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2011년 2월 28일)(월)

무력 충돌 및 사건

아랍의 봄:
- 리비아:
  - 알 자지라는 리비아의 많은 아프리카 이주 노동자들이 무아마르 카다피 정권의 용병이라는 의혹 때문에 폭력의 희생자가 되어 왔다고 보도했다.(알자지라)
  - 프랑스는 벵가지에서 리비아 정권 반대자들에게 두 개의 구호품을 보낸다. (로이터)
  - 카다피 대령에게 충성하는 군대는 총 반격의 일환으로 자위야 마을을 포위하고 있다. (로이터), (뉴욕 타임스)
  - 데이비드 캐머런 영국 총리는 리비아 상공의 비행금지구역에서 일하고 있다고 발표한다.(미국 투데이)
  - 힐러리 클린턴 미 국무장관은 미국이 알제리, 이집트와의 리비아 국경에 지원팀을 파견할 것이라고 발표했다.
  - 무아마르 카다피는 BBC와의 인터뷰에서 그의 모든 국민이 그를 사랑하고 트리폴리에서 시위가 있다는 것을 인정하지 않는다고 말했다.
  - 미국은 리비아 자산 300억 달러를 동결한다.(워싱턴 포스트)
  - 수단 서부 다르푸르의 정의평등운동(Justice and Equality Action)은 수단 내에서의 용병활동을 지원했다는 비난이 일자 리비아의 지도자를 구출해 줄 것을 유엔에 요청했다. (로이터)
  - 반군은 벵가지 정부 건물에서 콘크리트 밑에 '살아있다'는 반군 7명을 구출하고, 10만 명에 가까운 이주 노동자들은 리비아를 탈출한다.(헤럴드 선) (매일 메일)
- 2011년 오만 시위:
  - 약탈 신고 속에 경제정치적 변화를 요구하는 시위가 사흘째 이어지고 있다.(알자지라)
- 2011년 바레인 시위:
  - 바레인 시위대가 바레인 의회의 접근을 막는다.(인도 시간)
에티오피아와 케냐가 소말리아에서 알샤바브 이슬람 무장단체를 공격해 케냐를 공격할지 모른다.(로이터)
버마 양곤에서 폭탄이 터져 8명이 다쳤다.(스트레이트 타임스)

예술과 문화

미국 제1차 세계대전의 마지막 생존 참전용사 프랭크 버클스가 110세의 나이로 웨스트버지니아주 찰스타운에서 세상을 떠났다. (폭스뉴스를 통해 AP)
영국의 텔레비전 광고
- 텔레비전 프로그램에서의 제품 배치 금지는 해제되어, 광고주들이 영국 TV에서 볼 수 있는 그들의 상품에 대한 비용을 지불할 수 있게 한다.이와 관련해 가장 먼저 전시되는 제품은 투모닝(BBC)에 등장한 네스카페 커피머신(Daily Telegraphy)이다.
- 1년 동안 진행되는 재판도 상업용 텔레비전 채널이 영화와 드라마 중 시간당 최대 12분씩 광고를 내보내는 것을 허용하기 시작하여, 이미 이것이 허용된 연속극과 일치하게 한다. (데일리 텔레그래프)
할리우드 여배우이자 전 섹스 심벌이었던 제인 러셀이 89세의 나이로 캘리포니아 산타 마리아에서 호흡기 장애로 사망한다. (폭스 센트럴 플로리다), (로이터), (할리우드 리포터)

비즈니스 및 경제

중동 불확실성 지속으로 유럽과 미국에서 증시 지수가 하락하면서 원유 가격이 2년 만에 최고 수준으로 상승한다.(블룸버그)
영국 최대 은행인 HSBC는 2010년 두 배인 190억 달러(118억 파운드)의 수익을 올렸다. (가디언)
미국 정부는 Deepwater Horizon 기름 유출 이후 처음으로 노블 에너지(Noble Energy)에 심층수 시추 허가를 내주었다. (BBC)

재난

브라질 카니발 축하행사에 앞서 퍼레이드를 하던 중 고압전선이 플로트에 충돌해 최소 16명이 숨졌다 . (Straits Times)에서 최소 16명이 숨졌다.
뉴질랜드 지진:
- 뉴질랜드 경찰은 2011년 캔터베리 지진으로 인한 균열이 절벽에 나타나자 크라이스트처치 교외 60여 채의 사유지를 긴급 대피시켰다. (SBS)
- 뉴질랜드의 존 키 총리는 2011년과 2010년 지진의 총 비용이 200억엔에 달할 것으로 추산하고 있다.(뉴스톡 ZB)
11중국 어부들이 동 중국해.(BNO WR 버클리를 통해)[영구적인 죽은 링크]에 그들의 낚시 보트가 내려간 후 실종되고 있다.

국제 관계

반기문 유엔 사무총장은 벨로루시가 아이보리 코스트에 대한 무기 금수 조치를 심각하게 위반했다고 말했다.
러시아 국영 원자력공사 로자톰은 부셰르 원자력발전소가 원자로 냉각펌프 손상으로 개통이 지연됐다고 설명한다.(뉴욕 타임스)

법과 범죄

아르헨티나의 전 군 지도자들은 반체제 인사들의 아이들을 훔치려는 계획을 주도했다는 혐의로 재판을 받고 있다. (알자지라)
윙 차우(Wing Chau)가 2007-08년 금융위기를 다룬 인기 서적 '빅 쇼트(The Big Short)'의 저자 마이클 루이스(Michael Lewis)를 상대로 소송을 제기한다.초는 초를 주인공인 스티브 아이즈만의 호일로 이용하기 위해 이 책이 "거짓말과 모독"을 한다고 주장한다. (로이터)
세이셸의 법원은 소말리아 해적 10명에게 징역 20년을 선고한다. (로이터)
영국에서는 워릭셔 소방국의 고위 소방관 3명이 2007년 창고 화재로 소방관 4명이 사망한 데 대해 중과실치사 혐의를 받고 있다.
브리티시 에어웨이즈 IT 전문가 라지브 카림이 비행기 폭파 음모와 관련된 혐의로 유죄판결을 받았다. (BBC)
영국 보안요원 대니 피츠시몬스가 동료 2명을 살해한 혐의로 유죄판결을 받고 이라크 법원에 의해 20년간 수감돼 있다.
베네수엘라 노조 지도자 루벤 곤잘레스가 국영 철광산 파업과 관련해 징역 7년을 선고받았다.(구글뉴스 통한 캐나다 프레스)

정치

자카야 키크웨테 탄자니아 대통령은 정부를 제거하기 위한 시도로 탄자니아에서 폭력을 유발하는 것에 반대한다고 비난한다. (로이터)
이집트 총검사는 호스니 무바라크 전 대통령과 그 가족에게 출국금지 조치를 내린다.(알자지라)
이란은 2명의 야당 지도자인 미르호세인 무사비와 메흐디 카루비를 가택연금하고 있다고 확인했다. (라디오 자마네) 웨이백머신에 2011-07-15년 보관
2011년 예멘 시위:
- 알리 압둘라 살레 대통령이 야당과 통합정부를 구성할 것을 제안한다.(로이터)

스포츠

이란은 로고가 시온이라는 철자를 썼기 때문에 표면적으로는 2012년 하계 올림픽을 보이콧하겠다고 위협하고 있다.(가디언)
미국 테니스 챔피언 세레나 윌리엄스가 폐색전증으로 캘리포니아주 로스앤젤레스에 입원하고 있다.(사람들)

2014년 동계 올림픽 및 장애인 올림픽 마스코트

Snow leopard, polar bear and doe hare are chosen mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympics, while "Fire Boy" and "Snow Girl" are chosen for the Paralympics. 그레이후드 ^Talk 18:21, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대. 꽤 사소한.믹맥니 (대화) 18:52, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 안 되는 이유재미있을 것 같고 ITN의 가치가 있다.언론 보도도가 높고, 전 세계적으로 의미가 크다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 19:44, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

강력한 반대 WP에서 다루는 마케팅:아니다. 2012년, 2010년, 2008년 마스코트의 선택은 뉴스 가치가 충분하지 않았다.선례가 이에 역행한다. --Kitch^{(Talk : Contrib)} 19:53, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

기사가 살아남으면 DYK에 추천한다는 점에 유의한다. --Kitch^{(Talk : Contrib)} 19:55, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

우리가 신차 모델과 다른 상업적인 문제에 대한 뉴스를 올리기 때문에, 나는 이것이 마케팅으로 간주되어서는 안 된다고 생각한다.그리고 이전에도 세 차례나 비슷한 뉴스가 실패했다고 해서 자동적으로 포스팅에 불충분한 것은 아니다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 20:03, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 선례가 중요하지만 다른 모든 유사한 제안들의 운명에 결정적이지는 않다는 것에 동의한다.하지만 이전에 마스코트와 관련된 후보지명이 있었는가?그레이후드 20:12, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대한다. 그래서?마스코트들은 더 넓은 세계는 말할 것도 없고 대회 자체와도 거의 무관하다.물론 그 기사는 존재해야 하지만, 이것은 ITN 소재가 아니다.수수한 천재 20:13, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

극단적으로 Trivia 반대: DYK 재료.케빈 맥이 (토크) 22:22, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대. 올림픽을 위해 개최지 발표, 개막, 폐막 등을 게시한다.아주 특이한 상황을 배제한 채 그만하면 됐다.--존셀락 (대화) 10:39, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답하라]

제83회 아카데미상

킹스 스피치는 제83회 아카데미 시상식에서 최우수 작품상을 수상하며 콜린 퍼스가 최우수 남우주연상을 수상했다.– SMASTers (대화) 04:44, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

또한 4개의 오스카상을 받은 인셉션도 언급할 가치가 있으며, TKS와 최다 우승 기록을 세웠다.– SMASTers (대화) 04:53, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지원은 받았지만 인셉션은 기술상을 수상했을 뿐이다.네르가알 (대화) 04:59, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지지 - 나는 '인셉션'이 큰 범주에서 우승하지 못한 반면, TKS는 영화, 배우, 감독, 각본 부문에서 우승했다는 것에 동의한다.그것은 꽤 큰 차이점이다.품질은 수량보다 공신력이 더 큰 것 같으니 단순하게 유지하고 TKS를 언급으로 하자.Jusdafax 05:32, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

게시. --Tone 05:47, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

희귀병의 날

오늘이 2011년 희귀병의 날이라는 것을 상기시키기 위해 헤드라인을 장식할 수 있는가?엠파아 (대화) 14:23, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

편집자는 향후 몇 년 동안 OTD를 목표로 삼으라는 조언을 받았다.케빈 맥(토크) 14:45, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

프랭크 버클스의 죽음(마지막 남은 미국 WWI 베테랑)

미국에서 마지막으로 살아남은 제1차 세계대전의 참전용사 프랭크 버클스가 110세의 나이로 세상을 떠났다.

꽤 중요해.WWI 참전용사 2명만 남았는데, 영국인 둘 다. --Kitch 17:31, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답하라]

~~지원.~~ --골베즈 (대화) 17:52, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 -- MarcusQwertyus 18:19, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

드라이브비!보트는!레이슨과 함께!무게를 운반한다.케빈 맥(토크) 18:22, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

좋아: 미국인에게 이런 일은 두 번 더, 영원히, 그리고 다시는 일어나지 않을 것이기 때문에.수많은 장점을 가지고도 눈에 띄지 않는다고 생각한다면, 그의 글을 삭제하기 위해 노력하라.그의 죽음은 우리가 여기서 겪는 대부분의 죽음보다 더 주목할 만 하다. --골베즈 (대화) 18:48, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대: 그의 공신력은 단지 두 개의 범주의 중첩을 점유하는 데 있을 뿐이지 어느 한 범주의 멤버십에 의해서가 아니다.국적의 추가 필터를 통해 볼 때에만 고유함.케빈 맥(토크) 18:22, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대해, 내가 기억하는 한 우리는 몇 년 전에 마지막 캐나다 참전용사의 죽음을 포함하지 않았으니까, 버클스의 죽음에 대해 애매모호한 글을 올릴 이유가 전혀 없어.최종 퇴역군인이 사망할 수 있도록 글귀만 올립시다. --PlasmaTwa2 18:54, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대. 마지막 임호만 올려야 한다.믹맥니 (대화) 18:56, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

내가 보기에, 마지막은 정말 마지막 참호 전투 베테랑이어야 하는데, 그것이 바로 해리 패치였다.마지막으로 살아남은 이들 참전용사들 중 누구도 의미 있는 의미에서 전투를 보지 못했다.물론, 그들은 그 당시의 살아있는 기억이지만, 2010년 1월, 언론 매체가 그들이 위대한 전쟁 참전 용사로 지목된 플로렌스 그린을 발견했을 때, 좀 어리석게 되었다.그래도 100년이 다가오면서 그런 보도는 더 많을 것 같다.카차롯 (대화) 05:05, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

반대 " 110번째 생일을 맞은 지 26일 만인 2011년 2월 27일 버클스는 자연사했다."그의 죽음에 대한 우리 정보의 정도는 그 정도야.이 섹션은 뉴스 티커가 아니며, 그 목적은 현재/최근 사건을 반영하기 위해 작성되거나 실질적으로 업데이트된 기사(긴장 변화 등을 넘어서)에 연결하는 것이다.이용 가능한 정보가 흐림 그 자체 안에 합리적으로 들어맞을 수 있다면, 그것은 단순히 충분하지 않다.—데이비드 레비 19:30, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

위와 같은 코멘트를 작성한 이후, 사망자의 사회적 영향과 관련된 정보로 기사가 크게 확대되어 업데이트 기준이 충족되었다.사건 자체의 성격에 따라(그리고 다른 사람들의 의견을 고려해서) 중립으로 전환하고 있다.—데이비드 레비 20:43, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

한 명은 마지막 여성/남성 생존자가 될 것이기 때문에 마지막 두 명을 반대하되 지지하십시오. 그리고 마지막 한 명은...이 최후의 것네르가알(대화) 19:37, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

우리가 해리 패치의 죽음을 게시했는가? 87.115.50.126 (대화) 20:15, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 그렇게 생각하지 않는다, 비록 우리가 헨리 앨링엄을 올렸지만, 그는 또한 그 당시 세계 최고령자였다.수수한 천재 20:51, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대해. 국적만 빼면 그는 특별히 가장 나이가 많은 것은 아니야.ITN에는 마지막 전투 베테랑, 마지막 비전투 참가자, 마지막 여성 등이 충분히 눈에 띈다.마지막 미국인은 아니야, 미안해.수수한 천재 20:51, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대한다. 나는 마지막 WWI 참전용사의 죽음을 지지하겠지만 특정 국가의 마지막 참전용사는 아니다.진실에 다가가기 00:38, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

반대하라...특히 전쟁에 늦게 도착한 나라. ;;-) 아니.다른 나라에서 온 마지막 참전용사들의 죽음을 포함시켰다는 걸 보여주지 않는 한, 이건 분명 속하지 않아.HiLo48 (대화) 03:37, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 이것이 공정한 추론이라고 생각하지 않는다.그런 논리로 보면 5년 전 어떤 나라에서 죽을 마지막 참전용사를 우연히 놓친다면 그 중 한 명도 열거할 수 없다.이것은 다소 다른 종류의 기술자의 사례다.ITN에 대한 Notability는 유사한 항목을 게시할 필요가 없다. --골베즈 (토크) 20:55, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

타이머가 35시간이고, 게시하기에 적합한 것이 없기 때문에 지원하십시오.브라질 댐은 너무 늦었다고 생각한다. (. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 20:46, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

자, 우리는 기사가 있는 동안 ITN에 아직 도달하지 못한 시위를 오만에서 게시할 수 있다.빨간 타이머가 문제라면. --Tone 20:58, 2011년 3월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

제안 - 장례식이 거행될 때까지 기다리는 것은 어떨까?그것은 더 많은 보도와 더 많은 최신 정보를 얻을 것이고, 그 동안 기사에 대한 작업은 계속될 것이다.또한: "간섭하는 날에는 미국 국기가 모든 정부 건물, 대사관 그리고 백악관에 있는 반 마스트에 날릴 것이다."이건 대통령 지시에 의한 거야, 분명 인상적으로 들리는데.또한 이것은 사실 그 남자 자신에 대한 것보다 제1차 세계대전의 유산과 역사, 그리고 한 시대의 통과에 관한 것이다.카차롯 (대화) 04:52, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

지지 - 내 생각에 이야기는 세계적으로 유명해.미국이 1차 세계대전에 진입한 것은 전환점이 되었다.이 남자의 죽음이 한 시대의 종말이라는 훨씬 더 큰 의미를 지닌다는 것에 카르차롯의 의견에 동의하라. (나는 지금 게시하는 것을 선호하지만 장례식은 받아들일 수 있다.)그러나 장례식은 뉴스거리가 되지 않을 것이다.)Jusdafax 05:01, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

반대 - 그는 특별한 사람이 아니었고, 나는 세계의 마지막 1차 세계대전을 지지할 수도 있지만, 심지어 내가 그것을 진정으로 지지하지는 않을 것이다.지난 세기에 걸쳐 수백 개의 나라와 수백 개의 전쟁을 치르면서(1차 세계대전이 평균보다 더 두드러지고, 미국 중심주의가 적절했다고 해도) 국적 X의 마지막 군인이 죽는 것은 비교적 흔한 사건이다.열정 없는-Talk 05:07, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

WWI가 평균보다 더 눈에 띄는가?<내가 혀를 깨물어>!카차롯 (대화) 05:11, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

1차 세계대전이 어떤 전쟁이었을까?영화 300을 원작으로 한 거 맞지?:) 격정 없는 대화 05:19, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

가서 스파르타인들에게 전해라. 지나가는 자들은...카차롯 (대화) 05:45, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

제1차 세계대전은 제2차 세계대전에 이어 두 번째로 주목할 만한 전쟁이라고 할 수 있을 것 같다. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 08:34, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

*cough!* Napoleonic Wars...--WaltCip (talk) 01:04, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답하라]

추가 의견 - 반대자들이 이것을 읽어줄 수 있는가?

"제1차 세계대전의 마지막 생존 미국 참전용사 프랭크 버클스 상병의 추모와 제1차 세계대전의 미국 참전용사 세대를 추모하는 기념으로, 헌법과 미국의 법률이 내게 부여한 권위에 의해, 즉 그가 교전하던 날, 즉 그 날에, 나는 이렇게 명령한다.미국의 국기는 백악관과 모든 공공 건물과 대지에, 모든 군사 초소와 해군 기지, 그리고 콜롬비아 구역과 미국 전역과 그 영토 및 소유지의 연방 정부의 모든 해군 함정에 반직렬로 게양되어야 한다."

여기서의 이야기는 한 사람의 죽음이 아니라, 지금 거의 1세기 전의 끔찍한 갈등 속에서 싸우고 죽은 전 세대를 기리는 것이지만, 그 여파는 오늘날에도 여전히 우리 곁에 있다.이것은 실제로 90년 넘게 지속되고 있는 기억의 과정에서 상당히 중요한 순간이다.카차롯 (대화) 05:15, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

버클스에게 악의는 없지만, 나는 요즘 깃발이 반 덩어리가 넘었다고 생각해, 미국에서는 그것이 더 심각할지 모르지만, 거의 항상 반 덩어리가 되어 있는 정부 연구소에서 일해.열정 없는-Talk 05:22, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

위의 이름 없는 개인(/아이러니)에 "투자된 권한"은 위키백과로 확장되지 않는다.반 마스트에 깃발을 펄럭이는 것은 뉴스거리가 될 만한 것도 아니며, <열정 없는>이 지적하는 바와 같이, 반드시 특이한 것도 아니다.개인, 또는 세대를 기리는 것은 ITN의 목적이 아니다. 단일한 세대를 하나의 특정 국가에서 대표한다.케빈 맥이(토크) 07:21, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 현대 세계에 가장 크고 가장 오래 지속되는 영향을 미칠 수 있는 전쟁에 가장 큰 참여자로부터 마지막 남은 베테랑.정말 좋은 글이기도 하다.RxS (대화) 05:27, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

그렇게 귀엽지 않아, 남은 두 명의 수의사는 둘 다 영국인이야.;) –HTD(ITN: 업데이트가 없지만 고착된 경우) 14:24, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

요점은? 87.115.50.126 (대화) 23:48, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답하라]

반대한다. 마지막을 기다려라.그리고 WWI와 제2차 세계대전이 가장 주목할 만한 전쟁이라고 말하는 사람들을 위해, 과거에도 많은 다른 영향력 있는 전쟁이 있었으므로, 한 세기 이상 당신의 견해를 좀 더 넓혀주십시오;) 렙⁰¹ (페이지토크) 18:50, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

요점은 WWI가 다른 어떤 전쟁보다 (전체의) 현대 세계의 형상에 더 많은 영향을 끼쳤다는 것이다.중요한 것은 역사에 다른 주목할 만한 전쟁이 없었다는 것이 아니었다.RxS (대화) 23:07, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

"마지막을 기다리겠다"는 사람들에 대한 위의 나의 의견을 보아라.거기서 말했듯이 마지막 의미 있는 전투 참전용사는 해리 패치였기 때문에 "마지막"은 이미 가고 없어졌다.남은 몇 안 되는 사람들이 다른 이유로 뉴스를 만든다, 정말로.버클스가 이 소식을 전한 이유는 그가 충분히 오래 살았고, 높은 인지도를 얻었으며, 미국 국립 WWI 기념관에서 캠페인을 벌였기 때문이다(자세한 내용은 그의 기사를 참조하라.만약 그가 108세의 나이로 워싱턴으로 가서 국립 기념관에 관한 문제에 관한 증거를 의회에 제출하지 않았다면 훨씬 적은 팡파레가 있었을 것이다.그의 서거와 다른 점은 지금까지의 뉴스 보도에서 언급된 세 가지가 있는데, (1) 그의 매장 당일에 국기가 반나절 날게 된다는 대통령 선언(전투 참전용사가 아니기 때문에 대통령 선언이 필요했다), (2) 알링턴 국립묘지 매장, (3) 결의안은 5월에 있을 것이다.미국 국회의사당 로툰다([1])에 있는 그의 관에 대중이 경의를 표할 수 있도록 상원을 통과하다.이것 또한 참조하십시오.하지만 분명히, 이러한 일들이 일어나기를 기다릴 필요가 있다.이 모든 것이 통과된다면, 나는 기사와 관련 기사를 갱신하고, 새로운 ITN 제안서를 제출할 생각이지만, 그 남자 자신보다는 기념에 훨씬 더 중점을 둘 생각이다(연계된 기사가 여전히 그에 대한 기사가 될 것이지만).내가 이렇게 할 수 있을 것 같아 왜냐하면 여기에서의 나의 첫 번째 언급은 장례식이 끝날 때까지 기다리자고 제안하는 것이었고, 그때가 어쨌든 ITN 제안서를 제출했을 때였기 때문이다(이것은 논쟁의 여지없이 좀 이른 시기였다).나(혹은 다른 사람)가 그렇게 할 때, 여기서 반대했던 사람들이 이 토론을 한쪽에 두고 새로운 제안은 그 나름대로의 장점에 따라 새롭게 평가할 수 있기를 바란다.카차롯 (대화) 22:58, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

잘 생각해 봤어, 고마워.RxS (대화) 23:10, 2011년 3월 2일 (UTC)[응답]

잘 생각해봤지만, 전 세계인이 아니라 모두 미국인이야.그리고 미국이 전쟁에 가장 큰 참여국이라는 것을 강조하는 사람들에게, 대부분의 동맹국들은 미국이 세계대전에 늦었기 때문에 그들의 노력을 덜 존중했다.단지 이것들에 대해 여러 가지 관점이 있다는 것을 지적하는 것.HiLo48 (대화) 01:24, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

여기서 그런 종류의 논의는 하지 않는 것이 가장 좋을 것이다(나는 영국에서 왔다.카차롯 (대화) 02:12, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 전적으로 동의한다.나는 단지 미국이 더 크기 때문에 미국인을 말하는 것이 더 중요하다는 것을 강조하는 것이다.HiLo48 (대화) 02:25, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

반면에, 사건이 "국제적"이기 때문에 더 주목할 만하거나 중요하다고 여기는 것은 똑같이 이치에 맞지 않을 수 있다. (즉, 그 인구와 관계 없이 두 개 이상의 국가에 관련된 일이 발생한다.)그렇기 때문에 ITN 기준에는 더 이상 「국제」 요건(「글로벌」은 말할 것도 없고)을 포함하지 않는다.—데이비드 레비 02:39, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

그뿐만 아니라 아무도 미국이 더 크고 따라서 더 중요하다는 것을 강조하고 있지 않다.요점은 이 항목이 ITN에 포함될 만큼 WWI에서 중요한 역할을 했다는 것이다.큰 차이.RxS (대화) 05:41, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

WWI의 인포박스에 따르면 미국은 7번째로 많은 군인이 참가했거나 9번째로 많은 군인이 사망했다고 한다.케빈 맥이(토크) 07:39, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 미국이 가장 많은 수의 군인이거나 군 사망자가 있다고 주장하지 않았다. 다만 미국이 가장 많은 (내가 더 명확해질 필요가 있다면 가장 인구가 많은) 참여자일 뿐, 그것은 분명했다.당신은 내 요점에 대해 아무 말도 하지 않았는데, 주요 요점은 미국이 WWI에서 이 항목이 ITN에 포함될 만큼 중요한 역할을 했다는 것이다.의미론이나 POV보다 질식하는 것에 관심이 없다.RxS (대화) 17:15, 2011년 3월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

사실(대형배수로 더 큰 영국제국은 단일 실체로 관여하지 않았다)도 관련성도 없다(전쟁 수행 방식에 상당히 부수적인 통계학).케빈 맥이(토크) 07:16, 2011년 3월 4일 (UTC)[응답]

대영제국이라고 세고 있는 거야?롤....오키 도키, 내가 말했듯이, 니트를 따는 의미론과 POV 푸싱에는 관심이 없다.RxS (대화) 15:34, 2011년 3월 4일 (UTC)[응답]

2월 27일

포털:현재 이벤트/2011년 2월 27일

2011년 2월 27일) 일요일)

무력 충돌 및 공격

콩고민주공화국 대통령궁에서 쿠데타 시도가 실패해 6명이 사망한다.(로이터)
로랑 그바그보 현 대통령에 충성하는 세력과 경쟁 단체들간의 충돌 동안 국영 텔레비전은 아이보리 코스트의 아비잔 시에서 방송된다. (로이터)
소말리아에서 알카에다 연계 무장단체에 대한 정부 공세로 최소 115명이 사망했다.(스트레이트 타임즈)
버밍엄-미국 앨라배마주 버밍햄의 셔틀스워스 국제공항이 의심스러운 소포가 발견돼 긴급 대피하고 있다.(폭스뉴스 앨라배마)

예술과 문화

아카데미상
- 제83회 아카데미 시상식은 2010년 최고의 영화들을 기리기 위해 캘리포니아주 할리우드의 코닥 극장에서 열린다.(Academy Awards), (Fox News를 통한 AP)
- 킹스 스피치는 아카데미 최우수 작품상을 수상한다.(로스앤젤레스 타임스)
- 콜린 퍼스는 '킹스 스피치'에서의 역할로 아카데미 남우주연상을 수상한다. (로스앤젤레스 타임스)
- 나탈리 포트만은 블랙 스완에서의 역할로 아카데미 여우주연상을 수상한다. (로스앤젤레스 타임스)
- 톰 후퍼는 The King's Speech로 아카데미 감독상을 수상했다. (인디 게시)
- 크리스천 베일은 파이터로 아카데미 남우조연상을 수상한다. (ABC뉴스 아메리카)
- 멜리사 리오는 파이터로 아카데미 여우조연상을 수상했다. 뉴스)

비즈니스 및 경제

이집트 정부는 이집트 증시가 화요일에 다시 열릴 것이라고 발표한다.(뉴욕 타임스)

재난

빗줄기로 44명이 숨진 볼리비아 라파즈를 덮친 산사태. (CNN 인터내셔널) (양심이 있는 미디어) (나자레네 통신망)

국제 관계

북한은 중동 소요사태와 관련한 정보를 자국민들에게 계속 유포할 경우 한국에 대해 군사적 조치를 취할 것이라고 경고하고 있다.(워싱턴포스트) (연합뉴스 ) (블룸버그)
반기문 유엔 사무총장은 벨로루시가 로랑 그바그보 대통령을 지지하는 군부에 공격헬기 3대를 전달함으로써 코트디부아르의 국제 무기 금수 조치를 위반했다고 주장하고 있다.(구글뉴스를 통한 캐나다 언론)

아랍의 봄

바레인:수도 마나마에서 야당 하원의원 18명이 사퇴서를 제출하는 가운데 수천명의 반정부 시위대가 시위를 벌이고 있다. (구글뉴스 통해 AFP)
레바논:수도 베이루트에서 수백명의 시위자들이 이 나라의 종파 정치 체제에 반대하는 시위를 벌였다.(로이터)
리비아:
- 유엔 안전보장이사회는 무아마르 카다피 정권에 제재를 가하는 결의 1970호를 채택하고 있다.(워싱턴 포스트)
- 반정부군이 수도 트리폴리에서 서쪽으로 30마일 떨어진 자위야 마을을 점령한다. (BBC) (CBC)
오만: 경찰은 소하르에서 반정부 시위대와 충돌하여 2명이 사망한다.(알자지라) (BBC)
수단: 진압 경찰이 수도 하르툼에서 선거 부정 행위에 반대하는 시위를 해산한다.(로이터)
튀니지:
- 베지 카이드 엘 세브시가 신임 총리로 발표되었다.(가디언)
- 모하메드 간노우치 튀니지 총리가 국영TV 연설을 통해 사의를 표명하고 있다(BBC뉴스)
- 임시정부에서 지네 엘 아비디네 벤 알리 전 정권의 퇴진을 요구하는 시위에서 충돌이 벌어진다.(구글뉴스 경유 AFP)
예멘: 알리 압둘라 살레 대통령은 자신의 통치에 반대하는 시위가 국가를 분열시키려는 시도라고 말한다.(Al Arabiya )(구글 뉴스를 통해 AFP

정치와 선거

2011년 아일랜드 총선:
- 미국 좌파연합의 리처드 보이드 바렛 PBPA 후보가 여배우 시네아드 쿠삭의 아들인 피아나 파일의 전 장관이자 부대표인 메리 하나핀을 두른 라오헤어 선거구에서 물리치고 있다.이로써 피아나 파일은 수도(브리아 레니한 jr)의 대표 1명과 함께(브리아인 레니한 jr) 31대 다일(아일랜드 타임스)에 전혀 피아나 파일(Evening Echo)의 여성이 없게 된다.
- 파인 가엘의 지도자 엔다 케니는 앙겔라 메르켈, 데이비드 캐머런, 호세 마누엘 바로소로부터 국제적인 축하를 받으며 카메론은 그를 다우닝가 10번지로 초대한다.
북아프리카와 중동에서 발생한 사건에서 영감을 받은 시위 촉구 이후 중국 도시에 경찰과 보안군이 대거 배치된다.(파이낸셜타임스) (인도)
이틀째 크로아티아 참전용사들이 수천명에 모여 시위를 벌인다, 이번에는 스플릿(Split)에서. (Index)
위스콘신주 AFL-CIO는 경찰이 미국 매디슨시에 있는 위스콘신 주 의사당을 폐쇄하는 것을 막기 위해 수백명의 노조원들이 체포될 것이라고 경고했다.
익명의 코흐 브라더스는 위스콘신에서의 반노조 법안에 대한 지지와 미국 정치에서의 돈의 영향에 반대하는 시위를 벌일 미국인들을 목표로 하고 있다.(미국 오늘 )(MSNBC)
아랍연맹 암르 무사 대표가 이집트 대선에 후보로 출마하겠다고 발표한다.(휴스턴 크로니클을 경유한 AP)

네크메틴 에르바칸의 죽음

사임 압력을 받은 터키 최초의 이슬람 수상은, 후에 "헌법을 위반했다"는 이유로 금지되었고, 지금은 사망했다.BBC "현대 터키에서 정치적 이슬람의 토대를 마련하는 데 기여했다"알 자지라 "세속적인 터키의 정치 이슬람의 멘토이자 최초의 이슬람 총리 [...] 군대와 불화로 얼룩진 소란스러운 4 십오 년의 생애"던은 "터키 보수 이슬람 운동의 오랜 지도자"라고 말한다.월스트리트저널 --candle •wicke 03:01, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 이것을 제안하는 것을 좋아했다.터키의 초대 이슬람 수상의 서거가 어쩐지 주목할 만하다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 15:43, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대 그가 터키의 첫 이슬람 총리였지만, 나는 그의 경력의 합이 명성을 얻을 수 있을지 확신할 수 없다.그는 겨우 1년 동안 수상직을 수행했다. --키치 17:37, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

제83회 아카데미상

좀 이른 것 같지만, 아마 최우수 작품상 수상자를 올리는 것 같아.ITN/R. - JuneGloom Talk 02:39, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

The King's Speech wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Grsz 11 04:36, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

잘됐네.리드가 업데이트되면 게시할 수 있다._Eric렙⁰¹(페이지토크) 04:40, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

튀니지 혁명 2.0.

계속되는 항의 속에 모하메드 가누치 튀니지 총리가 사임한다. --78.2.16.109 (대화) 15:24, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

현재 업데이트의 감시자 중 한 명이...더 많은 것이 먼저 필요하다. --Tone 15:33, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

추가 업데이트. --BorgQueen (토크) 17:09, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

글쎄, 만약 이것이 올라가면, 아마도 우리는 금요일 시위에 대한 모호함을 제거해야 할 것이다.그렇지 않으면, 6개의 ITN 항목 중 4개는 북아프리카에서의 행사와 관련이 있을 것이다.어쨌든 금요일 시위 내용이 일반 기사와 연결되고 "금요일에 시위가 일어난다"는 뉴스가 크게 비교가 되지 않기 때문에 나는 그다지 흥분하지 않았다. -- 타리갑조투 17:31, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

아니, 이건 별로 눈에 띄지 않으니까.네르가알(대화) 20:58, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지하다.ITN에서는 통상 총리 사임이 검토되고 있다.현재 북아프리카에서 얼마나 많은 일이 일어나고 있는지 생각해 보면 4가 너무 많은 것 같지는 않다.흔히 세계 비슷한 지역의 ITN이 서너 개 있다. 예를 들어, 여기 메인페이지에 유럽 ITN이 세 개 동시에 있고, 여기에 미국 ITN이 네 개 있다. --candle •wicke 00:17, 2011년 2월 28일(UTC)[응답]

지지, 그리고 Btw, 베지 카이드 엘 세브시가 새로운 PM이 될 것이라고 발표되었다.그냥 이게 얼마나 지속될지 궁금할 뿐이야. --보그퀸 (토크) 00:37, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 아마 ITNR이겠지만 어쨌든 게시물이 좋은 생각이라는 것은 충분히 중요하다.--체이서(가출) -토크 01:01, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

새 블럽:베지 카이드 엘 세브시는 모하메드 간노우치가 계속되는 항의 속에 사임한 후 튀니지의 총리가 된다. --보르그퀸 (토크) 08:36, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지지와 나는 제안된 모호함이 좋다.Jusdafax 08:44, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

Chaser와 Candwicke당 지원 - 나는 아프리카에 대해 많은 것을 가지고 있는 것이 관련이 있다고 생각하지 않는다 - 전체적으로 균형을 맞출 것이라고 확신한다. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 08:53, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
게시물. --BorgQueen (대화) 09:02, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

Btw, 캔들위크의 통계에 따르면, 아프리카는 ITN에서 가장 방치된 대륙이었다.나는 현재 아프리카와 관련된 주제에 초점을 맞추는데 아무런 해를 끼치지 않으며, 심각하게 불균형하다고 생각하지 않는다.-그것은 상당히 반대다. --BorgQueen (토크) 09:12, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

오, 맙소사, 분명히 차이가 있어.나는 "만약 이것이 미국이나 유럽에 있었다면, 아무도 신경 쓰지 않았을 것"이라는 태도에 감사하지 않는다.특정 지역에서 나온 네 개의 흐림도 괜찮지만, 그건 내 문제가 아니었다: 그것은 일련의 관련 사건에 대한 네 개의 흐림이었다.요약 기사(2010~2011년 중동 및 북아프리카 시위, 이 경우)로 연결된 ITN에 대해 서너 개의 이벤트는 말할 것도 없고 두 개의 이벤트를 동시에 가지는 경우는 드물다.여기서의 세 가지 유럽 행사 중 어느 것도 서로 아무런 관련이 없고, 여기서의 네 가지 미국 행사 중 어느 것도 아무런 관련이 없다(그리고 솔직히 말하면, 그것이 네 가지 미국 행사란 어떻게 되는가).관련 사건들의 집합에 대해 네 가지 모호한 점은, 그것이 어디에 있든 간에, 과도하다.그런 점을 고려하면, 3개의 가시적인 사건을 더 유리하게 요약 기사와 연결된 흐림을 없애자고 제안하는 것은 전혀 불합리하지 않았다고 생각한다. -- 타리카브조투 15:16, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

아일랜드 선거

파인 가엘은 아일랜드 총선에서 다원적으로 승리했다.리하스 (대화) 13:53, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지하지만 본문에는 대부분의 역사에서 국가의 집권당이었던 피아나 파일의 역사적 경로(166석 중 20석)를 언급할 필요가 있다.그것이 선거의 실화다.엔다 케니(Fine Gael leader)가 지칭한 투표함에서의 민주혁명. 조니 talk talk 15:29, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

좋아 보이네, 업데이트가 있어.일단 자구에 동의하면 이것은 분명한 것이다. --Tone 15:33, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지: 아일랜드 의회 역사상 중요한 사건.크르노리즈크 (대화)20:09, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

아프리카 바깥의 어떤 뉴스에도 그렇다.네르가알(대화) 20:58, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

음, 더 나은 모호한 제안이 있을 때까지, 일반적 제안이 될 것이다.게시물. --Tone 21:40, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지 - 정말 역사적인 일이다.Jusdafax 22:09, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

Jusdafax당 지지.아프리카는 뭐가 문제인지 모른다. --candle •wicke 00:06, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답하라]

문법적으로, 그것은 승리여야 한다.– SMASTers (대화) 08:47, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

이 문법 오류는 17시간째 메인 페이지에 올라 있다: 지적된 지 6시간이다.ENGVAR이 다르게 제안한다고 주장하는 사람이 있다면 아일랜드 언론이 인용한 인용문을 보고 제3자 단수모음을 WP에서 확인하십시오.Errors Kevin McE (talk) 14:51, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

결국 수정, UTC 16:35 Kevin McE (토크) 22:18, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

드디어! – SMASTers (토크) 23:14, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

리비아 제재

유엔 안전보장이사회는 반정부 시위대에 대한 단속이 진행되는 가운데 리비아를 국제형사재판소에 회부해 제재를 가한다.(BBC)

명. --bender235 (대화) 01:43, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
지지하다.유엔 제재가 분명히 눈에 띈다.--존셀락 (대화) 03:51, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
지지 - 이 국제적인 이야기의 평판이 중요하다.Jusdafax 04:05, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
지원 - 유엔이 모든 수단을 동원하고 있다.나는 그 애매한 부분을 약간 수정하고 국제형사재판소에 회부하는 것을 추가했다.유엔 안보리가 ICC(첫 번째 다르푸르)에 회부한 것은 이번이 두 번째다.그거 대단한 소식이군.--체이서(가출) -토크 05:14, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

코멘트 - 좋은 트윗, 고마워.Jusdafax 06:34, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지 - 결의안에 대한 유엔 안전보장이사회 15개 이사국 모두의 첫 만장일치 투표.Mjroot (대화) 06:03, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
지지 - 이것은 현재 전세계적으로 방송되고 있는 주요 헤드라인이다. 분명히 그것은 뉴스 게시판에 올려질 필요가 있다.그러나 Mjroots, 인용 또는 일부 연구는 그 결의안이 실제로 최초의 만장일치 결의안인지 알아내기 위해 이루어져야 한다.펑277394 (대화) 06:46, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
- 오늘 아침 05:30에서 06:00 사이에 스카이 뉴스에 보도되었다.바라건대, 인쇄된 보고서들은 이것을 확인 할 수 있도록 이것을 채택할 것이다.Mjroot (대화) 08:30, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
  - BBC 기사는 그것이 발표되자마자 그것을 언급했다."토요일 밤의 투표는 안보리가 한 국가를 ICC에 회부한 두 번째였고, 그러한 투표가 만장일치로 이루어진 것은 처음이었다."StrPby (대화) 12:42, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
    - 확인됨.IMHO, 만장일치는 모호한 상황에서 언급할 가치가 없다.안보리는 수천 표를 얻었지만, 유엔이나 ICC를 창설한 조약의 당사자가 아닌 국가 지도자들을 기소할 권한을 가진 초국가적 법원(안보리 회부)인 ICC에 국가를 회부한 것은 두 번뿐이다.그것은 그들에게 전쟁범죄를 고발하고 평생 감금할 수 있다.이렇게 심각하고 특이한 수사에 만장일치가 놀라운 것은 아니다.--체이서(가출) -토크 12:49, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]
게시. --BorgQueen (대화) 09:51, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

2월 26일

포털:현재 이벤트/2011년 2월 26일

2011년 2월 26일 ()(토)

무력 충돌 및 공격

2011년 리비아 내전
- 지도자인 무아마르 가다피에게 권좌에서 물러나라는 대내외 압박이 계속되고 있다.(알자지라)
- 사이프 알-이슬람 카다피는 알-아라비야 TV와의 인터뷰에서 리비아의 소요사태는 내전을 포함한 모든 옵션을 열어놓고 있다고 밝혔다.
- 무스타파 압둘 잘릴 전 법무부 장관이 이끄는 리비아 임시정부가 벵가지에서 구성됐다고 로이터통신이 보도했다. (알 자지라)
이라크 바이지에 있는 정유공장이 폭격을 당해 폐쇄되는 사태가 발생했다.(로이터)
2011년 크로아티아 시위:
- 수만 명의 시위대가 크로아티아 수도 자그레브의 반 젤라치 광장에서 만나 기소된 크로아티아 독립전쟁 참전용사들에 대한 지지를 표명하고 자드란카 코소르 총리 정부에 사임을 요청하고 있다.(주탄지 리스트)
- 반정부 시위가 경찰과의 충돌로 변질되면서 수십 명이 다치고 체포된다.(주탄지 리스트 )(프랑스24)

재난

2011년 캔터베리 지진
- 뉴질랜드 지진으로 인한 사망자 수는 144명으로 늘어나고 실종자가 200명 더 늘어날 것으로 우려된다.(TV 뉴질랜드)
- 존 키 뉴질랜드 총리가 지진 발생 일주일 만인 3월 1일 화요일 오후 12시 51분에 2분간의 침묵을 요구하고 있다.(TV 뉴질랜드)
- 여진이 크라이스트처치 외곽지역인 플레전트 산에서 주민들을 강제 대피시킨다.(TV뉴질랜드)

국제 관계

유엔 안전보장이사회는 무아마르 가다피 정권에 대항해 행동해 달라는 압델 라만 모하메드 샬감 유엔 주재 리비아대사의 호소로 폭력사태가 고조되고 2011년 리비아 내전 진압에 이용되며 프랑스 독일 영국 미국의 제안에 따라 1970년결의안을 채택했다.ss on UN 안보리 결의안 1970) (BBC) (UN Multimedia) (UN Multimedia)에 대한 발표."필요한 모든 수단"이라는 결의안의 시행과 리비아 상공에 "비행금지구역"을 부과하는 것은 거부된다.그러나 이러한 조치들은 2011년 3월 17일 안보리 결의 1973호에 포함될 것이다.

법과 범죄

2011년 이라크 시위
- 이라크 전역이 최소 29명의 사망자를 낸 '분노의 날' 시위 다음날 수백 명의 이라크 기자, 예술가, 지식인들이 체포된다.(워싱턴 포스트)
한국인 남성이 몸에 묶기 위해 구입한 폭발물이 폭발한 후 사망했다.(스트레이트 타임즈)
브라질의 한 판사는 아마존 유역에 있는 벨로 몬테 댐이 환경 요건을 충족시키지 못하자 건설을 막는다.(가디언)
멕시코 판사가 미국 이민세관집행국 요원 살해 용의자로 지목된 제타스 마약 카르텔 조직원에 대해 40일간의 구금을 허가하고 있다(워싱턴 포스트를 통해 AP)

정치와 선거

2011년 아일랜드 총선:
- 출구조사 결과 파인 가엘과 노동당이 선전할 것으로 예측되는 반면 집권당인 피아나 파일은 선전하지 못할 것으로 예측되는 것으로 나타났다. 뉴스) (RTE) (아일랜드 타임스)
- 트위터를 통해 패배를 인정한 것은 녹색당의 폴 고트가티(Paul Gogarty)가 처음이다.(비즈니스 & 리더십) (아일랜드 타임스)
- 총선의 첫 번째 의석은 더블린 웨스트 선거구에서 1위를 차지하고 있는 조안 버튼 노동당 재정 대변인이 맡는다.파인 가엘의 레오 바라드카르와 사회당의 조 히긴스가 각각 이 4석 선거구에서 2석과 3석을 차지하고 있다. (구글뉴스를 통한 언론협회 ) (아일랜드 타임스) (이리시 옵서버)
- 집권당인 피아나 파일당이 국가전멸 위기에 처하자 물러나는 브라이언 레니한 재무장관 Jnr는 자신의 개성에 의해 구제된다.그는 수도 전역의 47석에서 선출된 유일한 피아나 파일 후보인 더블린 서부 선거구의 최종 의석을 차지하는데, 그의 동생 코너 레니한과 고모 메리 오루크가 다른 곳에서 재선을 위한 입찰에서 패배했다. (로이터) (아일랜드 타임즈)
- 도니갈 남서부 선거구의 그녀의 자리가 인디펜던트 토머스 프링글에게 가기 때문에, 퇴임하는 타나이스테 메리 코클란은 피아나 파일 붕괴의 가장 큰 패배자가 된다.
- 연립여당 녹색당 대표인 존 고믈리 전 환경부·유산·지방정부 장관이 더블린 동남동 지역구에서 탈락한다.(아일랜드 타임스)
- 무소속 오래 복직한 상원의원 셰인 로스(사진)가 더블린 사우스 선거구에서 1위를 차지했다. (아일랜드 타임스)
- 파인 가엘의 지도자 엔다 케니는 마요 선거구에서 1위를 차지하며 그 결과가 자기 당의 "대량적 지지"라고 주장한다.
2011년 바레인 시위에 대응한 하마드 이븐 이사 알 칼리파 바레인 국왕이 개각을 단행한다(CNN).
거의 7만 명의 사람들이 위스콘신주 매디슨시에서 대부분의 주 직원들로부터 단체 교섭권을 없애겠다는 위스콘신 주지사의 계획에 대한 집회에 참석한다.(위스콘신 주립 저널)
Christy Clark는 브리티시 컬럼비아 자유당 투표에서 당선된 후 두 번째로 브리티시 컬럼비아 수상이 되었다.(글로브 및 메일)
이란은 두 야당 지도자인 미르 호세인 무사비, 메흐디 카르비, 그리고 그들의 부인들을 자신들의 보호를 위해 보호한다.

글로나스-K

Russia launches the first new-generation GLONASS-K satellite, intended as part of the GLONASS global satellite navigation system. BBC, ITAR-TAS, RIA Novosti Nanobear (대화) 13:10, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 신세대 위성의 시작을 알리는 매우 중요한 보고서.이러한 뉴스는 항상 ITN 템플릿에 기록되어야 한다.--Kiril Simeonovski (토크) 13:13, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지원, 업데이트가 있다. --Tone 16:28, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지원--위키레더41 (대화) 16:51, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

키릴과 톤당 지원.그레이후드 17:35, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

게시물. --BorgQueen (토크) 17:39, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

브라질 댐

브라질의 한 판사는 아마존 강에 있는 벨로 몬테 댐이 환경 요건을 충족시키지 못하자 건설을 막는다.(가디언), BBC

--존스멜락 (대화) 11:33, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지원하지만 현재 업데이트는 조금 짧다. --Tone 11:35, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

논평 나는 환경적 요건과 생태학적 문제에 미칠 수 있는 영향 때문에 이것을 확실히 지지할 것이지만, 오히려 판결의 후폭풍을 기다릴 것이다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 12:07, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

설명:이것은 수십 년 전에 계획된 장기 프로젝트로 수십억 달러가 들 것이다.이 결정에는 반드시 호소가 있을 것이다.또한, 그것이 환경 요건을 충족시킬 때, 건설이 계속되는 것을 허용하지 않을 것이라는 것은 어떻게 할 것인가?– SMASTers (대화) 12:09, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

개발도상국과 환경에 대한 이야기 지원 - "서구 미디어" (더 나은 용어가 필요)가 암시하는 두 가지는 특별히 잘 어울리지 않는다. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 16:54, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

모든 이야기를 지지하라.이번 판결은 이에 대한 추가 경각심을 시사하는 부분일 뿐이다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 17:25, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지지하다.그런 주요 프로젝트들이 있는 흔치 않은 종류의 이야기.그레이후드 17:34, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지지하다.중요한 환경·사회 항의 이야기. ~AH1 ^(TCU) 21:35, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

더 많은 업데이트가 필요하다는 의견을 제시하십시오.한번 해봤지만, 아마 부족할 겁니다. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 14:02, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

지지하다.좀처럼 다루지 않는 주제.'세계 3위 수력발전소'와 '브라질 역사상 가장 큰 공청회'가 중요할 것 같다. --candle •wicke 02:24, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

확장. --candle •wicke 02:25, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

제안하다

- - A Brazilian judge blocks construction of the Belo_Monte_Dam#Federal_Court_case on the Amazon River after it fails to meet environmental requirements.--존셀락 (대화) 07:56, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

지원 - 위의 지원별로.Jusdafax 07:58, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

반대 환경 효과 섹션은 세부적인 것에 대해서만 출처를 사용하는 에세이로, 결론을 위한 것이 아니다.나는 위키피디아가 이런 문제 기사를 메인 페이지에 싣지 않는 편이 낫겠다. 비록 그 뉴스가 많은 사람들에게 흥미로울지라도 말이다.나라얀어 (대화) 08:28, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

코멘트 이 댐은 현재 몇 년 동안 논란이 되어 왔고 그 건설을 막고 있는 판사는 이 댐의 또 다른 장이다.이것이 ITN에 실리게 된다면 현재 진행 중인 논란이나 공청회 규모임을 나타내기 위해 문장을 약간 수정하겠다.만약 판사가 또 다른 속도위반자라고 해도 이 프로젝트가 반대를 부추기는 방식은 나를 놀라게 하지 않을 것이다.그러나 공청회는 상당히 컸고 새 대통령과 함께 이번 판결을 더욱 의미 있게 만들었다.그 기사는 인용과 과거 균형에 관한 몇 가지 문제가 있다.기사의 정보의 무게가 그 효과와 논쟁에 기울 정도로 논란이 많다.대부분의 댐 기사에서 일반적으로 발견되는 사양과 데이터의 일부를 구하기가 어려웠다.기사의 편집자들은 지금까지 잘 해냈다.--NortyNort (Holla) 09:53, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

그리스의 항의

재정 긴축 조치를 둘러싸고 그리스에서 격렬한 시위가 벌어진다.

그리스에서 화염병 등이 진행됨에 따라 시위의 일부 다양성리하스 (대화) 03:47, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

지지세력은 지난해 봄 시작된 시위가 전국에서 새롭게 시작된 것으로 보인다.--기릴 시메오노프스키(토크) 12시 3분, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

하지만 최신 기사, 마지막 섹션에서는 항의와 독일 발표 사이의 관계가 명확하지 않다.아직 충분한 정보가 없다.토니 (토크) 12시 44분, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

더 나아졌다고?리하스 (대화) 03:47, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답하라]

많이. 토니 (토크) 08:44, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

2월 25일

포털:현재 이벤트/2011년 2월 25일

2011년 2월 25일 ( (금)

무력 충돌 및 공격

2011년 이라크 시위
- 국내 경제문제와 부패에 항의하는 '분노의 날'로 최소 29명이 숨진다.(알자지라) (구글뉴스 경유 CP)(워싱턴포스트)
2011년 바레인 시위
- 시위대 사망 이후 정부가 선포한 애도일에 수도 마나마에서 수천 명이 반정부 시위를 벌이고 있다.(로이터)
2011년 리비아 내전
- 무아마르 카다피 지도자가 수도 트리폴리에서 지지자들에게 연설하고 있다. (알자지라 ) (알 아라비아 ), (USA 투데이)
- 유엔 주재 리비아 특사가 제네바에서 열린 유엔 인권이사회 (알 아라비야), MSNBC(멜버른 헤럴드-선 경유) 회의 도중 편을 바꾸면서 더 많은 탈북이 발생하고 있다.
- 버락 오바마 미국 대통령이 유럽연합(EU)과 마찬가지로 리비아 정부에 대한 제재를 발표한다.(로스앤젤레스 타임스)
2011년 예멘 시위, (무역차트를 통한 도우 존스)
- 예멘에서는 수만 명이 반정부 시위에 참여해 1명이 숨지고 여러 명이 다쳤다.(방콕포스트) (인도 시)
2011년 이집트 시위:이집트 시위자들은 이집트 군대가 카이로의 타흐리르 광장에서 그들을 구타했다고 주장한다.(뉴욕 타임스)
아이보리 코스트의 반군들은 논란이 되고 있는 대통령 선거에 이어 사임하기를 거부한 현 대통령 로랑 그바보의 통제에서 또 다른 도시를 장악하고 있다.수도 야무수크로에서 불안이 발생한다.(BBC)

예술과 문화

영국 여성 수감자들을 위한 빅토리아 시대 사진과 가석방 세부사항은 Ancestry.com에 게재되어 있다.(가디언)
비디오 게임인 Malth Kombat은 호주에서 분류를 거절당했다.(고타쿠)
크리스천 디올은 파리에서 폭행과 함께 카페에서 부부에게 반세미틱한 소동을 벌인 혐의로 체포된 뒤 패션 디자이너 존 갈리아노를 정직 처분한다.

비즈니스 및 경제

일본의 인구는 일본이 처음 인구조사를 실시한 이래 가장 느린 증가율을 기록하고 있다. (자카르타 포스트를 통한 AP)
정몽구 현대기아자동차그룹 회장에게 자신의 회사에 7,310만 달러의 배상금을 지급하라는 서울 법원의 판결이 나왔다.(연합)

재난

2011년 캔터베리 지진
- 2011년 뉴질랜드 캔터베리 지진으로 인한 사망자 수가 113명으로 늘어나 최소 226명이 실종됐다. (CNN), (TV 뉴질랜드)
- 3월 8일로 예정되어 있던 뉴질랜드 인구주택총조사회가 지진으로 인해 취소되었다.(뉴질랜드 헤럴드)
미국 동부 해안에 폭설이 내려 항공기 결항과 학교 폐쇄가 잇따르고 있다.(오레곤 라이브를 통해 AP)
페루에서는 버스가 협곡에 추락해 최소 22명이 사망한다.

국제 관계

이란 정부는 국제원자력기구(IAEA)에 부셰르 원자력발전소의 심각한 문제에 대해 조언하고 있다. (뉴욕 타임스)

법과 범죄

버마는 해외 반체제 단체와의 연계를 포함한 혐의로 5명의 반체제 인사들을 추가로 수감하고 있다.(스트레이트 타임즈)
로널드 싱슨 필리핀 대표가 코카인 소지 혐의로 홍콩 교도소에서 18개월 형을 선고받았다. (야후 뉴스필리핀을 통해 AP)
중화인민공화국은 13개의 비폭력 경제 범죄에 대한 사형을 없앤다.(미국의 소리)
미국 지방법원은 컨트리와이드 파이낸셜의 이전 투자자들에게 6억2400만달러의 배당금을 지불할 것을 승인했다. (월스트리트 저널을 통해 AP)

정치와 선거

튀니지는 모하메드 간노우치 총리의 퇴진을 요구하는 수천명의 시위가 벌어지자 2011년 7월 중순에 선거를 실시할 예정이라고 발표한다.(알자지라)
중국에서 중동식 시위를 촉구한 뒤 여러 명이 기소된다.(구글뉴스를 통해 AFP)
중국 공산당 간사인 지아 칭린은 달라이 라마와 티베트 불교에 대한 통제에 대해 "갱신 투쟁"을 촉구한다. (스트레이트 타임스) (BBC) (인디안 익스프레스)
아일랜드 유권자들은 아일랜드 총선 투표장에 간다.(BBC)

칼리드 알리-M 알다와리

어제 미국에서 한 대학생이 음모로 체포되었다.그것은 꽤 많은 관심을 받았다.[2] 진실규명 (대화) 16:34, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

반대한다, 테러리스트들의 공격 미수는 미국에서 특별히 흔하지 않다. 그리고 그가 실제로 어떤 것을 폭파시킬 정도로 가까이 온 것처럼 보이지 않는다.C628 (대화) 22:54, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

반대 이것에 대한 실제 기사가 있는가?"학생들은 아무것도 날려버리지 않는다"는 것은 정확히 ITN의 문제가 아니며, 어떤 기사에서든 일어날 수 있는 잠재적 BLP 이슈는 신경쓰지 않는다.페드로 : 채트 23:10, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]
ITN은 WP가 아니다.RA. --골베즈 (대화)20:56, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

2011년 이라크 시위

이라크에서는 반정부 시위가 벌어져 수천 명이 거리 시위를 벌이고 있다.--기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 14:56, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]
- 2010~2011년 중동과 북아프리카 시위의 일환으로 지난 며칠간 소규모 시위가 벌어졌지만 오늘은 이라크의 "분노의 날"이다.사망자는 7명으로 늘어나고 부상자는 90명으로 늘었다.--기릴 시메오노프스키(토크) 14:56, 2011년 2월 25일(UTC)[응답]
  - BBC에 따르면, 사실 이것은 반정부 시위가 아니다.시위대는 다른 나라와 달리 정부의 몰락이 아니라 개혁을 요구하고 있다.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 리뷰) 15:10, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

매우 특이하다.BBC 방송은 두 번째 머리글에서 반정부 시위(BBC)라고 밝히고 있다.--기릴 시메오노프스키(토크) 15:20, 2011년 2월 25일(UTC)[응답하라]

아래 두 줄에 "수백 명의 사람들이 바그다드 타흐리르 광장에 모여 개혁을 외쳤지만 정권 교체를 외치지 않았다"고 돼 있어 결단을 내리지 못하는 분위기다.그건 반정부적인 게 아니라...그래서 이걸 올리려면 imo라는 단어를 봐야죠.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 리뷰) 15:23, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

[3]에 따르면 오늘날 리비아, 이라크, 예멘, 바레인에서는 대규모 시위가 벌어지고 있다.그래서 나는 옴니버스 항목을 제안한다.

리비아, 이라크, 예멘, 바레인 등에서 대규모 시위가 벌어진다.2011년 2월 25일 화요일 15시 34분 (UTC)[응답]

좋은 생각이고, 템플릿의 맨 위에 있는 항의에 대한 보고서를 새로 고치겠다.--Kiril Simeonovski (토크) 15:42, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답하라]

나는 리비아를 다시 전체로 통합할 어떤 애매모호한 주장에 반대한다.리비아는 별도의 현재 진행 중인 행사로 단순한 시위 이상의 형태로 전락하고 있다.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 리뷰) 15:49, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

그러면 리비아를 제거하고 이것을 상단에 올리고 이미 리비아 상황에 대해 별도로 게시된 흐림을 업데이트할 수 있을 것이다.단, 업데이트를 제안해야 한다.--기릴 시메오노프스키(토크) 16:01, 2011년 2월 25일(UTC)[응답]

그럼 어때?

이라크, 예멘, 바레인 등지에서 대규모 시위가 벌어진다.

그리고 동시에 리비아를 업데이트하고 최고가 되도록 하기 위해 내가 제안했던 아래 내용을 작성했다.

리비아의 시위는 무장 봉기로 변하며 리비아의 일부가 더 이상 정부에 의해 통제되지 않는다.리비아의 고위 관리들과 군인들 몇 명이 탈영했다.

그러나 나는 오늘날 리비아에서도 시위가 있기 때문에 우리가 리비아를 두 가지 모호한 말로 언급해야 한다고 생각한다.Thuetalk 18:49, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

얼마나 큰가?양귀비 문제를 내다제안:

금요일 기도가 끝난 후 이라크, 예멘, 튀니지, 이집트, 요르단, 바레인에서는 이 지역에서 혼란이 계속되고 있는 가운데 시위가 벌어지고 있다.;;

그리고 리비아의 우다테를 줄인다.

리비아에서 공무원과 군인들이 망명하면서 시위가 격화되고 있다.리하스 (대화) 01:09, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 너의 일반적인 항의 버전이 내 것보다 더 좋다.당신의 리비아 판은 몇 가지 좋은 자질을 가지고 있지만, 나는 우리가 지금 전면적인 봉기에 대해 이야기하고 있다는 사실을 포함할 필요가 있다고 생각한다.어때.

리비아의 시위는 관리들과 군인들이 망명하면서 무장 봉기로 확대된다.

어쨌든, IMO는 조만간 게시해야 할 게 있어.중동은 엄청난 뉴스가 넘쳐나고 있고, 우리는 쉼표를 수정하는 데 며칠을 보내고 있기 때문에 아무것도 올리지 않고 있다.Thuetalk 09:46, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 리하스의 버전도 좋아한다(다른 두 대상에 있는 "리비아" 링크와 불필요한 희석).업데이트를 표시하려면 "불량" 파이프를 굵게 표시해야 하는가?그래, 곧.토니 (토크) 10:11, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

네, '결함' 링크를 굵게 하는 것이 좋을 것 같습니다, IMO. Thuetalk 11:10, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

정말이야?"결함" 기사는 목록으로도 약간 수준 이하의 것 같다.나는 본문이나 그 중 한 부분에 대담한 것을 유지할 것을 제안한다; 그 중 뒷부분에는 사표 제출의 주요 목록과 연계되어 있을 것이다. 하지만 중요한 것은 훌륭한 산문이 내 의견으로는 언제든지 좋은 목록을 만들 수 있다는 것이다._Eric렙⁰¹(페이지토크) 04:02, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

"실패" 기사에는 중요한 뉴스가 있다.그래서 중요한 뉴스를 적시에(혹은 아예) 게재하는 것과 링크된 기사가 고품질을 갖도록 하는 것 사이의 균형이다.나는 개인적으로 덜 완벽한 기사를 더 빨리 올리는 것을 우선시하며, 아마도 그 때 개선시키기 위해 독자들에게 더 많이 의존할 것이다.오래된 위키백과 대 누피디아 논쟁처럼.하지만 합리적인 사람들은 이것에 대해 동의하지 않을 수 있다.2011년 2월 27일 화요일 21:23 (UTC)[응답]

게시 -- 타리카브죠투 17:18, 2011년 2월 27일 (UTC)[응답]

2월 24일

포털:현재 이벤트/2011년 2월 24일

2011년 2월 24일)(목)

무력 충돌 및 공격

2010~2011년 알제리 반정부 시위:
- 알제리가 19년 만에 국가비상사태를 공식 해제한다. (CNN)
2011년 리비아 내전:
- 튀니지로 도주하는 리비아 노동자들은 반(反)카다피 세력이 트리폴리에서 서쪽으로 120km 떨어진 주와라 마을을 장악하고 있다고 주장하고 있다.(4번 채널로 이동), (알자지라)
- 트리폴리에 가까운 더 많은 도시와 도시들이 시위대와 탈북자들의 통제를 받고 있다. (알 아라비야)
- 자위야 마을에서 친정부 세력의 공격으로 적어도 10명이 사망하고 수십 명이 부상당했다.(AFP, 헤럴드-썬 경유)
- 카다피 대령은 자신을 엘리자베스 2세 여왕과 비슷한 '상징적 지도자'라고 표현하며 알카에다의 불안을 탓하고 있다.(USA 투데이)
2011년 예멘 시위:
- 알리 압둘라 살레 예멘 대통령은 치안 부대에 시위대를 보호하라고 명령한다.(옵저버 투데이를 통해 AP) (알 아라비아)
2011년 바레인 시위:
- 국내에서도 시위가 계속되자 야당들이 자신들의 요구를 개략적으로 설명하고 있다.(인도 시)
팔레스타인 무장세력은 이스라엘 브엘세바에서 2개의 그라드 모델 카투샤 로켓을 발사하고 이스라엘 공군은 가자지구 목표물에 대한 공격으로 대응하고 있다.
롤링 스톤 잡지는 미국 육군 중장인 윌리엄 B라고 주장했다. 칼드웰 4세는 아프가니스탄 전쟁에 대한 지원을 계속하도록 영향력 있는 사람들을 설득하기 위해 "정신적 작전"을 명령했다. (롤링스톤)

예술과 문화

미국 캘리포니아주 리버사이드 카운티의 상급법원이 미국 블루스 가수 에타 제임스의 건강에 대한 우려가 제기되자 긴급 의료평가를 명령하고 있다.(로스앤젤레스 타임스)
CBS와 워너 브라더스. TV는 찰리 쉰의 건강과 행동에 대한 우려로 현 시즌의 남은 기간 동안 투 하프 맨을 폐쇄했다.(할리우드 액세스)

비즈니스 및 경제

도요타는 미국에서 200만 대 이상의 차량을 리콜해 가속 페달이 플로마트에 갇히는 문제를 해결했다. (디트로이트 뉴스)
트럭과 버스용 변속기 제조업체인 앨리슨 트랜스미션은 5억 달러에서 10억 달러 사이의 공모를 계획하고 있다고 로이터 통신은 전했다.
미 공군은 보잉사에 350억 달러의 공중급유 탱커 건설 계약을 수여한다.(뉴욕 타임스)

재난

2011년 캔터베리 지진
- 지진으로 인한 사망자 수는 98명으로 경찰은 또 다른 226명을 두려워하고 있다. (뉴질랜드 헤럴드), (시드니 모닝 헤럴드)
- 뉴질랜드 경찰은 현지시간으로 오후 4시부터 피해자 이름을 공개하기 시작할 예정이다.(뉴질랜드 헤럴드)
한국 해안경비대 아구스타웨스트랜드 AW139 헬기의 잔해가 한국 해안의 휴양지 제주도 근처에 있으며, 경찰관 1명이 사망하고 여러 명이 실종된 것으로 확인되었다.(연합)

법과 범죄

이집트 외무부 아불 게이트 장관은 최근 봉기 당시 오마르 술레이만 전 부통령이 암살 기도 대상이었다고 발표한다.(CBS를 통해 AP)
버마의 미얀마 타임즈 신문 편집장은 폭행죄로 기소되었다. (스트레이트 타임즈)
중국 상하이에서 60만 마리 이상의 무면허견이 불법으로 선포되는 '원독 정책'이 발표된다.(BBC) (인민일보)
조지 W 부시 전 미국 대통령의 댈러스 자택과 뉴욕 시, 캘리포니아와 콜로라도 댐을 목표로 테러를 계획한 혐의로 사우디아라비아 유학생이 텍사스에서 체포됐다.^[permanent dead link]
영국 판사는 줄리안 어산지를 스웨덴으로 인도할 것을 명령하지만 위키리크스 설립자는 항소할 것이라고 말한다.(News Limited를 통한 AAP)
독일 검찰은 아프리카에서 사용하려던 HIV 약품 등 불법 판매 가능성에 대해 여러 기업을 수사하고 있다. (전교조를 통한 AP)^{[permanent dead link]}
미국 당국은 지난주 멕시코에서 미국 마약단속국 요원이 처형된 데 이어 멕시코 마약 카르텔 소속 용의자 60여 명을 체포했다. (폭스뉴스를 통해 AP)

정치

우간다의 야당 지도자인 키즈자 베시게이는 야와리 무세베니 현 대통령이 4선에 당선된 것을 본, 논란이 되고 있는 대선에 반대하는 시위를 촉구하고 있다. (로이터)
시몬 페레스 이스라엘 대통령은 후안 카를로스 국왕이 중동 평화 프로세스에 대한 지지를 표명함에 따라 나흘 일정으로 스페인을 국빈 방문 중이다.(짐비오)
줄리아 길라드 호주 총리는 2012년 7월 1일부터 탄소 가격 책정 계획을 발표한다. (뉴스 리미티드), (ABC 뉴스 오스트레일리아)
로드아일랜드 주 프로비던스 시의 교육위원회가 프로비던스 공립학교 구역의 1,926명의 모든 교사들에게 해고통지서를 보내도록 투표하고 있다. (프로비던스 저널(The Providence Journal)

과학

미국 우주왕복선 디스커버리호가 마지막 임무를 위해 이륙한다. (폭스뉴스를 통해 AP)

스포츠

캔터베리 크루세이더스는 크라이스트처치의 2011 럭비 월드컵 개최 능력에 대한 의심과 함께 이번 지진으로 웰링턴 허리케인과의 예정됐던 경기를 취소했다.(시드니 모닝 헤럴드)
2011년 인도와 잉글랜드의 크리켓 월드컵 경기장이 매진된 후 경찰이 방갈로르에서 성난 크리켓 팬들과 충돌하고 있다.(뉴시스 인도 타임스)^{[permanent dead link]}

어산지는 범죄인 인도 판결에서 패소한다.

나는 그 남자를 좋아하지 않고 우리가 필요 이상으로 그에게 보도해야 한다고 생각하지 않는다. 하지만 이것은 뉴스에 나와 있고 큰 발전이다.BBC의 이야기.내 말끝에 대한 지지, 나는 이미 그 사건에 대한 높은 평가를 받고 있는 기사의 업데이트가 있을 것으로 예상한다.StrPby (대화) 13:02, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

그가 송환될 때까지 기다려라.그는 아직 항소할 날이 7일 남았다.[4] --BorgQueen (대화) 14:18, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

이것은 지금 매우 뉴스거리가 될 것 같다.그는 이미 항소하겠다고 말했고, 이 다음 단계는 중요한 단계다.StrPby, 당신이 "그 남자를 좋아하지 않는다"는 사실은 전혀 무관하다.나는 왜 네가 여기서 개인적인 의견을 말하는지 모르겠어.토니 (토크) 14:39, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

잠깐, IMO를 출하해야 진짜 뉴스가 돼. 항소할 거야. --골베즈 (토크) 16:08, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

그것보다 더 오래 기다려라: 범죄인 인도라는 것은 정말 체포의 가능성의 결정일 뿐이다.그러면 법원 사건이 진행되야 하고, 그 다음에 평결이 이루어져야 한다.그것은 우리가 보통 범죄 사건 보고를 고려하는 단계다.나는 이것이 왜 달라져야 하는지 이유를 모르겠다.케빈 맥(토크) 17:15, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

항소의 결과를 기다려라.그렇다고 해도 합의점이 실제 송환 사실을 게시하거나 재판 결과를 기다리는 것을 선호할지는 잘 모르겠다.수수한 천재 ^talk 20:17, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

나는 Modest Genius와 Kevin McE의 말에 동의하는 경향이 있다.어느 쪽이든 기다려.--체이서(어웨이) -토크 03:39, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답하라]

잠깐, 이건 큰 의미가 없어.만약 그가 송환된다면/그것이 뉴스거리가 될 것이다. -리처드 코벨 (대화) 08:15, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

알제리의 비상 해제 상태

시위대의 요구에 따라 알제리 비상사태는 19년 만에 해제된다.

기사는 먼저 갱신되어야 한다[5].2011년 2월 24일 화요일 23:57 (UTC)[응답]

기사가 지금 업데이트되었다. 이는 시위대의 주요 요구 중 하나가 충족되는 등 큰 뉴스다. 국가비상사태를 높이는 것은 알제리 정부에 의한 국민에 대한 엄청난 권력누수다. Thuetalk 13:43, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답하라]

이것에 대한 지원

은 아직 단 한

건도 없다.

우리는 단지 당신(또는 다른 누군가가)이 그것을 하기를 원한다고 해서 글을 올리지 않기 때문에, 의견 일치가 이루어지기 전까지는 단지 "이것은 큰 뉴스"라고 글을 올리지 말아야 한다.

이상한 행인 (토크 • 기여 • 편집자 검토) 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC) 14:03, 2011년 2월 25일 (회신)[응답]

역시

단

한

번의 반대도 없었으며,

이

반대

도 이 반대도

있었던 만큼

목록에

오른 이상,

내 견해로는

어떤 관리자라도 개인적으로 가치가 있다고 생각한다면 이것

을 올릴

권리가 있다는 것이다.

Thuetalk 15:40, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답하라]

어느

쪽이든

우리가 일하는 방식은 아니었고 나는 그렇게

한

관리자라면 누구라도 부를 것이다.

이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 리뷰) 15:50, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

지역 내 정말 중요한 행사 지원 상주 인류학자 (대화) 14:50, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

관리자 노트 반대 의견이 없었으므로 게시할 수 있어 행복하다.하지만 나는 좀 더 실질적인 업데이트를 보고 싶다.나는 이 특정한 사건에 대한 몇 문장만 볼 수 있다.— 마틴 (MSGJ · talk) 17:37, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

그게 우리가 하는 방식이라면, 더 많은 논의가 있을 때까지 절차적으로 반대하라.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 리뷰) 17:45, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

업데이트는 어때?C628 (대화) 23:17, 2011년 2월 25일 (UTC)[응답]

좋아 보인다.아직도 진짜 반대는 없어, 곧 게시할 거야.— 마틴 (MSGJ · talk) 08:19, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

장난해?!이거 점점 우스워진다.당신이 관리자라고 해서 일반 편집자들을 쓰레기 취급하는 것은 아니다.이것에 대한 논의는 전혀 없었고 나는 이것이 지금 뉴스에서 전혀 보이지 않는다.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 검토) 08:24, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

만약 당신이 이것에 대해 어떤 실제적인 염려가 있었다면, 당신은 불평하는 대신에 실제적인 추론을 게시했어야 했다.— 마틴 (MSGJ · talk) 08:27, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

정규 편집자들을 쓰레기 취급한다는 게 정확히 무슨 뜻이야?믿을 수 없다.이상한 행인 (대화 • 기여 • 편집자 검토) 08:31, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

당신이 관리자가 아니라는 사실과는 아무 상관이 없다.문제의 사실은 당신이 ITN에 이 항목을 추가하는 것을 반대할 이유를 제공하지 않았다는 것이다. 나는 심지어 당신이 평상시에도 그것을 지지했을 것이라는 인상을 받는다.그 제안은 30시간 동안 아무런 반대도 없고 다수의 암묵적인 승인도 없이 계속되어 왔다.사람들이 그 섹션의 적시성 결여에 대해 불평하는 동시에 ITN에 관심을 끌 수는 없다.우리는 괜찮은 최신 정보를 가지고 있고, 이것이 어느 정도 중요한 이야기라는 논란은 거의 없다.일정한 인원을 앵무새로 같은 앵무새로 만들자고 주장하는 것은 모두의 시간 낭비다.--타리캅조투 08:39, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

게시 -- 타리카브조투 08:33, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]

'중대한 개발을 지원한다.ITNR의 비상 변화 상태는 -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 09:04, 2011년 2월 26일 (UTC)[응답]에 대해 그럴듯할 것이다.

지원 - 지우개헤드에 동의하십시오.--존셀락(토크) 12:24, 2011년 2월 26일(UTC)[응답]
지우개헤드 지원 및 동의. --candle •wicke 02:30, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

논평: 나는 이상한 행인의 의견에 동의한다. 이것은 단지 하나의 지지로 게시되지 말았어야 했다! 투표.공교롭게도 많은 지지가 있고, 나도 내 것을 덧붙였겠지만, 그 이야기는 합의가 이루어지길 몇 시간이나 기다렸어야 했다.ITN은 경주가 아니다.수수한 천재 ^talk 20:55, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

Per WP:SILence 침묵은 합의사항이다. -후보자 지명은 잠시 페이지에 있었다. -- 지우개헤드1 <토크> 21:25, 2011년 2월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

유럽과 북아메리카의 편집자들을 위한 밤과 근무 시간 중 18시간(내가 이 페이지에 기고하는 대다수가 될 것으로 생각하는 시간)?우리는 가장 좋은 시기에 엄청난 수의 댓글을 달지 못한다.2011년 2월 28일(UTC) 23시 15분 모데드 지니어스[응답]

STS-133

NASA가 90%를 차지하면 이런 일이 일어날 것 같다.제안 흐림: StrPby (대화 ) 13:02, 2011년 2월 24일 (UTC)[응답]

Support. This is pretty monumental because of it's status as the last flight. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 17:07, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if and when it goes ahead, as the end of an era for spaceflight. wacky wace 17:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support an even more expanded blurb. Discovery is the most flown shuttle in history {{Shuttle stats}} and the longest in service. Chances are its records won't be surpassed anytime soon. Add al least something like "record 39th and final flight". Nergaal (talk) 17:50, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I agree on that one...I had forgotten about the records it holds until I read the newspaper just a bit ago. A blurb mentioning them would be perfect here. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 18:56, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. --Highspeedrailguy (talk) 19:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No need to support, this is on WP:ITNR. What it does need is an article update, once the launch has actually happened. But note this is the final flight of Discovery, not the final flight of the Space Shuttle (STS-134 and probably STS-135 are to come). Modest Genius ^talk 19:28, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: the fact that it has made so many flights (> annual event) would suggest that the simple fact of one more mission is not remarkable. Its sister ships have further flights scheduled, so it is not the last of its kind. So we are simply left with the last expedition of one example of a class of vehicle. Do we really want every satellite launch at ITNR: there have been 6,338 of them? Kevin McE (talk) 20:08, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There have only been 5 such vehicles (6 if you include Buran) in human history. I think it's pretty much a no-brainer to post the last flight of each of them. Modest Genius ^talk 20:11, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

support when there are only 3 such vehicles out there and only 2 flights left i think we can make an exception -- Ashish -g55 20:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The logical conclusion from that is tthat we will have three near identical announcements in just over 4 months. That seems inappropriate to me. Kevin McE (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So why not start with removing all the identical entries like "Person X becomes president of country Y". These are nearly identical announcements every a couple fo weeks. Nergaal (talk) 00:57, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There have been some discussions on being more restrictive on space launches at ITN, though I don't recall where. However, I think there has been a pretty strong consensus to post all the final shuttle launches. 3 in four months (not considering delays) is a lot, but it's not like there'll be more than one on the template at one time.--Johnsemlak (talk) 00:50, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Its Launching on a live broadcast right now The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 21:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Launch has happened. Article has had tense updates only at this point, we're probably waiting for sources for anything more. Press conference is scheduled for 40 mins time. Modest Genius ^talk 22:22, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support It's the last flight, so it has historical significance. News outlets are heading the story as "Discovery's last flight". – SMasters (talk) 03:19, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support—But "is launched from" is the right grammar. Launch is transitive. Tony (talk) 04:31, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why isn't this posted yet? Nergaal (talk) 05:33, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to suggest only the last flight is put on ITN, but I can see the argument for three postings, one for each last flight. One other question I had was why post about the launch? Why not post about the return and landing? That will likely get as much press coverage as well (unless journalists focus more on launches than returns). But please don't cover both the launch and return. Carcharoth (talk) 06:11, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please post. Lots of history made in that craft. Marcus Qwertyus 08:45, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting. Updates seem sufficient. --Tone 09:41, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's REALLY annoying: I bothered to correct the bad grammar, yet you post it up regardless. So I've looked it up in my online dictionary, which confirms what I said. Transitive. Can you tell me what the shuttle is launching then? Another shuttle?

launch 1 lôn ch; län ch

verb [ trans. ]

1 set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water : the town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen.

• set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time, typically as part of an official ceremony : King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden launched a huge new warship.

• send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course or into orbit : they launched two Scud missiles.

• [ trans. ] hurl (something) forcefully : she launched a tortoiseshell comb.

• [with adverbial of direction ] ( launch oneself) (of a person) make a sudden energetic movement : I launched myself out of bed.

• utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently : scores of customers launched a volley of complaints.

2 start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise) : she was launching a campaign against ugly architecture.

• introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time : the company has launched a software package specifically for the legal sector.

It's embarrassing on the main page. Not happy. Tony(talk) 10:34, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed now. --Tone 11:23, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the red because it's an unnecessary addition that only serves to insult people here on ITN. You really need to calm down, Tony, because the drama you're causing over grammatical errors and linking is making this process slightly irritating, as noted below. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 02:24, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm the one who was insulted. I don't mind your removal of the red. I will continue to make comments about the language and formatting of ITN blurbs. So criticisms are framed as "drama", are they? And they're "irritating"? Tony(talk) 10:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Calm down: in the midst of several messages in the thread, your almost correct comment (it is in fact a point of semantics, not of grammar) was accidentally overlooked. No slight was intended, and your response of feeling insulted will seem, to most readers, disproportionate, as was your response. Please do continue to assist the project in maintaining a high standard of language on the Main Page, but be aware that formatting your messages so as to make them seem more important and urgent than those of other contributors will be considered irritating and over dramatic by many. Finally, be aware that after something has been posted, it is more appropriate (but not necessarily more effective) to raise the issue of phrasing and formatting at WP:ERRORS. Kevin McE (talk) 10:58, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's a matter of grammar, not "semantics". Can you justify your assertion, please? I agree that the red was an over-reaction. Tony (talk) 12:36, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say anytime human beings are launched into Earth orbit is far more notable then much of the stuff on ITN. -CWY2190(talk •contributions) 18:25, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 23

Portal:Current events/2011 February 23

February 23, 2011 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Libyan civil war
- Italy's foreign minister says as many as 1,000 people have been killed in Libya during the unrest. (Reuters)
- Anti-government protestors and defectors take control of more cities. (Al Jazeera)
- The African Union condemns the "excessive use of force" against protesters. (African Press Agency)^{[permanent dead link]} (AFP via Google News)
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, accuses the US media of inciting violence. (AP via MSNBC)
- More than 5,700 people have fled Libya for Tunisia in the past couple of days. (Al Jazeera)
- Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the former Libyan Minister for Justice, claims that Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi personally authorised the Lockerbie bombing. (AP via Washington Post)
- Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya. (Sky News)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Eight members of the ruling General People's Congress party resign after the deaths of protestors. (RFI)

Arts and culture

A missing Enid Blyton manuscript is found in an archive of her work. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

Samsung releases, in South Korea, a camera that can post photos and videos directly to Facebook and YouTube. (Yonhap)
Australian businessman Lachlan Murdoch is appointed as acting CEO of Network Ten following the sacking of Grant Blackley. (NineMSN)
Oil prices reach a two-year high due to uncertainty in the Middle East most notably in Libya. (AP via News Limited)
Japan logs its first trade deficit in almost two years due to high commodity prices and weak demand for its exports. (Brisbane Times)
Stock markets in the United States and Europe fall due to uncertainty in the Middle East and rising oil prices. (Bloomberg)

Disasters

2011 Canterbury earthquake:
- 300 persons are estimated to be still missing in Christchurch, New Zealand, following yesterday's earthquake with the official death toll reaching 75. (NZ Herald) (Courier Mail)
- The earthquake shakes off 30 million tonnes of ice loose from the Tasman Glacier in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. (NZ Herald)
- Rescue crews pull out of central Christchurch due to fears that one of the tallest buildings, the Grand Chancellor Hotel, will collapse. (ABC News Australia)
- The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key declares a national emergency. (SBS)
- New Zealand police introduce a curfew in central Christchurch as six people are arrested for looting. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Snow and heavy winds affecting areas around Constanţa, Romania, are predicted to continue until late Friday evening. (EnglishHotNews)

International relations

President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino says the country has not resolved a row with Taiwan over deportations. (AFP via Google News)
Senegal severs diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing it of supplying weapons to anti-government rebels that killed Senegalese soldiers. (Reuters) (China Radio International)
The People's Republic of China refuses to let the United Nations Security Council publish a report on North Korea's efforts to avoid sanctions on its nuclear program. (AFP via Google News)

Law and crime

Four men from Xinjiang in western China are to be executed following convictions for terrorism in the region last year. (BBC) (The Times of India)
Thai police seize six tiger cubs at the house of a suspected weapons dealer. (Straits Times)
Three people are arrested in the United Kingdom in connection with an alleged attempt to blackmail Coleen Rooney, the wife of Manchester United F.C. star Wayne Rooney. (BBC via SBS)
Colin Hatch, a convicted child murderer, is murdered in jail while serving his sentence; a 35-year-old male prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murder. (Sky News)

Politics

Online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" and protest continue in China, as several people are detained. (The New York Times) (The Times of India)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah announces a series of benefits for citizens as he returns to the country. (Al Jazeera) (IOL)
German defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has his doctorate revoked by the University of Bayreuth for submitting a thesis riddled with plagiarisms. (Guardian)

Godhra train burning verdict

An Indian court rules that 31 people are guilty for perpetrating the Godhra train burning that led to the Gujarat riots.

pretty big story here. ie- the lead up to major communal riots were said to be a conspiracy and was not an accident. Which amounts to it being a terrorist attack despite controversy, which was an important part of the provinicial elections that year.(Lihaas (talk) 04:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

Neutral for now. Seems to be a pretty big story. The article needs a better update though.--Johnsemlak (talk) 11:37, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Query—Which article would be the bolded (updated) item? Tony (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support important decision and India is under-posted. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Support This event caused major riots and India despite being a in the top 3 major english speaking nations by population severely under posted. BUT we need some one who under stands the nuances of the Hindu -Muslim relations to check through it. It has big honking NPOV tag that needs to be removed before a posting The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 19:32, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support very important decision about an incident that led to some of the worst riots in Indian history.--Wikireader41 (talk) 02:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Good story. I love the way readers are funnelled to click on the bolded link rather than being distracted by blue all over the place. Tony (talk) 15:18, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment there is now a whole paragraph on this and there is no longer an NPOV tag on the article. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posted -- tariqabjotu 22:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lockerby bombing

The defected Libyan Justice Secretary, Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil, claims that Muammar al-Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing.

Thue talk 18:58, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While I don't want to sound like a Gaddafi supporter, I think we would need more substantial evidence than the word of an exiting figure. Grsz 11 19:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I guess this is not much more than one word against another. Thue talk 19:16, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose possibly true but with the timing... It could be him trying to distance himself from Gaddafi. Could be a plea bargain like thing with an exchange of information for reduced charges in which he has incentive to pin him for anything and everything he can think of. Could be any number of things... Its probably true but its hard to assume good faith when Gaddafi is now viewed as the most evil thing on earth The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 19:14, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Never heard of any "Lockerby" bombing. In the unlikely event that it gets posted, do be sure to spell the placename properly. 87.114.75.101 (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that as well. I've corrected the spelling above. Carcharoth (talk) 02:39, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per The Resident Anthropologist. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:31, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - one person said something in the context of possible overthrow of his boss. It doesn't add anything substantial to our understanding of the Lockerbie bombing. - Richard Cavell (talk) 06:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose—Diffuse linking, breach of the style guides in two respects. Three links are quite enough: the others I've removed here are chain-links, prominent at the start of the articles that are now targets: "The recently defected Libyan Justice Secretary, Mustafa Mohamed Abud Al Jeleil, claims that Muammar al-Gaddafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing.

Why would a visitor go to Libya when the news is entirely contained in "Al Jeleil", "Gaddafi", and "Lockerbie bombing"? Why would anyone want to go first to the artilce on Libyan Justice Secretary", and then to "Al Jeleil", who is, you guessed it, Libyan Justice Secretary? This "LINK EVERYTHING YOU CAN" practice is greatly weakening the function of ITN for visitors (remember, visitors, not you). Tony (talk) 04:38, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about the linking, but can you tone it down a bit? Just post alternative versions and explain why less linking is good, and leave it at that. Things will change slowly, if you use good examples, but please don't try and force it. Carcharoth (talk) 06:14, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Tony (talk) 10:46, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Libya update

I suggest the Libya item be updated to

The Libyan protests turn into an armed uprising, with parts of the country no longer controlled by the government. Several high-profile Libyan officials and soldiers have defected.

Thue talk 19:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Current blurb seems fine to me, we can update when/if Gaddafi quits, or if there's some other major development. Readers can go to the article itself if they want more details on what exactly is happening now. Modest Genius ^talk 20:19, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 22

Portal:Current events/2011 February 22

February 22, 2011 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Libyan civil war:
- The leader of Libya Muammar Gaddafi appears on state television to disprove claims that he has fled. (AFP via News Limited) (BBC)
- The runways at Benina International Airport in Benghazi have been destroyed. (Reuters via News 24)
- The United Nations Security Council holds a closed-door meeting in response to the crackdown in Libya (The Guardian)
- Colonel Gaddafi gives a major speech claiming that he will remain head of the revolution. (BBC)
- Abdul Fatah Younis, the Libyan Interior Minister and general in the Libyan Army, defects. (Al Jazeera)
- The old monarchy-era flag, which has become a popular symbol among anti-government protesters, is hoisted at the Libyan embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. (The Local), (Canadian Press via Google News)
- Peru suspends diplomatic relations with Libya, becoming the first nation to do so since the unrest, and calls on the United Nations Security Council to introduce a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace to stop Libyan Air Force aircraft attacking civilians (The Australian) (BBC)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Clashes take place between pro and anti-government demonstrators across the country. (AFP via Google News)
- Armed supporters of the Government of Yemen kill two students and wound another eleven students conducting a sit-in at Sanaa University demanding the resignation of the President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh. (AFP via SBS)
2010-2011 Algerian protests:
- The Algerian government adopts a draft law lifting the state of emergency in the country, in place since 1992. (BBC)
- Strikes continue in the country. (AFP via Google News)
2011 Iranian protests: Iranian security forces arrest the son of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi. (Reuters via SBS News Australia)

Arts and culture

Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton is found guilty on drugs charges in the U.S. state of Florida. (Go Jamaica)

Business

Moody's Investors Service downgrades Japan's credit rating due to concerns over high levels of government debt. (Bloomberg)
The life insurance company Metlife expects to sell its Taiwan unit soon, perhaps as early as April, according to anonymous sources cited by Reuters. Regulators blocked an early effort by MetLife to sell the same unit. (Reuters)
Uncertainty in Libya leads to falls in world stock markets and increases in crude oil prices. (Wall Street Journal)

Disasters

2011 Canterbury earthquake:
- An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude strikes the region of Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand, disrupting communications to the area and closing Christchurch Airport. (New Zealand Herald) (Geo Net) (New Zealand Herald)
- 65 people are confirmed dead. (Stuff) (TVNZ)
- Radio New Zealand reports that buildings have collapsed with 200 people trapped in one building alone. (Radio New Zealand) (Sky News) (TV3)
- Christchurch Cathedral is badly damaged in the quake, losing its spire. (CNN) (WA Today)
- The New Zealand Fire Service confirms that there have been at least 65 deaths resulting from the earthquake with the city of Christchurch not having enough ambulances. (Radio New Zealand) (3 News New Zealand) (TV New Zealand)
- The Prime Minister of New Zealand calls an emergency Cabinet meeting while Bob Parker, the Mayor of Christchurch, declares a state of emergency. (Radio New Zealand) (New Zealand Herald)
Tropical Cyclone Carlos wreaks damage in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with reports of four tornadoes striking the mining town of Karratha. (WAToday)

International relations

The Iran Navy sends two ships through the Suez Canal for the first time since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. (Reuters) (WSJ)
Egypt decides to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza. (Ynet) (Arab News)
Al-Jazeera reports Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa stating that Libya is suspended from sessions. (Ynet) (Bloomberg) (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

United States militant nativist Shawna Forde of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps is sentenced to death in Arizona for her role in the murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores. (AP via AZCentral), (USA Today)
An Indian court convicts 31 people on murder and conspiracy charges in relation to the Godhra train burning. (Los Angeles Times via Global National)

Politics and elections

The King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa orders the release of political prisoners in response to the 2011 Bahraini protests. (AP via CF News)^{[permanent dead link]}
The Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives leave for other states in the U.S. rather than vote on anti-union legislation. (Indy Star)
U.S. mayoral elections:
- Voters in the United States city of Chicago go to the polls for the Chicago mayoral election with former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel winning. (ABC News)^{[permanent dead link]} (CNN), (New York Times)
- Mark Funkhouser is defeated in a bid to be reelected as the mayor of Kansas City with Mike Burke and Sly James contesting a runoff on March 22. (Fox Kansas City)

2011 Canterbury earthquake

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the Canterbury region of New Zealand and the city of Christchurch in particular, causing major damage and at least 65 deaths.

Clearly a significant earthquake. Details are still being established and the article will be expanded. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 01:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Getting significant international coverage, and after seeing the images, it looked very intense despite its relatively low magnitude. An official fatality count will confirm how bad this is though. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 02:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, first fatal quake in NZ since 1968. BBC reports that the damage is worse than last year's quake. This is a big one. Str Pby (talk) 02:48, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually ~~about the same size~~ if memory serves but last year weakened many structures thus it has much more effect. Oh and Strong support and kudos to the article creators its very well done for an event that happened hours ago. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 02:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strike that, its smaller but not by too much previous being a 7.1, but its still the same reason for the much more extensive damage. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 02:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support per comments above. Diego Grez (talk) 02:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wait for more details. That said, the article does look good so far. EDIT: Support as soon as we get a reliable death toll.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support per Strange Passerby. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 03:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Strange Passerby. Dismas ^(talk) 04:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above comments. This has the potential to be one of the worst if not the worst natural disasters in our history. SamB135^Talk_Contribs 04:23, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Huh?it has one fatality and is one of the worst if not the worst? I understand it is an English-language country and it is going to get posted, but is it that notable? Nergaal (talk) 04:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Only one fatality? Oh well, there is massive destruction. Isn't that... "notable"? Diego Grez (talk) 04:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to Nergaal. If you'd actually read what I said, i said it has the potential to be one of the worst. There's most likely going to be more than 1 fatality, the quake only hit a few hours ago. That and there will be billions in damage. Alright? SamB135^Talk_Contribs 04:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - struck in the middle of a weekday this time, much more chaos as a result. Easily as bad, if not worse, than September's. Radagast (talk) 04:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think you will soon find that there are more than just one fatality. New Zealand Herald is already reporting multiple fatalities in this early report: "Christchurch earthquake: 'Dead bodies lying around'". – SMasters (talk) 04:49, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - not sure about the timing of when to post. In some ways, should go up now (people will want to both read and edit the article, and putting it on ITN will get it the maximum exposure needed to improve rapidly). But I can understand wanting to wait a bit until more detailed reports arrive. Carcharoth (talk) 04:57, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: 17 dead. SamB135^Talk_Contribs 05:12, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify - at least 17 confirmed dead. [6]. Do we have consensus to list? Can we improve the proposed wording? -- Mattinbgn (talk) 05:15, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The link that Mattinbgn gave has been updated to confirm 65 dead. – SMasters (talk) 05:26, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per all the above. It may have been a relatively low magnitude but it was very close to the city and not very deep. I think it's looking increasingly likely this is one of the most devastating disasters in New Zealand's history. Given the amount of damage and disruption, there won't be a final official fatality count for quite some time so I don't think we should wait too long for more details, it is clear a lot of people will have died. ChiZeroOne (talk) 05:28, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support 65+ dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.122.220.188 (talk) 05:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest blurb: At least 65 people die in New Zealand's deadliest earthquake in over 40 years. Str Pby (talk) 05:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest not putting a figure as it is still relatively early, and the number will probably rise. – SMasters (talk) 05:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hence "at least". It'd be remiss of us not to include a toll, even if preliminary, when we're talking about it being the deadliest earthquake in decades... Str Pby (talk) 05:42, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but we should be ready to update it if more numbers come in. – SMasters (talk) 05:52, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is generally what happens when we've got numbers on ITN. In fact, some reports I'm seeing indicate this could be the deadliest in history, not just in over 40 years. Str Pby (talk) 05:53, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about the reports, but if that is the case the entire blurb is going to date quickly, not just the figures. Perhaps another less specific one might be better. ChiZeroOne (talk) 05:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Correction - with 65 deaths, the earthquake is so far the second-deadliest earthquake in New Zealand, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (256 dead). Lcmortensen (mailbox) 07:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SupportNankai (talk) 05:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - 65 dead, likely to be many more, hundreds injured many, many times worse than the September earthquake last year and that went up on the "in the news" section here within hours of it happening - not a single person died in that event. Wikipedia should keep people informed of CURRENT events - it shouldn't take 8 hours for information on a disaster of this scale to be added to the mainpage.Kotare (talk) 05:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In fairness, no one, especially us non-NZers, was quite aware how significant an event is was initially. We can't act until reliable source information is available and this takes time. -- Mattinbgn (talk)I

Agree with teh above. As is often stated, ITN is not a newsticker. We need to wait for reliable sources to appear, for the article to be developed, and for consensus to be made here. This can take time. And in this case the initial reports didn't seem that serious--obviously to someone on the ground in NZ the situation must have seemed more dramatic.--Johnsemlak (talk) 11:24, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting Mjroots (talk) 06:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support 118.90.15.58 (talk) 06:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I've copy-edited the article. Suggest tweak of the blurb: "A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Canterbury region of New Zealand, particularly the city of Christchurch, causing major damage and at least 65 deaths." Tony (talk) 11:55, 22 February 2011 (UTC) It should be posted now. Tony (talk) 11:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's been posted already. If you want to suggest an alternate wording of the blurb, it's probably best to go to WP:ERRORS.--Johnsemlak (talk) 12:04, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but it would be easier from here, given it's an updating situation. e.c. -> I hate that M_w thing. The blurb is for normal readers, not experts. Can't it be "6.3-magnitude"? Tony(talk) 12:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you on the M_w thing.--Johnsemlak (talk) 12:11, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Christchurch article, I notice, has three presumably recently introduced big red reference error signs at the bottom. I haven't time right now to search through the history to see who might be able to fix them. I note that "New Zealand", a common English-speaking country name, is linked, along with no fewer than two locations within the country. Both location articles link to New Zealand in their first sentence. Christchurch has a large map of NZ with the city's location marked. Why do we need to dilute the obvious, valuable targets (the specific regions) with the country name? It is more effective to funnel visitors down a narrower pathway, isn't it? Tony(talk) 14:05, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Linking country names is a very common practice throughout Main Page sections, including DYK and OTD. You might want to take objections to their editors too, if you really must tackle the alleged overlinking problem. Main Page sections need consistent formatting, and ITN will look strange if only we omit such links. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, I'm not going to be fobbed off with that kind of non-argument. Who said that linking common country names is "a very common practice thoughout main-page sections"? And even if it were, why would ITN look "strange" by linking selectively? Says who? Our readers? Not likely. Just what do you base your assumptions on? (I would say, an unwillingness to examine your own prejudices.) Now, could you point out where featured articles link common country names on the main page? They are the largest body of text by far. Tony(talk) 09:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - I agree that the country names don't really need to be linked, but there is already a mechanism in place to funnel readers towards the articles in question, namely that the article we want the reader to read is bolded. So that should ameliorate to some extent any overlinking. Carcharoth (talk) 02:43, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update. 238 missing, 120 bodies expected. ~A H 1^(TCU) 02:47, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Libya update

The current new item read "Protests in Libya spread to Tripoli, as hundreds of protesters are reported dead.", which is a bit mild compared to the current situation. How about updating and topping the blurb, so it becomes:

Protests in Libya spread to Tripoli. The Libyan government is using warplanes and mercenaries to attack the protesters.

Thue talk 13:35, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've tweaked the blurb. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:48, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is very annoying: why is "Libya" linked when the city is linked and the "2011 Libyan protests" is linked? That's THREE words in six, linked. This ruins the linking system. Furthermore, why are common English items such as warplanes (what would they be?) and mercenaries linked? If the purpose is to dissuade visitors from clicking on the actual newsworthy article that we have painstakingly updated for their benefit, sure ... link just about every item in bird-shot sight. Tony(talk) 13:58, 22 February 2011 (UTC) I note that the previous version had Libya within the bolded link, integrated, not separate: that was the optimal; now an extra layer of complication has been introduced for the readers to hit-or-miss click on. Tony(talk) 14:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you think these things through a little too much, because being a perfectionist myself, I really don't care. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 23:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to complain to the admin who made the "very annoying" change, if you must. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:31, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest Protests in Libya, spreading to Tripoli, are being countered by military aircraft and personnel. --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 14:34, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Borg Queen, no, I'm complaining here, where the blurbs are put forward and modified. I will continue to urge optimised linking practices. Central to them is avoiding scattergun linking without thought or good reason. Tony (talk) 09:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Behgjet Pacolli becoming President of Kosovo

Something like:

"Behgjet Pacolli becomes President of the partially recognised and disputed Republic of Kosovo."

I think this deserves to be in the news and I have tried to write it in WP:NPOV way. IJA (talk) 19:21, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - yes definitly.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is updated, so no problem. However, it is enough to write Pacolli is elected president of Kosovo. The Main page is not a place to go into details about status disputes, it's already all over corresponding articles. (I think we took the same approach with the election results a couple of months ago.) --Tone 19:48, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support A new independent state (2008) this is notable. --Perseus8235 20:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

isnt there a page of the election )even if it was not popularly elected? we had a page like that for the ungarian fellow which was posted.(Lihaas (talk) 02:09, 23 February 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

Posting. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:52, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And I agree with User:Tone that we don't need details about status disputes. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:18, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support blurb as is--I'm agreed that it's best to leave out the 'disputed status' reference.--Johnsemlak (talk) 10:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 21

Portal:Current events/2011 February 21

February 21, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arab Spring:
- 2011 Libyan Civil War:
  - The Libyan Air Force launches airstrikes on crowds of protesters. Two civilian helicopters carrying French nationals and two Libyan Mirage jets land in Malta. The Libyan pilots claim that they received orders to bomb protesters, and request political asylum. (Ynetnews) (NPR) (Los Angeles Times) (The Atlantic)(Times of Malta)
  - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, warns in a nationally televised address that the protests could develop into a civil war. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (AFP via Google News)
  - UAE-based Al Arabiya and Qatar-based Al Jazeera reported earlier that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, head of Libya, has left for Brazil or Venezuela. (Xinhua) (The Guardian)
  - Libya's representatives to the Arab League, China, India and other countries resign in protest at the violence. (Haaretz) (The Guardian)
  - Clashes and gunfire are reported in Tripoli for the first time. (Al Jazeera)
  - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, an influential Muslim cleric and the spiritual leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, issues a fatwa ordering the death of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. (Africasia.com) (AFP)
  - Islamic leaders and clerics in Libya urge all Muslims to rebel against Gaddafi. (Reuters)
  - Hillary Clinton calls on Libyan authorities to "stop this unacceptable bloodshed". (Al Jazeera), (Reuters)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
  - MPs join protests in the capital Sana'a as President Ali Abdullah Saleh refuses to step down. (AFP via Google News)
- 2011 Bahraini protests
  - The cancellation of the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix is announced. (BBC)
Situation in Somalia:
- A car bomb attack in Somalia kills 13 people. (Press TV)
- At least five people are killed and dozens injured in clashes between military forces from Somaliland and clan militias in the disputed Sool region. (AHN)
An excavation begins at the Tokyo site of Unit 731, a covert Imperial Japanese Army biological and chemical warfare site that conducted human experimentation. (Japan Today)
A suspected United States missile strike kills four militants in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. (AP via Google News)

Arts and culture

English rock band Deep Purple will release a record single of the song "Hush" in support of UK Record Store Day which is the third Saturday in April. (AP via ROCKAAA)

Business and economy

UK based oil giant BP agrees to pay Reliance Industries $7.2 billion for a stake in 23 oil and gas blocks in deep water off India. The two companies will also enter into a joint venture for marketing and sourcing natural gas. (Reuters)
ConAgra lays off 234 workers from its Slim Jim manufacturing plant in Garner, North Carolina prior to the closure of the plant. (ABC Local), (News and Observer)

Disasters

The United States cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis declare snow emergencies. (AP via Minnesota Star-Tribune)
Bird flu is discovered in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (Times of India)
Mount Bulusan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines erupts. (Huffington Post) (Philippine Inquirer)
At least thirty people are killed in a stampede at a Mali stadium following a sermon by a leading Muslim imam. (AFP via Brisbane Times)

International relations

Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was ousted in January. (AFP via Google News)

Law and crime

A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences an army colonel to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity. (Al Jazeera)
The Bombay High Court in India upholds the death sentence for convicted Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. (Times of India)

Politics

China's top security official urges ways to "detect conflicts and problems early on" and improve "social management", after small protests took place inspired by events in the Middle East and North Africa. (BBC)
A ruling party official says that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not stand for re-election. (BBC)
Prisoners in the U.S. state of Georgia, in particular inmates of United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, start protesting. (AP via SanFranciscoBay)
Jurist Alex Chernov is appointed as the next Governor of the Australian state of Victoria. (Herald Sun)
Three Venezuelan hunger strikers are hospitalised after calling for an international probe into alleged human rights abuses by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez. (AP via Star Tribune)

Sport

The Bahrain Royal Family calls off the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2011 Formula One season, due to the ongoing 2011 Bahrain protests. (The Australian)
In the North American National Basketball Association, Carmelo Anthony is traded from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks as part of a multi-player deal. (NBC Sports), (ESPN), (Huffington Post)

Cancellation of the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix

As a result of the ongoing Bahraini protests, the opening round of the 2011 Formula Once season scheduled to be held in Bahrain on 3 March 2011 is cancelled. Mjroots (talk) 20:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Since the Bahrain GP is notoriously boring, this is either an excellent decision, or a horrible one, as trying to have a race while a revolution rages around you sounds almost as entertaining as installing sprinklers on the race track. Either way, support - internationally significant to both sporting and commerce, since Grands Prix are major economic actors, and shows how much the situation in Bahrain has degenerated / advanced, depending on your point of view. --Golbez (talk) 20:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Something like;

Due to the ongoing protests in Bahraini the crown prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa calls off the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix

This seems better to support the reports and the Bahraini Grand Prix article reflects the coverage (a bit - could be more). Pedro : Chat 21:02, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is best if we use 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, instead of Bahrain Grand Prix. --BorgQueen (talk) 21:13, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not wrong! thank you. Pedro : Chat 21:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - a very rare event which demonstrates the gravity of the situation in Bahrain. 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix should be used. Crnorizec (talk) 21:37, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NOT Cancelled - Postponed! according to these: [7][8] Crnorizec (talk) 21:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent stuff Crnorizec. Support something like;

Due to the ongoing protests in Bahraini the crown prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa cancels the 13 March 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, working with the FIA to reinstate it later in the season.

Happy to see that tightened. Pedro : Chat 21:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Very unusual, but however I don't think we should add an extra value of an F1 race, and consider it sufficient for posting. In addition, it is only postponed, not even cancelled.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused because the BBC article says: "Instead, the 2011 campaign will begin in Australia on 27 March." Doesn't this mean the Bahrain event has been cancelled and rescheduled to take place in Australia? --BorgQueen (talk) 22:05, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The first GP of the 2011 season will now be in Australia (for several seasons Australia was the first grand prix as it goes) - so that's semi news-worthy. What the FIA are saying is that they may reinstate the Bahraini GP later in the calender - that's not a postponement as such - the race is cancelled - just that it could be added back in again if possible. If not possible then it's not added in. Pedro : Chat 22:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I would feel kind of strange posting a postponed F1 race ITN, when the cause (the protests in Bahrain) seem so much more important in themselves. Thue talk 22:21, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. There are bigger things going on that a postponed race. --Tone 22:24, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Regarding the suggested blurb, "Bahraini" is a nationality, not a country. ;) _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 22:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Definite oppose per Thue. Str Pby (talk) 22:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose—<yawn> Tony (talk) 22:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: we should report major events, not incidental consequences of them. The F1 season is considered ITN worthy, individual races of the series are not. Kevin McE (talk) 00:07, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - only support if the entire season is cancelled... Carcharoth (talk) 04:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oil price instability

As a result of the ongoing Libyan protests, and the previous protests in the Arab world, the oil price has reached a new high at over $100 per barrel, the highest price since 2008.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It was proposed previously, when the price reached $80 per barrel, caused by the protests in Egypt, but the instability of the price continues with the other protests in the region.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support $100/barrel is significant. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:06, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It was also suggested when the price hit $100 per barrel a while ago. It was rejected on the basis that it was merely symbolic and didn't encompass news. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 22:33, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Which means nothing to our readers in Great Britain, Australia and Canada and any other english speaking area This Wiki covers. All time highs sure.... purely American Centric. This is the highest in while but if it goes up again 20 dollars next week it will still be highest in while. No news really here but supply demand at work. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 23:12, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Merely symbolic and doesn't encompass news. Just like User:Ericleb01 wrote. --bender235 (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. It was news the first time it happened, not so much now. I will support posting an item when we pass the previous record high. Thue talk 00:00, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. It's been $100 before, it's not a record price.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:50, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The recent spike in global food prices exceeding the food price crisis (2007-08) would be more suitable for ITN IMO, unless crude oil price hits a record all-time high. ~A H 1^(TCU) 02:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - a local peak in the graph doesn't mean a whole lot. If it reaches a record high at any point, I'd support. - Richard Cavell (talk) 08:17, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Estonian fire

Ten children were killed in a fire at a children's home. The Estonian government has met for an emergency meeting and declared Monday a nationwide day of mourning.(CBS News) (BBC) (AP via The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Oppose. Sad, but has no impact on world history. Thue talk 10:25, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. "impact on world history" is an awfully high standard for ITN but this still is not that major.--Johnsemlak (talk) 13:09, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose It is really a tragedy for the country, but it is not a breaking news with high international coverage and doesn't receive as high attention as we usually consider sufficiently for posting. Also, I must agree with John that the reason mentioned above is too strict.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose, ITN is not WP:RA. --Golbez (talk) 06:48, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Uprising in Libya

The Libyan protests spread to the capital Tripoli, where the parliament building is on fire. Hundreds of protesters are reported dead in the uprising.

Things seem to be coming to a head in Libya, so it should have its own entry. See for example [9] for more details about the escalating rebellion. Thue talk 11:00, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

support - The end is near for Gaddafi as dictator. ITN worthy.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:38, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Support the Libiyan military is bombing the crowds with fighter jets according to MSNBC The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 18:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't think they had a chance... but I'm glad to be proven wrong. Strong support if there is a referenced update. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 18:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011_Libyan_protests#21_February seems to be both referenced and updated to me. Thue talk 18:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support Looks like this becomes a major ongoing protest, which causes huge disobedience in the country.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:45, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posting. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 20

Portal:Current events/2011 February 20

February 20, 2011 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arab Spring:
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
  - More than 200 people are killed and 900 other are injured as military troops attack protestors in Libya.(BBC) (CBC) (Al Jazeera)
  - Members of a Libyan Army unit defect and claim to have "liberated" Benghazi. (Sky News)
  - Shaikh Faraj al Zuway, the head of the Zuwayya tribe in eastern Libya threatens to cut off oil exports unless the Government of Libya stops the "suppression of protestors". (Reuters via London South East)(Reuters)
  - Al Jazeera reports that the protests have spread to the capital Tripoli. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Bahraini protests:
  - Anti-regime demonstrators continue their overnight occupation of Pearl Roundabout junction in Manama, chanting "Get out Hamad" in reference to the country's ruler, having reclaimed the junction after earlier being forced out by authorities. (Al Jazeera)
- 2011 Moroccan protests:
  - A coalition of Moroccan youth groups called “The February 20 Movement” calls for peaceful protests in cities throughout the country. (Al Arabiya)
  - Protests spread to the city of Rabat as thousands march on the central Hassan II Avenue calling for health and educational reform, economic opportunity and assistance against increased cost of living. (Al Jazeera)
  - Thousands of Moroccans demonstrate in Rabat demanding that King Mohammed VI give up some of his powers. (BBC) (Afrol News)
- 2011 Yemeni protests:
  - Nationwide anti-regime protests continue for the 11th consecutive day as one leader is arrested in Aden and thousands of people stage sit-ins in Ibb and Ta'izz calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. (Al Jazeera)
Protests in other parts of the world:
- 2011 Chinese protests:
  - Police in China show up in force in several cities after a call for a "Jasmine Revolution", and disperse protesters in Beijing and Shanghai. (Sify India) (BBC)
- 2011 Iranian protests:
  - Iranians are invited to attend a protest rally in Tehran and other cities in commememoration of the two people killed while attempting to demonstrate for better freedoms last week. (Al Jazeera)
  - Mehdi Karroubi, the opposition leader under house arrest, calls for his trial to take place in public so that people can "get to know the truth". He posts the request on his website since he cannot leave his house to personally deliver it. (Al Jazeera)
NATO pledges to investigate itself amid reports of its recent killing of dozens of civilians in eastern Afghanistan. (BBC)
War in Pakistan:
- The Pakistan Army kills up to 15 insurgents in operations in the Mohmand Agency near the Afghan border. (Dawn)
War in Afghanistan:
- Sapper Jamie Larkham of the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia) and an Afghan interpreter die in overnight fighting. (The Australian)
- Fazlullah Wahidi, the Governor of Kunar Province, claims that air and missile strikes have killed 64 civilians in the Ghaziabad District over the past few days. (Reuters via Fox 4KC)
The death is announced of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's mother Vallipuram Parvathi. (The Hindu)

Arts and culture

British gay Muslims fight for equality and the right to be Islamically married. (BBC)

Disasters

10 children are killed by a fire during their afternoon nap at a home for disabled children in Haapsalu, Estonia. (CBS News) (BBC) (AP via The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
A heavy snowfall in the U.S. state of Minnesota results in the cancellation of hundreds of flights from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

International relations

The Guardian reports that Raymond Davis, charged with murder in Pakistan after shooting dead two men in Lahore, worked for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). (The Guardian) (The Daily Telegraph)
German–Iranian relations:
- Following a visit by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to Iran, two German journalists charged with espionage are released and return to Germany having been imprisoned since October for interviewing the son and lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.(CNN)(Canadian Press)(Ynet)(Reuters)
- State-owned Press TV reports that President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used Westerwelle's visit to say that some countries having a veto on the UN Security council is an insult to other countries and to call for reforms to the world governance. (Press TV)
North Korea has been observed digging tunnels at a nuclear test site in Punggye-ri in North Hamgyong Province raising concerns about another test. (Yonhap)
New Yorker Magazine reports that the Obama administration has entered exploratory talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. (New Yorker)
Intruders steal secret computer files from Indonesian envoys staying in South Korea. (Yonhap)
The Government of Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite former President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who it accuses of "several serious crimes.". (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

Fifty-three people are killed in a 72-hour period in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Italian politics's rising star Matteo Renzi, the Mayor of Florence, calls for the retirement of Silvio Berlusconi's generation, Berlusconi himself being "only six years younger than my granny". (The Observer)
Yoweri Museveni is re-elected President of Uganda for a fourth term; the opposition does not take the result well. (Al Jazeera), (CNN)
A coalition of anti-war groups, pacifists, religious organisations and digital activists urges people to boycott next month's UK's census due to the involvement of the U.S. arms manufacturer responsible for Trident. (The Observer)
Thousands of protesters continue to demonstrate in the U.S. state of Wisconsin over reform of unions and taxes. (Al Jazeera)(NECN)

Sport

Iran and Russia meet in the final of the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships in Belarus. (Press TV)
Carlos Noe Gomez, the vice-president of Guatemalan football club Deportivo Xinabaju, is reported to have been shot dead by two men. (BBC News)
Rookie NASCAR driver Trevor Bayne wins the Daytona 500. (AP via MSNBC)
The Western Conference defeats the Eastern Conference in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game 148-143 played in Los Angeles. (AP via The Salt Lake Tribune)

Berlin Film Festival

Nader and Simin, A Separation wins the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and the ensemble cast win both Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor.^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lugnuts (talk • contribs)

Alt blurb: The Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi(pictured), wins the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sounds good to me. Lugnuts (talk) 10:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The update is only 3 sentences that I can see and one reference.--Johnsemlak (talk) 10:57, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seems ready. Posting. --Tone 15:29, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)Looks good, presuming that the unreferenced plot section is ok (only possible reference is the film itself I suppose). ITNR event. Modest Genius ^talk 15:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Daytona 500

This isn't a nomination, but rather a question: Do we normally post Daytona 500 results? Spencer^T♦C 01:24, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not at present, no. Indy 500 always goes up, but I can't remember the daytona 500 having done so (though it's always possible I missed one). Modest Genius^talk 01:54, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Consider a nomination because I support especially since the this year we have the youngest Winner ever at 20. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 02:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion from last year. It wasnn't posted then but there was some support. The section on the race of the article needs expansion.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:01, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the Indy 500 article always go up but not the Daytona 500? The Daytona race has become a bigger deal than the Indy 500 in the last 10-15 years. Truthsort (talk) 04:17, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As one can infer from WP:ITNR, consensus has been to post the three races making up the Triple Crown of Motorsport, of which the Indy 500 is one. Also, I think there's a sense that there's more international interest in the Indy 500, though IMO that is debatable. I would suggest we look again at which motorsports to include. The Triple Crown of Motorsport doesn't seem to be very notable and it isn't an official title. I think the Daytona 500 gets some resistance also because we already have the Indy 500 on ITNR and many editors don't want another 'US-only' race. But since as you and many editors have pointed out, the Daytona 500 is bigger than the Indy 500, I think maybe we should just swap them.--Johnsemlak (talk) 05:59, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Johnsemlak. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:30, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Johnsemlak and Anthropologist. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 14:52, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment -- The article 2011 Daytona 500 has a referenced update.--Johnsemlak (talk) 14:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted (awhile ago now) -- tariqabjotu 17:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will just make the observation, without any further comment, that In the news now contains two obviously international items, plus two purely American items. HiLo48 (talk) 17:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Post-posting support because I think it's important enough and notable enough and is in the news (even if only in the US) to warrant posting. It's a pretty big event in motorsport. Str Pby (talk) 22:55, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 19

Portal:Current events/2011 February 19

February 19, 2011 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Libyan civil war:
- Human Rights Watch claims that Libyan security forces have killed 84 people over the past three days. (Human Rights Watch)
- Libyan exiles claim that the total death toll could be as high as 120 with reports that snipers have fired at funerals in Benghazi. (Sky News)
- A businessman calls for help from Benghazi, saying hospitals are overwhelmed and blood is running out. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Bahraini protests:
- Demonstrators chase away riot police in Manama. (Deutsche Welle)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- At least five people are killed in demonstrations in several cities across Yemen. (BBC)
2010-2011 Algerian protests:
- Police break up a pro-democracy protest in the capital Algiers. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of India)
At least two people are killed in the Ivory Coast after Ivorian forces open fire on protesters urging the resignation of President Laurent Gbagbo. (BBC)
Riots occur in the Moroccan city of Tangier over utility costs. (Reuters)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict:
- 8 Palestinians are injured while on restricted lands when their anti-barrier protests are broken up by Israeli forces using live ammunition and tear gas among other agents to disperse the protesters. (International Middle East Media Center) (Palestine News Network)
- Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to protest yesterday's U.S. veto at the United Nations and call for an end to the “US-supported occupation”. (The Jerusalem Post)
Thousands of people rally in Spanish municipality of Bilbao calling for the legalization of the new separatist party Sortu. (BBC)
Pirates seize a yacht with four Americans off the coast of Oman. (Al Jazeera)
Police shoot tear gas and water cannons as thousands of people protest against an authorized neo-Nazi march in Dresden. (Deutsche Welle)

Arts and culture

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi wins three awards, including the Golden Bear, for his film Nader and Simin, A Separation as the 61st Berlin International Film Festival ends. There are other winners from Argentina, Albania, Germany and Hungary. (Deutsche Welle)

Business and economy

International Petroleum Investment Company makes a $4billion bid for the remaining 53% of shares of Compañía Española de Petróleos.(The Wall Street Journal)

International relations

The United States vetoes a draft of a U.N. Security Council resolution critical of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. (Reuters) (Haaretz) (UN News Centre)

Politics

Cuba frees Ivan Hernandez, a dissident who refused to go into exile in Spain. (BBC)
The return of former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana, in exile in South Africa, is blocked by the government on the island. Tear gas is fired to disperse supporters at the international airport. (Reuters) (AFP via Google News)
Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker rejects union concessions on the state budget as protests continue in the state capital. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Thousands of political prisoners of former President of Tunisia Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali are released in Tunisia. (France 24)
Authorities in the People's Republic of China crack down on political activists as calls spread online for a "Jasmine Revolution" on Sunday. (AP via The Washington Post)
Ahmed Shafik, the Prime Minister of Egypt, announces that the Government will release more than 200 political prisoners. (Antara News)

Science

Iran's defense minister Ahmad Vahidi unveils 32 scientific and research projects conducted at Malek Ashtar Industrial University. (Press TV)

Sports

The 2011 Cricket World Cup begins with co hosts India and Bangladesh playing each other in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Violence increases in Libyan protests

It seems only right to expand our current protests blurb to reflect the violence in Libya, imo. We had an almost-sticky on Egypt with updates, and personally I don't think it's right that we're merely having a simple catch-all "protests are held in A, B, C country" blurb up.

Link and proposed blurb: BBC — The Libyan army reportedly opens fire on protestors in Benghazi, amid continuing protests across the Middle East and North Africa. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 23:58, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, except could the last link be more visually focused? "The Libyan army reportedly opens fire on protestors in Benghazi, amid continuing protests across the Middle East and North Africa." Tony (talk) 01:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yawning can we not keep reposting these? They are now current events, not really ITN material anymore. Nergaal (talk) 03:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Last I checked, ITN stood for "in the news", which this definitely is. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 03:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support — but include Bahrain where security forces have also opened fire on protesters. Suggest: Authorities open fire on demonstrators in Benghazi, Libya and Manama, Bahrain, amid continuing protests across the Middle East and North Africa. --can dle •wicke 04:45, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This The other protests need to be dropped from ITN; the Libyan and Bahraini protests are the main story now. -- tariqabjotu 05:03, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting. --BorgQueen (talk) 06:49, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Armed forces opening fire on protesters is a significant development in the Arab World protests. I prefer a wording along the lines of Tony's above, with the Bahrain protests added.--Johnsemlak (talk) 06:55, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I think the blurb fails to impart the notability of this event. The BBC article on Libya reports that "an unknown number of people, including children, are said to have been killed". If people are dead, we should mention it. It's unlikely that the Libyan authorities are going to release any clear numbers, so I think it's pointless to wait for one. Nightw 08:57, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Definite support for this ITN.--BabbaQ (talk) 14:45, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Africa joins to make BRICS of BRIC

South Africa officially joins the BRIC group of nations, changing the acronym to BRICS. Reuters GreyHood ^Talk 22:38, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support seems like a pretty big deal in world politics. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Apparently, this will affects the world's economy and politics in a wider extent.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 00:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Eraserhead1 and Kiril Simeonovski. --can dle •wicke 01:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—Could we avoid linking common terms? If you speak English, you're supposed to know what "acronym" means, and it's plain as day from the two subsequent words anyway. And why, for pity's sake, are both BRIC and BRICS linked to exactly the same article? That would be really irritating to a visitor. Just link one, please, and people will be more likely to click on something: "South Africa officially joins the BRIC group of nations, changing the acronym to BRICS." Tony (talk) 01:35, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nergaal (talk) 01:58, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Africa officially joins the BRIC group of nations (now BRICS).

It seems to be pushing it to claim that BRIC is any sort of formal grouping that can be joined, it is more a loose alliance of competing interests, who have met twice. Next time they meet, it might be a slightly larger loose alliance of competing interests. Kevin McE (talk) 02:07, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BRIC has its own annual summits, where the leaders discuss economy and politics. To join BRIC officially means to gain full participation in these summits, at least. So BRIC is a formal alliance, and not just an economic term. GreyHood ^Talk 13:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The current BRICS article barely mentions South Africa. For example the world map on the page doesn't highlight South Africa. And that's not the only place it isn't mentioned. --Johnsemlak (talk) 02:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose BRIC isn't really a formal alliance. It's really just an economic term of countries that have certain economic similarities.--Johnsemlak (talk) 02:56, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See my answer to Kevin McE above. BRIC has enough formalities to consider it a formal alliance. Even the news tell that South Africa officially joins BRIC. GreyHood ^Talk 13:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose on formatting grounds. Why bold and link two versions to the one article in the space of 10 word-items. Tony(talk) 04:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point of this strong oppose? There is no strong necessity to bold and link two items, really. If the article is not moved, we could bold and link just BRIC.GreyHood ^Talk 13:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Kevin. Anyway, what's the point... as BRICS is a neologism, and only a redirect to BRIC? --Ohconfucius ^¡digame! 13:20, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator. GreyHood ^Talk 13:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is just a marketing move. South Africa is not in the same economic class as Brazil, Russia, India, or China. Thue talk 15:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I was thinking that as well. If you look at the Bric article now, South Africa isn't even mentioned as a nation that might join BRIC.--Johnsemlak (talk) 15:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What about the section BRIC#BRICS Term: South Africa's Inclusion? South Africa's inclusion was long discussed and anticipated. GreyHood ^Talk 16:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I agree there's a decent update there. Still, I think it's problematic that South Africa is not included at several parts of the article, including the map of Bric countries and several tables of statistics of BRIC countries.--Johnsemlak (talk) 16:04, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of minimum update the article is ready, we could post it and let the other editors to do further improvements. As for the full-scale rewrite of the article in the light of the recent events, personally I haven't much time for it, and the recent build-up of poorly and erroneously argumented oppose votes doesn't help. GreyHood ^Talk 16:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

South Africa has a GDP of $500 billion; Denmark has a GDP og $300billion. If South Africa can join, how long can it be before Denmark joins? :P By comparison, Russial is the smallest current BRIC member with a GDP of over $2000billion. Thue talk 16:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is not our task to define whether what happens is reasonable and logical or not. We should talk about whether the news are significant or not, and whether the article is updated enough. Furthermore, it seems that you just don't understand what BRIC is. It is a group of emerging markets deemed to have many similar features in economic development. Denmark is a developed country and doesn't really fit. The current size of GDP is mostly irrelevant here, since it is not necessary about being among the largest emerging markets in present, but rather about having a large potential of growth. And finally, not Russia but Brazil was the smallest BRIC member by GDP (PPP) before South Africa joined. GreyHood ^Talk 16:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK Greyhood, we get the idea: you support your own proposal. Arguing with every opinion to the contrary is rather more like MMN than you might wish to portray yourself. Kevin McE (talk) 18:52, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't usually argue with every opinion to the contrary. Here I just have pointed out the obvious mistakes in the oppose opinions. I would do this for any other nomination if it catches my eye and I notice erroneous comments. It is not right situation when people vote support/oppose without minimal understanding of the subject (an understanding which they might easily get by a brief looking over the article). And I don't know what is MMN, thank you very much. GreyHood ^Talk 21:00, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly Greyhood doesn't reply to every user every time, and secondly Mick Mack Nee has actually reformed his behaviour significantly so I don't think the accusation is fair in either direction. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:44, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is starting to look problematic. Tony (talk) 09:51, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Cricket World Cup opens in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

A very significant event - second largest such "World Cup" event in the world following that of (association) football. Some 1.5 billion people watching. I realize usually we just post the results of the final but an event of such a magnitude probably deserves an opening ITN post. Colipon+(Talk) 18:22, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose. Wait for the final (which is on ITNR). Modest Genius ^talk 18:50, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Colipon. The opening of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in (association) football was posted and given a "sticky" the next day. --can dle •wicke 01:25, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

LOOOL if you guys compare the WC for association football to cricket one. Nergaal (talk) 01:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. We will post the final. --Johnsemlak (talk) 02:52, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

US vetos a UN draft resolution

The U.S. vetoes a draft of a U.N. Security Council resolution which was critical of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The resolution was supported by all other council members and co-sponsored by over 120 nations. This veto resolution is the ninth U.N. resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict to be vetoed by the U.S. since 2000.(UN)(Reuters) (Haaretz)(AlJazeera) Passionless -Talk 21:56, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Slight oppose the US vetoing a anti-Israel resolution isn't really news. --Plasma Twa 2 23:22, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be news if America ever supported a resolution condemning Israel. Although I guess that in the interests of the democratic process it might be nice to highlight the USA's routine position. HiLo48 (talk) 23:28, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well the US hasn't vetoed since 2006 and the very wide support for this particular resolution, also makes it more significant. There is also that a number of nations have recently recognized Palestine as a sovereign state, and that this is a Security council resolution not a less important general assembly resolution. Passionless-Talk 23:43, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose on formatting grounds. Please do not link "US" or "vetoes". These are common terms that detract from the important links to United Nations Security Council and Israeli settlements. Is it normal to dot UN? Linking UN as well as United Nations Security Council is a waste, since UN is linked at the very outset of United Nations Security Council. Note rationalisation of the wording, and the dash, not the hyphen.

"The US vetoes a draft of a UN Security Council resolution which was critical of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The resolution, supported by all other council members and co-sponsored by more than 120 nations, is the ninth UN resolution on the Israel–Palestine conflict to be vetoed by the US since 2000." Tony (talk) 01:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC) PS I do think this is newsworthy; can the blurb be somehow shortened a little? Tony (talk) 07:08, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry, this is my first post here, so I just copied and pasted what I had already wrote in the current events portal. I was going to leave the actual final sentence upto you guys. Passionless-Talk 01:54, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well I would write- "The U.S. vetoes a very widely supported U.N. Security Council resolution critical of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian Territories." but as you can see, I suck at writing. I'm not sure if there is an appropriate page for 'vetoes' to link to for this event, so I may create a new page just for the vent if no suitable article is found. Oh, and I used 'occupied Palestinian Territories' instead of other close synonyms as this is what was used by the UN news centre. Passionless -Talk 07:38, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The BBC says it was sponsored by at least 130 countries and that all 14 other Security Council members supported it. There have been only 14 Security Council vetoes by one or more of the five permanent members since 2000 so they don't happen much more than once a year, a lot rarer than the vast numbers of national-level parliamentary or presidential elections routinely posted. It has been covered in great detail by international media such as the BBC, Xinhua, The Hindu, Al Jazeera, France24. It is very much "in the news". There have been protests outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv. ITN criteria such as 'ITN rejects items deemed trivial', 'the criterion was previously written as "a story of international importance or interest", opposition on the grounds that 'the news is "too local"' seems not to apply. --can dle •wicke 05:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Support~~, as per Candlewicke. Also, saying that it has to be the US condemning Israel to be notable is an awfully high bar. In the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a US condemnation of Israel would be historic, not merely notable. As demonstrated above US vetoes of this sort are rare even if they continue a long-term pattern.--Johnsemlak (talk) 05:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm dropping my support until an updated article appears.--Johnsemlak (talk) 07:58, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support and I think UN vetoes should be an ITN/R item. Nergaal (talk) 07:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for now. I'm not seeing an actual article that can be linked from the main page. --Mkativerata (talk) 07:36, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

United Nations Security Council veto power Nergaal (talk) 07:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a good choice of article at all. It is a general article about the exercise of the veto power. It has precisely one poorly-written unsourced sentence on this veto. In that article, anything more than that one sentence would be undue weight. --Mkativerata (talk) 07:49, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to write an article on the event, anyone who wants to help can join me at User:Passionless/Vetoed Resolution.

Strong support, pending an article update: The Israeli settlements have been frontpage news for months now, and this is a serious setback for the negotiations. It's not every day one sees a veto used on resolutions, especially one pertaining to such a widely-condemned issue. It's also the first veto used by the Obama administration. The majority of the world recognises Palestine as a state, and this was meant to be a resolution condemning a violation of Article 2 of the UN Charter. It's pretty major. Nightw 08:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated the articles Israeli settlement and Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations. Nightw 10:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In the United Nations, the U.S. vetoes a resolution to condemn all Israeli settlements established in the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967 as illegal. Nightw 10:49, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote a new article for the event, Palestinian Security Council Resolution, 2011, though I still do not know what the article name should be....And NightW, the resolution was for all settlements in the occupied palestinian territories (UN's words) so it includes-golan heights, east jerusalem, gaza and west bank as well. Passionless-Talk 11:12, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quite right. I've changed it to reflect that. Nightw 12:50, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Night w's revised blurb: (1) it's much better—shorter, no longer links and bolds "vetoes" (huh?), but (2) I will strongly object if "US" is linked. Common country names—especially those of English-speaking countries—have not been linked for some time in WP articles. Please see the style guides; and I see no reason why the style guides should not apply to the blurbs, with the odd common-sense exception, of course. (3) Would it be possible to pipe "United Nations" to the article Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations instead of the commonly known UN (general article)? It should possibly be bolded, too, if Night w's updates to it are sufficient. Tony(talk) 12:06, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's conventional to link to country names on ITN, but that's not really a big deal. I mean, everyone knows what the United Nations is aswell, but linking to a bit of context is always good in my opinion. I'll leave it to the admin. Nightw 12:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As well as contributing more substantively (by copy-editing updatings and newly created articles), I'd like to persuade people here that common country names are usually not useful to link in such a situation, unless the general country article has itself been updated as part of the news item (rare, I guess); and so often, they judder against another, more pertinent link (WP:MOSLINK says to try to avoid this, although I think it's not mandatory). Can I ask why the UN can't be piped to the updated and far more specific article Israel, Palestine, and the United Nations, which itself contains an early and prominent link to the UN? Tony (talk) 13:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Candlewicke. GreyHood ^Talk 13:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Candlewicke. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Nowhere to be seen on front pages of news sources, even in their US sections (BBC, Telegraph, CBC, NYT). Seems to me this isn't much of a big deal, or at least not out of the ordinary. Vetoes happen somewhat often, and it is not very surprising -- as mentioned above -- to see the US vetoing for the benefit of Israel (seeing as they have done so nine out of the last ten times they've vetoed). Although we don't ordinarily post many UN resolutions, AFAICT. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 01:42, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This actually has very little to do with the U.S. They're just the perpetrator. The impact is on the Middle East and it's a huge stepback for negotiations, since the Palestinians have refused to resume talks until the settlement activity stops. Nightw 12:11, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

support - definitly supporting this event.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:39, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 18

Portal:Current events/2011 February 18

February 18, 2011 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A thousand or more non-citizen residents of Kuwait demonstrated yesterday demanding rights given to Kuwaiti citizen. (Reuters)(Al Jazeera English)(CNN)
Police and indigenous protesters clash in Panama during a protest against changes to the country's mining law. (AFP via Google News)
At least 37 people are killed and others are wounded in a U.S.-led airstrike in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. (Press TV)
Retired CIA officer-turned-political activist Ray McGovern is thrown out, bloodied and arrested while protesting a speech given by Hillary Clinton on internet freedom^{[disambiguation needed]} at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Veterans for Peace requests that Clinton apologise. (Press TV) (American Independent)
2011 Bahraini protests:
- Troops and tanks patrol Manama as the Bahraini military sets up checkpoints; a ban on public gatherings is announced. (Al Jazeera)
- King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa visits and praises the military for its nighttime crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Manama, lauding their "bravery and readiness to assume their national duties". (Press TV)
- Thousands of people attend the first funerals of those killed by security forces in yesterday's massacre at Pearl Square, many making known their anger at the Bahraini regime. (BBC)
- Bahrain's military fires at hundreds of mourners advancing towards Pearl Square with reports of live ammunition being used. (New York Times)
2011 Djibouti protests:
- Police shoot tear gas at thousands of people demonstrating against the Ismail Omar Guelleh regime in Djibouti. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Jordanian protests:
- At least 8 people are injured during an attack on a pro-democracy protest rally in Amman. (Press TV) (Xinhua)
2011 Libyan civil war:
- Anti-regime protests continue overnight after yesterday's "Day of Rage". Funerals of those killed due today. Human Rights Watch lists 24 killed and many wounded. (BBC) (Human Rights Watch)
- Libyans in Benghazi take over a radio station; it broadcasts its message to the world - calling on the international media to cover what "the criminal Gaddafi" is doing - while libya17.com posts videos in English. (Foreign Policy)
- Libya shuts off access to the Internet. (TechCrunch)
- Al Jazeera reports that its signal to Libya is being blocked. (Reuters)
2011 Iraqi protests:
- Anti-regime protests occur in Baghdad, with demonstrators calling for a larger demonstration next Friday as part of an "Iraqi revolution". (CNN) (Xinhua)
- Deaths and injuries occur during anti-regime demonstrations in Sulaymaniyah. (euronews)
- Anti-regime protests occur in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (Al Jazeera) (Press TV) (The Washington Post)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Anti-regime protesters gather for the largest of eight days of demonstrations. (Bloomberg)
- 4 people are killed during nationwide protests in Yemen. (MSNBC)
- In the southern port city of Aden one anti-government protester is shot dead and 40 others are injured as police open fire on thousands of demonstrators; thousands of protesters later storm two council buildings setting them on fire. (Xinhua)
Egyptian Revolution of 2011:
- Some Egyptians march through the streets of Cairo apologising for the way in which Hosni Mubarak was deposed after 30 years in the recent revolution. "Yes to Change, No to Humiliation". (Reuters)
- Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, issues a video saying that Egypt had long "deviated from Islam" and warning that democracy "can only be non-religious." (AP via ABC News America)
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Islamic preacher associated with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, is to lead public prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the first time in thirty years. (Al-Arabiya)
Other Arab Spring Events:
- Former President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted during the recent popular revolution, is reported to have slipped into a coma following his stroke in Saudi Arabia. (Al Jazeera)
- Prince Talal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud warns of the Arab Spring spreading to Saudi Arabia unless King Abdullah speeds up the reform process. (AFP via The Australian)
Tens of thousands of people march peacefully through Tirana urging the Albanian government to resign due to corruption in the Sali Berisha regime. 4 people were killed in a similar demonstration nearly a month ago. (CP via Google News) (AP via The New York Times) (Xinhua)
The corpse of Mark Rybinski is found with multiple stab wounds and a slit throat outside a private school in Tunis. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Facebook recognises civil unions and domestic partnerships as relationship statuses in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia. (San Francisco Chronicle)

Business and economy

The U.S. abandons its criminal investigation of Angelo Mozilo former chairman of Countrywide Financial, in connection with Countrywide's collapse in 2007-08. Mozilo settled a civil action four months ago. (L.A. Times)

International relations

Japan officially suspends its whaling program for the season due to interference by the Sea Shepherd conservation organisation. (NHK)
President of the United States Barack Obama is announced to visit Brazil, Chile and El Salvador from March 19 to 23. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi proposes a reform of the Italian judiciary system restricting telephone taps, one of the methods used by prosecutors in the Ruby Rubacuori scandal. (Xinhua) (BBC)
A Chinese court upholds an eight year sentence for "stealing state secrets" for Chinese American geologist Xue Feng. (BBC) (Bloomberg)
A Turkish court jails three journalists associated with a dissident website pending trials on being part of the Ergenekon organisation allegedly plotting to overthrow the Government of Turkey. (AP via San Jose Mercury)^{[permanent dead link]}
A McCann family spokesman insists reports that Madeleine McCann was taken to the United States after being snatched during a family holiday in Portugal must be treated with caution. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

New Caledonia's coalition government collapses after the pro-independence Caledonian Union party withdraws its support for President Philippe Gomes in a dispute over the use of New Caledonian flags. (Radio Australia)
Voters in Uganda go to the polls for the Ugandan general election. (Bangkok Post) (Al Jazeera)
The Washington Post reports that United States Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico will announce that he will not contest the 2012 Senate election for New Mexico. (Washington Post)
The Obama administration rescinds most of a regulation designed to protect health care workers who refuse to provide a service that they find objectionable but retains protections against performing abortions when you have strong anti-abortion convictions. (Washington Post)
The United States House of Representatives blocks Federal funding for Planned Parenthood. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution) (Xinhua)
The U.S. state of Wisconsin has demonstrations in the tens of thousands against a bill forcing public service workers to pay increased pension costs, increased healthcare coverage as well as stripping them of almost all union rights. Senators yesterday fled the state to Illinois. (CNN) (Los Angeles Times) (The Washington Post)

Science

NASA clears the Space Shuttle Discovery for its final flight on Thursday. (Space)

Sport

The soccer player Ronaldo, who retired recently, joins Brazil's 2014 FIFA World Cup organising committee. (Xinhua)

Scientists create first antilaser

Physists have created a device that removes certain electromagnetic wavelengths completely. See BBC and Arstechnica. This seems like an interesting new discovery that's worthy of posting. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 13:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—indeed it looks very interesting (three days old ...). The BBC report is a bit incoherent. Ars technica is more user-friendly, I think. I'm interested to see the blurb you'd write—not the easiest one. Tony (talk) 13:30, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
n:Yale University builds world's first anti-laser ;) Diego Grez (talk) 16:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose. I'm not overly convinced by this - all it does is have very high absorbance at certain wavelengths. That could be achieved using a simple vapour cell, the only difference being that in this version you could in principle pick the wavelength. I'm open to persuasion otherwise though. Modest Genius ^talk 17:45, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 17

Portal:Current events/2011 February 17

February 17, 2011 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Bahraini protests:
- Bahrain police launch an attack on protesters in the Pearl Roundabout in the capital Manama, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd. (Global voices), (AP via Yahoo!), (CNN), (BBC)
- ABC News correspondent Miguel Marquez is beaten during the crackdown. (ABC News America)
- At least six protesters die during the crackdown with dozens of injuries. (Al Jazeera), (Ottawa Citizen)
- Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah, the Foreign Minister, defends the crackdown stating that it pulled the country back from the brink of the sectarian abyss. (NPR)
- Clashes continue in the main streets of Manama hours after the crackdown. (Al Jazeera)
Libyan Civil War:
- 14 anti-government protesters are killed as Libyan protesters seeking to oust president Muammar Gaddafi defied a crackdown and took to the streets in four cities on what they called a "day of rage". (The Jerusalem Post) (CNN), (Al-Jazeera)
- Social networking sites mobilize for protests on a "day of anger" in Libya. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2010–2011 Algerian protests:
- Eighty-four-year-old Abdelhamid Mehri, former leader of Algeria's governing party, writes a letter to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika asking that he change his government in response to the unrest across the Arab world. (BBC)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Several people are injured in clashes between pro and anti-government protesters in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (AFP via Google News)
Two people are killed and 47 injured in a protest in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya. (CNBC)^{[permanent dead link]}
Israeli troops kill three Palestinian militants near Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, who were approaching the border. (Al Jazeera) (Ynet) (The Jerusalem Post)
The Egyptian Army dispatches hundreds of troops to the northern Sinai peninsula to protect a gas pipeline to Israel. (Jerusalem Post)

Arts and culture

Aretha Franklin announces a return to the stage. (BBC)
A rare red and white 6ft by 6ft Andy Warhol self-portrait sells for £10.79 million at auction at Christie's in London. (BBC)

Business and economy

The private equity owners of Australian book sellers Angus & Robertson, the New Zealand news agency chain Whitcoulls and the Australasian franchise of Borders goes into voluntary administration. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Australian)
Honda recalls nearly 700,000 vehicles in the Fit, Freed, and City model range due to a defective spring. (MSNBC)

Disasters

At least 12 people die as a tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay. (AP via Yahoo! News) (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
At least 32 people are killed in several hours of explosions due to an accident at a munitions dump in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania closing the city's airport, destroying homes, a school and sending debris flying across the city as thousands of people seek shelter in a stadium. The death toll is expected to rise. (BBC) (DAWN) (Al Jazeera) (CNN) (France24)
The inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is released finding that the accident was entirely preventable. (Oil Spill Commission)

International relations

Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says that general elections in September would be canceled if Hamas refused to allow voting in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)
A boat containing 129 Rohingya refugees from Burma is found by Indonesia. (Straits Times)
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian United Nations observer, announces that the United Nations Security Council is to vote tomorrow on a resolution critical of Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. (DAWN)
Assessment suggests the possibility that social networks are more informed than U.S. intelligence about protesters in the Middle East. (Al Jazeera)
Iran requests permission from the Government of Egypt for the Iranian navy to pass through the Suez Canal. (MarketWatch)
The United States imposes sanctions on Iran's Refah Bank for allegedly facilitating the purchase of weapons by Iran's Defense Ministry. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Law and crime

The CBC releases information about an alleged attack originating from China against the computer networks of the Finance Department and Treasury Board in Canada, forcing the immediate shutdown of all internet access in both departments. (CBC News)
English football fan Garry Mann, jailed for his role in a riot during UEFA Euro 2004, is transferred from jail in Portugal in order to serve the remainder of his sentence in his home country. (BBC)
United States authorities charge more than a hundred doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud. (AP via Google)
Police arrest nine people allegedly involved in a United States-Mexico arms ring, and seize 300 weapons. (Reuters)
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib Ibrahim El Adly is arrested pending investigation of corruption allegations along with former Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi, former Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana and a former official from the National Democratic Party. (AP via Houston Chronicle), (CNN)
Anthony Graves, an American man found innocent of the murders which left him on death row for 18 years, is denied restitution due to a technicality. (My Fox Houston) (Press TV)

Politics and elections

Wisconsin:
- Schools in the American state of Wisconsin close as teachers attend rallies against proposals to limit collective bargaining for state employees. (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Democratic State Senators leave the capital Madison to avoid participating in the debate. (Wisconsin State Journal)
Tunisia:
- French media reports that former President of Tunisia Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has been hospitalised in Saudi Arabia with a stroke. (UPI)
- Tunisian authorities rename the central square in Tunis after Mohamed Bouazizi whose suicide sparked the 2010–2011 Tunisian revolution. (Reuters)
Buckingham Palace confirms that the President of the United States Barack Obama will make a state visit to the United Kingdom in May. (BBC)
Kosovo marks the third anniversary of its declaration of independence from Serbia. (BBC)
The Governor of Alaska Sean Parnell says that he will not implement the United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after a Florida judge ruled it was unconstitutional. (Star Tribune)

Sport

The European General Court rules in favour of Belgian and British broadcasting restrictions requiring football matches at the World Cup and European Championships on to be available on free-to-air TV. (BBC News)

Watson (artificial intelligence software)

Wins against the most prolific contestants in the history of Jeopardy! This is reminiscent of the 90's Deep Blue computer who beat Kasparov in chess. Nergaal (talk) 18:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The competition should have been about Watson's ability to answer. Yes it was good. But it turned out to be about can a human buzz in faster than a machine. How the hell can you beat a machine in clicking a buzzer. answers were also not too hard. oppose since i dont think it was truly fair competition. -- Ashish -g55 18:30, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the designers figured it was about even. A human can tell when Trebek is reading the last word of the question and be moving their thumb down on the buzzer in anticipation, whereas Watson had to wait until it received the signal that it was okay to buzz. --Golbez (talk) 18:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

the only times watson did not buzz in was when it was unsure or it took longer to compute its answer. only like twice in the game did it actually get beat on the buzzer. mechanical precision of watson was obviously better but thats not really part of its intelligence. you dont really need a computer to push a button faster than a human -- Ashish -g55 18:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You forget that Watson still had to know the answer. It was far from simply a competition of if a computer can hit a button faster. --Golbez (talk) 19:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i already said it was good. very good infact. not questioning its intelligence in processing natural language. just saying the buzzer was an a decent sized advantage it had over humans. -- Ashish -g55 19:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A huge artificial intelligence milestone. Thue talk 20:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support after reading the article this seems like a pretty big AI milestone, and computing topics are undercovered. I don't think the buzzing advantage, although reasonable is enough to detract from the achievement made by IBM here - additionally the article is well and truly updated. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support I dont know if its a big a milestone as the "Deep Blue computer's Chess Game" but impressive none the less and computing is undecovered The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 20:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I read over the article a few minutes ago, and I found it incredible that the AI was sophisticated enough able to utilise human reasoning to analyse the hints given by Trebek, and translate them into computer-friendly information for the purpose of answering a question. That is definitely a demonstration as to just how far we've progressed toward creating an AI that can process human speech with improvisation and respond accordingly. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 00:09, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support All reasons listed above. cgmv123TalkContribs 21:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We seem to have consensus. A nice blurb please? --BorgQueen (talk) 21:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IBM's artificial intelligence software Watson wins the quiz Jeopardy! for the first time. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:02, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It should be "wins the quiz Jeopardy! against the most prolific competitors in the history of the show". GreyHood ^Talk 22:25, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jeopardy! isn't a quiz, it's a quiz show. cgmv123TalkContribs 22:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IBM's artificial intelligence program Watson wins the quiz show Jeopardy! against the most prolific competitors in the show's history. Nergaal (talk) 23:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posted I prefer the blurbs mentioning the two other contestants. Saying for the first time suggests it may happen again. I don't know if it's correct to say that one wins the show, so I said that the program won on the show. -- tariqabjotu 23:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I can't think of any way to improve that blurb; it looks fine. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 01:17, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

we do have articles on both Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. link them somehow? -- Ashish -g55 01:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm late to this discussion, but oppose. This is a media stunt, and there's no way we would normally report the results of a gameshow. I don't see this as a major breakthrough in AI. Modest Genius ^talk 17:46, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Human-influenced climate change confirmed

Scientists recently completed a study confirming a connection between human emitted greenhouse gases had a significant role in the severity of a disatrous flood in England during autumn 2000. This is the first instance in which scientists have stated the connection. All over the news through a Google search

Proposed hook: "Scientists confirm the first connection between human emitted greenhouse gases and global warming." Cyclonebiskit (talk) 17:32, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment but I think this issue long been the standard accepted theory as you propose it the blurb. The stories seem to be linking Extreme Rains and flooding to global warming. Since this is pretty much been agreed upon theory for at least two deacade I ~~oppose~~ Unless I have profound ignorance on the issue (which is entiirly possible ) The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 18:01, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The burden of proof is on the proposer to point towards a specific headline, and all I see right now is "just do a Google search", along with a vague and possibly weasel-worded blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 18:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The articles appear to be two-pronged. They briefly mention the link to the England floods: "Increases in greenhouse gas emissions have also been linked, in a separate study, to a specific flood event – a devastating inundation in Britain 10 years ago." The main focus was on the finding that the risk extreme rainfall and flooding has doubled due to climate change. In regards to your statement, ResidentAnthropologist, this is the first instance in which the scientific community has agreed that an event was linked to human enduced climate change, resulting from greenhouse gas emissions.

"Our research provides the first scientific evidence that human-induced greenhouse gas increases have contributed to the observed intensification of heavy precipitation events over large parts of the northern hemisphere." Sydney Morning Herald Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WaltCip, the link to Google News was to show the number of sources reporting on this finding. Not sure why you'd want me to just point one out. Also, my intent was not to be vague in blurb to avoid something but rather to keep the subject on a general level since the finding is in regards to two things, the England floods in 2000 and overall climate change. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Specificity is something we prefer here on ITN, If we alter the blurb a bit We can make it work for ITN. Thus upon clarification from Cyclonebiskit I support. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 19:20, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support before it has been a "balance of probabilities" thing. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:10, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support empirical evidence might have a 1% chance to convince Fox News. Nergaal (talk) 01:09, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—human-emitted (hyphen). Tony (talk) 03:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose until I see greater evidence of the notability of this. The headline sounds notable at face value but we pretty much have known this for a while. It may have been all over the news two days ago but I doesn't even crack the BBC Science and Environment page right now. It's a bit WP:Crystal of course but I don't see any evidence that this will change the debate, such as reactions by prominent officials or think-tanks.--Johnsemlak (talk) 04:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. From the paper: "Here we present a multi-step, physically based ‘probabilistic event attribution’ framework showing that it is very likely that global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions substantially increased the risk of flood occurrence in England and Wales in autumn 2000... The precise magnitude of the anthropogenic contribution remains uncertain, but in nine out of ten cases our model results indicate that twentieth-century anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions increased the risk of floods occurring in England and Wales in autumn 2000 by more than 20%, and in two out of three cases by more than 90%." The argument is still a probabilistic one. It is more specific than previously, in that they analyzed specific flood events, but probabilistic associations between climate change and extreme weather in general aren't new. The news articles are giving this a lot of spin, but I don't think the paper justifies anything even remotely like the hook being proposed above. Dragons flight (talk) 05:08, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. First of all: what does this study link to what? Carbondioxid emissions to global warming? Or global warming to severe whether in England? And second, which is more important: one study doesn't prove anything. We've seen studies diagnosing an increase of hurricane intensity and connecting it to global warming, only to see other studies debunk both the increase and the connection shortly after. So let's not establish facts here where there are none. --bender235 (talk) 13:40, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is not news. Almost every scientist has been convinced of this for decades. Just because a few of them have now specifically said one particular (decade old) event was caused by it, doesn't make it any more or less true. Besides, by posting this we would actually be casting doubt on the subject by making it sound like it's only just been shown. Modest Genius^talk 17:50, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, a connection between CO₂ emissions and global warming is what scientists are rightfully convinced of, but a connection between global warming and severe weather is not. So, like I said, we shouldn't establish facts where there are none. --bender235 (talk) 22:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Scientists are convinced of that latter connection, albeit at a lower level than the former. The point is that climate scientists agree that there will be more extreme weather events as a result of climate change, but have been understandably reluctant to unequivocally identify any particular event which would not have happened otherwise. That one group of scientists has done so for one event is new, but not ITN fodder IMO. Modest Genius^talk 23:24, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I agree with MG. Climate-change news needs to be pretty fresh to make it onto the main page. Tony (talk) 09:53, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Libyan protests

Can we add Libya, 2011 Libyan protests, to the current list of countries? The main page currently reads "Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen." Jesanj (talk) 13:26, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any objections? The article looks fine and reasonably updated. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:27, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't see a reason not to add it. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --BorgQueen (talk) 21:01, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dar es Salaam explosions

Dozens killed - [10] - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 13:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good to know. Is there an article? --Golbez (talk) 18:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Guess not. Strong oppose. --Golbez (talk) 22:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I honestly don't think that the lack of an article within a day of the event's occurrence is grounds for a "strong oppose". Especially since you showed clear interest a few hours earlier. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 00:01, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My interest was purely sarcastic; I was annoyed that it was posted here without an article existing first. Requested Articles is thattaway. --Golbez (talk) 16:31, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I created a stub for the event just to get it going: 2011 Dar es Salaam explosions. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:19, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested blurb: "A series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania kills at least 32 people." - Might also want to add that 145 were wounded. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:05, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have copy-edited the article. The "blood pressure" bit was strange. Tony(talk) 13:39, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was the way that source worded it. I believe they meant heart attacks (or something along those lines) but dind't say it outright so I couldn't add that in. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:24, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support. Dozens of deaths, hundreds of injuries, thousands of people fleeing their homes, buildings destroyed, a school flattened, roads closed, an international airport shut down, "plenty, plenty of explosions, and we felt them far away" over several hours, all in Tanzania's largest city. --can dle •wicke 04:56, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose At least while the article is as thin as it is. Unless there are further developments I don't see where an expansion could come from. RxS (talk) 05:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The explosions only took place two days ago, I don't know what you're expecting at this point. ;) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:32, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not expecting anything. But the purpose of ITN is to highlight articles and this one isn't really worth highlighting (at this point). RxS (talk) 18:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I thought TFA and DYK were for the purposes of highlighting articles and ITN was for significant current events (granted the article is of reasonable quality and not necessarily size). Or have I just been under the wrong impression? Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope :) ITN is to highlight Wikipedia articles providing up-to-date information about a certain recent event, but it isn't a news ticker, and therefore there are standards. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 02:44, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are three paragraphs and seven references. The article is in good condition. It seems to have been a major event. --can dle •wicke 06:37, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Belgian government deadlock

After 249 days of deadlock, Belgium becomes the country to go without a government the longest.

Many news sources are suggesting that they've broken the record with 250 days e.g Telegraph, Australian. Any way it's a very notable event which has been gaining interest outside Belgium. yorkshiresky (talk) 13:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support when updated. --BorgQueen (talk) 17:48, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per BorgQueen. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support. Very interesting record. I'm just wondering if this would be more suitable for DYK than ITN. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 23:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—please do not link a common term such as "government". Tony (talk) 03:48, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest this blurb—

After 249 days of deadlock, Belgium ~~has broken~~ breaks the record for the longest period for which a country has gone without a government in modern times. Tony(talk) 13:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd prefer something that doesn't use a "has broken", tbh, when you can use "breaks". Strange Passerby (talk • contribs • Editor review) 14:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, changed. Tony (talk) 14:32, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but that's a horrible blurb. How about

Belgium breaks the record for the longest time any country has been without a government

That avoids the number which would need updating, plus sounds better. Modest Genius ^talk 17:58, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. Could someone else sort the credits, please? HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 22:18, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Modest Genius^talk 22:21, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think Somalia would disagree with the blurb. 204.116.109.80 (talk) 05:32, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the above comment, this 'record' is dependent on a narrow definition of 'form a government'. And it's really a rather trivial event. We should be posting when Belgium forms a government (this tidbit could be added to such a blurb if necessary). Belated Oppose.--Johnsemlak (talk) 06:34, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per my comments on WP:ERRORS. I don't like to oppose after the posting but when sources like the AP and BBC are refusing to put their names to the claim that it is a world record, we should too. --Mkativerata (talk) 07:46, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, a narrowly-defined concept that could easily be applied to Somalia, as the IP suggests. It's not even news, really. It'd be better suited to DYK. Nightw 07:50, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There was unanimous support for this item before it was posted, so contributors clearly saw it as a significant event. Note that we have a suite of pretty good articles on the topic and the surrounding political crisis. Could we find a better way of phrasing the blurb that satisfies these objections? 'longest time taken to agree to form a government after an election' or something? Modest Genius^talk 13:42, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it is a good idea to invite getting caught with our pants around our ankles on this for a second time. For so long as sources like the BBC and AP explicitly distance themselves from saying there is any kind of record, we should do the same. Sky News equivocates with an even different kind of record: "the country with the longest running political crisis in recent history". FWIW I don't think the update to the article is the issue (except to the extent that the update was of dubious accuracy). Any more than one sentence on this "record" would be undue weight. Nothing has actually happened here so we shouldn't feel any pressing need to put it on the main page for the sake of it. Mkativerata (talk) 20:26, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed this for now, as all we have is a one-sentence, one-source update. While we can't even figure out what this record is, and can't find multiple sources and a somewhat substantial update, it shouldn't be on our doormat. Someone can readd this when the update is there. (Noting that two of the supports were conditional on there being an update, and as of now, there really isn't one.) Courcelles 13:53, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, the statement just can't be backed up without doing some major historical research. I would much rather see something in the news about the danger of Belgium breaking up because of the current crisis. That would be real news. Calistemon (talk) 13:59, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Glad to see this bizarrely parochial and historically blind statement was removed. World history is not limited to Europe since 1989.μηδείς (talk) 14:02, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose This ↑ Australian Matt (talk) 01:44, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Now I'm getting the hang of this, I agree that the breaking-the-record bit is very risky (too vulnerable to how it's framed, chronologically and geopolitically). Been-without-a-govt-for-X-days is safer, if it has to appear. Tony (talk) 10:20, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin protests

One of the greatest shows of solidarity in history. http://www.wkow.com/Global/category.asp?C=205519 http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ncl=d0zpr8gG7xg5__MnR50W2G-wX5JBM cgmv123TalkContribs 21:41, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Not really. This is not very different than the other thousands of strikes held in the country, let alone in history. We've featured five protests this past month, each with a significance exceeding this one tenfold. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 23:55, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I wouldn't say these protests are extraordinary - they're certainly not "one of the greatest shows of solidarity in history". Franklinville (talk) 09:30, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - No special story.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:27, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The events are significant in the US, but the scale can't compare with recent global protests. Midlakewinter (talk) 12:30, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 16

Portal:Current events/2011 February 16

February 16, 2011 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Piracy
- South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia. (Yonhap)
- HMS Cornwall from the British Royal Navy frees five Yemeni fishermen held by Somali pirates. (Sky News)
Iranian state TV reports clashes between pro-government and anti-government forces at a funeral for someone killed in the 2011 Iranian protests. (AFP via Dawn)
Fourteen people are hurt in clashes between Libyan protestors and security forces in Benghazi as protests spread. (AFP via France 24) (Al Jazeera)
The Egyptian Ministry for Health estimates that at least 365 people were killed and 5,500 injured in the 2011 Egyptian protests. (RIA Novosti)
Yemeni police shoot and kill two protestors in the southern city of Aden. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Colombian FARC movement releases another two hostages. (AFP via Google News)

Arts and culture

U.S. pop singer Bruno Mars pleads guilty to cocaine possession in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Sun)
Researchers from London's Natural History Museum claim that ancient skulls found in Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge in the southwestern English county of Somerset show signs of cannibalism. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Jens Weidmann is chosen to succeed Axel A. Weber as President of the Deutsche Bundesbank. (FAZ) (WSJ)
Borders Group, the second largest bookstore chain in the United States, files for bankruptcy with plans to sell at least 200 stores. (Bloomberg)

Disasters

The Northern Territory Emergency Service in the north of Australia warns residents in low-lying coastal areas including in the capital Darwin ahead of Tropical Cyclone Carlos. (News Limited)
Explosions occur following an accident at a Tanzania People's Defence Force ammunition dump near the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam with casualties reported. (AP via The Washington Post), (CNN)
At least four people die and dozens injured following a train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Dunya News)

International relations

Japan's whaling fleet is leaving the Antarctic under pressure from conservationists and diplomats. (Sydney Morning Herald), (BBC)

Law and crime

Abduwali Muse, a Somali pirate, is sentenced to almost 34 years in prison in the United States for his role in attempting to hijack the MV Maersk Alabama. (ABC News USA)
Three U.S. marshals are shot in Elkins, West Virginia, while trying to serve a warrant, resulting in the death of one marshal and the shooter. (West Virginia Gazette)
In an FBI Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force Operation Power Outage, 74 members of Armenian Power criminal syndicate have been arrested on charges of racketeering offenses, bank fraud schemes, kidnappings, and drug trafficking. (CNN)

Politics

An ally of outgoing Burmese ruler General Than Shwe resigns two weeks into the new parliament. (BBC) (Irrawaddy)
Celebrations marking the birthday of Kim Jong-il take place in North Korea. (BBC)
Protesters in Bahrain continue to occupy a square in the capital, Manama. (Al Jazeera)
The Hawaii Senate approves Hawaii Senate Bill 232 legalising civil unions for gay and lesbian couples and will be sent to the Governor Neil Abercrombie for approval. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Science

IBM's Watson artificial intelligence program wins on the U.S. quiz show Jeopardy!, defeating Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, the series' most successful contestants. (PC Mag) Watson used Wikipedia, among other sources, as its knowledge base. (The Vancouver Sun) (NPR) (IBM)
It is announced that people who suffer from Laron syndrome have a gene that inhibits cancer. (Scientific American) (PBS)

Sport

Lance Armstrong officially announces his retirement from professional cycling, again. (CNN)

China becomes world's second largest economy

This is now ready to post. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:20, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Haven't this been reported several times already, though perhaps not ITN? You have to specify by which measure (GDP I assume, not PPP), and by whose calculations. Thue talk 18:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

China's second place was finally confirmed this week, when Japan issued its official statistics. Also there is no need to specify anything. The nominal GDP is already specified, and I believe China is now world's second largest economy by any estimate and by any type of GDP measure (except for per capita GDP, of course). GreyHood ^Talk 19:30, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW it has now been posted. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Power Outage

I think Operation Power Outage is important enough to make its way, the article is in good shape. Ehud (talk) 21:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A blurb please? --BorgQueen (talk) 21:53, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's above, in the Feb 16 template, under Law and crime. Ehud (talk) 22:38, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any objections? --BorgQueen (talk) 19:36, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. --BorgQueen (talk) 21:49, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two supports and gets posted? Nergaal (talk) 17:41, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there was a prompt for objections. Nightw 17:50, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two hours isn't much of a time to allow for objections really. Although I would have supported anyway. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 17:58, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support, and I believe you are "allowed" to give objections as soon as a nomination is made. Do you give objections only when you are asked? :) --BorgQueen (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Laron Syndrome

I just saw this on the news, but it appears that those who have Laron syndrome are unable to get cancer. Do others agree with me that this should be known by others? I also added a simple sentence on the article's page but if others want to expand it, I have no problem with it. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 00:07, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 15

Portal:Current events/2011 February 15

February 15, 2011 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Yemeni protests:
- Clashes take place for a fifth day in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, amid demonstrations calling for political reform. (Al Jazeera)
2011 Bahraini protests:
- Thousands of people demonstrate in Bahrain after a protester was shot dead at a funeral for another protester. (Reuters)
- The King of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa orders an inquiry into the deaths of the two protestors. (BBC)
2011 Iranian protests:
- Iranian politicians call for the execution of opposition leaders. (The New York Times) (Times Live South Africa)
The Government of the Philippines and Communist Party of the Philippines hold their first peace talks in six years in Oslo, Norway. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan vows to find the remains of the 12,000 Japanese soldiers still missing after the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. (The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

Writer Raymond Chandler's wife's ashes are buried over his casket during a ceremony in San Diego in the U.S. state of California. (BBC)
The People's Republic of China orders makers of films and television programs to limit the amount of smoking shown on-screen. (AP via Phil Star)^{[permanent dead link]}
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil begins a 15-day jail sentence for drunk driving in Las Vegas. (AP via Herald-Sun)
The Government of Malaysia cancels a concert by expatriate Iranian singer Mohsen Namjoo "because it is not appropriate in terms of religion, culture and the country's cosmopolitan nature". (Malaysian Star)

Business and economy

Inflation in the People's Republic of China increases to 4.9 per cent. (Reuters via The Melbourne Age) (People's Daily)
Apple launches a subscription service for magazines, newspapers, videos, and music bought through its App Store. (CNet)
United Airlines temporarily grounds its fleet of 96 Boeing 757 jetliners so it can perform checks to earlier modifications to air-data computers. (The Wall Street Journal)
The Delaware Chancery Court upholds the use of a poison pill by Airgas, effectively ending a takeover bid launched a year ago by Air Products. (Reuters)

International relations

Argentina lodges an official complaint against the United States after America's landing of a military plane loaded with undeclared "sensitive material", including guns, drugs and satellite phones, leading the Argentinian government to express concerns that the U.S. was attempting to sneak its cargo into the country. (The Guardian)
The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlines a new policy on Internet freedom^{[disambiguation needed]}. (The New York Times)
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations will come into force on March 11th, following the deposit of its ninth instrument of ratification, by the Uruguayan government. (Brazilian Foreign Ministry)

Law and crime

Islamic morality police arrest over 80 Muslims in Malaysia to prevent them from celebrating Valentine's Day. (BBC)
The Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of paying for sex with an underaged girl and abuse of power in the so-called Rubygate scandal. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
A coroner has given his verdict into the death of Linda Norgrove by stating that the soldier who threw the grenade had "acted unaware of Linda's presence". (Sky News)
Amanda Knox's parents have been indicted for allegedly libeling police in Perugia, Italy in statements made surrounding the murder of Meredith Kercher. (CNN)
An analysis of the FBI's scientific work in the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks on the United States finds that the Bureau overstated the strength of the links to a supply held by Bruce Ivins. (The New York Times)
Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are shot while travelling between Monterrey and Mexico City with one officer dying. (CNN)
A Palestinian teen is released from Israeli custody after the police officer who alledegly beat a confession out of him fails to show up to an inquiry. The teenager was held in Israel for 7 months for allegedly throwing rocks before being released.(Haaretz)

Politics

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill making boycotting Israeli individuals or organizations illegal.(Haaretz)
A proposal by a consortium of private contractors to attack WikiLeaks and to discredit journalists in favour of the website - including Glenn Greenwald - is uncovered after thousands of e-mails are leaked onto the internet, some of which call for people who donate to be tracked and intimidated. (The Independent)

Sport

The 2012 Summer Olympics timetable is released. (BBC Sport)
The International Cricket Council bans the use of Twitter by players and officials during the 2011 Cricket World Cup due to fears that players will be contacted by illegal bookmakers during matches. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, a Scottish Deerhound, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (ESPN)

Stardust flies by Tempel 1

NASA's Stardust probe flies by comet Tempel 1 pic

I don't have time to do an update or upload the image myself, but BBC and NASA coverage will help. A pity we don't have an article on flybys to link to either. Modest Genius ^talk 20:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, nice space story. Pending update, of course. --Tone 21:57, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Significant undertaking (after years of waiting) into the study of how comets develop. The probe visited this same comet years ago and this is the first time, according to JPL, that a comet has been revisited. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 23:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Easy support. Article is in good shape and there will be general interest. RxS (talk) 05:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as it is an interesting milestone. Nergaal (talk) 16:12, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We're still pending an update. When there's more than one line and two photos of update, I can post. --Tone 16:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm away on business this week and just don't have time. It wouldn't be a hard update to do if anyone has a spare 15 minutes. Modest Genius ^talk 09:52, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I too am able to edit here just a few minutes a day here of late. Can no one update this article? Thanks. Jusdafax 10:06, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, it is the comet article that has a better update, so I'll highlight it instead. --Tone 10:33, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

why are we using deep impact picture when we have this mission's picture right here -- Ashish -g55 14:10, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alberto Contador to retain Tour title

We posted in October when Contador was suspended, now he has been proven innocent and will retain his third Tour de France win. Grsz 11 17:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Probably should include it on ITN in those circumstances. --can dle •wicke 20:53, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I am a fan of cycling news, but I don't really see the news here. He is not suspended anymore and that's it. UCI might file an appeal anyways. Nergaal (talk) 23:08, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NYSE/Deutsche Boerse merger

This was nominated last week when the rumors surfaced but now its been announced as offical. [11] The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 17:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support although much bigger companies have merged without getting ITN, the stock exchange organizations have higher visibility. Crnorizec (talk) 19:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support its a big business story and high profile. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per previous discussion. GreyHood ^Talk 21:12, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note Given that this (barring a flood opposers) is likely to be our third post in about six hours, I'm inclined to leave it for a few hours to balance things out rather than end up how we were the other week with a lot of posts in quick succession and then nothing for days, making the template look stale. I would suggest posting sometime in the early hours of tomorrow (UTC). HJ MitchellPenny for your thoughts? 21:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IS this any different than the TSX/LSX item? Support if we include both deals. --Plasma Twa 2 00:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The only major difference right now is that the Boerse deal has happened, while the TSX has not. Both are equally notable for various reasons. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 02:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support A merger with such extent is clearly sufficient for posting.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:07, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - good time to post this one, as I see it. Jusdafax 10:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update? Which article is updated? -- tariqabjotu 14:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Notwithstanding the clear consensus above, I do not believe we should post ITN headlines without an article to link to. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:50, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Deutsche_Börse#NYSE_Euronext and NYSE#Merger_with_Deutsche_Boerse are partially updated. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:14, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- "Partially" is appropriately couched language. The first update has nothing since 9 February and the second update is one unsourced sentence. --Mkativerata (talk) 01:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Silvio Berlusconi indicted

BBC: Article needs to be expanded to cover this, but a European head of state indicted, accused of sex with an underage girl, probably news-worthy. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:57, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Newsworthy, yes, definitely agree there. But this is potentially a BLP timebomb. So neutral. Str Pby (talk) 11:38, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just a point of information at this point: This prosecution has been in the works for weeks. The indictment itself has long been expected.--Chaser (talk) 14:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - also check the related entry Rubygate --Itemirus^{Message me!} 17:13, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Extremely rare to have a sitting head of state indicted for any crime in the western world The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 17:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - rare event. support this..--BabbaQ (talk) 17:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support but Berlusconi is head of government, but that doesn't matter... –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 18:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A well-worded blurb please? --BorgQueen (talk) 18:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of hiring an under-aged prostitute? Grsz 11 18:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi indicted for allegedly hiring an under-age prostitute and subsequent cover-up. Midlakewinter (talk) 18:35, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Big deal.--Johnsemlak (talk) 18:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support We usually post every indictment against such politician.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 19:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support but link Rubygate--78.2.39.213 (talk) 19:27, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is indicted on charges of hiring an under-aged prostitute? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support sitting PM formally indicted is a major news. Crnorizec (talk) 19:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per The Resident Anthropologist and Crnorizec. --can dle •wicke 20:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted, with an odd combination of all the above blurb suggestions! HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 21:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is the article updated? Nergaal (talk) 23:09, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything at all in the article related to this particular indictment. — RockMFR 03:51, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There was an update earlier in the lead.--Johnsemlak (talk) 04:07, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Bahraini protests

..should be added--78.2.29.139 (talk) 09:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support: two dead, getting as much attention as Yemen and Algeria. Iran now also has a death, and members of parliament are calling for opp leaders' executions. Current Mideast protest blurb should be expanded significantly. Cjs2111 (talk) 12:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Any objections? The article looks fine. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:28, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead. Maybe combine with the other protests. --Tone 15:40, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. --BorgQueen (talk) 16:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chevron fined $8 billion for pollution

BBC: "The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadoreans, in a case which dragged on for nearly two decades." The trial seems to have started as far back as 2003. I don't know if there is a specific article? --can dle •wicke 01:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support: This is a massive court case that incorporates a variety of topics. And it's rare that we get to post positive stories on ITN. Nightw 06:03, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Obvious reason The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 17:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support The sum of money is quite impressive. GreyHood ^Talk 20:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. Suggest: Chevron Corporation is fined $8.6 billion after being convicted in relation to Texaco's pollution of a large part of Ecuador's Amazon region. --can dle •wicke 21:46, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:49, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support A massive decision by the court, deserves inclusion ITN. Zarcadia (talk) 22:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Nergaal (talk) 23:17, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted -- tariqabjotu 02:05, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 14

Portal:Current events/2011 February 14

February 14, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least seven people are killed in clashes between rival militant groups in Somalia. (AFP via Google News)
Julian Assange's mother criticises leading figures in the U.S. government who called for her son's assassination on television, and expresses concerns that her son is being targeted by an American fatwā similar to the one brought against the writer Salman Rushdie in 1989. (Herald Sun)
The FARC organisation in Colombia releases a fourth hostage in the past week. (BBC)
2011 Iranian protests:
- Anti-regime protests are due to occur in Iran. (Al Jazeera)
- Reports said that hundreds of protesters are in Azadi Square. (Bloomberg)
- Tear gas is fired by police to disperse the opposition protesters. (BBC) (Jerusalem Post) (Al Jazeera)
- A protestor dies in Tehran. (Reuters)
2011 Bahraini protests:
- Anti-regime protests occur in Bahrain. (Al Jazeera)
- Injuries and deaths occur. (Al Jazeera)
- Al-Wefaq MPs step down in protest at violence against pro-democracy demonstrators.(Al Jazeera) (Gulf News)
Other Arab Spring events:
- New protests erupt in Egypt demanding a civilian leadership, an end to the emergency law and better pay. (CNN) (BBC)
- Newly released cables show U.S. officials referring to the head of Egypt's military Mohamed Hussein Tantawi as "old and resistant to change". (The Guardian)
- Protesters, including scholars and academics, in Gaza request that Egypt open the Rafah border. (Tehran Times) (Ma'an News Agency)
- 2011 Yemeni protests: Street battles take place between protesters and police in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (BBC) (Yemen Post) (Daily Nation Kenya) (Al Jazeera)
- 2010–2011 Algerian protests: Youths clash with security forces in the northern Algerian town of Akbou. (BBC) (Malaysia Sun)
- The Algerian government says it will the end the state of emergency, in place since 1992, "within a few days". (Times of India)
A British Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment is killed in an explosion in Afghanistan. (BBC)

Arts and culture

Scientists blame chemicals for Vincent van Gogh's bright yellows turning brown. (BBC)

Business and economy

The Central Bank of Egypt closes banks as a result of the 2011 Egyptian protests. (Voice of America)
China records a trade surplus of $6.5 billion for January, less than expected. (CNBC)
A court in the city of Lago Agrio, on behalf of 30,000 Ecuadorean people, orders United States oil company Chevron to pay more than $8 billion in environmental damages for dumping wastewater in the Amazon River twenty years ago. (Reuters) (Bloomberg) (BBC)
General Motors announces that it will pay its United States hourly workers more than $4000 each as a share of profits. (Detroit Free Press)^{[permanent dead link]}
Eurozone finance ministers agree to set up a permanent bail-out fund of €500 billion - the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). This replaces the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). (BBC)

Disasters

Fourteen people die in a plane crash in Honduras including a deputy minister in the Government of Honduras Rodolfo Robelo and former finance minister Carlos Chahin. (BBC)

International relations

The Federal Government of Australia is helping the United States investigate Australians involved with the WikiLeaks website according to Julian Assange, who requests that Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland reveal every detail of assistance to foreign governments. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
Ireland's Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny travels to Germany to brief Angela Merkel on matters of economic concern. (RTÉ)
The United Nations Security Council calls for a permanent ceasefire on the Thailand-Cambodia border near the Preah Vihear Temple. (Voice of America)

Law and crime

11 members of a family are found dead in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after being kidnapped by Ugandan Islamist rebels. (Reuters) (Business Week)
Supporters of 23-year-old Bradley Manning, including a member of the legal advocacy team, criticise the White House for its "thuggish behaviour" and "torture" in trying to break the soldier by pressuring him to implicate Julian Assange in the alleged theft of 250,000 documents the U.S. government wished to keep secret. (ABC News and Current Affairs)
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir's trial resumes in Indonesia. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Hong Kong feng shui master Tony Chan loses his appeal to inherit the fortune of Nina Wang. (BBC)
Mumtaz Qadri is charged with murdering the Governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer in a Pakistan court. (BBC)

Politics and elections

The Israeli Knesset passes the "Bishara Bill", a law allowing the House Committee to cut off the pensions of Knesset members evading investigation or trial, by a vote of 36 to 11. (Ynetnews)
The Cabinet of the Palestinian Authority resigns today with the Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to choose a new ministry. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera), (BBC), (AP via Palm Beach Post)
Mourad Medelci, the foreign minister of Algeria, announces that the 19-year-old state of emergency will end "within days". (Al_Jazeera)
The President of the United States Barack Obama puts forward a budget for 2012 proposing heavy spending cuts but still predicting substantial budget deficits. (CNN)
10 Downing Street receives a new cat to boost the battle against mice seen on television scuttling past British prime minister David Cameron. (The Guardian)
The United States House of Representatives votes to extend the Patriot Act for another nine months. (Fox News)

Science

Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than double in size after bad storms reduced their numbers a year ago. (Reuters)

Sport

In soccer, Brazilian media reports that Brazil national football team star Ronaldo is to retire at the age of 34. (AFP via Yahoo Sports) (Al Jazeera)
In golf, Tiger Woods is fined after being caught spitting on the course during the Dubai Desert Classic. (Al Jazeera)

2011 Iranian protests

This is my first ITN nomination, so forgive me if I made a mistake. I tried to follow the instructions above carefully.

Anyways, I consider this to be very significant news because it has allegedly attracted approximately 350 000 protestors.[12] Master&Expert (Talk) 01:14, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Currently third on ITN: "Anti-government protests are held in Algeria and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world."

Solution: Add Iran and move to the top? Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Iran and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world. --can dle •wicke 01:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That may be implying that Iran is in the Arab world, which, of course, it's not. -- tariqabjotu 01:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(EC) Iranians would be so utterly pissed off when you'll group them with the Arabs. See Persian Gulf naming dispute. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 01:55, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

solution change arab world to middle east. -- Ashish -g55 02:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Algeria is not in the Middle East. --Step hen 02:29, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And the article for "similar protests" is 2010–2011 Arab world protests. You'd need to add info about the protests in Iran and get talk page consensus to re-title the article.--Chaser (talk) 02:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Middle east also consists of north africa... i dont understand how Algeria is not in middle east. if you really need to be picky then you can call it Greater Middle East. -- Ashish -g55 03:40, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan is also included in the definition of the Greater Middle East, but it is definitely not in the Middle East and we'd look uneducated if we said it was part of the region. It'd be best to say "...across the Middle East and North Africa". But, as Chaser mentioned, the article probably needs to have its title updated first. If the Iran article were put up on its own -- say after the Algerian and Yemeni protests dropped off -- it would probably be okay to put "Anti-government protests are held in Iran amid similar protests across the Arab world." as that sounds much less like we're saying Iran is in the Arab world. -- tariqabjotu 03:56, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this may still imply we're including Iran in the Arab world. Hardly any of the discussion has been about whether to post this as a separate blurb. I'm still unclear on basic details. Are these protests in support of the Egyptian revolution or against the Iranian government? This NY Times article suggests the former. I'm not sure that's ITN worthy. Other comments?--Chaser (talk) 04:52, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

From what I gather, it started as a solidarity protest and devolved into an anti-Iranian government protest. That being said, at what point do these protests stop being similar? It's unclear there is a movement toward ousting Ahmadinejad. -- tariqabjotu 05:20, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that it's mostly monarchists who want to see a reversal of the 1979 revolution. The target is Ayatollah Khamenei. It may have been inspired by the Arab revolts, but it's quite different. Nightw 06:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are the protests in Iran even related to those in the Arab states? There needs to be a visible connection for me to support them being included in the same blurb. Nightw 04:25, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, 100% related. The protests originated as a rally in support of the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia by opposition leaders who headed the 2009 protests in Iran. The government is trying to tread a line between praising the Arab revolutions as versions of its own 1979 Islamic Revolution and condemning the protesters in Tehran for being agents of foreign governments rather than in solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian protesters. It's directly linked in several ways. Cjs2111 (talk) 13:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Plus the 2011 Bahraini protests--78.2.29.139 (talk) 08:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - even if the title/scope of 2010-2011 Arab world protests isn't changed, it would be possible to add a blurb reading something like "Protests in Iran flare up in response to the 2010-2011 Arab world protests", avoiding the issue of associating Iran too closely with the Arab world. Cjs2111 (talk) 13:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- But it's not really true. It was in response to the protests in Egypt.--Chaser (talk) 14:07, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I see Tunisia popping up in references to the Iranian protests everywhere, e.g. "Tunisia, Egypt, now Iran," they chanted, naming the deposed leaders Ben Ali, Mubarak, adding Khamenei, the supreme leader.' [13] I can find more of these if necessary. Cjs2111 (talk) 14:33, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't we just say that they are all in the MENA region? Silver seren^C 17:22, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posted, but I had to trim the blurb a bit. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Honduras plane crash

policitian figure dead - 14 fatalities. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 19:31, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. A user (can't recall who exactly at the moment) did an analysis of the last 100 ITN news stories and found that there were too many accidents whose effects are limited to a small number of people. Colipon+(Talk) 19:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. Not many fatalities, so I'd agree ordinarily. However, a sitting government vice-minister and a former finance minister were on board. The vice-minister is getting more press, but the finance minister is more important in most countries (at least before retirement). Unfortunately we don't have an article for either one of them. I also can't tell how important this union leader was. Regardless, the article is not yet long enough to be posted.--Chaser (talk) 20:10, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working to make it longer. wacky wace 20:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chaser makes a good point. The line to assess "importance" is always somewhat arbitrary. Here, I would say that if the people who died do not have articles to begin with and will now only have articles written on them by virtue of their involvement in the plane crash is in violation of WP:ONEEVENT and WP:RECENTISM. Many of these articles completely fade after the news cycle ends. Colipon+(Talk) 22:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose An user (can't recall but know is the one who first posted in this section) refuses to understand that Wikipedia is not for NEWS. I strongly disagree (and get frustrated) when people (repeatedly) post articles about aircrafts crashes, earthquakes and all that stuff without exactly knowing if that will become something worthy of remembering in ten or more years. Many of Eugen Simion's articles have been deleted per the concept of NOTNEWS, and they still do it. There's a news wiki! Come on! Go use it instead!

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Diego Grez (talk) 20:23, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I think to be fair that a plane crash resulting in 14 fatalities with some senior political people on board isn't going to be completely forgotten immediately. --can dle •wicke 01:00, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Article is very thin and appears to be up for deletion (though as I look it appears to be a snow keep). The current state of the article is enough to keep it off ITN. RxS (talk) 05:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ronaldo leaves football

Ronaldo announces the end of his career in football. GreyHood ^Talk 12:40, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Non-story. I'd support if he was still at the top of his game and the retirement was unexpected, but as it stands it's just another sports star retiring. Str Pby (talk) 12:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I am of the camp of editors that believes ITN is a great way to showcase good articles on Wikipedia. This isn't small news, and the Ronaldo article is quite good. Colipon+(Talk) 15:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support he isnt some random soccer player. theres only few that should make it to ITN for retirement and i believe he is one of them. -- Ashish -g55 15:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. One of the greatest ever footballers. We don't normally post retirements here but I agree this is a rare case where an exception can be made.--Johnsemlak (talk) 16:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator, per Ashish and Johnsemlak. There are indeed a very few football players whose retirement should be posted unconditionally, no matter if they are at the top of the game at the moment or not. GreyHood ^Talk 16:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I never like posting retirement stories because they often don't last. There are so many cases when people changed their minds... --Tone 16:37, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oppose Ronaldo as "one of the greatest ever footballers" is highly dubious and subjective. he had his time under the sun and faded as fast. his notability has gone a miss a longe time. Roberto Carlos playing in the Caucausus is more notable.--Lihaas (talk) 17:15, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Nah. Ronaldo already had his five minutes of fame. Not interesting either. Diego Grez (talk) 17:21, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Footballer gets a bit old, retires to count his money and polish his Ferrari. Where's the news? HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 17:23, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support One of the most iconic and successful footballers in the modern era. doktorb _words^deeds 18:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Top goal scorer in the FIFA World Cup, and an iconic footballer, very much worthy of a mention. Zarcadia (talk) 22:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This appears to confirm the point Zarcadia has made. --can dle •wicke 22:11, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Can't see this event is particularly noteworthy, even though Ronaldo is. Pedro : Chat 22:16, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Everyone eventually retires, there's nothing special about the event (regardless of how important the football player is). Cyclonebiskit (talk) 22:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese railway minister dismissed, charged

Thread below

(article below is ready for posting)Lihaas (talk) 01:48, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if it is needed again. --can dle •wicke 03:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support again if it is needed. Blurb prepared below. Colipon+(Talk) 15:43, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't see any consensus down there. Legitimate points are made for and against the item. If we were really desperate, I might put it on, but there are items with greater amounts of support that are only an update away from being added to ITN. -- tariqabjotu 17:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree that there was no consensus - the only user opposing with some sort of argument was Cjs2111, who later seemed to withdraw his opposition after reasoning with another user. Only two others opposed, one of which cited Cjs' reason, and the other is a one-time IP user who gave no reason. Many events with much more controversy, such as Prince William's engagement, were posted. Colipon+(Talk) 19:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is ready to post and here is my vote to add for consensus. GreyHood ^Talk 20:51, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Grammy Awards

The 53rd Grammy Awards are on-going. Per ITN/R we generally post the Record of the Year. Grsz 11 01:32, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blurb: American country group Lady Antebellum wins five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, while Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire wins Album of the Year in the 53rd Grammy Awards at Los Angeles.

(Pending article update. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 04:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC))[reply]

A bit long, but something like that. Judging from last year's article, I'm not optimistic the article will be updated. -- tariqabjotu 04:52, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I remembered updating last year's article, but there was an edit war there on whether to have prose updates I got disinterested. For this year, I believe Lady Antebellum and Arcade Fire have been updated. At the risk of being accused of WP:RECENTISM the updates should be enough. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 13:39, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming everything IS updated, this is an obvious choice for the front page, but I'd like to note that Lady Antebellum won five awards (they had ~~seven~~ six nominations). -- Mike (Kicking222) 13:46, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oooops. I could've swore I saw "seven" earlier. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 14:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Why isn't this up yet? Radagast (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. I took the nationalities and genres off the blurb for brevity. HJ MitchellPenny for your thoughts? 17:31, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I was just coming here to ask where the update was. Neither of those articles seem updated beyond a sentence and there are several places where they just mention their nominations but no wins. -- tariqabjotu 17:34, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Teh updates are in the leads -- aside from stating what else could've been added that won't violate WP:RECENTISM? Comparing The King's Speech's update, it was similar in length -- the latter was longer as it was also nominated in another award-giving body. (P.S. It's a good idea to bring back Arcade Fire, a GA, into the blurb.) –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 18:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Et tu, Brute? After this remark, I think it's finally time for you to remove the complaint about lack of updates in your signature. The update criteria is in its eleventh hour. -- tariqabjotu 18:43, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
LOL wut? The article is updated. What else will you have to add aside from they've won? The Bieber fangirls blasted Esperanza Spalding? –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 18:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Believe it or not, we are not required by law to put every major news event on ITN. There have been a number of items that have gotten support, but never received an adequate update and therefore never make it on ITN. I fail to see what's different in this situation.

As with the World Cup opening, people complained there was "nothing else to say". Really, three sentences can't be said about one of these two groups winning a top Grammy award? Nothing could be said about how, for Arcade Fire, this award and their performance could put them on the map for a market that otherwise wouldn't know about them? As a GA, Arcade Fire deserves a better update than an uninspiring, grammatically poor sentence in the body ("The band was nominated for awards in three categories: album of the year, best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals, and best alternative music album (forThe Suburbs); it won Album of the Year.") Nothing could be mentioned about how they were huge underdogs against Lady Antebellum and Eminem? That's not recentism; for Arcade Fire, this is a major milestone.

Lady Antebellum is even worse; its history section makes no mention of its win, and the intro, despite mentioning the win in the last sentence, has a sentence that sounds like the Grammys haven't occurred yet. And, it's not difficult to mention that Eminem was expected to clean up at the Grammys, but Lady Antebellum played spoiler. Again, this doesn't need to be elaborated in depth, but it could be said. Alternatively, all of this information can be put in the Grammys article, where it is not at all recentism because that's what the article is about.

But, oh, Howard, you raise some stupid straw point that I was not saying at all, making yourself look dumb in the process by employing the same baseless arguments that every comment of yours has decried for the past eight months. I got it; I'll fuck off now. -- tariqabjotu 19:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do you really honestly compare an awards show to a soccer game? Arcade Fire stayed on stage for less than the time a referee allots for stoppage time (except for their perfomance). Sport articles don't usually have updates on the aftermath, just the scores and what happened on the match -- in this case, the match time per se is the time they received an award. You could write an FA's worth of an article about a soccer match; for things such as this, that happened on one night, you won't have to write much the day after.

P.S. I love it when people resort to profanity. So cute. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 19:12, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.P.S. It wasn't I who even updated the article, I just added the references. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 19:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"But, oh, Howard, you raise some stupid straw point that I was not saying at all, making yourself look dumb" is this behaviour of an admin to resort to NPA attacks instead of being level-headed.? tariqabjotu needs to be recalled, hes done this before too.

and as the nom pointed out it is on ITNR--Lihaas (talk) 20:11, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Tariqabjotu, this is the wrong forum; please follow WP:DR. Regarding the blurb, ITNR just means that we don't need to discuss the story's significance. The other criteria still apply, including the requirement that there be a sufficient update. WP:ITNR says this in the lead, third paragraph.--Chaser (talk) 20:17, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

China becomes world's second-largest economy

China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP. BBC

Japanese economy data have come out. There was a small discussion about it in January, and we agreed to wait until the issue of Japanese statistics. It's top business news on BBC, and quite an important development in the world economy. While China has surpassed Japan by GDP (PPP) several years ago, this new sfift shows the growing financial power of the People's Republic. GreyHood ^Talk 00:48, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Full Support. It had long been speculated that this would happen, but now we have official confirmation and confidence. One of the defining shifts in our generation. Good summary in WSJ: [14] Only thing more historic would be the surpassing of America as number 1. That will happen maybe in a decade in nominal terms. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.61.95 (talk) 01:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oppose this ahs already been posted. how mny times shuiold we post? when every single body confirms?Lihaas (talk) 01:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

no this was only posted for a few hours then withdrawn because many thought it was not definitive whether it china had passed japan. see the history. Now it is. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.61.95 (talk) 02:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When exactly was this posted? GreyHood ^Talk

In August, but it was pulled very quickly. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.. I was on vacation then. GreyHood ^Talk 08:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Old news. Colipon+(Talk) 02:50, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The BBC is reporting it now so it must have been confirmed. Either way is seems like a major event of significance and interest. --can dle •wicke 03:16, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support due to the fact that it is confirmed (if it indeed is). Big news. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 03:38, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I see this in the major media, so it appears to be ITN-worthy. Jusdafax 06:54, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as clearly ITN worthy and a huge business story that was pulled last time. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 07:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator. GreyHood ^Talk 08:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. There is no story here, besides a fact of dubious importance already contained in the blurb itself. We could have many stories of the form X surpasses Y to become the Nth largest Z, but in reality such changes rarely ever matters, and don't see a case why this one is different. If there were an article on the historical growth of China's economy, then maybe, but the article you are highlighting is a simple list that basically provides no more information on this "event" than then blurb itself does. Dragons flight (talk) 08:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The story here is obvious and its all over the world news: China has been confirmed to become the second largest economy in the world by any type of GDP measure. Also, there are plenty of candidates for the article on the historical growth of China's economy: Economic history of modern China, Economic history of the People's Republic of China or even Historical GDP of the People's Republic of China. If there is agreement to bold link some other article, very well, but I think that the international GDP list is most informative and most handy link for comparison with other countries. GreyHood ^Talk 09:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I've removed "in 2010" addition from the blurb (made by someone else). Specifying the period is redundant, since China is sure to have overcome Japan, say, by per month statistics as well. It's just the second largest economy in the world nominally and really, by any chosen period in the last months, and there is no way Japan could return its second place in the near future. GreyHood ^Talk 09:19, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, it's in the news now, is of a great economic and political significance, and we've got an article and an update, so it's fit for posting. Str Pby (talk) 12:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - both a current news event, and a historic event of encyclopedic value. This is a watershed moment for the world's economies that will be discussed decades from now. Radagast (talk) 16:14, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's silly. China has been a major economic power for many years. Japan is and will remain a major economic power. The long-term trajectories of these economies is very important, but the marginal change in any single year is of little importance, and the order on a specific summary list is of essentially no economic importance. Decades from now we will be talking about the economic dominance of China, but I find it very unlikely anyone will care about this "event" for when and how China passed Japan. Dragons flight (talk) 18:29, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Which article is updated? -- tariqabjotu 17:26, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The link already in the blurb is updated and is the best one. If non list article is preferred, than we have two updated articles: Economy of the People's Republic of China and Economic history of modern China. GreyHood ^Talk 12:15, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - once in a lifetime event. Now officially confirmed by Japan's latest statistics. --Logwea299 (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ready to post? We have 75% majority support, two updated articles to choose from. Where are the admins? Too many nominations are likely to get posted soon. GreyHood ^Talk 20:54, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very important economic topic, should definitely be mentioned ITN. Zarcadia (talk) 22:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No Update Three sentences. That's what the ITN criteria request. None of the three articles associated with this topic seem to be updated with three sentences. Someone point them out if they're there, and I'll gladly post. But at the moment, with the backlog of close-to-posting items, there's no rush. -- tariqabjotu 01:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Update is here: Economic history of modern China. And here is the blurb ready:

China overtakes Japan as world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP. GreyHood ^Talk 02:15, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted -- tariqabjotu 14:55, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 13

Portal:Current events/2011 February 13

February 13, 2011 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

India plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir this year and renew peace talks. (AFP via Google News) (Hindustan Times)
Iraq War: Jeremy Paxman faces being punished by the BBC after being judged to have violated the corporation's strict impartiality rules by writing an article for The Guardian in which he stated that Tony Blair's "lies" had led Britain to war with Iraq. (Daily Mail)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- People in Yemen march on the presidential palace in Sana'a in an attempt to bring down Ali Abdullah Saleh. (The Asian Age)
- Police block the protesters who shout slogans such as "The Yemeni people want the fall of the regime" and "A Yemeni revolution after the Egyptian revolution", as Saleh postpones a visit to his United States allies "due to the current circumstances in the region". (Reuters) (Xinhua)
- Police and people clash in Sana'a on the third day of protests against the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen. (BBC) (AFP via Google News)
Other Arab Spring:
- Opposition leaders in Iran call for nationwide anti-government rallies on Monday, in attempts to mimic the recent Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions. (Al Jazeera)
- Bahrain's security forces monitor the people as opposition groups call for protests tomorrow. (Al Jazeera)
- Egypt's army suspends the constitution and dissolves parliament with elections due in six months as people promise to continue demonstrating. (Al Jazeera)
- Tunisia's foreign minister Ahmed Ounaies resigns over controversial compliments he paid to his French counterpart Michèle Alliot-Marie which angered people in Tunisia. (Al Jazeera)
- Julian Assange of WikiLeaks hails the website's role in the revolts, crediting material published via the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar as "significantly influential" in the fall of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime in Tunisia. He promises a "broad spectrum" of fresh cables about Australia involving a "number of large companies and international politics". (AFP via Google News)
- U.S. military commander Admiral Mike Mullen visits Israel to "discuss security issues of mutual concern" according to The Pentagon. (Al Jazeera)
Women against Berlusconi:
- Tens of thousands of women hold nationwide protests in 200 cities against Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, whom they say has damaged the standing of women with his string of sex scandals. (BBC) (The Daily Telegraph) (Herald Sun)
- Solidarity protests by women abroad also occur, including one outside the Italian consulate in Tokyo. (Indian Express)
18 people are injured after a car bomb is detonated in Yala, Thailand. (Al Jazeera)
The International Red Cross states that the Colombian FARC rebel group has released its fourth captive over the past few days but failed to release two others. (AP via Minneapolis Star-Tribune)^{[permanent dead link]}

Arts and culture

Egypt's Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi Hawass says several pieces have been stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the revolution. (Straits Times) (Xinhua)
A giant Andy Scott sculpture is knocked over in a car accident in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire. (BBC)
Bono Boer controversy:
- Irish pop star Bono walks into a "political minefield" in South Africa after apparently endorsing a song with the lyrics: "Shoot the Boer", a song currently appearing before the country's highest court. (BBC) (Mail & Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Steve Hofmeyr responds to Bono's comments by dumping R5 000 worth of U2 concert tickets in the Jukskei River and urges Neil Diamond to "keep his political trap shut" as well. Hofmeyr's actions cause a stir on Twitter. (The New Age) (IOL) (Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News)
The King's Speech wins seven awards at the 64th British Academy Film Awards including best film and Best Actor for Colin Firth. (BBC)
53rd Grammy Awards:
- Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott wins the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the song "Need You Now" performed by Lady Antebellum. (Los Angeles Times)
- Singer Esperanza Spalding wins the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. (Reuters vis Yahoo! News)^{[permanent dead link]}
- Arcade Fire wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for The Suburbs (New York Times)
- Lady Antebellum wins the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Need You Now". (New York Times)

Business and economy

The board of directors of NYSE Euronext meets to discuss a proposed merger with Deutsche Börse, while New York's U.S. Senator, Chuck Schumer tells reporters that he is confident the NYSE would run the merged entity. (Reuters)

Disasters

South Korea reports two more outbreaks of bird flu near Seoul. (Yonhap)

International relations

The Guardian's Moscow Correspondent Luke Harding, who was expelled from Russia, is issued a new entry visa ahead of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to London. (Reuters) (RIA Novosti)
Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi dismisses claims by U.S. authorities that the American gunman who recently shot two Pakistanis dead is a diplomat. (Xinhua)
Nearly 1,000 Tunisian refugees arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, a day after the government declared a humanitarian emergency. (AFP via Google News)
Immigration to Canada hits a record high, while Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney states that abuse of the immigration system must end. (National Post)

Law and crime

Unidentified gunmen kill eight people in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl part of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Burma's state media publishes its first criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi since her release. (BBC)
Switzerland votes in its gun control referendum, rejecting the proposal. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Republican and LGBT rights campaigner Fred Karger launches a campaign in the U.S. states of Iowa and New Hampshire aiming to become President of the United States. (The Observer)
Cuba releases two more political prisoners. (BBC)
Hina Rabbani Khar is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to become the first female Foreign Minister. (The Star)
Thousands of protesters in Dresden, Germany form a human chain to mark the 66th anniversary of the Dresden bombing and to protest against racism. (France24)
Writing in The Observer, British Prime Minister David Cameron defends his vision for a Big Society, dismissing claims that it is a "cover" for spending cuts. (Sky News)

Sport

In golf, Spaniard Álvaro Quirós fires a hole in one to win the Dubai Desert Classic; Tiger Woods concludes in 20th place. (Al Jazeera)

64th British Academy Film Awards

The BAFTA ceremony is taking place now, Best Film to be announced shortly. This is ITN/R Source - JuneGloom Talk 20:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per ITNR pending an update. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The King's Speech has been named Best Film and the article is a GA, which is nice. - JuneGloomTalk 21:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The blurb in this case should read something like: The King's Speech wins X awards including best film at BAFTAs. Ready to post when the articles are updated (feel free to modify the blurb as well). --Tone 21:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Important event in the film calender. wacky wace 21:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The film won seven awards altogether. I've updated the film's article, does the 64th British Academy Film Awards need some prose too? - JuneGloomTalk 21:30, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That would be nice - try to expand the intro a bit. --Tone 21:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded and ref'd. - JuneGloom Talk 21:50, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting. --Tone 21:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The missing artifacts from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo

At least 17 artifacts are missed from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, among them the Statue of Tutankhamun.CNN

The robbery happened after a break-in in the museum amid the protests in the country.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 17:07, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tut's artifacts are some of the most exhibited in the world, but I'm unclear how important these 18 are considered to be. Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun seems to be the update target.--Chaser (talk) 18:03, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Of course the key report is that the Statue of Tutankhamun is missing. I thought it's poorly to put it only, regardless the other missing artifacts. We could create a new blurb, which clearly emphasizes the Tut's statue.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:35, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Statue of Tutankhamun is missing after a break-in in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo amid the 2011 Egyptian protests.

This is the new blurb, containing only the main thing.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We still need a suitable article update. It will not be posted without one.--Chaser (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oppose current incarnations is more notable anyways.Lihaas (talk) 19:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Kiril. Having the arts- and history-related stories in the news is always nice. GreyHood ^Talk 21:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if they really were stolen this is major news as some of these are probably the most notable Egyptain artifacts in the world. --Plasma Twa 2 22:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

probably isnt that OR, an on te main opage?vLihaas (talk) 01:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hold on there is no "The Statue of Tutankhamun" sources on state Statues of Tutankhamun[15]The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 03:06, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment—Could I put in a suggestion for focus and more effective linking?

The Statue of Tutankhamun is missing after the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was broken into amid the protests last week

I realise "last week" may be an issue, but "2011" is just too vague for an immediate news report, and the close repetition of "Egyptian" could be avoided. "Cairo" is linked to in all three other link-targets, and is hardly unknown in this context: could it not be linked directly here, to focus readers on the high-value links? Tony (talk) 11:59, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chadian parliamentary election, 2011

Election happens today. I've expanded the article a little, but the results still have to be added once they're published. (Ind. Online) Nightw 13:34, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per ITNR pending an update. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 14:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Eraserhead1. --can dle •wicke 16:59, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per ITNR. GreyHood ^Talk 16:00, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 12

Portal:Current events/2011 February 12

February 12, 2011 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2010–2011 Algerian protests:
- Thousands of people, inspired by the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, take to the streets of Algiers to protest against their own regime and to call for the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (France24) (Herald Sun)
- Algerian police and security forces attempt to prevent the people from participating in the illegal march for democracy and change in Algiers. (Xinhua)
- The Algerian government shuts down the internet as tear gas and plastic bullets are deployed and journalists, especially those seen with cameras, targeted by state-sponsored thugs. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Thousands of riot police crack down on those protesting against the ruling Bouteflika regime. Protesters chant "Bouteflika out!" (The Guardian) (Gulf Times) (The New York Times) (euronews) (The Daily Telegraph)
- The opposition says approximately 5,000 people took part in today's attempt to bring down the Bouteflika regime. (Xinhua)
- International response to the 2010–2011 Algerian protests:
  - A demonstration occurs from the streets of Montreal in Canada to the front of the Algerian consulate as people, including many Tunisians and Egyptians, join international calls for Abdelaziz Bouteflika's resignation. (AFP via Google News) (Montreal Gazette)
  - A peaceful protest occurs at the initiative of the National Coordination for Change and Democracy in Algeria in Paris against Algerian police brutality, forced disappearances and the state of emergency that the regime has imposed upon the country. (CNN)
2011 Yemeni protests:
- Thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Sana'a calling for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country since 1978. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Google News)
- Anti-government protesters march towards Sana'a University, chanting slogans such as "Get out, Get out Ali" and "The people want the regime to fall." (Times LIVE) (Press TV)
- Demonstrators also attempt to celebrate yesterday's resignation of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, brought down by an 18-day popular revolution, but police clamp down on the celebrations. (BBC)
- Yemeni police use clubs to beat those protesting against the Saleh regime, leaving Yemen's ally, the United States, in a "delicate position". (Taipei Times) (Radio New Zealand)
- The United States lifts its ban on freight flights from the country after finding Yemen to have sufficiently developed its airport security measures and that there would be "no problems with resuming cargo flights from Yemen anymore". (Yemen Post)
- Yemen's government offers its "respect" for the choice of the Egyptian people to protest and force the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. (Reuters)
Mehbooba Mufti, People's Democratic Party (PDP) president, criticises the Jammu and Kashmir government for "dismissing the Kashmiri youth who led the summer unrest" as drug addicts and people from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, saying the situation is akin to Egypt and announcing protest demonstrations for 14 February. (The Hindu)
An attack on police headquarters in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills 16 officers and 3 civilians, and injures 53 others.(The New York Times) (Al Jazeera)
The Government of Italy declares a humanitarian emergency after thousands of Tunisian immigrants land on the small island of Lampedusa. (Al-Jazeera)
At least 33 people die following a suicide bombing near the Iraqi city of Samarra. (AFP via Yahoo News)
Turkey releases its inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid, finding Israel violated international law and used "excessive, indiscriminate and disproportionate force" during the attack. (AP via Google)

Arts and culture

The extent of looting of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian protests is worse than previously announced. (New York Times)
Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, the Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, The Ramones and George Beverly Shea win Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. (Reuters)

Disasters

At least eleven people are killed during an election rally for the President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan in Port Harcourt. (Reuters)
A fire destroys 20 homes on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the US state of Washington. (Yakima Herald)

Law and crime

Myanmar arrests the Australian owner and editor of the Myanmar Times newspaper, detained under immigration laws. (BBC) (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link]}
A Pakistani court issues an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf, alleging his involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. (Associated Press) (Al Jazeera)
Tammy Marquardt's 1995 conviction for the murder of her 2-year-old epileptic son is quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal, remedying a miscarriage of justice in Canada. (CBC) (Toronto Star)

Politics and elections

The Chinese railway minister Liu Zhijun is placed under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations". (Xinhua) (BBC) (The Times of India)
Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization, resigns after the Palestine Papers were found to have been leaked from his office. (Aljazeera)

Sports

In mixed martial arts, Sergei Kharitonov and Antônio Silva advance to the semi-finals of the Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament by defeating Andrei Arlovski and Fedor Emelianenko, respectively, at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva in East Rutherford, New Jersey, US. (Sherdog)
An investigation is launched after two horses are believed to have been electrocuted by underground cabling in the paddock at Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire, England. (BBC Sport)

Television

ABC Kids Premiere of Shake It Up

More protests

Anti-government protests are held in the capitals of Algeria and Yemen following the success of similar protests in Egypt. (BBC News).

There's also currently reports I've heard that Algeria has blocked the internet, and we posted that when Egypt did so. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 02:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We did not post the ones in Yemen before. Given that the police successfully broke these up, I'd say the current round of protests is even less newsworthy. Same reasoning for the ones in Algeria.--Chaser (talk) 02:31, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Definite support for Algeria. As Strange Passerby has mentioned the internet and Facebook have been shut down. Riot police (30,000 of them in Algiers) have used tear gas and plastic bullets and "journalists being targeted by state-sponsored thugs to stop reports of the disturbances being broadcast to the outside world" / "The police station cells are overflowing" / "There are running battles taking place all over the city". (Telegraph). The protests were not just in Algiers but in other cities nationwide. It has received coverage in the international media, e.g. BBC, France24, Herald Sun, The Guardian, Gulf Times, The New York Times, euronews, Xinhua. It also seems that there have been international demonstrations today to coincide with the ones in Algeria, in places such as Montreal and Paris. --can dle •wicke 02:56, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- Bigger deal than I thought. Support posting Algeria. Has Yemen been getting this kind of coverage?--Chaser (talk) 04:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong Support for Algeria. Colipon+(Talk) 05:01, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We seem to have consensus. Posting soon. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Support but is the Algeria protest article updated? I didn't see anything in it just now. (UPDATE: Found it in the middle of the article, not at the end where I expected it to be.) Jusdafax 07:14, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Did you check 2010–2011 Algerian protests#12_February? --BorgQueen (talk) 07:16, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yup, per above. Just wasn't where I thought it'd be. Jusdafax 07:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - the 2011 Yemen protests are also ongoing, and there's no reason they should not be posted at this time as well. A blurb should also include the 2010-2011 Arab world protests meta-article as well. Cjs2111 (talk) 07:30, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The second part of your request is done, but I don't think we have consensus to post the Yemeni protests yet. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support Yemen protests as well. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 15:19, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Ok, done. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:25, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Arrrest warrant issued for Pakistan's former head of state Pervez Musharraf

A Pakistani court issued the warrant for former President Musharraf, who fled the country in 2008. The warrant charges him with not providing quality protection for the assassinated Benazir Bhutto. This sort of warrant is rare, and I believe this to be a first for a country that is a member of the Nuclear club.[16] Jusdafax 23:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if updated a bit more. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:33, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: A warrant is just a bit of paper. If something comes of it, then okay, but it's not notable until then. Nightw 10:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Nightw. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:23, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New York Fashion week

This should be an interesting one, and I'm interested to see how this goes. Obviously a specific article needs to be created, but AFAIK we've never posted any fashion stories. This one also has clear international interest - I read about it on Xinhua while looking up the story below. Fashion is part of world culture and thus I feel worthy of posting. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be one of four "major" such events like the golf and tennis. Support if Paris, London and Milan can be accomodated as well. Like Eraserhead1 said it is part of world culture and will be of interest to readers. --can dle •wicke 00:34, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - there are many significant news items to be posted on ITN right now. This is too frivolous by comparison. I understand that major sports events get posted, but there's no precedent for culture, even if that seems unfair. I worry this could lead down a slippery slope to far too many events getting highlighted on the main page (what's next? "major" art fairs [how are they determined?], international auto shows, what?). Cjs2111 (talk) 07:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It may be a bit different, however its of interest to women who we don't post much for. There is a large fashion section in even the Financial Times every week so its hardly totally frivolous. There are also four obvious events to post. I doubt we'll post them all - look at the state of Paris Fashion Week but I think it could be worth a try. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:15, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Diversity of subjects is a good reason, but it borders on sexism to assume that women are necessarily more interested in this subject than men (or that they aren't as interested in some of the other topics posted). Cjs2111 (talk) 13:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, unless there's something particularly notable about this year's events. I'm not seeing any...? Nightw 10:33, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There isn't anything particularly notable about this year's events, but the same applies to a lot of the sport or elections or violent events that we post. And they quite often don't exactly make front page news in a news source on the other side of the world. EDIT: Frankly none of the cultural proposal additions made on ITNR will attract anything like this kind of high-level coverage.-- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:51, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The opening of a Harry Potter movie will attract high-level coverage. It doesn't mean it would be posted on ITN every time it happens, unless there's something particularly exceptional about it (e.g., records, controversy). Nightw 12:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I very much doubt the new Harry Potter movie will be on the front page of Xinhua. And if it is it will be because its the last such movie - which might make it worthy of posting on ITN. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 12:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For future reference the release of the final HP book was added at ITN. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 13:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is not even really big news in . . . NYC. μηδείς (talk) 05:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But it is big news in China and I'm sure the New York Times has a whole section on it - whereas we only have one "section". -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:03, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You could try again when it's London Fashion Week's turn. ;) –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 14:35, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese railways minister sacked

Liu Zhijun, who presides over the largest, busiest, and fastest-developing railway system in the world (by far), is sacked due to a corruption investigation. According to the New York Times, this is the biggest corruption scandal to come out of China since Chen Liangyu. For those who will no doubt criticize this nomination for regionalism or some such, let me remind you that the magnitude would be equivalent to if, say, Ray Lahood or Janet Napolitano got fired then investigated for crimes. And if that were to happen it will most certainly be on ITN. (New York Times) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colipon (talk • contribs) 22:15, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support clearly notable. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I had no idea who the any of those people were (until I consulted the articles), so your analogy was of no use whatsoever. The news source you provided is behind a paywall, but the BBC say he hasn't been sacked and that there are absolutely no details whatsoever about his alleged crimes. Regardless of support here, how on Earth could we get a decent article update from that? We'd also need to expand his article beyond the current 2-paragraph stub and avoid undue weight on the allegations. Modest Genius^talk 22:52, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Who are Ray Lahood and Janet Napolitano? I don't get your point. HiLo48 (talk) 00:34, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think his point is that if these American Cabinet Secretaries (Ministers) had been sacked for crimes, it'd be a clear ITN post. I'm inclined to agree. However, given the qualifications that would be necessary for a main page story about this BLP, I'm inclined to wait for something clearer (like a conviction). Lots of people are investigated and later cleared. I'd prefer less ambiguity.--Chaser (talk) 00:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, so it was a US.centric view. Would the sacking of the equivalent New Zealand Minister make it? (Or that of any similar "small" country?) HiLo48 (talk) 00:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's a big and important-centric view. We post changes of government in every country, no matter it's size. China is the second largest economy in the world and in the midst of a huge expansion of mass-transit, so this is more newsworthy than it would be if it had happened in New Zealand.--Chaser (talk) 01:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NZ maybe, now if this happened in Paraguay... –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 03:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In response to Chaser's concern above: in Chinese-bureaucracy-talk, "discipline inspection" essentially means he has already been convicted. The only question now is how many years he will get in jail and not whether or not he will be cleared. The Chinese judiciary operates somewhat... differently. Colipon+(Talk) 05:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Due process much? Well, in that case, sure.--Chaser (talk) 07:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's no paywall for me for the New York Times. Here's the article on Xinhua.-- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if he has been sacked (and I can't think of any reason for The New York Times to tell a lie). Corruption and removal from office is nothing new for ITN. --can dle •wicke 00:30, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support — thought the word sacked had something to do with the Spanish saquear. Clearly huge news. Diego Grez (talk) 02:29, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - the issue is far too domestic. To answer concerns above, no, a US cabinet level sacking would probably not be ITN worthy, unless it had international implications. Cjs2111 (talk) 07:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I think your point is belied by the fact that we posted the impeachment of a state governor, who then had no power or influence outside Illinois.--Chaser (talk) 07:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - I would have disagreed with that posting, too. Cjs2111 (talk) 13:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Agree with Cjs2111. Jusdafax 07:51, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support my concerns above have been addressed.--Chaser (talk) 07:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose News about the alleged or proved corruption of state or provincial governors, cabinet members or ministers nor railway officials of any country are In The News(worthy) in my opinion. 81.148.254.213 (talk) 12:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment if corruption by a senior government minister in one of the worlds most important countries in the world isn't worthy of posting what is? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 12:18, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Wars, revolutions, earth shattering and unprecedented scientific discoveries...a lot of things, really. Cjs2111 (talk) 13:32, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well fair enough. But the vast majority of stuff recently posted isn't at that level of importance. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 14:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

True. And I suppose it would fall under "political crime". Fair enough. But there's really inconsistent application of this category, it seems. Ideally it would be limited to heads of state or governments in the future. Cjs2111 (talk) 15:08, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And then ITN becomes overly elitist and doesn't post enough stuff - at which point it risks being removed from the homepage all-together. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 17:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like it could be ready for posting. There is a good paragraph on the latest scandal. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 17:17, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notify admin? Colipon+(Talk) 02:47, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Give me a blurb to use? Ed^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:41, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun undergoes investigation for corruption after being sacked as ministry party chief. Colipon+(Talk) 05:53, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted -- tariqabjotu 02:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bone of Lucy discovery

The discovery of a bone of the fossil of Lucy which confirms the walk upward is announced.BBC

This evidence is of key importance in the evolution of the human.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Science is under-posted and this is a key event in the evolution of humanity. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 14:15, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Indeed, this seems to be an important discovery. GreyHood ^Talk 14:23, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Agree with the people above. Diego Grez (talk) 14:25, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but, it's not Lucy, it's the A. afarensis (Lucy is just a nickname of one particular skeleton of this species). Also, there needs to be an update in the corresponding articles. (A. afarensis and possible Evolution of human or upward walk). --Tone 15:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if we get a good update, and echo Tone's assertion that this is NOT Lucy itself, but a member of the same subspecies. The correct article to update and feature would be Australopithecus afarensis#Notable fossils. Modest Genius ^talk 20:25, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per Eraserhead and Greyhood. Jusdafax 21:51, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Needs an update before being posted. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 03:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the update, and it seems that we have the consensus to post it.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:01, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I did some copyediting and added a citation to the Science article diff. Looks good to post. Modest Genius ^talk 15:01, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - this is a quite significant science finding & answers an open question about bipedalism. Midlakewinter (talk) 15:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A new blurb please then? --BorgQueen (talk) 15:31, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The discovery of a 3.2 million years-old bone of the species Australopithecus afarensis that indicates the human walk upward is announced.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:38, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting. --Tone 15:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mars500 simulated mission 'lands' on Red Planet

The crew of the 520-day simulated spaceflight mission, a part of the Mars-500 experiment, lands on the "surface of Mars". RIAN

This project received a fairly big coverage when the 520-day simulation was started last year. The day after tomorrow they will perform the spacesuit walk on the "surface" . GreyHood ^Talk 14:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say let's wait until they "return home". This is a simulation and it counts when it is completed. --Tone 15:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait per Tone. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait per Tone as well. Modest Genius ^talk 23:44, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Good reasoning, but from the news-making point of view, the current part of the experiment is the most interesting. Though, I guess, by the time when experiment ends we will have the article in a far better shape, and the 'landing' and walk on the 'surface' will be covered in the article... GreyHood ^Talk 02:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 11

Portal:Current events/2011 February 11

February 11, 2011 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Egyptian Revolution of 2011 / Downfall of Hosni Mubarak:
- Protests continue following last night's non-resignation speech of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march on state television and presidential palaces as "Farewell Friday", the eighteenth day of protests against the Mubarak regime, gets underway. (Al Jazeera)
- Opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warns "Egypt will explode" in response to Mubarak's non-resignation speech last night. (CNN)
- Military leaders pledge to end the 30-year state of emergency law when the protests end. (Al Jazeera)
- The Mubaraks flee Cairo and head for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. (Xinhua) (CBS News) (Ynetnews)
- At least 5 people are killed by police in Arish in the North Sinai Governorate. (The Guardian)
- Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, speaking in Copenhagen, becomes the first European Union leader to tell Mubarak to resign, saying Mubarak is "history" and that he "made a huge blunder yesterday" by giving his non-resignation speech. (CP via Google News)
- Vice President Omar Suleiman announces on state television the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt after 30 years in power. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
- Hosni Mubarak resigns as President of Egypt and hands power to Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. (Washington Post) (Reuters)^{[permanent dead link]}
The death toll from clashes between rebels loyal to George Athor and the army in Southern Sudan rises to 100. (BBC)
Bolivian President Evo Morales abandons an event in the south of the country after crowds booed him and threw dynamite in a protest over rising food prices. (BBC) (AP via Google News) (UPI)
Israeli forces fire gas agents and rubber-coated bullets against Palestinian protesters in Silwan, injuring dozens.(Muslim News)(The Palestine Telegraph)

Business and economy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has deregulated a genetically engineered corn. See genetically modified food. The corn in question is designed for the manufacture of ethanol. (Reuters)

Culture

A road in Copenhagen, Denmark has been proposed a new name after former US president Ronald Reagan. (Jyllandsposten)

Disasters

The first investigation into yesterday's plane crash at Cork Airport is expected within a month; the airport remains closed today. (RTÉ)

International relations

An American man is held responsible for the "cold-blooded murder" of two men in Lahore, Pakistan, by city police chief Aslam Tareen. (BBC)
China's foreign minister Yang Jiechi visits Zimbabwe as the countries agree a $10 billion trade deal. (BBC)
North Korea asks its embassies worldwide to appeal for aid to feed its population. (The Independent)

Law and crime

Computer security company McAfee says hackers based in the People's Republic of China have targeted computer networks of global oil companies and individuals in Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Greece, and the United States, to steal information starting in 2009. (The Straits Times) (Global Times)
Former President of Liberia Charles Taylor's trial in The Hague is extended. (BBC)
Seven Somali pirates are charged with firearms offences in a Malaysian court, in a move that could see them hanged. (Reuters)
Indonesian police arrest 13 people over two incidents of religious violence in which three people were killed and churches burnt. (Bangkok Post)

Politics and elections

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife are reportedly beaten after filming a secret video showing their house arrest. (BBC) (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Anniversary of Iranian Revolution:
- Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of its Revolution. (IRINN)
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insists that the nation remains determined to continue its nuclear path. (Press TV)
- Ahmadinejad said that the new Middle East will be formed soon where there will be no room for the United States and Israel. (IRNA)
- Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is placed under house arrest after calling for demonstrations in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. (The Independent)

Microsoft and Nokia announce strategic alliance

*Nokia and Microsoft announce strategic alliance. Windows Phone 7 will be the operating system used in future Nokia smartphones. BBC--Johnsemlak (talk) 11:11, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is a huge deal in the smartphone market which these days sells 100 million devices a quarter. This alliance may well make a third serious competitor to Android and iOS. Additionally business stories are generally underposted. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 11:15, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest NOKIA#Alliance_with_Microsoft as the target article.--Johnsemlak (talk) 11:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Sounds interesting, but it's only a deal. We do not use to post vastly larger joint ventures which aim future development, so this is an operating deal which could only standardize the smartphone. If it was a merger also, I would support it surely.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 11:21, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is probably bigger than any tech story that occurred since the start of 2010 other than Android becoming the #1 smartphone OS and the launch of the iPad. I'd be more than happy to support other business stories or a similar standing in other industries, but this one is definitely worthy of posting. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 12:48, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose WP:NOT a business rag, and Nokia has become a very small player in the cellphone market in recent years. --Kitch^{(Talk : Contrib)} 13:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nokia's OS Symbian is still the #2 Smartphone OS worldwide, and was #1 until Q4 2010...

And ITN hardly posts any remotely sensible number of business stories. We live in a capitalist world for gods sake. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 13:19, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nokia is the world's number one cell phone manufacturer by a considerable margin.--~--Johnsemlak (talk) 13:22, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Eraserhead1 and Johnsemlak. GreyHood ^Talk 13:58, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per above supports. Jusdafax 21:47, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - rare business deal. Colipon+(Talk) 22:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment this should be ready to post. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:23, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose This amounts to incredible undue weight. I am a supporter of radical laissez faire, so perhaps somewhat pro-business, but this is simply not news. These sorts of business deals are what big companies do, and we need not promote any specific deal.μηδείς (talk) 22:35, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What else other than the launch of the iPad and Android becoming the #1 smartphone OS is bigger tech news in the past year? This isn't just any old deal, its the worlds second largest tech company teaming up with the world's largest mobile phone company, who already had their own smartphone OS.

It is extraordinarily rare that you'll find a tech story that is this big. It turns the two horse race between Android and iOS into a three horse race. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Not a crystal ball So your argument is that this is going to be big? We need to be in the business of reporting news, not creating it. μηδείς (talk) 02:39, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait a minute, there's no crystal ball here. Nokia is the world's number one cell phone manufacturer. Microsoft is 'big'. Of course the potential success of the alliance is yet to be determined, but it certainly is highly notable as it is.--Johnsemlak (talk) 03:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are there no further comments on this one?--Johnsemlak (talk) 10:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well if the admin in question feels the consensus is there, this one is ready to go :). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 19:01, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't seem to be much interest. Surprises me this one. Business stories don't get much interest apparently.--Johnsemlak (talk) 23:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Its a big step forward over something like the launch of the iPad which was universally rejected. I think people have been reconsidering their views on things like this. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 07:42, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Resignation of Hosni Mubarak: For reals

Vice President Omar Suleiman has announced the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. Authority has been transferred to Egyptian military. BBC --Dorsal Axe 16:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Both BBC and Al Jazeera reporting that Mubarak has just resigned as President of Egypt... --can dle •wicke 16:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support (edit confilict) I was just gonna write that.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:10, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. But for the love of God, please don't just post 'he resigned' padded out with the protest information which has been repeat-posted god knows how many times by now. Let's see if we can actually be encyclopoedic, and inform readers by also giving what confirmed details there are about who the hell is actually in charge of Egypt right now. MickMacNee (talk) 16:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DAMN! beatme to it. i think its straightforward and obvious. article is updated with the info.(Lihaas (talk) 16:18, 11 February 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

Suggested blurb:

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns and transfers authority to Egypt's Higher Council of the Armed Forces, following 18 days of protests challenging his thirty-year rule.

Obviously we can tweak as necessary, but we need mention of the army being in charge. --DorsalAxe 16:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

support - definitly support this.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak resigns after 17 days of mass protests" (picture of Mubarak)--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:22, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted by someone else. At this point suggestions may be made about the blurb.--Chaser (talk) 16:26, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
File:Hosni Mubarak ritratto.jpg as replacement and more relevant picture?--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:28, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I support using a picture of Mubarak over a picture of protesters.--Dorsal Axe 16:33, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- I previously uploaded and used File:Mubarak.jpg because I'm not totally confident in the OTRS permission for the other image. I'd say it's good for ordinary article use, but I have a higher standard for our main page. Mubarak.jpg is PD-USgov, which is beyond doubt.--Chaser (talk) 16:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The posted blurb mentions a "Higher Council of the Armed Forces" which is not explained in the wikilinked article Egyptian Army. Is the "High Council" meant? --Roentgenium111 (talk) 16:38, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just went by what several news sources, like BBC, were calling it. It might be "Supreme Council of the Armed Forces". I'm not entirely sure, as it doesn't seem to be totally clear... --Dorsal Axe 16:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with changing the photo. The protesters are why this has happened. This is their moment. I'm fine with the protesters as the picture. Jusdafax 16:41, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This is their moment? POV much? Wikipedia is neutral, period. And besides, the logical picture for 'someone resigns' is of the someone, all day every day. MickMacNee (talk) 17:02, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with you. Your NPOV is not my NPOV, is all. Let's try to focus on light and not start with personal attacks here. Jusdafax 17:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can't have 2 versions of NPOV. Putting up an image of protestors because it's "their moment" is an obvious example of POV. Let's try and focus on that form of legitimate policy comment, instead of inventing 'personal attacks' where there are none. MickMacNee (talk) 17:12, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MickMacNee, I don't see the POV you're talking about. Jusdafax is correct; the big story here is that the protests created a very big change. The effect is amplified by the cause. Compare this to a picture of a crumbled section of the Berlin Wall compared to pictures of protesters on top of the wall, or a smoldering Ground Zero vs. the picture of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. The effect is more intriguing because of the way it happened. Saying that does not at all suggest -- as you imply -- support for the result; it's just obvious.

Similarly, Jusdafax, MickMacNee did not throw a personal attack. -- tariqabjotu 17:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's the reason behind the support that was POV, not the image itself. If he had simply said 'we need the to retain the picture of the protests to illustrate the protests', I never would have said anything, except of course that the portrait would still be the most obvious choice given the item is now about the resignation. MickMacNee (talk) 18:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Right... and I just agreed with him... It's the protesters' moment because they are the cause of this remarkable event, regardless of whether one agrees with the result. You may not agree with the statement, but that doesn't make it POV. -- tariqabjotu 19:09, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Saying that the protests caused the resignation is speculation absent a statement from Mubarak confirming that. Until we get that, please excise all wishful POV speculation from the discussion. Thanks. 24.159.24.36 (talk) 23:52, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I had to read that statement at least three times to ensure I was reading it correctly. Saying that the protests caused the resignation is speculation absent a statement from Mubarak confirming that. You're joking, right? So what; do you think it might have just been coincidence that his resignation came at the same time there were mass protests in the streets? Even if there were a coup involved, the statement that the protests led to Mubarak's resignation would still clearly be true. That's why that's said in... I dunno... the blurb on the Main Page. Did you notice the blurb says he resigned following eighteen days of protests? Did you notice that the bolded link is not Hosni Mubarak but the protest/revolution article? Or do you think that's wrong and POV as well, because it's possible he might have resigned simply because a fortune cookie told him to? There's no "wishful POV speculation", as you so arrogantly request be "excised"; anyone who has been even remotely following this story, regardless of whether they supported the protestors or Mubarak, knows that the protests ultimately led to Mubarak's resignation. Your denial of that is either due to your lack of awareness of the event or, more likely, a desire to find something -- no matter how illogical -- to back up an already discounted point. Regardless, neither explanation warrants my attention. -- tariqabjotu 08:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The sky is also "clearly" blue, but we still require reliable sources if we say so. Right? And unless Mubarak states his reasons for resigning, we cannot know his reasons for resigning, only speculate. But, as a compromise, I will accept altering the blurb to say that "experts speculate" the protests were involved. 24.159.24.36 (talk) 19:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, we don't. Take a look at WP:BLUE and Wikipedia:When_to_cite#When_a_source_may_not_be_needed. That Mubarak resigned due to the protests is patently obvious to everyone. Besides, this is what every newspaper and TV station is saying. Modest Genius ^talk 20:32, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We're not negotiating a "compromise" with you. Your suggestion is insane.--Chaser (talk) 21:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article needs update I'm not going to remove the blurb, but the Hosni Mubarak article could use a much better update. There are perhaps only two one-sentence pieces on the matter. -- tariqabjotu 16:56, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest blurb go to the protest article, which is updated. Jusdafax 17:00, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wait why? Hosni resigned so bold link should be for him... it has resignation mention already. im ok for waiting till it gets properly updated but it should be his link thats bolded. -- Ashish -g55 17:15, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Jusdafax. The protest article has several paragraphs on it.--Johnsemlak (talk) 17:17, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's unclear whether it was his own decision to resign. If it was, why didn't he announce it himself? Therefore I would suggest the following blurb: "Vice President Omar Suleiman has announced the resignation of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak". Nanobear (talk) 17:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seems unnecessarily wordy. He resigned. Doesn't really matter who announces it, given that he actually did (which he did).--Dorsal Axe 17:24, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That still says he resigned. -- tariqabjotu 17:26, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Nanobear that this is an important point. Mubarak has not yet made a statement about his departure and we should take care with the wording, but leave the rest of the blurb as it is. Jusdafax 17:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This level of details is normally explained in the article, but not the ITN blurb. We had a similar discussion about whether to say that Obama had been elected right after the election, since the electoral college actually casts the direct votes.--Chaser (talk) 17:30, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Further comment: A quick check of various news sources shows they all use variations of 'Mubarak resigns', so it seems OK to follow their lead. Jusdafax 17:37, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Belated support. I think the current photo looks unprofessional. He's not looking straight ahead. Replace it with Hosni Mubarak rittrato.jpg. Diego Grez (talk) 18:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- See the concerns I raised above. Those concerns notwithstanding, I will email an OTRS volunteer that is fluent in Italian and see what they think.--Chaser (talk) 21:48, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Proposed update Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (pictured) resigns and transfers authority to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, led by Hussein Tantawi, following eighteen days of protests. --DorsalAxe 22:51, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? It's mostly the links that need updating.--Dorsal Axe 20:46, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Prisoners right to vote

The British House of Commons votes 234-22 against prisoners receiving the right to vote in the United Kingdom. --BabbaQ (talk) 15:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

source

Oppose No real international signifance, and not even the final step of this dispute apparently. This past 2 days I've seen about 5 different versions of what this specific vote actually means for the ECJ-UK treaty status. MickMacNee (talk) 16:19, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Run of the mill failed domestic legislative proposal. --Mkativerata (talk) 00:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It's not a failed legislative proposal at all, if you read the story. It's the British Parliament's reaction to a ruling by the European Court. 87.114.93.203 (talk) 18:38, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Fairly low-key domestic politics. It's certainly interesting to those of us in the UK, but really doesn't have any international notability. Modest Genius ^talk 19:16, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 10

Portal:Current events/2011 February 10

February 10, 2011 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- Protests against the Mubarak regime go on nationwide for a seventeenth consecutive day. (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refuses to resign in an address to the nation. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
At least 16 people have been killed the Southern Sudanese state of Jonglei, breaking a ceasefire agreed last month. (Al Jazeera)
A suicide bomber attacks a Pakistan Army recruitment centre in northwestern Pakistan causing at least 27 deaths and 40 injuries. (Reuters) (AP via Courier Mail) (BBC) (Sify)
The FARC organisation releases the first of five hostages promised this week as a gesture of peace to the government in Colombia. (BBC)
Israeli forces remove Palestinian tents near Nablus of which 8 were reportedly used as homes.(Jerusalem Post)(Arab News)

Arts and culture

Vietnam is to host the debut International Choir Festival. (Vietnam News)
World Youth Day 2011 organizers announce Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule of activities for the multi-day event, which will take place Aug. 18-21 in Madrid, Spain. (Catholic News Agency)

Disasters

Eight people are killed in a warehouse fire in Perm, Russia. (Itar Tass) (AFP via Google News)
A Manx2 flight from Belfast to Cork crashes on landing, killing six and injuring at least another six. It is the deadliest in Irish aviation since 1968. (The Guardian) (RTÉ) (CBC News)
Three people are dead, and two others are missing after a natural gas line rupture and explosion in the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania. (CNN)
A snowstorm hits the Southeastern United States and Tennessee Valley with warnings in place across ten states. (CNN)

International relations

Cuban Information and Communications Minister Medardo Diaz welcomes the arrival of an undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to Venezuela, which offered to help the island speed up its internet connection after the United States refused. (BBC)
North Korea reports that it will not conduct further talks with South Korea, citing a perceived lack of seriousness on South Korea's part. (MSNBC)
Reuters reports that India and Pakistan have agreed to resume peace talks that were broken off after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

The trial of Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on terrorism charges begins in Jakarta. (AAP via The Age) (BBC)

Politics and elections

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says, in a secretly shot video, that he is still under house arrest after being released from prison. (BBC) (Radio Television Hong Kong) (AFP via Google News)
The British House of Commons votes 234-22 against prisoners receiving the right to vote. (BBC)
Former British Labour MP Eric Illsley is jailed for 12 months for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses. The sentence comes on the same day that Jim Devine, another former Labour MP, is convicted of dishonestly claiming £8,385 of expenses by using false invoices for cleaning and printing work. (BBC)

Sport

Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan, the longest-tenured coach in any of North America's four major leagues, announces his resignation effective immediately. Sloan, inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, had been with the Jazz since 1988. (ESPN)
Ray Allen scores his 2,561st 3-point shot, passing Reggie Miller for the all-time NBA record for 3-point field goals made.

Hosni Mubarak addresses Tahrir Square

Redundant, he's resigned, see above renomination (#423) MickMacNee (talk) 16:24, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Following over two weeks of protests in Egypt, crowds gathered in Tahrir Square to hear an address by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in which he stated that he was handing power over to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but stopped short of resigning. CNN MSNBC KimChee (talk) 16:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC) / 21:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, obviously, as nothing has occurred yet. BBC News and Sky News (live, not on websites) are now saying that they are hearing he may not be resigning after all. If it does happen though, then this is an obvious support. --DorsalAxe 16:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I am now seeing the same hedging on CNN. KimChee (talk) 16:24, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support and Wait Once he formally accounces it we can post. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 16:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support and Wait When its official, then we can add it -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 16:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

obvious support in the next few hours when it happens.Lihaas (talk) 17:04, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait until he actually announces it. It might not happen. Modest Genius ^talk 17:08, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support and wait - first of all we dont know if Omar Suleiman will be handed over the power after Mubaraks resignation. We simply has to wait until it happens.--BabbaQ (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If he renounces, strong support, if not, NO Diego Grez (talk) 19:37, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We must never base content here on what a politician has SAYS he will do. There is often little correlation between that and what he actually does. HiLo48 (talk) 19:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)n[reply]

UPDATE. Speech on now. ~A H 1^(TCU) 20:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as he's not resigning after all. Support a mention of the speech, however.--Dorsal Axe 21:03, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Now Going in September, so 'support something like

After two weeks of unrest, the President of Egypt announces he will stand down in September. (provided relevant articles reflect this, of course). Pedro : Chat 21:12, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think we've already featured that item in ITN before. Perhaps something more like:

Following the largest gathering since protests began, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reaffirms his intention to step down in September and announces major reforms to the Egyptian constitution, in a televised address. --DorsalAxe 21:35, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deeply oppose any such wording as since the largest gathering since protests began. Whilst the blue-link clarifies things your wording implies that these are the biggest protests in human history (clearly not) and the text should read cleanly without the link being the only explanation. Pedro : Chat 21:40, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: a few hours ago it looked as though a major update would be in order before the end of the day, but that was falsely raised expectation. We don't need to update to say that the anticipated update was unnecessary. Unless something really changes, let what is there run its course. Kevin McE (talk) 21:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose per Kevin McE. (And on a side note, Egypt just got burned.) --Plasma Twa 2 21:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious oppose Nothing new, nothing news. President gives speech reiterating what he said a few days earlier isn't news. -- tariqabjotu 22:12, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Nothing happened. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 01:14, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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The end of Guitar Hero

Clearly not getting posted, so no need to leave this open.--Chaser (talk) 22:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Despite video game sales of over $1 billion per year in 2008, Activision shuttered its once-successful Guitar Hero business, citing weak sales of the declining rhythm game market.CNN/Money --MASEM (t) 17:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. A new record breaking game would be notable, stopping making a previous-successful series is not. Modest Genius ^talk 17:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose. Not making a video game is not news. --Golbez (talk) 17:17, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose At this point, this has a such narrow audience that it would be silly to announce this. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 19:34, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose This is definitely not so important news. -Diego Grez (talk) 19:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly not. Not even close to ITN standards; as per Golbez "not making something" is "not news". Pedro : Chat 21:06, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose This is really not ITN material. --Dorsal Axe 21:07, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, sorry but this doesn't meet the criteria IMO. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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February 9

Portal:Current events/2011 February 9

February 9, 2011 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali pirates seize an oil supertanker off the coast of Oman. (BBC)
At least seven people are killed and dozens of others are injured during three explosions in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
Serial blasts rock Russia's Grozny, at least five people are wounded. (People's Daily)
2011 Egyptian protests:
- Nationwide protests against President Hosni Mubarak and his regime continue for a sixteenth day. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Labour unions involving thousands of workers go on a nationwide strike, boosting the pro-democracy demonstrations occurring across the country. (Al Jazeera)
- Human rights groups say the military is secretly detaining and torturing hundreds and possibly thousands of suspected government opponents and has been doing so since the protests started. (The Guardian)
- The government threatens a crackdown as the protests spread. (Khaleej Times) (Voice of America)
- Egyptians mourn those killed for protesting against their government. (Al Jazeera)
- After being released by the authorities, Google executive Wael Ghonim addresses the crowds in Tahrir Square. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

The Guardian publishes WikiLeaks cables claiming that Saudi Arabia had exaggerated its crude oil reserves by nearly 40% and will have trouble keeping a cap on oil prices. (The Guardian)
A leaked memo shows Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop's belief that the company is too slow in its response to trend changes. (Al Jazeera)
Activision Blizzard announces that it is dissolving its Guitar Hero division and not publishing any more games. (Gamasutra)
ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil announce plans to shut down a liquefied natural gas plant in Kenai, Alaska, United States. (AP via KTUU)
Project Merlin
- 9 February - Project Merlin, an agreement on aspects of banking activity in the United Kingdom, is agreed between the coalition government and the country's four major high street banks. (BBC)
- Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott resigns as a Treasury spokesman in the House of Lords after making an outspoken attack on the agreement. (BBC)

Disasters

A major fire breaks out in Bombay House, a historic building in Mumbai, India, which serves as the headquarters of the Tata Group, resulting in at least three deaths. (Press Trust of India via IBN-Live)
Thieves tapping a Pemex oil pipeline cause a diesel fuel spill south of Tijuana in Mexico. (Reuters)
Two small planes (took off from Langley Regional Airport) collide mid-air near Mission, British Columbia, in western Canada, with at least one person dead. (CTV)
An explosion occurs in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, resulting in two people being missing. (The Morning Call)

International relations

President of France Nicolas Sarkozy calls for an end to government ministers holidaying abroad after it emerges they went to countries such as Egypt and Tunisia while anti-regime protests were underway. The controversy has led to calls for resignations. (Al Jazeera)
Korean talks
- South Korea agrees in principle to resume discussions with North Korea on humanitarian issues including reuniting families separated by the Korean War. (BBC)
- Military talks end without agreement as North Korea refuses to apologise for the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong. (Yonhap)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims the possibility of terrorism being carried out against the country "has evolved significantly" and, she claims, is "at its most heightened state" since the 9/11 attacks". (BBC)
In a new agreement, Denmark and Russia will for the first time, cooperate within military. (Jyllandsposten)

Law and crime

Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi brands "disgusting" a request by prosecutors in Milan to have him put on trial immediately in relation to sexual relations with underage prostitutes which allegedly occurred at one of his house parties. (BBC)
Detectives investigating claims over tabloid phone hacking in Britain are re-examining whether a string of high-profile individuals and celebrities were targeted. Scotland Yard is taking a second look. (Radioaire)
Jimmy Lemi Milla, a South Sudanese minister, and his bodyguard are shot dead apparently as a result of a personal dispute. (Al Jazeera)
The trial of former President of Liberia Charles Taylor is adjourned until Friday after he does not attend court in The Hague. (BBC)
Daniel Patrick Boyd pleads guilty to terrorism charges in a trial in the US state of North Carolina. (AP via Minneapolis Tribune)

Politics and elections

Spanish Basque nationalists announce a new political party named Sortu (meaning "born" in the Basque language), categorically rejecting all violence, including that of ETA. (Deutsche Presse-Agentur)
The Cabinet of Pakistan submit their resignations to the prime minister, who intends to appoint a smaller cabinet in order to reduce government spending at a time of economic crisis. (AFP via Google News)
US Representative Chris Lee representing New York's 26th congressional district resigns after it is revealed that he sent a racy photo to a woman who was not his wife. (New York Times)
The United States Democratic Leadership Council consisting of centrist Democrats announces that it will wind up. (The New Republic)
The Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia passes legislation allowing the President to rule by decree. (BBC)

Sport

Owners and players in the United States National Football League resume talks in an effort to avoid a lockout next season. (ESPN)
The Florida Panthers National Hockey League team acquires Jack Skille, Hugh Jessiman and David Pacan from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Michael Frolik and Alexander Salak. (National Hockey League)

Resignation of Chris Lee

Republican congressman Chris Lee of New York resigns abruptly from the U.S. House of Representatives, following reports alleging that he has been posting solicitations on Craigslist to meet women. CNN KimChee (talk) 23:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Horrible feeling that this would piss all over BLP if it went up. 狐 FOX 23:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps stop at "House of Representatives."? The genie is otherwise out of the bottle anyway. KimChee (talk) 23:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No. For BLP and international interest reasons, this should not be posted.--Chaser (talk) 00:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. A fairly tame scandal about an obscure member of a national legislature. No widespread significance. Modest Genius^talk 00:24, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another editor has added this to current events for February 9; I think that should be enough. A "fairly tame" scandal? KimChee (talk) 00:36, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are dozens of events on P:CE, but that doesn't mean that they're all notable enough for posting. And yes, in the grand scheme of things, this really isn't important. Even in the States. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 04:20, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I meant to say that P:CE is enough and that I no longer thought ITN was warranted. The "fairly tame" question was a poor attempt at humor. KimChee (talk) 07:08, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: the resignation of a member of parliament... Is there a big deal I'm missing? Nightw 05:53, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Of no importance or interest outside the US Nick-D (talk) 09:55, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Gossip news that doesn't affect anyone outside the U.S. --bender235 (talk) 15:32, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

doesnt really affect to many people in the US either. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 15:59, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010

This is a weird item. In short, the constitution of Moldova requires the parliament (elected directly) to choose a president, otherwise it gets dissolved and new elections are held. There were two more elections in 2009 because they could not choose a president, and now it looked like it would be the same thing and there would be a 4th round of elections. However, Moldova's highest court ruled that the parliament can stay in power for its full 4 year term even without choosing a president, thus ending a deadlock lasting for 2 years. [17]. Nergaal (talk) 16:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hmm, what would the article be? and a blurb? I was workign on tht article some time ago and its certainly worthy of ITN, but not sure if it the most appropriate.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So, uh, who's going to do the presidents job? Is it just going to sit vacant for four years?!? Note we already posted the results of the actual election. Modest Genius^talk 00:27, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is an Acting President of Moldova, the president of the Parliament. Nergaal (talk) 00:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is he going to serve the entire four year period? Or is there likely to be further wrangling? The reason being we could craft a blurb along the lines of 'court declares that Marian Lupu will remain acting president for the whole parliament, since agreement could not be reached on a new president' (with better phrasing, of course). Modest Genius ^talk 01:05, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Axel A. Weber stepping down from Bundesbank

Head of the German central bank steps sdown a year earlier than expected. this is on eof the largest central banks in the world and easily one of the mot influential (the most influential in the largest economy that is the EU.). also in line with Jean-Claude Trichet's upcoming end of his term at the European Central Bank [18]Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the significance of this? Sure it's an important institution, but if he's leaving peacefully and with no major fuss, so what? Modest Genius ^talk 00:30, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No signification to this date. Let's wait until Trichet's successor is determined. --bender235 (talk) 15:37, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext merger

live news right now of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext merging with a markey cap of $14b and $9b respectively. statements have been made saying its an all-stock merger with the former having the larger stake..with a market cap of US$15 TRillion.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per comments below. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:32, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~. Wait. Nothing prevents us from posting both mergers. Two sporting scandals were posted recently, and we shouldn't select just one from two in this case too. GreyHood ^Talk 19:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed my vote to wait per the comments below. GreyHood ^Talk 20:44, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note they have not merged yet. -- Ashish -g55 19:29, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose as far as I can tell, unlike the LSX-TSX item below, there has been no agreement on a merge between these two stock exchanges. They simply are in advanced talks. --Plasma Twa 2 20:21, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

LSE and TSX merger

I nominated this earlier then took it out. But now that it has actually happened i think its pretty big news. This merger makes it the biggest exchange for mining stocks. also making it second biggest overall with $5.9 trillion market cap -- Ashish -g55 15:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Damn strong oppose -- live news right now of Deutsche Bourse and NYSE Euronext merging with a markey cap of $14b and $9b respectively.

Also Axel A. Weber stepping down from Bundesbank is big news.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

did you even bother to read who merged... wth is DAMN strong oppose without a single reason towards the oppose. it doesnt matter if there are other things also happening around the world. -- Ashish -g55 16:51, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

why is it notable? is it the biggest? or with all those caveats, for whcih half-a-dozen stories couled perpetually come up. for ITN notability it needs to be bigger obviously.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Isn't $5.9 trillion >>> $14b and $9b ? GreyHood ^Talk 17:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

oh right, trillion. that trillion is the market cap of all the companies listed on the exchange, the billion number is the market cap of the stock exchanges itself. (NYSE/Deutsche is much much bigger than a trillion even)Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support merger between the largest stock exchange in Europe and the largest in Canada is obviously noteworthy. --Plasma Twa 2 18:15, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

canada is not a financial leader, like SG and HK even.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Last time I checked, that doesn't matter. --Plasma Twa 2 20:20, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support we can post both mergers if both of them happen. This one seems like a pretty big deal and its 37 hours without an update. HK and SG are pretty damn huge financial centres. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:31, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

thats my point ;)

and the SGX-ASX merger would be more notable too if it passes

the article doesnt have a single source and per Plasma Twa 2 "agree to merge" is just 1 step above advanced talks. nothing has been legalised. it could fall through for any reason, not least being regulatory oversight.Lihaas (talk) 16:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Eraserhead. GreyHood ^Talk 19:03, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support once merger goes through, due to the factoids located here. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 04:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
nevermind -- Ashish -g55 15:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Egyptian protests

Tahrir Square during Day of Egypt's love.

In one of the largest protests yet, over a million people gathered in and around Tahrir Square to demonstrate and demanding Hosni Mubarak to step down. The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 09:13, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This my first time to post ITN so I dont know what I should have written. All I know that it was the biggest protest so far and the new death toll is up to 300. BTW, the protests have entered their 3rd week -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 09:20, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - This story is big around the world and continues to have international implications. Clearly still ITN material, in my view. Jusdafax 09:49, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the particular protest day in question is now over and no longer "in the news" though. Protests continue but the very fact that the proposed blurb has to use past tense ("gathered") means that particular event is now over... Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 11:23, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- All events on ITN have occurred in the past. It will be written with the present gather. -- tariqabjotu 16:18, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support -The biggest ever gathering of protesters during the whol 2+ weeks saga occurs on 8 Feb. Article is sources and updated on that section.Lihaas (talk) 11:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Very big demonstration, and the article is adequately updated... I think. Nightw 15:45, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per Nightw and others. Crnorizec (talk) 20:41, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We seem to have consensus but I am not happy with that blurb. Can anyone suggest alt. please? --BorgQueen (talk) 19:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

hmm, this section changesd since my (initial posT)

but how about "After nearly 3 weeks of protests and international reactions, the largest crowd gathers in Egypt amid renewed calls for Hosni Mubarak's resignation."Lihaas (talk) 11:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:56, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sortu party announced

Spanish Basque nationalists announced a new political party named Sortu, categorically rejecting all violence, including that of ETA.

I spotted the new article Sortu (created by User:Tygerpencil in newpages and have expanded it and added additional sources over the past hour or so. Given the potential NPOV concerns around this issue, it would be great if editors more knowledgeable about the conflict can give the hook and/or article a read. Zachlipton (talk) 01:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It may or may not be of use to pull Batasuna into the hook as well, which is apparently the name for the banned political wing of ETA. Depending on what source you consult, Sortu is either "the new Batasuna" or something new. Zachlipton (talk) 01:58, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Only since the November 2009 Declaration of Alsasua Batasuna has decided to work towards a non-violent solution for the Basque conflict. As Sortu seems to be certainly a post-Batasuna party, where its leaders come from the outlawed party, it is precisely Sortu's "no way back" rejection all forms of violence what makes this move particularly interesting. Salut, --IANVS (talk) 02:37, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, but there is a slight chance that it will be declared illegal by the courts. Nergaal (talk) 03:57, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- True, but that doesn't make it non-newsworthy. When I first edited the article, I added a paragraph on precisely that issue. Zachlipton (talk) 04:09, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Leaning toward support. I think being declared illegal would actually make it more notable, not less. --BorgQueen (talk) 08:34, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

conditional support if we didnt mention the ceasefire, then this could go up with the ceasefire info. Otherwise we never post new parties.Lihaas (talk) 11:55, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment We posted the announcement of a ceasefire, but did not post in January when they declared that the ceasefire would be permanent. Grsz 11 20:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Lots of new political parties get formed, all the time. There's no guarantee this one will perform well at the polls or anything else really. Modest Genius^talk 00:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think there's a big distinction here between this event and the formation of most political parties. This (and I'm taking off my NPOV hat and drawing a very rough analogy, so don't shoot me here) is more akin to a branch of Hezbollah forking off and launching a political party with a statement that categorically rejects all violence and terrorism. It's notable not because it's a new political party, but rather because, as I understand it, it's a number of prominent figures in the Basqu nationalist movement forming a new organization to reject violence and peacefully lobby for an independent state. As this is a break from decades of violent attacks, it's a substantial step. Zachlipton (talk) 08:00, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan's Government Resigns

Pakistan's cabinet has resigned as part of plans to reduce the number of ministers by more than a third and cut government spending amid an economic crisis, and warnings from US for reduction of foreign aid.[19][20] Crnorizec (talk) 11:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support this seems worthy of posting. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:35, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but the blurb should be shorter. GreyHood ^Talk 19:06, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan's cabinet resigns as part of government spending cuts amid economic crisis, and warnings for reduction of foreign aid. Crnorizec (talk) 20:39, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I still don't know which one should be bolded and where the update should be... Any suggestions? Crnorizec (talk) 20:39, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom--Wikireader41 (talk) 21:02, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

condition oppose with that blurb. the warning of aid cuts are not at all related to the economic resignations, they pertain tot he arrest of a diplomat. (which is more notable for ITN, btw) after he shot 2 people dead in lahore.Lihaas (talk) 23:36, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 8

Portal:Current events/2011 February 8

February 8, 2011 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

A suspected US spy drone crashes near the south Yemen town of Loder with witnesses claiming that Al-Qaeda removed the wreckage. (AFP via Google News)
Dokka Umarov, a Chechen warlord and one of Russia's most wanted men, claims responsibility for the bombing at Domodedovo International Airport last month. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Violence erupts at a blasphemy trial in Temanggung, central Java with three churches destroyed. (Jakarta Post)

Business and economy

Volkswagen agrees on a new contract with the union IG Metall, including a 3.2 percent increase in base pay for its employees. (NY Times)
Ultimate Electronics, a United States electronics retail chain, has applied to a bankruptcy court for permission to close all of its 46 stores. (Las Vegas Sun)
The London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom is in advanced talks to merge with the TMX Group that operates Canada's two stock exchanges in Montreal and Toronto. (Bloomberg via Business Week)

Disasters

Drought hits Central China. Part of the Xiangjiang River dried-up in Changsha, Hunan province. (China Daily)
An Indonesian ferry carrying 226 passengers from Tanjung Priok to Bangka Belitung catches fire. (Jakarta Post)
A snow storm hits the Mountain West and Great Plains areas of the United States. (CNN)

Home Video

Dinosaur, Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons on Blu-ray and DVD

International relations

Officials from North Korea and South Korea meet in Panmunjom for military-level talks. (CNN) (Yonhap)
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy calls for talks with Western nations about possible changes to sanctions against Burma. (AFP via News Limited)
Taiwan arrests Major General Lo Hsieh-che, head of the Taiwanese Army's electronic communications and information department, for allegedly leaking secrets to the People's Republic of China. (South China Morning Post)
Several dozen Rohingya boat refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar are accepted to India at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands after being detained by the Thai Navy and rejected at sea, but face repatriation to Bangladesh. (The Canadian Press) (BBC) (The Ecologist)

Law and crime

The lawyer for former Liberian President Charles Taylor walks out of court protesting that his client's rights to a fair trial had been abused. (Reuters)
The Mexican Army rescues 44 Guatemalan immigrants in Reynosa in northern Mexico. (AP via Houston Chronicle)

Politics

The Israeli Knesset approves the "Bishara Bill", which would revoke the pension payments of Knesset members if they fail to appear at criminal proceedings held against them, or if convicted of severe felonies. (Ynetnews)
2011 Egyptian protests
- The protests continue in Egypt for a fifteenth day, hours after a detained Google executive is released with the crowds the biggest yet. (Al Jazeera), (New York Times)
- The Vice President of Egypt Omar Suleiman promises that the government will not pursue protesters. (MSNBC)
- Human Rights Watch claims that government-controlled health services in Egypt have been 'told to downplay protest deaths'. (ABC News Australia)
Former Philippines Cabinet Secretary Angelo Reyes dies following an apparent suicide attempt possibly prompted by a scandal over alleged military corruption. (Philippines Star)^{[permanent dead link]}, (Philippines Inquirer), (GMA News)
George Osborne, the United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that the tax on bank profits will become permanent. (Sky News)
British Labour MP Eric Illsley resigns his seat two days before he is due to be sentenced for dishonestly claiming parliamentary expenses, thus triggering a by-election. (BBC)
The United States House of Representatives fails to pass extensions of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act by the necessary two-thirds majority. (Bloomberg)
Brazilian environmentalists and indigenous rights activists protest against the Belo Monte Dam in Brasilia. (CNN)

February 7

Portal:Current events/2011 February 7

February 7, 2011 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
- Clashes occur between Thai and Cambodian forces near the Preah Vihear Temple. (WA Today)
Tunisia calls up recently retired soldiers to contain recent unrest. (AP via MSNBC)

Business and economy

AOL purchases online publisher The Huffington Post in a $315 million deal. (Huffington Post), (New York Times)
Iraq is poised to sign $12b gas deal with Shell Oil Company. (Tehran Times)
Continental Airlines announces that it plans to lay off 500 staff in Houston, Texas following its merger with United Airlines. (KHOU)

Disasters

Bushfires in Perth, Western Australia continue to burn out of control after having destroyed up to 40 homes. (Perth Now) (WA Today)

International relations

United States diplomatic cables leak:
- Newly released cables reveal Australia and the United States formed an alliance in February 2008 to share secret intelligence from spy satellite. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Newly released cables sent from the U.S. embassy in Cairo in 2008 refer to Egypt's Defence Minister, Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi, as "Mubarak's poodle", though conclude that he "retains Mubarak's support, and could easily remain in place for years to come". (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Luke Harding, The Guardian's Moscow correspondent is expelled from Russia as a result of the paper publishing cables about Russia becoming a "mafia state". (The Guardian)
Thirty-one North Koreans arrive in South Korea after crossing the Yellow Sea by boat. (Yonhap News)
Israel approves plans for two new buildings to be built in East Jerusalem, Palestine with the Palestinians currently living there to be evicted.(Press TV)

Law and crime

Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks website:
- The defence team for Julian Assange, facing allegations of sex crimes, prepares to argue that Assange cannot receive a fair trial in Sweden as such cases are heard in secret without any transparency. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- 39-year-old Australian Julian Assange is reported by The Independent newspaper to be considering legal action for libel against The Guardian newspaper over claims in a book it published. Guardian News & Media, however, has not received any official notification of the action. (The Independent)
- Files regarding Sweden's sexual indecency charges against Julian Assange are leaked on the Internet. (The Daily Mail)

Science and technology

Using Google Maps, an archaeologist finds nearly 2,000 potential archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Molecule of the Year 2010 is FOXM1 as announced by Isidro A. T. Savillo, President, ISMCBBPR. (Scientist Solutions)

Politics

Constitutional Democratic Rally, the former ruling party of Tunisia is officially dissolved. (Tabnak)
The official results of the Southern Sudanese Independence Referendum are released showing that almost 99% of voters chose to become independent. (The Guardian)
The government of Haiti issues a new passport to former President of Haiti Jean-Bertrand Aristide allowing him to end his exile in South Africa. (Sun-Sentinel)

Sport

The Fox Broadcasting Company coverage of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday breaks the record for most viewed television program in the United States. (Fanhouse)
Laureus World Sports Awards
- Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal is named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. (Herald Sun)
- American skier Lindsey Vonn is named Sportswoman of the Year. (Radio New Zealand)
- The Spain national football team is named as Team of the Year. (The Australian)
The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in the National Basketball Association with their 25th straight defeat, a 99–96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. (NBA Fanhouse)

South Sudanese independence

Nomination withdrawn

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Official results have finally been confirmed (BBC). Nightw 06:27, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - already posted last week when preliminary results were issued. We agreed to post the results and actual independence; since we've done the former the next SS item to post should be in July. Str Pby (talk) 11:19, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see. I must've missed that discussion. Nightw 14:14, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clashes at Preah Vihear Temple

I heard Cambodian and Thai soldiers were killed. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 13:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Very important event which continues the clashes that lasted for years.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:06, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support deaths of soldiers is a big deal. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 18:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as there is very little information at the Preah Vihear Temple article about the latest confrontation. --Plasma Twa 2 18:53, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - It does seem pretty thin as far as the current clash goes; just a couple lines, and so could stand more work. But the article on the site itself is reasonably well-written and gives good perspective overall on the long-standing conflict. Jusdafax 19:20, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

gosh, this is the article Cambodian–Thai border stand-off --78.2.9.87 (talk) 21:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The armies of Cambodia and Thailand and clash over the disputed Preah Vihear Temple. --78.2.9.87 (talk) 21:41, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: we should post now Cambodian–Thai border stand-off has loads of content - and its well sourced. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:49, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted -- tariqabjotu 22:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 6

Portal:Current events/2011 February 6

February 6, 2011 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- People demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for the thirteenth consecutive day, dubbed the "Day of Martyrs" in memory of those killed. (Press TV) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Graphic rooftop footage emerges of a protester being gunned down in Alexandria. (The Guardian)
- Protestors express anger at the governments of France, Israel and the United States due to their support of the thirty-year Mubarak dictatorship. (Press TV)
- Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested. (The Guardian) (The Guardian)
- An Israeli man is released from custody. (Press TV)
- Traffic to Al Jazeera's English-language website, which features a live stream of events, increases by 2,500 per cent during the past week of its coverage of the events in Egypt, with as much as 60 per cent of this coming from the United States. (Los Angeles Times)
- Two people are married in Tahrir Square. (The Guardian)
- Images emerge on YouTube of a man being shot at close range, possibly by police, in Cairo / Alexandria; his condition is unknown. (Al Jazeera)
- Egyptian banks reopen for the first time in a week. (Reuters) (BBC) (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
2010–2011 Tunisian uprising
- Police in Tunisia kill at least two people during a protest in the northwestern town of El Kef demanding the resignation of a police chief - crowds retaliate by burning the police station. (BBC), (Houston Chronicle) (Al Jazeera)
- Tunisia's interior minister suspends activities of the former ruling party Constitutional Democratic Rally. (Reuters) (BBC)
Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
- Cambodia says a disputed 11th Century temple has been damaged on the third day of cross border clashes with Thailand. (BBC)
U.S.-led forces kill four civilians, including a woman, in northern Afghanistan. (Press TV)
Israeli soldiers have shot three Palestinians, two while they collected gravel from destroyed homes in Gaza, and another while he worked in the northern Gaza Strip. (People's Daily)(The Palestine Telegraph)
The Indian Army insists it is to inquire "on its own" the death of a man in Kashmir, allegedly killed in an army ambush. His family says he was snatched from his home before being shot. (Sify) (Kashmir Observer)
At least 50 people have died in a mutiny of the Sudan People's Armed Forces in southern Sudan. (Reuters) (BBC)
The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai says that a transfer of security authority from international to Afghan forces will begin on March 21. (CNN)
The Indian Navy captures 28 suspected Somali pirates on a Thai fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean. (AP via the Washington Post)

Arts and culture

A United Nations World Heritage Site is damaged and collapses due to a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
Police on Easter Island evict indigenous protesters battling for ancestral lands and a larger share of tourist revenues from the grounds of a luxury hotel. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)

Disasters

Severe flood kills 13 in Sri Lanka. (Xinhua)
Australia:
- Thousands of people in the Australian state of Victoria are forced to evacuate due to flooding. (News Limited)
- Sydney experiences record weather conditions, hottest night on record. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- More than 100 people flee their homes from bushfire in Perth's east. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Bushfires threaten the suburbs of Brigadoon, Baskerville, Willendon, Red Hill and Herne Hill in Perth, Western Australia. (Sky News)
Widespread blackout in eight Brazilian states. (MercoPress) (The Wall Street Journal)

International relations

Palestinian leaders express disappointment at the refusal of the Middle East Quartet — United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia — to hear their call for unilateral statehood and failure to take a strong stance on Israel's settlement construction at its February 5 meeting in Munich. (RIA Novosti)
The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton expresses what she believes is the even more crucial need for progress in peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians due to events in Egypt and other countries. (Sunday Independent)
Spanish police remove more than 100 rowdy Belgian students from an aeroplane. (BBC)

Law and crime

24-year-old Anat Kamm, a former soldier of Israel, signs a plea bargain to plead guilty in Tel Aviv District Court to a lesser charge of leaking more than 2,000 secret military documents to the Haaretz newspaper; she may be jailed for 15 years. Haaretz reported a possibly-illegal Israeli assassination operation against Palestinians in the West Bank; her lawyer says she "believed she stumbled onto evidence of war crimes". (CP via Google News) (BBC) (Reuters) (The Guardian)
The trial of three American hikers Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on espionage charges begin today in Iran. (Al-Arabiya) (Al Jazeera)
One student is killed and 11 injured following shootings at a party in Youngstown, Ohio. Two men are later arrested in connection with the incident. (AP via Lexington Herald-Leader), (CNN)
Reputed Mexican drug cartel leader Sandra Ávila Beltrán is sentenced to a year in jail for weapons possession charges. (AP via El Paso Times)^{[permanent dead link]}
Russian billionaire Ashot Egiazaryan, facing charges of financial crimes, flees to the United States claiming persecution. (AP via Yahoo! News)

Politics and elections

Nepal's prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal takes his oath of office. (Al Jazeera)
Embattled Kevin Foley resigns as deputy premier and treasurer of South Australia but insists on maintaining his defense portfolio. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Sports

The Japan Sumo Association cancels the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in light of a match fixing scandal, the first time the event has been canceled since 1946. (Daily Yomiuri Online) (BBC)
"Marathon Man" Stefaan Engels sets a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year. (BBC News)
Dane Thomas Bjørn birdies three of his last four holes to achieve a four-shot victory of the Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club. (Al Jazeera)
Formula 1 racer Robert Kubica crashes at a rally in Italy, fracturing his right arm, leg and hand. He undergoes surgery as a result. (BBC Sport)
National Football League
- In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV by a score of 31-25. (USA Today), (Fox Sports) Aaron Rodgers, the Packers' quarterback, is named as the Most Valuable Player. (USA Today)

First Ever 3D Images of the Entire Sun

First ever 3D images of the entire surface of the Sun are produced by NASA's STEREO probes. NASA GreyHood ^Talk 21:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We'd need an article update, but other than that, I'd support this, particularly if we have a nice freely licensed image.--Chaser (talk) 22:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support when updated. --BorgQueen (talk) 22:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support when the sun scans are completely assimilated. Marcus Qwertyus 23:08, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support — clearly major science event. Diego Grez (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Important development. ~A H 1^(TCU) 00:14, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do we have an update anywhere? HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 02:37, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support, but not with that blurb (since the probes are on opposite sides of the sun, the images are in no sense '3d'). Update should go into the STEREO article.

NASA's STEREO satellites obtain the first simultaneous images of the entire surface of the Sun.

Modest Genius ^talk 17:19, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. It doesn't make sense to wait for the scans, it will take years until they are completely processed. Crnorizec (talk) 18:00, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. First time in human history we are seeing the entire sun at the same time. -68.117.76.96 (talk) 18:19, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - After reading this Time Magazine article [21] , I see why this is ITN-worthy. Jusdafax 19:10, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note I'm not seeing an update, and there's at {{update}} tag on the article. HJ MitchellPenny for your thoughts? 20:49, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the risk of seeming dense, what is the article? Sun? NASA? Jusdafax 21:18, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

STEREO. --BorgQueen (talk) 21:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

STEREO... silly me. OK, all someone needs to do is update it with a couple quality refs. If I had more time I'd take a whack. Anyone? Jusdafax 21:24, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm amazed that such an important NASA mission has such a poor article. Doing a decent ITN update would double the number of references, and we'd still be left with several other sections that would need expanding. Modest Genius ^talk 21:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Updated [22]. I also removed the {{update}} tag. I think it is a fair question, but given that my perusal of sources did not answer it, I don't think it's a fair tag.--Chaser (talk) 05:53, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And posted, looks enough. 狐 FOX 09:43, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Gary Moore

Any thoughts? I'm not a big fan of his music but he does appear to be famous. --BorgQueen (talk) 20:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I had never heard of him, and I am big on blues and music in general. Still, I see what you are saying, since he worked with a lot of notable names, and also created a considerable body of solo work. But I'm going to lean Oppose for now unless there are good arguments advanced to convince me otherwise. Jusdafax 20:39, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Worth raising here, but oppose. He might have been famous, but he doesn't seem to have been at the top of or highly influential in his field of expertise as far as I can see, though blues isn't something I know an awful lot about. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 02:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Who? <-- full rationale right there The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 05:18, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it serious, cheers. (For what it's worth, he was a guitarist in Thin Lizzy for a good while.) 狐 FOX 09:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose, did a lot with his life, death was very unexpected (one article seemed to suggest he was completely healthy, unlike a lot of rockstars), but I don't think he's quite notable enough. 狐 FOX 09:41, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Josefa Iloilo

Fijian President 2000-2009 - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 13:33, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As he's not currently in office is he notable enough? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 13:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Those years are more than long enough (George W. Bush was around for a similar period of time) and the article states "At the age of 88, he was the world's oldest head of state". --can dle •wicke 16:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The comparison to GWB is uninstructive. Iloilo doesn't meet the death criteria. We get enough flak for posting changes of government in states few English speakers care about. Posting this death (which was no surprise) won't help us there. Finally, the oldest person in a field (politics) that is dominated by older people is also not enough to merit ITN coverage.--Chaser (talk) 18:40, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Chaser and because he was far from the most powerful person in his country during his presidency. --Mkativerata (talk) 18:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, assuming the article is updated. I think we should generally post the deaths of any former head of a fully-recognised state. Heads of state/government, especially those who serve for several years (like the best part of a decade), often have a huge impact on their country and on the world through the country's foreign policy. A former head of state, even of a relatively small country, probably had a comparable impact internationally to either of the US Senators whose deaths we posted in the last 18 months or a SCOTUS appointment (and I think we were right to post those) and Iloilo's death is certainly vastly more important than every sport tournament to feature on ITN in the last year put together. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 02:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, pretty much per HJ. No one cares what English speakers care about. ITN is for what's in the news. And this is important news. I have no idea what Chaser is rambling on about. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 02:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What part of it did you not understand? Perhaps the part about English speakers being most of our readers--Chaser (talk) 04:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The part that this doesn't match the death criteria (which it does, from which I quote "The deceased was in a high ranking office of power, and had a significant contribution/impact on the country/region."), and the part that the fact that the guy was the oldest head of state is undeserving of a mention (which it isn't on its own, true, but it adds to the significance). _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 21:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is that what that means? I read that as saying he died in office ("was [at the time of death] in a high ranking office...").--Chaser (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it could be worded more specifically. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 01:18, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

English is an official language in Fiji. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 04:14, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, of course. He was a major figure in the 2006 military coup. Nightw 06:23, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

365 marathons in one year

BBC. "15,000km (9,569 miles) in a year". --can dle •wicke 06:53, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Human interest story. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 07:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support as human. Interesting ;) GreyHood ^Talk 11:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, it's a world record after all, and he wasn't doing some weird stuff, but an Olympic sport. GreyHood ^Talk 11:21, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's next? Longest amount of time a person dribbled a basketball continuously? Most number of people who swam in a pool in a day? The most number of times whatever the bandy players do? –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 12:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All that sounds weird. Marathon sounds great. GreyHood ^Talk 12:30, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Great acheivement: hope he made loads for his chosen charities, but not competitive races, and successive marathoning is not a competitive sport: he is world champion at something that no-one else does, and to that extent it is equivalent to a world record standing on one leg in a bucket of baked beans while reciting Shakespeare's sonnets in Sanstrit and flipping pancakes. Kevin McE (talk) 14:30, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually he beat the record of a bit less marathon-crazy Japanese runner, so that's not something that no-one else does. GreyHood ^Talk 14:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Awesome achievement, but I thing this would be best for DYK. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 01:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, this is an excellent DYK item. Provided there is an article...--Tone 17:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Event cancelled for the first time since 1946

Daily Yomiuri Online BBC News The Japan Sumo Association cancels the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in light of a match fixing scandal, the first time the event has been cancelled since 1946. --can dle •wicke 06:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Sumo is an internationally-played sport, with sumo wrestlers from Korea, Mongolia, China and Hawaii (the U.S.). –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 07:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support this is biiiiiig. Nergaal (talk) 07:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support if there's a suitable update. Sumo should really be featured on ITN & ITNR. I imagine it's difficult to find refs in English though.--Johnsemlak (talk) 08:30, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Until now it might have been a decent idea, but with the debacle from this scandal, the sport will surely lose a ton of interest. Nergaal (talk) 08:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Actually it's relatively easy to find refs; the Japan Times and the Mainichi Daily News provide detailed coverage in English.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:23, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Updated sumo. Blurb: The Japan Sumo Association cancels a Grand Sumo Tournament for the first time in 65 years in light of a match-fixing scandal. Nergaal (talk) 09:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting soon. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lowest temperatures in more than 50 years

BBC: Freezing weather, snow, no electricity / water in thousands of homes, schools and factories shut, people dead. 35 zoo animals also dead. Among them two crocodiles and a monkey. Does an article exist? --can dle •wicke 06:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. It's winter. Previously the record for the coldest day in Sri Lanka was rejected. What makes this different from all of the countries breaking national records for coldest temperatures? –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 07:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You have very nice point here. All countries are equal, and should be regarded as such. Every classification is by prominence, which becomes bias.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I would support a national record but not this.--Johnsemlak (talk) 08:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
FYI this is a part of the #North American blizzard below, although the country that was most affected was the one that should not be named. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 11:06, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Or rather, it's the country that nobody feels the need to name, on the assumption that everyone reading automatically knows which one it is. 87.112.177.117 (talk) 13:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We could add this to the blizzard article. Maybe it will be eligible for DYK instead. ...Maybe. ~A H 1^(TCU) 15:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I'd support the lowest temperature in a country ever recorded, but the weather being a bit chillier than normal isn;t that significant. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 02:12, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Super Bowl XLV

Wee. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 03:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[sarcasm]How can anyone even think about supporting this? American football is a national sport with no international significance whatever. ITN will be such a joke if this goes up.[/sarcasm] Obvious support --Plasma Twa 2 12:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whether its international significance should be discussed or not, this is no place for it. Please, don't initiate it and remain serious.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:39, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Have a sense of humour. Jeez. --Plasma Twa 2 21:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stop shit-stirring. Jeez. 狐 FOX 22:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support As I promised before, I support this since it really is a significant sports event.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:37, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Bet: This will have more opposes than the sumo event above. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 15:29, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply] I suspect it will have very few serious opposes, but don't mistake that for enthusiasm from those not voting to see it displayed. Talking of which no vote Kevin McE (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support only after the game ends. Nergaal (talk) 17:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Don't think this would've gone up anyway at halftime. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 17:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support μηδείς (talk) 17:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Support Unlesss it's called for snow, in which case list under blizzard. More people will watch this and it will generate more economic activity than a year's worth of sumo and cricket combined. μηδείς (talk) 17:49, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i dont know how u managed to compare superbowl, sumo and cricket... care to provide numbers? -- Ashish -g55 18:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IPL 2008 had a revenue of US$209 million, while in the same year, Cricket Australia had an annual revenue of A$150 million (US$148 million). Sumo's annual revenue is around 10 billion yen or US$121 million. Those three total US$480 million. This year's Super Bowl is expected to generate US$611 million w/in North Texas. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 18:57, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing the math. I was just going by that fact that it's self-evident.μηδείς (talk) 20:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is a flawed comparison. This is the number 45, while the sumo item is the first cancellation in 65*6 or almost 400 events. When we will get to superbowl >100 and it will be cancelled, then such comparisons would make sense. Nergaal (talk) 21:46, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose American Football is supported only by a minority of sports fans across the world, is US-centric as a subject, is US-centric in terms of article content, does not promote Wiki's world view, and is a non-notable event in the context of sporting headlines. doktorb _words^deeds 19:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, the outcome of the game. Nakon 19:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this discussion exist? We have longstanding consensus to include the premier championship[s] of every major sport (provided that the appropriate article updates occur), with Australian rules football, Canadian football and Gaelic football receiving the same treatment as American football. We also have WP:ITN/R, the purpose of which is to eliminate the need for individual debates (beyond determining that the aforementioned update requirement has been met). The serious comments and satirical ones are blending together in a cacophony of pointlessness. Let's end this nonsense, please. —David Levy 20:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was just an excuse to bash the theoretical population of editors who think there are too many American stories on ITN. We'd probably do well to summarily delete any discussion about ITN/R items. It's either one of these nonsense conversations or someone fishing for an easy {{ITN credit}} for their talk page. -- tariqabjotu 04:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I endorse the concept of on-sight removal. Apart from addressing whether the article update requirement has been satisfied, discussion of events covered at WP:ITN/R is pointless at best and disruptive at worst. —David Levy 06:22, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Take this elsewhere, please. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 03:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Support posting the results per David Levy. for all others US is the worlds largest economy, only superpower and the country with most wikipedians whether you like it or not.--Wikireader41 (talk) 20:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But of course, none of that matters in this context. As noted above, we extend equal treatment to the premier championships of Australian rules football, Canadian football and Gaelic football. We even have a formal page on which this is documented. I don't understand why some users believe that American sports are singled out for inclusion. —David Levy 20:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are two(!) Gaelic games items on ITNR, either one or both are gone now. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 01:34, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is included. I restored it to the list after it was removed inappropriately. (I assume that you recall the relevant discussion.) —David Levy 01:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

One was removed appropriately. See the ITNR discussion (buried at the proposals for new additions) for the notice that it was removed justly. Only hurling was supposedly left. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 02:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

To what discussion are you referring? I see none other than the one to which I linked (and no indication that a second Gaelic football item was included or removed). —David Levy 02:26, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the discussion has restarted. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 02:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If US is the largest economy and country with most Wikipedians, it doesn't make it the most important country or more important than any other. The use of such criteria as an argument is only a huge bias.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 20:59, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is that reply directed at me? —David Levy 21:25, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, but to Wikireader41.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:01, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - pending outcome of game. Tired of attempts to flame this. Light, not heat. Jusdafax 20:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious Support can we hat this discussion? Its not exactly productive... -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:08, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support 狐 FOX 22:11, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Why?--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:04, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Major sporting event. ~A H 1^(TCU) 00:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. ITN/R. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 01:01, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Has it finished yet and do we have an update? I personally don't think we should put sport on ITN, but the consensus is against me, so when the answer to both those is "yes", I'll post. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 02:08, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Game finished; article not updated. -- tariqabjotu 03:09, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Will the MVP (Aaron Rodgers, by the way) be included as usual? --Plasma Twa 2 03:12, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If there's a free photo of him, we can shoehorn it in as (MVP [whoever] pictured) until the image is switched to something more recent. We don't normally put MVPs in the rest of the blurb, though. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 03:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Premier sports event outcome. --mav (reviews needed) 03:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support is fine, but what we really need is a paragraph or two of prose on the game and the result (complete with reliable sources) before this can be posted. It is an ITN/R item, so already has consensus, so it's more helpful to get it updated than re-establish an already-established consensus. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 03:51, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article looks pretty updated now; been a fair amount of work in the past hour. Jusdafax 04:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm not seeing where. Could you point me to a specific section that has a bit of prose about the game and the result? Also, that "Super Bowl pregame news and notes" looks suspiciously like a trivia section, but that doesn't have much to do with ITN. User:HJ Mitchell HJ Mitchell]] Penny for your thoughts? 04:56, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - There are Game Summary and Scoring Summary sections, and both are extensive and complete. Problem may be in the sourcing, as the Game Summary has one ref at the very end, and Scoring Summary section, a nice table, has none. Jusdafax 08:21, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

LOL @ ITN's utter wankness No.3,423,532. MickMacNee (talk) 03:49, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support as an obvious addition based on precedent. I came here to find out what the hold up is since the game has been final for over an hour and a half by now. Imzadi 1979 → 05:05, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The hold up is the lack of an update (see a few lines above). I'm quite willing to post it when we have one. ITN has criteria in the same way that DYK does and articles don't go on the Main Page until they meet them, like with DYK, only the criteria are lower and the improvement is supposed to be more rapid. HJ Mitchell Penny for your thoughts? 05:11, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posted -- tariqabjotu 12:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Removed 9 minutes after posting.[23] Can anyone find a description of the problem with enough details to allow an interested party to work to resolve the issue which caused the removal? I have checked Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors#Errors in In the news, Super Bowl XLV, and Talk:Super Bowl XLV but find no obvious indications of where the problem is located in the article. --Allen3^talk 13:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  No evidence presented, putting it back. --Golbez (talk) 14:37, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  First, the reason I didn't elaborate immediately is because I had to go not long after I removed the blurb. In the limited time I had, I tried to research the issues that editors on the article had suggested. I assumed that was a better use of my time rather than explaining the details because I thought it would have been very easy to discover the source of the concern. Because it's... you know... in the article history.
  
  At the very least, I would have expected Golbez to attempt to credit the person responsible for updating the article (as you're supposed to do on ITN), which would have required looking at said history. If you had, it would have been very apparent what I was talking about. Chainclaw, the person who added the material to the article, had been reverted four times, and there was one time when Chainclaw -- in his defense -- argued that "What I put in comes directly from NFL.com". It's unclear to me whether he actually meant directly or what the precise allegations of Chain's reverters are (perhaps they took issue with another part of the article or were just weary of a new editor), but I don't think it'd be too much to ask that someone check them out.
  
  Finally, let me say I have no tolerance for this kind of impatience. Allen, I did not need you to post a notice on my talk page when I didn't respond in 45 minutes, and Golbez I did not need you to declare "no evidence for hours" in your re-adding edit summary. Understand that people have lives beyond Wikipedia, believe it or not. -- tariqabjotu 15:18, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  My apologies for taking so long to place a courtesy notification on your talk page. As you note, people have lives outside of Wikipedia and events caused it to took longer than to add the notification that I would have preferred. --Allen3^talk 16:48, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  That wasn't the issue. It came across less as a courtesy notice (fine) and more of a "can you respond faster?". Never mind, though... -- tariqabjotu 18:30, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  
  I saw no notice on the page of a copyright violation, I saw no discussion on the talk page of a copyright violation, and the facts that the event had happened and that the article had been updated were not in dispute. You claim the issue was with Chainclaw's edits; any edits of his that could be considered a copyvio were reverted (or later replaced) not only hours before you reverted yourself, but hours before you made the initial update. As for "required for ITN", I wasn't aware of this, but on the other hand, presumably you had already done this? I apologize for being bitchy about "hours", of course we aren't here all the time, but on the other hand, I was a little annoyed I had to be the first to undo your reversion, because - with the evidence presented - I saw no reason for the story to be removed. --Golbez (talk) 16:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  To be fair, it is not mandatory for the posting admin to give out credits. It is just a notification, not a trophy. According to Wikipedia:In_the_news/Admin_instructions: If not, somebody else will do it for you; these tasks don't require admin tools! --BorgQueen (talk) 16:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  
  Chain's initial game summary is essentially the same as what's there now. So, I don't know what you think was removed hours prior to my changes to ITN (+1 for the also saying hours before another edit nine minutes earlier [insert eye rolling]). I can't decipher what you're saying in the sentence starting with As for "required for ITN".... It's in the ITN requirements, but it's also just common sense. I don't think we post any articles on the Main Page (as bolded items) that have large swaths of unsourced content. -- tariqabjotu 16:57, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  To respond to something you said earlier: "It's unclear to me whether he actually meant directly or what the precise allegations of Chain's reverters are (perhaps they took issue with another part of the article or were just weary of a new editor), but I don't think it'd be too much to ask that someone check them out." You didn't ask; you said there was a copyright violation, without any notice on the article, talk page, or in edit summaries. Someone posted something said to come from nfl.com a few dozen edits back, and other editors reverted then apparently (I not being them, I cannot know their decisions) vetted it and put it back. If it's not too much to ask someone to check out a potential copyright violation, then it's certainly not too much to ask to be told up front what to look for. And you're mixing up my "Required for ITN" comment; I did not know it was required for ITN to give credit, that was what I said I had assumed you had done. I know we can't post a copyright violation link to the front page, but no evidence given pointed to one being present. --Golbez (talk) 17:56, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  I have already addressed all the points above that are worth addressing, and, once again, you are misreading the article history. It's obvious there's going to be no discussion about the nature of the article, let alone whether it's still acceptable for ITN, so I'm finished here. -- tariqabjotu 18:27, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  
  With a cursory Google search and a look at the NFL page Chain was presumably talking about, it doesn't seem to be a copyright violation. Based on the comments on Chain's talk page, the issue, rather, seems to be with the unsourced nature of the summary. ITN requirements say updates should be sourced, and it can be argued that lengthy unsourced material is almost as bad as copyrighted material, but I'm not going to touch the blurb further less I have to drop everything else and spend the next couple hours responding to your queries. -- tariqabjotu 15:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  Then say the update is unsourced, rather than bringing up a copyright issue which was [apparently?] resolved six hours before both of your actions. That was what threw me; you were saying there was a copyright issue that didn't appear to be mentioned anywhere else. --Golbez (talk) 16:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  Again, I don't know what you're talking about. What was removed six hours earlier? Chain added content, and it was removed three times before one of the reverters opted to re-add the content as it originally was, with the caveat that it needed work. I assumed the problem was that it was a copyright violation as, indeed, it has almost no references and is a very detailed summary. Considering I can't find a copy of the text anywhere else (on the NFL website, or elsewhere), it seems their only concern is its unsourced nature, which is apparent from just looking at the article.
  
  That was what threw me; yeah, okay, right. So, did you ask me about said evidence so you could say "Oh, thanks for sharing", or do you actually want to talk about the content of the article? -- tariqabjotu 16:57, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 5

Portal:Current events/2011 February 5

February 5, 2011 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- Anti-Mubarak forces continue their nationwide protests for a twelfth day, remaining in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian) (Sky News)
- The media reports that President Mubarak's son Gamal resigns as head of the National Democratic Party bureau. Secretary Safwat el-Sharif and the six-member Steering Committee of the General Secretariat also resign. (USA Today), (The New York Times) (Sky News)
- Protesters form a human chain in Tahrir Square to prevent tanks from entering the area. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
  - President of Israel Shimon Peres, speaking at a European Friends of Israel (EFI) conference in Jerusalem, defends Mubarak, calling him a "peacemaker" whose "contribution to peace would never be forgotten". (Los Angeles Times) (Ynetnews)
  - U.S. TV coverage of the uprising in Egypt is criticised for being both pessimistic and superficial and for its focus on what events mean for the U.S. and its regional allies. (Al Jazeera)
  - France halts sales of arms and riot equipment to Egypt. (France 24)
2010–2011 Tunisian uprising: Tunisian police shoot dead two people and injure another 17 during a protest in the city of El Kef. (BBC), (France24)
Cambodian–Thai border stand-off: A Thai soldier is shot dead and four wounded in clashes with Cambodian troops in a disputed border area. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
At least 20 people are killed in a shootout among the military in Malakal, Southern Sudan. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval. (AP via Google News)
Comedian Steve Coogan criticises the presenters of BBC television series Top Gear in relation to their recent insulting of Mexicans. He also criticies the BBC's "pitiful" and "mealy-mouthed" apology after it offended Mexicans. (The Guardian)
Inception and The Social Network win top prizes at the Writers Guild of America awards. (Los Angeles Times)

Disasters

Cold weather persists in northern Mexico in the aftermath of the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm with power shortages. (AP via Sun-Sentinel) (BBC)
An explosion at the Uricani Coal Mine in southwestern Romania kills five people. (AFP via France 24)
Six firefighters die and two are injured fighting a fire in China's Zhejiang Province. (China)

International relations

UK prime minister David Cameron uses an important speech at a security conference in Munich to say "state multiculturalism" has failed, adding that the UK needs a stronger national identity and promising to promote Western values. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
The Daily Telegraph publishes WikiLeaks cables stating that the United States provided Russia with the United Kingdom's serial numbers of every Trident missile, which are manufactured and maintained in the U.S. and supplied to Britain, in return for the Russians signing the New START treaty. (The Telegraph)
Former President of the United States George W. Bush cancels a planned appearance in Switzerland; Human Rights Watch link the cancellation to growing pressure for Bush to be arrested over his approval of waterboarding torture, saying Bush is "avoiding handcuffs". (Deutsche Welle) (Radio New Zealand) (Reuters)

Politics

The largest anti-government demonstration in years occurs in Belgrade, with thousands of disenchanted Serbs travelling to the parliament building from across the country to call for early elections there. An opposition party leader at the event compares it to the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
Thousands of Italians attend a rally to demand the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over a sex scandal. (Sky News)

Sports

The ICC bans Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for five years for match-fixing. (BBC Sport) (Al Jazeera)
Richard Dent, Marshall Faulk, Ed Sabol, Deion Sanders, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter and Shannon Sharpe are elected to the United States Pro Football Hall of Fame. (USA Today), (Washington Post)
English Premier League news: (AP via MSNBC)
- A new Premier League scoring record is set with 41 goals scored in 8 matches.
- League leaders Manchester United are stunned 2–1 by last-place Wolverhampton Wanderers, ending United's 29-match unbeaten streak in Premiership play.
- Second-place Arsenal become the first team since the establishment of the Premier League in 1992 to blow a 4–0 lead, as Newcastle United storm back to draw 4–4.
The Cleveland Cavaliers set a new record for consecutive losses in a single National Basketball Association season in the United States. (ESPN)

New START treaty comes into effect

The New START treaty comes into effect after the ratifications of Russia and the United States are exchanged in Munich.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary Hillary Clinton met in Munich to exchange the ratifications of both countries. The new treaty replaces the old one, which came into effect in 1991 and expired in December 2009.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:11, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Already posted the Russian signing. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 00:17, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Eric. This is hardly ITN worthy news, especially since we've already posted it.--Chaser (talk) 05:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as per Eric.--Johnsemlak (talk) 08:45, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy

The ICC has banned Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir for 5 years for match-fixing.BBC

I'm not a follower of cricket so I'll allow others to comment on how significant this is but 5+year bans in a sport as big a cricket seems pretty notable to me. And all three players were full internationals. I'm fairly certain if three starters for Manchester United were banned for 5 years there would be pressure to post.--Johnsemlak (talk) 17:45, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support when updated. --BorgQueen (talk) 18:21, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Are they banned from the sport or only from international plays? Nergaal (talk) 18:41, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, all professional play sanctioned by the ICC. So that would include all professional domestic leagues in ICC member countries (ie everywhere with even a vague interest in cricket). Modest Genius^talk 19:17, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed: [24], section 6.5. Modest Genius ^talk 19:26, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Major match-fixing scandal, the biggest since Hanse Cronje. Criminal charges are due to follow (along with the inevitable appeal). Is there not a centralised article on the affair that we could bold-link? Modest Genius^talk 19:17, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy--Johnsemlak (talk) 20:53, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but it may also be worth mentioning that the three of them are to be charged with corruption too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjroots (talk • contribs)

Support. I know very little about cricket (or sports in general), but this seems highly noteworthy. —David Levy 20:42, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support They have now been charged with corruption. Possible two year prison terms. Details here. HiLo48 (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support This scandal was famous from the time it started; posting a piece of news would be a good decision now that the final decision has pretty much been announced. 124.187.1.155 (talk) 21:41, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Sounds significant. It's a huge sports controversy indeed.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:03, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support I'm don't know anything about cricket, but if these were football/baseball/whatever American sport players, it'd undoubtedly get posted (and with good reason, too). Especially significant since it's apparently a worldwide ban. C628 (talk) 23:26, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note I don't see an update in the article. HJ MitchellPenny for your thoughts? 00:30, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There's only a sentence. I'll see what I can do. C628 (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How's this? Keep in mind I know shit-all about cricket. C628 (talk) 01:53, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted -- tariqabjotu 04:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Explosion of the Arab Gas Pipeline

Explosion of the Arab Gas Pipeline in northern Sinai suspends natural gas supplies to Israel and Jordan. Beagel (talk) 09:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~It is not clear yet if the pipeline or which branch was exploded~~; however, gas supplies were stopped due to the explosion. Beagel (talk) 09:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The gas terminal / compressor station supplying both branches was exploded. Beagel (talk) 12:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support when updated a bit more. --BorgQueen (talk) 12:46, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The section has been expanded nicely, thanks. Any thoughts? --BorgQueen (talk) 16:31, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Good enough article, international significance, and a way to push the Egyptian topic to the top of the template. GreyHood ^Talk 17:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support; decent article, it seems like a large enough pipeline that a shutdown, even partial, has repercussions. Though I don't see how it can be linked to the protests, it's the state television, hardly a reliable source, who says that, while the operator of the pipeline, who would presumably know more about it, just said it was an accident. C628 (talk) 23:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:37, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support also per above. Jusdafax 05:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting soon. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:24, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 4

Portal:Current events/2011 February 4

February 4, 2011 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- Anti-government protesters demonstrate against the Mubarak regime for an eleventh day - the "Day of Departure". (The Guardian) (Al Jazeera)
- Organisers of the 2011 Egyptian protests call on supporters to fill every square in Cairo after two days of clashes between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. (Washington Post)
- Protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square chant "Leave! Leave! Leave!", "Allahu akbar!" and "Today is the last day". (The Guardian)
- Al Jazeera investigates the hacking of its news website, allegedly carried out "apparently by opponents of the pro-democracy movement in Egypt". (The Guardian)
- Nederlandse Omroep Stichting cameraman Eric Feijten is arrested again after being released from his previous arrest. (The Guardian)
- Al Jazeera's Cairo office is stormed by "gangs of thugs" who ransack it and set it on fire as attacks on foreign journalists continue. (The Guardian)
- Reporter Bert Sundström of Swedish public broadcaster SVT, reported missing yesterday, is hospitalised and undergoing surgery for serious "knife injuries" in Cairo after being kidnapped and stabbed. (AFP via The Swedish Wire)
- Mohammed al-Beltagi, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, tells Al Jazeera that the movement has no ambitions to run for the Egyptian presidency. (Al Jazeera)
- Fighting shifts from Tahrir Square to Cairo's side streets. (CNN)
- Ahmad Mohamed Mahmoud of Al-Ta'awun becomes the first journalist to die covering the protests as attacks on journalists continue. (Committee to Protect Journalists)
- Al-Arabiya TV reports that former interior minister Habib Ibrahim El Adly and other former ministers are under house arrest pending an official probe. (MSNBC)
- Fox News reports that a recent assassination attempt on Vice-President of Egypt Omar Suleiman left two bodyguards dead. (Fox News)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
  - Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon calls for the "violence and intimidation" to "stop", saying that events have taken "a deeply troubling turn" and branding restrictions on the media as "utterly unacceptable". (The Guardian)
  - The chiefs of the European Union condemn the violence and a statement is jointly issued by Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. (AFP via The Australian)
Police beat with batons and shoot tear gas at student protesters in the Sudanese state of Sennar in demonstrations inspired by the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
2011 Syrian protests:
- Syrian protestors call for "a day of anger" against the Syrian government. (France 24)
- Plainclothes Syrian security agents are deployed outside Parliament in Damascus ahead of the anti-government demonstrations there. (CP via Google News)
Cambodian–Thai border stand-off: The Thai Army and the Cambodian Armed Forces clash on the border near the Preah Vihear Temple. (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link]}
- Several artillery rounds land on the Thai side of the border, killing one civilian. (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link]}
Islamic militants kill two Thai security guards in the south of the country. (Straits Times)
A new centre to help rape victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo opens in the eastern city of Bukavu. (BBC)
At least ten people are killed and several others injured in separate incidents of violence across Afghanistan. (PressTv)

Business and economy

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, jointly propose a new set of policies for the euro zone defined to defend the euro as a currency, such as higher retirement ages and the abolition of inflation-indexed wages. (Reuters)
The court-appointed trustee for creditors of Bernie Madoff claims that the owners of the New York Mets owes $300 million. (NBC New Tork)
Target Corp. has agreed to pay $22.5 million in settlement with the Government of California and local governments in settlement over alleged illegal hazardous waste dumping. (Los Angeles Times)
A court in Canada strikes down the government's decision to allow Globalive to operate a wireless telecomm network in that country, given the extent of foreign holdings. (Reuters)

Disasters

Five people lose their lives in flash floods that swamp parts of Iran's Southeastern province of Kerman in the towns of Sirjan, Roudbar and Kahnouj. (Fars News)
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the India-Burma border region. (Straits Times)
A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times)
The death toll from the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm is at least a dozen. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
A small plane crashes in Sulaimaniya in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region killing all seven people on board. (Reuters via ABC News)
Flooding in Victoria is worsened by the remnants of Cyclone Yasi and Anthony, causing major street flooding in Melbourne. (The Sydney Morning Herald) (Bayside Leader) (Taipei Times)

International relations

The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its Top Gear television programme but defends the original remarks as well. (Reuters via The Irish Times) (BBC) (Sky News) (TIME)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, says that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of "Islamic awareness". (AP via Yahoo News)

Politics and elections

Thousands of people attend the funeral of Hmong General Vang Pao in Fresno, California. (Los Angeles Times)
Nepalese Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal begins forming a new national government. (One India) (RFI)
Cuba is to free two more dissidents, according to the Catholic Church on the island. (BBC)
The Parliament of Myanmar elects Thein Sein as President, succeeding Than Shwe who was in power since 1992. He is the first civilian president in half a century. (Al Jazeera) (AP via Yahoo! News)
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev calls an early election for April 3, rejecting a plan for a referendum intended to allow him to rule for another decade. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi ignores his recent sex scandals to claim to the media at a summit in Brussels that he is the most popular national leader in the European Union. (Times LIVE)

Science

NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep Gabby Giffords shot last month, announces that he will resume training to command the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 in April. (Politico)
Researchers report that fishing rates in the Arctic are 75 times higher than those reported by the U.N., suggesting future increased exploitation is less possible than previously thought. (Reuters)

Sport

American football
- Falling ice injures seven people at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, due to host Super Bowl XLV on Sunday. (Dallas News)
- Albert Haynesworth of the Washington Redskins is charged with assault in Reston, Virginia, following an alleged road rage incident. (Washington Post)
The Cleveland Cavaliers match the United States National Basketball Association record for a single-season losing streak by losing their 23rd straight match to the Memphis Grizzlies. (ESPN)

Prime Minister of Nepal elected

After seven months of political gridlock, Jhala Nath Khanal is elected Prime Minister of Nepal by the country's Parliament. CNN

I've been asked to nominate this. Prime Minister is the actual leader of Nepal, while President of Nepal is largely ceremonial figure. So, as an election of a world leader, this nomination is WP:ITN/R. The article about Khanal needs a bit of expansion and referencing, though. It would be nice if someone helped improving the subject article. GreyHood ^Talk 15:30, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator, per ITNR. GreyHood ^Talk 15:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The orange box at the top of the article should go away first. Then, no problem with posting. --Tone 17:38, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The box is gone. The article is not very impressive still, but has all the usual decoration. Perhaps, after exposing it on the MP it could be further improved by more editors. GreyHood ^Talk 21:53, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if the tag in the article is gone. Diego Grez (talk) 17:39, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Obviously, this follows an emergency case and it should be regarded as such.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:35, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. --Perseus8235 (talk) 19:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Spongie555 (talk) 21:22, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not posted The article needs to be expanded to three complete, referenced and well-formed paragraphs before posting.--Chaser (talk) 21:53, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. That's a stub at the moment. Finding sources might not be easy, but we can't bold-link that. Modest Genius ^talk 23:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done The article has been cleaned and expanded. GreyHood ^Talk 17:10, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice. Posting. --Tone 17:15, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't we post his portrait as well? GreyHood ^Talk 17:36, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Egypt's Friday of Departure and prior protests

All news, every news focusin gon this: "Thousands gather in Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt for Friday of Departure"Lihaas (talk) 12:15, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose bumping for now, wait until a significant development and then update. We're already keeping this item on the ITN artificially by removing second-to-last items and that's enough. --Tone 17:38, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Burmese general election, 2010

After the condemned general elections in the country he won in November 2010, Thein Sein is named as new president of Burma, thus becoming the first civilian president after nearly 50 years of military rule.BBC

Although the elections did happen, this news seems also an important one.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:49, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Change in head of state is on ITNR. Suggest the focus be on Thein Sein rather than the elections. Support. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 13:17, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I support this per Strange Passerby.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:19, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Of course the focus is on Thein Sein, since the elections were held in November 2010.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:44, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator. GreyHood ^Talk 17:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ready to post when I see some more support and a couple of sentences more in the article (some more update is needed and the article is short at the moment). However, for NPOV, we should avoid condemning the election in the blurb and go with a very technical saying. --Tone 17:38, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article is updated, and I tweaked it a little bit. More appropriate blurb could be:

The Prime Minister of Burma, Thein Sein is named a new President of the country, following the 2010 general election he won.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posting. --Tone 19:55, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

World food prices reach new historic peak

Global food prices reach new historic peak, surpassing the levels of the 2007–2008 world food crisis. FAO

In the discussion about the oil price rise, people suggested that they would support an all-time record rather than a purely symbolical mark of $100 per barrel. Well, now we have an all-time historical record with food prices, which allow us to feature a quite good 2007–2008 world food price crisis article. GreyHood ^Talk 00:59, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - hugely important; contributed in part to the protests in Tunisia and Algeria and will likely cause all kinds of instability elsewhere. Cjs2111 (talk) 06:40, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And these prices will be exceeded next year, and next year's prices the year after that... Can a section called In The News point, in 2011, to an article entitled for 2007-2008 data without being open to ridicule? Oppose Kevin McE (talk) 07:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're saying something happening now isn't worthy of posting because something similar happened three years earlier? Guess we'd better stop posting elections and sports championships on ITN; they're actually certain to be repeated versus the alarming fact of record food prices. Cjs2111 (talk) 07:51, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm saying we can't use the link to food prices that refers to a specific situation 3 years ago. Sports events have, at least potentially, a new result each year, elections, hopefully, can return new governments from time to time: prices have a consistent long term upward trend. Kevin McE (talk) 19:56, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We didn't put the record petrol prices either... --Tone 17:38, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean the record petrol prices in 2008, there couldn't have been any sense in posting them at that time, because the prices were setting new records as often as every new day or so, and the general trend was going up for several years until rather steep collapse in the late 2008 and 2009. What we have now with the food prices, is the restoration and surpassing of the previous historical peak of 3 years ago, and that's really rare and important event, especially in the context of the present political turmoil in the Arab world. GreyHood ^Talk 19:14, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is better described as a UN agency promoting its own agenda with claims of dubious objectivity. μηδείς (talk) 18:06, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just interesting, why do you think there is any dubious objectivity? The rise of food prices has been quite obvious, especially in such states as Egypt and other Arab states which are now in civic chaos. GreyHood ^Talk 19:14, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Prices rising relative to what? All commodities are undergoing inflation worldwide. Prices are set according to currencies, and the actual values of currencies fluctuate. The proposal makes a grand, sweeping, historical statement out of a modern bureaucratic index of limited context based on too many hidden assumptions. At best the blurb would have to be either "The UN-sponsored FOA Index of food prices hits an all time high" or "nflation is really bad" That is far different from saying that the actual cost of food is at an all time high relative to man-hours of work or ounces of gold needed to purchase 1500 calories.μηδείς (talk) 21:12, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator. And really, I don't think that recently on ITN there have been any news as important as this one, on global scale. GreyHood ^Talk 19:18, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. By the way, this also could be combined with the 2010-2011 Arab world protests, which many users suggested to feature on ITN:

As global food prices surpass the levels of the 2007–2008 world food crisis, widespread political unrest continues in the Arab world.

GreyHood ^Talk 19:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does any reliable source say they are related?--Chaser (talk) 21:50, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Search for the word "food" in the articles 2010–2011 Tunisian uprising, 2010–2011 Algerian protests, 2011 Jordanian protests and 2011 Egyptian protests. The sources for the food price inflation factor are provided there. GreyHood ^Talk 22:00, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Synthesis of stories, and examination of causes of disturbance, is not the normal currency of ITN. Kevin McE (talk) 23:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is not synthesis, but a good way to feature the 2010-2011 Arab world protests and render the news about global food prices historic record. Food price inflation is considered one of the reasons behind all or most of the protest wave cases in Arab countries. GreyHood ^Talk 23:53, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See more sources, directly relating global food price inflation and civil unrest: FAO, IMF anticipate more civil unrest and protests because of soaring food prices, Rising Food Prices Contribute To Unrest In Mideast, Rising food prices spell trouble for Arabs, Gulf Arab governments tackle higher food prices (Reuters), Food prices and protest (The Economist) etc. GreyHood ^Talk 23:53, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support in principle, but oppose combining the blurb with anything else. We also need to be clear exactly what has reached a new high, rather than just saying food prices (which is a bizarre redirect). I suggest:

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Food Price Index reaches a its highest level since records began

with a bold-link added to wherever the best place for the update is (ref [25]). A new article on the index itself would probably be the best solution to that conundrum. Modest Genius^talk 23:51, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with this variant if the combination with the Arab protests is declined. However, the prices may continue rising and setting new historic records every next month when the index is released, so it is important to mention that the levels of the 2007–2008 world food crisis were surpassed, and that's why the ongoing phase of the price rising is particularly notable. "Food Price Index reaches a its highest level since records began" should be changed to "Food Price Index reaches its historic peak, surpassing the level of the 2007–2008 world food crisis".GreyHood ^Talk 00:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: I have to agree with μηδείς that the price of food is declining relative to work-hours per X calories a day, which is the best measure of the price of food. Nominal food prices tend to grow due to inflation, but real prices decline in time due to development of technology and productivity. If you look carefully at the referenced FAO article, many of the trends are seasonal or temporary (meet, rice, sugar,...). Also, commodities/stock prices tend to be tightly associated with the global economic growth, hence the correlation with the 2008 highs. Crnorizec (talk) 01:40, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 3

Portal:Current events/2011 February 3

February 3, 2011 (Thursday)

Armed conflict and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- Anti-government protestors continue to protest against the Mubarak regime for a tenth day. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Protesters detain 120 people with IDs linking them to the police or ruling party; most were attacking protesters at the time. (The Guardian) (Ynetnews)
- A tense standoff between supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak continues in Cairo, with at least three people killed and 1,500 injured in fighting on Wednesday. (CNN) (AP via PhilStar)^{[permanent dead link]} (Sky News)
- At least three people are killed as a result of gunfire in Cairo's Tahrir Square. (AFP via Brisbane Times) (Al Jazeera)
- Egyptian prime minister Ahmad Shafiq says "sorry" for all the violence that has occurred in Tahrir Square and promises there will be no more. (Al Jazeera)
- Journalists from Al Jazeera and the BBC are among those targeted in fresh attacks from Mubarak regime "thugs". The UK's Channel 4 News reports that Mubarak's "secret police" are threatening journalists to keep off the streets of Cairo. (The Guardian)
- Prominent Egyptian blogger and anti-Mubarak activist sandmonkey is arrested and his blog is taken offline by authorities in Egypt. (The Guardian) (Hot Air)
- Egyptian state television forments the unrest by reporting that "Israeli spies" have infiltrated Cairo, leading to an increase in antisemitic sentiment among the pro-Mubarak forces attacking people and journalists on the streets. (Al Jazeera) (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) (Channel 4 News)
- Two Al Jazeera journalists are attacked on their way from the airport to central Cairo. (The Guardian)
- Nile TV (state television) journalist Shahira Amin, deputy head of the station, resigns after being threatened and intimidated; she tells Al Jazeera "I can't be part of the propaganda machine and I refuse to be a hypocrite", adding that she feels "liberated". (iloubnan) (Gulf News)
- Journalists from Al Jazeera and The Washington Post are arrested by Egyptian authorities; Swedish television loses contact with correspondent Bert Sundström. (M&C) (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)
- Representatives of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are arrested. (Amnesty International) (BBC) (The Guardian)
- Mobile phone firm Vodafone says the Egyptian authorities have hijacked its network to send unattributed text messages supporting the government. (BBC)
- Egypt's attorney-general bans several former ministers and Ahmed Ezz, a prominent member of the ruling party who resigned last week, from travelling abroad; their bank accounts are also frozen. (Al Jazeera)
- Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters. (The Guardian) (Direct link)
- Four members of the April 6 Youth Movement, an opposition group known for organising events on Facebook, are arrested by Egyptian authorities. (The Guardian) (Wired)
- Hosni Mubarak breaks his silence to grant an interview to Christiane Amanpour of America's ABC News inside his palace. (The Guardian) (Reuters) (BBC)
- An ABC News crew are carjacked and threatened with decapitations by pro-Mubarak supporters. (The Guardian) (The Hollywood Reporter) (The Huffington Post)
The United States Senate passes a motion supporting democracy in Egypt and calling on President Hosni Mubarak to begin transferring power. (Washington Post)
2011 Yemeni protests: Thousands of pro- and anti-government supporters demonstrate in Yemen over the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a planned "day of rage". (Al Jazeera)
2010–2011 Algerian protests: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika vows to lift the country's state of emergency, in force since 1992, in the "very near future". (BBC)
2011 Syrian protests: Social media mobilises the people of Syria for rallies demanding freedom, human rights and the end to emergency law, scheduled for Friday and Saturday in front of the parliament in Damascus and at Syrian embassies internationally. (Al Jazeera)
Gunmen open fire in Thailand's majority Muslim Pattani Province killing five people and injuring three people. (AFP via ABC News) (Thai News Agency)
Awal Gul, an Afghan accused of being a Taliban base commander, who has been imprisoned without charge since 2002, dies while exercising at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. (Miami Herald) (BBC)

Business and economy

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announces that world food prices have risen to a record high. (FAO) (Reuters) (BBC)
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil rises to $103 following violent clashes in Egypt. (Reuters)

Disasters

Cyclone Yasi
- Cyclone Yasi hits North Queensland in Australia with the worst affected towns including Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail. (Melbourne Age), (Herald Sun), (ABC News Australia)
- So far, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injury caused by the cyclone. (Sydney Morning Herald)^{[permanent dead link]} (Al Jazeera)
- The cyclone is downgraded from a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone to a category 1 tropical cyclone. (News Limited) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Death toll of second blast reaches 18 in Ankara, Turkey. (TRT) (Anadolu Agency) (CNTV)
Two people are killed and 223 injured in Beijing as a result of fireworks set off on the first day of the Chinese New Year. (Xinhua)

Law and crime

Italy's parliament rejects a search request by prosecutors investigating Silvio Berlusconi for having sexual intercourse with an under-age prostitute. (BBC)
A former policeman questions the suicide verdict recorded in the 1979 death of French cabinet minister Robert Boulin, claiming he could not have drowned. His family believe he was murdered. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Lawmakers in Nepal vote to elect a new Prime Minister. (BBC) (Review Nepal)
Lawmakers in Burma elect two out of three Vice Presidents, one of whom will become the President. (BBC) (One India)
Haiti's presidential run-off candidates are named. They are former First Lady Mirlande Manigat and popular singer Michel Martelly. (BBC) (Reuters)

Science and technology

The world runs out of Internet Protocol Version 4 addresses. (Reuters)
Protein folding is advanced by the announcement of a discovery of a key mechanism in the relationship of protein folding to surrounding water by Olivier Collet at Nancy University (Nancy-Université). (Technology Review)^{[permanent dead link]}

2011 Egyptian protests

Antigovernment protesters clash with supporters of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, while foreign journalists and human rights activists have been detained by the police.NYTimes

Support as nominator I think the blurb with the happy face of Mr. Mubarak does not reflect the recent events, so maybe it needs a refreshment? Crnorizec (talk) 22:34, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

wait for 12 hours. protests are gonna be big tomorrow..Lihaas (talk) 22:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. But then, there may be no journalists left to report it... Crnorizec (talk) 22:58, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We can't post every development. Al Jazeera reporters have been deatained for days. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 22:56, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, but we can remove the picture from the Main page, because some people might find it ~~annoying~~ distasteful. Crnorizec (talk) 22:58, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not censored, so I see no reason to remove the picture because of a few bleeding hearts. --Plasma Twa 2 00:36, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

By "few" you mean 300 hearts bled to death and 3.000 partially until two days ago,[26] plus 13 bled to death and 1.200 injured[27] only in the past two days? Maybe that's why he's smiling from our front page, for being so efficient? Crnorizec (talk) 00:58, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What's your point, exactly? Mubarak is the central figure in this conflict and (I assume) this is the best photo that we have of him. What do you want it to be, a photo of him crying? --Plasma Twa 2 01:11, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

lol -- Ashish -g55 01:16, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This section of the main page does not exist to host news stories or photos that you support or that you find appealing. It exists to host stories that are in the news. Mubarak's announcement is the big news, so the photo is of him. Perhaps now or tomorrow the protests themselves sideline the announcement, so we switch the photo. But we switch it for that reason, not because we don't like Mubarak.--Chaser (talk) 02:12, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This topic needs to be bumped and updated, maybe to coincide with an update related to today's massive protest. There's been no mention of the violent clashes, the multiples of dead, the beaten and detained journalists, etc. Cjs2111 (talk) 06:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

See discussion above.--Chaser (talk) 21:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 Yemeni protests

in line with current protests in the Arab world, a massive (million-odd) protests is called in Sanaa the national capital by Tawakel Karman Lihaas (talk) 00:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support but again, something needs to be said about Ali Abdullah Saleh not seeking another term along with this, and everything relevant (this, Egypt, Jordan, etc) should ideally be consolidated under a general blurb linking to 2010-2011 Arab world protests. Cjs2111 (talk) 00:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom--Wikireader41 (talk) 02:43, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - per nom.--BabbaQ (talk) 13:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I almost posted something similar based on the thread below. I think there is consensus to post that Saleh is not running, but the article is in mediocre shape; help updating it and adding detail would be appreciated. A few other things. Million person protests are often called. Usually the turnout is lower. This is no exception. The media is reporting 20,000 in Sana'a today. In light of that, I'd say the President's announcement, after or amid protests, is the big news. We're not indymedia. We shouldn't advertise big expectations for protests that haven't panned out. Finally, does anyone have any blurb suggestions so that we do not exactly parallel the Mubarak blurb? If this gets posted, it will be immediately above the Mubarak blurb.--Chaser (talk) 16:59, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, how about

Thousands protest in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, after Ali Abdullah Saleh announces he will (not) step down (until) in 2013.

Obviously, the words in parenthesis are a matter of semantics, if we want to emphazise that they are protesting because he is waiting until 2013. Grsz 11 17:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Does that imply to you that the opposition is doing all the protesting? We've got al Jazeera reporting that thousands are protesting in support of Saleh.--Chaser (talk) 22:05, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

remove Sanaa and just put yemen, buig protests in Aden too. Even if it didnt meet a million its still the biggest and the yemeni movement is a potential hotbed.

While were at it Algeria announced an end to the 19 year old emergency law.Lihaas (talk) 00:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted No one else seems to think the article is a problem, and it meets the criteria. My other two concerns have been addressed and I don't see anything else outstanding. Most of the opposition below was to a combined blurb with other items.--Chaser (talk) 05:13, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IPv4 address exhaustion

IANA currently only has 5 unallocated /8 blocks of IPv4 addresses. Per their own rules, they will distribute them one each to the 5 RIRs. It has been announced that on February 3 14:30 GMT, IANA will "make a significant announcement and [...] discuss the global transition to the next generation of Internet addresses" and talk about IPv4 exhaustion, so presumably IANA will announce that they are officially out of IPv4 addresses. My suggested blurb:

IANA allocates the last free blocks of IPv4 addresses to the regional Internet registries. Some regional Internet registries are expected to run out in 2011.

It should of course only be posted to ITN after the IANA announcement. See also the Jan 31 ITN discussion about IPv4 exhaustion. Thue talk 00:17, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support but without the second sentence. Nergaal (talk) 00:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But the second sentence is perhaps the most interesting part! What matters is when the first RIR runs out, since we in theory have to have all switched to IPv6 by then to preserve the end-to-end routable Internet (or we will not be able to talk to the new IPv6-only devices from that RIR). The ICAN exhaustion is an big milestone, but only interesting as such because it foreshadows RIR exhaustion. Thue talk 10:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Nergaal. GreyHood ^Talk 08:20, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Nergaal. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 09:13, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blurb, maybe something like this: IANA allocates the last free blocks of IPv4 internet addresses to the regional Internet registries. Transition to the next generation internet protocol IPv6 is in progress. --Kslotte (talk) 11:38, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw IANA give out the last /8 on the livestream, so I posted this version to ITN. Thue talk 14:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is the article even updated? -- tariqabjotu 14:57, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Thue talk 15:02, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support (assuming the update is ok) if this means the end of the internet as we kn
--Johnsemlak (talk) 15:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment/question — sufficient support aside, if the article (as Tariq suggests) isn't updated, why are we posting? And more importantly, why is the admin who posted it to ITN the same user who nominated the item? Isn't that a bit of a conflict? Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 15:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is updated, but I can see a problem with Thue posting. He/she might have waited. 狐 FOX< /small> 15:22, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We knew exactly what would happen and when, my blurp suggestion had been posted for 15 hours, and all who had posted had agreed to the first sentence of my blurb. So I saw it as uncontroversial. Thue talk 15:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tariq didn't say the article wasn't updated, he asked if it was. I checked that the article was updated when I posted (it was). Yes, I posted my own suggestion, but only because it had unanimous support. If it hadn't had unanimous support, then I would have let somebody else post it. Thue talk 15:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think Thue's posting this under these circumstances was the right move. Good job, Thue.--Chaser (talk) 16:09, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since this has been posted, an admin needs to update the timer. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 15:41, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is now reset. Thue talk 15:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

SP, this ITN item has been proposed twice more in the past week, both times towards support/wait for something official. Nergaal (talk) 15:52, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In general I would prefer an uninvolved administrator to do the posting, and certainly not post their own nominations. However, in this case (and bearing in mind the earlier discussions) there was such clear consensus and overwhelming support that Thue was perfectly justified in posting it. Just don't make it a habit :p Modest Genius ^talk 23:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 2

Portal:Current events/2011 February 2

February 2, 2011 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests:
- Egyptian protesters continue nationwide demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak for a ninth day. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Mohamed ElBaradei, an emerging leader of anti-regime protests, and other protesters say that Mubarak must leave Egypt by Friday at the latest to avoid further bloodshed and turmoil. (The Australian)
- The protestors increase their demands for the end of the Mubarak regime and are not impressed by Hosni Mubarak's promise to resign at the end of his current term. (Al Jazeera)
- Clashes occur in Cairo and Alexandria between supporters and opponents of President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak with one person dead and 700 injured. (BBC) (Euronews) (Fox News) (Al Jazeera)
- Mubarak supporters, rumored to be directed by the Mubarak regime, protest in central Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, attacking anti-government protestors with stones, knives and Molotov cocktails. (The Washington Post)
- Some supporters of the Mubarak regime ride horses and camels and attack anti-government protesters with whips. (AP via The Guardian)
- Two Molotov cocktails are thrown into the grounds of the Egyptian Museum. (The Guardian)
- The United Nations (Navi Pillay) believes as many as 300 people have been killed in Egypt over the last nine days. (Almasry Alyoum)
- Amr Moussa, Arab League Secretary General and a former Egyptian foreign minister, says he would "seriously" consider whether to seek the Egyptian presidency. (The Jerusalem Post)
- The Egyptian Army calls on protesters to "help restore normal life". (Reuters)
- Mohamed ElBaradei, of the Egyptian opposition, raises concerns that clashes in Cairo could escalate into a "bloodbath". (Los Angeles Times)
- Egyptian state television warns the people of Egypt to evacuate Tahrir Square in Cairo. (The Guardian)
- Internet access is partially restored in Egypt after a five-day blackout. (Al Jazeera)
- Al Jazeera urges Egyptian satellite company Nilesat to resume broadcasting its signal or face legal action. (Reuters)
- Al Arabiya journalist Ahmad Abdallah is reported missing but later found after being beaten by pro-Mubarak supporters. (The Guardian)
- Pro-Mubarak protestors attack CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his crew. The attack is successfully filmed. (Huffington Post) (The Guardian)
- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) compiles a list of members of the media who have come under attack in Egypt today. (The Guardian) (Committee to Protect Journalists)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
  - President of the United States Barack Obama makes his first comments on Egypt since President Hosni Mubarak announced he would step down before the next elections; Obama tells the people of Egypt "We hear your voice", and calls for an "orderly transition" of power that "must begin now". (The Jerusalem Post)
  - United States Department of State spokesman P. J. Crowley is criticised after appealing for "all sides" in Egypt to "show restraint and avoid violence". (The Guardian)
  - Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon warns against attacks on demonstrators while visiting the English cities of Oxford and London. (Reuters) (Bangkok Post)^{[permanent dead link]}
  - Other world leaders offer their views on the ongoing crisis in Egypt. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
2011 Yemeni protests: President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh backtracks on his plan to rule Yemen for life and to then allow his son to inherit his rule during an emergency session of parliament ahead of tomorrow's "day of rage" against his three-decade rule. (Al Jazeera) (AP) (The Times of India)
The army in Mauritania destroy a car packed with explosives outside the capital Nouakchott, killing three people suspected of being members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (BBC) (AFP via Google News)
WikiLeaks reveals that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation had launched an investigation of a previously unknown group of men believed to be involved in the September 11 attacks. (Daily Telegraph)
At least two people are dead and ten injured following the explosion of a car bomb in a commercial area of the Pakistani town of Peshawar. (AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution)^{[permanent dead link]} (Jerusalem Post)

Arts and culture

American rock duo The White Stripes announce that they are breaking up. (AP via ABC News America)

Disasters

Cyclone Yasi:
- The Australian state of Queensland braces for Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi predicted to be one of the most powerful in the nation's history. (Reuters)
- Airports in North Queensland including Cairns Airport and Townsville Airport are closed ahead of Cyclone Yasi. (New Zealand Stuff)
- Cyclone Yasi crosses northeastern Australia. (Al Jazeera)
Over 60,000 people are evacuated in China's Yunnan Province following an earthquake. (Xinhua) (Jerusalem Post)
Fourteen job seekers traveling home on the rooftop of an overcrowded train, are killed when they hit a low overhead bridge in northern India. (Times of India) (Jerusalem Post)
Six thousand flights are cancelled in the United States following the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm. (AP via Centre Daily)^{[permanent dead link]}
A fire destroys a five-star Sheraton hotel in the Heping District of Shenyang, Liaoning, China, then the tallest building in Northeastern China, after midnight fireworks celebrating the Chinese New Year set ablaze flammable thermal insulation outside the hotel walls. Firefighters were unable to put out the blaze as ladders could not reach the higher storeys of the building, but no casualties or injuries were reported. (Sky News) (Xinhua) (RTHK English News)

International relations

The Sudanese government, in its first official reaction after preliminary results were announced indicating a landslide vote in favor of Southern Sudan's independence, agrees to accept the results; Vice-President Ali Osman Taha says the government intends "to pursue a policy of good neighbourly relations with the south". (The Australian)
Awards for the WikiLeaks website and Julian Assange:
- Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is awarded the Sydney Peace Medal. (News Limited)
- A Norwegian MP nominates WikiLeaks for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying "Wikileaks have contributed to the struggle for human rights, democracy and freedom of speech globally, by exposing (among many other things) corruption, war crimes and torture — sometimes even conducted by allies of Norway". (Daily Nation) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

Law and crime

Colleen LaRose, known as "Jihad Jane", pleads guilty to participating in a terrorist plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose work offended many Muslims. (The Australian)
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation arrests former minister for communications A. Raja and other officials associated with the 2G spectrum scam. (DNA India) (Al Jazeera)
United States federal judge Carl J. Barbier rules that Deepwater Horizon oil spill compensation fund administrator Ken Feinberg should advise people that he is working for BP. (AP via Newser)

Politics and elections

The parliament of Kazakhstan approves a bill giving the President the power to declare a snap presidential election. (RIA Novosti) (AFP via Google News) (Trend News Agency)
The Palestinian Authority announces that it will hold local elections originally due to be held in June 2010. (Jerusalem Post)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits rural Jinzhai County in Jiangxi province to celebrate Chinese New Year with local farmers. (Xinhua)
Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, announces a general election for November 26, giving an unusually long notice for poll. (The Australian)
The President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, expands the Kremlin's human rights council and authorises it to investigate the cases of Sergei Magnitsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky. (The Moscow Times)
BBC executive Craig Oliver is chosen to replace Andy Coulson as British Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications. (BBC) (The Guardian)
The United States Senate votes down a repeal of healthcare reforms 47-51. (The Hill)

Science

Part of New Zealand's Pink and White Terraces, a natural wonder apparently destroyed in an eruption 125 years ago, has been rediscovered by scientists. (New Zealand Herald)
South Korea orders the culling of three million animals to control foot and mouth disease. (Yonhap)
NASA's Kepler Mission announces the discovery of a planetary system of six planets circulating the star Kepler-11. (Tha Indian)

Sports

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe announces that he will come out of retirement to compete in the London Olympics in 2012. (The Australian)
Japanese police investigate allegations of match fixing in professional sumo wrestling. (AP via Sacramento Bee)
England and Manchester United football player Gary Neville announces his retirement. (Goal)

NASA Finds Earth-size Planet Candidates in the Habitable Zone

[28] Clearly not everyday news...195.57.146.182 (talk) 22:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I am a bit worried that the press release calls them "Planet Candidates", and writes "Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets.". How preliminary is this? In any case, the Kepler (spacecraft) and Goldilocks planet articles should be updated. Thue talk 22:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. We'd have a story if they were actual planets.--WaltCip (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blurb: NASA's Kepler mission releases preliminary results that indicate over 1200 candidate extrasolar planets, over 50 of which located in the habitable zone.

Support nominating this as above. The known number of candidate planets was about 500 until now and kepler more than tripled it. I think that by itself is super notable. Statistically speaking, a significant number of the 50 will be actual planets. Nergaal (talk) 00:04, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nergaal. Thue talk 10:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nergaal. GreyHood ^Talk 23:10, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Nergaal. Abyssal (talk) 23:14, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted Tweaked a bit--Chaser (talk) 05:13, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Major protests in Arab world

Major protests take place in the Arab world.

There have been various requests to include a link to 2010–2011 Arab world protests on the main page. It doesn't quite fit with any of the individual country blurbs, and there is no consensus yet to combine all this news. How about a single line about the mass protests in general?--Chaser (talk) 17:17, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose single general line. While the article is really good, having such a standalone blurb is really excessive when we have two other blurbs that indicate to the protests. Either it should be combined with the current blurbs, or posted with additional information, such as the rise in oil prices. GreyHood ^Talk 17:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'll support this only if the blurb is more comprehensive.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:05, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support with expansion - as stated in the Saleh item below, I support merging all Arab world protest items under a single headline that incorporates the comprehensive 2010-2011 Arab world protests article. These things have NOT been happening in isolation from one another. Egypt should obviously top the list of events following the link to the overview article, but ITN needs to make note of the connections here. Cjs2111 (talk) 21:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical Cyclone Yasi

Tropical Cyclone Yasi--Mongreilf (talk) 17:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Already under discusson at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#Cyclone Yasi. Mjroots (talk) 18:15, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

which didn't cause it to appear on main page, and had a great deal of comments saying wait until landfall. landfall has happened.--Mongreilf (talk) 18:53, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Over 33,000 new space rocks are found in the Solar system

NASA's NEOWISE mission concludes, having detected 20 new comets, over 33,000 asteroids and 134 other near-Earth objects in the Solar system.

Space.com GreyHood ^Talk 15:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose: IMO these type of discoveries are quite frequent in the astronomical world, and are not that significant. Besides, from what I've read (quickly), these numbers are just the totals of discoveries over a period of time, and not a "bulk discovery" which I initially thought upon reading post. Reh man 16:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've slightly changed the blurb to hint that the discoveries happened over a period of time. GreyHood ^Talk 17:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actually WISE has made a huge leap in the number of known asteroids, and is significant (though the NEOWISE portion on its own probably isn't). However, I'd wait for a peer-reviewed end-of-mission paper first, rather than a single press release. Modest Genius ^talk 00:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Saleh not running for another term

Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has also announced he will not seek another term after 32 years in office. Reuters IMHO, ITN should combine all current Arab world protest items into a blurb that points to the 2010-2011 Arab world protests article. Cjs2111 (talk) 09:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Here is the blurb combining all Arab events:

Amid political unrest in the Arab world (map pictured) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announce they will not seek re-election, while Marouf al-Bakhit is appointed new Prime Minister of Jordan.

It's long, but it will take less place than two current blurbs (Egypt and Jordan) and the new proposed blurb (Yemen). GreyHood ^Talk 13:32, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, on its own... These are all important, separate sets of events affecting completely different countries. There's too much going on in that blurb. Nightw 13:38, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support all. The series of Arab world protests are all linked as they were all triggered by the successful Tunisia protests and have resulted in multiple head of state removals in a short time period. Potential major reprecussions for the entire world at large. ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support since it comprises the news in wider extent. It is always better to merge the particular situation of same sort in one larger.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merging all The Egypt situation is a story of far greater importance than the other two. Egypt is more important than Jordan and Yemen politically. The protests in Egypt are much larger than those in Jordan and Yemen. Mubarak is finishing his term in September, but Saleh is finishing his term in 2013. More people know who the President of Egypt is than the Prime Minister of Jordan or the President of Yemen. The fact of the matter is Egypt is the big story, and the other two are of secondary importance. Combine the Yemen and Jordan stories, but leave the Egypt story on its own. -- tariqabjotu 16:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the combined blurb: too long and crams too many items in there. I'll weak oppose the Saleh announcement too. His term ends a while from now; he could change his mind and run again. Makeemlighter (talk) 16:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Using that logic, Mubarak could change his mind as well. Something isn't not news just because it could change again in the future... Cjs2111 (talk) 22:01, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support in its own thing Cant merge all these together as each country is different siutation The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 16:55, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

map is wrong, there is no regime change in jordan if egypt (with more change) is not considered regime change.

also TOMORROW is more pertinent to yemen than today. one announcement by a pol leader doesnt constitie anything. but tomorrow is planned to be a massive protest in sanaa.(Lihaas (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)).[reply]

The Saleh announcement is as important as Mubarak's in and of itself; we can always change the blurb if tomorrow's protests wind up being significant enough that we feel it's necessary. Cjs2111 (talk) 22:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

North American blizzard

Currently, we have two articles: 2011 Groundhog Day Winter Storm and 2011 North American Groundhog Day blizzard. Major snow and ice event have have caused multiple airport closures, numerous school disruptions across the continent while close to 100 million likely affected, unknown casualties but could cause over $1 billion USD in damage. ~A H 1^(TCU) 14:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support if the two articles are merged and a good blurb is proposed. GreyHood ^Talk 14:42, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support, once articles are merged, per GreyHood above. Reh man 16:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for now. It's big, yes, but nothing terribly notable has happened so far. If we start hearing about lots of damages, deaths, etc., then I'd change to support. Makeemlighter (talk) 16:55, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The storm has resulted in one of the largest series of flight cancellations (bar 9/11) in decades. Today alone, 5,500 flights were canceled. (Reuters) Three possible storm-related deaths near Chicago. (Chicago Tribune) Two confirmed deaths, one in both Oklahoma and Michigan. (UPI) Cities from Texas to Maine have been paralyzed by the storm and hundreds of thousands are without power. (NPR) Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If Cyclone Yasi went up (0 fatalities), then this definitely should, because this affects more people and actually resulted in fatalities. Spencer^T♦C 21:24, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths alone do not make something newsworthy. Over 1000 children probably died of malaria yesterday (and similarly the day before that, and so on). A cyclone is more newsworthy than a winter storm, other things being equal. And it's a bit early to be sure Yasi caused no fatalities. --Avenue (talk) 22:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Very significant winter storm that has effected a good portion of a major country. Truthsort (talk) 22:31, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

article needs work. There is barely any mention of canadian cities. most pictures seem to be from same road in chicago... -- Ashish -g55 14:01, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Ready to post? :) ~A H 1^(TCU) 03:16, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose A snowstorm happened in the winter? I mean, come on, folks. Wake me when people die, and species go extinct. I would even say this is already old news, if it were news. But it's not. μηδείς (talk) 06:17, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

February 1

Portal:Current events/2011 February 1

February 1, 2011 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2011 Egyptian protests
- Protesters plan a "million-man march" on President Hosni Mubarak's presidential palace in Cairo starting at Tahrir Square. (Voice of America) (Al Jazeera)
- At least two million people gather in Tahrir Square in the biggest demonstration since the popular revolution against the Mubarak regime began. (The Hindu) (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times) (AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald)
- The government closes down Egyptian National Railways as well as Internet and mobile phone services. (CNN)
- Mubarak addresses the nation to tell the people of his refusal to leave Egypt, though promises to resign at the end of his term. He tells the people of Egypt that he is "proud of his achievements over the years in serving Egypt and its people". (Reuters) (AFP via The Sydney Morning Herald) (Al Jazeera) (ABC News)
- Protesters vow to stay in Tahrir Square until Mubarak goes. (Jerusalem Post)
- International response to the 2011 Egyptian protests:
  - President of the United States Barack Obama urges Hosni Mubarak not to run for the presidency again, though stops short of telling him to resign immediately. He also called for the transition to democracy "to begin now". (BBC) (The New York Times) (The Guardian), (Washington Post)
  - Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan completely backs the people of Egypt in their battle against the Mubarak regime. Newspapers had previously criticised him for his lack of a response to the revolution there. (Al Jazeera)
  - Google and Twitter team up to build a voice-to-tweet system to allow Egyptians to tweet despite the closure of Internet and mobile phone systems. (Fortune)
  - Al Jazeera reports that its signal is being jammed in parts of the Middle East, days after Egypt shut the news network's operations there. (Reuters)
Abdullah of Jordan sacks the Jordanian government amid protests over prices in the country. (Al Jazeera) (Xinhua) (M&C)
A Buddhist family of four is shot killed by suspected Muslim separatists seeking autonomy from predominantly Buddhist Thailand in the latest attack in an escalation of violence in the southern Thailand. (Reuters)

Business and economy

The owner of China's fourth-most visited website, Sohu.com Inc, posted a better-than-estimated 41 percent gain in profit after the company raised prices and boosted services such as video sharing. (China Daily)
A court in London bars the oil company BP from entering into a planned joint venture and share swap with Rosneft, a state-controlled Russian company. (Reuters)

Disasters

Cyclone Yasi
- The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail) (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
- Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in generations. (Sydney Morning Herald)^{[permanent dead link]}
US blizzard
- The United States National Weather Service issues a blizzard warning for nine states in the Midwestern United States with a storm affecting a total of 30 states from Texas to Maine. (Chicago Tribune), (Bloomberg), (AP), (Washington Post), (AFP via Adelaide Now)
- The storm is expected to affect as much as a third of the U.S. population, and has already created dangerous travel conditions and forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and the closure of major interstate highways.(Reuters)(VOA)
- Chicago's Midway International Airport closes due to the snow with 1,300 flights cancelled at O'Hare Airport. (Chicago Sun Times)
- The Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker declares a state of emergency in southern Wisconsin as a result of the blizzard. (Channel 3000)
The Shinmoedake volcano on the Japanese island of Kyūshū erupts again with its biggest explosion since becoming active again. (AP via Google News)
Indonesian police arrest three people in connection with a fire on a ferry last week that killed 27 people. (AP via Minneapolis Star Tribune)

International relations

Shanghai Cooperation Organization to mark 10th anniversary in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Rian)
The United States urges Iran to halt executions after the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman, Zahra Bahrami, accused of being drug smuggler; the U.S. State Department expresses concern that Iran "continues to deny its citizens their human rights" and that cases, trials, and sentences continue to proceed "without transparency and the due process rights enshrined in Iran's own constitution." (CNN)
North and South Korea agree to hold working-level military talks on 8 February, their first since the attack on Yeonpyeong Island in November last year. (Yonhap)
Palestine is recognised within its 1967 borders by Suriname.(Maan News)(Jerusalem Post)

Law and crime

U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower who is thought to have revealed secret U.S. government documents to the international public, is reported to be held in solitary confinement awaiting trial by the United States for seven months now, treatment which the United Nations deems a form of torture when used for such prolonged periods. (Al Jazeera)
The Karmapa Lama, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan Buddhism's third-highest lama, is questioned by police after large amounts of foreign money are found at his monastery in Dharamsala, northern India. Some Indian media allege he is acting as a spy for China. (Asia Times Online)

Politics and elections

Irish general election, 2011:
- Brian Cowen resigns by requesting the dissolution of the 30th Dáil, allowing a general election to take place, the first such election of the eurozone debt crisis. (Reuters) (BBC) (RTÉ) (CNN) (The Guardian)
- 25 February is later announced as the date of the election. (RTÉ)
In the wake of several recent deadly plane crashes in Iran, the Parliament of Iran passes a vote of no confidence in the country's Minister of Roads and Transportation Hamid Behbahani and impeaches him. (Press TV)(The Washington Post)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak cancel the appointment of Yoav Galant to the post of Israel Defense Forces chief. The announcement came after months of scandal surrounding his appointment due to allegations that he had illegally seized public lands near his home in Moshav Amikam, and after the State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss stated that Galant lied to in a sworn affidavit about exceeding his building rights.[29] [30]

Science

Russia starts a search for a missing military satellite launched into the wrong orbit. (Antara)

Protests in Arab world

Mubarak will not stand in September elections

President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak announces he will not stand in elections in September after political unrest in the country. (BBC) wacky wace 21:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Dictator of 29 years stepping down is obviously newsworthy. Thue talk 21:17, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Post ASAP.--BabbaQ (talk) 21:19, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
~~Nom~~ Support --bender235 (talk) 21:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support I would never normally support this kind of 'won't stand for re-election'-type announcement. However, the notability of this announcement is hugely amplified by the context. Clearly Egypt is on the brink of something, and this announcement is a notable step in the development of the chaos in the country, regardless of what the end result is. Franklinville (talk) 22:29, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted I tweaked the blurb a bit to make it clear he's the incumbent for anyone that has been living under a rock the past week. Comments welcome.--Chaser (talk) 22:30, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jordanian PM appointment

Marouf Bakhit has been appointed the new Jordanian Prime Minister in a cabinet reshuffle by Abdullah II of Jordan following mass protests. BBC Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 13:50, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We have the 2011 Jordanian protests article, by the way. It needs some more work though. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:24, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. According to the map at 2010–2011 Arab world protests, Jordan and Tunisia are the only Arab countries to have governments overthrown/sacked. GreyHood ^Talk 15:58, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think this quite qualiffies as a government being "Sacked" it would have to remove Abdullah II of Jordan to have it count. But this is a response to popular uprissing all over so supportThe Resident Anthropologist (talk) 16:25, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice to improve the protests article as it will be linked from the main page but this is not a prerequisite as the PM article is the focus one. Willing to post soon. --Tone 19:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The PM article could be problematic. There seems to be content lifted from here, although I can't be certain at this stage that it's not a backwards vio. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:18, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A head of state change is always important. ~A H 1^(TCU) 19:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support since the protests in Jordan are credited as the cause of the shuffle. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page Talk) 19:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Posted. We can also update the photo in a couple of hours. --Tone 20:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the possible copyvio from the article (see the article's talk page). --Mkativerata (talk) 20:20, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could this be merged with the suggestion below, centralized around the broader 2010–2011 Arab world protests? --Natural R_X 20:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In much better way, this could be merged with the oil price topic:

As protests across the Arab world continue, the oil price hits $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008 economic crisis. GreyHood ^Talk 21:13, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2010–2011 Arab world protests is rather good article, it will be nice to put it on the MP. GreyHood ^Talk 21:14, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: Arab protests

Anti-government protests in Egypt continue, as civil disobedience across the Arab world spreads.

Maybe the wording can be changed, but the protest item should be changed to reflect a series of uprising across the Arab world. --Natural R_X 16:41, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can we just move the Egypt portion up to the first item before it disappears from the main page? I can just imagine the number of people coming to Wikipedia as their go-to-source for these protests. It would be a disservice to our readers to take it off the main page. Colipon+(Talk) 19:36, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- King Abdullah II, King of Jordan, dissolves his country's government, as civil disobedience across the Arab world continues to spread Globe and Mail --Natural R_X 20:25, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with this: we need to bump Egypt and combining it with Jordan seems a sensible idea. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:35, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is a good idea. Blurb suggestions in light of the recent announcement by Mubarak?--Chaser (talk) 22:44, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oil price hits $100 a barrel, the first time since the 2008 crisis

The oil price hits $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008 economic crisis, on concerns about the political unrest in Egypt. BBC

This is largely symbolical, yet important economic event. Also it could save the Egyptian topic on ITN, since the current Egypt blurb likely will be bumped out soon, with more news posted. GreyHood ^Talk 02:09, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support with change - I support this in order to keep Egypt in ITN, so I think it's better if it foregrounds Egypt and presents oil as a consequence. Something like: "Political unrest in Egypt continues, sending the price of oil over $100 a barrel for the first time since the 2008 economic crisis." Cjs2111 (talk) 08:36, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Cjs. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 08:43, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, seriously, I'll have to oppose here. Yes, it is a nice idea to update the Egypt item and bump it up but we've done that three times already and the next time we update it should be with a major development. This $100 barrier is something symbolical and the last time it reached it was three years ago so it's not that special (would support if it reached the all-time record, though). In order to keep the Egypt item on the Main page, we should drop second-to-last items instead. (Not a standard ITN practice but some IAR feels appropriate here.) --Tone 08:52, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that we need to keep the Egyptian protest item on ITN for now. --BorgQueen (talk) 13:11, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the item to be removed instead, some boring thing about a joint drilling venture, did not have consensus to post. Abductive (reasoning) 13:23, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dropping second-to-last items is unusual and tiresome practice. Currently, the Kosovan blurb is ready for posting and John Barry might get posted any time someone bother to fix the citations, so the two last items are likely to be bumped out anyway. Better move Egypt to the top with a new additional development to the protests, than keep it jumping in the bottom. GreyHood ^Talk 14:29, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is purely a symbolic mark. Economicly, there is no difference between a $99 and $100 price per barrel. --bender235 (talk) 21:27, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. $100 is just an arbitrary line in the sand. I'll support when it breaks the record, not a round number. Modest Genius ^talk 00:06, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IPv4 address exhaustion

See discussion below

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

Internet: the first stage of the process of IPv4 address exhaustion has happened, marking the start of a period of forced rapid change for the Internet -- Gigacephalus (talk) 01:35, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- This is a the beginning of a period of major disruptive change for the Internet. See this Computerworld story: this is a significant event will be widely covered in the tech press, and will hit the mainstream press soon -- see this Google news search for this breaking story. -- Gigacephalus (talk) 01:40, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Mount Shinmoe

Mount Shinmoe erupts again in what Japan's Meteorological Agency calls the fourth and most powerful eruption in recent days.[31] --Reh man 13:47, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wait This could be the first rumblings of a big event or it could just be that rumblings. Get Worse with some more fire works I'll support but until then lets see how it shakes out. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 14:51, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it now? IMO, waiting for a bigger even is a good idea, but if it never happens, we'll simply kill the "news moment"... Reh man 14:28, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cyclone Yasi

Cyclone Yasi, a category four cyclone, approaches Queensland, Australia in what could be the state's worst cyclone in history.

Or should we wait till the storm starts to weaken? Reh man 16:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Strong support. Large evacuations have been urged for the coast. We could mention the strength of the storm (category 5 on the Australian scale) as well as the evacuations amid ongoing flood recovery efforts. ~A H 1^(TCU) 19:51, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wait til landfall. Sometimes these things weaken as they approach land and then it's much ado about nothing. Is Aus cat 5 like a cat 5 for North Atlantic hurricanes? Nutmegger (talk) 01:04, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong wait, we're not in the business of weather forecasting so let's wait to see what it actually does. And no, an Australian cat 5 does not always correspond to an Atlantic cat 5. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 01:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wait agree with the above. Excuse my forgetfulness but is this the same area we were talking about legendary flooding a few weeks ago? The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 03:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There was some flooding in this part of Queensland but this is a little north (at least 600km) of the places that saw the catastrophic flooding. Queensland is a big place. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 10:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Whatever the effects end up to be, this is an article that will draw wide interest. Seems in good shape...let's draw people into the article while there's interest. RxS (talk) 04:08, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious support its being described as one of the largest cyclones ever to hit the country, and it's headed for an already hugely-ruined area. --Dorsal Axe 08:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Here is an opportunity to have a news article on the main page while the event is actually occuring. It has basically made landfall now with destructive winds already having ripped the roof of a building in Innisfail, Queensland [32] -- Mattinbgn (talk) 10:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Certainly will make landfall - see this loop. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 10:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the situation has continued to change and develop and this is definitely now "in the news" simply for its size and intensity, regardless of its impact. Suggested blurb for posting after landfall (which will be around midnight local time or 1400 UTC): Cyclone Yasi, the strongest cyclone to hit Australia in generations, makes landfall near Innisfail, Queensland. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 11:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Be cautious about placing too much emphasis on its size or the word "large". It's a geographic descriptor rather than a meteorological one. In the context of a cyclone it does not necessarily correspond with how destructive it is. That will only be known during and after. (But it sure looks mean.) HiLo48 (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, agree with above, the storm surges and waves alone though are being described as potentially devastating, regardless of the "size" of the hurricane. The situation is definitely "newsworthy". [33] 13:06, 2 February 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.69.103 (talk)
Landfall is currently occurring, according the ABC (Australia) News. Ready to post? Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 14:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Landfall is the key moment; the most newsworthy. I'd say go for it. Reh man 14:26, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's arrived... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:47, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support Definitely newsworthy, it's massive. - Kollision (talk) 15:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've been updating the article with recently released info on the scale of damage and it's immense. The town of Tully has had numerous structures completely destroyed, one of the evacuation centres in Innisfail is actually flooding (not that good of a place to seek shelter is it). Proposing a new hook: "Cyclone Yasi, the most intense storm to strike Queensland since 1918, causes widespread damage across a large swath of the state." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyclonebiskit (talk • contribs)
- I have a problem with that blurb: it's way too WP:CRYSTAL. The storm's only just made landfall and we don't know the extent of damage yet so to claim it has caused "widespread" damage "across a large swathe" of Queensland is wrong. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 17:53, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Not really, reports from the region are stating significant damage over an area 200-300 kilometres long and extending inland, I would call that widespread. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Direct quote from an ABC news article "Innisfail district disaster coordinator Inspector David Tucker says there has been widespread destruction across the region." That falls right in line with my proposed hook. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Obviously going to be a major storm, with widespread damage. Mjroots (talk) 17:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wait I think this should e posted only once it starts doing significant damages. Nergaal (talk) 18:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- It looks like people have died so I guess it should go up. Nergaal (talk) 18:40, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Just clarification, no deaths as of yet but people are trapped in life-threatening situations. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:44, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Posted the "made landfall" blurb. I agree that saying that the cyclone caused widespread damage is verging too close to WP:CRYSTAL at this point, but that will probably change later. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 21:09, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The positive, tabloid, human aspect can be catered for from here - "...a yet-to-be named baby girl has been born at a Cairns evacuation centre." HiLo48 (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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