from mentioning which post she was elected into, doesn't describe any work she did while in those positions. For example, this news story mentions "most recently she began an overhaul of Tasmania's prison service and courts system". I would like to see more specific content like this in the article. Until then, I think the article does not have coverage of sufficient depth for RD. Spencer^T♦C 21:56, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

  Fair enough, it did have all the hallmarks of a stub+. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:04, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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[Posted] RD: Brandon Jenkins (musician)

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• Support Seems good enough, but there's some ugly proseline. "In 2003, Jenkins moved from Oklahoma to Austin, Texas, where he lived until 2015." Fascinating! GCG (talk) 02:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support No big issues, good to go. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:35, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support concur with the above, it's grim but good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:44, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:09, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

[Posted] 2018 Ouagadougou attack

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• Oppose for now, article is a stub. Let us know when it isn't anymore. --Jayron32 15:37, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
• Oppose needs expansion also Template:Tq and only appears the gunmen have died so also oppose on notability unless something else happens Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:38, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

update/comment Changed the blurb and also reorganized the article into sections. Certainly has more than a minmum update to go.Lihaas (talk) 02:51, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

• Support Major event and article has been cleaned up. Added altblurb. – Nixinova ⟨[[User talk:Nixinova!T]]![[Special:Contributions/Nixinova!C]]⟩ 05:05, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article greatly improved now. Note that, It was opposed first when it was something like this. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:29, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support much improved Galobtter (pingó mió) 05:31, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - per above supports. Jusdafax (talk) 06:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support just about good enough. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:47, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support Article is pretty good, especially compared to its initial state when this nom was temp-closed. Davey2116 (talk) 08:03, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support - good to go, vastly improved over the state of the article when I temporarily closed, and it is certainly notable enough to merit posting. Stormy clouds (talk) 11:24, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Support – Good 'nuff for a blurb. Sca (talk) 16:03, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:18, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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