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November 30[edit]

November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) (Wednesday)
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[Closed] RD: Amar Ezzahi[edit]

Older than oldest RD. Stale. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Amar Ezzahi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Labesse, Patrick (December 2, 2016). "Le chanteur algérien Amar Ezzahi est mort". Le Monde. Retrieved December 3, 2016. ; Narduzzi, Guillaume (December 1, 2016). "Décès d'Amar Ezzahi, icône de la chanson populaire algéroise". Le Figaro. Retrieved December 2, 2016. ; "Le chanteur algérois Amar Ezzahi s'est éteint". Le Parisien. November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
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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: Algerian artist: he was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. This is another attempt on my part to include RDs from the developing world. Zigzig20s (talk) 04:47, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Posted] World Chess Championship 2016[edit]

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Article: World Chess Championship 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeats Sergey Karjakin to retain the World Chess Championship title. (Post)
News source(s): Euronews, The Guardian
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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: The article is being updated as the tie-breaker is going on. We can post it once the winner is known. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:56, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2013 was different because the challenger (Carlsen) won. 2014 wording was "Magnus Carlsen successfully defends his World Chess Championship title against the challenger Viswanathan Anand.", though I think the proposed wording here (with "retain" instead of "win") is tighter and better. Adpete (talk) 00:57, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Me too. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 19:11, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] New Yemen government[edit]

Older than oldest story. Stale. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Abdul-Aziz bin Habtoor (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Yemen, Ansarullah and the General People's Congress agree to form a government of national salvation led by Abdul-Aziz bin Habtoor. (Post)
News source(s): PTV
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Article updated
Nominator's comments: Not sure which article to update, this may be the most appropriate or a new article perhaps? UN response too Lihaas (talk) 07:13, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
it HAS happened and UN responded to it too!Lihaas (talk) 10:49, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The blurb says there's been an agreement to form a government. What I'm saying is that it will be news when the government has formed. Or is the blurb out of date? The Rambling Man (talk) 11:04, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The cabinet took office on 28 November 2016 but Bin Habtoor is PM since 4 October when he formed a first cabinet. --Panam2014 (talk) 20:13, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So the blurb is wrong. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:57, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] Korea protests[edit]

Closing w/o prejudice to renomination if/when there is a change in the head of state/government. There is no consensus to post at this time. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:32, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2016 South Korean protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After weeks of protests, President Park Geun-hye conditionally offers to resign under threat of impeachment. (Post)
News source(s): PTV
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Nominator's comments: Been ongoing for a while and getting bigger. Looks like prez is giving in as of yesterday. At least it could eb ongoing till the impeachment this Friday or next and then moved to blurb? Lihaas (talk) 07:13, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
comment Nationwide action for ousting of Park Geun-hyeLihaas (talk) 08:48, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment doesn't change my vote. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:39, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] India base attack[edit]

Older than oldest story. Stale. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2016 Nagrota army base attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Militants attack the Indian Army base in the garrison town of Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the deaths of seven army personnel, including two officers, and three militants. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ An armed terrorist attack in Indian Army base in the town of Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir leaves 7 security forces personnel, including two officers killed.
News source(s): [1], [2], [3], [4]
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Nominator's comments: Significant ongoing media coverage. This was the third terrorist attack on military installations in India this year after Pathankot and Uri. — MBlaze Lightning T 07:28, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

oppose tit-for-tat attacks have been happening for a while now. Maybe an ongoing, if updated regularly, would be more suited.

Further Alt1 is POV and WTA violation.Lihaas (talk) 07:53, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 29[edit]

November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29) (Tuesday)
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  • The Israeli ultra-orthodox party Shas proposes a bill that would thwart the mixed prayer area at Western Wall by placing the site under the jurisdiction of the Chief Rabbinate; if approved, a NIS 10,000 fine would be given to those engaging in male-female prayer or women wrapping themselves in the traditional talit or laying tefillin. (Ynetnews)

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New Safe Confinement placed over reactor[edit]

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Articles: New Safe Confinement (talk · history · tag) and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ New Safe Confinement, world's largest moveable metal structure, was placed over the stricken fourth reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to replace old sarcophagus. (Post)
News source(s): (RFE/RF), (Reuters), The Guardian, (Fox news), (DW)
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 Jenda H. (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lug, have you considered changing your user name to Ripper? Sca (talk) 16:04, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 18:45, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Vodka is what they drink, isn't it? Sca (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PS: After reading a couple current stories, I'm not sure to what extent the new structure may already be containing the radiation — ?? Sca (talk) 15:59, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PPS: As I understand it, the new structure doesn't "replace" the old sarcophagus, it encloses it – along with the rest of the plant. Sca (talk) 16:03, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
According to my sources it will be used for disposal of reactor and sarcophagus in future so it must be able to somehow contain radiation. However the selling will be indeed completed next year that is correct. --Jenda H. (talk) 16:19, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Did you mean ceiling, not selling? Cheers. Sca (talk) 16:00, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] RD: Cléber Santana[edit]

No consensus to post. Broader policy discussions can happen elsewhere. --Jayron32 16:32, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Cléber Santana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Marca
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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: Footballer, killed in Flight 2933. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:34, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Assuming that the full list of team victims will appear soon in the posted crash article, I don't see a particular reason to pick this guy from the roster. Brandmeistertalk 12:06, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Not one of the RD criteria. The article exists and is decent. We don't have a rule that precludes people from a disaster being listed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There's an operational problem. If a dozen notable people die in the same disaster, do we list all the ones that have acceptable quality articles? That could be awkward. If we have the article listed, it may even be considered redundant. Not sure how to resolve. Jehochman Talk 13:21, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    A theoretical problem. Some of these players don't even have articles. Those which I have browsed are nowhere near fit enough for main page inclusion except this individual. It would be a nice problem to have if someone put the effort into getting all those articles up to scratch in the next seven days. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'm not so sure that it is Santana's death that is in the news as much as it is the plane crash and the large amount of deaths in total. In other words, it may not be the death of Santana himself that is the news story. Lepricavark (talk) 15:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It doesn't matter. It's an RD nomination so it's only article quality we're worried about here. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:13, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I read the note and it specified that the individual's death had to be in the news. My point is that I don't believe his death specifically is in the news. On that basis, and in accordance with the valid arguments of Masem below, I oppose this nomination. Lepricavark (talk) 15:24, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    You missed the reference I supplied which was specifically about Santana. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok, that requires me to remove that aspect of my oppose. That being said, I still agree with the other arguments that have been advanced for opposing. Unusual cases are often the ones in which IAR is best applied. Lepricavark (talk) 15:34, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose From the team's article, nearly all the players are notable, even if the article quality varies significantly. It makes no sense to post just one of them just because the article quality is already there, and ignore the rest - that's a systematic bias. And inversely, if we were to post all of them, that makes RD useless for several days. It should be taken a priori that the deaths from the team are covered by the crash's article, making the RD aspect moot. --MASEM (t) 15:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Please read above. We won't be posting them all, some don't even have articles. I take it you're invoking WP:IAR here as the current RD rules do not support your position at all. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:24, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a situation that we have not encountered before under the new RD approach and something that I don't think ever was considered - the death of several notable people in an otherwise ITN-worthy event. As such, while you can argue I'm asking for IAR-ignorance of the new RD rules, I think it's a brand new situation that really hasn't been set by theme (just as we had with the death of a notable animal that needed further discussion). I know you are saying right now , only one even comes close to qualifying, but knowing the avid football editors on here, and that there will likely be intense coverage of this from both news and sports media due to this happening in the championships, there's reasonable expectations that editors will expand several of the other players' articles. And that's the situation that worries me more than the apparent bias of pulling one name out from the bunch just because that person had the best article. (Imagine the situation if it were the case that a team like the 2016 Chicago Cubs had died in a plane accident on the way to Game 7 (heaven forbid that would occur)) I would argue that while this particular story predated the new RD rules, the approach we took for the helicopter crash from March 2015 that took 3 notable athletes is how we should handle these situations, having the crash ITN blurb serve as the effective RD for the notable people involved. --MASEM (t) 15:33, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    RD rules have changed since those nominations, but it's interesting that this occurence is more frequent than it first seems. Therefore we should modify the RD criteria to accommodate this scenario. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure, I recognized they changed, but as I noted, I don't recall, during the RFC of the new rules, anyone bringing up the situation if a mass tragedy (itself ITN-worthy) with multiple RD-qualifying deaths should occur, and since the new RD rules have been in place, I can't recall any situation of this ilk until now, so this should be taken as new territory.
    Now, to that end, if there is a mass tragedy with many RD-qualifying persons involved, it becomes clear quite quickly that RD noms for many people does not work, as we do not scale well when multiple deaths happen at the same time. (Keep in mind: editors nominate RD-qualifying people with sub-par articles all the time here. There is no reason that all the other notable players on the team could not be listed now). So either we go with the more common sense approach that we took before RD - letting the tragedy blurb act as the RD for all involved - or we have to completely rework how the RD process is handled and how RD is presented to allow a large number of people to be listed at the same time. The path of least resistance seems the more obvious choice here. --MASEM (t) 15:45, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    We should just add it into the RD criteria. As for listing all those who died, I don't see that as a major issue. This isn't a paper encyclopedia, most of them won't get posted, as I've said a few times, because they either have no article or an article in poor state. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:48, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Masem and commonsense. Santana's death is covered by the plane crash blurb. Given the highly unusual circumstances of his death he would be a serious contender for a blurb as opposed to RD even if all the other deaths had not also occurred. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:29, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:IAR? The Rambling Man (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the guidelines were intended to create duplicate postings for deaths. I can't recall any instance where we gave someone a blurb and an RD. If you want to file that under WP:COMMONSENSE that works for me. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:38, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, it wasn't intended to do so, but in some cases, especially now RD criteria have changed to simply inspect quality, it is a byproduct. But as above, this has happened a few times over the last couple of years so we can modify RD criteria to accommodate this approach. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per above. Really, this is already posted as a blurb. We didn't add Fidel Castro to the "Recent deaths" section, because that would be redundant. Similarly, it doesn't make sense to list Santana twice. If you want to try to justify this based on a torturously strict reading of the death criteria, well, two can play at that game: "It is sometimes contentious whether or not the death of a person itself merits a blurb or a mere listing in the "recent deaths" section" suggests that a death should get either a blurb or a listing, but not both. Smurrayinchester 15:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Well we didn't add Castro to RD because his article was already targeted in the ITN section. That isn't the case here. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:42, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per WP:IAR and the existence of a blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 15:43, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • However, I think it's worth amending the RD criteria as follows: "In the event of extraordinary catastrophic circumstances where the deaths of one or more individuals (with articles) are caused as the result of an independently notable event posted as a blurb, a recent deaths posting of all or most of the individuals can be forgone in the interests of avoiding redundancy."--WaltCip (talk) 15:49, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggest speedy close per IAR and move the discussion concerning the RD guidelines to the talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:53, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per all of the above. Yet another indication that our current RD criteria are a complete nonsense. We've really lost the plot here, thinking that article quality should be the only criterion for an RD listing. Modest Genius talk 16:02, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Not really. The change had a large consensus. And all this rare event has done has shown there's at least one exception we haven't accounted for. As is the case with many rules. I don't think there's any need for the hyperbole. Of course, no-one is stopping you starting a new RFC to overturn the change. That would be very interesting. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Posted] LaMia Airlines Flight 2933[edit]

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Article: LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A charter aircraft crashes in Medellín, Colombia, with the Chapecoense football team on board, killing 76 people. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
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Nominator's comments: Breaking news, there are fatalities and there are survivors, that seems to be all that's clear at the moment. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:11, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(I would advise not using the current image though - it's an old one, and it shows the aircraft in Air France livery, not LaMia.) Smurrayinchester 10:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

An image of the aircraft in LaMia livery is now available. Mjroots (talk) 05:44, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Too late. We're onto chess champions now. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:59, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] New King of Thailand[edit]

Closing out of deference to the new and more up to date nomination on December 1. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Vajiralongkorn (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After seven weeks' delay, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn succeeds his father Bhumibol Adulyadej as King of Thailand. (Post)
News source(s): Bangkok Post
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Nominator's comments: The late king's death was posted last month, but his son's accession was, in a break with tradition, held of until now, so ITN didn't mention it then. Not sure if this qualifies as ITNR for a new head of state. Could do with some more details on the succession. Paul_012 (talk) 05:27, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Ray Columbus[edit]

Article: Ray Columbus (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [5]
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Nominator's comments: Notable New Zealand entertainer who was also a pop star in Australia during the 1960s. MaxBrowne (talk) 06:01, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak oppose while there's nothing terrible about the article, it's barely above stub level, and the majority of it deals with his health rather than his entertainment and pop star career. So, needs expansion to cover the major aspects of his life. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:26, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Article has since been improved. MaxBrowne (talk) 19:28, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The added material appears to be unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:44, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 28[edit]

November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) (Monday)
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[Withdrawn] OSU Stabbing[edit]

Withdrawn. Doesn't seem as big as I thought it'd turn out. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:21, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Ohio State University stabbing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Injuries follow a stabbing at Ohio State University (Post)
News source(s): CBS
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Article updated
Nominator's comments: Don't want to cite specifics regarding injuries as it may go up. One in critical condition. Dat GuyTalkContribs 16:45, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - when everything becomes clearer. and the article is fully sourced. otherwise it seems to be good for ITN.17:34, 28 November 2016 (UTC)BabbaQ (talk)
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[Posted] RD: Mark Taimanov[edit]

Article: Mark Taimanov (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RT news
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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 was famous Russian chess player and pianist. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:38, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Aleppo offensive (November 2016)[edit]

Article: Aleppo offensive (November 2016) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
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Nominator's comments: I think it's time to bring this back to ongoing, lots of new developments in the last couple of days, the article gets updated. Tone 08:29, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support - the fall of Aleppo is developing quickly. There are no supplies in rebel parts of city. Also it is first time for Syrian army since 2012 to be in that part of city. Aleppo's significance for whole civil war is obvious. --Jenda H. (talk) 18:20, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support But what about a blurb instead (not that I'm against an ongoing), something like "The Syrian army seizes north-eastern Aleppo" (40% of the rebel-held part says BBC, so the fighting must have swept past many tens of thousands of residents). Narayanese (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 27[edit]

November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27) (Sunday)
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[Posted] 104th Grey Cup[edit]

Article: 104th Grey Cup (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders to win the 104th Grey Cup. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders to win the 104th Grey Cup, the first victory for an Ottawa franchise in 40 years.
News source(s): TSN
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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: Surprised this was not nominated yesterday after the game. Grey Cup is ITNR and is posted every year. If we want to, we could use a photo of the trophy or of Henry Burris, the Most Outstanding Player of the game. If we want to be 100% accurate, the official way to write the team's name is the Ottawa REDBLACKS. --PlasmaTwa2 02:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was halfway through editing that section when I posted, thinking I'd be done by the time anyone responded. The citations for the Aftermath have been resolved and I'm working on expanding that section further with television ratings and overall impressions of the game. --PlasmaTwa2
I've gotten the citations for the citations you requested and expanded the game summary. but asking for it to be fivefold is an exaggeration. The summary is now more in-line with those of previous Grey Cups, which were suitable to be posted. There's no reason for this to not be remarked ready.--PlasmaTwa2 22:45, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Stale] 2016 Formula One season[edit]

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Articles: 2016 Formula One season (talk · history · tag) and Nico Rosberg (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Nico Rosberg (pictured) wins the 2016 Formula One drivers' championship; Mercedes wins the constructor's title. (Post)
News source(s): (BBC Sport)
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Both articles updated
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 Mjroots (talk) 14:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 26[edit]

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RD: Ron Glass (actor)[edit]

Article: Ron Glass (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [7] [8]
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Prominent character actor for more than 30 years with a cult following. Rhodesisland (talk) 04:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, it's true. The article is not ready to go yet. The filmography list has the same issue that Henderson's did. However, I wanted to try my hand at offering a nomination. Only my second time doing so and last time (four years ago), I was yelled at for not following the correct format. So here's to second tries! Rhodesisland (talk) 05:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 25[edit]

November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25) (Friday)
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[Posted] RD: Margaret Rhodes[edit]

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

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Nominator's comments: Cousin of Elizabeth II, weak article. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Pauline Oliveros[edit]

Article: Pauline Oliveros (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NPR Pitchfork El Pais
Credits:

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: She was a notable musician, referred to as a "pioneer" of "deep listening". Andise1 (talk) 05:53, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Trevor Goddard[edit]

Article: Trevor Goddard (cricketer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ESPNcricinfo Times Live sport24
Credits:

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 was a noted Cricket player for South Africa Andise1 (talk) 05:53, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Andise1 (talk) 13:42, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose the article is generally well-referenced but there are a few claims without citation and that needs to be resolved. One suspects it shouldn't be too difficult to find those missing refs. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:25, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I checked the article and graded it "B" class. It is at least as good as other biographies, in particular those of cricketers, with B class. I think that it would avoid redundant debate if we agreed that any article C (or B) class or better is ready for the home page if the notability criteria is satisfied. TRM, if you see problematic statements in the article, please fix them (preferably) or point them out so others can fix them without guessing. Jehochman Talk 15:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If the subject has an article then the notability criterion for RD has been met. If you want to change the criteria to automatically post a certain grade of article then start an RfC. If you have difficulty spotting sentences, paragraphs and list entires that don't have a corresponding reference the you should probably apply your skills elsewhere. Stephen 11:00, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I agree with Jehochman. B-class.BabbaQ (talk) 20:55, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Jehochman for someone with your experience, I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that you are now asking for the obvious. B-class classification is utterly irrelevant, is that in the criteria for RDs? If you think that self-assessed B- or C-class articles should get a free pass at ITN, please start an RFC. You should know by now how this sort of thing works. As for pointing out issues, uncited claims should be referenced. It's fundamentally simple to see that, if you have a problem finding them, let me know. Proper citation is a natural part of the RD process, as I have described to you at least twice now. If you wish to continue stalking me and harassing me, we'll go to ANI or Arbcom to discuss things since I'm under unclear and subjective sanctions. Thanks! (P.S. I've added some tags, it's abundantly clear you haven't actually read the article, which is more of comment on your contributions here than my determination to look for excellence on the main page......) The Rambling Man (talk) 21:12, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose for now. Just a few cites needed. Articles don't have to be GA or FA to get through ITNC but the customary standard is no glaring gaps in referencing and at least one cite per paragraph. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:19, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Fidel Castro[edit]

Proposed image
Article: Fidel Castro (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former President of Cuba Fidel Castro dies at the age of 90. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: I assume this needs no introduction. WaltCip (talk) 05:41, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Could it be a "blurb" instead? Emily Goldstein (talk) 05:46, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't doubt that Castro rises to the notability of a blurb. I only dithered on that because he presumably died of natural causes at 90 years old, and he stopped being President of Cuba as of 2008. Considering the article is in good condition, I think we should post it to the RD ticker as quickly as possible, and then discuss having a blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 05:49, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Unhelpful discourse. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:27, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Are. You. Insane? Abductive (reasoning) 06:40, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The fuck is your problem? Do you have anything constructive to add? --WaltCip (talk) 16:37, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fighting to be constructive with "The fuck is your problem?"???!
you were in the right , til then.Lihaas (talk) 21:13, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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No introduction? Who is this Castro fellow?
support blurb and added one.Lihaas (talk) 06:03, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Picture has been changed.--Jenda H. (talk) 10:49, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Picture update on ITN requested, as soon as someone is able. The one here is better for this purpose than anything I found in a fast search. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 13:29, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post Posting Support for blurb One of the great tyrants of modern history and a giant of the political left. His influence in the Cold War and Latin American politics is incalculable. The article quality IMO ranks in the top tier of BLPs. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post Posting Support for blurb. I also would like to add support for a blurb. I see many similarities between our post of Mandela and our post of Castro. We posted Mandela as a blurb even though he was in advanced age, sick for many years, and also had been out of office for decades. We did so because of the impact his life and career had on the later years of the 20th century. All of these things are precisely the same for Castro--old, sick, death not a surprise really, out of office for years--however he also made a enormous impact on the 20th century. The world changed because of both of these men so we need to treat them equitably. Just my 2¢. Rhodesisland (talk) 04:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • PP support per exactly what Rhodesisland said. The fact that we have RD now shouldn't stop us from posting all deaths, even if they're old and/or death was expected. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:04, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We certainly are not going to be posting blurbs for all deaths. ITN guidelines and longstanding consensus here hold that only persons who have died under exceptionally unusual circumstances, usually notable in their own right, or who have had a truly enormous impact within their given field get blurbs. We also usually post heads of state/government who die in office. Castro got a blurb because the murderous SOB was one of the most important figures in global politics and the Cold War during his tenure. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ad Orientem: I think you misunderstood me—I am saying that not all deaths should be relegated to RD. We actually agree on your basic points. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:56, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] Big Tree (Washington tree)[edit]

No consensus to post. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Big Tree (Washington tree) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  World's tallest Ponderosa Pine died (Post)
News source(s): [9]
Credits:

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.
  • Oppose posting in its current form. Very short and provides little information on the tree itself, let alone its death(though the article notes it was with 'little fanfare'). 331dot (talk) 00:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also oppose on procedural grounds per below; the tree has been dead for a year; but even accepting that, this doesn't seem to be "in the news". 331dot (talk) 00:15, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator section looks kinda weird. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:55, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on Improvement the tree and the beetle blight are both very notable. The article doesn't meet the three-prose-paragraph minimum, but it can be expanded, especially since much of the interesting info on the size, etc., is oddly confined to a quote in the references section, rather than the text itself. I would fix it, but it is too close to bedtime for me to be carefully crafting prose. μηδείς (talk) 04:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: It's a tree. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Kudzu1: RD now states "An individual human, animal or other biological organism that has recently died " merits a RD listing(assuming the article is OK). 331dot (talk) 10:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Posted] RD: David Hamilton (photographer)[edit]

Article: David Hamilton (photographer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

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: Weak article, prominent photographer. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:55, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Iran train accident[edit]

Article: Semnan–Damghan train collision (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 35 people are killed after two passenger trains collide near Shahroud, Iran. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Significant passenger train incident. It only happened about an hour ago as I type this, so giving this a few hours for additional details to come in would be good. MASEM (t) 17:11, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Re-posted] RD: Florence Henderson[edit]

Going down an unnecessary rabbit trail. There is probably discussions to be had on minimal sourcing for RDs at the talk page, but need to avoid personal insults on all sides. --MASEM (t) 07:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Florence Henderson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

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: Famous actress. The prose appears mostly well-referenced. The "Personal life" section is oddly focused on a bit of her charity work and largely omits any mention of spouses or children, so that could certainly be improved. Dragons flight (talk) 11:24, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose per the issues mentioned by the nom. Additionally the tables need more references. Otherwise it doesn't look bad. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:17, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Evaluation: I did not post this because it hasn't been substantially improved since the above comment. If you'd like to see it posted, please help improve the article. Jehochman Talk 16:43, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on improvements, per Ad Orientem. At least at minimum, any red-linked or unlinked entries on the table need a source at this point, though ideally each line needs one. --MASEM (t) 17:19, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted - The most serious deficiency was corrected with an expansion of the personal life section. Other issues are not major, there is no information that appears dubious or wrong, and there are no maintenance tags on the article. I expect that there will be continued improvements. Jehochman Talk 17:50, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment now then, a post to ITN with no consensus at all, in fact, almost the opposite.... would the subject matter be ... American? The Rambling Man (talk) 17:55, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull serious lack of referencing on her appearances, a heavy dependency on IMDB for BLP information (as we all know, IMDB is not a reliable source), and unreferenced claims of her being a Catholic. Really, we ought to read these articles before posting them just because they're popular American individuals. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:59, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull Setting aside his unwarranted crack about Americans, TRM raises a legitimate point of order. We don't post things w/o consensus. There are still issues here. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:06, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not unwarranted at all, it's exasperation at the alarming joy-riding that's conducted with regard to these kind of subjects. How many times have we seen drive-by postings by American admins of American RDs like this? Do you ever see an Indian or a Greek or a British RD posted in such a manner? I don't think so. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:09, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    As an American I would say that I can't really blame TRM for his comment and that I understand it. Systemic bias is something that we should all think about. 331dot (talk) 20:57, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks 331dot. I don't believe my comment to be revelationary in any sense. We all know this kind of thing has happened numerous times. It needs to stop. The individuals involved need to be asked, told, made to stop. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:00, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note This item has been pulled pending consensus. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Article updated and souced good. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:04, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Apart from all the parts of the article that aren't sourced you mean? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:06, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The sourcing hasn't be significantly improved from when I casted my !vote above. --MASEM (t) 22:08, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, apart from some quite major statements about her personal life and the entire filmography. The Career section needs improvement too as it's a litany of stand-alone sentences (She did this. Then she did this. Then this. And this. etc.) This was posted without a single support (Masem posted "Support on improvement", but it wasn't improved, as he's pointed out.) People seriously need to stop pulling stunts like this on the Main Page. Black Kite (talk) 23:58, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can anybody point out specific facts in the article that are wrong or dubious? Additionally, if you think copy editing is needed, lend a hand. TRM especially could have left me a note or sent an email instead of raising a fuss on multiple pages. Very bad form! I know TRM dislikes all things American, but this is just absurd bureaucracy for the sake of obstruction. Jehochman Talk 01:38, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not that the facts may be dubious, it is about the quality of articles highlighted on WP's Main Page. Sourcing problems for BLP are not acceptable. --MASEM (t) 01:54, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    What facts are dubious? What contentious material is unsourced? You don't seem to understand the letter or the spirit of the relevant policy. These rules aren't meant to create huge bureaucracy. This article is quite informative and useful to anybody looking for more info about the subject, as many people are because it's "in the news". If we wait until its no longer in the news, we are failing our readers. Jehochman Talk 01:56, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Jehochman, thank you for your comment. I think a number of editors on here have made quite clear their reservations about the quality of this article. There is a longstanding, albeit informal consensus on this page with regard to minimum standards, including referencing, for articles that we recommend for linking on the main page. In general they include at least one cite for all paragraphs excepting very short and obviously non-controversial claims, and that all tables be decently sourced. As for bad form, what would you call unilaterally posting an article against consensus? -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:58, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What SPECIFICALLY is the problem with this article. It has more references and is better quality than other things already posted. I do not see a standard here. I see a double standard. Jehochman Talk 02:16, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The tables are almost completely unsourced and it has an orange tag which reflects this. Orange tags are generally a showstopper here. Clearly you disagree with the rest of us. Why don't you just post a Support vote with your rational? That's how things generally work around here. We vote, we discuss and we strive for consensus. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:24, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Is any info in the tables wrong? Show one example and I will accept your thesis. The msintenance tag was added after the fact, by TRM. Jehochman Talk 02:35, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know if it's all factual or not because the claims mostly lack reliable source citations that can be checked. That is the whole point of references. That an Admin does not grasp this is somewhat unsettling. And I would argue that TRM was quite correct to add the tag. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:40, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Why don't yougo find an example of an error. It is not necessary to have an inline citation for every fact. Only facts likely to be challenged. If you click the links I think you will find many citations in the referenced articles. The reader is not being mislead. Your ad hominem attack reveals your bias. Jehochman Talk 02:57, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:V says otherwise, that all material must be verifible. Now, in terms of a BLP, it only becomes an issue if the fact is contentious, at which point unsourced statements should be removed until they can be sourced. Her appearances in various shows isn't contentious, but they still need to be verifible. Now, that said, I of the mindset that as long as the blue-link for a show exists, that's at least barely sufficient to post to the front page for an RD, the implication is that the blue-link would confirm the information. (At the time I !voted, there were several red links, they have been removed). But that's my stance, I think others want to see each row sourced. --MASEM (t) 03:11, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict)You think that having entire lists of claimed appearances on TV, in film or on the stage, almost entirely unsourced is not a problem? Really? Have you read WP:V? Even by the standard of merely likely to be challenged that is a lot to take on "I trust you." Our standards are not quite as extreme as WP:V, but by longstanding consensus, at ITNC we do require that tables must be at least generally sourced. I get it that you do not agree with that. But clearly you are arguing against consensus here. At this point I think that all we can do is agree to disagree. Again I suggest you post your Support vote and rational. Beyond that I think we have both made our arguments and it is time to move on. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • As a non-American, I think Florence Henderson is certainly prominent enough to be known to readers across the English-speaking world and thus her posting news of her death is RD-worthy. I made an edit or two about her death, haven't looked in detail at the bio, so no comment on the article being main page-ready, but the death certainly is, IMO. On TRM, as a regular at DYK, I would say that his manner of communication there has improved substantially of late and there is usually a basis for his comments on article quality, so I encourage all to try to look dispassionately at his points on that topic while putting aside manner-related issues to the extent that that is practicable. Just my $0.02. EdChem (talk) 02:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ready all tags have been addressed, with uncited claims removed and verifiable primary sources (show episodes for which she is credited) serving as their own support. μηδείς (talk) 03:20, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Not ready I see no improvement in referencing for the tables. Not sure why the ref improve tag was removed w/o any improvement. WP:Wikipedia is not a reliable source. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:41, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • See WP:PRIMARY. A named or dated episode of a show serves as its own primary source for credited cast or simple plot summaries. It is up to you to challenge specific claims if they are incorrect, but other than the name of the show and the episode, which can be verified, no other source is necessary to prove her mere appearance. That there was an award, or an analysis of the show would need a source, since those matters are not themselves contained in the primary source:

        Policy: Unless restricted by another policy, primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care, because it is easy to misuse them.[4] Any interpretation of primary source material requires a reliable secondary source for that interpretation. A primary source may only be used on Wikipedia to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge.

        But things such as "Julie Andrews played Maria in the 1965 film The Sound of Music are verifiable from the credits alone. Obviously, reading the credits is a straightforward descriptive determination. This is long standing policy and practice. μηδείς (talk) 04:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm afraid that's nonsense. How can I verify she appeared on Ellen in 2007? The linked article makes no mention of her at all. It's just one of many unverifiable claims. Worse are the stage credits, generically linked to the shows themselves. This claim that somehow PRIMARY means we can bypass verifiable reliable sources is bunkum. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Article seems to have improved sufficiently, but it's not quite as great as one would hope after 24 hours of revisions. --Sunshineisles2 (talk) 05:06, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD mention. seems adequate. people coming to WP when someone dies will always be mystified by us not including significant deaths just cause the article is not, say, GA or B. please, just no stubs, ok? (im sort of a gradualist, so im biased)Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:19, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this is ready to post. – Muboshgu (talk) 06:23, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Just added citations for a few last unsourced statements. Why it is so difficult for people to do a cursory Google search to find a reliable source supporting something and add the proper citation to Wikipedia is beyond me. This is ready to go. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:26, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment not ready, most of the tables are unreferenced, including claims of appearances on stage shows which don't link to anything but the generic show article. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment see Sharon Jones (singer) for an example of a recent suitably referenced RD. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:08, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reposted, per subsequent discussion and article updates Jehochman Talk 07:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record, re-posted by the involved admin in spite of unaddressed referencing concerns. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    This isn't WP:FAC. Please identify any libelous, controversial or erroneous statement and I will deal with it immediately. Jehochman Talk 08:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Who mentioned FAC? We normally reference all claims on BLPs, as I have already demonstrated to you. Your personal attacks, harassment and involved behaviour are most unbecoming of an admin. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I appreciate your high standards, but let's not have perfect be the enemy of good. Jehochman Talk 08:58, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Then stop your personal attacks. As an admin you should know better. And no-one said anything about perfection. It has already been demonstrated to you that BLPs can and should be fully and verifiably referenced before they're posted. You and your rogue colleagues are bypassing policy and consensus. You should do better. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Re-corrected note: Article got 535,000 views Friday, 232,000 Saturday. Sca (talk) 16:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No, it's not good enough, and sorry, those hits aren't based on the quality of the article. So I'm not sure what point either of you are trying to make. Mind you, one of you abused his tools (on one of a few instances) by turning the text purple when Prince died, so I'm not sure how much to consider your opinion... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Musta been Ed. I would never do such a low-down thing. Sca (talk) 22:51, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's great to have the pre-arb case The Rambling Man back. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure I understand the point you're making. There are still changes that need to be made here, in particular with the cadre of American admins who routinely abuse their position and tools. I'm just highlighting that issue, I suppose you wish it'd just go away, right? Well I'm afraid not. While there's an appetite to strongly enforce WP:ADMINACCT, I think we should be more closely examining a number of other admins' behavioural competencies. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 05:47, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure where you think that applies to me, systemically speaking, but cheers indeed. I'm out of this unproductive conversation. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:00, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Did you forget that you were hauled to ANI regarding your abuse of the tools? I haven't. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 24[edit]

November 24, 2016 (2016-11-24) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Organosilicon[edit]

Articles: Hypothetical types of biochemistry (talk · history · tag) and Organosilicon (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Scientists successfully create enzymes that can form carbon–silicon bonds (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A new enzyme that can form carbon–silicon bonds is synthesized, raising the possibility of exotic forms of biochemistry
News source(s): [10] [11]
Credits:

Both articles updated

Nominator's comments: Both articles not updated, not sure where to put the update either. But significance should not be in doubt, and the current blurbs are a little old. Banedon (talk) 06:29, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Question This is all quite fascinating as well as a bit over my head. Could someone explain to me the practical implications of this is layman's terms? Thanks. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:24, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Silicon is the next row down from carbon on the periodic table, and thus has a similar valence shell - namely it can create four covalent bonds with other materials. As such, everything that happens with carbon based organic chemistry should hypothetically happen with silicon-based chemistry. Hence the sci-fi-ish idea of "silicon-based life forms". That said, silicon is one of those things than our known carbon-based organic chemistry rarely interacts with. The ability to form a carbon-silicon bond by a carbon-based enzyme potentially sets of a pathway towards orgo-silicate chemistry. --MASEM (t) 16:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Carbon-silicon bonds are not found in biochemical processes--basically, living organisms cannot form these bonds (like they do for other compounds: carbon-hydrogen, carbon-oxygen, carbon-carbon, etc.). The enzymes in living organisms are what catalyze these reactions. Organosilicon compounds (compounds with carbon-silicon bonds) are widely encountered in commercial products, like sealants, caulks, adhesives, and coatings made from silicones. Basically, these cannot be made from plant matter; chemists must invent different chemical reactions to form compounds with these bonds. These reactions are not very efficient. Now, for the first time, scientists have modified a certain enzyme (by introducing mutations-different amino acids in the enzyme part that catalyzes the reaction) from a hot springs bacteria than can form these carbon-silicon bonds. This shows that an organism with carbon-silicon bonds could exist in theory, and also provides a much better process for making these compounds that could be used commercially ("the enzyme can forge silicon-carbon bonds 15 times more efficiently than the best catalyst invented by chemists, and is also comparatively easier to modify, it can eventually serve as an alternative to the current techniques used to manufacture organosilicon materials widely used in semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.") SpencerT♦C 17:00, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Organosilicon#Preparation is likely the best place for an update. SpencerT♦C 17:00, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Seems scientifically significant based on the comments above EdwardLane (talk) 17:53, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support per EdwardLane. I have also added a bold link to the blurb. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:21, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support thinking a theory for bio+abio nanotech in future. Nannadeem (talk) 18:28, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for two reasons. First, the nominated articles are not remotely updated. Second, this is mostly hype. The compounds already can be made; an enzyme just is more efficient. If the articles could be updated to properly reflect the finding and avoid speculation and exaggeration then it would be okay to post this. Abductive (reasoning) 18:42, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not yet: The organosilicon article linked in the blurb does not use the word "enzyme," so the blurb does not suit the article. I would avoid the word "create" in the blurb, too, as it sounds like the work took an existing enzyme and modified it, which is a long way different from creating an enzyme de novo. The updates are clearly not sufficient for a main page appearance at the present time. EdChem (talk) 02:29, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is the sort of discovery/innovation that leads to a Nobel Prize, and the source itself says "Modified bacterial enzyme taught to make bonds that evolution avoids" which is more important than the wording of our article, which is not itself a source. μηδείς (talk) 03:29, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment both articles updated now, and proposing alt blurb that uses both articles. Banedon (talk) 09:56, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Not anymore in the case of Organosilicon, apparently wasn't considered a suitable article to update (no research in there). Narayanese (talk) 17:36, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment the main excitement, if there is any, about this news report derives from the assumption that something important of highly novel was achieved, because few or no editors understand organosilicon chemistry. In my opinion, the making of Si-C bonds by enzymes is overhyped. --Smokefoot (talk) 15:21, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Any reasons to back up the assertion that this is overhyped? Banedon (talk) 15:53, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    How about the fact that it has vanished from the news media? Abductive (reasoning) 20:04, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Hillah suicide truck bombing[edit]

Article: November 2016 Hillah suicide truck bombing (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 100 Shia pilgrims are killed in a truck bomb attack in Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility. (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

Article updated

 --Mhhossein talk 18:51, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for now on article quality. No issue with the ITN worthiness of the nomination, but the article is a stub. It needs expansion before we could seriously consider it for linking on the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:31, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Still very short, but probably meets the minimal standards. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:18, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ad Orientem: I've done some edits now and will make some more so that the article find its requisite qualifications. --Mhhossein talk 18:12, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man: It has improved a bit, I think. --Mhhossein talk 07:30, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Striking oppose at this point, it's been expanded a bit and looks more reasonable. I'd trim down the See also to about four rather than the current nine, particularly as you have the templates to the side and bottom of the article which link to some of those See also's already. I made a few tweaks. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is this incident/terrorism still in pending ques? Nannadeem (talk) 15:15, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Tone: What are we waiting for? --Mhhossein talk 19:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I was not following this one. The article is in a good shape, posting. --Tone 19:32, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Israel wildfires[edit]

Article: November 2016 Israel fires (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Over 60,000 people are evacuated in Israel after a wave of fires. (Post)
News source(s): Times of Israel
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Needs some work. I'll try to work on this, but this should be noteworthy enough for ITN. Dat GuyTalkContribs 14:36, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose While affecting a large number of people, the amount of damage seems very small compared to the 2010 wildfires, and there's only reports of people treated for smoke inhalation as opposed to 40 deaths from 2010. Add that some of this appears to be started by arsonists, making it more domestic crime than a natural disaster aspect. --MASEM (t) 14:40, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose. Being a small country(in terms of area) an evacuation of 60,000 does not seem insignificant to me- and Israel is getting international help in fighting the fires; but I would like to see coverage of this outside of Israel in some form, and maybe more discussion in the article about significant damage in order to support. 331dot (talk) 14:49, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance - with all due respect to Masem, the impact of this kind of event should not be measured by the lack of dead people. 60k people is not little. Having said that the article is only two short paragraphs right now, which is hard to post. Banedon (talk) 14:52, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose inconvenient. If it gets substantially worse and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage and/or many lives are lost, it's news. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I am now writting the article and the reality is much more of a clusterfu.. than the article is. There were fires pretty much all across Israel and many of them were reportidly arsons that might"ve been caused by nationalists. I"ll suggest to wait a few hours with the nomination.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 14:56, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's fairly big in U.S. media, with dramatic images. And the story is looking bigger, too. Sca (talk) 01:17, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
But not so much on Saturday. Sca (talk) 16:19, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 23[edit]

November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23) (Wednesday)
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  • The $4B USS Zumwalt, thought to be the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced vessel to date, suffers a large engineering malfunction while crossing the Panama Canal. This is the craft's second major malfunction since its launch less than a month prior. (CNN)
  • Astronomers announce the discovery of a near 3000 cubic mile subterranean deposit of ice on Mars. Researchers claim it can easily be used as a sustainable resource for a manned mission to the red planet. (FOX News)

2016 Kashmir unrest[edit]

Articles: 2016 Kashmir unrest (talk · history · tag) and Kashmir conflict (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Tensions escalate in Kashmir, as 20 people are killed in cross-border artillery exchanges between the Indian Army and Pakistani Army. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Twenty people, including ten civilians, are killed by artillery fire in border clashes between Pakistan and India as tensions flare in the Kashmir region.
News source(s): [12]
Credits:

First article updated, second needs updating

Nominator's comments: After a period of relative peace, tensions seem to be flaring up in this volatile region once more. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 21:52, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, this article seems more suitable for on-going as it covers events of 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19, 22 and 23 November. It's gonna be difficult to put in blurb some specific event. Or we might have to run a generic and vague blurb like "India-Pakistan military confrontation leads to deaths of civilians, militants and military of both countries." §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 11:17, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Ralph Branca[edit]

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

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: It needs work, I know. Should be sufficient now. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:39, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea sentenced for Cambodian genocide[edit]

Nomination withdrawn. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:00, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles: Khieu Samphan (talk · history · tag) and Nuon Chea (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were sentenced for their crimes against humanity committed during Cambodian genocide. (Post)
News source(s): (CNN), (Reuters), (Reppler), The Guardian
Credits:
 Jenda H. (talk) 16:24, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment We actually posted that in 2014. This is the result of the appeal. Not sure if it merits another posting. If so, the articles still lack updates. --Tone 17:19, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Did we? Well I didn't remember that. So I propose withdrawal. sorry--Jenda H. (talk) 22:23, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We don't generally post the results of appeals unless the previous convictions/sentences are overturned which is not the case here. Also the blurb is factually inaccurate. They were not sentenced. That happened two years ago. All that happened is that the appellate court upheld the earlier convictions and sentences. Lastly, per Tone, the articles have not been updated. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 22[edit]

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RD: M. Balamuralikrishna[edit]

Article: M. Balamuralikrishna (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hindu, The Times of India
Credits:

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: Acclaimed Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer and composer. Has given over 25,000 concerts worldwide. Recipient of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Mahatma Gandhi Silver Medal (from UNESCO) and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier). —Vensatry (talk) 16:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ram Naresh Yadav[edit]

Article: Ram Naresh Yadav (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TOI, The Hindu, India Today, DNA
Credits:

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 veteran Indian leader, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, former Governor of Madhya Pradesh and a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Pratyush (talk) 07:50, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose. The article hardly mentions his achievements in office, and concentrates on his alleged involvement in wrongdoing which is insufficiently explained within the article. Also underreferenced, with tense problems and no information on his death. Espresso Addict (talk) 11:06, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 21[edit]

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RD: William Trevor[edit]

Article: William Trevor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times News Corp Australia BBC News Los Angeles Times
Credits:

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: Acclaimed writer of novels, plays and short stories, writing from the 1950s to the present day. His works are regarded by some (including John Banville) as "the equal of Chekhov and Babel". Often mentioned in recent years as a contender for a Nobel Prize. TheEngine (talk) 23:23, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for now due to poor referencing. First, welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your nomination. The unofficial minimum standard around here for nominated articles is usually at least one RS citation for each paragraph and all tables need cites. Exceptions for obviously non-controversial material per WP:BLUE. The article doesn't need to be GA or FA but it does need to be reasonably well referenced with no glaring gaps. I will happily reconsider my oppose on improvement. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:31, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose and I note the OP removed several CN templates. No doubt in GF. I've reverted the edit. ... richi (hello) 23:43, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose inadequate referencing. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:08, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] 2016 Fukushima earthquake[edit]

Happily this appears to have been something of a non-event. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:57, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2016 Fukushima earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 strikes near Fukushima, Japan, triggering a tsunami and mass evacuations. (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Article updated
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[Closed] 2016 Tennessee school bus crash[edit]

Procedural close. We don't generally nominate non-existent articles. Feel free to renominate once there is somehting to look at and discuss. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2016 Tennessee school bus crash (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 12 people are killed in a school bus crash near Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Post)
News source(s): CBS
Article needs updating
Nominator's comments: Article needs to be created. Significant and highly unusual - especially in terms of number of deaths.
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[Closed] Protest against Dakota Access Timeline[edit]

Closed last time as "no consensus". Closed this time as "consensus against". BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 16:28, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Dakota Access Pipeline protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC, NBC News, NPR
Nominator's comments: Although this has been an ongoing protest for many months, the pipeline must be completed by January 1, 2017 to meet the banks' deadline, so I believe that this event will have an ending date. This story is not represented in corporate news as much as election politics and other manufactured news that receives a disproportionate coverage from US news sources, but this story is being covered by news sources around the globe and it interest a great many people as evident by social media. The scale of this event deserves more attention. Mannydantyla (talk) 21:04, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@331dot: that was a mistake, I've corrected it now Mannydantyla (talk) 21:15, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And it looks to me that it's just as continually updated as the only article in the Ongoing list right now, which is the Battle of Mosul. As for Wikipedia is not for bringing attention to good causes, I honestly don't know what to say about this... if it's a relevant article that meets the requirements then what's it matter if it's a "noble cause" or not? I really wish that Wikipedia wasn't so uptight and institutional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mannydantyla (talk • contribs) 21:25, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Aside from the occasional celebrity or politician appearing at the protest, what tangible actions are occurring other than the mere occurrence of the protest? 331dot (talk) 21:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Irving A. Fradkin[edit]

Article: Irving A. Fradkin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Herald News
Credits:

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 Scholarship America (one of the nation's largest charity foundations) and has received recognition, such as by CNN "for making higher education affordable". A renowned American philanthropist. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 07:00, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 20[edit]

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[Posted] Jimmie Johnson wins 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship[edit]

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Article: 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Jimmie Johnson (pictured) wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most titles at seven. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Jimmie Johnson (pictured) wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, tying the record for most titles with seven
News source(s): MRN, USA Today
Credits:

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: Historic record-tying championship in the premier series of stock car racing. Dough4872 02:26, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak Oppose solely based on some gaps in referencing. The unofficial standard around here is that all paragraphs need at least one citation and tables need to be referenced with common sense exceptions for obviously non-controversial (see WP:BLUE) material. Otherwise this looks like a solid article. Will happily reconsider once those gaps are filled. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Pukhrayan train derailment[edit]

Article: Pukhrayan train derailment (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 96 people are killed when a train derails in Kanpur, India. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Nominator's comments: Still a basic stub, needs expansion and then, no doubt, copyediting... The Rambling Man (talk) 07:44, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 19[edit]

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RD: Denton Cooley[edit]

Article: Denton Cooley (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times, PBS News Hour, ABC News
Credits:

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: Installed first artificial heart. pbp 02:10, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 18[edit]

November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18) (Friday)
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  • Syrian Civil War
    • Syrian government air raid hits a children's hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. (Aljazeera)
    • Witnesses and activists report that at least 49 people are killed in east Aleppo in heavy government air strikes that started late yesterday. (Aljazeera)

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  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denies the release of Brendan Dassey, subject of the 2015 documentary series Making a Murderer. (CNN)
  • The New York Attorney General announces that Donald Trump has settled three lawsuits by former students of Trump University for $25 million. (BBC)
  • In Melbourne Australia, a homeless asylum seeker battling mental issues from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community set himself on fire in an arson attack that injured 26 people. Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews there was no suggestion the suspect had terrorist motives.Australia AP
  • At a South Minneapolis in-home daycare, owner Nataliia Karia told a parent she "couldn't take it anymore" after hanging a child from a noose. She fled in a vehicle rampage ran over and dragged a pedestrian, hit a bicycle rider and several vehicles before attempting to jump from a bridge when she was arrested. 3 were injured. (Heavy) (People) (Complaint)

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[Posted to RD]: Sharon Jones[edit]

Article: Sharon Jones (singer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone, Variety
Credits:

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) 02:13, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Withdrawn] Arba'een Pilgrimage[edit]

Withdrawn by nominator. 331dot (talk) 15:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Arba'een Pilgrimage (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Per sources this event is the largest world gathering that is held every year. The event has started some ten days ago and will finish by Arbaeen day. I think this notable event deserves to be an ongoing item. Mhhossein talk 12:13, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • If this is the largest world gathering, it may merit posting as a traditional ITN item, but not Ongoing. Ongoing is meant for continually updated articles, not just for events that are in progress. Are their frequent changes/additions to this event's article? 331dot (talk) 12:19, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
331dot: Then I have to tell you that it's the largest as the sources say. You can see Independent, Al-Jazeera, and IBTimes. You can probably find more. Btw, this is an ongoing event, i.e. it has started some days ago and will last some more days. However, the article does not need frequent changes. --Mhhossein talk 12:28, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also see using this source I support my claim that 'Arba'een pilgrimage is the largest annual gathering in human history'. --Mhhossein talk 12:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For Ongoing, articles do need to get frequent updates. Please review the Ongoing section description on this page. As I indicated, Ongoing is not for merely posting events in progress. I don't dispute that this is a large gathering being covered in the media, which is why I stated that it should be nominated as a regular nomination. 331dot (talk) 12:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
331dot: Thanks for the useful link. So, can you help with this? --Mhhossein talk 12:35, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What is it you want help with? Changing this to a regular nomination? 331dot (talk) 12:40, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. But I think that needs a fresh reliable source allowing us to update the article which I could not find. --Mhhossein talk 12:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Knowing little about this event, I probably would not be helpful in finding sources about it, but I have changed the nomination- though I'm not sure about what the blurb should be. 331dot (talk) 12:49, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] Warren Mitchell[edit]

Sorry guys, it was early and the coffee hadn't kicked in. Mjroots (talk) 07:33, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Warren Mitchell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): (ITV)
Credits:

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Notable British actor, famous for portraying Alf Garnett in Till Death us do Part and In Sickness and in Health Mjroots (talk) 06:43, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 17[edit]

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    • The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports a car bomb has killed at least ten people in the city of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters)
    • At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in air strikes and artillery shelling by government forces in Ghouta in the Damascus countryside, substantial damaging to residential areas. (Aljazeera)
    • The Syrian government targeted an international relief agency and Palestinian refugee camp in Khan Sheha, which has been under siege for two months. (Aljazeera)
    • Media reports say a hospital in Aleppo neighborhood is bombed on night by the Syrian government. (Aljazeera)

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[Closed] Canadian national bird[edit]

Consensus against. Insert your own bird-related pun. BencherliteTalk 08:41, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Gray jay (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Royal Canadian Geographical Society officially nominates the Gray jay (pictured) as the national bird of Canada. (Post)
News source(s): (CBC) (CTV) (Canadian Geographic)
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Canada is one of the world's few countries without an official national bird. The article may contain original research in a subsequent section from the updated one, and may require cleanup. 23.233.82.54 (talk) 04:48, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose good faith nomination. I know things are kinda slow right now but this is just not ITN material. Cute bird though. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:07, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose this is only a recommendation to the Canadian government. Obviously this will be huge news if they endorse the choice, but no posting for now. Stephen
Huge, huge news. Abductive (reasoning) 18:05, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I can't imagine this being particularly impactful even within Canada (unless there is some controversy going on that I am not aware of), let alone globally. "Call me if Canada plans to change their flag," I'd almost say :p ~Mable (chat) 19:49, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the nomination, but I oppose posting a mere recommendation. I'm not even sure it would merit posting if this goes through, but certainly not now. 331dot (talk) 20:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 16[edit]

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November 15[edit]

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  • The global bonds sell-off continue amid uncertainty over Donald Trump as stock markets continue to rise to record levels. (BBC)

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[Posted] RD: Mose Allison[edit]

Article: Mose Allison (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times New York Times
Credits:

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 needs more sources, and the lead needs to be expanded (as per the giant orange tag at the top). Everymorning (talk) 20:06, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Paul Rosche[edit]

Article: Paul Rosche (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AutoSport
Credits:

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: Renowned engine designer, everything seems to be sourced. EternalNomad (talk) 16:07, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support on update - The article makes no mention beyond the first line about his death. This needs to be included. The article could be better assembled (even though he's notable for those cars and engines given, I'm not a big fan of these types of galleries), but those issues themselves should not stop this being an RD once the update is done. --MASEM (t) 16:23, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose as noted by Masem, the article is a little "different", while the galleries are nice, there's not so much detail on the bio itself. I'd like to see fewer images and more detail on his life, but I know I'll be a lone voice. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:11, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support based on fully cited article, although an image or two from the now-deleted gallery should probably be preserved, and the news of his death expanded (there's one mention at the end). Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:22, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, this seems somewhat unhelpful. Of course a fully cited article would garner your support, are you actually saying that all there is all you deem necessary for an RD article? We simply don't post under-referenced BLPs. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:42, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The article does not provide full coverage of the subject's life. The problem with deaths reported in specialist publications is that they don't tend to include the basic biographical details that a newspaper obituary would provide as a matter of course. I'd also like to see a reference for the third paragraph of the lead, which doesn't appear to be directly referenced in the body. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:10, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - definitely for RD,BabbaQ (talk) 22:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted to RD]: Sixto Durán Ballén[edit]

Article: Sixto Durán Ballén (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times, CNN en Español, FOX News, ABC News, Indian Express, Daily Mail, Pakistan Point
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: Former president of his respected nation, has been well praised by the Ecuadorian government and has been most notably been remembered as the president who oversaw the Cenepa War and helped modernize Ecuador. Highly influential figure in Ecuadorian politics even after he left office. Article is sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Its covered by El Universo who I would expect to get this right. Its also covered by other Spanish-language websites and print news. Only in death does duty end (talk) 17:26, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
According to this source, El Universo is now rated "not free", being subject to significant government pressure and legislation. Andrew D. (talk) 17:38, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Britannica source has been resolved. Awaiting further obits to be published soon. Just added the NYT obit. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The sentence in question is still unchanged from 2006. The source has been changed from Britannica to the Indian Express which seems to have even less to say about the subject's economic policies. And the citation calls the newspaper the Times of India for some reason. The NYT obituary is quite unconvincing as it's just a brief wire story. If ITN is supposed to be a mark of quality then please put me down as Oppose. Andrew D. (talk) 21:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, are you saying ITN should use a quality threshold or are you saying ITN should post items regardless to appease our readers (like Fr and De Wikipedia)? I'm not clear on your various messages at all. Could you summarise your position for the benefit of the rest of use please? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the previous case, I was discussing people who are so famous that their articles will be read regardless. This chap doesn't seem in that category. His death did cause a spike in readership yesterday but it was only 648. That's not 648 thousand but just 648. Andrew D. (talk) 22:14, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm afraid you're still not being clear on what you expect at ITN, and that's what we're here to discuss. Yesterday you were happy to void the compliance with BLP, today you're suggesting this RD shouldn't be posted because of a lack of quality. Is it because it's not featured on French or German Wikipedia that you object, or is it because it has a mechanical count of too many citations, or does it not comply with ITN criteria somehow? I'm afraid I'm finding your interjections a little too confusing. I may be the only one, but gauging it on comments of other contributors, even that doesn't appear to be the case. Are you commenting here, just as you do at RFAs, to token-oppose? I'm not seeing any value in many of your recent contributions here, but please, if anyone else can find something positive, let me know. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 14[edit]

November 14, 2016 (2016-11-14) (Monday)
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Science and technology
  • Spanish archaeologists in Luxor announce the discovery of an approximately 3000 year old mummy in "near perfect" condition. (MSN)

[Posted] RD: Marti Friedlander[edit]

Article: Marti Friedlander (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Radio New Zealand
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: New Zealand photographer who started life in a Jewish orphanage in London. Article is sourced. MurielMary (talk) 08:56, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Gwen Ifill[edit]

Article: Gwen Ifill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
Credits:

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: Well-known anchor of PBS Newshour. There are a few places where references could reasonably be added, and the coverage of her career could be expanded, but the current article is decent. Dragons flight (talk) 20:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support. She will be missed. R.I.P. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:34, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. I have already seen the page, which presents a good synopsis dully referenced. Nevertheless, thanks for my GK. Nannadeem (talk) 21:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Moldova presidential election[edit]

Article: Moldovan presidential election, 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Igor Dodon is elected president of Moldova in the first ever direct presidential election. (Post)
News source(s): DNA
Credits:

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: FIRST direct presidential election. Maybe PM resignes Here too Lihaas (talk) 09:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Officially run by the state. Fraud has only been an accusation.Lihaas (talk) 18:27, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Whether it is a sham election or not is irrelevant; it's their election. Information about the legitimacy and fairness of the election can be put in the article, and readers can decide. 331dot (talk) 21:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bulgarian presidential election[edit]

Article: Bulgarian presidential election, 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Rumen Radev is elected president of Bulgaria. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Independent candidate Rumen Radev is elected President of Bulgaria, and Boyko Borisov resigns as Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
Credits:

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: Plus the PM may very well resing and have a new general election Lihaas (talk) 09:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

comment id remove "Independent candidate" as we only add that for parliamentary elections. but otherwise good one!Lihaas (talk) 10:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Protests against South Korean president[edit]

Article: 2016 South Korean protests (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A large protest rally in Seoul calls for the resignation of Park Geun-hye due to a political scandal. (Post)
News source(s): The Telegraph, Chicago Tribune
Credits:

Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: The article needs updating and expansion, but the scale of this event deserves the attention of editors. Conservative estimates by the police say a quarter of a million attended the most recent protest on Saturday 12 November. Western media is saying "hundreds of thousands" and the mayor of Seoul claimed 1.26 million people were there based on public transport figures. We don't have to specify a number, but this is a major issue receiving attention inside and out of Korea. If we do not feature this single rally, then the ongoing scandal and protests could be treated as an ongoing event. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 05:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Neutral on the merits - Oppose on article quality. This is a huge political scandal in S Korea which I tend to think is worth a mention on ITN. My preference would be to address the scandal more so than the protest. Political protests, even very large ones, are far more common in that part of the world than in the West. Alas I am not impressed by the article which I think is just too thin for linking on the main page. I would be happy to reconsider upon expansion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:33, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance, although ongoing might be better considering it's an ongoing scandal. Article quality is sufficient to me. Banedon (talk) 06:10, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, barring confirmation on the size of the protest. A million+ protest would be something, but we don't have this confirmed. --MASEM (t) 06:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose These protests are, at least, much more convincing than those in the United States, because the protests clearly know what they want to achieve. However, there were many protests demanding the same in other countries that failed to succeed. I don't know why we should particularly stress this one. Please wait until the resignation actually takes place.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • To answer the question of "why", it is because this protest is in the news now. The failure of past protests in other countries is irrelevant. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:43, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • There are several hundred stories in the news at the moment but not enough room on the main page to post all of them. This is nowhere on the top and some media have even removed it from their main page (e.g. BBC, The Telegraph) or have hidden it as a marginilised side story (e.g. CNN).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on expansion. Even going by conservative estimates, 250,000 people in one city across one day is a sizeable protest. This is probably the most significant political story out of East Asia since Duterte's rhetoric over the summer and Hong Kong's legislative issue. South Korea is known for Samsung and its neighbour. This story involves neither. Its first female head of state is facing calls to resign over allegations that a friend is influencing government policies (i.e. conflict of interest/cronyism/corruption). Unfortunately, neither the scandal or the protest article reflects its importance at this time. Probably should be moved to the day of the protest (12 Nov) as well. Fuebaey (talk) 14:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on some article expansion; the current state doesn't really explain much about the protests. This is a big story. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - on significance. BabbaQ (talk) 22:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose stale. 95% of the article is written about events that took place nine or more days ago. And linkrot-tastic. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Protests against Trump[edit]

No consensus. It's clear that we aren't going to be agreeing on this any time soon, so I'm just going to close this as such to save us some time. JudgeRM (talk to me) 13:13, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Protests against Donald Trump (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, Reuters, Aljazeera
Nominator's comments: It's the fifth day of the protests and might continue in coming days. We can have it as an ongoing item. Mhhossein talk 03:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for Ongoing This is big news and the article is being updated with great regularity. Article quality is solid and referencing is excellent (for a refreshing change around here). -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note I took the liberty of moving this from November 9th to the 14th as it is an Ongoing nomination. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:02, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ongoing. These protests have received major coverage in media across the globe. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 05:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I imagine this will continue for approximately four, or even eight, years. It's not particularly interesting and it's not particularly surprising. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ongoing per Notecardforfree. If we adhere to a strictly "all countries are equal" rule then this would not be postable; on the other hand I do not think we should adhere to such a rule, and this development while internal to the US attracts a lot of international attention. Banedon (talk) 06:12, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The problem with this type of story for ongoing is that what is the "end" of the story? There is no defined end, and I expect these protests to continue up through and beyond innaugeration day. Unless we're talking protests that are completing shutting down cities, or causes severe injuries (eg like the riots after the Rodney King verdict), we should avoid these vague stories, even if they are covered regularly in the newspapers. --MASEM (t) 06:16, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For whatever it is worth, the Occupy protests are documented to have had among the longest lifespan of any coherent series of protests in modern history. In fact, any series of protests which exceeds a month is already in rarified territory.
(The reason this is not quite so evident currently is because we have had in rapid succession multiple major events which each impact on the other: 9/11, invasion of Iraq, financial crash 2008+, Arab Spring, Syrian civil war, rise of ISIS, economic warfare between Saudi Arabia and Iran (oil market crash), Greek/EU economic crisis, Ebola epidemic, migrant crisis in Europe, Brexit, major Brazil economic and political crisis, and now Trump (which was just as much a "change" reactionary vote as Obama's election was in 2008). Such a series of extreme events with worldwide impacts is by far the exception, not the norm. The last time I can think of that was so negatively turbulent ended in the mid-1970s. Even the falling of the Berlin Wall, collapse of the USSR etc -- seriously major event -- did not spark the same kind of extended turbulence outside the Warsaw Pact countries themselves.)
The anti-Trump protests have been going on for over a year now, which definitely puts that coherent protest movement up into the exceptional category. As to when it ends for Wikipedia ITN purposes, simple: when international news no longer covers it as a front section story, and when the article is no longer updated frequently every day. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 16:31, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for ongoing — these protests are significant, with widespread and worldwide media coverage. Although the longevity of the protests is unknown, for as long as it is covered by the media and is considered significant, it would merit its inclusion on ITN. However, I suspect these protests will die down, just as we never thought there would be a definite, short-term end to Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, protests against police shootings, but these protests have come and gone and were featured on ITN. 2607:FEA8:A25F:FB9A:555:EFD0:F1BC:D30 (talk) 06:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • This should NOT be moved to ongoing before dropping off the regular ITN. Nergaal (talk) 06:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on impact, and as unsuitable for Ongoing. As others have noted, protests of some sort will occur probably for the entirety of the Trump presidency. We can know this, because protests against the previous president went on for years after his inauguration, and there's little reason to think that anything will be different this time. Ditto for the president inaugurated eight years before that. Similarly, the protests last time had little effect and I expect the same efficacy this time. Ongoing is meant for events which either 1.) generate so many ITN entries that they would otherwise clutter the ticker (as a means to reduce a events to a single entry), or 2.) to allow related events, which would otherwise not have enough prominence for ITN individually, to be grouped together and posted. So, which is this? It can't be the first one, because I can't think of a single thing that has happened in these protests which we would post. Someone will have to convince me that these separate events, non-notable individually, have a deep impact when taken together. Because I can't convince myself of that case.128.214.53.104 (talk) 07:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the protests against Obama and against Bush were tied to specific policy, not to their election itself. The anti-Obama protests kicked into high gear with Obamacare. The anti-Bush protests kicked into high gear when the U.S. invaded Iraq. Neither was subject to major protests simply on the basis of their candidacy, platform, endorsers, and election. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose People protest every day in many countries against different things. Here it seems like the protesters even don't know what they're protesting about and what they realistically want to achieve. I'd like to reconsider once there are real consequences from these protests.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on poor nomenclature, for one. Trump was actively campaigning for a year and a half without protests. The day after he wins, the protests begin. So these aren't "protests against Trump," but against his winning the election. The article could even be renamed to reflect that. There would have been no protests had he lost, which makes it closer to a protest against losing. As Leonard Cohen sings, "Democracy is coming to the U.S.A." --Light show (talk) 08:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, per the article Protests against Donald Trump, protests against Trump actually started in June 2015, more than one and a half years before the election. (As to the second part, amused: Clinton actually won the popular vote, and the continuing counting of votes seems to be expanding her lead.) - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 16:36, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to go out on a limb here, and just guess that a fairly high percentage of the opinions here are going to split along political lines. (laugh -- if you are a UK voter, you are not exempt. The equivalent would be whether you voted Yes or No on Brexit.) So long story short: there will not and cannot be consensus here, in either direction. For the most part (keeping in mind that there will always be a few exceptions), Trump voters will dismiss the protests, while anti-Trump voters will not. I am certain that Wikipedia editors are just as divided as the U.S. and British electorate generally. I should also add that, after allowing for how poverty (which frequently limits Internet access) corrolates with voting patterns, I fully expect that the division here will break down roughly 2/3 oppose to 1/3 support. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 16:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Suggest close as no consensus There are enough votes and comments in, with oppose and support split roughly evenly, that I think we can agree that we are not going to agree on this one. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose Manufactured news receiving disproprortionate coverage from US news sources, much as was/is done with the rest of this election's coverage. The bizarrely frequent use of "unprecedented" used in comments here to describe this suggests that the media did a great job of making people forget that election protests are a common occurrence, both historically and around the world. - Lvthn13 (talk) 08:10, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 13[edit]

November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13) (Sunday)
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Politics and elections

[Posted] New Zealand earthquake[edit]

Article: 2016 Kaikoura earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes north of Christchurch, New Zealand, triggering tsunami warnings, causing widespread damage and at least 2 deaths. (Post)
News source(s): CNN, CBC, Wall Street Journal
Article updated
  • According to GNS Science here it was 7.5 - the 7.8 figure seems to be from the US Geological Survey. It was very scary - the biggest earthquake I've ever felt, but looking at it objectively I'm not sure it warrants posting unless the death toll rises (which hopefully it won't). Neljack (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, I was just trying to speculate on its depth and I was thinking 20km give or take 10...was it a v. rural area? In an urban area that would be way worse.Lihaas (talk) 08:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas This link has all the latest information on depths, strength etc. Updates within minutes of quakes occurring, too. The area was provincial/rural but the main issue is that it has cut off the main rail and road route through the upper part of the South Island, and destroyed wharves on both sides of the strait between the two islands, so travel and access is now very poor. MurielMary (talk) 10:31, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] [Posted] RD: Leon Russell[edit]

Posted. Take any other issues elsewhere, please. BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 11:00, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Leon Russell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times, ABC News, Reuters
Credits:

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: Well-known American singer, musician and songwriter, Elton John's early inspiration, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Article in good shape with 100 citations and no tags. Light show (talk) 19:10, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lead now expanded. --Light show (talk) 21:15, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, but now we need to work on the unreferenced claims. I don't want to tag-bomb, but to my eyes there are easily half a dozen claims which aren't cited... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It actually would help to have some tags, since there are statements throughout lacking cites. Although I assume many of those may not need them, especially if they have links to articles. --Light show (talk) 21:42, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I'll do that, but assuming that "they have links to articles" is sufficient is a complete and epic fail. Target articles may exist but they may be entirely unreferenced as well. Stand by for tags. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:46, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. But if they're fixed, will that make it an Epic success? --Light show (talk) 21:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done, I've tagged everything I think is needed. I understand it may be a bit anal but I never rely on other articles via wikilinks for verifiability. You fix these, epic is an understatement. GO DOG GO! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just hit the Discography wall [15]. As a drive-by to the article, if I start messing with other people's meticulous charts, it could cause some problems. --Light show (talk) 23:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Append: I held on a bit longer and added four comprehensive sites that listed all, if not more, of the albums and singles listed. Can the tag be removed based on those? This dog's getting tired.--Light show (talk) 00:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's time this was posted in RD. (It's been on French and German WP for some time.) Sca (talk) 23:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The standards of those two Wikipedias are way below those used here to judge article quality. For instance, the French article on Leon Russell has one (1) citation in total and a maintenance tag. Best we don't look to them for guidance on what should and should not to be posted to the main page which receives 15 to 20 million hits per day. Especially when it comes to BLPs of course. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Who knows; consensus on ITN standards could change. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The figure of 15 to 20 million is misleading. RD generates comparatively few views by itself. For example, consider Aileen Mehle which was posted at ITN two days ago. The number of daily views then went from a tiny 895 on 13 Nov to 11,101 on the 14 Nov. In other words, an entry at RD gets you about 10K views – a consistent level whenever I have checked this. Now compare this figure of 10K with the number of views which Leon Russell has had, even though he is not yet listed in RD. That's much greater – 255,652 views on 13 Nov and 206,340 on 14 Nov. So, the idea that RD is acting as a gatekeeper of quality is nonsense because hundreds of thousands of readers are paying no attention to it and are just going straight to the page in question. In such cases of famous people, we should put the entry up at RD as soon as the death is confirmed. This won't make much difference to the readership because that will be large regardless. The point of listing at RD will be, firstly, to make Wikipedia look like it's paying attention and, secondly, to attract the attention of the few Wikipedians like us who might then make a difference to the article's quality. So, famous people like Robert Vaughn and Jimmy Young should have been listed days ago, rather than giving those 15-20 million people the impression that Wikipedia doesn't know or doesn't care about their demise. Andrew D. (talk) 14:03, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's actually 100% wrong. The point of EVERY section on the main page is to highlight quality Wikipedia content. To "make Wikipedia look like it is paying attention" has never been a goal of any part of the main page. --Jayron32 14:07, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The result of this practice is to make the main page look like it is poor quality because it has such glaring omissions. If other language versions like French and German get this right then we should follow their example. Andrew D. (talk) 14:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is largely beside the point. The reader perception (those people who are actually clicking on the links on the main page) is that it is a current events ticker. This is at odds with the much smaller group of people who maintain it. If your consumer has expectations that are unfilled, they will eventually go elsewhere. People expect current events in 'in the news' like they expect famous recently dead people in the recently dead. Quality is a secondary argument to managing the reader's expectations at this time. Only in death does duty end (talk) 14:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's not the point I'm making, whether you think it's beside the point or not. We do not willfully violate core policies such as WP:BLP, particularly not on the main page, even though other Wikipedias do. Now, if you want to rename the section, that's a different discussion entirely. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Light show good work! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Try checking the quality. Look at the first paragraph starting "Born in Lawton, Oklahoma", for example. The sources for that paragraph are Answers.com and the subject's own record company. Neither source would usually be considered reliable and, in any case, there are numerous facts in the paragraph which don't appear in either source, such as the connection with Anita Bryant. So, there's little verified quality here. It's just a mechanical matter of counting citations without any proper fact-checking, right? So, we should not be asserting that a quality threshold has been passed. All that we're saying on the main page is that the subject has died and that seems to be the one fact we can be sure of. Andrew D. (talk) 16:36, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Andrew Davidson Also, sample size of one from the last few days, Janet Reno experienced a 25k+ increase in traffic following her RD posting, it's very easy to pick and choose your statistics to suit your own argument but you also say The figure of 15 to 20 million is misleading followed by rather than giving those 15-20 million people the impression. Is that misleading or not? Are there 15 to 20 millions main hits or not? I'm afraid I find that there's not much logic or consistency with your statements. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:03, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reno was posted on 7 Nov, just two hours after the nomination, and so it is not easy to separate the effect of RD in that case. The 25K bump happened two days later on 9 Nov and so must have been due to some other effect. The overall readership during that period was about half a million. Andrew D. (talk) 08:19, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Davidson please don't deliberately and wilfully misinterpret my comment to Light show. He put in a lot of work on the article, which has since been posted. Your flip of attitude is bemusing, on one hand you're all for completely disregarding one of our core policies in WP:BLP yet now it's complaints about the veracity of sources. On one hand you're advocating we follow the French and German Wikipedias who clearly pay no heed to core policy, and then you complain about quality of posted articles. Then you make a bizarre and utterly unfounded claim about "... a mechanical matter of counting citations without any proper fact-checking .... How bizarre. I'm sorry, but I for one don't follow your line(s) of argument at all. In fact, all I do know is that you are in favour of ignoring core policy, which is particularly peculiar since you seldom make any kind of talk page response without at least one link to a policy or guideline or essay. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:50, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • The ironic thing is that AD in his previous incarnation before he was restricted to one account, used to regularly vote to Keep articles at AfD that had little in the way of reliable sourcing at all, and remove PROD tags from similar. Still, it is what it is. Black Kite (talk) 18:53, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Ironic indeed, and yet while I find no major issue with someone who always goes against the tide, I do question the flip-flop approach to the argument here regarding sourcing of RDs, and I most definitely question the calibre of an editor who is more than happy to ignore WP:BLP just because some other Wikipedia does. Astonishing. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Conor McGregor's victory at UFC 205[edit]

Articles: Conor McGregor (talk · history · tag) and UFC 205 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In mixed martial arts, Conor McGregor defeats Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 and becomes the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Conor McGregor knocks out Eddie Alvarez at the historic UFC 205 event and becomes the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions simultaneously.
News source(s): [16], [17], [18]
Credits:

Nominator's comments: This was the biggest MMA event of all time, broke the MSG gate record and will go down as the best-selling combat sports pay-per-view event of 2016. McGregor's record-breaking finish of Jose Aldo was featured in this section last year. LlamaAl (talk) 08:17, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Update: This was the biggest sports event ever at Madison Square Garden. LlamaAl (talk) 22:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The event broke the UFC's pay-per-view record, the MSG gate and attendance record, and it is estimated that McGregor will make more than 40 million this year. Those $50K awards are the traditional post-fight bonus. LlamaAl (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, as of UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor, there have been 377 UFC events held in 128 cities in 22 countries. LlamaAl (talk) 20:14, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Events with better figures than this nom didn't get posted, recently. Nergaal (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Can you provide an example? LlamaAl (talk) 22:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Guardian , The New York Post and the BBC described McGregor's victory as 'historic'. Forbes labelled the event as "arguably the biggest fight card in MMA history. LlamaAl (talk) 20:21, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Precedent: [19]. Kind regards, LlamaAl (talk) 20:24, 13 November 2016 (UTC)695489569&oldid=695489294[reply]
Yes, I accept we have promoted a UFC before and yes, I accept that popular news outlets will be journalistically covering this. However, as has been said before, 205 episodes of this saga since 1993 (i.e. eight or so per year), we're not going to post each and every one. The records it broke are all "in-universe" and don't really scale up to anything significant, e.g. biggest Superbowl attendance, global World Cup final viewing figures, Premier League money, so this is really a minor event with a minor interest outcome. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
UFC 205 social media impressions: 14 billion. Super Bowl 50 Twitter impressions: 4.3 billion. LlamaAl (talk) 02:07, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose McGregor got titles in two divisions simultaneously because UFC allowed him to avoid responsibility of Featherweight champion. McGregor didn't made his Featherweight title defense for 3 straight bouts. Recent UFC is completely joke. --219.108.134.12 (talk) 08:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment lukewarm on the topic, but it's worth noting that UFC 205 doesn't exactly say much about the 'historic' victory. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Apart from the somewhat flaky notability of this, the actual article says practically nothing about it. A reader clicking on the link to find out the story would learn nothing. Black Kite (talk) 01:19, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support something along these lines, though the record MSG gate should have a bit more blurb weight. The multidivisional reign of terror is historic fun, too, but that arena has been hosting fights for a lot longer than UFC's been setting them up. Both are more notable because of each other. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - As InedibleHulk mentioned, the MSG gate record is significant as well as McGregor's win. I see the opposers views that there are so many of these events, why post this one? I think it's notable not only for the reasons mentioned, but because Conor McGregor is essentially the face of UFC. He's the biggest fighter, he's the one people really pay attention to and watch, and so I think his win should be highlighted, especially if records are broken alongside it. Andise1 (talk) 00:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 12[edit]

November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12) (Saturday)
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November 11[edit]

November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11) (Friday)
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[Posted] RD: Ilse Aichinger[edit]

Article: Ilse Aichinger (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): DW
Credits:

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: Austrian writer, recipient of multiple awards. Article is sourced. MurielMary (talk) 06:30, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Aileen Mehle[edit]

Article: Aileen Mehle (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

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 society columnist, 50 year career in writing. Article is sourced. MurielMary (talk) 10:42, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] RD: Robert Vaughn[edit]

Stale.--WaltCip (talk) 16:20, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Noted actor. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment already added here by MisfitToys. Perhaps some of these admins need a refresher course on how things work these days!!!! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't pull I see this was posted by @MisfitToys: 4 minutes after this nomination. That's ... a bit quick, shall we say ... there needs to be consensus that the article quality is adequate before posting. In this case, the level of citation is on par with Leonard Cohen, which was just posted as a blurb. There are a few {{cn}} tags, but all seem to be about uncontroversial stuff (with one exception, and I just removed the unreferenced controversial material). So IMHO don't pull for rules' sake. Pull only if people comment that they disagree based on article quality. (added) I see TRM just tagged the article for verification; I gather that means you think the article quality isn't sufficient to post? --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Obviously. I tend to find that actually reading the article and checking citations is beneficial in these situations, i.e. stop posting to main page articles of less-than-mediocre quality. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with improvements (And recommend pulling at this point). The article has a big orange banner at the top and rightfully justified with lots of unsourced information (ignoring the CNs already added). It should not have been added to RD without proper reviewer (whereas at least with Cohen, there's enough discussion to know it was justified to some extent). --MASEM (t) 20:24, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK then, pulled until consensus here that article quality is acceptable. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:27, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose for now. It's not as bad as Leonard Cohen was the last time I looked, but there are a few too many gaps in referencing. Once those are fixed we should be good to go. Will happily reconsider on improvements. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - when improvements has been made. clearly a RD standard person in terms of acting career.BabbaQ (talk) 17:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Sourcing seems to be good right now for posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] [Ongoing] World Chess Championship 2016[edit]

It may not have been written into the guidelines that sporting events don't get a mention at "ongoing" save for the occasional rare exception, but that is the practice. Closing without prejudice to renomination at the end of the championship for a blurb. BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 13:14, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: World Chess Championship 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: I am wondering if the World Chess Championship can be added to the ongoing line. It starts today and is scheduled to officially end on 30 November. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 00:11, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ongoing This is a good faith nomination but we don't generally put sporting events or competitions into ongoing. The one customary exception being the Olympics. That said, assuming the article is in good shape, I'd probably support an ITN blurb once the tournament is over. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:16, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Winning the WCC is ITNR, I'm pretty sure. Banedon (talk) 00:39, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And the FIFA World Cup. But both because of huge international attention and audiences --MASEM (t) 03:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose'. Ongoing is not for sports events in progress, with the exception of the Olympics(a multisport event) AFAIK. This will be posted when it concludes, as I think it is ITNR. 331dot (talk) 01:08, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support there's nothing in the guidelines that say we don't put sporting events or competitions into ongoing, so as long as the article is continuously updated, why not. Banedon (talk) 03:14, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It is longstanding precedent. The only exceptions have been the multisport Olympics(which are essentially many events going on at the same time) and, though I disagree with doing so, the FIFA World Cup, due to its worldwide appeal. If we start including other events like this, Ongoing becomes nothing but a sports ticker. 331dot (talk) 11:49, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Then we should change the guidelines and say "the only sporting events that can be posted to Ongoing are the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup", something like that. There was some discussion about adding the Euro earlier this year too, in my memory. Banedon (talk) 13:04, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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India, Japan nuclear deal[edit]

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Article: India–Japan relations#2016 nuclear deal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ India and Japan sign a civil nuclear deal after six years of talks. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Japan for the first time signs nuclear deal with a non-signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty, India.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Japan for the first time signs nuclear deal with India, a non-signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty.
News source(s): NDTV, The Times of India, The Hindu
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: This is the first time that Japan signs a nuclear deal with a non-signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty, India. This deal has received severe opposition from the world nations, especially after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Though the its links to a small section of article, this deal has caused a wide sensation in Asia, and among the recognized nuclear powers. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk mail) 11:35, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 10[edit]

November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10) (Thursday)
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  • Siemens AG announces that it plans to spin off its US$15 billion health care division, making it its own independent company. (Bloomberg)

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[Posted] Leonard Cohen[edit]

Proposed image
Article: Leonard Cohen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at the age of 82. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet Leonard Cohen dies at the age of 82.
News source(s): Rolling Stone, BBC
Credits:

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) 02:02, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support, but for a blurb. There's a quote in the lead of Cohen's article: "[he is] one of the most fascinating and enigmatic … singer/songwriters of the late '60s … [and] has retained an audience across four decades of music-making.... Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon) [in terms of influence], he commands the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960s who is still working at the outset of the 21st century." Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. Bowie and Prince-levels, and he'd just released an album too. Nohomersryan (talk) 02:19, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support but needs improvement I could accept an RD right now for the current state of the article, and I completely agree that he's one of the few we'd put a blurb out for, but the article needs better sourcing at places - it's not in bad shape (hence immediate RD support) but its about 80% of the way there for a state I could accept a blurb. --MASEM (t) 02:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongly support addition of Cohen's name at least to the "Recent deaths" line. We presently have Marc Sleen and Janet Reno and Cohen to my mind is equally notable if not even more. Later we can decide whether we need inclusion in the higher "In The News" items. But an immediate addition to "Recent deaths" is a no-brainer and can be effected right away. werldwayd (talk) 03:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. Far too many gaps in referencing. Definitely someone we should have on RD, but the article quality is not up to scratch for the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The tagged ones have been fixed. There are 143 cites.--Light show (talk) 07:28, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No they weren't fixed. Most of the CN tags were simply removed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at the age of 82.
He's best known per the lead, as a "Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist." The order is relevant.--Light show (talk) 09:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Added that as an alt blurb -- would debate the "best known" novelist part, however. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 09:29, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For clarity, I have now added your suggestion at the top of this nomination. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. After the tenth or so time getting redline code in the right corner of the infobox, I was not going to try again. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. ITN can sometimes be tricky. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
I am neutral -- other people's choice of image is fine. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb - this is at the Bowie/Prince levels of influential musicians. Black Kite (talk) 14:37, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There are still issues of inline sourcing - a number of paragraphs lack a single inline source. RD is completely fine for the time but we need the sourcing fixed for a blurb. --MASEM (t) 15:06, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Pull This article is far below acceptable standards for the main page. There remain huge gaps in referencing with whole paragraphs lacking a citation. I added a large number of CN tags last night many of which were apparently removed without providing a source. This is unacceptable. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The CN tags were removed as part of acceptable editing options: uncited and tagged text was deleted; uncited text had a source added; or tag was removed if the linked article included the unsourced details. None of the tags were simply removed for no reason. --Light show (talk) 17:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
All claims of fact excepting those of an obviously non-controversial nature require citations to reliable sources. Links to Wikipedia articles are not a substitute for inline RS citations. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:48, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. That's why I was careful about that, as noted in this edit. --Light show (talk) 20:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, pull blurb. Certainly an influential musician, but his death has nowhere near the impact on current events required for a blurb. Exactly the sort of person RD was made for, and there he should go. Modest Genius talk 17:08, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't pull blurb: The level of citation is sufficient. It is imperfect, but we don't require perfection. I don't see any controversial or disputed facts in the article, just some non-controversial areas that could use some beefing up. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:47, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article needs a lot of work so I'd pull it, but I understand that emotions here are strong. SOFIXIT is all very well if you know the subject matter well and know where to go and find sources, and have the time to do so. In the mean time, we have a mediocre article heading up ITN on a website with 12 to 20 million main page hits. Not my impression of what an encyclopedia should be doing. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:09, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, the article is mostly an annotated discography, with little about Cohen's personal life. So tagged text such as this is almost irrelevant:

The tour finished with seven special dates added in Vancouver, Portland, Victoria and Oakland, with two final shows in Las Vegas' The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on 10 and 11 December.[citation needed]

Those are a problem since details like that are so specific they could be OR. But on the other hand, the detail is so trivial, who cares either way? Looking at the TOC, it's almost all about his tours, records, and songs, and most of those are linked to some article, which helps a bit. The good news is that the factual details about his life and third-party comments about his albums, are mostly well-sourced in the 146 cites. The same issues relate to many film actors, whose bios are mostly annotated filmographies, with little about the person. But since most of the films have linked articles, and the factoids are often trivial, they can either be deleted or relegated as a "who cares?" detail. But certainly details about or by the persons themselves, which is what most bios really need IMO, are usually well-sourced. --Light show (talk) 21:51, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. A quick word count showed 2,000+ words solely about his personal life, which is the equivalent of a 10-page essay. Most major people's lives can be adequately bio'ed within two such pages (tightly written, of course). Barring classic "celebrity-style" scandals, it is hard to think on what should be added. The "themes" section, on the other hand, could probably be expanded (357 words). In fact, it currently includes not a single word about love and longing, or about spirituality in his writing -- but I cannot touch that until Monday at the earliest. (Personally I do think that Cohen's tighter creative focus was what gives Dylan the Nobel edge.) - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 23:40, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 9[edit]

November 9, 2016 (2016-11-09) (Wednesday)
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[Posted] Tramlink crash[edit]

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Article: 2016 Croydon tram derailment (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Seven people are killed and more than 50 injured in a derailment on the Tramlink in Croydon, London. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Exact numbers are not yet confirmed. Will update and expand the article (currently a bit stubby) once known. Smurrayinchester 11:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
True, as the article says. But mainly because tram systems rapidly fell out of fashion in UK after the 1960s? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on article quality. The article is quite short, and I have a hard time seeing how it could be fleshed out while still being encyclopedic. The driver was arrested, which seems odd to me. Perhaps link this back to an article about liability in the UK workplace?128.214.53.104 (talk) 13:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
UK public transport has quite extensive safety regs. So in the last 20-30 years its not unusual for an accident to be down to human actions rather than mechanical failure. The driver being arrested is not that surprising given the Tramline has only been open since what, 2000? There are going to be quite a few people in the UK who scratch their heads and go 'We still have trams?' though... Only in death does duty end (talk) 13:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciate what you say about article quality, 128.214.53.104 but there's one story really dominating the news, with this one getting the occasional word in edgewise. Mjroots (talk) 13:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any precedent for this. It can't be the first time the issue has come up. AIRcorn (talk) 20:12, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The crashed tram still looks less like the uncrashed tram than elected Trump looks like 2015 Trump. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You wouldn't want that tram in dayglo orange, with a bouffant top, would you? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:30, 9 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
  • What of my reasoning above, though? We don't want ITN stuck on this tram image for a week if we don't get other stories with suitable images when we currently have multiple stories with suitable images we can space out. Ks0stm (T•C•G•E) 20:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    So the tram crashed at 6 a.m. GMT? When was the Trump victory announced? Does ITN consider the time of the event or the time it "becomes news"? (except that the whole Presidential election has been "news" for months now). Martinevans123 (talk) 20:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
About 8 am GMT. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's right. The tram crash didn't have an announcement of deaths until several hours after Trump's win, but if it's the crash vs the election win, Trump wins again. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So, we'll just keep The Donald image until he takes up office in January? All agreed? Or is anyone going to at least discuss it? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:17, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As noted above, the tram crashed before the Trump win was confirmed, so their order in the ITN box is incorrect. The image selected usually goes to the most recent story. Clearly if we get another story on top of ITN, with a suitable image, Trump's image will go. It has no special status at all. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for clarifyng that it's exact chronological order that's used for ITN. Does that count as a front page error, that should be corrected? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:22, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It probably ought to be switched around, if only to curtail this particular issue. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:29, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, it has long been discussed, and consensus has held in the past, that we generally don't dick around with the order of events down to an infinitesimal time; that generally items are posted in order by the day they occurred, but for events that occur on the same day, no special consideration is given to making sure we have them in the correct order by the exact second. The discussion simply isn't that important one way or the other. --Jayron32 13:32, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sincere apologies. I had thought it was about two hours difference, not just a matter of seconds. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:35, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify long established (and long unchallenged) guidelines for this, see WP:ITN/A, which states "Now, the tricky bit. ITN items are in a bulleted list, ordered chronologically by date of occurrence (but not necessarily chronologically within that date)" That "not necessarily chronologically within that date" bit has been in the text since March 2013, though it had been established practice for years. The lowest level of granularity we use is the date. There is no expectation we get it more accurate than that. --Jayron32 17:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't that so "Cork wins the Gaelic football championship" doesn't go on top of "nuclear war"? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 17:48, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I think the fallout from a Cork win might be quite serious. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
No, the purpose is to prevent the exact sort of useless debate we are having now over this. That is, it's a WP:BIKESHED issue: The amount of energy expended getting the order that correct is simply not worth it, so we don't even try. We get the days correct, and on those few occasions where there are multiple events on the same day, we don't care what order they are in. Not that we use other criteria than chronology (though I suppose someone might), merely that it is not something worth caring about at all. --Jayron32 19:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarifying the long established (and long unchallenged) guidelines. My enquiry was prompted by the question of whether or not, or when, the picture should be swapped. That seems to be an important question to some editors. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:15, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If it is a guideline that needs changing, by all means, start a discussion at WT:ITN to do so. This venue is probably not the correct place. You can find past discussions on the matter in the archives at WT:ITN, about a year ago I can remember at least 2 -3 different discussions started by George Ho (search for his name in the archives) and you can likely see what consensus was the last time it came up. Regardless, this really should be discussed elsewhere if you wish clarity or change... --Jayron32 19:19, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the link. I'll have a look. To save time, I guess someone might just remind everyone what the outcome of the last discussions was. So that, you know, no-one starts banging on about "systematic bias" or starts being "an asshole" to try and provoke discussion. I think I saw something in the guidelines about "24-36 hours." Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:58, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 8[edit]

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) (Tuesday)
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[Posted] Indian currency[edit]

Article: Indian 500 and 1000 rupee currency demonetization (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Indian 500 rupee notes and 1000 rupee notes have been demonetized. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ India demonetize 500 and 1000 rupee bank notes to fight black money issues.
News source(s): The Hindu, Indian Today
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Article still being expanded. More will come in the article as the long chain of events now beings. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 19:40, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's not first of its kind and our blurb doesn't have to be "breaking". Hence altered it. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 02:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fine with alt blurb now that surprise is removed. AIRcorn (talk) 09:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] US Election[edit]

Article: United States presidential election, 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Donald Trump is elected President of the United States of America and will take office on January 20, 2017. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Donald Trump is elected the next President of the United States, while the Republican Party retains control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Credits:

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: Might as well get this out now. Article looks to be in decent shape overall. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:23, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, this is getting silly so boldly collapsing. Let's wait for the real world to catch up with us before we start writing blurbs. The result will obviously be posted, so supporting in principle is pointless; nothing will be posted before we have the result; when we know what it is, we can write the blurb and see whether the article is ready to post. BencherliteTalk 09:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some states may have close voting. Also, 4 years ago the consensus was to post when results are made official or when Romney conceded. I mean, sure, if it's a blowout my argument above may not matter, but we're going for accuracy, not speed. (Think what happened in 2000...) As a side, I added a note above that we should link to the Senate election as well. - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 00:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no obligation to wait until a concession is made. Once multiple RS sources have called the election we can post the results. If either the Senate or the House of Reps flips that can be added to the blurb once we know it for certain. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious support after results and update article is in good shape. Go Hillary! EternalNomad (talk) 05:07, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If the Republicans keep Congress, I could see not mentioning it, though if the Democrats take the Senate I think it should be mentioned(it is extremely unlikely they will take the House). 331dot (talk) 14:56, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
futile oppose this is technically an advisory referendum when the real ITNR one happens in Dec and votes counted in jan. But people are too stupid to know the now-dead constitution. Heck they think the wannabe dictator is a legislative lawmaker (see mid tem turnout?).Lihaas (talk) 18:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind. This is for a different forum/fora or personal talk page.Lihaas (talk) 18:17, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is ITNR so your oppose is not relevant; aside from the fact there are other elections going on in the US, the presidential election is not "advisory" as most states have laws requiring the electors to vote for whom they are pledged to. The Electoral College meeting and the votes being counted are largely formalities. And there is no need for political statements here. 331dot (talk) 18:13, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is not ITNR . hats for election to heads of state. Please familiarize yourself with the constitituion. The prez is NOT directly elected.
And, as an aside, well played Tone. Thank you.Lihaas (talk) 18:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest you reread the ITNR list, which states "Indirect elections, including papal elections, are also included". 331dot (talk) 18:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas are you okay? You seem to be editing almost randomly? Has your account been hacked? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas, what the hell are you doing?--WaltCip (talk) 18:23, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Calm down. Nobody is suggesting we post anything until the election is called. It is quite possible (maybe even likely) that we will know by 10PM (EST) who won. And if not, then we will wait until multiple RS sources have called the election. All we are doing is getting a jump on discussing the quality of the article and the eventual wording of the blurb. This is a useful exercise in that it can facilitate getting what is an obvious ITNR item up in a timely manner. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment 1There is no need to direct me to calm down as I am feeling perfectly tranquil now. Alternatively, maybe I could (unnecessarily) direct you to calm down? Gfcvoice (talk) 20:07, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment 2 I understand the rationale for discussing this hours/days before the result is known, however, given that the result is unknown, there are many different possible results, which would result in many different possible blurbs. This discussion could easily be held after the result is known. Gfcvoice (talk) 20:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Google and other major news sources are now officially reporting that Trump has won/Clinton has conceded. We can put this out now once we get it polished. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:46, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose. There is no evidence he has won the election, by being formally elected, or even by winning a majority of the votes[21]. Whether he might be appointed president despite not winning a majority of the votes is pure speculation at this point. --Tataral (talk) 07:53, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What did I tell you? You thought he had no chance! Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 08:28, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I suggest that the blurb is updated to reflect that Clinton won the popular vote. It's quite uncommon and therefore notable that the EC winner has not won the popular vote. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 11:03, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
oppose the above suggestion. Roentgenium111 is correct that this is not common. It's actually damned rare. But under the American election system it is not especially relevant. There is a lot of venting going on right now over this election. While I in no way doubt the good faith of the above suggestion, a lot of eyes are on us and I think we should tread carefully when discussing anything that might give even the slightest hint that we are editorializing. Trump won according to US law and the Constitution. Saying more than that on ITN could raise questions about our neutrality. Any statement that Hillary won the popular vote w/o an explanation of the US electoral system would almost certainly be read by some as "Trump stole the election." -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And I'll support it. You're reading too far into neutrality. That Clinton won the popular vote is factual and unbiased. Should readers desire to know more, they can click through. Ed [talk] [majestic titan]
Factually accurate I would agree with. But it is substantively irrelevant and on that basis I would question its inclusion in the blurb, unless one is attempting to make a point. Stating that someone won an election but the other person got more votes w/o further explanation is not unbiased. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We could easily supply further information by mentioning (and linking to) Electoral College (United States), which explains the details. I think it's highly relevant both because the split is so rare (both nationally and internationally - usually "winning an election" means winning the popular vote), and because there's substantial bipartisan support (including Trump himself in 2012) for making the popular vote relevant in future elections.[22] We'd still clearly state that "Trump wins the elections". There's no question of "stealing" since Clinton accepts the EC system for all I know and has admitted defeat. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 14:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 7[edit]

November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07) (Monday)
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RD: Sir Jimmy Young[edit]

Article: Jimmy Young (broadcaster) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guardian, BBC obit and BBC news story
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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: Veteran BBC broadcaster, one of the first Radio 1 DJs etc. Article needs work, lots of uncited material, but detailed obituaries are likely to be available soon to fill in the gaps (as long as they're not just copied from WP...)) BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 20:59, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nicaraguan general election[edit]

Article: Nicaraguan general election, 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Daniel Ortega is re-elected as president of Nicaragua. (Post)
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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 we mention the parliamentary result? Lihaas (talk) 19:58, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Marc Sleen[edit]

Article: Marc Sleen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): VRT (main Flemish TV channel) long article on Flemish newspaper site
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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: Belgian comics artist. Has his own museum in Brussels. Fram (talk) 10:16, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for now, the categories weren't updated, there's still a large linkrot issue, and several sentences appear to not have any inline citations. Also the article could use a copyedit to refine the English language, but that's less critical. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:47, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. yes, I'm the nominator, but as I'm not aware of any further outstanding issues with this article, as we have only one RD listed at the moment (and apart from this one other nominated), and as everyone seems rather focused on the US election only, it seems as if most other things here are a bit forgotten even though they could easily be posted or improved. Fram (talk) 13:52, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'd never heard of him but he seems quite notable and big in his home country. The article mostly seems fine but it could use some clarification of his style and title "Marcel Honoree Nestor, Knight Neels". Presumably that's familiar to Belgians but I have some trouble parsing it to figure out what is his name and what's his title. Andrew D. (talk) 14:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted

[Posted] RD: Janet Reno[edit]

Article: Janet Reno (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Former US attorney general Fuzheado | Talk 09:48, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can you clarify - do you mean the list of actions taken while in post? Everything else seems cited (I removed a short paragraph which seemed opinion rather than sourced fact). MurielMary (talk) 10:53, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the version I reviewed had several issues which seem to have been resolved in the intervening dozen or so edits. So support now. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you posting your own nomination?--WaltCip (talk) 13:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed - nominators should not promote their own nominations, particularly in light of how fast this was done per Jayron below. (Though otherwise there's no reason to pull, TRM hit on sourcing in original comments and a check now shows it is okay, so no need to remove). --MASEM (t) 15:12, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, there is no suggestion to pull, merely a reminder on how to avoid problems in the future. I didn't even catch that the OP promoted his own proposal. That occasionally happens when a post has been sitting around a long time (a day or more) and there has been extensive support. Two votes in 3 hours is neither. --Jayron32 20:57, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Edit Conflict with above, when this was posted) The article isn't great, but it's good enough for my weak support based on the fact that everything there is cited. If anyone wanted to make this better, here's a few issues that those with the desire and the sources to do so could improve: 1) The U.S. attorney general section would be better as a series of prose paragraphs explaining each of the items currently there, rather than a bullet list. 2) A few key aspects of her life and career could be expanded. For example, most obits seem to be spending more time than we do on her failed 2002 bid for Florida governor; of which we currently mention in a sentence on "Post-political life", which is silly, because running for Governor seems entirely like a political event. Still, none of this completely holds this up from the main page for me, but still would be nice to see improved. --Jayron32 13:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC) Post edit conflict addendum: This was a bit fast for a posting, I count less than 3 hours between nomination and posting, with one vote to go on. I suggest, in the future, the posting admin wait for either more time, or more votes, before rushing to press. --Jayron32 13:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There were two supports at the time this was posted. Usually that's sufficient. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:26, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Add as blurb First female Attorney General in the US, second longest serving in history, and a true national hero. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.62.76.13 (talk) 16:42, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OPPOSE and PULL as COI and sub par cabinet post. Are we now going to post fgn min, fin min, def min too as theyre constitutionally higher in all countried?!Lihaas (talk) 19:56, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Per this RFC anyone who has been deemed notable enough for an article is eligible to be posted in ITN/RD provided that article quality is adequate. I am not seeing significant issues of that nature. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:03, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I mean really, Lihaas, you're regular enough here to know we don't judge RD based on notability now, right? Or did you forget? Good lord.--WaltCip (talk) 01:04, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"notability test, stopped being the test here some months ago"...Huh, fascinating. This is highly illogical--98.88.130.198 (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]
This has been the case for some months now. It's not odd at all, and every single RD has had a notice attached to it to allude to the discussion. If there's a consensus to return to the previous way of doing things, by all means direct us to it. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is a case in point for the need to ignore--at least--this rule.--98.88.130.198 (talk) 21:17, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly not, it's been posted and rightly so. If you'd like to file a new RfC to return to "super notability" criteria, you are welcome to do so! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:25, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 6[edit]

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November 5[edit]

November 5, 2016 (2016-11-05) (Saturday)
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November 4[edit]

November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04) (Friday)
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Hong Kong LegCo members' oath-taking controversy[edit]

Article: Hong Kong LegCo members' oath-taking controversy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Beijing to interpret Basic Law over Hong Kong legislative oath controversy (Post)
News source(s): South China Morning Post (Hong Kong's paper or record)
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Article updated

Nominator's comments: The Beijing leadership's fear of pro-independence legislators in Hong Kong is causing it to interpret a provision of Hong Kong's constitution. The pre-emptively request by the Chairman of the NPCSC, before even the Hong Kong High Court has heard the case and without the request of the Hong Kong courts or the Government, has massive ramifications for the rule of law in Hong Kong.  Ohc ¡digame! 23:56, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose good faith nomination. This is too parochial for ITN. Further I don't think it really is much of what could be described as news. Hong Kong is a de-facto colony of the PRC, a Communist authoritarian police state. The idea that Hong Kong enjoys any true autonomy, that is to say the ability to do anything to which Bejing strongly objects, has never been anything other than pure fantasy. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:13, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support I don't see this leading any headlines, but asking Google turns up plenty of news items for this story. For the article "LegCo" needs to be either expanded or dropped, the shorthand feels awkward to me. I'm also not thrilled about so many references from South China Morning Post -- by now some wire services must be reporting on this. Few sentences without inline refs. Otherwise article is in OK shape. --CosmicAdventure (talk) 01:40, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support An interesting, current story with a well written article. --Jayron32 02:23, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose per AO; "weak" due to article quality. DYK a possible alternate since the article is pretty recent? SpencerT♦C 09:56, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I might've supported this three weeks ago when the two first attempted their expletive/insult-laden oaths. This event is "national politician sends letter to notify local government of a future clarification", which is essentially like the previous Clinton email nomination - "Biden says government will respond to alleged Russian hacking". There is no substance to this story yet. May reconsider at the conclusion of this episode, when they are allowed or prevented from taking their seats. Fuebaey (talk) 15:26, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Update: The threatened "interpretation" has taken place, there are significant and apparently escalating protests that are hitting the world news, meaning it can no longer be considered "parochial".Time NYT Al Jazeera
  • Support pending article improvement. Reuters: "Beijing's most direct intervention in the territory's legal and political system since the 1997 handover." zzz (talk) 08:56, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, interesting but too parochial. If protests get up to the level of the 2014 protests, it would merit posting, but it doesn't seem to be that level yet. ---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 03:51, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So the result of any election gets posted, but shutting down the electoral process is "too parochial". Ok then. zzz (talk) 04:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 3[edit]

November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03) (Thursday)
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  • India-Pakistan relations
    • Pakistan accuses eight Indian diplomats of espionage and terrorism amid rising tensions concerning Kashmir. India said it rejects these allegations. The six Pakistani diplomats withdrawn from India last week were reported to have been accused of spying. (Reuters)

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  • Todd Kohlhepp
    • A man identified as Todd Kohlhepp is arrested after authorities discover a missing woman chained up in a storage container on his property. The woman had gone missing along with her boyfriend around the end of August. (CNN), (CBS News)

Lebanon PM[edit]

Article: Saad Hariri (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Following the presidential election, Saad Hariri is appointed prime minister of Lebanon. (Post)
News source(s): PTV FPJ
Credits:

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Not ITNR, but its been over 2 years since a non-acting government and its related to the conflict near Syria. Tide seems to be turning now... Lihaas (talk) 22:28, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. Since the PM is appointed by the President (if I read it right) this could be combined with the presidential election blurb(which has quality issues keeping it from posting). 331dot (talk) 10:27, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

First launch of Long March 5[edit]

Article: Long March 5 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Chinese rocket Long March 5 launches successfully from Hainan Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on its maiden flight. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ China's powerful new heavy-lift rocket Long March 5 launches on its maiden fligh, carrying experimental satellite Shijian-17.
News source(s): space.com, New Scientist
Credits:

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: As far as I know, this is the launcher with the largest lift off mass currently in operation in the world. Besides its role of launching Chinese satellites to GEO, it will be used to bring segments of the Chinese multimodule space station in orbit, as well as for robotic missions to the Moon and Mars. User:Hektortalk 09:56, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 2[edit]

November 2, 2016 (2016-11-02) (Wednesday)
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[Posted] MLB World Series[edit]

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Article: 2016 World Series (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series and breaking the Curse of the Billy Goat.
Alternative blurb II: ​ In baseball, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series for the first time since 1908 (MVP Ben Zobrist pictured).
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Game 7 is tonight so this will happen. I am nominating it now to make sure that a preliminary assessment of the WS article is checked (it appears ready outside of the results of Game 7, so it will need the box score and brief write up from that), and should it be the case that the Cubs wins, if our blurb should mention the breaking of the curse (the altblurb). Note there is a similar "curse" for the Indians (Curse of Rocky Colavito) but I don't think that is as widely known as the Cubs' one, but should the Indians win that could also be an option to include. MASEM (t) 14:12, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And if not worldwide promotion and relegation makes it easier for a team to avoid a championship by being relegated. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:59, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And I should add that I say this as a lifelong Yankees fan who thinks it was about time (so there is one more less team whose fans complain about how the Yankees have always seemed so blessed). But seriously, they deserve it for that level of loyalty to their team for so long ... does this begin to redeem 2016 at least a little bit?

However, having once lived in Cleveland for a year or so, I was sort of pulling for them. I hope they don't have to wait too much longer. Daniel Case (talk) 05:05, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] Trump document destruction[edit]

Closing good-faith nom. There is a de facto moratorium on US election postings until the final results of the day of the election, unless something truly earth-shattering occurs, and this is not it.--WaltCip (talk) 12:31, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

Article: Donald Trump email controversy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ New revelations show Donald Trump and his businesses have been destroying documents, even in ongoing court cases and under subpeona, during the last decades. (Post)
News source(s): Newsweek, other
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Nominator's comments: Relevant new and frequent media reports about the Presidential nominee. SI 11:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

November 1[edit]

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