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11월 30일

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[폐쇄] RD: 아마르 에자히

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사:아마르 에자히(토크 · 역사 · 태그)
최근 사망자 지명(우편)
뉴스 출처: Labesse, 패트릭(12월 2016년)."Amar Ezzahi. algérien 르 남자 가수 mort".르 몽드.Retrieved 지난해 12월 3일 2016년.;Narduzzi, 기욤(12월 1일 2016년)."Décès d'Amar Ezzahi, icône 드 라 chanson populaire algéroise".르 피가로.Retrieved 12월 2016년.;"르 남자 가수 algérois Amar Ezzahis'est éteint".르 파리지엥.11월 30일 2016년.Retrieved 12월 2016년.
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위키백과 기사와 함께 어떤 사람이나 동물 또는 유기체의 최근 죽음은 항상 게시할 수 있을 만큼 충분히 중요한 것으로 추정된다(이 RFC추가 토론 참조).논평은 기사의 질이 WP를 충족하는지 여부에 초점을 맞추어야 한다.ITNRD.
명명자의 의견:알제리 예술가: 그는 알제르의 전통 음악인 차아비의 피규어 머리였다.이것은 개발 도상국의 RD를 포함하려는 또 다른 시도다.지그지그20s (대화) 04:47, 2016년 12월 2일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

[포스팅] 세계 체스 챔피언십 2016

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기사:2016년 세계 체스 챔피언십 (토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림:마그너스 칼슨(사진)이 세르게이 카르자킨을 꺾고 세계체스선수권대회 우승을 지켰다.(우편)
뉴스 출처:유론브스, 가디언
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기사 업데이트됨
지명된 이벤트는 WP에 열거되어 있다.ITN/R, 따라서 각각의 발생은 게시할 수 있을 만큼 충분히 중요한 것으로 추정된다.논평은 기사와 업데이트의 품질이 WP를 충족하는지 여부에 초점을 맞추어야 한다.중요성이 아니라 ITNCRIT.

명명자의 의견:타이브레이커가 진행되면서 기사가 업데이트되고 있다.우승자가 알려지면 게시할 수 있어. --기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 22:56, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]

2013년은 도전자(칼슨)가 승리했기 때문에 달랐다.2014년 표현은 "마그너스 칼슨도전자 비스와나단 아난드상대자신의 세계 체스 챔피언십 타이틀을 성공적으로 방어한다"는 것이었다.그러나 나는 여기서 제안된 표현은 ('승리' 대신 '숙명'으로) 더 촘촘하고 더 좋다고 생각한다.애드펫 (대화) 00:57, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지금은 약한 반대.아래쪽으로 몇 개의 시트가 필요하지만, 그렇지 않으면 이것은 단단한 물건처럼 보인다.그것들을 채워넣으면 우리는 가야 한다. -Ad Orientem (대화) 05:27, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 타이브레이크에서 승리한 것을 언급할 을 제안한다. -아브히시크트 (토크) 08:28, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
나도. --Roentgenium111 (토크) 19:11, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

[폐쇄] 새 예멘 정부

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사: 압둘 아지즈 합투르 (토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림: 예멘에서는 안사룰라 총인민대표회의압둘아지즈 합투어가 이끄는 국가구원의 정부를 구성하는 데 합의하고 있다.(우편)
뉴스 출처: PTV
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기사 업데이트됨
명명자의 의견:어떤 기사를 업데이트해야 할지 잘 모르겠는데, 이 기사가 가장 적절할 수도 있고 새로운 기사일 수도 있어?UN response tooLihaas (talk) 07:13, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답하라]
그것이 일어났고 UN도 그것에 응답했다!리하스 (대화) 10:49, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
그 얼간이는 정부를 구성하기로 합의했다고 말한다.내가 말하는 것은 정부가 형성되면 뉴스가 될 것이라는 것이다.아니면 블러브는 시대에 뒤떨어진 것일까?더 램블링맨 (토크) 11:04, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
2016년 11월 28일 내각이 출범했지만 빈 합투어는 초대 내각을 구성한 10월 4일 이후 PM이다. --Panam2014 (대화) 20:13, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
그래서 그 흐릿한 소리는 틀렸다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 23:57, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

[폐쇄] 한국항쟁

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사: 2016년 대한민국 시위 (대화 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림: 시위 몇주간 박근혜 대통령 조건부로 탄핵의 위협 하에 기권을 제안하다.(우편)
뉴스 출처: PTV
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명명자의 의견:한동안 계속하다가 점점 커졌어.어제부로 프레즈가 굴복하는 것 같아.적어도 이번 주 금요일이나 그 다음 주 금요일까지 탄핵안이 가결될 때까지 계속 진행하다가 흐지부지될 수도 있다?리하스 (대화) 07:13, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 기사의 빠른 읽기에 반대하는 것은 마지막 주목할 만한 사건이 11월 26일에 일어났다는 것을 나타내는 것으로 보여서 이것은 진행되지 않고 있고, 제안된 모호함은 기사에 반영되지도 않았다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 08:21, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
공원 Geun-hyeLihaas의 해임된 것을CommentNationwide 조치 08:48 11월 30일 2016년(CoordinatedUniversalTime)[답장](이야기).
논평이 내 표를 바꾸지 않는다.The Rambling Man (talk) 09:39, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 잠깐, 이건 그냥 발전일 뿐이야사직서는 우리가 올려야 할 것이다. --tone 09:01, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[답장]
  • 톤당 대기.만약 그녀가 사임하거나, 탄핵당하거나, 비슷한 일이 있다면, 우리는 그것을 게시할 수 있다.현재로선 여전히 "사퇴"에 불과하다.배네돈 (대화) 09:30, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 그녀가 실제로 사임하거나 공직에서 물러날 때까지 기다려라(ITNR이 될 것이다). 331닷 (대화) 14:21, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 에서 기다리세요.정부 및/또는 국가 원수의 변화는 ITNR 항목이다. -Ad Orientem (대화) 15:31, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 현재 진행 중인 에 반대하되, 사임이 발생한다면, 그것은 확실히 ITN이다.시위가 대규모 폭력/배심원/사망자를 야기하지 않는 한, 예를 들어 반 트럼프 집회, 다코타 파이프라인 시위 등과 같은 이전의 전례에 따르면 시위만으로는 현재 진행하기에 충분하지 않다. --MASEM (t) 15:33, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

[폐쇄] 인도 기지 공격

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사:2016년 나그로타 육군기지 공격(토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림:무장세력은 잠무와 카슈미르에 있는 나그로타 주둔지의 인도군 기지를 공격해 장교 2명과 무장대원 3명을 포함한 7명의 군인이 사망했다.(우편)
대체 블럽:잠무와 카슈미르 나그로타 마을의 인도 육군기지에서 발생한 무장 테러로 경찰관 2명을 포함해 7명의 보안군 병력이 사망하고 있다.
뉴스 출처:[1], [2], [3], [4]
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노미네이터의 논평: 상당한 진행 중인 언론 보도.이는 올해 들어 파탄코트우리당에 이어 세 번째 인도 군사시설 테러였다.—MBlaze Flocking 07:28, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답하라]

티격태격 공격에 반대하다아마도 정기적으로 업데이트된다면 진행 중인 것이 더 적합할 것이다.

추가 Alt1은 POV 및 WTA 위반이다.리하스 (대화) 07:53, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

11월 29일

무력 충돌 및 공격
예술과 문화
재해 및 사고
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원자로 위에 놓인 새로운 안전장치

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기사:신안전감금(대화 · 역사 · 태그), 체르노빌 원자력 발전소(대화 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림:세계에서 가장 큰 이동 가능한 금속 구조물인 뉴 세이프 리크먼트낡은 석관을 대체하기 위해 체르노빌 원자력 발전소의 네 번째 원자로 위에 놓여졌다.(우편)
뉴스 출처:(RFE/RF), (로이터), 가디언, (폭스 뉴스), (DW)
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젠다 H. (대화) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 13:53[응답]

  • 기사 개량이 보류 중인 지금 당장은 반대한다.흥미로운 이야기와 포괄적인 기사, 하지만 슬프게도 그 기사는 대부분 참조되지 않았고, 그것을 메인 페이지 준비 상태로 끌어올리기 위해서는 많은 인용 작업이 필요하다.그걸 고치면 내 지지를 받을 수 있을 거야. --Jayron32 14:04, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 지명된 대로 반대하다.위에서 언급한 바와 같이, 더 많은 참고가 필요하다.게다가, 이 기사는 이것이 실제로 완료되었는지 아닌지를 명확히 밝히지 않고 있다; 레드는 2017년에 완성되어야 한다고 언급하고 있다.하지만 놀랍도록 멋지고 철저한 기사, 그리고 나는 이것을 ITN.128.214.53.104 (대화) 14:07, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]에서 보고 싶다.
  • Wait – 구조가 완료되고, 말하자면, 효과가 나타날 때까지.스카 (대화) 2016년 11월 29일 15:41, (UTC)[응답]
    아니면 메인페이지에 멜트다운 위험을 감수해야 하나?루그넛 14:17, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
러그, 사용자 이름을 리퍼로 바꿀 생각 있어?Sca (토크) 16:04, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
당신은 Commie가 물 한 잔을 마시는 것을 본 적이 있는가?루그넛Precious bodily fluids 18:45, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
보드카는 그들이 마시는 거잖아, 그렇지?Sca (토크) 17:01, 2016년 12월 2일 (UTC)[답글]
PS: 현재 몇 개의 이야기를 읽고 난 후, 새로운 구조물이 이미 어느 정도까지 방사능을 포함하고 있을지 확신할 수 없다.스카 (대화) 2016년 11월 29일 15:59 (UTC)[응답]
PPS: 내가 이해하기로는, 새로운 구조물은 오래된 석관을 "대체"하지 않고, 식물의 나머지 부분과 함께 그것을 감싸고 있다.스카 (대화)16:03, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
내 정보원에 따르면 그것은 미래에 원자로와 석관을 폐기하는데 사용될 것이고 그래서 어떻게든 방사능을 억제할 수 있어야 한다.하지만 판매는 내년에 확실히 완료될 것이다. --Jenda H. (토크) 16:19, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
팔지 말고 천장을 말하는 거야?건배.Sca (대화) 2016년 12월 1일 16:00 (UTC)[답글]
  • 원칙적으로 이것은 게시되어야 하지만 기사는 전혀 참조되지 않는다.체르노빌 원자력 발전소는 확실히 업데이트 되었기 때문에 나는 체르노빌 원자력 발전소를 연결하는 것을 추천한다.네르가알(대화) 17:59, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 물품 품질에 반대하다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC) 18:16 [응답]
  • 지지와 나는 반대파에 동의하지 않는다. --Fixuture (대화) 18:19, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
    내 반대는 물품 품질에 관한 것인데, 체르노빌 세이프 리큐브 기사는 10개 이상의 유지 관리 태그를 가지고 있다.보통 우리는 ITN에 기사를 하나 가지고 올리지 않는다.너는 내가 반대하는 어느 부분에 반대하니?더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC) 19:24 [응답]
    @고정:단순히 "지원"을 게시하는 것만으로는 의견 일치를 결정하는 데 큰 도움이 되지 않는다고 덧붙이겠다("제발 그러지 마십시오." 이상이다.좀 더 자세히 설명해 주시겠습니까?331닷 (대화) 19:28, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
    @Rambling Man: & @331dot:나는 단지 기사 품질이 유지 보수 태그의 개수에 상관없이 In The News 섹션에 포함하기에 적합하지 않다는 것에 동의하지 않는다.최악의 경우, 모든 미등록 섹션을 삭제하면 된다. 이 기사는 해당 섹션이 없어도 충분할 것이다(그리고 나중에 사람들이 토크 페이지에 참고문헌을 추가하면 다시 읽어준다.--Fixuture (토크) 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC) 19:52 [응답]
    기사에서 참조되지 않은 모든 정보를 제거하면 스텁이 된다.보람이 없다.만약 여러분이 이것이 홍보되는 것을 보고 싶다면, 여러분이 할 수 있는 최선의 방법은 기사를 개선하기 시작하는 것이다. 왜냐하면, 그리고 나는 이것을 100% 알고 있기 때문이다. 그것은 어떤 일이 있어도 결코 현재 상태로 게시되지 않을 것이기 때문이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC) 20:35 [응답]
  • 반대 천장이 시설 위에 놓여져 있는 동안, 끝 벽이 만들어지지 않아서 구조가 완전하지 않다.2017년 8월에 완료될 때까지 기다리세요.마밀레스 (대화) 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC) 15:31, 응답

[폐쇄] RD: 클레버 산타나

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사: 클레버 산타나 (토크 · 역사 · 태그)
최근 사망자 지명(우편)
뉴스 출처: 마르카
크레딧:

위키백과 기사와 함께 어떤 사람이나 동물 또는 유기체의 최근 죽음은 항상 게시할 수 있을 만큼 충분히 중요한 것으로 추정된다(이 RFC추가 토론 참조).논평은 기사의 질이 WP를 충족하는지 여부에 초점을 맞추어야 한다.ITNRD.
명명자의 의견:2933편 비행기에서 사망한 축구 선수더 람블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 11시 34분[응답]
  • 코멘트 팀 희생자들의 전체 목록이 게시된 충돌 기사에 곧 등장할 것이라고 가정하면, 나는 이 사람을 로스터에서 뽑을 특별한 이유를 모르겠다.브랜드마이스터talk 12:06, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    RD 기준 중 하나가 아니다.그 물건은 존재하며 품위가 있다.우리는 사람들이 재난의 목록에 오르는 것을 막는 규칙을 가지고 있지 않다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 12시 9분 (답변)
    작전상 문제가 있어만약 12명의 유명한 사람들이 같은 재난으로 죽는다면, 우리는 받아들일 수 있는 품질의 기사가 있는 사람들을 모두 나열하는가?어색할 수도 있어.만약 우리가 그 기사를 나열한다면, 그것은 심지어 중복으로 여겨질 수도 있다.어떻게 해결해야 할지 확실하지 않다.제호Talk 13:21, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    이론적인 문제.이런 선수 중에는 기사도 없는 선수도 있다.내가 찾아본 것들은 이 개인을 제외하고는 메인 페이지 포함에 전혀 적합하지 않다.만약 누군가가 그 모든 기사들을 다음 7일 안에 완성시키기 위해 노력을 기울인다면 그것은 좋은 문제가 될 것이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 13:43 (답변)
  • 논평 나는 비행기 추락 사고와 총 사망자 수만큼 뉴스에 나온 것이 산타나의 죽음인지 확신할 수 없다.즉, 뉴스가 되는 것은 산타나 자신의 죽음이 아닐 수도 있다.르프리카바크 (대화) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15시 10분 [응답]
    그건 중요하지 않아.이건 RD 후보지명이니까 우리가 여기서 걱정하는 건 기사품질일 뿐이야.더 람블링맨(토크) 15:13, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    나는 그 메모를 읽었고 그것은 그 개인의 죽음이 뉴스에 나와야 한다고 명시했다.내 요점은 그의 죽음이 뉴스에 있다고 믿지 않는다는 것이다.근거로, 그리고 아래 마셈의 유효한 주장에 따라, 나는 이 지명에 반대한다.르프리카바크 (대화) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:24 [응답]
    내가 제공한 산타나 관련 참고자료를 놓치셨군요.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:31 [응답]
    좋아, 그렇게 하려면 내 반대편의 그 측면을 제거해야 해.말하자면, 나는 여전히 반대를 위해 진전된 다른 주장들에 동의한다.특이한 경우는 IAR이 가장 잘 적용되는 경우가 많다.르프리카바크 (대화) 15:34, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 반대 팀의 기사에서는 기사 질이 크게 달라도 거의 모든 선수가 눈에 띈다.기사 품질이 이미 있다고 해서 그 중 하나만 게시하고 나머지는 무시하는 것은 말이 안 된다. 그것은 체계적인 편견이다.반대로, 만약 우리가 그것들을 모두 게시한다면, 그것은 RD를 며칠간 쓸모없게 만든다.팀으로부터의 사망은 추락사고의 기사에 의해 가려져 RD 측면이 무색해지는 선례가 있어야 한다. --MASEM (t) 15:20, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    위 내용을 읽어 보십시오.다 올리진 않을 거고 기사도 없는 사람도 있을 거야당신이 WP를 호출하고 있다고 생각하네.IAR은 현재의 RD 규칙이 당신의 입장을 전혀 지지하지 않기 때문에 여기에 있다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:24 [응답]
    그것은 새로운 RD 접근법에 따라 우리가 이전에는 접하지 못했던 상황이며, 내가 생각하기에 전혀 고려되지 않았던 것으로, 그렇지 않은 ITN 가치 있는 사건에서 몇몇 주목할 만한 사람들의 죽음이다.이와 같이, 당신은 내가 새로운 RD 규칙의 IAR 무시를 요구하고 있다고 주장할 수 있지만, 나는 그것이 (더 많은 논의가 필요했던 주목할 만한 동물의 죽음과 마찬가지로) 주제별로 정해지지 않은 완전히 새로운 상황이라고 생각한다.지금 여러분이 말하는 것은 오직 한 사람만이 예선전에 근접했다는 것을 알지만, 여기에 있는 열렬한 축구 편집자들을 알고 있고, 이 선수권 대회 때문에 뉴스와 스포츠 매체에서 이 문제에 대한 집중적인 보도가 있을 것 같아, 편집자들이 다른 선수들의 기사를 몇 편 늘릴 것이라는 합리적인 기대가 있다.그리고 그것이 바로 그 사람이 최고의 기사를 가지고 있다는 이유만으로 그 무리로부터 한 명의 이름을 빼내는 명백한 편견보다 나를 더 걱정하게 하는 상황이다.(2016년 시카고 컵스 같은 팀이 7차전으로 가는 도중에 비행기 사고로 사망한 경우(그런 일이 일어나지 않도록 강력하게 금지)라고 상상해 보라.이 특별한 이야기가 새로운 RD 규칙을 앞섰지만, 2015년 3월부터 3명의 주목할 만한 운동선수를 동원한 헬리콥터 추락에 대한 접근방식은 이러한 상황을 어떻게 대처해야 하는지에 관한 것이라고 주장할 수 있다. --MASEM (t) 15:33, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    후보 지명 이후 RD 규정이 바뀌었지만, 이 문제가 처음 보이는 것보다 더 빈번하다는 것은 흥미롭다.따라서 우리는 이 시나리오를 수용하도록 RD 기준을 수정해야 한다.더 람블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:37[응답]
    물론, 나는 그들이 변했다는 것을 알아챘지만, 내가 언급했듯이, 새로운 규칙의 RFC 기간 동안, 다수의 RD 자격 죽음과 함께 대량 비극(자체 ITN-가치)이 일어나야 한다면, 그 상황을 제기하는 사람은 누구든, 그리고 새로운 RD 규칙이 마련되었기 때문에, 나는 지금까지 이 상황의 어떤 상황도 기억할 수 없기 때문에, 이것은 새로운 것으로 받아들여져야만 한다.영토의
    이를 위해, 만약 많은 RD 자격을 갖춘 사람들이 연루된 대규모 비극이 일어난다면, 우리는 동시에 다수의 사망자가 발생할 때 규모를 잘 조정하지 않기 때문에 많은 사람들의 RD 유목민들은 일을 하지 않는다는 것이 꽤 빨리 명백해진다.(참고하라: 편집자들은 여기서 항상 수준 이하의 기사를 가진 RD 자격증을 가진 사람들을 지명한다.팀에서 주목받는 다른 선수들이 모두 지금 이름을 올리지 못할 이유가 없다.)그러므로 우리는 RD 이전에 취했던 좀 더 상식적인 접근법으로 즉, 비극이 관련자 모두에게 RD 역할을 하도록 내버려 두거나, 아니면 RD 프로세스가 어떻게 처리되는지 그리고 RD가 어떻게 제시되는지를 완전히 다시 연구해서 동시에 다수의 사람들이 등록될 수 있도록 해야 한다.최소 저항의 길은 여기서 더 분명해 보인다. --MASEM (t) 15:45, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    우리는 그것을 RD 기준에 추가해야 한다.죽은 사람들을 모두 나열하는 것에 대해서는, 나는 그것을 주요 쟁점으로 보지 않는다.이것은 종이 백과사전이 아니고, 내가 몇 번 말했듯이, 그들 중 대부분은 게시되지 않을 것이다. 왜냐하면 그들은 기사가 없거나 형편없는 상태에 있기 때문이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:48 (응답)
  • 마셈당 반대와 상식.산타나의 죽음은 비행기 추락사고로 덮였다.그가 사망하는 매우 특이한 상황을 고려할 때, 비록 다른 모든 사망자가 발생하지 않았더라도 RD와는 반대로 그는 심각한 장애의 경쟁자가 될 것이다. -Ad Orientem (대화) 15:29, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    WP:IAR?The Rambling Man (talk) 15:31, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
나는 그 지침이 사망에 대한 중복된 게시물을 만들려고 의도된 것은 아니라고 생각한다.나는 우리가 누군가에게 애매모호하고 RD를 준 어떤 예도 기억나지 않는다.WP에 따라 파일을 저장하려면:게 효과가 있는 커먼센스. -Ad Orientem (대화) 15:38, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
아니, 의도한 것은 아니었지만, 경우에 따라서는 특히 지금은 RD 기준이 단순히 품질을 검사하는 것으로 바뀌어서 부산물이다.그러나 위와 같이, 지난 몇 년 동안 이러한 일이 몇 번 발생했으므로 우리는 이러한 접근방식을 수용하도록 RD 기준을 수정할 수 있다.더 람블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:42 (응답)
  • 위의 Per에 반대하십시오.정말, 이것은 이미 흐릿하게 게시되었다.우리는 피델 카스트로를 "최근의 죽음" 섹션에 추가하지 않았다. 왜냐하면 그것은 중복이 될 것이기 때문이다.마찬가지로 산타나를 두 번 열거하는 것도 말이 안 된다.만약 여러분이 사망 기준에 대한 고통스러울 정도로 엄격한 독서에 근거하여 이것을 정당화하려고 한다면, 음, 두 가지는 그 게임에서 할 수 있다: "인간의 죽음 자체가 흐릿하게 보이는 것인지 아니면 "최근의 죽음" 섹션에 나열되는 것만으로 가치가 있는 것인지 아닌지에 대한 논쟁이 있을 때가 있다"는 것은 죽음이 흐릿하게 보이는 것인지 아니면 목록을 얻는 것인지 둘 다가 아니라 둘 다 하는 것이다.스머린체스터 2016년 11월 29일 15시 40분 (UTC)[응답]
    우리는 카스트로를 RD에 추가하지 않았다. 왜냐하면 카스트로의 기사는 이미 ITN 부분에서 표적이 되었기 때문이다.여기서는 그렇지 않다.더 람블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 15:42 (응답)
  • WP별 반대:IAR과 흐림의 존재.--WaltCip (대화) 15:43, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 다만, RD 기준을 다음과 같이 개정할 가치가 있다고 생각한다. "독립적으로 주목할 만한 사건(기사 포함)으로 인해 (한 명 이상의) 사망자가 발생하는 이례적인 재앙적 상황이 발생할 경우, 최근 전체 또는 대다수 개인의 사망 게시물은 이해관계에 있어 용서받을 수 있다.이중화 방지"--WaltCip (대화) 15:49, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • IAR별 신속한 마감 제안 및 RD 가이드라인에 대한 논의를 토크 페이지로 이동. -Ad Orientem (대화) 15:53, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 위의 모든 사항에 따라 반대하십시오.그러나 우리의 현재 RD 기준이 완전히 터무니없는 것이라는 또 다른 징후가 있다.우리는 RD 상장을 위한 유일한 기준이 기사품질이 되어야 한다고 생각하면서 정말 여기서 줄거리를 잃어버렸다.수수한 천재talk 16:02, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    그렇지는 않다.그 변화에는 큰 공감대가 형성되었다.그리고 이 모든 희귀한 사건들이 우리가 설명하지 않은 최소한 한 가지 예외가 있다는 것을 보여주었다.많은 규칙들이 그러하듯이 말이다.과장이 필요 없을 것 같다.물론 아무도 당신이 변화를 뒤엎기 위해 새로운 RFC를 시작하는 것을 막지 못한다.그것은 매우 흥미로울 것이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 16:07 [응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

[포스팅] 라미아 항공 2933편

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기사: 라미아 항공 2933편(토크 · 히스토리 · 태그)
흐림: 콜롬비아 메데인에서 채프코엔스 축구팀이 탑승한 채 전세기가 추락해 76명이 숨졌다.(우편)
뉴스 출처: BBC
크레딧:

노미네이터의 논평: 속보, 사망자도 있고 생존자도 있는데, 현재로선 그게 전부인 것 같다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 07:11, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]

  • 지원하지만 이 단계에서는 사상자 수가 확인되지 않는다는 점에 유의하십시오.보고된 것은 지금까지 6명의 생존자가 있다는 것이다.Mjroot (대화) 08:27, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Sander.v지지하십시오.은행 08:31, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 비록 Mjroots가 말했듯이, 비록 희생자의 수가 현 시점에서 확인되지 않았다는 것에 주목한다.WPancake (대화) 08:57, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 숫자가 확인될 때까지 기다리세요. 197.15.224.56 (대화) 09:40, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지금 지원 번호가 확인됨.스머린체스터 09:41, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
(그러나 현재의 이미지는 사용하지 말 것을 권하고 싶다. 오래된 것이며, 항공기는 라미아가 아닌 에어프랑스 도서관에서 볼 수 있다.)스머린체스터 2016년 11월 29일 10시 10분 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 댓글이 준비된 것 같아.는 또한 메인 페이지의 균형을 맞추기 위해 ITN에 마지막 이야기를 남겨두는 것을 지지한다.오류. 람블링맨(토크) 09:56, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 2016년 11월 29일(UTC) 10시 33분 게시[응답]
  • 당초 승객 명단에 이름을 올린 4명이 승선하지 않아 사망자는 71명으로 집계됐다.출처는 포르투갈어[여기]이다.gsfelipe94 (대화) 21:20, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    내용을 WP에 게시하십시오.오류: 18시간에서 24시간 동안 무시한 다음 적절한 관리자가 최종적으로 조치를 취할 수 있는 경우.여기서는 아무 일도 일어나지 않을 것이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 21:21[응답]
    고마워, 어디로 신고해야 할지 몰랐어.gsfelipe94 (대화) 21:28, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    그 기사에서 사망자 수는 정확히 71명이다.그래, 맞아, 메인 페이지의 ITN 퍼블이 따라잡아야 해.마르티네반스123 (대화) 21:29 (UTC) 2016년 11월 29일 (화)[응답]
    나는 여기의 흐림을 메인 페이지에 반영할 것으로 생각하고 바꿨다.gsfelipe94 (대화) 21:35, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    아니, 그래서 WP에서 보고해야 한다고 말한 거야오류. 횡설수설하는 남자 (토크) 21:44, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
    그게 내가 한 일이야.나는 단지 그 사용자에게 설명하려고 했는데, 그는 아마 71이 흐릿하게 나열되어 있는 것을 보고 이해하지 못했을 것이다.gsfelipe94 (대화) 21:47, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    점잖은 관리자에 의해 고쳐진다.2016년Talk 11월 29일(UTC) 21시 53분(응답)
    마을에서 가장 훌륭한 사람 중 한 명.The Rambling Man (talk) 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC) 22:00[응답]
    내가 일주일 동안 살고 있는 마을로 미루어 볼 때, 그건 어려울 것 같은데...2016년 11월 29일(UTC) 벤첼라이트Talk 22:02[응답]
  • 주요 뉴스 이벤트 지원. --Marvellous Spider-Man 14:48, 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC)[응답]
LaMia P4-LOR at EGPF, Oct 2013.jpg

LaMia libery에 있는 항공기의 이미지를 지금 이용할 수 있다.Mjroot (대화) 05:44, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

너무 늦었다.체스 챔피언이 됐네더 램블링맨 (토크) 23:59, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]

[폐쇄] 태국의 새 왕

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

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기사: 바지랄롱꼰(토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림: 7주간의 연기 끝에 마하 바지랄롱꼰 왕세자는 아버지 푸미폰 아둘랴데의 뒤를 이어 태국의 왕이 된다.(우편)
뉴스 출처: 방콕포스트
크레딧:
명명자의 의견:고 임금의 서거가 지난달에 게시되었지만, 아들의 즉위식은 전통과 단절된 채 지금까지 지켜져 있었기 때문에, 당시 ITN은 그 사실을 언급하지 않았다.이것이 새로운 국가 원수에 대한 ITNR의 자격이 되는지 확실하지 않다.후계자에 대해 좀 더 자세히 말해줄래?Paul_012 (대화) 05:27, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 논평: 아마도 좀 더 기다려야 할 것 같다.보다 상세한 보도는 NLA가 황태자 왕위계승 초청장을 보냈다는 것을 나타내는데, 여전히 받아들여져야 한다. --Paul_012 (대화) 05:52, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 댓글을 달다.선출되지 않은 국가원수의 승계는 ITNR이지만, 폴이 말한 것처럼 지금은 그 시기가 확실치 않다. 331닷 (대화) 10:06, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 댓글을 달다.태국 정부는 그가 아직 왕이 아니라고 발표했다.자세한 내용은 Talk:를 참조하십시오.바지랄롱꼰#칭왕. --YURI (대화) 10:45, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 문제는 그가 태국의 왕이 아니라는 것이다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 30일 (UTC) 18:16 [응답]
  • 댓글을 달다.CNN에 따르면 왕세자는 현재 대관식을 끝으로 폐막하는 예식에 참석하고 있어 이번 행사가 임박해 보인다(수속 시간이 얼마나 걸릴지 알 수 없지만).드래곤즈 비행 (대화) 2016년 12월 1일 11시 51분 (UTC)[응답]
  • BBC방송은 그가 이제 왕으로 선포되었다고 확인했다.더 람블링맨 (토크) 15:26, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

RD: 레이 콜럼버스

기사: 레이 콜럼버스 (토크 · 역사 · 태그)
최근 사망자 지명(우편)
뉴스 출처: [5]
위키백과 기사와 함께 어떤 사람이나 동물 또는 유기체의 최근 죽음은 항상 게시할 수 있을 만큼 충분히 중요한 것으로 추정된다(이 RFC추가 토론 참조).논평은 기사의 질이 WP를 충족하는지 여부에 초점을 맞추어야 한다.ITNRD.

명명자의 의견:1960년대 호주의 팝 스타였던 뉴질랜드의 유명한 연예인이기도 하다.MaxBrowne (대화) 06:01, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]

  • 약자는 이 기사에 대해 끔찍한 것은 없지만, 그것은 거의 스터브 수준을 상회하고 있으며, 대다수는 연예계나 팝스타의 경력보다는 그의 건강을 다루고 있다.그래서, 그의 삶의 주요 측면을 다루기 위해서는 확장이 필요하다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 07:26, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]
그 후 기사가 개선되었다.MaxBrowne (대화) 19:28, 2016년 12월 1일 (UTC)[응답]
추가된 자료는 참조되지 않은 것으로 보인다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 21:44, 2016년 12월 3일 (UTC)[응답]

11월 28일

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[그림그리기] OSU 칼부림

다음의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

기사: 오하이오 주립대학 칼부림(토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림: 오하이오 주립대학의 칼부림 사건 이후 부상자 발생(우편)
뉴스 출처: CBS
크레딧:

기사 업데이트됨
명명자의 의견:부상자가 늘어날 수 있으니 구체적인 언급을 하고 싶지 않다.한 명은 중태야DatTalkContribs Guy 16:45, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 반대 - ASITUSA. 그리고 사망자는 없는 것 같아.--WaltCip (대화) 17:18, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • @WaltCip:그 약어가 무엇인지 확실하지는 않지만, 나는 "모든 미국 관련 뉴스가 ITN에 올라간다."와 관련이 있다고 추측한다. 한 명의 사망자가 있었고, 그것은 용의자였다.더 많은 사람들이 부상으로 죽을 수도 있다.Dat GuyTalkContribs 17:26, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 반대 - 더 많은 정보가 들어오기 전까지, 유일한 사상자는 가해자를 쓰러뜨리는 것이었으므로, 특별히 주목할 만한 것으로 보이지 않는다. -- Fuzheado Talk 17:28, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 일단 반대하다.보도에 따르면 총성이 들렸다고 하는데, 왜 기사 제목이 '스태빙'인 걸까.아직 상황에 대한 명확성의 부족과 현시점에서의 명확한 인식성의 결여.에버그린피르 (대화) 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC) 17시 30분[응답]
  • 총격이 경찰의 발포였을 가능성이 매우 높다.[6] -- Fuzheado Talk 17:39, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지지 - 모든 것이 명확해지고 기사가 완전히 소싱될 때.그렇지 않으면 ITN.17:34, 2016년 11월 28일(UTC) BabbaQ(토크)에 좋은 것 같다.
  • 기다려라, 하지만 기대어 반대한다.아직까지 이것이 ITN에 대한 모호한 설명을 할 수 있는 수준까지 상승한다는 것을 시사하는 것은 없다. -Ad Orientem (대화) 17:37, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답하라]
    • 반대 이것은 단지 여기 미국에서 매우 슬프지만 꽤 흔한 폭력 범죄의 또 다른 예라는 것이 점점 분명해지고 있다.보도는 SEDIVENT를 통과하지 못할 것으로 보이며, 나는 그 사건이 NOTNEWS와 USTRISM에 의한 독립된 기사를 보증하는 것조차 의심스럽다. -Ad Orientem (대화) 18:13, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • FOX 뉴스에 따르면, Abjet Attacker는 사건 발생 1분 후에 살해되었다.그러니까 테러라면.그것은 탈리스 열차 공격과 같으며 우리는 그것을 게시하지 않았다.맞나? --Jenda H. (토크) 18:09, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 사상자가 제한된 미국에서의 대규모 공격에 반대한다.특별히 뉴스거리가 될 만한 것은 없다. 나는 진행 중인 "2016년 미국에서의 대규모 공격" 기사나 그와 유사한 기사를 한 줄 업데이트 하는 것을 제안한다.더 램블링맨 (토크) 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC) 18시 20분 (응답)
위의 논의는 종결되었다.수정하지 마십시오.이후 코멘트는 해당 토론 페이지에서 작성해야 한다.이 논의는 더 이상 수정해서는 안 된다.

[포스팅] RD: 마크 타이마노프

기사: 마크 타이마노프(토크 · 히스토리 · 태그)
최근 사망자 지명(우편)
뉴스 출처: RT 뉴스
크레딧:
위키백과 기사와 함께 어떤 사람이나 동물 또는 유기체의 최근 죽음은 항상 게시할 수 있을 만큼 충분히 중요한 것으로 추정된다(이 RFC추가 토론 참조).논평은 기사의 질이 WP를 충족하는지 여부에 초점을 맞추어야 한다.ITNRD.

명명자의 의견:그는 유명한 러시아 체스 선수 겸 피아니스트였다. --기릴 시메오노프스키 (토크) 10:38, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

  • 반대 체스 경력 부분은 완전히 언급되지 않았다.The Rambling Man (talk) 10:39, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지금 현재 나는 더 많은 ref를 추가했다.브랜드마이스터 11:11talk, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • 지원 - 추가된 참조에 따라.그렇지 않으면 RD, BabbaQ (토크) 17:35, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답하라]
  • 누락된 참조와 게시물을 작성함.블랙 카이트 (토크) 09:42, 2016년 11월 29일 (UTC)[응답]

[포스팅] 알레포 공세(2016년 11월)

기사:알레포 공세(2016년 11월) (토크 · 역사 · 태그)
흐림: 흐림이 지정되지 않음(우체)
크레딧:

명명자의 의견:지난 며칠 동안 많은 새로운 개발들이 진행 중이고, 기사도 업데이트 될 때라고 생각한다. 08:29, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]

  • 지지 - 알레포의 몰락은 빠르게 발전하고 있다.도시의 반란군 지역에는 보급품이 없다.또한 2012년 이후 시리아군이 그 지역에 주둔하는 것은 이번이 처음이다.알레포의 전체 내전에 대한 의의는 명백하다. --Jenda H. (대화) 18:20, 2016년 11월 28일 (UTC)[응답]
  • Support But what about a blurb instead (not that I'm against an ongoing), something like "The Syrian army seizes north-eastern Aleppo" (40% of the rebel-held part says BBC, so the fighting must have swept past many tens of thousands of residents). Narayanese (talk) 22:27, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - For ongoing. Has been in the news lately. Sherenk1 (talk) 05:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support certainly in the news, certainly ongoing, and certainly a decent article. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:48, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posting. I was the nominator but I see enough support. --Tone 13:47, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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[Posted] 104th Grey Cup

Article: 104th Grey Cup (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders to win the 104th Grey Cup. (Post)
Alternative blurb: In Canadian football, the Ottawa Redblacks defeat the Calgary Stampeders to win the 104th Grey Cup, the first victory for an Ottawa franchise in 40 years.
News source(s): TSN
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: Surprised this was not nominated yesterday after the game. Grey Cup is ITNR and is posted every year. If we want to, we could use a photo of the trophy or of Henry Burris, the Most Outstanding Player of the game. If we want to be 100% accurate, the official way to write the team's name is the Ottawa REDBLACKS. --PlasmaTwa2 02:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for now. Extremely poor referencing. Whole sections lacking a single cite. This is going to need some work before it can be posted on the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:38, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Article is much improved. Well done to those involved. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as above. For information, the item was actually posted without discussion or consensus yesterday by another rogue admin. Thankfully it was removed minutes later. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Update: I have fixed the referencing issues and added a bit more information to several sections. I believe it is ready to be posted. --PlasmaTwa2 08:58, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Still seems to be a vast number of [citation needed] to be resolved. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:00, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I was halfway through editing that section when I posted, thinking I'd be done by the time anyone responded. The citations for the Aftermath have been resolved and I'm working on expanding that section further with television ratings and overall impressions of the game. --PlasmaTwa2
  • Comment still plenty of unreferenced claims, some POV in there, and really, the whole game is summed up in about 10% of the article. The game summary should be expanded about fivefold. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:19, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I've gotten the citations for the citations you requested and expanded the game summary. but asking for it to be fivefold is an exaggeration. The summary is now more in-line with those of previous Grey Cups, which were suitable to be posted. There's no reason for this to not be remarked ready.--PlasmaTwa2 22:45, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It strikes me that the page is sufficiently updated and sourced to be posted. It could benefit from more images, and expanding the game summary wouldn't be the worst thing, but it doesn't need a fivefold expansion from where it is. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:56, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted with the same format of blurb as last year (i.e. no mention of the cup number). BencherliteTalk 23:37, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Stale] 2016 Formula One season

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Articles:2016 Formula One season (talk · history · tag) and Nico Rosberg (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:Nico Rosberg (pictured) wins the 2016 Formula One drivers' championship; Mercedes wins the constructor's title. (Post)
News source(s):(BBC Sport)
Credits:

Both articles updated
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Mjroots (talk) 14:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Season report needs some references, otherwise the article is extensive. Remember to mention Auto racing in the blurb, perhaps it also makes sense to mention that Mercedes won the constructor's title. --Tone 16:13, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blurb amended, do we really need to mention auto racing? Mjroots (talk) 16:32, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - when improvements has been completed. definitely for ITN.BabbaQ (talk) 20:54, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm afraid your vote is meaningless. This is an ITNR, so once "improvements have been completed", it will be posted. Your voting pattern indicates that you do not understand how ITN works for RD or ITNR items. Feel free to ping me if you need further explanation. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:10, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question - could the blurb be posted with only Nico and Mercedes articles being linked. I realise that they are not ITNR but both articles are in good shape with no referencing issues. Mjroots (talk) 10:00, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Definitely biggest sports' news in a while and we always had the formula 1 champion in the box. I altered the blue-ish part above so it's not misleading anymore. Cheers, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 12:31, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question - Anyone there? The News administration became really darn slow.. :( -- Horst-schlaemma (talk) 00:55, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It has. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Needs more sources to 2016_Formula_One_season#Championship_conclusion. --hydrox (talk) 09:50, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • And there are other sections that have had orange-level tags about lack of references for months. This is still a fair way from being postable. BencherliteTalk 00:45, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • What exactly is far from being postable, Bencherlite? I don't see the issues. Horst-schlaemma (talk) 12:02, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • FYI your comment came like 3 days after the one you're replying to and there were multiple edits in the intervening time period Palmtree5551 (talk) 19:48, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article looks a lot better. Are we okay with a blurb like Nico Rosberg (pictured) wins the 2016 Formula One drivers' championship and announces his retirement, and Mercedes wins the constructor's title. to bring in the more recent news as well? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - definitely. Not sure about adding in the retirement to the blurb though Palmtree5551 (talk) 19:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Sourcing has improved considerably. Notability is of course a no-brainer. Marking [Ready]. This would go between Casto's death and Grey Cup. --hydrox (talk) 15:15, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Closing as stale as it is older than the current oldest story on ITN. BencherliteTalk 21:43, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Bencherlite: With the addition of the retirement news (and assuming the articles truly are ready), it could be placed above the element names, which is where that aspect belongs chronologically. Just a suggestion... EdChem (talk) 21:47, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Except I don't see a consensus in that discussion for posting his retirement. BencherliteTalk 21:52, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Ron Glass (actor)

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

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

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

  • Comment: This article is missing a few citations. -Kudzu1 (talk) 04:59, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, it's true. The article is not ready to go yet. The filmography list has the same issue that Henderson's did. However, I wanted to try my hand at offering a nomination. Only my second time doing so and last time (four years ago), I was yelled at for not following the correct format. So here's to second tries! Rhodesisland (talk) 05:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose a lot of unverifiable material, many tags. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:15, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support once the last two cn's are addressed. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:11, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - definitely for RD,BabbaQ (talk) 20:54, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment many appearances in the tables are impossible to verify. That's why we have WP:V and WP:RS and WP:BLP. It must be improved before it gets to the main page. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:03, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. Very sad news. Alas there is far too much unsourced material. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:05, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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[Posted] RD: Margaret Rhodes

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

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

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

  • Support It's not the strongest article I have seen but I think it meets our standards. I have added a couple references. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:57, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marking as Ready in the absence of any opposing votes and before this becomes stale. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:59, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Jehochman Talk 21:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Pauline Oliveros

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

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

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

RD: Trevor Goddard

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

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

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

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

[Posted] Fidel Castro

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

Article updated

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

Could it be a "blurb" instead? Emily Goldstein (talk) 05:46, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't doubt that Castro rises to the notability of a blurb. I only dithered on that because he presumably died of natural causes at 90 years old, and he stopped being President of Cuba as of 2008. Considering the article is in good condition, I think we should post it to the RD ticker as quickly as possible, and then discuss having a blurb.--WaltCip (talk) 05:49, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Are. You. Insane? Abductive (reasoning) 06:40, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The fuck is your problem? Do you have anything constructive to add? --WaltCip (talk) 16:37, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fighting to be constructive with "The fuck is your problem?"???!
you were in the right , til then.Lihaas (talk) 21:13, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Support blurb: One of the world's longest-ruling leaders and most influential men of the 20th century. -Kudzu1 (talk) 05:50, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD now We can promote it to a blurb later. Quality of the article is top notch. – Muboshgu (talk) 05:52, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy support RD, support blurb I after with Mugoshgu. RD now, blurb later needed. EvergreenFir (talk) 05:59, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm fine with Muboshgu's solution per his reasoning. If someone could propose a blurb, that'd be super. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:00, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb well... duh EternalNomad (talk) 06:02, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No introduction? Who is this Castro fellow?
support blurb and added one.Lihaas (talk) 06:03, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Blurb, add "one of the central figures leading the Cuban Revolution", or "the de facto leader of the Cuban Revolution".one of THE central figures in second half 20th century politics, up there with Kruschev, Nixon, Kennedy, and Kissinger in influence, if not in raw power. for people who recall him in his prime, there is no question. we very nearly engaged in nuclear war due to his alliance with the soviets.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:07, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Adding anything else beyond being the former president of Cuba may be inappropriate. We usually don't embellish on blurbs. --MASEM (t) 06:16, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb One of the most notable deaths so far in 2016 WClarke (talk) 06:10, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb Kind of goes without saying.LM2000 (talk) 06:12, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Significant person that greatly impacted global politics in the late 20th century. so a blurb is perfectly in line here. Article may be a bit too long (see WP:SIZE and WP:SS) but meticulously sourced and otherwise fine for posting. --MASEM (t) 06:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blurb posted, image needs adding to template. Mjroots (talk) 06:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb one of those people who thought he died a long time ago..shocking. Looks like Trump winning was his last horcrux..use a different pic though--Stemoc 06:21, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Picture has been changed.--Jenda H. (talk) 10:49, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Picture update on ITN requested, as soon as someone is able. The one here is better for this purpose than anything I found in a fast search. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 13:29, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post Posting Support for blurb One of the great tyrants of modern history and a giant of the political left. His influence in the Cold War and Latin American politics is incalculable. The article quality IMO ranks in the top tier of BLPs. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Post Posting Support for blurb. I also would like to add support for a blurb. I see many similarities between our post of Mandela and our post of Castro. We posted Mandela as a blurb even though he was in advanced age, sick for many years, and also had been out of office for decades. We did so because of the impact his life and career had on the later years of the 20th century. All of these things are precisely the same for Castro--old, sick, death not a surprise really, out of office for years--however he also made a enormous impact on the 20th century. The world changed because of both of these men so we need to treat them equitably. Just my 2¢. Rhodesisland (talk) 04:22, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • PP support per exactly what Rhodesisland said. The fact that we have RD now shouldn't stop us from posting all deaths, even if they're old and/or death was expected. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:04, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We certainly are not going to be posting blurbs for all deaths. ITN guidelines and longstanding consensus here hold that only persons who have died under exceptionally unusual circumstances, usually notable in their own right, or who have had a truly enormous impact within their given field get blurbs. We also usually post heads of state/government who die in office. Castro got a blurb because the murderous SOB was one of the most important figures in global politics and the Cold War during his tenure. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Ad Orientem: I think you misunderstood me—I am saying that not all deaths should be relegated to RD. We actually agree on your basic points. :-) Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 20:52, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:56, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] Big Tree (Washington tree)

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

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
  • Oppose posting in its current form. Very short and provides little information on the tree itself, let alone its death(though the article notes it was with 'little fanfare'). 331dot (talk) 00:04, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also oppose on procedural grounds per below; the tree has been dead for a year; but even accepting that, this doesn't seem to be "in the news". 331dot (talk) 00:15, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Um, no. First of all, this is a very short stub. Secondly, the tree died over a year ago. Whilst an interesting subject, this is not "in the news". Black Kite (talk) 00:10, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Only as a procedural aspect, they had no way a year ago to know for sure the tree died. As the article states, they had an idea when the tree didn't grow its leaves in the spring, and they've basically confirmed it now. This is where RD would thus apply. No comment though otherwise for or against posting. --MASEM (t) 00:16, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • OK, fair enough, but I don't see the amount of coverage I'd expect for ITN, and if the article covered a person I think they might struggle to pass GNG. Black Kite (talk) 00:22, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's a stub. Also we need a bit more coverage in mainstream news outlets. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:30, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Uh, is this nomination breaking the page for anyone else? Nohomersryan (talk) 03:45, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator section looks kinda weird. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:55, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on Improvement the tree and the beetle blight are both very notable. The article doesn't meet the three-prose-paragraph minimum, but it can be expanded, especially since much of the interesting info on the size, etc., is oddly confined to a quote in the references section, rather than the text itself. I would fix it, but it is too close to bedtime for me to be carefully crafting prose. μηδείς (talk) 04:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: It's a tree. -Kudzu1 (talk) 06:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Kudzu1: RD now states "An individual human, animal or other biological organism that has recently died " merits a RD listing(assuming the article is OK). 331dot (talk) 10:05, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose but not because it's a tree (RD instructions allow for these, so that's an invalid oppose), but because it's a stub. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:09, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Keeping it as a stub may not be inappropriate. Are there any dead-tree publications covering this subject? --Hegvald (talk) 10:15, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I am looking for more sources and trying to expand it. There is little news reporting that I could find. Suggestions would be welcome? Thanks. 7&6=thirteen () 12:19, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I am not going to send this to AfD but I do think that the coverage of this tree from reliable secondary sources, outside of its death, is extremely thin. Unless someone can find some significant pre-death RS coverage I am unlikely to change my oppose vote. The claim to notability is weak. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:38, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Notability might be weak, but deletion would not be appropriate, just merge the content into Gifford Pinchot National Forest. --MASEM (t) 15:53, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Agreed. However if a subject is not notable enough for their own article, that's pretty much a showstopper for RD. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:57, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Posted] RD: David Hamilton (photographer)

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

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

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

  • Support RD only, not too many controversial photographers, he was one of them, but definitely not an ITN.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:14, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The article appears to meet the customary standards for RD. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:53, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Seen several news stories about his passing, and if TRM thinks the article is good enough, it's good enough for me. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 23:56, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I can't agree that it is up to standards; there are a few citations that are needed before it is ready to go. Henderson's is better than this one, yet still wasn't up to standards when posted or re-posted. Rhodesisland (talk) 04:43, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I noted in the nomination that the article was weak. I agree that Henderson's article wasn't up to standard but then this isn't the kind of nomination that would gain much interest from those American admins. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:26, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marking as Ready Referencing is not ideal but there is at least one citation for every paragraph. That's pretty much our baseline minimum and the rape allegations are reasonably well sourced. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:05, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Dragons flight (talk) 11:45, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Iran train accident

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

Article needs updating

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

  • Weak Support It's not the most detailed article I've seen but it is no longer a stub and appears to be adequately referenced. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:55, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posting. The article has been sufficiently expanded. --Tone 08:59, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support posting. I did a few copy edits. The article can benefit from more. Jehochman Talk 09:09, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Re-posted] RD: Florence Henderson

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

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

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

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

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

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Disasters and accidents
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Organosilicon

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

Both articles updated

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

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

[Posted] Hillah suicide truck bombing

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

Article updated

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

  • Oppose for now on article quality. No issue with the ITN worthiness of the nomination, but the article is a stub. It needs expansion before we could seriously consider it for linking on the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:31, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Still very short, but probably meets the minimal standards. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:18, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ad Orientem: I've done some edits now and will make some more so that the article find its requisite qualifications. --Mhhossein talk 18:12, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Its still short, but all major details are there and I've filled in a few missing sourcing gaps, and updated the death toll. --MASEM (t) 17:17, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Because its contents are short in length but it is easy to remember and understand. Nannadeem (talk) 20:45, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on article quality alone. It's barely written in English and is scant on fact. Once expanded beyond a stub and copyedited for English language, I'd probably consider re-reviewing. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:13, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man: It has improved a bit, I think. --Mhhosseintalk 07:30, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Striking oppose at this point, it's been expanded a bit and looks more reasonable. I'd trim down the See also to about four rather than the current nine, particularly as you have the templates to the side and bottom of the article which link to some of those See also's already. I made a few tweaks. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:36, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is this incident/terrorism still in pending ques? Nannadeem (talk) 15:15, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Tone: What are we waiting for? --Mhhosseintalk 19:10, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I was not following this one. The article is in a good shape, posting. --Tone 19:32, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Israel wildfires

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

Article needs updating

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

  • Oppose While affecting a large number of people, the amount of damage seems very small compared to the 2010 wildfires, and there's only reports of people treated for smoke inhalation as opposed to 40 deaths from 2010. Add that some of this appears to be started by arsonists, making it more domestic crime than a natural disaster aspect. --MASEM (t) 14:40, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose. Being a small country(in terms of area) an evacuation of 60,000 does not seem insignificant to me- and Israel is getting international help in fighting the fires; but I would like to see coverage of this outside of Israel in some form, and maybe more discussion in the article about significant damage in order to support. 331dot (talk) 14:49, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance - with all due respect to Masem, the impact of this kind of event should not be measured by the lack of dead people. 60k people is not little. Having said that the article is only two short paragraphs right now, which is hard to post. Banedon (talk) 14:52, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose inconvenient. If it gets substantially worse and hundreds of millions of dollars of damage and/or many lives are lost, it's news. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:55, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I am now writting the article and the reality is much more of a clusterfu.. than the article is. There were fires pretty much all across Israel and many of them were reportidly arsons that might"ve been caused by nationalists. I"ll suggest to wait a few hours with the nomination.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 14:56, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Adding to what Bolter said, I have a way of viewing Israeli TV and it definitely looks like cluster duck. Being broadcasted most of the time. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:36, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait – Developing. BBC said at about 15:00 "no deaths or serious injuries" reported. Too early to say if it's "politically motivated arson."Sca (talk) 16:32, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I just removed "wild" from the article name, and from the header here. --Smack (talk) 18:36, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Weak support: Note that 75,000 people have been evacuated in Haifa. --Smack (talk) 18:39, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment outside Israel, is this really featuring in neutral news outlets? Genuine question folks... The Rambling Man (talk) 23:15, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's fairly big in U.S. media, with dramatic images. And the story is looking bigger, too. Sca (talk) 01:17, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
But not so much on Saturday. Sca (talk) 16:19, 26 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 23

Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Science and technology
  • The $4B USS Zumwalt, thought to be the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced vessel to date, suffers a large engineering malfunction while crossing the Panama Canal. This is the craft's second major malfunction since its launch less than a month prior. (CNN)
  • Astronomers announce the discovery of a near 3000 cubic mile subterranean deposit of ice on Mars. Researchers claim it can easily be used as a sustainable resource for a manned mission to the red planet. (FOX News)

2016 Kashmir unrest

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

First article updated, second needs updating

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

  • Support - Definitley an escalation. Article is up to shape. Definitely for ITN.--BabbaQ (talk) 00:45, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. 45.116.232.43 (talk) 05:32, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support good quality article, not seeing it in many news outlets I visit, but if I dig deeper I can find it. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:59, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose there is nothing about this in that article, because it's been moved to 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation#From 30 September. Perhaps that article should be nominated instead. As far as I can see, 2016 Kashmir unrest (the article nominated here) has nothing from the last week. BencherliteTalk 08:46, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, fair point. The article you have suggested does have a small update and seems in a reasonable condition as well.... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:15, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation as the topic. However not sure how the number match. Blurb says "20 people including 10 civilians" but when? And which people? The 2016IPmc article has infobox total death toll quite more. Either the blurb should clarify when these 20 people died or something different shall be proposed. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 11:11, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Btw, this article seems more suitable for on-going as it covers events of 7, 8, 11, 14, 18, 19, 22 and 23 November. It's gonna be difficult to put in blurb some specific event. Or we might have to run a generic and vague blurb like "India-Pakistan military confrontation leads to deaths of civilians, militants and military of both countries." §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 11:17, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Ralph Branca

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

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

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

  • Comment I don't get In 1951, Branca gave up the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to Bobby Thomson. at all. Can anyone rephrase this so those of us who don't live in the American baseball universe can understand it? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:08, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment It's one of the most famous home runs in baseball history. I've linked to the article in your comment for more detail. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 21:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I rewrote the sentence. It's now In 1951, Branca gave up a walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson, known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World". The link, and the article body, give more detail on the home run. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:18, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • Both, I understand what the words mean, but "gave up"? Perhaps this is a serious case of ENGVAR that will never be resolved... Do you both mean he "pitched the ball tha resulted in the "shot heard round the world"? I'm still not clear... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:33, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
          • Rambling, your interpretation of the text is correct. "Gave up" is the correct wording in this instance, but that may not be inherently clear to someone who isn't familiar with baseball. I can't think of any improvements to Muboshgu's revision. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 22:04, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
            • I'll change it to "allowed". "Gave up" is commonly used, but a bit colloquial. Branca was pitching, he threw a pitch, and Thomson hit one of the most famous home runs in baseball history. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:32, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose On his own merits, I don't think Branca was notable-enough of a player to make the front page. He wasn't a Hall of Famer, and probably falls into that massive category of "good, but not great" professional athletes. caknuck ° needs to be running more often 22:04, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Please read the "Per RfC" message in the template. We post all articles of recently deceased persons whose deaths are covered in the news and whose articles are of "sufficient" quality to post. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:31, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The article is solid and well referenced. The Giants Win the Pennant! The Giants Win the Pennant! -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:59, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support looks in good nick. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:55, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Marking 'ready'. SpencerT♦C 16:52, 24 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Article looks good; I added some more to see also. I would note that his participation in a legendary moment in the game's history has given his death more notice (didn't hurt that today's Thanksgiving, too). His obit was on the front page of The New York Times. Daniel Case (talk) 03:29, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Dragons flight (talk) 11:37, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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RD: M. Balamuralikrishna

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

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

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

  • Weak Oppose for now. The article has a rather promotional and unencyclopedic tone to it. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:59, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the article looks like a bad school project. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:16, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Undoubledly notable but not par our standards, much content is unsourced. I will try and cleanup and try getting sources too. But I won't be able to be find regional sources and especially classical music related ones. Lets try though... §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:54, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw - This requires a lot of time and effort. Vensatry (talk) 09:26, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Ram Naresh Yadav

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

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

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

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

November 21

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RD: William Trevor

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

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

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

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

[Closed] 2016 Fukushima earthquake

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Article: 2016 Fukushima earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 strikes near Fukushima, Japan, triggering a tsunami and mass evacuations. (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Article updated
  • Wait We need more information and it too early to say how serious this is. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I saw news of this breaking, but the end result was seriously less disastrous than it could have been (warnings of 3m high tsunamis only ended up being 1m, and the reactor there was safely shut down and brought back up without incident. BBC reporting "minor injuries". [13] --MASEM (t) 02:42, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose and suggest close, this was certainly a "what-if" story, but there's been no real consequential fallout. This stuff happens all the time. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:18, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] 2016 Tennessee school bus crash

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

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Article:Dakota Access Pipeline protests (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s):BBC, NBC News, NPR
Nominator's comments: Although this has been an ongoing protest for many months, the pipeline must be completed by January 1, 2017 to meet the banks' deadline, so I believe that this event will have an ending date. This story is not represented in corporate news as much as election politics and other manufactured news that receives a disproportionate coverage from US news sources, but this story is being covered by news sources around the globe and it interest a great many people as evident by social media. The scale of this event deserves more attention. Mannydantyla (talk) 21:04, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@331dot: that was a mistake, I've corrected it now Mannydantyla (talk) 21:15, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And it looks to me that it's just as continually updated as the only article in the Ongoing list right now, which is the Battle of Mosul. As for Wikipedia is not for bringing attention to good causes, I honestly don't know what to say about this... if it's a relevant article that meets the requirements then what's it matter if it's a "noble cause" or not? I really wish that Wikipedia wasn't so uptight and institutional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mannydantyla (talkcontribs) 21:25, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Aside from the occasional celebrity or politician appearing at the protest, what tangible actions are occurring other than the mere occurrence of the protest? 331dot (talk) 21:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose it's "ongoing" but it's not really "in the news" is it? The article appears to use a Facebook update to claim something happened yesterday, yet nothing before that appears to be reliably sourced post 14 November beyond conjecture. Not convincing at all. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The article fails NPOV. When I attempted to raise concerns about the one sided nature of the article I was accused of disruptive editing and drive by tagging. Another editor noted that "covering a protest movement will always seem "biased" to those who think protest movements shouldn't exist." Anyways I took the hint and moved on (for which I was also abused). All of which said, this article has no business being anywhere on or near the main page in its current condition. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:49, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link to 1st November ITN nomination (no consensus). BencherliteTalk 23:55, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per TRM - it's a very slow movement event and realistically being made larger than it actually is. Also agree with Ad Orientem that there's a neutrality problem here that needs a lot of work to be on the front page. --MASEM (t) 02:53, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Unless/until there's a significant result. All I've seen so far is a woman being seriously injured two days ago. Not nice, but not ITN. Sca (talk) 15:54, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Irving A. Fradkin

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

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

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

  • Comment. The article is pretty brief with some bullet-point lists, and a few citations are marked as required. It also needs updating in tense. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on improvements - There's a few CNs in the awards section, but otherwise sourced and updated. --MASEM (t) 14:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose he did nothing of note between 1961 and 2013? Really? Plus some citations needed and linkrot issues. (PS I will never understand Support on improvements for RD. That's now Wikipedia's default position....) The Rambling Man (talk) 20:15, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Stubby article with very spotty referencing and TRM is right - I see about four sentences for anything the man did during the course of the last 55 years - it's a sad sight for someone with a career this long. Challenger l (talk) 08:26, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 20

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

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

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

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

  • Weak Oppose solely based on some gaps in referencing. The unofficial standard around here is that all paragraphs need at least one citation and tables need to be referenced with common sense exceptions for obviously non-controversial (see WP:BLUE) material. Otherwise this looks like a solid article. Will happily reconsider once those gaps are filled. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. There's a paragraph on every race (which is great), and every one of them has a citation. I don't think it's worth nit-picking over a couple of sentences in the 'changes' section. This is in better shape than many sporting articles that we post. Modest Genius talk 13:35, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on improvements I do think that the "changes" , particularly the Technical changes section, needs better sourcing. Also, that entire section is written in future tense but if this event is over, that all has to be fixed. But otherwise nearly all complete and ITNR. --MASEM (t) 14:58, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I converted the entire article to past tense, and added a source to the Technical changes section. The other changes were sourced by a citation that was already there so I just reused that source for each segment. – Nascar1996 (talkcont) 18:45, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose we don't put the year in the blurb, it's obviously the 2016 series. But that's nothing compared to lack of references throughout the article. I don't understand "support on improvements" which is the default position of ITNR. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:16, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I have added additional sources to the article. Dough4872 01:22, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: all the rule changes now have references. Are there any other outstanding objections, or can this now go up? Modest Geniustalk 17:30, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    No-one seems to object, so I'm marking this ready. Modest Genius talk 11:31, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted, but the image needs sorting. Mjroots (talk) 17:51, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Pukhrayan train derailment

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

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

  • Support: One of the deadliest disasters of the year and among the deadliest rail accidents in history. Should be on main page. Pratyush (talk) 08:03, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- KTC (talk) 08:38, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support but article needs expansion with incoming information before being posted. High casualty and deadliest accident in years. Small change in blurb needed, say near Kanpur instead of in as accident happened near Pukhrayan town, few km from Kanpur.-Nizil (talk) 10:52, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Top news. Sherenk1 (talk) 12:02, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and Question: Shouldn't there be an ITNR-like criterion for disasters? Where is the right place to discuss that? Cato censor (talk) 12:34, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Disaster-based ITNR has been discussed before but that becomes a numbers game, and becomes problematic. It's just better to have these as ITNC nominations. --MASEM (t) 13:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on improvement - We should have more details on the actual incident (the responses stuff is okay and all but that's not the core of the article). Also the line "It is the deadliest documented rail incident in Uttar Pradesh, and in India since the Jnaneswari Express train derailment in 2010." needs sourcing. --MASEM (t) 13:14, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posting. I'll comment out the problematic sentence in the intro until the source is found. --Tone 14:16, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've changed "in" to "near" as per above, BBC, and the article itself. -- KTC (talk) 14:45, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - definitely for itn.BabbaQ (talk) 22:28, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 19

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RD: Denton Cooley

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

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

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

  • Comment. Interesting article, but the referencing needs substantial improvement before it can be posted. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:30, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose whole paragraphs unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:32, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now, uncited material could/probably should be challenged, especially the quotes. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:28, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now per above. Very poor referencing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:01, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Poor referencing - and the alleged "major career events" section makes no reference to even the little I've heard of the man - the artificial heart transplant (which is mentioned without references in the infobox). Challenger l (talk) 08:30, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 18

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  • Syrian Civil War
    • Syrian government air raid hits a children's hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. (Aljazeera)
    • Witnesses and activists report that at least 49 people are killed in east Aleppo in heavy government air strikes that started late yesterday. (Aljazeera)
Health
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  • The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denies the release of Brendan Dassey, subject of the 2015 documentary series Making a Murderer. (CNN)
  • The New York Attorney General announces that Donald Trump has settled three lawsuits by former students of Trump University for $25 million. (BBC)
  • In Melbourne Australia, a homeless asylum seeker battling mental issues from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community set himself on fire in an arson attack that injured 26 people. Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews there was no suggestion the suspect had terrorist motives.Austalia AP
  • At a South Minneapolis in-home daycare, owner Nataliia Karia told a parent she "couldn't take it anymore" after hanging a child from a noose. She fled in a vehicle rampage ran over and dragged a pedestrian, hit a bicycle rider and several vehicles before attempting to jump from a bridge when she was arrested. 3 were injured. (Heavy) (People) (Complaint)
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[Posted to RD]: Sharon Jones

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

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

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

  • Oppose whole paragraphs unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:32, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - article quality is good enough; uncited material doesn't seem particularly contentious. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 08:27, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose for now. It's not horrible but there are too many gaps in referencing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:03, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Much improved. Well done to all involved. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:32, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @The Rambling Man: and @Ad Orientem:, every paragraph and bulleted list item now has a reference. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:19, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Gamaliel (talk) 19:30, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. There are still no references for the discography. Espresso Addict(talk) 21:30, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed, that admins who post to the mainpage think that's acceptable for a BLP is disappointing. Noted. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:40, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Wait, why are we applying BLP to a RD nomination? —Akrabbimtalk 23:41, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    BLP applies to the recently deceased for some period after their death, generally a few months. --MASEM (t) 23:57, 19 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    What's most important is that the items in the discography which don't even have articles should be correctly cited. It may be that a single reference (AllMusic perhaps?) would cover them all... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:00, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - per improvements.BabbaQ (talk) 22:28, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Per TRM, if someone can find and add a reference for the discography, I'll post this. That's the one major hold-up right now... --Jayron32 14:21, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jayron32:How's this? – Muboshgu (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It's better but incomplete, e.g. "Day Tripper" isn't listed. It's very well to add a generic source (as I suggested) but you have to actually check off each claim. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:46, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    The singles all have sources now. —Akrabbimtalk 14:13, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Thanks to all who improved the article and also to those who pushed for improvements. --Jayron32 14:17, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Withdrawn] Arba'een Pilgrimage

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Article:Arba'een Pilgrimage (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Per sources this event is the largest world gathering that is held every year. The event has started some ten days ago and will finish by Arbaeen day. I think this notable event deserves to be an ongoing item. Mhhosseintalk 12:13, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • If this is the largest world gathering, it may merit posting as a traditional ITN item, but not Ongoing. Ongoing is meant for continually updated articles, not just for events that are in progress. Are their frequent changes/additions to this event's article? 331dot (talk) 12:19, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
331dot: Then I have to tell you that it's the largest as the sources say. You can see Independent, Al-Jazeera, and IBTimes. You can probably find more. Btw, this is an ongoing event, i.e. it has started some days ago and will last some more days. However, the article does not need frequent changes. --Mhhossein talk 12:28, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also see using this source I support my claim that 'Arba'een pilgrimage is the largest annual gathering in human history'. --Mhhosseintalk 12:30, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For Ongoing, articles do need to get frequent updates. Please review the Ongoing section description on this page. As I indicated, Ongoing is not for merely posting events in progress. I don't dispute that this is a large gathering being covered in the media, which is why I stated that it should be nominated as a regular nomination. 331dot (talk) 12:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
331dot: Thanks for the useful link. So, can you help with this? --Mhhosseintalk 12:35, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What is it you want help with? Changing this to a regular nomination? 331dot (talk) 12:40, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. But I think that needs a fresh reliable source allowing us to update the article which I could not find. --Mhhosseintalk 12:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Knowing little about this event, I probably would not be helpful in finding sources about it, but I have changed the nomination- though I'm not sure about what the blurb should be. 331dot (talk) 12:49, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose no sources here or in the article about the 2016 event (all the sources provided at this nomination are from 2014 or 2015) so nothing to show that this is actually "in the news" at present. BencherliteTalk 12:53, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ITN is not for standard annual observances (Eid, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, etc). Try OTD. Fuebaey (talk) 15:32, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw: I agree with the comments made above. Closing the discussion saves time and energy. --Mhhossein talk 15:49, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] Warren Mitchell

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

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Notable British actor, famous for portraying Alf Garnett in Till Death us do Part and In Sickness and in HealthMjroots (talk) 06:43, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with improvement There is one appropriate CN tag in the article . There is an unreferenced paragraph too but it appear to be all non-contentious info (shows he was in that are blue-linked so should be easy to source). --MASEM (t) 06:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Sure, he died last year, but it's probably a good time to remember that dear old lovable racist Alf. --Hillbillyholiday talk 07:28, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 17

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

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

Article updated
Nominator's comments: Canada is one of the world's few countries without an official national bird. The article may contain original research in a subsequent section from the updated one, and may require cleanup. 23.233.82.54 (talk) 04:48, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose good faith nomination. I know things are kinda slow right now but this is just not ITN material. Cute bird though. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:07, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose this is only a recommendation to the Canadian government. Obviously this will be huge news if they endorse the choice, but no posting for now. Stephen
Huge, huge news. Abductive (reasoning) 18:05, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I can't imagine this being particularly impactful even within Canada (unless there is some controversy going on that I am not aware of), let alone globally. "Call me if Canada plans to change their flag," I'd almost say :p ~Mable (chat) 19:49, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the nomination, but I oppose posting a mere recommendation. I'm not even sure it would merit posting if this goes through, but certainly not now. 331dot (talk) 20:27, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 15

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  • The global bonds sell-off continue amid uncertainty over Donald Trump as stock markets continue to rise to record levels. (BBC)
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[Posted] RD: Mose Allison

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

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

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

RD: Paul Rosche

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

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

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

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

[Posted to RD]: Sixto Durán Ballén

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

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

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

  • Support Sourcing appears to be in order. --MASEM (t) 15:22, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support looks good, just fix bare URL please. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:26, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I made a spot check. There's a sentence in the article, "During his time as president he actively pursued structural reform to modernize the Ecuadorian state and cut down wasteful bureaucratic spending." This is cited to Britannica but their entry doesn't mention structural reform or bureaucracy; instead it talks about trade and the budget balance. Looking at the history of this sentence, we find that it was added to the article in 2006 by an IP editor. The citation to Britannica was added more recently. If you find a source which actually talks about the structural reform program, it seems that it ran into the sand, "the structural-reform program failed to progress". So, this detail seems rather half-baked. But the important question is whether he's actually dead or not. When I search the news. it only seems to be reported by sources like The Indian Express and Fox News. I'm not seeing news media like the BBC confirming this yet. Andrew D. (talk) 17:23, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Its covered by El Universo who I would expect to get this right. Its also covered by other Spanish-language websites and print news. Only in death does duty end (talk) 17:26, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
According to this source, El Universo is now rated "not free", being subject to significant government pressure and legislation. Andrew D. (talk) 17:38, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Britannica source has been resolved. Awaiting further obits to be published soon. Just added the NYT obit. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The sentence in question is still unchanged from 2006. The source has been changed from Britannica to the Indian Express which seems to have even less to say about the subject's economic policies. And the citation calls the newspaper the Times of India for some reason. The NYT obituary is quite unconvincing as it's just a brief wire story. If ITN is supposed to be a mark of quality then please put me down as Oppose. Andrew D. (talk) 21:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, are you saying ITN should use a quality threshold or are you saying ITN should post items regardless to appease our readers (like Fr and De Wikipedia)? I'm not clear on your various messages at all. Could you summarise your position for the benefit of the rest of use please? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • In the previous case, I was discussing people who are so famous that their articles will be read regardless. This chap doesn't seem in that category. His death did cause a spike in readership yesterday but it was only 648. That's not 648 thousand but just 648. Andrew D. (talk) 22:14, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm afraid you're still not being clear on what you expect at ITN, and that's what we're here to discuss. Yesterday you were happy to void the compliance with BLP, today you're suggesting this RD shouldn't be posted because of a lack of quality. Is it because it's not featured on French or German Wikipedia that you object, or is it because it has a mechanical count of too many citations, or does it not comply with ITN criteria somehow? I'm afraid I'm finding your interjections a little too confusing. I may be the only one, but gauging it on comments of other contributors, even that doesn't appear to be the case. Are you commenting here, just as you do at RFAs, to token-oppose? I'm not seeing any value in many of your recent contributions here, but please, if anyone else can find something positive, let me know. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:20, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm really confused and trying my best to make this article worthy and okay enough to post because I think he meets the requirements. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 22:27, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Spanish archaeologists in Luxor announce the discovery of an approximately 3000 year old mummy in "near perfect" condition. (MSN)

[Posted] RD: Marti Friedlander

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

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

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

[Posted] RD: Gwen Ifill

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

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

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

Support. She will be missed. R.I.P. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:34, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Very sad news. The article is in decent shape overall. A couple cites needed but I think it meets our standards. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nannadeem (talk) 20:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- Notecardforfree (talk) 20:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will note for Nannadeem, Notecardforfree and others that support on the merits is no longer required for RD nominations; only article quality needs to be assessed in order for this RD to be posted. 331dot (talk) 20:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. I have already seen the page, which presents a good synopsis dully referenced. Nevertheless, thanks for my GK. Nannadeem (talk) 21:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Moldova presidential election

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

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

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

  • Comment - There seems to be concern that this might be a sham election.--WaltCip (talk) 13:41, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Officially run by the state. Fraud has only been an accusation.Lihaas (talk) 18:27, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Whether it is a sham election or not is irrelevant; it's their election. Information about the legitimacy and fairness of the election can be put in the article, and readers can decide. 331dot (talk) 21:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Bulgarian presidential election

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

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

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

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

Protests against South Korean president

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

Article needs updating

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

  • Neutral on the merits - Oppose on article quality. This is a huge political scandal in S Korea which I tend to think is worth a mention on ITN. My preference would be to address the scandal more so than the protest. Political protests, even very large ones, are far more common in that part of the world than in the West. Alas I am not impressed by the article which I think is just too thin for linking on the main page. I would be happy to reconsider upon expansion. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:33, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on significance, although ongoing might be better considering it's an ongoing scandal. Article quality is sufficient to me. Banedon (talk) 06:10, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, barring confirmation on the size of the protest. A million+ protest would be something, but we don't have this confirmed. --MASEM (t) 06:18, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Masem: A person that's there said there are 500.000, but the Korean propaganda lowers that number. Dat GuyTalkContribs 06:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Umm, there are a lot more people protesting in South Korea than protesting against Trump. Banedon (talk) 06:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose These protests are, at least, much more convincing than those in the United States, because the protests clearly know what they want to achieve. However, there were many protests demanding the same in other countries that failed to succeed. I don't know why we should particularly stress this one. Please wait until the resignation actually takes place.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • To answer the question of "why", it is because this protest is in the news now. The failure of past protests in other countries is irrelevant. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:43, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • There are several hundred stories in the news at the moment but not enough room on the main page to post all of them. This is nowhere on the top and some media have even removed it from their main page (e.g. BBC, The Telegraph) or have hidden it as a marginilised side story (e.g. CNN).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on expansion. Even going by conservative estimates, 250,000 people in one city across one day is a sizeable protest. This is probably the most significant political story out of East Asia since Duterte's rhetoric over the summer and Hong Kong's legislative issue. South Korea is known for Samsung and its neighbour. This story involves neither. Its first female head of state is facing calls to resign over allegations that a friend is influencing government policies (i.e. conflict of interest/cronyism/corruption). Unfortunately, neither the scandal or the protest article reflects its importance at this time. Probably should be moved to the day of the protest (12 Nov) as well. Fuebaey (talk) 14:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on some article expansion; the current state doesn't really explain much about the protests. This is a big story. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - on significance. BabbaQ (talk) 22:29, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose stale. 95% of the article is written about events that took place nine or more days ago. And linkrot-tastic. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Protests against Trump

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Article:Protests against Donald Trump (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
News source(s):CNN, Reuters, Aljazeera
Nominator's comments: It's the fifth day of the protests and might continue in coming days. We can have it as an ongoing item. Mhhosseintalk 03:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for Ongoing This is big news and the article is being updated with great regularity. Article quality is solid and referencing is excellent (for a refreshing change around here). -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:56, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note I took the liberty of moving this from November 9th to the 14th as it is an Ongoing nomination. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:02, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ongoing. These protests have received major coverage in media across the globe. -- Notecardforfree (talk) 05:05, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I imagine this will continue for approximately four, or even eight, years. It's not particularly interesting and it's not particularly surprising. The Rambling Man (talk) 05:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ongoing per Notecardforfree. If we adhere to a strictly "all countries are equal" rule then this would not be postable; on the other hand I do not think we should adhere to such a rule, and this development while internal to the US attracts a lot of international attention. Banedon (talk) 06:12, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The problem with this type of story for ongoing is that what is the "end" of the story? There is no defined end, and I expect these protests to continue up through and beyond innaugeration day. Unless we're talking protests that are completing shutting down cities, or causes severe injuries (eg like the riots after the Rodney King verdict), we should avoid these vague stories, even if they are covered regularly in the newspapers. --MASEM (t) 06:16, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • In my memory, mass protests end after a while. People can't be expected to keep protesting forever; fatigue inevitably sets in. See e.g. the Occupy protests, or Gezi Park protests, etc. Banedon (talk) 06:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For whatever it is worth, the Occupy protests are documented to have had among the longest lifespan of any coherent series of protests in modern history. In fact, any series of protests which exceeds a month is already in rarified territory.
(The reason this is not quite so evident currently is because we have had in rapid succession multiple major events which each impact on the other: 9/11, invasion of Iraq, financial crash 2008+, Arab Spring, Syrian civil war, rise of ISIS, economic warfare between Saudi Arabia and Iran (oil market crash), Greek/EU economic crisis, Ebola epidemic, migrant crisis in Europe, Brexit, major Brazil economic and political crisis, and now Trump (which was just as much a "change" reactionary vote as Obama's election was in 2008). Such a series of extreme events with worldwide impacts is by far the exception, not the norm. The last time I can think of that was so negatively turbulent ended in the mid-1970s. Even the falling of the Berlin Wall, collapse of the USSR etc -- seriously major event -- did not spark the same kind of extended turbulence outside the Warsaw Pact countries themselves.)
The anti-Trump protests have been going on for over a year now, which definitely puts that coherent protest movement up into the exceptional category. As to when it ends for Wikipedia ITN purposes, simple: when international news no longer covers it as a front section story, and when the article is no longer updated frequently every day. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 16:31, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for ongoing — these protests are significant, with widespread and worldwide media coverage. Although the longevity of the protests is unknown, for as long as it is covered by the media and is considered significant, it would merit its inclusion on ITN. However, I suspect these protests will die down, just as we never thought there would be a definite, short-term end to Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, protests against police shootings, but these protests have come and gone and were featured on ITN. 2607:FEA8:A25F:FB9A:555:EFD0:F1BC:D30 (talk) 06:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • This should NOT be moved to ongoing before dropping off the regular ITN. Nergaal (talk) 06:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on impact, and as unsuitable for Ongoing. As others have noted, protests of some sort will occur probably for the entirety of the Trump presidency. We can know this, because protests against the previous president went on for years after his inauguration, and there's little reason to think that anything will be different this time. Ditto for the president inaugurated eight years before that. Similarly, the protests last time had little effect and I expect the same efficacy this time. Ongoing is meant for events which either 1.) generate so many ITN entries that they would otherwise clutter the ticker (as a means to reduce a events to a single entry), or 2.) to allow related events, which would otherwise not have enough prominence for ITN individually, to be grouped together and posted. So, which is this? It can't be the first one, because I can't think of a single thing that has happened in these protests which we would post. Someone will have to convince me that these separate events, non-notable individually, have a deep impact when taken together. Because I can't convince myself of that case.128.214.53.104 (talk) 07:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the protests against Obama and against Bush were tied to specific policy, not to their election itself. The anti-Obama protests kicked into high gear with Obamacare. The anti-Bush protests kicked into high gear when the U.S. invaded Iraq. Neither was subject to major protests simply on the basis of their candidacy, platform, endorsers, and election. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose People protest every day in many countries against different things. Here it seems like the protesters even don't know what they're protesting about and what they realistically want to achieve. I'd like to reconsider once there are real consequences from these protests.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:01, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on poor nomenclature, for one. Trump was actively campaigning for a year and a half without protests. The day after he wins, the protests begin. So these aren't "protests against Trump," but against his winning the election. The article could even be renamed to reflect that. There would have been no protests had he lost, which makes it closer to a protest against losing. As Leonard Cohen sings, "Democracy is coming to the U.S.A." --Light show (talk) 08:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, per the article Protests against Donald Trump, protests against Trump actually started in June 2015, more than one and a half years before the election. (As to the second part, amused: Clinton actually won the popular vote, and the continuing counting of votes seems to be expanding her lead.) - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 16:36, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support for ongoing — Per above. 45.116.233.63 (talk) 08:32, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support for ongoing- these are unprecedented protests. Good sourcing.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:35, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose posting just the occurrence of protests (which is their right to do in the US) unless steps are being taken to advance their goals, such as Electoral College electors stating they won't vote for Trump. 331dot (talk) 09:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Slow news day fodder. Is it half-term in the US, as most of the great unwashed seem to be out. Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 09:58, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Super duper strong support - As per above, this is incredibly unprecedented and has a broad scope with potentially global influence.--WaltCip (talk) 12:59, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose at this time. Not seeing any real impact other than small (couple of k) sporadic protests across the country. That there is constant news coverage reflects how the media follows American politics. ITN is more selective. More than willing to reconsider if the political situation changes or if the protests become larger and more disruptive. Fuebaey (talk) 14:22, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Fuebaey's reasoning. Open to renomination if something of impact occurs. Mamyles (talk) 15:33, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – per TRM, Fuebaey. No tangible effect. Sca (talk) 16:03, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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[Posted] New Zealand earthquake

Article:2016 Kaikoura earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes north of Christchurch, New Zealand, triggering tsunami warnings, causing widespread damage and at least 2 deaths. (Post)
News source(s):CNN, CBC, Wall Street Journal
Article updated
  • According to GNS Science here it was 7.5 - the 7.8 figure seems to be from the US Geological Survey. It was very scary - the biggest earthquake I've ever felt, but looking at it objectively I'm not sure it warrants posting unless the death toll rises (which hopefully it won't). Neljack (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The same area relatively recently had a similar magnitude quake (I think it was last year), article seems up to par even given the early details. --MASEM (t) 20:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait Significant magnitude, but very few reported casualties and no actual tsunami so far. Brandmeistertalk 21:12, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose it's a huge quake but not too significant results. This is a good example of why we don't set a bar at "7.0 = ITNR", because if this 7.0 happened in London or Paris it would have killed tens of thousands.... Thankfully in this case it has no such consequences. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:28, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose per TRM. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:06, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support well-covered and the newest ITN blurb is now four days old. While I know some here don't care about timeliness, it rather defeats the purpose of "in the news" to no longer have ... well, news. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 04:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    We don't just lower the bar because there hasn't been much notable news. If you'd like to formally propose something, I suggest you do it on the talk page so it can be discussed in depth. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:00, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    In no way was I advocating for a lower bar. Just pointing it out. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:51, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support despite the thankfully low number of casualties, there is still widespread damage. The Prime Minister has estimated the repairs will cost in the billions. AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 08:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, I was just trying to speculate on its depth and I was thinking 20km give or take 10...was it a v. rural area? In an urban area that would be way worse.Lihaas (talk) 08:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas This link has all the latest information on depths, strength etc. Updates within minutes of quakes occurring, too. The area was provincial/rural but the main issue is that it has cut off the main rail and road route through the upper part of the South Island, and destroyed wharves on both sides of the strait between the two islands, so travel and access is now very poor. MurielMary (talk) 10:31, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Low death toll, but was a massive quake. Major damage and disruption, including a town being cut off and closures of schools when exams were supposed to be taken.[14] In the end very lucky, but still significant. AIRcorn (talk) 11:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - earthquake of significant strength, major impact to infrastructure. Mjroots (talk) 16:41, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - major earthquake.BabbaQ (talk) 16:45, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - earthquakes of this strength and causing this amount of damage are thankfully still very uncommon. Note - if you thought there was an unusually large number of extreme earthquakes in recent years, you are right. In fact, the numbers recently set historical records ... but still fall within normal statistical variations. Btw I would put a heads-up for newsworthiness right now, since Oklahoma is entirely likely to get a magnitude 6 or even 7 earthquake within the next few years. That state is now more seismographically active than California, entirely human-caused. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:07, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Dragons flight (talk) 20:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] [Posted] RD: Leon Russell

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

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Well-known American singer, musician and songwriter, Elton John's early inspiration, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Article in good shape with 100 citations and no tags. Light show (talk) 19:10, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose lead needs significant expansion, article devolves into bullet point lists of his activities. Not clearly seeing where a lot of the chart information is derived from. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:35, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lead now expanded. --Light show (talk) 21:15, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, but now we need to work on the unreferenced claims. I don't want to tag-bomb, but to my eyes there are easily half a dozen claims which aren't cited... The Rambling Man (talk) 21:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It actually would help to have some tags, since there are statements throughout lacking cites. Although I assume many of those may not need them, especially if they have links to articles. --Light show (talk) 21:42, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I'll do that, but assuming that "they have links to articles" is sufficient is a complete and epic fail. Target articles may exist but they may be entirely unreferenced as well. Stand by for tags. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:46, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ready. But if they're fixed, will that make it an Epic success? --Light show (talk) 21:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Done, I've tagged everything I think is needed. I understand it may be a bit anal but I never rely on other articles via wikilinks for verifiability. You fix these, epic is an understatement. GO DOG GO! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just hit the Discography wall [15]. As a drive-by to the article, if I start messing with other people's meticulous charts, it could cause some problems. --Light show (talk) 23:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Append: I held on a bit longer and added four comprehensive sites that listed all, if not more, of the albums and singles listed. Can the tag be removed based on those? This dog's getting tired.--Light show (talk) 00:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – In a long career, Russell and his style influenced many artists. Now he's finally gone back to the island. Sca (talk) 22:27, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose at this stage. Article starts out ok but then the parts on 1980s, 1990s and 2000s are lists of one-sentence points. Need to be tied together into prose. Also some proofreading needed e.g. "Released blah blah" isn't a sentence but is used numerous times. MurielMary (talk) 02:30, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. This looks good enough to post. Of course it's not FA quality, but that's not the standard that's necessary. Everything looks verifiable and there's no glaring errors. -- Tavix (talk) 21:27, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Tavix, although all of the one-sentence paragraphs are a bit frustrating. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:37, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's time this was posted in RD. (It's been on French and German WP for some time.) Sca (talk) 23:26, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The standards of those two Wikipedias are way below those used here to judge article quality. For instance, the French article on Leon Russell has one (1) citation in total and a maintenance tag. Best we don't look to them for guidance on what should and should not to be posted to the main page which receives 15 to 20 million hits per day. Especially when it comes to BLPs of course. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:05, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Who knows; consensus on ITN standards could change. Ed[talk] [majestic titan] 08:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The figure of 15 to 20 million is misleading. RD generates comparatively few views by itself. For example, consider Aileen Mehle which was posted at ITN two days ago. The number of daily views then went from a tiny 895 on 13 Nov to 11,101 on the 14 Nov. In other words, an entry at RD gets you about 10K views – a consistent level whenever I have checked this. Now compare this figure of 10K with the number of views which Leon Russell has had, even though he is not yet listed in RD. That's much greater – 255,652 views on 13 Nov and 206,340 on 14 Nov. So, the idea that RD is acting as a gatekeeper of quality is nonsense because hundreds of thousands of readers are paying no attention to it and are just going straight to the page in question. In such cases of famous people, we should put the entry up at RD as soon as the death is confirmed. This won't make much difference to the readership because that will be large regardless. The point of listing at RD will be, firstly, to make Wikipedia look like it's paying attention and, secondly, to attract the attention of the few Wikipedians like us who might then make a difference to the article's quality. So, famous people like Robert Vaughn and Jimmy Young should have been listed days ago, rather than giving those 15-20 million people the impression that Wikipedia doesn't know or doesn't care about their demise. Andrew D. (talk) 14:03, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's actually 100% wrong. The point of EVERY section on the main page is to highlight quality Wikipedia content. To "make Wikipedia look like it is paying attention" has never been a goal of any part of the main page. --Jayron32 14:07, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The result of this practice is to make the main page look like it is poor quality because it has such glaring omissions. If other language versions like French and German get this right then we should follow their example. Andrew D. (talk) 14:22, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not unless you're advocating that we continually ignore WP:BLP multiple times per day. Like the French and German Wikipedias do. That's not getting it "right", that's being sloppy and ignorant of core policy. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:33, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is largely beside the point. The reader perception (those people who are actually clicking on the links on the main page) is that it is a current events ticker. This is at odds with the much smaller group of people who maintain it. If your consumer has expectations that are unfilled, they will eventually go elsewhere. People expect current events in 'in the news' like they expect famous recently dead people in the recently dead. Quality is a secondary argument to managing the reader's expectations at this time. Only in death does duty end (talk) 14:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's not the point I'm making, whether you think it's beside the point or not. We do not willfully violate core policies such as WP:BLP, particularly not on the main page, even though other Wikipedias do. Now, if you want to rename the section, that's a different discussion entirely. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Light show good work! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Try checking the quality. Look at the first paragraph starting "Born in Lawton, Oklahoma", for example. The sources for that paragraph are Answers.com and the subject's own record company. Neither source would usually be considered reliable and, in any case, there are numerous facts in the paragraph which don't appear in either source, such as the connection with Anita Bryant. So, there's little verified quality here. It's just a mechanical matter of counting citations without any proper fact-checking, right? So, we should not be asserting that a quality threshold has been passed. All that we're saying on the main page is that the subject has died and that seems to be the one fact we can be sure of. Andrew D. (talk) 16:36, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Biography.com is usually fairly reliable (it is the website of the TV Series Biography (TV series)), and it reports the same. Also, WP:ABOUTSELF (which would include his personal information as published by employers) would be fine for non-contentious simple statements such as this. --Jayron32 17:28, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Andrew Davidson Also, sample size of one from the last few days, Janet Reno experienced a 25k+ increase in traffic following her RD posting, it's very easy to pick and choose your statistics to suit your own argument but you also say The figure of 15 to 20 million is misleading followed by rather than giving those 15-20 million people the impression. Is that misleading or not? Are there 15 to 20 millions main hits or not? I'm afraid I find that there's not much logic or consistency with your statements. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:03, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reno was posted on 7 Nov, just two hours after the nomination, and so it is not easy to separate the effect of RD in that case. The 25K bump happened two days later on 9 Nov and so must have been due to some other effect. The overall readership during that period was about half a million. Andrew D. (talk) 08:19, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

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

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

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

  • Comment: UFC 205 needs prose expansion for the different fights, but at least for the ITN highlight "Alvarez vs. McGregor". SpencerT♦C 13:17, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral on the significance of this to make it to the front page. But if it stands a chance, the blurb needs to explain what UFC is, who defeated who, etc. Right now it's not understandable to the random reader. -- Fuzheado Talk 18:56, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose only about ~1 million viewers, less than $100k for a win of an event numbered 205 in about 2 decades. Which of these figures is outstanding? Nergaal (talk) 19:14, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The event broke the UFC's pay-per-view record, the MSG gate and attendance record, and it is estimated that McGregor will make more than 40 million this year. Those $50K awards are the traditional post-fight bonus. LlamaAl (talk) 20:02, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, as of UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor, there have been 377 UFC events held in 128 cities in 22 countries. LlamaAl (talk) 20:14, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Events with better figures than this nom didn't get posted, recently. Nergaal (talk) 21:35, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Can you provide an example? LlamaAl (talk) 22:05, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Guardian , The New York Post and the BBC described McGregor's victory as 'historic'. Forbes labelled the event as "arguably the biggest fight card in MMA history. LlamaAl (talk) 20:21, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Precedent: [19]. Kind regards, LlamaAl (talk) 20:24, 13 November 2016 (UTC)695489569&oldid=695489294[reply]
Yes, I accept we have promoted a UFC before and yes, I accept that popular news outlets will be journalistically covering this. However, as has been said before, 205 episodes of this saga since 1993 (i.e. eight or so per year), we're not going to post each and every one. The records it broke are all "in-universe" and don't really scale up to anything significant, e.g. biggest Superbowl attendance, global World Cup final viewing figures, Premier League money, so this is really a minor event with a minor interest outcome. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
UFC 205 social media impressions: 14 billion. Super Bowl 50 Twitter impressions: 4.3 billion. LlamaAl (talk) 02:07, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - This is a huge and unique moment in the sport. Here's a guy who won in three different weight classes in less than a year, and now holds two different belts (a feat never done in the UFC). As ESPN describes it, this is "One of the most staggering achievements in the history of the sport..." ComputerJA () 21:58, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Why is it any different to a boxer winning belts in different classes? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:00, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Boxing has a lot more weight divisions (17 to UFC's 8), so it is easier to become a multi-divisional champion. LlamaAl (talk) 22:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Sounds a little desperate I'm afraid. Who cares how many divisions there are? Boxing also has multiple versions. It's a bit muddled, yet a UFC fighter holding two classes simultaneously seems utterly unremarkable, especially given previous similar sports precedents. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:40, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    It's pure logic. And who cares about similar sports? Irrelevant. LlamaAl (talk) 01:08, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose McGregor got titles in two divisions simultaneously because UFC allowed him to avoid responsibility of Featherweight champion. McGregor didn't made his Featherweight title defense for 3 straight bouts. Recent UFC is completely joke. --219.108.134.12 (talk) 08:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment lukewarm on the topic, but it's worth noting that UFC 205 doesn't exactly say much about the 'historic' victory. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 21:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Apart from the somewhat flaky notability of this, the actual article says practically nothing about it. A reader clicking on the link to find out the story would learn nothing. Black Kite (talk) 01:19, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support something along these lines, though the record MSG gate should have a bit more blurb weight. The multidivisional reign of terror is historic fun, too, but that arena has been hosting fights for a lot longer than UFC's been setting them up. Both are more notable because of each other. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:21, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - As InedibleHulk mentioned, the MSG gate record is significant as well as McGregor's win. I see the opposers views that there are so many of these events, why post this one? I think it's notable not only for the reasons mentioned, but because Conor McGregor is essentially the face of UFC. He's the biggest fighter, he's the one people really pay attention to and watch, and so I think his win should be highlighted, especially if records are broken alongside it. Andise1 (talk) 00:21, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 12

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November 11

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Disasters and accidents
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Science and technology

[Posted] RD: Ilse Aichinger

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

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

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

  • Support - plenty of good sources. and notable person overall. RD is appropriate.BabbaQ (talk) 17:57, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marking as ready to post. MurielMary (talk) 17:59, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Plz post - Nannadeem (talk) 18:07, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment very well referenced and decent article, for consistency I had to tag the last to items of her translations list because all the other works were cited. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:38, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Stephen 23:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Aileen Mehle

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

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

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

  • Weak Support Referencing appears to be adequate but I am not impressed by the depth of this article. That said I think it meets our standards for linking on the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:07, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - per references. it meets ours standards for appearing in RD at Main page.BabbaQ (talk) 17:22, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Marking as ready to post. MurielMary (talk) 17:54, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support it's a brief article but everything seems in order. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:40, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted Stephen 23:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] RD: Robert Vaughn

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

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.
Nominator's comments: Noted actor. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment already added here by MisfitToys. Perhaps some of these admins need a refresher course on how things work these days!!!! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:06, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't pull I see this was posted by @MisfitToys: 4 minutes after this nomination. That's ... a bit quick, shall we say ... there needs to be consensus that the article quality is adequate before posting. In this case, the level of citation is on par with Leonard Cohen, which was just posted as a blurb. There are a few {{cn}} tags, but all seem to be about uncontroversial stuff (with one exception, and I just removed the unreferenced controversial material). So IMHO don't pull for rules' sake. Pull only if people comment that they disagree based on article quality. (added) I see TRM just tagged the article for verification; I gather that means you think the article quality isn't sufficient to post? --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Obviously. I tend to find that actually reading the article and checking citations is beneficial in these situations, i.e. stop posting to main page articles of less-than-mediocre quality. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with improvements (And recommend pulling at this point). The article has a big orange banner at the top and rightfully justified with lots of unsourced information (ignoring the CNs already added). It should not have been added to RD without proper reviewer (whereas at least with Cohen, there's enough discussion to know it was justified to some extent). --MASEM (t) 20:24, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • OK then, pulled until consensus here that article quality is acceptable. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:27, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose for now. It's not as bad as Leonard Cohen was the last time I looked, but there are a few too many gaps in referencing. Once those are fixed we should be good to go. Will happily reconsider on improvements. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - when improvements has been made. clearly a RD standard person in terms of acting career.BabbaQ (talk) 17:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • BabbaQ, you are aware, aren't you, that for the last several months the "RD standard" has simply been "do they have an article?" rather than some super-strength-notability test? BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 11:02, 16 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Sourcing seems to be good right now for posting. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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[Closed] [Ongoing] World Chess Championship 2016

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Article: World Chess Championship 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Ongoing item nomination (Post)
Credits:
Nominator's comments: I am wondering if the World Chess Championship can be added to the ongoing line. It starts today and is scheduled to officially end on 30 November. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 00:11, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose ongoing This is a good faith nomination but we don't generally put sporting events or competitions into ongoing. The one customary exception being the Olympics. That said, assuming the article is in good shape, I'd probably support an ITN blurb once the tournament is over. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:16, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Winning the WCC is ITNR, I'm pretty sure. Banedon (talk) 00:39, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And the FIFA World Cup. But both because of huge international attention and audiences --MASEM (t) 03:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose'. Ongoing is not for sports events in progress, with the exception of the Olympics(a multisport event) AFAIK. This will be posted when it concludes, as I think it is ITNR. 331dot (talk) 01:08, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support there's nothing in the guidelines that say we don't put sporting events or competitions into ongoing, so as long as the article is continuously updated, why not. Banedon (talk) 03:14, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It is longstanding precedent. The only exceptions have been the multisport Olympics(which are essentially many events going on at the same time) and, though I disagree with doing so, the FIFA World Cup, due to its worldwide appeal. If we start including other events like this, Ongoing becomes nothing but a sports ticker. 331dot (talk) 11:49, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Then we should change the guidelines and say "the only sporting events that can be posted to Ongoing are the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup", something like that. There was some discussion about adding the Euro earlier this year too, in my memory. Banedon (talk) 13:04, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per what's already been said. Good shout for when it's over, but this isn't for ongoing. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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India, Japan nuclear deal

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

Article updated

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

  • Weak oppose - international coverage looks a bit weak here. Besides, isn't India already a nuclear nation? Banedon (talk) 06:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

November 10

Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Business and economy
  • Siemens AG announces that it plans to spin off its US$15 billion health care division, making it its own independent company. (Bloomberg)
Politics and elections

[Posted] Leonard Cohen

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

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

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

  • Support, but for a blurb. There's a quote in the lead of Cohen's article: "[he is] one of the most fascinating and enigmatic … singer/songwriters of the late '60s … [and] has retained an audience across four decades of music-making.... Second only to Bob Dylan (and perhaps Paul Simon) [in terms of influence], he commands the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960s who is still working at the outset of the 21st century." Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:17, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. Bowie and Prince-levels, and he'd just released an album too. Nohomersryan (talk) 02:19, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support but needs improvement I could accept an RD right now for the current state of the article, and I completely agree that he's one of the few we'd put a blurb out for, but the article needs better sourcing at places - it's not in bad shape (hence immediate RD support) but its about 80% of the way there for a state I could accept a blurb. --MASEM (t) 02:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongly support addition of Cohen's name at least to the "Recent deaths" line. We presently have Marc Sleen and Janet Reno and Cohen to my mind is equally notable if not even more. Later we can decide whether we need inclusion in the higher "In The News" items. But an immediate addition to "Recent deaths" is a no-brainer and can be effected right away. werldwayd (talk) 03:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. Far too many gaps in referencing. Definitely someone we should have on RD, but the article quality is not up to scratch for the main page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:21, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support - blurb, very notable singer/songwriter, multiple awards won. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb Absolute legend, tragic week. EternalNomad (talk) 03:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support but needs improvement Wonderful artist, terrible loss, absolutely deserves to have a blurb. Just wait a little bit for the editors on the page right now to find some more sources for the unreferenced statements, and then we're ready to go. --Sunshineisles2 (talk) 03:55, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb, an artist known globally, his passing is now the main news also in my little country. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 05:47, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support blurb. The previously tagged unsourced details have either been removed or the source added. --Light show (talk) 06:18, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • No, there still remain several unsourced statements in article, about as many as when I first commented. --MASEM (t) 07:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The tagged ones have been fixed. There are 143 cites.--Light show (talk) 07:28, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No they weren't fixed. Most of the CN tags were simply removed. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at the age of 82.
He's best known per the lead, as a "Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist." The order is relevant.--Light show (talk) 09:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Added that as an alt blurb -- would debate the "best known" novelist part, however. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 09:29, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
For clarity, I have now added your suggestion at the top of this nomination. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. After the tenth or so time getting redline code in the right corner of the infobox, I was not going to try again. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. ITN can sometimes be tricky. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
  • Either that one or this one: [20], I like the colored picture used in the info-box. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:15, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I am neutral -- other people's choice of image is fine. - Tenebris 66.11.171.90 (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support full blurb - this is at the Bowie/Prince levels of influential musicians. Black Kite (talk) 14:37, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There are still issues of inline sourcing - a number of paragraphs lack a single inline source. RD is completely fine for the time but we need the sourcing fixed for a blurb. --MASEM (t) 15:06, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Pull This article is far below acceptable standards for the main page. There remain huge gaps in referencing with whole paragraphs lacking a citation. I added a large number of CN tags last night many of which were apparently removed without providing a source. This is unacceptable. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:33, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Ad Orientem: You have already voted above, and made your opinion clear. Please strike this one out as it is not helpful. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:25, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have struck the original vote to avoid the appearance of double voting. However, I would gently suggest that ignoring substandard article quality is what is really "unhelpful." -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The CN tags were removed as part of acceptable editing options: uncited and tagged text was deleted; uncited text had a source added; or tag was removed if the linked article included the unsourced details. None of the tags were simply removed for no reason. --Light show (talk) 17:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
All claims of fact excepting those of an obviously non-controversial nature require citations to reliable sources. Links to Wikipedia articles are not a substitute for inline RS citations. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:48, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. That's why I was careful about that, as noted in this edit. --Light show (talk) 20:58, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support RD, pull blurb. Certainly an influential musician, but his death has nowhere near the impact on current events required for a blurb. Exactly the sort of person RD was made for, and there he should go. Modest Genius talk 17:08, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't pull blurb: The level of citation is sufficient. It is imperfect, but we don't require perfection. I don't see any controversial or disputed facts in the article, just some non-controversial areas that could use some beefing up. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:47, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Article needs a lot of work so I'd pull it, but I understand that emotions here are strong. SOFIXIT is all very well if you know the subject matter well and know where to go and find sources, and have the time to do so. In the mean time, we have a mediocre article heading up ITN on a website with 12 to 20 million main page hits. Not my impression of what an encyclopedia should be doing. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:09, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, the article is mostly an annotated discography, with little about Cohen's personal life. So tagged text such as this is almost irrelevant:

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

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

November 9

Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
2016 United States presidential election and [[United States elections, 2016
general elections]], 2016
International relations
Law and crime

[Posted] Tramlink crash

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.

Proposed image
Article: 2016 Croydon tram derailment (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Seven people are killed and more than 50 injured in a derailment on the Tramlink in Croydon, London. (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Exact numbers are not yet confirmed. Will update and expand the article (currently a bit stubby) once known.Smurrayinchester 11:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support upon expansion. Any number of fatalities on a British tram crash (when did that last happen?) is notable, with a large number of injuries too... The Rambling Man (talk) 12:07, 9 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]
  • Support - deadliest tram accident in the UK for many, many years since 1959. Mjroots (talk) 12:08, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
True, as the article says. But mainly because tram systems rapidly fell out of fashion in UK after the 1960s? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on article quality. The article is quite short, and I have a hard time seeing how it could be fleshed out while still being encyclopedic. The driver was arrested, which seems odd to me. Perhaps link this back to an article about liability in the UK workplace?128.214.53.104 (talk) 13:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
UK public transport has quite extensive safety regs. So in the last 20-30 years its not unusual for an accident to be down to human actions rather than mechanical failure. The driver being arrested is not that surprising given the Tramline has only been open since what, 2000? There are going to be quite a few people in the UK who scratch their heads and go 'We still have trams?' though... Only in death does duty end (talk) 13:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Appreciate what you say about article quality, 128.214.53.104 but there's one story really dominating the news, with this one getting the occasional word in edgewise. Mjroots (talk) 13:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support once up to quality standards - AFAIK the first UK rail passenger fatalities in any form of transport since Grayrigg nearly 10 years ago. Optimist on the run (talk) 14:57, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose – Comparatively minor in the big scheme of things. Sca (talk) 15:37, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - article shaping up nicely. Image of tram involved is available on Commons. Mjroots (talk) 17:38, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - per Mjoots. - EugεnS¡m¡on 18:14, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. I've updated the number of deaths from five to seven, too. LugnutsPrecious bodily fluids 18:48, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Good work. This is good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - per updates made.BabbaQ (talk) 19:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - would have been main UK news story if we had not had that "train wreck" of a different kind elsewhere today. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:32, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment any active admins, e.g. Ks0stm able to post this with the associated picture? Overwhelming consensus to post.... The Rambling Man (talk) 19:35, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Per the nomination File:London Tramlink tram number 2551 in Wimbledon Station (geograph 4343958).jpg is the actual tram that crashed. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Dragons flight (talk) 19:37, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Dragons flight we have an image of the crashed tram too, see above, please add that to the template. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:38, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @Dragons flight: Mind if I give out ITN credits for this, or did you want to do that? Ks0stm(TCGE) 19:58, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Feel free. Dragons flight (talk) 20:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) I would rather not post the photo, since we just put up Donald Trump's last night (as controversial as he may be). I'd wait on the photo for a day or two. Ks0stm(TCGE) 19:39, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Why? We have an image of the crashed tram. Are we favouring posting a picture of Trump over a newer news story? It seems like systemic bias to me. And can you point me to the instruction that suggests admins wait "for a day or two" before replacing old images with new ones? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:42, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Honestly, my rationale is slightly different from Dragons flight's below, though he does have a valid point. I would wait a day or two before posting this image because you never know how many stories with suitable images will come up in the time while this is on ITN, and I would rather not risk changing out Donald Trump's image so fast and then have the tram image up for a week. Better to space out the image changes a little when we have multiple stories with suitable images so the template doesn't get stagnant on one photo for as long if we don't have new stories with suitable images for a while after. Ks0stm (TCGE) 19:52, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any precedent for this. It can't be the first time the issue has come up. AIRcorn (talk) 20:12, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm of a similar mind as Ks0stm. Call it IAR if need be, but I do think there is some value in recognizing that Trump is a much larger story than the tram crash and giving Trump's story slightly greater prominence on ITN by keeping his image. Dragons flight (talk) 19:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    For clarity, I'm opposed to posting this image at this time, but I won't interfere if some other admin decides to post it. Dragons flight (talk) 19:54, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Conversely, we all know exactly what Trump looks like, and yet we have a more recent news story with an image that is more pertinent. At what point do we "allow" other news stories to supersede Trump? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:48, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Convention is that we use the image for the newest story for which an image is available. Currently' it's the tram crash story. Mjroots (talk) 19:49, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Except its not really of the actual story. It's a tram (and seems like the tram) but well before any accident. A more effective picture would be one of the crashed tram. And per IAR, the weigh of the US election is much much greater than the tram accident currently. --MASEM (t) 19:53, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    And the photo of Donald Trump was taken long before he became President-elect. Mjroots (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The crashed tram still looks less like the uncrashed tram than elected Trump looks like 2015 Trump. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You wouldn't want that tram in dayglo orange, with a bouffant top, would you? Martinevans123 (talk) 20:30, 9 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
  • What of my reasoning above, though? We don't want ITN stuck on this tram image for a week if we don't get other stories with suitable images when we currently have multiple stories with suitable images we can space out. Ks0stm (TCGE) 20:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    So the tram crashed at 6 a.m. GMT? When was the Trump victory announced? Does ITN consider the time of the event or the time it "becomes news"? (except that the whole Presidential election has been "news" for months now). Martinevans123 (talk) 20:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
About 8 am GMT. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 20:20, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's right. The tram crash didn't have an announcement of deaths until several hours after Trump's win, but if it's the crash vs the election win, Trump wins again. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
So, we'll just keep The Donald image until he takes up office in January? All agreed? Or is anyone going to at least discuss it? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:17, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As noted above, the tram crashed before the Trump win was confirmed, so their order in the ITN box is incorrect. The image selected usually goes to the most recent story. Clearly if we get another story on top of ITN, with a suitable image, Trump's image will go. It has no special status at all. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for clarifyng that it's exact chronological order that's used for ITN. Does that count as a front page error, that should be corrected? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:22, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It probably ought to be switched around, if only to curtail this particular issue. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:29, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify, it has long been discussed, and consensus has held in the past, that we generally don't dick around with the order of events down to an infinitesimal time; that generally items are posted in order by the day they occurred, but for events that occur on the same day, no special consideration is given to making sure we have them in the correct order by the exact second. The discussion simply isn't that important one way or the other. --Jayron32 13:32, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sincere apologies. I had thought it was about two hours difference, not just a matter of seconds. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:35, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify long established (and long unchallenged) guidelines for this, see WP:ITN/A, which states "Now, the tricky bit. ITN items are in a bulleted list, ordered chronologically by date of occurrence (but not necessarily chronologically within that date)" That "not necessarily chronologically within that date" bit has been in the text since March 2013, though it had been established practice for years. The lowest level of granularity we use is the date. There is no expectation we get it more accurate than that. --Jayron32 17:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't that so "Cork wins the Gaelic football championship" doesn't go on top of "nuclear war"? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 17:48, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I think the fallout from a Cork win might be quite serious. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:04, 10 November 2016 (UTC) [reply]
No, the purpose is to prevent the exact sort of useless debate we are having now over this. That is, it's a WP:BIKESHED issue: The amount of energy expended getting the order that correct is simply not worth it, so we don't even try. We get the days correct, and on those few occasions where there are multiple events on the same day, we don't care what order they are in. Not that we use other criteria than chronology (though I suppose someone might), merely that it is not something worth caring about at all. --Jayron32 19:09, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarifying the long established (and long unchallenged) guidelines. My enquiry was prompted by the question of whether or not, or when, the picture should be swapped. That seems to be an important question to some editors. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:15, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If it is a guideline that needs changing, by all means, start a discussion at WT:ITN to do so. This venue is probably not the correct place. You can find past discussions on the matter in the archives at WT:ITN, about a year ago I can remember at least 2 -3 different discussions started by George Ho (search for his name in the archives) and you can likely see what consensus was the last time it came up. Regardless, this really should be discussed elsewhere if you wish clarity or change... --Jayron32 19:19, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the link. I'll have a look. To save time, I guess someone might just remind everyone what the outcome of the last discussions was. So that, you know, no-one starts banging on about "systematic bias" or starts being "an asshole" to try and provoke discussion. I think I saw something in the guidelines about "24-36 hours." Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:58, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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November 8

Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Politics and elections

[Posted] Indian currency

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

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

  • Support - Major economic implications, and completely taking up front page news space in one of the world's most populous countries. -- Fuzheado Talk 23:37, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Why is this a surprise? The article doesn't say it was and in fact suggests this has happened before. AIRcorn (talk) 00:43, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's not first of its kind and our blurb doesn't have to be "breaking". Hence altered it. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 02:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fine with alt blurb now that surprise is removed. AIRcorn (talk) 09:02, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support - per Fuzheado. Only problem: the article is rather sparse right now, and could use more text on 1) why the demonetization is happening and 2) the reactions to it. Banedon (talk) 03:05, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Article notes that this has happened several times in the past, so it's unclear how ITN-worthy this is at this point in time, given the limited coverage.---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:06, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Very notable Sherenk1 (talk) 05:04, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - It is a major decision taken by Indian government which will change many things and will have far reaching impacts! It might have been done in past but I do not remember any and though it is true that it was done in past, that does not reduce the importance of this major move by Indian government to fight black money. Thank you. -- Abhijeet Safai (talk) 05:26, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: This is a news that suddenly shook the nation. Very big news. I think this news should be highlighted. --Tito Dutta (talk) 06:06, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good to go. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:17, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please note: this occurred before the US election results. Abductive (reasoning) 08:44, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] US Election

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

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

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

OK, this is getting silly so boldly collapsing. Let's wait for the real world to catch up with us before we start writing blurbs. The result will obviously be posted, so supporting in principle is pointless; nothing will be posted before we have the result; when we know what it is, we can write the blurb and see whether the article is ready to post. BencherliteTalk 09:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Definitely could use alternative blurbs, as polls suggest Senate possibly changing hands. Something like: In the United States, (Hillary Clinton / Donald Trump) is elected President of the Unites States, while the (Republican Party retains / Democrat Party gains) control of the Senate. Also wait until either Clinton or Trump concedes, although if Trump loses he may not concede the same night... Also, we should link to the Senate election. - Penwhaledance in the air and follow his steps 00:44, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • If there's a clear victor and multiple reliable sources are calling the election for one or the other, why should we wait for one to concede? Asking honestly. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 00:47, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Some states may have close voting. Also, 4 years ago the consensus was to post when results are made official or when Romney conceded. I mean, sure, if it's a blowout my argument above may not matter, but we're going for accuracy, not speed. (Think what happened in 2000...) As a side, I added a note above that we should link to the Senate election as well. - Penwhale dance in the air and follow his steps 00:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no obligation to wait until a concession is made. Once multiple RS sources have called the election we can post the results. If either the Senate or the House of Reps flips that can be added to the blurb once we know it for certain. -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've added the suggested blurb above; the Democrats taking the House is extremely unlikely so I didn't put that in there(but we always can later). 331dot (talk) 02:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Let's just say, it's a good year to be a monarchist. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

  • Support – This election is of international significance. Hundreds of millions of people are watching. Dustin (talk) 05:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support the version with the House and Senate outcome, and not the unnecessary detail of "January 20, 2017" -- Fuzheado Talk 06:06, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose posting this early is just trophy seeking, and there is no guarantee either will become president, since it might be Johnson, or the next speaker of the house, or one of the VP's if the POTUS-elect dies. Let's wait for something better that the closing of the East Coast polls. μηδείς (talk) 06:45, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: What about the results of the House election? Is that not as important as the Senate, left off due to a lack of space, or not included for some other reason? AtHomeIn神戸 (talk) 06:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - this election has been, and continues to be, "in the news" long before a result has been reached. I've added altblurb2 as an option to post before a winner is declared. Neegzistuoja (talk) 07:36, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose blurb2 because we never say "voting is underway" for any election - we wait for the result. As for the rest, it's premature to discuss wording until we know what the story is, and voting "support" before that time is pointless because (a) it's obvious that the result will be posted and (b) we won't post anything until we have the story. This is all a waste of time. BencherliteTalk 08:13, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed, mostly. The only thing this could be useful in achieving is bringing the target article up to snuff, but given that it will be flooded with edits over the next 24 hours, even that may be pointless. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unless Trump wins, builds the wall and David Hasselhoff single-handedly tears it down. Lugnuts Precious bodily fluids 08:43, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I have added "U.S. presidential election" to the list of ongoing events. Will have to be replaced with the above post once the result is known, of course. Sandstein 10:08, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    So we can put all ongoing elections into the Ongoing section from now on, or just the American one? Or just the "important" ones? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed, I'm not sure that's what Ongoing Events was designed for. It's meant for long-term things, not for a one-day election. 80.68.32.198 (talk) 10:30, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, I thought that it should be uncontroversial to have the major international news event of the month (if not the year) appear somewhere in ITN as long as it is ongoing. Evidently I expect that this will be replaced by a proper blurb as soon as the results are clear, as discussed above. Feel free to revert if I've misjudged this, though. Sandstein 10:44, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Not all ongoing elections have a quality article and regular updates, so no, we can't put "all ongoing elections". However, this should be pulled from ongoing since it was added without consensus. --CosmicAdventure (talk) 10:49, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    What I mean is that this will set a precedent (or a president). The Rambling Man (talk) 10:51, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Definitely a good-faith addition, but I don't think adding a one-day election into Ongoing Events adds anything. We'll know the result in a number of hours anyway. My view is hold off on anything until we actually have a result. 80.68.32.198 (talk) 10:57, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:The_Rambling_Man lets continue this at WT:ITN if you think it's worthwhile (I do). --CosmicAdventure (talk) 11:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pull from ongoing and wait for the results. Way too soon, come on. --CosmicAdventure (talk) 10:49, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Removed from ongoing as suggested. --Tone 10:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wait until we have the result, like all other elections. Don't post to ongoing, or just when the polls close, or when broadcasters start 'calling' (i.e. predicting) it. Post once the actual result is known and/or the losing candidates concede, whichever is first. Modest Genius talk 12:23, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. If Hillary is elected, it may be worth mentioning that she is the first women to be elected president. We included a statement in 2008 that Obama was the first African American. In 2008 and 2012, we didn't mention the House or Senate, though we did post both the 2010 and 2014 midterms. Dragons flight (talk) 12:45, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If the Republicans keep Congress, I could see not mentioning it, though if the Democrats take the Senate I think it should be mentioned(it is extremely unlikely they will take the House). 331dot (talk) 14:56, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
futile oppose this is technically an advisory referendum when the real ITNR one happens in Dec and votes counted in jan. But people are too stupid to know the now-dead constitution. Heck they think the wannabe dictator is a legislative lawmaker (see mid tem turnout?).Lihaas (talk) 18:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Never mind. This is for a different forum/fora or personal talk page.Lihaas (talk) 18:17, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is ITNR so your oppose is not relevant; aside from the fact there are other elections going on in the US, the presidential election is not "advisory" as most states have laws requiring the electors to vote for whom they are pledged to. The Electoral College meeting and the votes being counted are largely formalities. And there is no need for political statements here. 331dot (talk) 18:13, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is not ITNR . hats for election to heads of state. Please familiarize yourself with the constitituion. The prez is NOT directly elected.
And, as an aside, well played Tone. Thank you.Lihaas (talk) 18:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest you reread the ITNR list, which states "Indirect elections, including papal elections, are also included". 331dot (talk) 18:19, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas are you okay? You seem to be editing almost randomly? Has your account been hacked? The Rambling Man (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Lihaas, what the hell are you doing?--WaltCip (talk) 18:23, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should not have been put on "ongoing" per precedent. Shouldn't have been nominated here 24 hours before the results come in either. That's why we've got silly season here. Which I've contributed to. #ImWithHer. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:18, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would gently encourage editors to take a deep breath before collapsing/hiding discussions that are not obviously disruptive, off topic, or editorializing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:59, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess that's what happens when premature nominations are made. This has been wholesale waste of time and energy thusfar. Results due in 12 hours or so, let's wait. Please desist. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:59, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose voting in election will remain open for many more hours, and then counting will take many more hours after that, and then a result may not be known for many more hours or days after that. This nomination is way too early. Gfcvoice (talk) 19:53, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Calm down. Nobody is suggesting we post anything until the election is called. It is quite possible (maybe even likely) that we will know by 10PM (EST) who won. And if not, then we will wait until multiple RS sources have called the election. All we are doing is getting a jump on discussing the quality of the article and the eventual wording of the blurb. This is a useful exercise in that it can facilitate getting what is an obvious ITNR item up in a timely manner. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment 1There is no need to direct me to calm down as I am feeling perfectly tranquil now. Alternatively, maybe I could (unnecessarily) direct you to calm down? Gfcvoice (talk) 20:07, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment 2 I understand the rationale for discussing this hours/days before the result is known, however, given that the result is unknown, there are many different possible results, which would result in many different possible blurbs. This discussion could easily be held after the result is known. Gfcvoice (talk) 20:10, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • The Associated Press and FOX News have called the election for Donald Trump and Clinton has made the concession phone call. The Republicans have retained control of Congress. OMG! -Ad Orientem (talk) 07:45, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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

  • I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Kurtis(talk) 07:47, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • This blurb should be posted to the Main Page for obvious reasons. Dustin (talk) 07:52, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. There is no evidence he has won the election, by being formally elected, or even by winning a majority of the votes[21]. Whether he might be appointed president despite not winning a majority of the votes is pure speculation at this point. --Tataral (talk) 07:53, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support AltI. Very significant event in politics. Makes it plebs 2, Establishment 0 by my reckoning. Mjroots (talk) 07:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt1. Hillary has conceded. The news of his win by itself is notable, and the news that Clinton conceded just adds to that. Gestrid (talk) 08:00, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support Donald Trump has won by every reasonable metric. Every major media agency has declared him the winner and Clinton has conceded. Joshua Garner (talk) 08:10, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - there's no doubt now. Blythwood (talk) 08:11, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - universally reported as the outcome -- samtar talk or stalk 08:12, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted - feel free to work on the blurb I derived from the candidates above. JehochmanTalk 08:16, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Jehochman Please fix the redirect and please address the nomination above this one. Oh, and surely we can now change the image? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:22, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What did I tell you? You thought he had no chance! Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 08:28, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Deciding on which image to use will be the bigger issue, lets stick with that weird cubs player (p.s i like the one on my userpage) ..--Stemoc 08:25, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, what an interesting User page you have there. I prefer the "weird" cubs player Martinevans123 (talk) 08:29, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Image suggestion: File:Donald_Trump_August_19,_2015_(cropped).jpg

  • We need to put up a new photo. The one from Trump's article is the obvious candidate. -Ad Orientem (talk) 08:42, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't Donald Trump be bolded too? Mjroots (talk) 09:19, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It should be (pictured), not (pictured). And the redirect to "the House" could be fixed at the same time. And there are various other WP:ERRORS... The Rambling Man (talk) 09:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Can any one explain what is wrong with the blurb saying "Donald Trump is elected President of the United States..." that was proposed in any of the lines above but was changed on the main page?--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:21, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • See the page history at WP:ERRORS, but basically there was a complaint that he hasn't been elected President, merely become President-Elect. BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 14:36, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest that the blurb is updated to reflect that Clinton won the popular vote. It's quite uncommon and therefore notable that the EC winner has not won the popular vote. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 11:03, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
oppose the above suggestion. Roentgenium111 is correct that this is not common. It's actually damned rare. But under the American election system it is not especially relevant. There is a lot of venting going on right now over this election. While I in no way doubt the good faith of the above suggestion, a lot of eyes are on us and I think we should tread carefully when discussing anything that might give even the slightest hint that we are editorializing. Trump won according to US law and the Constitution. Saying more than that on ITN could raise questions about our neutrality. Any statement that Hillary won the popular vote w/o an explanation of the US electoral system would almost certainly be read by some as "Trump stole the election." -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And I'll support it. You're reading too far into neutrality. That Clinton won the popular vote is factual and unbiased. Should readers desire to know more, they can click through. Ed[talk] [majestic titan]
Factually accurate I would agree with. But it is substantively irrelevant and on that basis I would question its inclusion in the blurb, unless one is attempting to make a point. Stating that someone won an election but the other person got more votes w/o further explanation is not unbiased. -Ad Orientem (talk) 04:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We could easily supply further information by mentioning (and linking to) Electoral College (United States), which explains the details. I think it's highly relevant both because the split is so rare (both nationally and internationally - usually "winning an election" means winning the popular vote), and because there's substantial bipartisan support (including Trump himself in 2012) for making the popular vote relevant in future elections.[22] We'd still clearly state that "Trump wins the elections". There's no question of "stealing" since Clinton accepts the EC system for all I know and has admitted defeat. --Roentgenium111 (talk) 14:04, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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RD: Sir Jimmy Young

Article:Jimmy Young (broadcaster) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s):Guardian, BBC obit and BBC news story
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: Veteran BBC broadcaster, one of the first Radio 1 DJs etc. Article needs work, lots of uncited material, but detailed obituaries are likely to be available soon to fill in the gaps (as long as they're not just copied from WP...)) BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 20:59, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak oppose the singing career section appears to be entirely unreferenced. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:41, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nicaraguan general election

Article: Nicaraguan general election, 2016 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Daniel Ortega is re-elected as president of Nicaragua. (Post)
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: Should we mention the parliamentary result? Lihaas (talk) 19:58, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak Conditional Support While decently sourced the article is a bit short. Also the two tables need to be updated and filled in before this can be posted. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I've been hearing about this Daniel Ortega since the 1980s and the Irangate.--98.88.130.198 (talk) 20:41, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose incomplete and stubbish. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Updated backbone appears to be there, no need to wait, particularly considering slow news period. Brandmeistertalk 13:14, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose no prose synopsis of the election itself. A bunch of charts is not an article. If someone were to write a full synopsis of the election itself, that would be great. --Jayron32 18:18, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:19, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support All national elections should be here. South Nashua (talk) 18:05, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] RD: Marc Sleen

Article: Marc Sleen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): VRT (main Flemish TV channel) long article on Flemish newspaper site
Credits:

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

Nominator's comments: Belgian comics artist. Has his own museum in Brussels. Fram (talk) 10:16, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for now, the categories weren't updated, there's still a large linkrot issue, and several sentences appear to not have any inline citations. Also the article could use a copyedit to refine the English language, but that's less critical. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:47, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • The linkrot problems have been solved. Copyedit still needs to be done, and check of what still needs sourcing. Fram (talk) 11:10, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Some further cleanup has been done. If you can indicate the remaining problems I'll try to work on them. Fram (talk) 13:54, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. yes, I'm the nominator, but as I'm not aware of any further outstanding issues with this article, as we have only one RD listed at the moment (and apart from this one other nominated), and as everyone seems rather focused on the US election only, it seems as if most other things here are a bit forgotten even though they could easily be posted or improved. Fram (talk) 13:52, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'd never heard of him but he seems quite notable and big in his home country. The article mostly seems fine but it could use some clarification of his style and title "Marcel Honoree Nestor, Knight Neels". Presumably that's familiar to Belgians but I have some trouble parsing it to figure out what is his name and what's his title. Andrew D. (talk) 14:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks. Yes, he is mostly unknown outside Belgium (somewhat known in Wallonia, very important in his field in Flanders). I'll see what I can do about the name thing (everything but "Knight" is his full name) and about his style (an image would help, but they are copyrighted). Fram (talk) 14:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • A footnote might be the best way to clarify the name. Andrew D. (talk) 14:58, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • Footnote about name, short bit about style, and two images to illustrate his style and work, are added. Fram (talk) 10:57, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted

[Posted] RD: Janet Reno

Article: Janet Reno (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

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

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

Can you clarify - do you mean the list of actions taken while in post? Everything else seems cited (I removed a short paragraph which seemed opinion rather than sourced fact). MurielMary (talk) 10:53, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the version I reviewed had several issues which seem to have been resolved in the intervening dozen or so edits. So support now. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:35, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you posting your own nomination?--WaltCip (talk) 13:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed - nominators should not promote their own nominations, particularly in light of how fast this was done per Jayron below. (Though otherwise there's no reason to pull, TRM hit on sourcing in original comments and a check now shows it is okay, so no need to remove). --MASEM (t) 15:12, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, there is no suggestion to pull, merely a reminder on how to avoid problems in the future. I didn't even catch that the OP promoted his own proposal. That occasionally happens when a post has been sitting around a long time (a day or more) and there has been extensive support. Two votes in 3 hours is neither. --Jayron32 20:57, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Edit Conflict with above, when this was posted) The article isn't great, but it's good enough for my weak support based on the fact that everything there is cited. If anyone wanted to make this better, here's a few issues that those with the desire and the sources to do so could improve: 1) The U.S. attorney general section would be better as a series of prose paragraphs explaining each of the items currently there, rather than a bullet list. 2) A few key aspects of her life and career could be expanded. For example, most obits seem to be spending more time than we do on her failed 2002 bid for Florida governor; of which we currently mention in a sentence on "Post-political life", which is silly, because running for Governor seems entirely like a political event. Still, none of this completely holds this up from the main page for me, but still would be nice to see improved. --Jayron32 13:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC) Post edit conflict addendum: This was a bit fast for a posting, I count less than 3 hours between nomination and posting, with one vote to go on. I suggest, in the future, the posting admin wait for either more time, or more votes, before rushing to press. --Jayron32 13:23, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    There were two supports at the time this was posted. Usually that's sufficient. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:26, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Add as blurb First female Attorney General in the US, second longest serving in history, and a true national hero. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.62.76.13 (talk) 16:42, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OPPOSE and PULL as COI and sub par cabinet post. Are we now going to post fgn min, fin min, def min too as theyre constitutionally higher in all countried?!Lihaas (talk) 19:56, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Per this RFC anyone who has been deemed notable enough for an article is eligible to be posted in ITN/RD provided that article quality is adequate. I am not seeing significant issues of that nature. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:03, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I mean really, Lihaas, you're regular enough here to know we don't judge RD based on notability now, right? Or did you forget? Good lord.--WaltCip (talk) 01:04, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Famous AG.--98.88.130.198 (talk) 20:38, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • As Ad Orientem has pointed out, the only issues are (a) does this recently deceased person have an article? (b) is the article of sufficient quality to post? Whether someone was famous or not, or any such variation of some sort of super-notability test, stopped being the test here some months ago. BencherliteTalk (using his alt account Bencherheavy) 20:54, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"notability test, stopped being the test here some months ago"...Huh, fascinating. This is highly illogical--98.88.130.198 (talk) 21:09, 7 November 2016 (UTC).[reply]
This has been the case for some months now. It's not odd at all, and every single RD has had a notice attached to it to allude to the discussion. If there's a consensus to return to the previous way of doing things, by all means direct us to it. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:11, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is a case in point for the need to ignore--at least--this rule.--98.88.130.198 (talk) 21:17, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly not, it's been posted and rightly so. If you'd like to file a new RfC to return to "super notability" criteria, you are welcome to do so! The Rambling Man (talk) 21:25, 7 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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November 5

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November 4

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Hong Kong LegCo members' oath-taking controversy

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

Article updated

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

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

November 3

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  • India-Pakistan relations
    • Pakistan accuses eight Indian diplomats of espionage and terrorism amid rising tensions concerning Kashmir. India said it rejects these allegations. The six Pakistani diplomats withdrawn from India last week were reported to have been accused of spying. (Reuters)
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  • Todd Kohlhepp
    • A man identified as Todd Kohlhepp is arrested after authorities discover a missing woman chained up in a storage container on his property. The woman had gone missing along with her boyfriend around the end of August. (CNN), (CBS News)

Lebanon PM

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

Article updated

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

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

First launch of Long March 5

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

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

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

  • Support on improvements The entire "Design" section prior to the tables is unsourced (there's a solitary CN tag there too). --MASEM (t) 14:31, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Sourcing is terrible right now: entire paragraphs with no citations. ---- Patar knight - chat/contributions 03:52, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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[Posted] MLB World Series

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

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

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

  • Tentative support assuming there is prose added for Game 7 commensurate with the other games. If and when that happens, anyone can assume I didn't write the word "tentative" there. --Jayron32 15:36, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support on completion of the game and conditional on solid updating of the article. As it stands the article looks good with just a few spots that I think could use a cite. I'm not seeing anything right now that would prevent posting. GO CUBS! -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:37, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support first blurb if Indians win. If the Cubs win, although the Billy Goat thing is amusing, it might be more factual to note that they would have broken the longest current World Series championship drought. I'm an O's fan so my opinion is impartial. :) ZettaComposer (talk) 18:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Adding myself as an updater. It's in decent shape. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:05, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I played Rounders at school, so I consider myself an expert even if I haven't got a clue how this game works. No seriously, notability not in question, article looks fine and no reason to think it won't be updated properly, apparently this is quite a popular sport. Black Kite (talk) 19:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good shape. popular sport.BabbaQ (talk) 20:19, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment under no circumstances should we be posting "breaking a 'curse'" which is nonsense, and house style usually prevents us from adding a "since". Both alts are not adequate. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree about the curse part, which is silly. I don't know where "house style" prevents mentioning the drought, but it's not crucial to add. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:25, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support post-game, subject to article quality. Suggestion: at the end of the blurb, add "..., securing their first title since 19__" (1908 if the Cubs win, 1948 if the Indians win). Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:24, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support a blurb with the year, since both teams have long droughts- once quality is OK. 331dot (talk) 21:33, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt2 - either team winning breaks a significant drought. In the case of the Cubs, I believe this is the longest professional sports team drought ever, surely in North America at the least. - Floydian τ ¢ 23:13, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And if not worldwide promotion and relegation makes it easier for a team to avoid a championship by being relegated. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:59, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
And I should add that I say this as a lifelong Yankees fan who thinks it was about time (so there is one more less team whose fans complain about how the Yankees have always seemed so blessed). But seriously, they deserve it for that level of loyalty to their team for so long ... does this begin to redeem 2016 at least a little bit?

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

  • Support Even if the World Series was not notable in itself (or met ITNR), the breaking of one of the longest streaks in sporting history certainly is. Joshua Garner (talk) 04:53, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Canuckian, obviously. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:55, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt2 I mean, 108 years. 108 years! Gestrid (talk) 04:58, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Posted. Ks0stm (TCGE) 05:00, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ben Zobrist is the MVP. Can we swap out Brandon Laird for Zobrist, with the above image? – Muboshgu (talk) 05:12, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it would be better to put up an image of the pitching mound pile on. -Ad Orientem (talk) 05:15, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would support changing the picture to that if we can get one that qualifies for use. Gestrid (talk) 05:37, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done by someone else. Ks0stm (TCGE) 20:19, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[Closed] Trump document destruction

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Article:Donald Trump email controversy (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:New revelations show Donald Trump and his businesses have been destroying documents, even in ongoing court cases and under subpeona, during the last decades. (Post)
News source(s):Newsweek, other
Credits:
Nominator's comments: Relevant new and frequent media reports about the Presidential nominee. SI 11:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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