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July 31

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  • 2021 Myanmar protests
    • As the six-month anniversary of the military coup against civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi approaches, protests occur in Mandalay with university students waving flags and saying that there is "no possibility of dialogue" with the junta. The junta says that former civilian leaders are spreading "biased information". (Reuters)
  • Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina calls on the military to take "responsibility for threats to national sovereignty and threats to national security" after a plot to assassinate him was foiled last week. Rajoelina called on the new military graduates to uphold democracy. (Madagascar Tribune)

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(Posted) RD: Martin Perscheid

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Article: Martin Perscheid (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Der Spiegel (de)
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Nominator's comments: Famous German cartoonist, death only reported today. SoWhy 10:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Perscheid was one of Germany's most famous cartoonists. Robby.is.on (talk) 10:46, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This stub has less than 200 words of prose. Any more materials to add? This death in July was reported on August 5th. Should this nom be listed in the August 5th section on WP:ITN/C?--PFHLai (talk) 12:03, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't see a rule that articles need to be of a certain length. Not sure what more to add, he was a pretty private person and I cannot find any real biographical sources... As for the date, the instructions say to list it on the day of the event, not the day of the reporting so I listed it here. Regards SoWhy 12:48, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:ITN says Stub articles are never appropriate for the main page. I usually expect 1500 characters of readable prose like in DYK.—Bagumba (talk) 15:18, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    That quote is from the "blurb" section (WP:ITN#Blurbs). I expanded it over the 1500-mark now though. Regards SoWhy 19:07, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Thanks for the expansion. It's still quite slim, but it's long enough. --PFHLai (talk) 03:01, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

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Article: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): polandin.com + several in Polish
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Nominator's comments: Legendary jazz musician in the Polish 1950s when jazz was banned, later film composer. He had a stubby article, and - due to no Polish - I could change that only up to a certain point. His band is also legendary, but has a confused article, and right now I have no more time. Help, especially by someone who reads Polish, highly welcome. Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:30, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Charles Connor

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News source(s): Associated Press
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 07:20, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944)

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Article: Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944) (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): BBC, The Guardian, Sky Sports
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Nominator's comments: English footballer. The article is tagged and missing several refs, but it'll be improved soon. --SirEd Dimmi!!! 00:33, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Women's 100m Olympic record

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Article: Elaine Thompson-Herah (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In track and field, Elaine Thompson-Herah sets an Olympic world record in women's 100 metres with a time of 10.61 seconds, breaking Florence Griffith Joyner's 1988 Olympic record. (Post)
News source(s): CBS, USA Today, ABC
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Nominator's comments: 100m is a highly prestigious event and breaks a longstanding record. The name should be spelled with a hyphen I believe. (Also first time nominating so the blurb may be too wordy. Please forgive any mistakes.) Wqwt (talk) 21:49, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle. This record is more prestigious and followed more than the triple jump record that we posted. If we are going to have more than one record posted, though, we'll have to figure out what to do here. 331dot (talk) 21:51, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, I misread this. Agree with PrimeHunter. 331dot (talk) 22:36, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's the oldest Olympic athletics record besides long jump if anyone cares. The IOC probably still has a policy of never having summer at altitude again so the Olympic long jump record might be unbeatable. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:01, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Including women (which this was), there are three older records at List of Olympic records in athletics, and seven other from 1988. The men's long jump World record was set at low altitude in 1991. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My mistake, I must've misremembered the headcanon version where the two 1980 Moscow records are fake cause steroids. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 00:29, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
She ran 10.61 the next day so it would be a tied record. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:07, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
10.61 but with 4mph easier wind. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 03:15, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No matter what you feel, the IAAF lists Florence Griffith as the world record holder, so this 2021 time wasn’t a world record.Tvx1 10:29, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not a world record, only an Olympic record at the level of thousandths of a second. Thompson's good, so it'll be even sweeter to post when she does get the world record. Kingsif (talk) 20:23, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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July 30

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RD: Richard Lamm

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Article: Richard Lamm (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CPR, CBS Denver
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Nominator's comments: Three-term Governor of Colorado. This wikibio is certainly long enough, but needs more refs (12+ {CN} tags now). His publication list could use some clean-up, too. A viable RD candidate but more work is needed. --PFHLai (talk) 15:08, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Abdul Khaliq Sambhali

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Article: Abdul Khaliq Sambhali (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Baseerat Online Urdu
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Nominator's comments: Vice-Rector of Darul Uloom Deoband, famous Islamic seminary. The article is new and updated. I'm working further on the article and hoping to improve it. Everything is well-cited. ─ The Aafī (talk) 14:10, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

People read words, not individual characters. – Sca (talk) 12:10, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've added few more stuff in the article, and the addition of more content is only possible at the availability of offline resources. I've asked for a book, and would definitely continue expanding the article. BUT in my opinion, the article in its current condition is fine for inclusion on the ITN. I do not agree this being a stub, but a start-class article and has everything sourced. ─ The Aafī (talk) 14:24, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Up to 360 words and looking quite a bit better. OK for RD. – Sca (talk) 15:45, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Albert Vanhoye

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Article: Albert Vanhoye (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Vatican News (in French)
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Nominator's comments: At age 98 he was the oldest Cardinal in the College of Cardinals, short article but looks sufficient for RD JW 1961 Talk 10:27, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Thomas Joseph

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Article: Thomas Joseph (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Times of India
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 Pachu Kannan (talk) 06:01, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Could use greater depth of coverage: at present, mostly a resume in prose format. Only has 2 paragraphs of prose in the body when traditionally 3 is considered the minimum. SpencerT•C 04:55, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. This article is very close to being ready. @Pachu Kannan and Tachs: please can you have a look at Spencer's feedback and have the comments addressed? Should be ready for homepage once that is done. Unfortunately, I do not have cycles, else would have lent a hand. Good luck. Ktin (talk) 18:39, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 29

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(Posted) RD: Jon Lindbergh

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Article: Jon Lindbergh (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21902369/jon-lindbergh
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Nominator's comments: This wikibio looks long enough and clean enough for RD. Does anyone want to beef it up further? --PFHLai (talk) 06:21, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jaime Chamorro Cardenal

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Article: Jaime Chamorro Cardenal (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN
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Nominator's comments: Publisher of La Prensa, paper of record in Nicaragua. Innisfree987 (talk) 20:38, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2021 Gulf of Oman incident

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Article: 2021 Gulf of Oman incident (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Two people are killed in an attack on the Israeli-operated tanker Mercer Street off the coast of Oman. (Post)
News source(s): Independent, AP, BBC, Reuters
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Nominator's comments: Unusual for deaths to result from an attack on a large merchant vessel even with the piracy issues previously seen in the industry. Almost certainly a state-backed attack by Iran in retaliation for recent Israeli strikes in Syria. Article needs work - Dumelow (talk) 05:16, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Toshihide Maskawa

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Article: Toshihide Maskawa (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NHK World-Japan
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 Count Iblis (talk) 01:05, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Hal Wootten

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Article: Hal Wootten (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/memory-hal-wootten-founding-dean-unsw-law-justice
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Nominator's comments: This wikibio looks clean enough for RD already. Not an entertainer. Not a sportsman. Not a politician. Died on July 27th, news out on July 29th. --PFHLai (talk) 10:09, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Janice Mirikitani

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Article: Janice Mirikitani (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Associated Press; San Francisco Chronicle; KPIX-TV (CBS)
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 09:44, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Carl Levin

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Article: Carl Levin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Crain's Detroit
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Nominator's comments: Nearly there, just a few more cn tags left. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:45, 30 July 2021 (UTC) – Muboshgu (talk) 01:51, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for the new footnotes there. IMO, those bullet-points don't tell enough of the story and are better deployed in the infobox. I'd prefer having prose there to tell the whole story. Oh, well... it's okay. Let the "standard way" be. Posting --PFHLai (talk) 02:38, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Mo Hayder

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Article: Mo Hayder (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
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Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced. Death announced early today. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 15:56, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Janet Banana

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Article: Janet Banana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/07/29/former-first-lady-janet-banana-dies-aged-83/
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Nominator's comments: This wikibio of the first First Lady of Zimbabwe (1980 ~ 1987) is currently a stub. I hope this can get expanded soon. It would be nice to see a Banana on ITN. :-) --PFHLai (talk) 12:17, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We wouldn't want to slip up on this one. – Sca (talk) 12:15, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 28

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  • Argentina announces that they will pay $250 million to the Paris Club and $350 million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid default. Economy minister Martín Guzmán asks both entities to restructure the debts in order to make payment viable. The IMF has expressed its willingness for the payment after months of negotiations on a $45 billion debt acquired by the previous administration. (Ámbito Financiero)

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(Posted) RD: Ben Wagin

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Article: Ben Wagin (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Süddeutsche Zeitung; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Nominator's comments: German artist, sculptor, draughtsman, designer, performance artist, author, composer. "Godfather of trees" Grimes2 (talk) 14:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ron Popeil

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Article: Ron Popeil (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): NY Post
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Nominator's comments: TV Advertising Pioneer Spman (talk) 22:19, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Maharashtra floods

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Article: 2021 Maharashtra floods (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Floods in western Maharashtra of India results in deaths of over 250. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Floods in western Maharashtra, India, result in over 250 deaths.
News source(s): Indian Express
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Nominator's comments: large death toll and effects seen since 22 July 2021 affecting large population. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 17:01, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support article is short but quality is sufficient. Event is covered by major news outlets. Checks all of the boxes. --Jayron32 17:31, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support on significance, Weak Oppose on length (Though I do agree that the quality is sufficient) - There are no images except for the map, and I feel that the article can be expanded further. Tube·of·Light 01:21, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 27

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  • Hong Kong national security law
  • The trial against Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and ten others for financial crimes opens in the Holy See. Becciu and a monsignor are the only two to appear in court in person. Becciu denied any wrongdoing and the trial was adjourned. Pope Francis had previously stripped Becciu of his immunity and approved his indictment. Becciu's lawyers asked the court not to order the Cardinal's arrest. (Reuters)

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RD: Joey Jordison

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Article: Joey Jordison (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone
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Nominator's comments: Drummer for Slipknot. Died on the 26th, announced today. Mlb96 (talk) 03:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Dusty Hill

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Article: Dusty Hill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone, Deadline Hollywood, BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, Variety
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Nominator's comments: Bassist of ZZ Top. Article needs a few more refs (short but given his primary notability is with the band, that's expected). Masem (t) 19:18, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Mike Hendrick

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Article: Mike Hendrick (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News; ESPN; The Guardian (PA Media); The Daily Telegraph
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 02:37, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Menchu Álvarez del Valle

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Article: Menchu Álvarez del Valle (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): ABC.es
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Nominator's comments: Spanish radio journalist and grandmother of the Queen consort of Spain. I've updated her article and seems pretty ready. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:57, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Saint Lucian general election

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Article: 2021 Saint Lucian general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The Saint Lucia Labour Party, led by Philip Pierre (pictured), wins the general election. (Post)
News source(s): St. Lucia Star, St. Lucia Times, New York Carib News
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Nominator's comments: Article is being expanded. The new PM is expected to be sworn in this week. Joofjoof (talk) 21:38, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  •   Note: Never understood ITN's election fever, which is so dogmatically inclusive, it often includes elections in borderline micro states, like Saint Lucia, a country whose population is less than 200,000 people. Mayoral elections in major cities are of more moment. Oh well, a mystery, I guess... El_C 15:09, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 26

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  • COVID-19 pandemic in France
    • The French Parliament approves a law that requires all healthcare workers to receive a vaccine by September 15 as well as the adoption of a "Health Pass" that will allow residents to travel on trains and airplanes, and enter restaurants and some public venues. The law can be applied until November 15 depending on the COVID-19 situation and will also apply to children over the age of 12 beginning on September 30. (France 24)

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(Posted) RD: Rosine Vieyra Soglo

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Article: Rosine Vieyra Soglo (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): VOA Africa, Taarifa Rwanda
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Nominator's comments: First Lady of Benin, 1991-1996. Been undergoing an impressive expansion the past few days. Will likely be a good RD candidate very soon. --PFHLai (talk) 06:00, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Typhoon In-fa and 2021 Henan floods

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Article: Typhoon In-fa (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The combined effects of flash floods and Typhoon In-fa leave more than 70 dead across China, Japan, and the Philippines. (Post)
News source(s): NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, BBC
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Nominator's comments: The slow-moving Typhoon In-fa has exacerbated floods across Eastern China, producing extreme rains in many areas and triggering additional flash floods. The effects of the typhoon are inseparable from the preceding floods in some areas so a combined blurb with a broader geographic mention is appropriate in my opinion. Both articles are well-sourced and In-fa's is especially fleshed out. Yet another extreme weather event in this month of relentless flash floods. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:36, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Being a member (or not) of a WikiProject isn't a reason to ignore people's opinions. Although your thinly veiled attempts to claim bias towards supporters of this nomination are clear. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't say it was. As noted in the past, the topic of WPTC is relevant to the subject of this nomination. No bias on my part. (And BTW, one of my favorite sea stories is Typhoon by Joseph Conrad, about which I wrote a term paper eons ago. Recommended reading.).
Sca (talk) 18:42, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unless the typhoon itself brings significantly more deaths to the current toll (based on the numbers that I see how the ITN template has been updated over the last few days as the current blurb has been there), I don't see a need for this. If the typhoon is found to contribute to dozens of additional deaths, then I would agree that a new blurb would be reasonable, but right now, the deaths seem mostly to stem from the original flooding/mudslides before the typhoon arrived. --Masem (t) 14:28, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
About $2 billion USD excluding Henan vs $14.7 billion including, others can judge if the deaths plus $2 billion where a dollar builds more is enough. It landed north of earlier forecasts which likely kept it a few inches under the mainland China cyclone rain record of ~a meter instead of above (coastal mountain ranges are like juicers that rapidly disassemble uphill-blowing parts of tropical cyclones into orographic rain, the taller (2.5 vertical miles!) coast at Taiwan once made 10.04 feet of rain from weak typhoon) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:35, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The other tropical storm in northish Japan was in the news for affecting outdoor Olympics, did this one rain on Olympic places too? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:10, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That would be Tropical Storm Nepartak, not Typhoon In-fa. Chlod (say hi!) 02:12, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So what you're saying is this one isn't really in the news, everyone is distracted by its little brother messing up sports day? Got it.
Oppose on not newsworthy. Routine and uninteresting enough that typhoon season isn't in ITN/R. Nothing special about this typhoon to set it apart from that ball of nothing. Yes, we have recently posted other floods, but all of those were/are exceptional. Kingsif (talk) 04:57, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Mike Enzi

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Article: Mike Enzi (talk · history · tag)
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Nominator's comments: Former US Senator of 20+ years Roniiustalk to me 10:08, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you for the work on this article thus far. I agree with Alsoriano97's comments below. And the "Committee assignments" subsection would be better presented as prose rather than bullet-points. --PFHLai (talk) 23:28, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 25

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(Posted) RD: R. Rajamahendran

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Article: R. Rajamahendran (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Daily News, EconomyNext
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Nominator's comments: pioneer of Sri Lanka media and served as a prominent figure of Sri Lanka Cricket Abishe (talk) 05:21, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tunisian prime minister ouster

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Article: 2021 Tunisian political crisis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ After days of protests, Tunisian President Kais Saied dismisses Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, triggering a constitutional crisis. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ After days of protests, Tunisian President Kais Saied dismisses Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspends the Parliament's activity, triggering a constitutional crisis
News source(s): Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, Al Jazeera
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Nominator's comments: Magnitude of the events unclear so far, but generally encyclopedic. bender235 (talk) 22:02, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There now exists a dedicated article on the current events: 2021 Tunisian political crisis. --bender235 (talk) 15:50, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It is a bit short but this should be the target article. Support on notability when expanded. --Tone 17:00, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agree that should be the target article if posted. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:10, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support It's ITNworthy, no doubt, and is having at least outstanding international coverage. But the target article is perhaps still too short. I also think the blurb should also indicate that Parliament has been suspended, but I don't know how to make it less long. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 19:32, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Youn mean Kater? – Sca (talk) 19:03, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho

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Article: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TSF radio; Observador
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Nominator's comments: Portuguese military officer, chief strategist of the Carnation Revolution Pachu Kannan (talk) 11:27, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Bob Moses

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Article: Bob Moses (activist) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
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Nominator's comments: Civil rights activist Schazjmd (talk) 19:33, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Dieter Brummer

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Article: Dieter Brummer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
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Nominator's comments: Home and Away actor, been BBC News' top story most of the day in the UK. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:38, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Herbert Köfer

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Article: Herbert Köfer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Berliner Morgenpost and others
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Nominator's comments: The first German TV news presenter, and the oldest active actor from 2017 until he now died at 100. - There's much more on de in case someone has more time than I have. Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:21, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Rodney Alcala

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Article: Rodney Alcala (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, BBC News, The Guardian
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Infamous serial killer who appeared on the game show The Dating Game. Well sourced and detailed. Inexpiable (talk) 15:21, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jackie Mason

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Article: Jackie Mason (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, The Independent, The Guardian, Times of Israel
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Needs more refs, particularly in Jackie Mason#Works. --PFHLai (talk) 04:10, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • The budget of this country was $136 billion last year. Do you know what I gave them? Twelve dollars. Without my $12 they can’t get along? First spend $136 billion, then, if you’re $12 short, give me a call.” -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:18, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Sierra Leone abolishes the death penalty

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Article: Capital punishment (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Sierra Leone ends capital punishment through a parliamentary vote (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian UK
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Nominator's comments: Self-explanatory Abcmaxx (talk) 22:42, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
What about abortion lol. Though abortion restrictions would increase the % of the born who's parents were too unreluctant to kill fetus and too irresponsible to fulfill their simple wish of no conception and that would be even more inhumane. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 00:13, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not the place. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 00:15, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) RD: Mike Mitchell

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Article: Mike Mitchell (actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): TMZ: 'GLADIATOR,' 'BRAVEHEART' ACTOR DEAD AT 65
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Article updated
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Mumbai landslide

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Article: 2021 Mumbai landslide (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 110 people have been killed in landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in the India state of Maharashtra. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera
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Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Still a stub, needs to be updated. Significant loss of life. Sherenk1 (talk) 15:23, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Burundian Minister for Mining Ibrahim Uwizeye suspends the operations of several international mining companies, including one running the only rare-earth mine in Africa, saying they were not properly sharing the profits and that the mining contracts signed were "unbalanced". (Africanews) (Xinhua)

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(Posted) RD: Peter Trueman

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Article: Peter Trueman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Global News; The Globe and Mail (Legacy.com)
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Article updated
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(Posted) RD/Blurb: Steven Weinberg

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Article: Steven Weinberg (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AP News, UT NEWS
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 Count Iblis (talk) 07:24, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

All reffed now Bumbubookworm (talk) 03:37, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Striking oppose for RD post-posting; oppose blurb per reasoning below. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:19, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
All reffed now Bumbubookworm (talk) 03:37, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've added some comments from his contemporaries. Hopefully that makes it clearer how incredibly profound his contributions were Bumbubookworm (talk) 15:08, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Alfred Biolek

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Article: Alfred Biolek (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): FOCUS; Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Nominator's comments: German pioneer of talkshow, entertainer, television producer Grimes2 (talk) 11:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LordPeterII He doesn't need to be well known, as notability is not at issue for RD nominations. If he merits an article, he merits posting, once the article is adequately updated. 331dot (talk) 15:49, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gerda made recently substancial contributions to the article, so added to updater. Grimes2 (talk) 09:22, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ongoing: Summer Olympics

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Article: Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Olympics (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: And they're off! Proper procedure per WP:ITNR is to have this article in ongoing, and the opening ceremony linked as a blurb. This article looks fine. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 14:10, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Olympics opening ceremony

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Article: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In Tokyo, the 2020 Summer Olympics are opened. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The Summer Olympics open in Tokyo, Japan.
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: In half an hour; thought we could get the quality !votes in at this time for a swift posting. Will need tense updates. Kingsif (talk) 10:34, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I also wonder if we should mention the delay due to the pandemic. 331dot (talk) 11:02, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Tube of Light This is an ITNR event, meaning support on the merits is not required. 331dot (talk) 11:02, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wait a minute... I checked the Games article for quality instead of the opening ceremony and said that... Anyways, I think we need the "Ceremony key team" to be cleaned up as the title sounds weird and the source is given as a separate line. TubeOfLightTalk Less, Smile More 11:06, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mention Osaka lighting the cauldron? 87.241.189.205 (talk) 16:51, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why? AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:06, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's at 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony#Ceremony, but you could have been bold and added it yourself if it wasn't already there. It's certainly not a prerequisite for ITN posting.—Bagumba (talk) 18:38, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thought this meant mention it in the blurb. Yes, it makes sense for the article. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:42, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Or it's a Magic Eye trick.—Bagumba (talk) 18:57, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: John Cornell

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Article: John Cornell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sydney Morning Herald; Cricinfo
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Nominator's comments: pioneer of World Series Cricket concept. Abishe (talk) 09:47, 23 July 2021 (UTC) Abishe (talk) 10:30, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Asylum in Australia
    • An Afghan Tajik asylum seeker who has been held in immigration detention by Australia for eight years sues the Australian Government in the Federal Court. A former employee of the Islamic Republican government, the man fled an assassination attempt by the Taliban and argues that his family is still being targeted in Afghanistan and that his indefinite detention prevents him from organising their escape from the violence. The Government has requested the case be dismissed and denied they had any legal obligations towards Afghan citizens. (The Guardian)
  • Police in Madagascar arrest six individuals, including a foreign national, after months of investigation into a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina. The Attorney General accuses those arrested of having "a plan for the elimination of the head of state". (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
  • Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe and 15 members of his Chadema party, who were arrested yesterday, are charged with terrorism, according to a statement from the party. Amnesty International condemns the charges and the United States said yesterday that Mbowe's arrest was "very concerning". (Al Jazeera)

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(Posted) RD: Peter Rehberg

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Article: Peter Rehberg (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian; Pitchfork
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 11:13, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Career section is essentially a resume in prose format. Any reactions to his work? Outside of the intro sentence stating that he composed "electronic audio works", the article gives me no idea of what his work sounded like or in what settings it was popular or utilized. That said, article is reffed and with an additional well-formed paragraph (or additional sentences in each current paragraph or something similar), this should be ready to go. SpencerT•C 21:51, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Sub-postmaster scandal

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Article: British Post Office scandal (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ British sub-postmasters falsely accused of fraud win the right to be compensated 22 years later.
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57928397
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Article needs updating
Nominator's comments: This is one of the biggest and wide-spread systemic cases of miscarriages of justice, certainly in British history since the Hillsborough tragedy. Whilst the story is confined to the UK alone I am fairly certain that this is an unusual case and likely to become a "textbook" example in the future around the world. The case spans areas of concern regarding businesses, a state-owned postal service, employment rights, worker-employer power relationship, criminal justice system, computer program issues, the quashing of criminal convictions, the right to appeal, liability, compensation quantum and the impact of criminal convictions on livelihoods. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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ISS module Nauka

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Article: Nauka (ISS module) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Nauka module is launched to the International Space Station. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
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: Not sure if this should be ITNR, but this is the first major module launched to the ISS since the Space Shuttle retirement a decade ago. Since docking and connecting/assembly is a longer process, launch should be the major point covered by ITN. Note that this will be the third heaviest module in the entire ISS, and this might be the heaviest payload launched to space from anywhere since 2000. 2601:602:9200:1310:4893:74A5:E26C:891D (talk) 22:29, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The launch is nothing; docking is everything. – Sca (talk) 16:05, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It can't be docked until it's launched, so I would disagree. I've said how you can proceed. 331dot (talk) 16:13, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We have a saying here on ITN too: "Go get the wording on ITNR changed." WaltCip-(talk) 16:13, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, time for the news on TV. – Sca (talk) 22:01, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wait for docking, which is clearly what counts for a space station module. The article is substantial but could use some TLC - a light copyedit, sorting out the WP:PROSELINE etc. There are no show-stoppers but it would be good to have the article fixed up by the time docking occurs. Modest Genius talk 10:28, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not invested enough in this to object to the wording change of the ITNR listing, but I wasn't confused about it; the plain langauge said "launch" and this component's launch was a story itself, probably more so than the actual installation. 331dot (talk) 10:41, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Brisbane to host 2032 Summer Olympics

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Article: Bids for the 2032 Summer Olympics (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Brisbane is announced as host city of the 2032 Summer Olympics. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: The announcement was made at the 138th IOC Session held in Tokyo today. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:54, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per WP:CRYSTAL. The current Tokyo Olympics are actually sorta happening in 2021 not 2020. In such circumstances, it is ridiculous to be making confident predictions about what's going to happen 11 years from now. The smart money is now putting a lot of distance between themselves and the Olympics as it is now considered a toxic brand. Wikipedia should therefore not rush to join some promotional puff that may not actually happen. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • While there are WP:CRYSTAL issues, I disagree that we should be using the problems around the current Tokyo Olympics to say that the 2032 ones may never happen. Heck, future Olympic games are specifically mentioned as acceptable under CRYSTAL as long as it's well documented. If the 2032 games are ultimately canned well before they happen, there's still factual information around host city selection/etc. that'd we keep. --Masem (t) 13:41, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Complete black swans such as the 2020 hullabaloo don't count towards WP:CRYSTAL. There's a reasonable expectation for an Olympics in 2032 (as there was in 2020 prior to March), so it'd be completely asinine to not post this for fear of a remote chance of being proven wrong. Besides, the "toxicity" is only due to the 2020 Olympics in particular, not the Olympics in general.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 15:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • The Brisbane Olympics have already turned toxic – see Disgusting! And notice that the article linked in the blurb says absolutely nothing about this furore, which is now dominating coverage in Australia and elsewhere. That article has the title Bids for the 2032 Summer Olympics but notice that there wasn't a vote because Brisbane was the only candidate. Our coverage seems to be business-as-usual PR rather than giving a NPOV and accurate account. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:15, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's ITNR, this is all bosh. Complaints department is over here. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:49, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Uttam Nepali

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Article: Uttam Nepali (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Kathmandu Post
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Nominator's comments: Nepalese artist, writer, and actor. Bada Kaji (talk • श्रीमान् गम्भीर) 18:40, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Henan floods

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Article: 2021 Henan floods (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 33 people are killed by floods and landslides caused by record-breaking rainfall in Henan, China. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, AP, Guardian, Reuters
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Article updated

 Fdfexoex (talk) 16:47, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Henan is the cradle of East Asian civilization, they farm a fertile flood plain like the other 42+ century civilizations. 25 isn't much but typhoon is still ridiculously far from Chinese landfall and strengthening, floods might get worse. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:27, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The 201.9mm rainfall in an hour in Zhengzhou is a national record, which surpassed a 1975 record during Typhoon Nina. And Zhengzhou is a 10 million population megacity, the death toll will surely increase. So you see how serious it is. But yeah, the quality of the English article is to be blamed, it makes someone think it is something "fairly common happening every year", that's bad. The quality is to be improved. However, at least there's no more {{cn}} tags, so I say support. --Tomchen1989 (talk) 12:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality as there are multiple cn tags. Once fixed, consider this a support vote. Joseph2302 (talk)
It seems there's no {{cn}} tags at this point. --Tomchen1989 (talk) 12:05, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would recommend a stronger blurb to indicate why this particularly flooding is unusual compared to the typical floods that happen in SE Asia this time of year, beyond the simple death tool. Maybe simply going (per Tomchen's point) "At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides in Henan, China caused by record-breaking rainfall." to give some weight of why this is internationally newsworthy. Simply on population numbers and the current time of year, this would be comparable to news about a tornado outbreak in the US that may have taken <10 lives - eg we'd not post that simply because that's par for the course. But this does seem unique due to the rainfall amount. --Masem (t) 13:13, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support notable and passable quality. Yakikaki (talk) 14:23, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Agree with Masem 's logic, but suggest we wait to see if the toll rises anytime soon. True, news often is slow outta China, and RS coverage has been rather spotty and featury. But there are Western journalists there   ... could become a major story.
    Sca (talk) 14:31, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, but only with amended hook like the one suggested by Masem. The flood is imo not notable for the death toll (at this point), but for breaking long-standing records.--LordPeterII (talk) 18:10, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. If those Metro scenes had been filmed on the London Underground or New York City Subway it would have been on the front page long ago? But I have to admit, it's a while since I checked out Chinese Wikipedia. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:20, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure? Just 2 weeks ago there was a waist-deep flood in some New York City subway stations and streets and a top 10 rainiest NYC hour of all time and there was a ton of opposes and it was never posted. Subway waterfall, older commuter waist-deep in filthy Manhattan subway water (different neighborhood from the waterfall), street entrance of that station, 100 feet elevation in the upper-mid levels of a minor Manhattan valley that steepens a few hundred feet left of camera for good drainage to sea level yet still waist-deep in rain. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:54, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear. I'm no longer sure. Here in the Euro-free zone we're Making Britain Great Again. I would not have opposed, for sure. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:05, 22 July 2021 (UTC) [reply]
Should we have a new nomination for Typhoon In-fa (2021) & these floods together as one event, or as two related events during the same month? Jim Michael (talk) 11:52, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City

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Pier Head, Liverpool
Article: Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (pictured) in England is stripped of its status as UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In England, Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City (pictured) is stripped of its status as UNESCO World Heritage Site due to modern development of the area.
News source(s): The Guardian, BBC, NYT, The Daily Telegraph
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Nominator's comments: The removal of UNESCO World Heritage Site status is by itself unusual (only 3rd item from the UNESCO list ever to be struck out). The coverage in the news is wide, and the article, I believe, conforms pretty well with the ITN quality standards. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 18:38, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Theo Jubitana

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Article: Theo Jubitana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): De Ware Tijd
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Nominator's comments: Surinamese indigenous leader. Joofjoof (talk) 01:26, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Well referenced little article. KittenKlub (talk) 06:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Chuck McMann

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Article: Chuck McMann (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC News (Canadian Press); Montreal Gazette; CFL.ca
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Article updated
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(Posted) RD: Elmo Rodrigopulle

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Article: Elmo Rodrigopulle (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Daily FT; Daily News
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(Posted) RD: Jerry Granelli

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Article: Jerry Granelli (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CTV News; Global News
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Article updated
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(Posted) NBA Finals

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Article: 2021 NBA Finals (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In basketball, the Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Phoenix Suns to win the NBA Finals (MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo pictured). (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post, NY Times
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Article is being updated. --SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 03:40, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Game 6 needs a written blurb. Therapyisgood (talk) 04:11, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Blue Origin flight

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Article: Blue Origin NS-16 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, carrying four crew including American billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully conducts a test flight. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully conducts a test flight with four civilian passengers, including the oldest and youngest persons to be in space.
News source(s): AP, CBS, CNN, NPR, NYT, Space.com, WaPo
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Nominator's comments: Not a first, but still unmistakably the news of the day. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 19:47, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. ITNR only contains "orbital spaceflight" for a reason. If we set a precedent of "famous person/rich person goes to space" for this sort of "tourist" flight, that's not going to work when there's multiple of these per year. Now, if they were spending a week in orbit, that makes it more noteworthy than spending about 4 minutes in weightlessness just to be able to say "I went to space because I was rich". Now, this could be a DYK (or even an ITN potentially) if it is framed around Wally Funk (qualified astronaut who never flew) being the oldest person to go to space. Potentially being the key word - would have to be well crafted to not be too long yet still explain the significance. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 19:53, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Now that it's been expanded to the flight as a whole, meaning the focus doesn't have to be on Bezos, I'll reiterate potentially support. My requirements would be that it focus on a notable fact (either the ages, both oldest and youngest; or the fact that a trained astronaut who never flew in her career was on this flight), and doesn't mention Bezos at all. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 01:29, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates/July_2021#(Closed)_Unity_22_spaceflight. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:57, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support when expanded. The first manned space tourist flight by a private company, which additionally (though slightly trivially) carried both the oldest and youngest persons to reach space. I would have supported the Unity flight for being the first, if it had actually reached space. It seems like this and flying cars have been predicted and anticipated for decades, and one of them is finally here. At last, some good news for rich people for a change. --Bongwarrior (talk) 20:20, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose As with the prior case, this is not the first space tourist, nor first flight of this specific craft. While it is a significant step towards space travel, it is principally celebrity news --Masem (t) 20:26, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I mean, ITN doesn't just report firsts. This is unquestionably in the news, more so than Branson because of the parallels being drawn with the working conditions of Amazon workers [7].-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Not the first space tourist, but there is a pretty big difference between purchasing a seat on an established launch system versus building one from scratch. In my opinion, the distinction is notable enough to post. It's hardly mere "celebrity news". --Bongwarrior (talk) 21:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I've never had a doubt that it's possible to build a launch system from scrath with that money. Any evidence on how does this newly built system make an advancement in the field?--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:08, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support iff the emphasis is on Funk and Daemen being the oldest and youngest to go to space. Even that is debatable, but I'd rather discussion not be closed just yet. Otherwise this is just another billionaire space adventure: glad they're happening, but not newsworthy.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:16, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I think we are missing the forest for the trees here. Space travel is still rare and dangerous. There were notable aspects of this flight(not Bezos) and I think they got higher than Branson. 331dot (talk) 23:34, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support if the mention of Bezos is replaced with a mention of Funk and Daeman being oldest and youngest people to go to space. Rich person goes to "space" as a standard for ITN would become very lenient in a few years.Jackattack1597 (talk) 00:56, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose space is now just a journey, and while I watched this particular trip with excitement, it was just a tourist and advertising moment. If we don't post Branson, we don't advertise Amazon. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 01:05, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If space travel is just a journey, please show me your ticket stub. 331dot (talk) 01:09, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be better for you stop badgering everything I say here at ITNC. If I had $500K I could "go to space". I don't want to go to space. Or "space". Now pack it in with your harassment. As an admin you should know much better. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 01:13, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I am not harassing anyone and resent the accusation. I am responding to a comment with a legitimate criticism of your argument. However, if you don't wish me to communicate with you ever again, I won't. 331dot (talk) 01:20, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"a legitimate criticism" = " show me your ticket stub"?? Get a grip. And yeah, best you leave me alone forever. What a shame, I thought you had something, but clearly being an admin is too much. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 01:27, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's called hyperbole, but okay. I'm not sure what the rest of your comment even means, but sure, I'll do my best to avoid communicating with you. 331dot (talk) 01:38, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
IRS might require Bezos to show ticket stubs to prove "legitimate business travel expense"? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:08, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I believe they had test launched this without passengers previously, and it's orbital flights, not crewed flights in general. 331dot (talk) 09:54, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: David Leckie

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Article: David Leckie (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Sydney Morning Herald; ABC News; The Guardian (Australian Associated Press)
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(Posted) Terunofuji promoted to yokozuna

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Article: Terunofuji Haruo (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In sumo, Terunofuji becomes the 73rd yokozuna. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In sumo, Mongolian wrestler Terunofuji Haruo (pictured) is promoted to yokozuna, becoming the 73rd person to earn the title.
News source(s): Japan Times
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Last promotion was in 2017. 2601:602:9200:1310:8130:4CBA:6C84:E571 (talk) 09:21, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are 50+ sources in the article. You want the article to also be an FA first before it gets posted as an ITNR? /s 2601:602:9200:1310:B112:B2E9:BC7A:3E88 (talk) 09:43, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There are also whole paragraphs, and multiple other sentences with no sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:46, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Peruvian general election

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Article: 2021 Peruvian general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Pedro Castillo (pictured) is named president-elect of Peru following a contested presidential election. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Pedro Castillo (pictured) is elected as president of Peru.
Alternative blurb II: Pedro Castillo (pictured) is declared the president-elect of Peru following the official declaration of the results of April's election.
Alternative blurb III: Pedro Castillo wins the Peruvian presidential election.
News source(s): RPP, EFE, The New York Times
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: A heavily contested election won by Castillo, a schoolteacher and complete political outsider. Castillo was finally declared president-elect today after nearly two months of unfounded fraud claims reviewed by Peruvian electoral bodies. He is to be inaugurated on 28 July 2021. WMrapids (talk) 01:08, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

July 19

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(Posted) RD: Abel Ramírez Águilar

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Article: Abel Ramírez Águilar (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): El Universal
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Nominator's comments: Mexican sculptor. Article seems ready. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 21:43, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Chuck E. Weiss

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News source(s): Los Angeles Times; Variety; Deadline Hollywood
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(Posted) RD: Kurt Westergaard

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Article: Kurt Westergaard (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CTV, France 24
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Nominator's comments: This was the Dane who drew controversial Muhammad caricature in 2005. His wikibio seems to be in reasonably good shape. --PFHLai (talk) 00:23, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak support Line He took issue with the way Danish people have judged his intentions, telling Canadian blogger Jonathan Kay that he was been shunned by many of his former friends: "One of my old friends from the left, he said last year to me 'There are many who say that if something happens to [you], you were asking for it' — that it would be my own fault. is unsourced, but in general the article is ready. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 09:30, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support since he was the centre of a big controversy and article is passable, but he died on 14 July, no? Yakikaki (talk) 16:49, 23 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Pegasus: Spyware Project Pegasus (investigation)

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Article: Project Pegasus (investigation) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Several heads of state, human rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to governments by a private surveillance firm. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A consortium of investigative journalists alleges that multiple nation-states have deployed cyberweapons against several heads of state, journalists, human rights activists, political opponents and dissidents.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Investigative journalists at Project Pegasus report that multiple governments have used cyberweapons against heads of state, journalists, human rights activists, political opponents and dissidents.
News source(s): BBC
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Nominator's comments: In the news! Sherenk1 (talk) 11:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • This is a relatively minor thing compared to the disclosures made by Assange and Snowden, which clearly indicate that similar software was used on a large scale before, so this is definitely not the first instance of someone being caught.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 13:44, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is a difference between Snowden "The 5 leading democracy spy on the World officially for terrorists-fighting" and this "For profit company sells effective spyware to 20 dictatorial countries with proven crack down on journalist and civil rights activists". It's a step further. Also qualified as the surveillance revelation for the decade (here), and style aside, likely the revelation of the past 4~5 years. 17 news agency collaborated to dig into this story and make synchronous publications. Yug (talk) 14:17, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't buy the stereotype that 'democratic' governments spy to fight against terrorism and 'authoritarian' to oppress people. All governments use intelligence for the same reason, that is, to provide security and prevent instability. Also, there don't seem to be immediate consequencies like arrests, bans and international sanctions that we usually expect to have in order to measure impact.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 16:31, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't buy it either. But there, the tool escape government's hold, it's on the market. Second, the reach of violations seems to have enlarged : Snowden shown that US agencies operatives could read everyone's sexy messages, here it is proven that several 10+ governments are phishing on journalists, activists, opposition politicians for democratic repression and political gains. The way the technology is acquired, and the countries involves seems enough to consider this leak ITN worthy. Yug (talk) 18:16, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support 17 news agencies collaborating for an investigation and coordinating for a synchroneous international coverages. They announce a centralized, industrial, international scale abuse of surveillance toward law-abiding activists and journalists by multiple semi-autoritarian or autoritarian governments, followed by judicial harassment or occasional killings (Khashoggi, Cecilio Pineda Birto). Worth noting. Yug (talk) 13:21, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There is nothing about these cybersecurity exploits and breaches that raise them above others. See what Kiril says above. It would look weird to single out this controversy for coverage. Jehochman Talk 13:37, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Moreover, the target article is still in bad shape and is not ready for the home page. Jehochman Talk 02:16, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There's also uncertainty if the firm claimed (NGO Group) is really behind it or not, so this would be inappropriately accusational. This is a media evaluation and best that I've seen, not one that has yet involved cybersecurity experts. simply they found several numbers belongs to activists and journalists that were on a leaked list of phones claimed to be under surveillence, but seem to offer no further proof of that. --Masem (t) 13:46, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: @Masem: Investigation in collaboration with the Toronto Citizen's lab, specialized in this field. The NSO responses have not been to claim it's not them, but that the journalists' claims are exagerated. If NSO don't contradict the claim, should we ? Yug (talk) 14:24, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fair enough about the Citizen's Lab backing, but I would still argue that because we're talking the media that are very sensitive to events that directly affect them, they may have a valid concern that a certain type of spyware has targetted their members and confirmed through Citizen's Lab, but whether NGO (which states they actively work to block malicious uses) purposely did this or not is far too early and not something that we can treat as a fact if it is only the media making the accusation. If it were, say, the US Department of Justice or equivalent national organization that made the call that has authority to prosecute towards this, that would be different. I am not saying that the media is fishing in a barrel here, I'm sure they have sufficient evidence, but we should avoid this type of conclusion in Wikivoice until validated by appropriate authorities. --Masem (t) 14:35, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Masem: To be honest I think the article haven't document the methodology yet. So i searched a little and found this : "The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto has independently peer-reviewed a draft of the forensic methodology outlined in this report. Their review can be found here."[1]. We need to document this more within the article, but this transparent methodology, peer reviewed by a world recognized team, and not contradicted by the accusee (NSO Group) together meet a very solid standard of verifiability. I will add that to the article. Yug (talk) 14:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That the collective group of media sources in collaboration with this lab found spyware on specific members of their group is something we can factually say. That this was purposely tied to specific journalists and activities in specific areas and used by some gov'ts to take action against them is a claim that can be said attributed to the media group. That the NGO Group is intentionally doing this is also a claim that must be said with attribution to the media here. But there's no formal criminal or other court-of-law charges here yet or any conviction towards NGO, and the media are not the authority to that end. Hence we have to be very careful in presenting NGO as the entity intentionally behind the entire "plot" that the media describes. I am sure they have evidence that points that way, but media is not law enforcement and wikivoice has to be very careful around that. That's why I think at this stage this is too early to post because its basically a media accusation against a company and not a point of arrest or conviction. --Masem (t) 14:47, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pretty much yes : ITN does not run stories that include such major allegations against any individual or entity unless it is a result of an official law enforcement action, typically the conviction or verdict against the person/entity. (Rare cases we will document the arrest of a major world leader). I have no doubt that the media have found the PEgasus spyware on phones and found a pattern about who was targetted by it, but that's accusation that we cannot report factually yet. --Masem (t) 16:23, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - "The allegations here are not new. What is new is the scale of the targeting of innocent people that's allegedly taking place. Nearly 200 reporters from 21 countries have their phone numbers on this list, and more names of high-profile public figures are expected to be revealed." From BBC article Sherenk1 (talk) 14:23, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Scale, diversity of clients of this private firm, journalists/activists being primary target makes the disclosure noteworthy if not unprecedented. Credibility of leaked data is supported by forensic analysis of small number of devices belonging to people whose numbers are on list.  Ohsin  14:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance (especially since this is an expose of something that has been going on for a while), Oppose on quality - holy cow, yesterday I thought this was some minor thing that only affected India but now this is easily a major story since it: a) took multiple news companies from different countries to expose it b) affects political dissidents in many countries (both democratic and non-democratic). Oh, and please replace "Rights" with "Human Rights" in the proposed blurb. 45.251.33.254 (talk) 15:11, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
PS - Would it be appropriate to name any countries in particular here? I don't think so but I'm curious since WaPo and BBC did one article each focusing on the spyware's impact in India. 45.251.33.254 (talk) 15:46, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Basically, illiberal democracies or authoritarian regimes as long as they are Western-friendly (UAE, Saudi, Azer, Mexico, Marocco, India BJP).
    I also think the article's quality is not sufficient as of now, but it will be polished in coming 24~48h, while this vote goes. Yug (talk) 16:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on notability but the articles need some improvement first. Just skimming through them I found some poorly written sentences, but it hopefully shouldn't take too long to get the article ready. I would prefer that the word malware in the proposed blurb links to Pegasus (spyware) if posted.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 02:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Blurb is atrocious. Needs fix. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:06, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think what makes this case rise above the resit is that we have reason to believe that generally off limit targets like human rights advocates, journalists and political opponents were targeted. If this was the case of latest geopolitical grandstanding among the usual suspects, it'd be a non-story, but the fact that Jamal Khashoggi or Rahul Gandhi were targeted, is significant. BUT, I agree that the blurb has to be rewritten, and the quality could be better. Melmann 07:59, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Those who support could work on the article and also suggest a blurb that explains why this event is unprecedented. Every few weeks there’s another major hack. What’s different here? Jehochman Talk 09:14, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The blurb could be flipped into "Over 10 governments are revealed to use private anti-crime zero-click spyware to gain full access on phones of opposition politicians, journalists and others.". This is more on what the abusers do. If you are an English native, please feel free to pick this blurd up and improve. Yug (talk) 09:55, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's too technical. Maybe "An investigation by various news companies reveals that authoritarian governments in over 10 countries have used Pegasus spyware against political dissidents" would do but that's also a bit long and wonky. "Political dissidents" may be enough to refer to all of those being spied on since most targets are politically opposed to their governments. TubeOfLightTalk 12:52, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dissident is elegant, yes, i like it. But the scope is larger and don't fits, espectially with today revealation on Head of States. I suggest the following.
"Human rights activists, journalists, lawyers and head of States around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to governments by a private surveillance firm." Note: I'am not an English native. Yug (talk) 17:28, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Heads of States

According to Die Zeit's analysis, over a dozen head of States have been targeted, implying possible full access to their mobile phones thanks to NSO's Pegasus spyware :

Confirmed by Washington Post (source). Yug (talk) 16:51, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Help needed: There is lot of significant content coming out. Please consider contributing to this topic by following one single news provider on that matter, list of portals here: Talk:Project_Pegasus_revelations#Portals_to_monitor. Yug (talk) 17:33, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Altblurb added. Melmann 19:00, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Please remove all this detail to the article talk page. We’re going to have months of revelations. For ITN we are looking for a significant event. The discovery that countries are spying on each other is mundane. Apple just released patches. By sure to upgrade iOS as soon as you can. Jehochman Talk 09:14, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Upon reflection, the scope of this involving so many prime ministers makes the event exceptional. Jehochman Talk 15:18, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support pending resolution of the article name. There is a move discussion ongoing that will hopefully resolve soon. The fact that all these heads of states have been named makes this investigation sufficiently notable for ITN. Jehochman Talk 12:56, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: The orange tag is no longer in the article. Citations still missing in the final paragraph in the "Findings" section and for Israel's reactions. --PFHLai (talk) 16:47, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: David Snell

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Article: David Snell (golfer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [11]
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Nominator's comments: English professional golfer who won the 1959 News of the World Match Play, the British professional matchplay championship. Nigej (talk) 10:13, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • OPEC+ members, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, reach an agreement to increase oil production, ending disputes that caused prices to reach their highest level since 2014. Per the terms of the agreement, Russia will increase its production from 11 million barrels to 11.5 million by May 2022, while the other members will increase their production by 400,000 barrels per day starting in August. (RFE/RL)

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(Posted) RD: John Woodcock (cricket writer)

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Article: John Woodcock (cricket writer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian; The Daily Telegraph; The Times
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Article updated
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Open Championship

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Article: 2021 Open Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In golf, Collin Morikawa wins the Open Championship. (Post)
News source(s): ESPN BBC
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Nominator's comments: The Open Championship is listed on ITNR. 2021_Open_Championship#Final_round contains a referenced, four-paragraphed summary of the final round. (My apologies if I missed an editor who updated the article.) -- Calidum 00:39, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Ongoing: Cuban protests

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Article: 2021 Cuban protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, Guardian, WaPo
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Nominator's comments: Article recently rolled off Main Page; event is still ongoing. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 20:19, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) 2021 Tour de France

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Article: 2021 Tour de France (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In cycling, Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In cycling, Tadej Pogačar wins the Tour de France for the second time
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Nominator's comments: The main article is brief but contains the essentials. There are two stage articles where there is a detailed stage-by-stage summaries, so the Tour is well covered overall. Tone 17:53, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Philip Sherry

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Article: Philip Sherry (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Newshub.co.nz
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Nominator's comments: new article, but fully referenced and covers his life and achievements MurielMary (talk) 12:15, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Mumtaz Bhutto

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Article: Mumtaz Bhutto (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Geo,The News Int and DAWN
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RD: Pilar Bardem

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Article: Pilar Bardem (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): La Vanguardia
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Nominator's comments: Spanish awarded actress. The "Career" section needs expansion, so I will work on it. The rest of the article is in good condition. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 20:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: The orange {expand} tag needs to be addressed. Perhaps a quick translation from her bio in Spanish Wikipedia would help? Time is running out, though. --PFHLai (talk) 14:26, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Hong Kong University Students' Union investigation

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Article: Hong Kong University Students' Union (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ 2021 appreciation of police assailant and derecognition by the university (Post)
News source(s): South China Morning Post
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Nominator's comments: After retracting and apologizing over the controversial "appreciating the police assailant" motion, the Hong Kong government shows strong determination to investigate the students' union committee members on ground of possible violation of the national security law. Even though without making any apprehension yet, the committee members are told not to flee Hong Kong or face interception. The school council's derecognizing the students' union is also followed suit by other local universities, leaving an ever more uncertain future of all university students' union in Hong Kong, as virtually all students' union committees in Hong Kong are very critical of the Chinese government and played certain major roles in the mass pro-democracy protests in recent years. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 04:22, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding – but has an investigation actually concluded, or even began? In any case the article has not been updated regarding an investigation or any arrests, needs some major prose copyediting, and has several unsourced sections. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:50, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the article needs serious improvement, and massive improvement in sourcing. And I'm not seeing how a university no longer recognising its student union is ITN worthy- it seems like a local issue to one university. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:51, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose We can't really do much with this. This is not a linchpin moment the same way that the Tiananmen Square incident was.--WaltCip-(talk) 13:39, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. 'Shows strong determination' to investigate something is not a major news story. Nor is a single university arguing with its student union. We posted the Apple Daily closure, this is all part of the same crackdown on free speech in Hong Kong. Modest Genius talk 18:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Article, written in somewhat stilted English, lacks continuity. It's not immediately clear whether the govt. has in fact suppressed and outlawed the organization. Further, this seems just another in a long series of repressive events in HK. Scant coverage. – Sca (talk) 22:15, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: David Randall

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Article: David Randall (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Independent; The Guardian
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Only reported today (July 17); died earlier this week. —Bloom6132 (talk) 16:27, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: George Curtis

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Article: George Curtis (footballer, born 1939) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sky Sports,
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Legend of Coventry City F.C., both for his time as a player and as the joint manager on our greatest day in the 1987 FA Cup Final. Article is stubby at present but I'll aim to expand it today.  — Amakuru (talk) 11:36, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Amakuru, only one missing ref. I think it's easy to fix. SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 01:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Dolores Claman

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Article: Dolores Claman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC,
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Composer of Canada's unofficial second national anthem, the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. (That probably sounds like a joke to non-Canadians, but it isn't a joke; it's in her obit.) Also composed the province of Ontario's unofficial anthem. Article was already in decent shape before her death, and has been updated; should meet RD requirements. Death announced on this date. NorthernFalcon (talk) 05:12, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Christoph Strasser becomes the first person to cycle more than 1000 km in 24 hours

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Article: Christoph Strasser (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Christoph Strasser becomes the first person to cycle more than 1000 km in 24 hours (Post)
News source(s): ORF
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Need to check if this record is more general, it could be that no person has ever traveled more than 1000 km in 24 hours using any unassisted method (no forms of mechanical or natural propulsion such as engines or wind allowed) before. Count Iblis (talk) 04:46, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality article needs massive sourcing improvement. Also, it's not clear from the article who's actually ratifying that this is a record (Guiness World Records, UCI)? Joseph2302 (talk) 08:09, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality, also, this seems a rather niche record. --Tone 08:14, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Most racing sports track a 24-hour distance record. Admittedly, some are better-known than others. --Carnildo (talk) 08:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • True. What I wanted to say is that ITN typically posts only the most "famous" records, such as the 100m and marathon, as well as breaking of the athletics records that have stood for a long time. With the Olympics just a week ahead, all sorts of records are bound to be broken. As for cycling, we have the Tour de France concluding today, which is ITNR. --Tone 09:05, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality Article is just not good enough for the main page.
  • Oppose Quality of Article is not good enough. If an Infobox and better structure is implemented, I would support the article. TapticInfo (talk) 11:52, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Micro-niche sports footnote. Sca (talk) 12:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Most ardent oppose in every way, but especially because we barely post records in established disciplines, let alone first timed go at [arbitrary distance] in [arbitrary time]. Not to mention the lack of any news coverage - the source seems to be a personal/industry record page, and a google of his name doesn't even bring up the Wikipedia article. Great. Personally, having being to the German article and seen the quality of sources there, I'd actually AfD this bio: entirely SPS or PASSINGMENTION for the few legit sources, most still unsourced self-promo. Nothing about this is getting to MP. Kingsif (talk) 13:42, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Slightly cheating as he ran inside an X of teammates, who rotated and didn't run the whole distance (obviously), and followed a laser grid going exactly half marathon an hour, lased from a shield car, so not the official marathon record, still extremely hard to do (the first attempt with a top of the field marathoner in a box of mates behind a laser car with a clock on the back failed, at 2 hours 0 minutes 25 seconds) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:11, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest it failed at 2 hours. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:35, 18 July 2021 (UTC) [reply]
Pretty sure the laser reached an insurmountable lead before 2 hours. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • 2 hours is the holy grail of distance running records, twice is fine. Betcha there'd be fewer supports from cricket nations though if someone breaks the no dope homer (non-bouncing boundary) record (61) but not official (73, held by that ex-slim man who looked like a bodybuilder in his 40s (before mandatory drug testing). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:27, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Conventional bicycles are poor for such records because they have too much drag. With better aerodynamics, the record was over 1200 km already – see List of cycling records#24 Hours record. Cycle races such as the Tour de France have lots of homologation rules to compel the use of the traditional inefficient design. For example, the UCI defines a bicycle as "a vehicle with two wheels of equal diameter". Hah! Andrew🐉(talk) 16:37, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
UCI records are more famous than absolute though, probably due to the fame of races like the tours and the Olympics. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:31, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, drat. I'm all for gay rights and all, but "homologation rules" sound a bit extreme. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:32, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks cooler in Italian. i.e. gran turismo omologato Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:11, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Il campione del mondo!Sca (talk) 22:23, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Titane wins Palme d'Or

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Article: Titane (film) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At the Cannes Film Festival, French-Belgian Titane wins the Palme d'Or. (Post)
News source(s): [14], [15]
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: It's Palme d'Or Grammar SWAT認字特警 (talk) 02:53, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It might be a titanic film, but we can't tell from the article. – Sca (talk) 22:19, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • The Hubble Space Telescope is successfully brought back online after a hardware failure with its payload computer on June 13, which left it unable to perform scientific operations for more than a month. (Space.com)

(Posted) RD: Biz Markie

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Article: Biz Markie (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Fox 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.

 – Muboshgu (talk) 00:22, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Harry M. Rosenfeld

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Article: Harry M. Rosenfeld (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post; Associated Press
Credits:

Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 23:46, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: José Mª Gay de Liébana

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Article: José María Gay de Liébana (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): El Periódico
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Spanish popular economist. Article is ready. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 15:11, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Danish Siddiqui

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Article: Danish Siddiqui (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Reuters, Washington Post, CNN
Credits:
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters photojournalist covering the Afgan war 2405:201:7000:AB4C:3366:CC46:922A:D87 (talk) 11:44, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Five people arrested over racist abuse of English footballers

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Article: UEFA Euro 2020 Final (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Five people are arrested over racist abuse of English footballers after UEFA Euro 2020 Final. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Article updated
Nominator's comments: Seems like important conclusion of the widespread racial abuse in the social media. --Stop racism immediately (talk) 08:35, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) RD: Gira Sarabhai

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

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Might require some copyediting. Nizil (talk) 06:57, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Jean Kraft

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Article: Jean Kraft (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Opera News
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Mezzo-soprano with almost 800 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, - detailed article by creator, little work updating. There may be more obits, but as her career ended a while ago, I expect no major changes. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Hugo F. Sonnenschein

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Article: Hugo F. Sonnenschein (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Chicago Sun-Times; University of Chicago
Credits:

Article updated
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(Posted) RD: Ebrahim Desai

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Article: Ebrahim Desai (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Baseerat Urdu]
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Article updated. Subject was a well-known Mufti. There's however a lack of sources but everything is well-cited.─ The Aafī (talk) 03:06, 16 July 2021 (UTC) ─ The Aafī (talk) 03:06, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) RD/Blurb: Peter R. de Vries

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De Vries in 1995
Article: Peter R. de Vries (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries (pictured) dies at the age of 64, nine days after being shot in the head in Amsterdam. (Post)
News source(s): NU, NU (profile), NOS, AD SkyNews Reuters Al Jazeera
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: After he has been shot it had been national news since. Even the King commented with: "This is an attack on journalism and an attack on the Rechtsstaat (rule of law)". (I doubt for a nomination for "ITN candidate", but this information is not yet mentioned in the article, and therefore not good enough for ITN Candidate in my opinion.) SportsOlympic (talk) 12:25, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The article is cited well enough for RD purposes. rawmustard (talk) 13:19, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The page Murder of Peter R. de Vries has been created. SportsOlympic (talk) 13:53, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why is a separate article needed? All that's in that can go into the biographic article. --Masem (t) 14:04, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Masem: That's not a discussion for here, it's just a start of an article that will be expanded. The assassination will have a long aftermath and will have an impact on crime in the Netherlands, the security of people and the general rule of law. As the article already mention, it has a large political impact that should have its own article. Another examples: Murder of Derk Wiersum / Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. SportsOlympic (talk) 14:16, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • That's all WP:CRYSTAL, however, and if at such a time that coverage of the post-death overwhelms the bio, then it could be expanded. This could also be a simple open/closed court case given the suspects were quickly caught. It impacts this nomination since the story about his death should be covered in depth on the bio page. --Masem (t) 14:21, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The death of Peter R. de Vries is cited by numerous international news agencies as top story. --TheDutchViewer (talk) 14:13, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would actually support a blurb although the assassination article linked to above is not ready for main page right now. -- KTC (talk) 14:30, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Given the impact in the Netherlands and elsewhere - Simeon (talk) 14:54, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose RD, support blurb only. This is why blurbs exist, he did not pass away quietly in his sleep, there is a story here that needs additional elaboration, and this is the type of situation, where the blurb is needed to provide additional context for the death. Agnostic on which article to highlight, though his biography article is in better condition overall than the one on his murder. --Jayron32 15:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb The story here is the murder so we should go with a blurb once the article documenting it is improved.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 16:04, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb, pending expansion Sure, de Vries could get RD. But the story is the murder, and is being covered as such in the news (rather than obits, coverage is crime-focused) - wait for the Murder of Peter R. de Vries article to be fully fleshed-out (there will be much more crime and investigation detail to go there than is really due at the de Vries article). And I would probably agree with Jayron that posting him to RD before then, would make it seem less of a news story when blurb posted, so would consider not doing that. Kingsif (talk) 18:18, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • The murder does not need to be a separate page at the time, that's the thing. They caught the suspects, so there's almost no investigation needed. At the present time, it is better if the stuff in the murder article was merged into the bio article so that we're not waiting on the murder article to be developed to post. At a future point, if there's a lot of issues related to the trial of these suspects or other aftermath, then a separate article may be warranted, but this wasn't like a crime that the police are still trying to figure out who pulled it off or looking for a known suspect. --Masem (t) 18:22, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb in principle if and only if Murder of Peter R. de Vries actually adds some decent content e.g. some background or details about what actually happened. Right now, it's just a list of reactions, not much about the event itself. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • BLPCRIME We should be careful about attaching these untried suspects to an unproven "murder" so soon in Wikivoice, regardless of whether we will. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:53, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb As it is a notable person getting murdered, where the murder has its own article.Jackattack1597 (talk) 22:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb in principle, oppose on quality Supporting blurb death under the "death itself is the story" principle. Oppose on quality because both articles have significant uncited sections. NorthernFalcon (talk) 23:45, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There are several tags in both articles. Hanamanteo (talk) 00:05, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb, Support RD. I don't think this is worthy of a blurb, frankly. -- Rockstone[Send me a message!] 00:46, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support - I would support a blurb, but none of the articles are ready. de Vries article is not even ready for a RD.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 04:01, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Blurb Major attack on journalism. Killed in notable event, had a notable career. Isn't subject to Thatcher/Mandela standard due to circumstances of death and its implications. DrewieStewie (talk) 07:30, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose either quantity of CNs and dead links is too high to post now. Neutral on blurb once those get cleaned up. GreatCaesarsGhost 11:25, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Once article fixes its cn tags. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 11:53, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose – With my background, I was very interested in this story, and in the career of Mr. de Vries. However, I hadn't heard of him before he was killed – probably because I'm not European, and because AFAIK his work was confined to one country. So I'm dubious about blurb-level significance in this instance. – Sca (talk) 19:09, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support both Notable, unusual event covered in international newspapers, thus significant enough. I don't see any major issues which would be enough to disqualify this from consideration (the few cn tags can likely be fixed - none of them seem to be for any contentious matter, afaics). RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 04:46, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb once issues sorted. Having said that, "being shot in the head" sounds almost prurient in this context - "is assassinated" would be fine. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:17, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Assassinated = dead. He wasn't dead until nine days later. – Sca (talk) 22:29, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Sca, think of US president James Garfield and press secretary James Brady: Garfield took a few months to go down from assassination, and Brady took over 30 years to die. DrewieStewie (talk) 01:16, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    And there's [redacted], whose leaders were poisoned so gradually even their assassins weren't quite sure it wasn't just a coincidence in the end. I like "shot", at least, if not "in the head". Lets readers know the assassins didn't use poison (or a bomb or a sword or a fishing trip). InedibleHulk (talk) 01:37, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The most commonly understood meaning of assassinated is the killing of a prominent political person in a sudden attack, [16] [17], the most famous example being the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his morganatic wife Sophie, who both died within minutes of being shot in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 – ultimately touching off WWI. – Sca (talk) 12:54, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    First off, Mr. Recentist, that shot may have been heard 'round the world, but Julius Caesar's pitiful screams have echoed for centuries. His last words haven't, but admit it, hell of a famous stabbing (and Claudius had a mighty upset stomach). As for sudden, forget about it; modern medical machines can keep an essentially dead person "alive" almost indefinitely, provided some organs are working. If the victim was influential and killed for ideological reasons, "good" enough. We have no idea of motive here, but I'd wager revenge or cash. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:34, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Recentist? – Sca (talk) 12:24, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    You're barking up the wrong tree, Mac, it's your new unofficial surname. Check an antique phonebook, Mac Recentist, that's your long-forgotten, very great uncle, possibly Irish. Seriously though, poison was a classic lethal liquid long before the Red Baron turned it into DDT to eradicate the Faministas (or whatever), see the newly rechristened Lists of poisonings for mountains of dodgy evidence (and in fresh-off-the-press news, the Malian guy was possibly lightly "licked" by an assassin's blade today, stay tuned for hypothetical infectious details). InedibleHulk (talk) 00:14, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Two of three paragraphs in Killing of Peter R. de Vries#Background have no footnotes at all. Please address the {cn} tags. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 17:33, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • This is partially why the killing as a separate article makes no sense at this time. The only new material in that is the Reactions section, the rest is basically covered in the bio article. Maybe in the future, a separate article might be warranted if the trial of those suspect is a media circus, but right now, separating the killing event from the bio when it was such an "open and shut" case is not helping towards posting. --Masem (t) 17:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Peter R. de Vries#Bibliography needs more refs, please. The section on the Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, too. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 17:49, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Getting stale. – Sca (talk) 12:32, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note - I believe there is consensus for a blurb. However, most of the "Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken" section, as well as the first sentence of the "Natalee Holloway disappearance" require citations. I would try but I have a feeling I'd hit a wall rather quick due to not speaking GoldMember. - Floydian τ ¢ 00:58, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Just noticed his "Early life" says nothing about his faw-thur. I guess that's not crucial info. But it sure is usual and expected stuff. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:15, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Action Needed With this consensus, it needs to be up with a blurb before getting too stale to post. Citations will be accounted for. DrewieStewie (talk) 06:09, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb - Suggest speedy posting. Jusdafax (talk) 06:48, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – In functional news terms, now quite stale. Suggest close. – Sca (talk) 12:14, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed, this is not even yesterday's news by now. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 12:23, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment still missing citations, on both the article itself and the killing article. Even if it's stale for a blurb, it could still make RD, so I'd keep this open until it rolls off. NorthernFalcon (talk) 17:43, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Unfortunately the main article has a whole uncited "Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken" section, and the killing article has two uncited paragraphs. This isn't quite stale yet (the oldest current blurb is older than it), but time is limited for posting before roll-off.  – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:11, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    In the real world it's very stale. No website is an island. – Sca (talk) 13:02, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Stale. We could still post this as an RD if someone fixes up the bio page before the end of tomorrow, but it's too late for blurbing. News is almost a week old now.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:07, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hate to say it, but its a lost cause. Consensus was that this was noteworthy and impactful enough for the blurb, and that it was something fresh, a journalism related assassin incident outside of America, but the article wasn't worked on enough on time. This is a very disappointing shame, and honestly I feel that if it was an American event people would have actually cared enough to get citations ready for Blurb. I didn't work on it myself because I didn't know enough about his career as I'm an American, so I left it to more knowledagable and/or proficient citation Wikipedians, but the Wikipedia community screwed up here. I'm not upset, just thoroughly disappointed. We need to do better next time this happens to someone like de Vries, whether he or she dies immediately or days/months later. Hopefully its still good enough for a run on RD though. DrewieStewie (talk) 19:06, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • As a point of note: doing a google news search on his name gives only stories on the day he was killed, and today with his funeral. Nothing inbetween, suggesting that the "importance" of this was over-predicted. While I would still generally agree that a blurb was appropriate, this goes to my point that the separate article on the killing was entirely unnecessary, all the key details could have been on his bio page. A single article would have likely draw enough attention to get the blurb in place. --Masem (t) 19:28, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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(Posted) 2021 European floods

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Article: 2021 European floods (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 48 people have died and many more are missing following severe floods in Germany. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At least 48 people have died and many more are missing following severe floods across western Europe.
News source(s): BBC, AP, Guardian, Reuters, dpa
Credits:
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Nominator's comments: Still a stub. Sherenk1 (talk) 11:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If accepted, this should include other countries as well: e.g. in Belgium there are at least 6 dead[18] and probably more to come sadly. Fram (talk) 11:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: Number of missing is not 1300. The 1300 figure came about as a result of a mobile phone outage causing local authorities to not be able to verify the whereabouts of 1300 people. These are then 1300 people who are unaccounted for due to the circumstances, but they are not really missing. Count Iblis (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: The headline ("missing of 1300 people") is misleading. Not only I can confirm that for a short while, those numbers were raised/mentioned in the media because of broken mobile/telephone-infrastructure in a certain area. (Source: in german: by the spiegel (which is acknowledged by the english wikipedia). If you would like to the check the source for yourself you can do that with translation-addons. I ask those with ITN-authorization to remove those missing numbers and update the death toll (over 150 people) now. --LennBr (talk) 10:22, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • CommentReuters on Saturday put toll at 157. – Sca (talk) 12:27, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Muhammad Muhsin Khan

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Nominator's comments: died on 14 July. Ainty Painty (talk) 08:15, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted): RD: Sergio Silvagni

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Nominator's comments: Australian Rules Footballer for the Carlton Football Club HiLo48 (talk) 08:12, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is actually sourced, in the same source provided for the 440 yard record immediately preceding. HiLo48 (talk) 06:29, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Dawn Foster

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Nominator's comments: Journalist. Seems mostly OK but there is dispute over her date of birth. I doubt I have much time to edit the article this weekend. Blythwood (talk) 17:53, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak oppose - Mostly sourced, but some pivotal information are unsourced or poorly sourced, so I have to oppose per WP:BLP.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 01:12, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think it's safe to say the subject is reliable in most cases for their own birthdate and where they were born. In any case, the article meets the ITN criteria of "Articles should be well referenced; one or two "citation needed" tags may not hold up an article, but any contentious statements must have a source, and having entire sections without any sources is unacceptable." Marking for further attention needed. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 02:57, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. A little short, but still OK. --PFHLai (talk) 05:16, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Dick Tidrow

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Nominator's comments: Only reported today (July 14); died on July 10 (i.e. provable gap of at least two days) —Bloom6132 (talk) 07:21, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Weak support The last line of the Political career section is unsourced (although it could be deleted because it doesn't seem very noticeable to me). It would be great, also, if that section could be expanded, especially detailing a bit what he did as president. I don't know if he was important enough to have a blurb. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 19:07, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Atop Template:ITN candidate Oppose because the storms don't have an article. Jim Michael (talk) 10:10, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose as per Jim Michael. If it's important enough to be on ITN, then it would be important enough to have its own article, and for that article to have significantly more information than the three sentences listed on that section. Until an article demonstrating its importance is created and sufficiently good quality, we shouldn't be considering this. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:23, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Closed) Emma Bunton marries Jade Jones

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Template:U, Template:U, I have added deaths and arrest numbers to the lead and body. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 05:07, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Marked attn. – Sca (talk) 18:03, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support - was thinking about nominating this too, article seems to meet requirements. - Indefensible (talk) 01:47, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is a separate heat wave from the one that affected the Pac NW in late June. Additionally, while this wave is breaking temperatures, these are nowhere close to the deltas that the Pac NW one broke or led to the deaths that we saw in that one. (Yes there are wildfires attributed to it, but those are also normal for this season/weather in California and other Western states). --Masem (t) 03:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's less sigmas (deltas unimportant, as the number of degrees per standard deviation correlate with continentality (climatology term)) but if verified will be the new highest reliable temperature on Earth which is something so notable it should be posted if someone writes an article. A weather station in Death Valley also stayed above 107.7°F from Saturday to Monday which is the new high midnight-to-midnight low for the world outside of Oman (108.68°F, caused by most Arabian seawater being body temperature — the hottest in the world). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 07:15, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We know global warming is happening, so there's no surprise to see record-breaking temperatures in places that are already generally known for the hottest temperatures on earth. The Pac NW was extremely unusual and led to numerous deaths because of its intensity and unusualness --Masem (t) 13:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The real world record has only been broken a few times, I think it should be posted at least the first few times. And major landmarks like last Friday's first 130.0 in the world. And each multiple of 5 Celsius and Fahrenheit and the fake 134° if that ever happens. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We can pretty much expect that the highest recorded temperature is going to be broken every year for the next several years given global warming. This isn't anything surprising. What would be newsworthy would be akin to another UN assessment of how the current Paris Agreement work is affecting if we will keep the global average under 2degC by 2030/35 or a similar international scientific study. --Masem (t) 19:03, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose In the northern hemisphere it’s summer and there are heat waves in many places. Neither this one is more relevant (for now) than others nor a heat wave is exceptional wherever it is. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 06:49, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Breaking the real world temperature record of 129.9°F is important and no heat wave being exceptional whatever it is is laughable when there was a 2003 European heat wave which killed 70,000 people. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 07:15, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not all heat waves cause deaths. If this one does, I will undoubtedly support this nomination. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 08:24, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is a separate heat wave event (different air masses participating even as the mechanism remains the same) and as such, must be treated separately. If, as some suggest, the heat wave in the SW US merits its own article and all-time records will be/were beaten, I'm fine to have that in the news. But we must have a separate article for that purpose. The one I've substantially expanded related to the heat wave that started around 25 June and finished by July 7 in Labrador. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 07:44, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The article doesn't indicate it's an ongoing heat wave any more as much of its content documents extreme temperatures and fatalities at the end of June with no daily updates recently. To put it simply, the timing for the nomination is bad.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:14, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's not the same heat wave, there is no article on this one which started in a different part of the West about the time the supposedly ongoing one left the continent's easternmost province in a significantly weakened condition. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A calendar day averaged 118.2°F in Stovepipe Wells, California which is a record (untied) for an Earth weather station. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 14:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pfft, my stovepipe beats that every winter. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:01, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a Canadian version of place names like Furnace Creek, California in Death Valley? Like Snowshoes Thud, Yukon, Foggy Bottom, BC or Polar Bear Froze, Nunavut? There's an Alaskan town called Deadhorse near the north end of the border and people would joke it's not just a name, it's a guarantee! Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:55, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dry Alberta has Vulcan, Redwater and Smoky Lake. Soggy Ontario has Thunder Bay, Ball's Falls and Wawa. Further east, things get a bit Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, what with the Dildo, Peggy's Cove, Witless Bay and all. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ah yes, Dildo. I wonder if the average Dildo man that comes from a long line of male Dildoers needs a phrase with a dildo in it to have an unusually high funniness level before they'll find it funny. Compared to similar men in the non-Dildo population (or non-Dildo region/-Newfoundland/-Eastern Canada) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:01, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
LOL, you said "region", good question! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:U thanks for posting this, I wonder if we could also add the abbreviation of the party, PAS, in parentheses? Not that it is too important but I believe many people into Moldovan politics will identify the parties faster with their abbreviations. Super Ψ Dro 21:27, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Thank you for your work on the article. That's more important work. I should ask this: is PAS like NASA or UNESCO? If so, perhaps instead of parentheses, the acronym should replace the fullname? --PFHLai (talk) 02:38, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, that would be excessive. The acronym is not that well-known as to be able to replace the party's full name and is also an acronym for other things (see PAS), and the Moldovan party is probably not the most primary topic out of those that use that acronym. Super Ψ Dro 07:08, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Um no, there's no developed country where a large percent of the people are commie supporters, communism has been irrelevant for at least 29 years. Wikipedia has left-wing bias but pro-communism isn't it. Note: Left-wing bias isn't always bad, often the right-wing is delusional. Hey you get some things right though, sometimes I look at Democrats and wonder "how the fuck is the Frazzledrip Space Laser party infinitely more sane than you on 5% of the issues?" Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:29, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Would that be the running dogs of capitalism, by chance? – Sca (talk) 22:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You're out of line again, comrade, do it again and I'll see you can't even run for dogcatcher in this state! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2020 Euros final

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LOOL this is the perfect example how wikipedia is broken. everybody is running for shit recognition while completely ignoring the original spirit of wikipedia. spend 500 characters on dismissing some random IP, while also protecting the said page. keep talking procedural crap while preventing actual updates and politicizing anything with shit terms like "systemic bias". yes, there is a systemic bias in preventing ips from doing any editing while people who register with usernames focus their energy on shutting everyone else down. good job Template:Ping and Template:Ping. don't even bother signing your edits but do put energy on dismissing people who don't even care fro recognition. 2601:602:9200:1310:8C95:3A7A:3E5E:5660 (talk) 06:53, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Of course the Copa is less necessary, if a combined blurb would not be too long there is nothing wrong with combining the 2 if there's not enough desire for having 2 soccer blurbs 1 day apart. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 02:20, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sports scores don't often make the blurbs here. It's penalties, so you know it was tied. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 02:20, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Cmnt: just noticed the complete lack of quality updates to the article. Considering how secretive this flight was, it would be difficult to get a meaningful update to the article now besides its relevancy and rivalry to the Bezos competition. 97.126.66.142 (talk) 20:21, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
 
Little Peter's Moon Cannon
PS: Note that Little Peter's Journey to the Moon took place in 1919. – Sca (talk) 22:59, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Manned shells to Luna are cool but the acceleration would be like the worst instant of a giant that kind of one-punch kills you but for 10 nonstop seconds. Also it'd probably have to be a helium barrel or something even more exotic as no non-nuclear explosion can expand in air at over ~80% the minimum moonshot speed and it must be about 30 miles long in addition to being a very hard to design "constant acceleration cannon" with many explosions per shot to kill you this gently. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 01:15, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@Sca, I've found a source that says 16 times Earth gravity for 1 minute would kill us, so a 180 mile long moon cannon would still be fatal. The average person would pass out on a moonshot of about 6 or maybe 5 g's, I'd try to keep the cannon at least 700 miles long so it's more like a strong roller coaster valley for 4 minutes. One day someone may make a 700 mile long Moonstik® from future substances that'll not collapse from their own length, but electromagnetic, and within a century of that someone will become the first man to listen to a dubstep buildup while attached to a 600 to 700 mile long lineac Capsool®, and when the electromagnetic linear accelerator railgun inductors or whatever "go to warp" the illest 4-minute bass drop ever composed will start. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 15:40, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Oppose An unimportant aftermath. Removing the statue won't cause any effect to the current issue. It's just a statue among many others and although removing it would definitely resolve the protest, it doesn't have any long-term effects. --125.166.22.203 (talk) 10:38, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose This is news that I doubt is ITNR even in the United States. A statue is removed, as so many have been removed in that country these past few months and in Europe. Unless the Statue of Liberty (which is known globally) is removed, I doubt that removing a Confederate monument (or of any other significance) would have any future as a candidate to the main page. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 14:05, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose so many statues have been removed in US and UK, that we don't need to post about one of the many occurrences. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:09, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) 2021 Copa América

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  • Agree. While the article is currently a stub prose-wise, it would make zero sense to combine two unrelated events that just happen to be in the same field into one blurb. If there are two plane crashes on the same day, do they get a combined blurb? Of course not. Kingsif (talk) 06:45, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Template:U WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Both are ITNR, so only consideration is whether articles are good enough quality. We are not being biased here for opposing this one (which needs more info) whilst accepting the European competition (which is of sufficient quality). The way to "fix" this bias would be to improve this article, not to oppose another article. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:56, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Of course the Taliban are offensive – it's their nature. – Sca (talk)
  • Oppose ongoing, please propose a blurb. In most cases ITN stories should start with a blurb, and they then roll on to ongoing if there's consensus that the issue is still generating fresh news on a regular basis. This seems like a new issue, so please propose a blurb for it so that we can vote on that and assess its significance. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:30, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Putting military conflicts directly into ongoing without a blurb first is highly unusual. Is there at least a potential blurb we could post? Mlb96 (talk) 22:55, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay, so it seems that the proposed blurb was originally "Taliban forces enter Kandahar, the second largest city in Afghanistan." I would support posting this first as opposed to posting directly to ongoing (not saying that I actually do support the blurb, I'm still neutral). Mlb96 (talk) 22:59, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment will try to assist improving referencing later today, Support in principle, RIP Paul JW 1961 Talk 12:02, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I and some others referenced a good few sentences yesterday but I'm afraid the 1980's section will need to be re-written by someone with more expertise in this area in order to cut it down to what is verifiable JW 1961 Talk 10:47, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: The section on 1980s remains largely unref'd. The orange {refimprove} banner atop the wikibio must be addressed before this nom can proceed. (Time seems to be running out too quickly here.) --PFHLai (talk) 17:59, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Boo, my team lost... RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:55, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So did mine. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:11, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My team won 51 points this year, whooo. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Also, this is a repeat championship. I'm not sure if we usually make a note of consecutive titles or not (probably not). --Bongwarrior (talk) 04:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Technically, they won "it all". The final game, the final series, the cup, a bunch of rings and historic immortality. But the Finals article is the timeliest article we have, see? InedibleHulk (talk) 05:49, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
My point was that the first two blurbs are worded incorrectly, and should not be used. Kaiser matias (talk) 06:27, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Aye, and all I'm saying is they're worded fine and one should be used. I don't want to take this outside, buddy. But nobody wins the cup around here without taking four games of the Finals first! InedibleHulk (talk) 06:36, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt2 – article looks good, and game 5 write-up has been added. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:21, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt2 As Kaiser matias notes, we don't really say "winning the Finals" in Canadian/American English for the Stanley Cup. The wording in Alt2 feels much better to me. Canuck89 (Speak with me) 06:15, July 8, 2021 (UTC)
  • Support First Alt Nice and concise, totally accurate and the prize is explictly implied by the title of the current event target. Could go with "over" over "against". But no dealbreaker! InedibleHulk (talk) 06:42, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • And if anyone's thinking of telling me we "need to" specify which sport, let me be the first to smash a rhetorical bottle against the proverbial bar and raise a toast to the effect of "Open your eyes and look at the damn MVP, whaddya think he's playing with that helmet, rowboat?!?". Peacefully, though. Nobody wants any trouble, nobody gets some, just a traditionally friendly game of cups. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:16, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    We have a standard way of doing sports blurbs, and that includes the sport name. No need to run this one differently. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:11, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I was about to break a pool cue and point out that Alt2 still sucks regardless, because the Stanley Cup is a timeless object, but now see it's an astonishing Easter egg pipelink to the right article all along. Less opposed now. Less strongly, anyway. InedibleHulk (talk) 09:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ALT2 as ALT2 is our standard way of doing sports blurb for finals (the format "In {sport name}, {winner} win the {competition} against {loser}"). It may seem obvious that it's ice hockey from the image, but we shouldn't presume that readers would know that. And for every other sports nom, we add the sport name. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:11, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt2 The article itself looks good, I'd prefer alt blurb2. --Vacant0 (talk) 12:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Game summaries are present and the article seems fine. I've added an alt3 blurb with two minor tweaks to avoid the WP:EGG links and the undefined acronym. Modest Genius talk 12:33, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Someone would definitely have asked what an MVP was.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted altblurb2. Jehochman Talk 13:44, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • It would seem speculative at this stage to associate this act with anything else in particular. A short, straightforward blurb serves us best here. --LukeSurl t c 10:59, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • FYI, I have redirected that for now. There was nothing in the 3 sentences long assassination article that wasn't in the article of the individual. -- KTC (talk) 11:45, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The quality has been improved, but I'd like to see deeper coverage of his presidency, especially during the last protests. It almost only focuses on election results. I also propose that the blurb picture be changed to the one in the infobox of his article. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 11:42, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's not technically ITNR since we don't know the successor(the PM has claimed to be in charge, but I don't know if that is legal). But this will clearly be posted even if we don't know the successor. 331dot (talk) 12:51, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Re I second this. I think it is possible for us to do a double blurb (his assasination and his replacement). --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 13:03, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – There is enough to post. It has the basics. A five-sentence paragraph on the event itself is enough to get us started. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 14:03, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Three sentences on the event is not enough. While we're still not aware of the exact motives, there's clearly enough in the news reporting on this event to list possible reasons (which the background of our article isn't covering). We need more about this specific event since it is "new" before we can post. --Masem (t) 14:10, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ditto. All the top RS shops gotta be working on it. NYT (paywalled) sidebar headlined "Public Anger Was Rising Over Moïse’s Attempt to Cling to Power." – Sca (talk) 14:56, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I think we should wait till news regarding the First Lady is confirmed

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  • Posted The current consensus is that the article is in reasonably good shape and of proper length. (Early opposes were based on a shorter version of the article, an issue that has been resolved already.) As motives and analysis come out in reliable sources, they will be added to the article. The blurb is stable. The plain fact is that the man was assassinated in his home. We don't need to put any reasons in the blurb, though it could be updated later if need be. Jehochman Talk 16:06, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting support Article has been expanded substantially from when I checked this morning. ITN/R would seem to indicate that we should include the successor in the blurb, but I'm fine with waiting for the situation to develop. Davey2116 (talk) 21:20, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Updated I have updated to the altblurb to reflect what reliable sources are saying about the successor. Feel free to discuss and revise as the situation develops. Jehochman Talk 13:43, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – U.S. 'rebuffs' Haitian call for U.S. troops. – Sca (talk) 12:45, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted as blurb) RD/Blurb: Dilip Kumar

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Template:U Note that both of those examples were from before the creation of RD in 2016. Since then, the standards for a blurb about a death are higher. 331dot (talk) 08:46, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Possibly the first ever big actor in Bollywood. Certainly deserves to be added. Sobhan mohapatra (talk) 16:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some of the photos have fishy copyright tags including one b/W one that says 'own work' Bumbubookworm (talk) 19:23, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Arguably the greatest Bollywood actor ever (tied for most best actor awards), certainly the greatest of his generation, death is getting international attention, so a blurb discussion is warranted here. NorthernFalcon (talk) 22:09, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since a blurb is being discussed, I've taken the step of adding a blurb to the nomination. Would oppose posting right now until the filmography section gets some kind of summary, and the "Legacy" section could use some copyediting. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 00:23, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. I know little of Bollywood actors, but just based on the widespread coverage, he would seem to merit a blurb as tops in his field. 331dot (talk) 08:02, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb His career has been described as legendary by international medias and as I recall Christopher Lee, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds also had blurbs. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 08:41, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Definitely meets the standard for transformative actors, like Sean Connery and those mentioned by TDKR Chicago 101. Wizardoftheyear (talk) 09:06, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb - Definitely merits it as even the Pakistani PM has issued a condolence message. Depressed Desi (talk) 13:51, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD only Referencing seems ok, the proposed blurb doesn't really add anything to what a RD listing would.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:55, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD for now per Pawkingthree as the current blurb doesn't add much - would support an appropriate blurb in principle JW 1961 Talk 19:21, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Many paragraphs that end without a reference. Stephen 00:38, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Blurb. Template:Ping fixed all paragraphs that were pending a reference. Article looks fully sourced now. Good to go to homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 01:04, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Still no filmography write-up. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 01:07, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The entire middle section of the article seems to be filmography. Am I missing something? Ktin (talk) 01:11, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a section labeled "Filmography" which is blank save a link to Dilip Kumar filmography. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 01:22, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Seems alright to me. Replicating a subset will be duplicating the above sections. Unless you want to move the link above, which is unecessary imo. However, I have fixed it. Good to go to homepage / RD / Blurb Ktin (talk) 01:26, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted as blurb Stephen 01:53, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. If there is an opportunity to rotate the pics on the homepage, might be a good idea to consider. Ktin (talk) 17:19, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post-posting comment Do not read this as a pull or any other change here, but I am concerned that the separate filmography article (which was already separate before death) is completely unsourced. While we do not require those linked articles to be at quality like the featured ones, here is a clear case that I would expect that readers would likely link to the filmography page to see his works and find it completely unsourced. Its too late to do anything about this now, but given that we are very critical when in-bio filmograph and similar sections are left unsourced, that separate filmography pages should be at least reviewed when we're posting RD blurbs from a quality standpoint. (I wouldn't expect that for a standard non-blurb RD entry). Eg: what we don't want editors doing is to say "Oh, I can't source all these films, let me dump them to a standalong filmography page and solve that problem!". We need a bit of parity for this across the board. --Masem (t) 18:34, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I am in agreement with the larger point you are making here, Masem. However, in this case, I see two things -- a) the filmography was not spawned off into a separate article while the article was being evaluated. Please correct me if I am wrong. So, this is not one of those 'gaming the system' situations. b) The entire career section is filled with filmography elements and each one of them is sourced adequately. Combination of these two things makes me feel good about this article being referenced from homepage. Happy to defer to other folks as well. Ktin (talk) 21:30, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    These two comments should be referenced in all future filmography discussions. GreatCaesarsGhost 00:25, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree. This is not a case of forking content merely to fast track a posting—that's a disservice to the reader. It's not to say filmographies can't be spawned into separate pages during a nomination as long as key performances are covered in the bio in prose. As long as readers aren't shortchanged merely to get some shiny stuff on a user page. Be wary of those editorial decisions being biased when an ITNC is involved.—Bagumba (talk) 05:50, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I am aware that the filmography page was already separate before his death (and well before that point, when I looked through history to see, it wasn't made a few days ahead in anticipation). That said: there's almost no reason for as short as this bio is for a separate filmography page (and given how well sourced the prose section is, completing the sourcing in the filmography table probably would have been trivial.) Without seeing the history, it absolutely does look like we swept a sourcing issue under the rug to get it posted. This might be getting beyond just bios, but when there are tightly connected pages related to the one featured page - eg an actor's filmography for an actor we're featuring in an RD blurb, or to use a previous example, the subpages of events for the Hong Kong protests when they were ongoing - we should consider the quality of those, but I don't know how we can articulate or require that at this point. I just dont think that when we are doing blurbs (not RDs) that we make a facade page that looks great, but all the problems with sourcing are buried elsewhere. --Masem (t) 06:28, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Although I don't think all sub-articles need to be referenced in general, I think your point here is a valid one. Filmography tables are something found in all actor articles, and there's no particular reason for this one to have its filmography in an unreferenced sub-page, even if the original split wasn't done as part of the ITN candidacy. Also, the empty filmography issue was raised by Template:U above and the section was then removed, rather than expanding it. I don't believe that was done in bad faith, and it was not a WP:GAMING attempt, but we should make clear going forward that issues such as this one need addressing before posting.  — Amakuru (talk) 08:36, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    We want a decent description of their career, which includes films for an actor, which was already in the bio. It just so happens a filmography was on another page. If it wasn't there, I would not require it to be added as a prerequisite for posting; therefore, I wouldn't require a merge either. GAMING is a separate issue. While I can understand the urge to have consistent quality standards, a prose overview of their career with select works mentioned in the bio is sufficient. However, it is disingenuous to remove or fork existing filmographies that already exist in a bio. Merging already separate pages can be a plus, but should be outside the scope of ITN.—Bagumba (talk) 11:49, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Mostly sourced now, FWIW. I am more concerned about the sources in the article that we did blurb. Trying to export sources, I found that too many extraordinary claims are sourced to BoxOffice India and other iffy sources. For example, Template:Tq[37]. Assuming it is reliable, all it says is, Year 1947, Film Jugnu, Box Office 5,000,000, Verdict "Hit". Nothing about "few more unsuccessful films, nothing about Dilip Kumar, nothing about Noor Jehan, nothing about it being the first "major hit" for Kumar. This is, btw, the state of affairs with almost all other sources as well. The source will say something like "Dilip Kumar was in ...", and it will be cited for something like "Dilip Kumar's first major film, and the first successful film in three years, in which he appeared with ..., ... won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor, which he went on to win a record nine times." Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:19, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The hope is that the information is verifiable, even if it's not cited. The onus is on the supporters to vet it out, or an opposer to sniff it out.—Bagumba (talk) 14:42, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • PP comment – Actor dies at 98. Dubious significance, IMO. – Sca (talk) 12:48, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good to post as blurb because people in some parts of the world may not be aware of this important actor. It's a good chance for us to provide education and variety. Jehochman Talk 19:08, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • He was clearly a very significant actor, but my view is that actors basically never warrant a blurb. We have recent deaths for recent notable deaths; that's what we should use. {{u|Sdkb}}talk 17:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)

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Or in Kent. That doesn't necessarily mean it's ITN material. Wiki isn't spot news. – Sca (talk) 21:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support as is. This may be all the info that can be obtained for now. We should post this article because we do not want to be biased against remote locations that have thin news coverage. See streetlight effect. Jehochman Talk 21:38, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I do not see it as necessary it is necessary to post every plane crash that results in loss of life, as such incidents are not rare (5 fatal crashes in 2020), particularly when another plane crash story is currently on the main page. 204.154.192.252 (talk) 21:53, 6 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]
Agree. Petropavlosk is one of the remotest cities in Russia, so it is indeed unlikely that much detail will be forthcoming. For now, let it be. – Sca (talk) 22:01, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And Palana, near where the crash happened, has a population of 3,155 at the 2010 census. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:09, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Support. I think it's OK. It's not a stub, and the article reports what's known about the crash and response without going off topic. And we certainly don't restrict what we post because "another plane crash story is currently in the main page". I think this is basically ready.  — Amakuru (talk) 21:59, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's still a grand total of 291 words, including headings. Below 'front page' weight. – Sca (talk) 22:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Still in the CNN front page ticker. Certainly "front page weight". The bottomline is that it's not a stub and reports everything that is currently known. Brandmeistertalk 22:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Stub size is generally taken to be 1500 bytes of readable prose, with occasional allowances lower than that if the circumstances are right. This article has 1973 bytes, so it's well over the threshold.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:00, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Since when did bytes supersede words as a measure of article length? People read words, not bytes. People aren't computers. And individual words can contain a wide range of bytes.
At Wiki, anything below 300 words has long been considered stub territory. – Sca (talk) 12:44, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's over 320 not counting infobox, refs and Cats. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:15, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think the crash site image is useable at MP size. Stick with a picture of the actual aircraft, either the one proposed here, which is protected at commons, of the one used in the article, which will need protecting at Commons before use. Mjroots (talk) 10:19, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
From MS Word (if you've heard of that). – Sca (talk) 12:53, 8 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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Thanks Template:User link for reviewing that. Could you check it now. I've improved and added the section of his Career. Thanks- Hasan (talk) 07:57, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Gillian Sheen

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RD: Aggrey Awori

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(Posted) RD: Didi Contractor

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Support If there's no more that'll have to do. I checked Newspapers.com too and couldn't find more info either. Uses x (leave me a message) 18:28, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I've expanded a bit, now 1572 bytes / 272 words of "readable prose size". Don't think there's much more room to expand without dragging in unnecessary trivia at this point. --LukeSurl t c 08:46, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Stephen has removed the image. Pawnkingthree (talk) 23:18, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Richard Donner

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(Posted) RD: Yasunori Oshima

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(Posted) RD/Blurb: Raffaella Carrà

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A technicality but filmography still needs sourcing, the article has really been improved though since the nom. Gotitbro (talk) 14:53, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Replyto Template:Replyto Fixed. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 15:41, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Matīss Kivlenieks

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(Posted) RD: Stan Swamy

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(Posted) RD: Vladimir Menshov

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(Posted) RD: Terry Donahue

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RD: Adang Sudrajat

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(Posted) RD: Harmoko

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(Posted) 2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash

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Template:Re Could you take a look at this? Tks. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 04:51, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Rachmawati Sukarnoputri

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(Posted) RD: Haunani-Kay Trask

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(Posted) RD: Thomas G. Plaskett

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(Closed) Transair Flight 810

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And the successful water landing. Still, these were really old JT8Ds so probably we can pass on this, but seriously, the obsession around here with body count it patently absurd and is a lazy shortcut around actually understanding what you're talking about before commenting. --LaserLegs (talk) 12:48, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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3 or 4 older in field. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:14, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We did have that shot-putter on the main page the other day for breaking a long-standing world record. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 16:25, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I was confused by that one, how did it get posted? Abductive (reasoning) 17:55, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe the standards for world track and field records should be loosened a little, if so many events get in automatically every year (like the 1 or 2 a year for the our national motorsport (NASCAR) which is big here (especially in the South) but no one else cares) then why not world records in the most universal Olympic sport? The only Olympic sports which have given a gold to every continent are probably still athletics, swimming and boxing and everyone runs, jumps and throws stuff while not everyone swims/Western boxes (like Greenlanders/Chinese). Can world records set at Olympics be posted if a ticker's added till the closing ceremony blurb leaves? Too abbreviated?: World records: 400m Hshot ppole vstpl10Ktrpl j jav800m100mlong jdecmara heck, t tm trial50m archst 500m. Female records can be pink text. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:36, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  • This should be noted as a followup to this previous nomination when the finance ministers of the G7 agreed to establish this rate. Yes, this would still need to be ratified through all member countries, but this is by far the largest point of agreement this will see based on that previous nom. --Masem (t) 20:26, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: are there any major economies where the rate is currently less than the 15% threshold? Corporate tax#International corporate tax rates lists only Ireland and Hungary - neither of which are signatories - below 15%. Every other country is listed as already taxing at the minimum level or above. If they're promising to do something that already happens, this agreement is moot. If it gets rid of tax havens then it's another story. It's not clear to me whether this agreement will do that. Modest Genius talk 12:32, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • My understanding is that this also gets rid of tax havens and other breaks for corporations to where they can "hide" profit. "The minimum corporate tax does not require countries to set their rates at the agreed floor but gives other countries the right to apply a top-up levy to the minimum on companies' income coming from a country that has a lower rate." per [41]. (and common tax havens like Bermuda and Caymans are in the 130 countries). --Masem (t) 12:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hmm, that sounds promising, but isn't mentioned at all in the article. That NASDAQ source also lists a bunch of (contradictory?) limitations and requirements, so it's not going to apply to all companies. I think there article needs to have a thorough explanation of what the practical effects will be, not just the current WP:PROSELINE about the negotiations. Perhaps then we could make a more informed assessment of its significance. Modest Genius talk 13:46, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • I agree with Modest Genius. If it is this significant, that needs to be added to the article to explain it. Right now, I'm confused at how important this is, and so cannot see why it's ITN-worthy. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:54, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
        • Definitely agree that the article needs the details of what is in this agreement that the 130 countries have agreed to. And as yet another possible "wait" aspect, they will be coming back in October with the actual formal rules of this, but I don't think any country can back off then without a formal withdraw process (ala like the US backing out of the Paris agreements). --Masem (t) 13:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is the first time I have heard of the OECD. I suppose it functions the same way as INTERPOL, in that it functions as an international coordinator but yet lacks the power to enforce its decisions? I'm not quite sure how much newsworthiness we tack onto these organizations, or any decisions made therein.--WaltCip-(talk) 23:29, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Louis Andriessen

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(Posted) RD: Hiroaki Nakanishi

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RD: The Patriot

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(Closed) Update Blurb: 2021 Western North America heat wave

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  • To give focus to Lytton without knowing the specific death toll there is questionable. We've noted wildfires started, and those are known to destroy homes and towns and the like. That this one was so fast and potentially killed several is of concern but we need some type of toll here. Assuming, say, 2000 ppl living in the town including the reserve, and only 5 died in the evac, thats not a significant number to compare to the larger current death toll. But if half the town was caught and died, that would be a different story. Keep in mind the event is something that is affecting a few million people so to focus on one specific incident of only a couple thousand would be a bit of a bias. --Masem (t) 19:23, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Perhaps the destruction of Lytton by wildfire can be a separate nom for a separate blurb? --PFHLai (talk) 20:28, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Not really. The desctruction is a one-time event, as the settlement is not that large, and besides, it would consume too much ITN space, and we should give way to other news coverage, too. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 14:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The road between the 3 million in Vancouver/the car ferry to that big island and the rest of Canada also passes through Lytton. Surely the rapid growth was caused by the very strong drought in the western continent (drought levels change slowly) and absurd temps @ 10% humidity (above the all-time highs of some major cities in Arabia) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. If we add "which previously set the highest temperature recorded in Canada", I'm fine. If not, I think we should wait until more details emerge (particularly on the First Nations reserve, which apparently they had communication issues with). I will be working on that and I will let you know. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 00:54, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, I've updated the info, and here what I can say about the fire:
    1. The rescue operation in Lytton, BC is ongoing and the destruction is indeed widespread, with railway, road and telecomms infrastructure damage. I have found no info that said that the rail connection was suspended. We can imagine that the reserves were also affected, though the info about it is scarce - we only know that the people there were ordered to get away ASAP.
    2. The fire is indeed in the news internationally, in Poland, Ukraine, Czechia France, Switzerland etc.
    3. We should comment the evacuation just yet, because apparently they had too short a notice for the wildfire, and anyway that should not serve as a reason to include the information.
    Based on that and my recent updates to the article, I'd support the update, even not necessarily mentioning the previous heat record (though I'd personally do that, if there's enough space). Szmenderowiecki (talk) 04:51, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
PS. The death count seems to exceed 400 now (321 in BC, 79 in Oregon, 38 in Washington)
Toll likely to rise as more isolated victims are found. – Sca (talk) 13:01, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but this AP report actually gives nothing that we don't already know. That the count is likely to rise is in the article, so that so far, we have 438+ victims. That's the newest data that could be found so far. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 14:34, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Point was, they're still finding more. (Donno where that 400 number above came from, tho.)Sca (talk) 17:42, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Simple summation: it's now ca. 480 in BC + 95 in Ore. + 38 in Washington. WP:CALC par excellence. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 01:44, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Update the number, then roll it into ongoing. Not enough known about Lytton to include in the box. Kingsif (talk) 13:54, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Hard numbers still lacking. This report says heat "may" have caused 500 deaths in Canada, but quotes officials saying "it will probably take months to determine the exact cause of death for hundreds." – Sca (talk) 12:57, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think blurbs like this would be more accurate without a precise count. The cause of nearly all of these deaths are speculative. Except for those who died of heatstroke or exposure, it's people dying from mundane causes, potentially exacerbated by heat. The article doesn't even make a causal connection for the biggest set of deaths: Template:Green.130.233.213.61 (talk) 06:46, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Additional pre-emptive oppose for Ongoing. We're talking about slightly unusual weather confined to geographically tiny part of Earth with a relatively low population density. The article is written in a breathless, scattershot manner.130.233.213.61 (talk) 06:53, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty much just lying here, nearly breaking the world record for "margin of recordbreaking at a weather station that has been recording long" and getting the heat wave equivalent of a c. 2,000-year-flood throughout a half percent of the world's land is the opposite of slightly unusual, the most affected parts of the heat wave have about 17 million people and parts are dense enough to have 3 cities with skyscrapers and intracity trains (in fact Vancouverism and urban canyon are the only "see also"s at Manhattanization). And I think we've all learned by now that excess deaths are the most accurate estimate of excess deaths, at these non-excess deaths per day levels it just doesn't vary that much without a big reason, there's no potentially that at least most of the excess deaths were elderly exacerbated by heat and perhaps the only thing you said that makes sense is that the number should be replaced with "at least hundreds". 500 and 700 are probably close enough to 600 that they might be the real number. And also the no ongoing part but not because your minimization attempts are persuasive but rather because ongoing simply to update a death toll of about a thousand has failed a not vote before (the port explosion a few years ago). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:24, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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They've had a week to find those missing people and none has turned up elsewhere alive. We should park it in Ongoing for at least six days for the causality count to rise. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:19, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That's the point: it is understood those indicated as missing are actually dead. Confirmation is not news at all. GreatCaesarsGhost 16:59, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Moving the Grenfell fire to ongoing was the lone action of a single (former) sysop, with no census whatsoever, so that's not precedent. It was removed the very same day. Past that, it's not important enough and the story has already happened. At least the Grenfell fire had lasting political repercussions for the Conservative Party, but that's not happening here. Uses x (leave me a message) 15:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed it was, my bad. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:22, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Uses x, consensus to move a rolled off blurb to ongoing was not required until December 2019, so that admin did nothing wrong. Pawnkingthree (talk) 16:53, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Per Wikipedia:In_the_news#Ongoing_section:"The purpose of the ongoing section is to maintain a link to a continuously updated Wikipedia article about a story which is itself also frequently in the news.". There presently is no such article. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes there is, and I've prepped it for the purpose of being an ongoing item. 2021 Canadian Indian residential schools gravesite discoveries. - Floydian τ ¢ 12:33, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • While there is new news that there is now going to be systematic search of schools to see if more such gravesites exist, we should not add to ongoing simply on the presumption that more gravesites will be found - that's being too WP:CRYSTAL. If the search does identify at least one new gravesite early on (and clearly of the type of concern here, not just a cemetery that lost markers) then that would probably be a rational point to consider an ongoing (with 3 such cases, 1 that came after the start of a systematic search that is still going) However, with only 2 right now and the search yet exposing others, ongoing would be presumptive. --Masem (t) 13:14, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Stephen. --LaserLegs (talk) 10:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ongoing yes the investigation does appear to be ongoing, but no evidence that there will be significant updates every few days. Yes there have been 2 major updates in the past week, but before that there were weeks without any updates. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:26, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ongoing. This is not a typical ongoing saga, these are separate finds and should be treated individually. If we think the new one is significant (although Stephen says above that he thinks it is not) then it should simply be posted as a new item, and we can fold the two together if the original one is still present on the template. This is emphatically not a matter for ERRORS, since it requires consensus building.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:33, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – This latest discovery is not a small matter, but there is the editorial problem of such reports becoming repetitious. Does anyone know of a better solution than Ongoing? I don't. – Sca (talk) 12:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Ping Report to WP:ERRORS, which is the place someone can report errors/typos or updating the previous blurb. 180.242.14.83 (talk) 13:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This is not an error or typo, it's a content change in the blurb.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:42, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The last blurb was pretty bad because we didn't make clear these were previously marked. Is this known in BC? A blurb for a rediscovered section of a lost cemetery seems rather silly. If there is a story here, it's the rash of arson attacks against random Catholic churches that's taken place since the first round of media hysteria. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:31, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So craft a better blurb for the more recent (re)discovery. And the new ITN nom can be assessed on its own merit. --PFHLai (talk) 15:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How do you feel about this statue? – Sca (talk) 17:49, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Almost impossible to topple over or tear down, I would imagine. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:02, 2 July 2021 (UTC) [reply]

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