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An Israeli airstrike targeted the Scientific Research Center in Damascus's security zone, which oversees chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs. (Al Jazeera)
EXTRAORDINARLY Support End of a 50-year regime, fall of the capital city. Possibly the end of a 13-year civil war. Top of practically every news site in the entire world. THE POSSIBLE LIBERATION OF MILLIONS OF SYRIANS! This is huge news, totally, totally support this! Vamos Palmeiras (talk) 05:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yeah honestly just change it to "capture" because there is almost a 100% chance that it will fall by the time it is posted Lukt64 (talk) 02:13, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Clearly notable; this is probably the biggest story of the month so far. It's already on the front page of the BBC, the New York Times, CNN, and quite a few others. Looks like it's Assad who must go, after all. Gelasin (talk) 02:20, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The rebels have apparently taken over various government buildings, and Assad has fled Damascus. I think a more suitable blurb would include “captured” or “taken over” Damascus, but this also works. They have completely won. Hungry403 (talk) 02:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – al-Assad is said to have fled Damascus, but not necessarily Syria. We should have the minimum information needed in a blurb like this until the fog of war clears up a bit. DecafPotato (talk) 03:18, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No question re supporting, but let's give it a few hours for details to stabilize. We have the ongoing entry which will help in the short term, and once we can affirm via sourcing what exactly all has happened, then we can post. Just a few hours should be enough. --Masem (t) 04:05, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes Indeed. Top news worldwide and notability is a no-brainer. The long 13 year civil war will finally conclude and Assad's regime and his Syria are completely toasted. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 (☁＝☁＝✈) 04:11, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The PM discussed the peaceful transfer of power, not whether Damascus (the city) has been captured or not. Reliable sources are reporting that the city is captured. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks♥) 04:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - one of the most groundbreaking news in this decade, the end of a long civil war Ive heard about my whole life, and the satisfying end of an evil and brutal dictatorial regime. Never have been more happier. CR-1-AB (talk) 05:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can't tell if this is premature celebration of peace being achieved or a polemical anti-immigration comment, but either way, I'm afraid that right now is probably not a great time to travel to Syria Vanilla Wizard 💙06:36, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
??? Refugees are already returning from Lebanon. How is this different than the quick return of refugees from the camps in Thailand to Cambodia? Nfitz (talk) 06:41, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely - but also not a great time to stay in Lebanon either. (though some new refugees are fleeing to Iraq). But it was the "polemical anti-immigration comment" bit I was responding to. Nfitz (talk) 08:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but prefer that we use a picture of Assad, no strong opinions on any particular file. Without question one of the most significant things I've ever seen nominated for a blurb. Though I do have to respond to some of the comments that refer to this as the end of the civil war. As much as I'd like to be able to blurb that the civil war has ended, only time will tell whether the war will rage on even with Assad out of the picture. Historical precedent shows that dictators being deposed is often what precedes years of civil war. While it's never felt closer to being over, the rebel groups aren't exactly unified. Bear in mind that the rebel group that made the largest gains in territory this week is a splinter group that split from Al Qaeda – not exactly a group that the whole of Syria will peacefully be united under. But what we know to be certain is that the Assad era of Syria is history, and that is monumental news. Vanilla Wizard 💙06:36, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
...Yeah, capturing Damascus—the capital of Syria and the real Eternal City (sorry, Rome)—seems like kind of a big deal to me. Support.Kurtis(talk)07:31, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support this is the most influential events in modern history. This is the fall of a country's leadership dynasty of 60 years. If this isn't posted, Wikipedia is not aware of what real newses are. This indeed should be posted.MAL MALDIVE (talk) 08:14, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Second this. Saying that the regime has collapsed is appropriate, as this is what it is being described at. The fact that Assad's fate is unclear does not prevent it from being posted, as it doesn't say that happened to Assad. Gust Justice (talk) 09:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support adding Assad. Assad being removed from power is a major part of the story as well. Any updates regarding his fate could be added once confirmed as well. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 11:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Trim "by opposition groups". To those not in the know, it could suggest groups opposed to the rebels. For those who do know, it's just redundant to same. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rebel forces enter the city of Homs, eventually capturing the city after hours of urban warfare to oust Assad loyalists. Rebels also capture Homs Central Prison and release around 3,500 prisoners. (Reuters)(Times Now)(Cedar News)(Barron's)
Five people are killed, four others are injured, and several others are missing in an explosion that destroyed several apartments in The Hague, Netherlands. (BBC News)(Euronews)
President Yoon Suk Yeol apologizes to the South Korean population, promising that he will not avoid legal sanctions or institute martial law a second time. (The Guardian)
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Oppose. The "early life and education" section is unsourced, and so is the first paragraph of the "political career" section. Gelasin (talk) 01:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Closed) Ongoing removal: Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Nominator's comments: The frontlines have been mostly static for two years since Kherson was retaken, besides small Russian pushes and Ukrainian counteroffensives. Compared to the other wars currently in Ongoing, the invasion of Ukraine isn't at the same level of high-intensity conflict anymore. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:45, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose There's still plenty of developments in the war and surrounding geopolitical conflict, even those that don't involve the frontlines. There's more to war than territory, and this war, despite little land changing hands in the past year or so, has proven that. Departure– (talk) 21:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A frozen conflict is one where active armed conflict has mostly ceased, which does not describe the Russo-Ukranian war, where the conflict is presently at its most deadly in years, despite little movement in the front lines [1]. Pluma (talk) 23:37, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Of course it's not currently a frozen conflict, but it's certainly heading in that direction. Most of the major territorial changes happened not long after the Russian invasion started almost three years ago. Gelasin (talk) 00:01, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you aren't seeing frequent coverage, I think you should be changing your newspapers subscription. Today there's most of a page here covering the Russian opposition that certainly involves the war. Yesterday the opposition had front-page coverage going onto to a 2-page spread. The day before there was a piece about trying to overcome the war damage with investment. With the recent increasing Russian advances and reports about their ever-increasing death toll, the nuclear sabre rattling over the deployment of longer range UK and US missiles there's been more coverage recently, as far as I've seen. Nfitz (talk) 00:45, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong oppose for now because of the ascendancy of the Trump administration in January, and the subsequent negotiations he has promised to bring about to "end the war" within days or weeks. The reality is, there will be renewed press coverage and increased clarity on the future of the war within the next two months. Trump's stated strategy will either cause a truce/stagnation along current boundaries (time for removal at that point), or a major escalation (in such case we will just have to re-add it). Removing from ongoing right on the precipice of that significant geopolitical "benchmark" in the conflict, just seems silly. We could instead wait to pull the trigger on removal just a little bit longer, at a more logical time when the future of the war becomes clearer in January. FlipandFlopped ツ23:03, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose there is no credible argument that this is less static than the Sudanese civil war. The fact that most of the world's nuclear powers are invested in the situation in Ukraine, and that none of them are similarly invested in Sudan, does matter. Walsh90210 (talk) 23:05, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
*Support There have been no significant territorial changes for almost two years. The fact that it’s in the news everyday isn’t a strong argument to keep it. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic was removed when it was top news on a daily basis just because people got used that there’s a pandemic in the world. In the same way, people are aware that there’s a war in Ukraine, so there’s no need to keep it in ongoing forever.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:09, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Consensus on ongoing topics is not "subjective personal opinions", its based on how frequently the article(s) are being updated with significant new developments. That's still happening in the Ukraine-Russia war, not so much in the Sudan civil war. Masem (t) 00:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This suggestion appears to originate due to the current support for the Sudan war removal (why suggest it now), and it is also useful to demonstrate the type of article coverage and improvements that we expect for Ongoing topics against what is not sufficient. — Masem (t) 01:16, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I’ve stricken my vote here in order to vote against the removal of that item. If daily updates are what’s needed, that one doesn’t seem to fail the test either. The problem is that people don’t care about Sudan as much as about Ukraine (latent racism).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 01:26, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Compared to Sudan, the situation in Ukraine is still being significantly covered. If we removed this now and there's been significant movement on the next day, it will no doubt be nominated again. Moreover, now that Assad's Syria, which Russia supports is expected to collapse within a few days or so, its a question if Russia will now step up its attack. If the war drags on and continues to be stale once the upcoming Trump administration takes office in January, I will consider support removing it. For now, I strongly support keeping it. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 (☁＝☁＝✈) 00:16, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Wait We post election results, not the onset of the election period. I assume that means within 12hr we'll have them and then everything can be updated. --Masem (t) 12:56, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's comments: First death was reported 10 November 2024 but only recently has this started gaining media attention. 79 is the count from the Africa CDC, but local health authorities have reported 143 (as reported in ABC News). Article may need updating as this situation develops. Staraction (talk | contribs) 06:58, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait per above, posting with more information availed later would be better than keeping readers in suspense, especially given than it may get forgotten later for some reason. ExclusiveEditorNotify Me!16:03, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait There's not enough information. There are no test results yet which means it could end up being a known illness (or even a mix of different illnesses), in which case it's unlikely to be ITN worthy. Johndavies837 (talk) 18:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's comments: The war has slowed down significantly, the article is updated less and less frequently, and Ongoing is becoming bloated. Gelasin (talk) 04:38, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, the war has not slowed down, with the major city of Singa, Sudan (259,000 inhabitants, as much as Kherson) having been recaptured only two weeks ago. The article points out that [a]ccording to a report by the French newspaper Le Monde, as of November 2024 the war in Sudan has possibly entered its most dangerous phase since it began in April 2023. Both the SAF and RSF have officially ruled out settling the civil war through negotiations, with the only option on the table being total war. War crimes are also still ongoing, like the 2024 eastern Gezira State massacres. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 10:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just because events may continue to be ongoing doesn't make the topic necessarily suitable for ongoing. Ongoing line is for topics that generally get near-daily news coverage, and in the case of the Sudan war, its updates are in spurts, roughly weekly. — Masem (t) 12:46, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ongoing is getting long, and this article isn't updated as frequently as the others. We can add it back if something changes to warrant that. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Chaotic Enby. It is still ongoing and if anything, has intensified since we first put it on. There are still daily updates on the timeline page which include major losses of civilian life. I also do not agree on precedent with removing a conflict from ongoing, even when the loss of life and devastation remains high or growing, just to free up space - too arbitrary of a reason, IMHO. FlipandFlopped ツ15:44, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Not because the situation is calming down per se, but because the world is no longer paying as much attention as it once did. We don't have the civil war in Myanmar in Ongoing, and as far as I'm aware, it's no less deadly. Kurtis(talk)16:15, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And this is how systemic bias creeps in. The Russia-Ukraine war is much more static (no city comparable to Singa has been retaken since the frontlines stabilized two years ago), and yet, as it is more of a topic of interest to (mostly Western) editors, the war in Sudan is the one that is being considered for removal instead. "The world has moved on" is a very Western-centric way of putting it. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 17:05, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am not here to sugarcoat what the truth is. Obviously they are not on their own and should never be, but the news outlets are no longer interested in covering Sudan anymore, more important stories have developed. Kline • talk • contribs20:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Changing to Oppose. Maybe I was exaggerating at first. Despite partially feeling WP:CPP, the others have a clear point. Whether it is no longer being covered or the war has calmed down or not, the conflict isn't essentially over. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 (☁＝☁＝✈) 04:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose mostly because there’s latent racism on the entire page (Sudan isn’t Ukraine and blah blah blah.) Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a news oulet, so it’s irrelevant however news oulets report about a story as long as they report about it. I see daily news reports on this war in the media (we don’t require the BBC to do it so frequently).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 01:17, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the only reason that its not being covered as much is because western media just wont cover african countries. this deserves to be known about. Lukt64 (talk) 02:15, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's comments: I think it's appropriate at this point to nominate the Northwestern Syria offensive article for the ongoing events for ITN. There's been significant developments, the article is being updated pretty regularly, and RS are consistently covering it. The capture of Aleppo is also still displayed on ITN. Previous discussion (from December 1st) rejected putting Syrian Civil War back on ongoing and said to nominate the article for Northwestern Syria offensive instead. Can I has Cheezburger? (talk) 02:44, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support when the current blurb rolls off. This conflict is probably the most important one in the world right now, and it will determine the future of the Assad government. The article is seeing continuous updates; this qualifies for ITN. Gelasin (talk) 03:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Five ongoings is going to push that to three lines and we may have problems with front-page balance in the future. We should probably consider if the Sudanese civil war is really needed at this point, given that its only getting significant content updates about once a week. --Masem (t) 04:11, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Things are developing really quickly right now, so it's an article many readers would be interested in. It also is seeing intense coverage by many sources. Gust Justice (talk) 14:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Massive changes going on and we might see a final conclusion to the 13-year civil war. I would say merge the Israel–Hamas war and the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon into either one hook or remove the Lebanese one (ceasefire, in theory) instead of removing the Sudanese one - odd to have three Middle Eastern wars right smack dab next to each other all on ITN. Juxlos (talk) 15:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, although maybe under Syrian Civil War, since the article is still focused mostly on the Northwest Offensive while it seems like there's an effort to transition it to being more about the reignition of the civil war at large. Pluma (talk) 20:51, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Juxlos. If we have to clear up space to make this happen, I agree with merging the two Israel-related articles as opposed to removing Ukraine or Sudan. FlipandFlopped ツ23:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support putting any Syrian civil war related article in ongoing. The situation is rapidly evolving. It's very possible that we'll be posting a blurb instead soon, as it's looking increasingly likely that the Syrian Arab Republic could cease to exist soon and Assad's reign will be over. But whether or not that happens in the near future, fast-moving situations like this are a great use of Ongoing. Vanilla Wizard 💙23:23, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - though with the quickly changing situation, there'll likely be need to adjust the text/target now that there are reports that Damascus has fallen. Nfitz (talk) 00:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On the other hand, with report that Damascus has fallen, the Syrian army demobilizing, Assad fled, and the Russians evacuating their naval base - maybe this should be a blurb, once the media catches up to the overnight activities and the extent dawns on them. Nfitz (talk) 01:08, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like it was pulled, presumably because events overtook it with the fall of Damascus. Shortest Ongoing ever! Presumably an ongoing will return once it falls off the tracker. Nfitz (talk) 08:39, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Israeli drone strikes on the northern and western sides of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip kill at least 29 Palestinians. Israeli forces subsequently raid the hospital, killing four doctors. (Al Jazeera)(CNN)
A Russian missile strike kills ten civilians in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, and injures four others, including two children. Separately, a missile attack on an administrative building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills two people and injures 16 others. (Reuters)
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: Trying again, as the cathedral is now opening tomorrow. The previous nom was closed due to the cathedral not being open yet. Natg 19 (talk) 18:09, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support either blurb, but can we change them slightly? 'The Notre-Dame cathedral' is not idiomatic in British English. 'Notre-Dame de Paris', 'Notre-Dame Cathedral', or 'The Cathedral of Notre-Dame (de Paris)' would be better. GenevieveDEon (talk) 21:33, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Idiomatically it's just Notre-Dame, no cathedral or Paris. I would go with "Notre-Dame reopens following reconstruction in the wake of the 2019 fire." GreatCaesarsGhost01:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support this altblurb once it opens: it should wait until the event has happened already and there is a picture of the reopening to attach instead of showing a picture from April. Pluma (talk) 20:56, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's not ITNR and there's no indication of significance for just another building opening up in the 21st century. If we ITN the opening of every well-known building we might as well be a construction newsletter –Jiaminglimjm (talk) 23:40, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is a bit of a slippery slope fallacy. There is a feasible way to demarcate between major, widely covered closures of worldwide landmarks vs mundane construction updates to every named skyscraper with a wikipedia article... the degree of news coverage. Support. FlipandFlopped ツ23:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt2. It's the reopening of one of the greatest monuments of Western civilization. I've added an altblurb that I think flows better. Gelasin (talk) 03:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to say it again: Any blurb starting "The Notre" sounds weird, for the same reason it would if it was all in English and started "The Our". GenevieveDEon (talk) 10:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but I do not like the fact there's a separate article for the ceremony of reopening, it would make far more sense for a summary coverage of it to be in the fire article as the code to the overall event. We need to stop creating articles on every trivial event with excessive details, and think about comprehensive articles first and foremost. --Masem (t) 04:09, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support only because the event is notable and garners wide media attention. However, the personal opinions about how great and historically notable Notre-Dame is are irrelevant and redundant (this would have not been in the news this much had it been not notable).--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:42, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Clearly notable and well-covered event, and nicely encyclopedic, but as a side I also agree very much with Masem above about the lack of necessity for separate articles about events like these. Yakikaki (talk) 19:11, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The bolded target article should be either the reopening or Notre Dame itself. The fire article was already featured in the ITN before and now may be confusing. Brandmeistertalk22:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Notre-Dame de Paris, across the Seine, before reopening
I agree that the fire should not be bolded. I just looked at the reopening article, and it is not much more than a stub. I fixed a sentence about the music program, but it has no reference. I came to add a recent image (that I took on 4 Dec) but found no place for it. I believe that it is less pretty than the one featured, but perhaps more informative, showing the rebuilt spire, cranes more clearly, and tents for the celebrations. It could be cropped, of course. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nominator's comments: This is unprecedented. Have not marked it as ITN/R but does concern an election. Article needs updating Abcmaxx (talk) 14:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support (pending blurb update) – clearly significant (an EU country has just annulled an election result!) and long enough – but you seem to have linked to the parliamentary election rather than the presidential! DimensionalFusion (talk · she/her) 14:31, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Article does not include the information the blurb is claiming (re: Russian interference). There should be continuity here before this is posted. --Masem (t) 14:47, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as there was no clear winner after the first round. It'd have been more significant had this decision annulled the final results from the presidential election in a similar way as the Supreme Court of Ukraine did during the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:12, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There may be a clear winner if a candidate wins 50%+1 of the registered voters in the first round. In this case, two candidates advanced to a run-off in the second round because no-one achieved victory in the first round. There cannot be two winners when one president is elected.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 21:35, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on significance and probably article quality. Its ITN notability stems from the annulling of the election, not the specific result it overturned. SerialNumber5412915:16, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support on notability It would admittedly be a little unusual to blurb the first round of a multi-round election, but an annulment of an EU member state's election over Russian interference is even more unusual. I think both this and the ultimate result (whenever it comes) can reasonably be posted. FlipandFlopped ツ16:09, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait, Good faith nom, but I think it's a bit early to nominate given how it only been a few hours since it was announced. The article section needs more time to improve first. 31.44.227.152 (talk) 16:16, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose current blurb. Heads I win, tails you lose. I don't believe the Constitutional Court's claim that it annulled the election due to alleged "Russian interference," and as such, I cannot support any blurb which presents this as fact. However, I do believe this is notable and I would support a blurb that simply states something like "The first round of the Romanian presidential election is annulled by the Romanian Constitutional Court." Gelasin (talk) 19:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support for the various reasons mentioned above; it's an unprecedented affair in recent history with global political ramifications. Joe (talk) 10:30, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I disagree with Gelasin and oppose altblurb 1. IMHO, the interference is what makes blurbing this now appropriate. If it were being annulled for some other domestic issue, I would say just wait and post the ITNR results with a little note about the delay in the blurb. I believe the consensus already formed that the alleged Russian interference is what is notable, and that this should be in the blurb. I've proposed a compromise altblurb 2 which weakens the language to "allegations", as opposed to stating the interference as a matter of fact. FlipandFlopped ツ15:50, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Stephen, Moraljaya67, Bremps, Queen of Hearts, I addressed all the individual tags I could find and also removed an unnecessary section - the campaign section was duplicative of the "debates" and "leading campaign issues" sections which followed, so there was not anything to say. There was a generic "unreliable sources" banner at the top, but no individual tags to that effect. There are some cites to Facebook, but they are appropriate in context because they link to candidate statements and endorsements. Let me know if that's enough to shift your vote. FlipandFlopped ツ16:09, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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.
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. The article's body looks good generally (although I am unsure about the reliability of some sources), but the filmography/TV series list is completed uncited. ForsythiaJo (talk) 21:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Soft support pending article expansion of course. I'm thoroughly heartbroken. One of the greats of Polish satire and comedy of the last fifty years. I have lots of work over the weekend but I'd love to find the time get the article up to standard. --Ouro (blah blah) 09:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The Syrian Army says that it has withdrawn from the city of Hama in order to "protect the lives of civilians" after rebel forces enter the city. Rebel forces later begin releasing hundreds of prisoners from Hama's central prison. (MSN)(Ynet)
A helicopter is shot down after taking off from Hama Air Base as pro-government forces evacuate the airbase. Another helicopter that took off from the air base makes an emergency landing after being hit. The airbase is later fully captured by the rebels. (Al Jazeera)(YeniSafak)
Syrian rebel forces capture and take military vehicles and ammunition from a Syrian military engineering battalion facility on the outskirts of the city of al-Rastan in Homs Governorate. (SOHR)
Soft oppose His list of essays is strangely formatted (usually these are a bulled point list at the end of the article), and also not completely cited. There is one footnote from a website called "Spirali" addended to one of the entries that is a source for a handful, but not all of the works listed. FlipandFlopped ツ23:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another round of blackouts in Cuba leave millions of households without power. The energy ministry says that it is prioritizing restoring electricity to hospitals and water pumping facilities. (Reuters)
The South Korean won drops to a two-year low following Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law yesterday. Several ETFs on the Korea Exchange also drop to a one-year low. (Invezz)
In France, the Barnier government collapses after 331 of 577 deputies vote in favor of a no-confidence motion, the first time since 1962 that the government has collapsed following a no-confidence motion. The left subsequently calls on President Emmanuel Macron to resign and hold early presidential elections. (Reuters)
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Nominator's comments: I checked yes for RD because this is a death, but really this is a blurb. CEO of a major corporation shot in an apparent assassination in broad daylight on a city street. BD2412T19:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's not the word "assassination", which requires knowing the motivation of the attacker. That it's a targeted attack is apparent from video evidence, but that can't read the attacker's mind. 331dot (talk) 20:18, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be fine with "in a targeted attack". Also fine with this being merged into the RD below, so long as the proposal to blurb makes it into the merge. I don't know if there are particular mechanics for doing that. BD2412T20:27, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb but support RD yes this is getting news coverage in the US, but this isn't a global news story, also Thompson led a very quiet life before this, he didn't even have a page until he was killed. Almost all the articles cited in his page are either primary sources, or where made after he was killed. Scuba20:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If he led a quiet life such that we have nothing prior to this event to build an article, then that's a BLP1E issue and we shouldnt have an article on him. Really this event should be in the United Healthcare article. — Masem (t) 20:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that now, retroactively, some news sources, such as the AP, are publishing articles about his life before he was killed. The article has already been made and approved, it's quality is only going to increase from this point. It would be silly to delete it. Scuba03:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb but support RD. Unless there's some indication that this was a political act, terrorism, or an international death squad then I don't see that it's ITN. It barely even meets GNG for an independent article which makes even an RD questionable - but I think this is a break-all-the-rules occasion and we should post an RD, even if an article for him doesn't meet the requirement of an article through WP:SINGLEEVENT. Nfitz (talk) 02:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Support changes to the French PM are ITN/R Changes, reelections or reappointments in the holder of the office which administers the executive of their respective state/government. Scuba19:41, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The prime minister of France (French: Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic (Premier ministre de la République française), is the head of government of the French RepublicScuba19:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to add, I am not making any objection on this yet as a normal ITNC, as even if not ITNR it's still worthwhile to include. It just doesn't seem to have the automatic ITNR aspect. — Masem (t) 20:01, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, also, looking at that list it says Barnier is head of government, and Macron is head of state, with Barnier shaded blue due to offices lack de jure constitutional power. Scuba20:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That would be a mistake, the French President has power over diplomacy and national security while the PM is the one actually heading the day-to-day government. I guess since it's a semi-presidential system it sorta blurs the line. Scuba20:20, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Part of it is the problem that Wikipedia's own terminology really just assumes that every government just follows the Westminster System, (where all de-facto power on the top level derives from a single elected legislative body that picks its own leader) and thus assumes everything in every other government can be directly translated to an equivalent role. (e.g, treating the United states President as the same as the UK's Prime Minister, just elected separately) As we can see here, there's places where the site's attempts at direct, 1-for-1 parallels on a per-member basis tend to fall apart once you leave the Commonwealth. Realistically I don't think there's any hard-and-fast rule that can just be applied to all governments, but instead it'd need to be evaluated nearly on a per-country basis, and that in many countries like France... The role of "head of government" can't be cleanly placed onto a single head like it can in the United Kingdom. Nottheking (talk) 08:42, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Irrespective of whether this is ITNR or not (in the French system, both the President and the Prime Minister kinda head the government), this is worth blurbing. First time since 1962 that a French government is toppled by a vote of no confidence. Khuft (talk) 19:55, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Regarding the ITN/R status, France has the technicality that the President has more power over the executive outside of cohabitation, and the Prime Minister during cohabitation. And, well, the Macron/Barnier situation was variously described as a messy kind-of cohabitation, although Macron is still considered to have retained more power. So, it's not clear-cut, but not necessarily ITN/R. Still, this is a major political crisis we're getting into, as no group can realistically build a majority coalition and the 2025 budget has to be voted soon, so it's very much significant enough in my opinion. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 20:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Chaotic Enby. It's sort of a pseudo-ITNR situation given the cross party appointment and the state of the legislature. However, regardless it is getting extensive worldwide news coverage and should qualify as a normal ITN candidate anyway. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions20:35, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question - is it the government that lost a non-confidence vote, or the Prime Minister? I'm not sure the exact phrasing of this particular motion, but in most countries it's the government that falls, not the PM; which could lead to the appointment or selection of a new PM to lead a new government, or even the reappointment of the same PM if there's behind the scenes negotiation to obtain support. Nfitz (talk) 03:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can piece together, it's sorta like the British sytem. The government is gone, Macron has to appoint a new PM and whoever (if anyone) gets approved by the assembly has to make their own cabinet. Scuba04:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article is in good shape; very solid-quality piece. As far as the notability of his position, we have to remember that not every country just has a carbon copy of the United Kingdom's Westminster System, so there often is more than a single "Head of Government." And given that the UK gets two official leaders (Head of State & Head of Government) to merit ITN attention, it's fair to consider most other countries get two such positions, with the Prime Minister of France (who does wield many powers analogous to a Westminster-style PM even if the President is still the official Head of Government) fits the bill here. Nottheking (talk) 08:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is just a consequence of the summer election (which we posted) as its failure to establish a clear majority continues to play out. Barnier will continue as a caretaker PM as no successor is in sight and so the French govt is still a work-in-progress. It's like the continual crisis of the speaker elections and stopgap budgets in the US in 2023 and ITN didn't post every twist in that saga. The broader encyclopaedic topic is the general economic instability and unrest following the COVID-19 recession which is making it hard for incumbents everywhere – Germany, South Korea, &c... Andrew🐉(talk) 13:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The broader encyclopedic topic by itself isn't really suitable for ITN due to poor story-article correlation. Items like this are suitable because they speak towards the broader topic. Duly signed,⛵ WaltClipper-(talk)13:39, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support as ITNR In my view, this is clearly ITNR. The ITNR rule allows for elections for "head of state and government". France has a different head of state (Macron) than head of government (Marnier). It does not say "head of state OR government" - the choice of "and" in the ITNR rule therefore implies that both should be posted. If we would like to change the ITNR rule to only designate a single ITNR election per country, that is also fine, but this is not the place to do so. We must enforce the current ITNR rule as it is drafted. FlipandFlopped ツ14:32, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are some govts where the head of govt is purely ceremonial as all the power lies in the head of state, and in those cases, changes in the head of govt are not significant. As long as we, as shown here, can discuss and reach the same conclusion for a head of govt solely from an ITNC approach without invoking ITNR, it's probably best to leave the ITNR alone. — Masem (t) 14:41, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now due to lack of article - first of all, this is clearly not ITN/R, there's nothing in the provisions for this scenario - thus far Barnier hasn't yet left office and he isn't the most senior poltician in France anyway, that would be Macron. That said, I do in principle think we should post this... *but* the story needs an article. We have March 2023 French votes of no confidence for the less newsworthy ones that didn't succeed, so it is not a correct situation for this story to lack one. Linking to the BLP on Barnier isn't the answer to that, the story isn't just about him anyway it's about his whole government and the much wider situation concerning French politics. Effectively this is an oppose on "quality", since an article not existing is rather a severe quality concern — Amakuru (talk) 14:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not every event needs a sepearate article, and this impulse editors have to rush to create one is a larger problem with NOTNEWS and article creation in general. ITN just requires a significant update to some article. — Masem (t) 14:57, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that would be an alright contender for the bold link. But the notion that this event doesn't need an article is bunkum. With a few exceptions, if a story isn't notable enough to be covered anywhere except in a BLP article then it almost certainly isn't worthy of inclusion in ITN. This no-confidence motion clearly should have one (or at the very least a prominent section in the article Andrew mentions) and we shouldn't list it under the Barnier BLP just because nobody has created the necessary proper prose for it. — Amakuru (talk) 15:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The issue that we have NOTNEWS problems is the idea event must be distilled into a new article, but that has never been a requirement for ITN posting. Is this event worthy of its own article? Ignoring ISE logic, right now it feels it is part of of larger picture related to the Barnier govt, since the the no confidence vote was a result in that. It makes far more sense to this to be the coda of the existing Barnier government article (which is nowhere close to being too long to include) rather than a separate article that would require adding more context that already exists in the Barnier govt article. I agree the BLP article is probably not the best target, but a new article is also not required when there is a clear suitable article right there already. Masem (t) 19:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now due to lack of article This probably already counts for ITN/R (as many have already noted), and even without that this is already significant for being the first time since 1962 that a French government lost a no-confidence motion. All the more reason then that there should be a separate article for this, because that same 1962 motion has been at least covered under the 1962 French presidential election referendum, and more recently the ITN blurb for Imran Khan's deposition in April 2022 also bolded the No-confidence motion against Imran Khan article. Yo.dazo (talk) 16:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because this is notable in France and I put it in 2024, but this hasn't led to a new head of government being appointed. Barnier is still the caretaker PM. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 18:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As many have said above this, this only means that this doesn't count as WP:ITN/R. To me at least, being the first time a French government was dissolved by a no-confidence vote since 1962 is enough for WP:ITNSIGNIF. Yo.dazo (talk) 20:04, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ITN is not a news ticker, we are not required to post things in a hasty manner. That part of france's govt still remains collapsed, so this is still very relevant. — Masem (t) 20:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The nomination is about the VONC, not the continuing travails of the French government. If it is posted soon then it will have been twenty-six hours since: either modify the blurb or close the discussion. We shouldn't be "hasty", but we equally shouldn't be letting news discussions run into a third day. There's no point. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 21:32, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We have a seven day period for noms to be added and posted for ITN for a reason, it's for us to feature quality articles that have been in the news, not to keep readers abreast of the news. Masem (t) 21:42, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I agree with Masem - no need for hastiness. Also: Macron just announced a couple of hours ago that he will nominate a new PM "in the coming days". We might as well wait for the nomination of the new PM, and then fold the vote of no confidence into the blurb. Khuft (talk) 21:25, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now because there is no article yet. The political situation in France is very fluid and so we might be getting a lot of events and we don't want to be a news ticker. Maybe as these events unfold, we would have had the time to write a comprehensive article about them. Tradediatalk08:26, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Add alt1 and lean wait maybe we could wait if Macron appoint a new French PM in the coming days and combine two events into one blurb. Haers6120 (talk) 05:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1 in principle but the quality on the new article isn't quite there yet. Background section needs citations. Unmarking as ready pending this being done. — Amakuru (talk) 07:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Significant because Jared Isaacman is the first nominee that is not a politician nor have any NASA experience. However, he is significantly involved with SpaceX and the private space industry. WhatisMars (talk) 16:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose good faith nom, but we're not going to post the cabinet appointments of any president, or minister appointments of any PM. Certainly the nominations of Gaetz, Hegseth, and RFK Jr are more newsworthy than this nomination. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:46, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above, in addition to the fact there is no confirmation by the senate yet for this. None of these appointments are set in stone yet. Masem (t) 16:51, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose as the article about him was just created today and looking through older news, I don't see any type of coverage that would have made him notable before this shooting, this failing BLP1E. And while we could consider the event as possibly notable, there's very little known as to motive to make a good article on it.Masem (t) 15:10, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That reason @Masem, is not mentioned as an RD requirement in WP:ITN/DC. This RD 100% meets the requirements laid out at RD:ITN/DC, so this "vote" should not be considered. Also, that it's brand new is now a stale argument on December 6th for this December 4th event. Nfitz (talk) 23:58, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Notability is a necessary element of quality assessment. And while it may be possible that notability of a person prior to their death could come in the form of post-death obits and other pieces, that simply hasn't happen here. Details about his life that are presently in the article are superfilious and do not show significant coverage from secondary sources. — Masem (t) 00:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
superfilious? That's not a word, nor does supercilious make any sense. Nevertheless, a notability debate is not on-topic here. Please discuss this in an appropriate forum. Nfitz (talk) 00:32, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Given that he technically does have an article now, I think he passes notability if there's enough info to expand the article. Until then, it's not ready. Estreyeria (talk) 15:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support there is an AP article out now that talks about his life before he was assassinated, but I understand the concerns that he didn't really get much media coverage before he was killed. Scuba20:31, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lean Oppose I'm not too sure if Thompson is really notable other than his death. He isn't that widely known as the CEO of UnitedHealth and thus the article may violate WP:BLP1E. INeedSupport:304:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article looks significantly improved and very well referenced; it's good to go. And I'm seeing a lot more media reports about this death, than many that are listed at RD. Some of the opposition above seems to not have any weight, as if an article for a person exists, then it's the quality of the article that's the issue; not a debate their notability! Nfitz (talk) Nfitz (talk) 07:48, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Article seems to be well-cited, and cover a decent breadth of the subject's life & career; a very solid Start-class article, (and potentially well on its way to a C-class in the coming days at this rate) thus passing the threshold for RD. Also, while the article didn't exist until this person's death, that does not really speak of WP:SINGLEEVENT, and more just to how many people who do meet the notability threshold for WP slip through the cracks just because they don't happen to be prominent in the fields presently-active Wikipedians care about. Being specifically named in a pretty sizable insider trading prosecution definitely adds another dimension, and he was in a position that arguably gave him more power than a single member of perhaps any country's legislature. So I'm disinclined to put much worry in any 1E concerns; it almost feels as if those citing them as their "oppose" are neglecting to notice the rest of this person's history as a result of this article only cropping up in the past 24 hours. Nottheking (talk) 08:18, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, take out the events from yesterday, and what you are left with is an article that fails WP:N and WP:NBIO. The coverage of his life that has come out after his death is very superficial, and most of it is stuff that is more in conjunction with his function as CEO of UHC, which is not an aspect of notability related to the person themselves but of UHC. I looked myself for sources on him as a person published before the events of yesterday, and there was only weak primary sources (noting him becoming CEO) This is exactly the type of scenario that WP:BLP1E is meant to avoid, where after death there may be some coverage but no indication that the person was notable before death. As I noted in the other nomination, if anything, this is something that should be covered in the UHC article, not a separate article for a weakly notable event and non-notable individual. — Masem (t) 13:05, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When an article is created on the person's death, we have in the past questioned if the person was really notable to start with. Otherwise, people could game this to create an article about numerous non notable people that due as part of a news event, and then push them to RD. — Masem (t) 00:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's fair to examine the question on if they were notable. However, it is not correct to simply assume that they were not notable just because an article did not exist until their death. After all, that assumption also logically extends to the assumption that anyone who doesn't already have a WP article on them must not be notable, which clearly lands into the realm of logical fallacy.
The failure of Wikipedia's editors to keep up with an unending requirement for exhaustive coverage does not speak anything towards the merit of the subject matter, merely the biases of Wikipedia's editors. Like the numerous biases known present in Wikipedia (which get discussed here all the time, such as how non-English-language locales tend to get ignored) the solution is to attempt to address these bias-related gaps... Not to attempt justification of those gaps. Nottheking (talk) 19:46, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - It seems incredible that a person of this significance and a story of this magnitude would fail BLP1E, but here we are. This is where Wikipedia's rules have the right of it. Duly signed,⛵ WaltClipper-(talk)13:47, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's not a rule, @WaltCip. The (not a ) rule here is that RD's are based on quality - not the person - as long as the article exists. There's no AFD going on, and even a renaming discussion doesn't have consensus. Will the closer please disregard this "vote". As noted above, comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD. Nfitz (talk) 23:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If notability was an issue the article would have been at AFD or another forum. It isn't. Please discuss this in an appropriate forum. Nfitz (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is currently ongoing RFCs about moving or merging the article to "Killing of...", so yes, it is being considered. — Masem (t) 13:10, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As long as there is an ongoing RFC on whether this person merits a separate article, this article should not be up for consideration for ITN/RD. Duly signed,⛵ WaltClipper-(talk)14:46, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's remarkable that Brian Thompson (disambiguation) and Brian Thompson got high traffic yesterday -- more than Elon Musk or Michel Barnier. This shows that lots of readers are looking for the topic and having trouble finding it. ITN's primary purpose is To help readers find and quickly access content they are likely to be searching for because an item is in the news. As the name is common, putting it in RD without any prose seems inadequate and so a blurb would be appropriate. Andrew🐉(talk) 08:57, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We need to keep in mind around all of this that this is the type of sensationalist journalism that we should not be trying to promote on WP as an encyclopedia. For the mainstream media, it is clearly a story that is driving them clicks, and its being heavily discussed on social media (not necessarily in good ways), but from the standpoint of an actual encyclopedic-level event, it so far has very little impact on the larger picture. This is the type of bias we have to be very cautious of falling for. One person, who was not notable, was killed by another person, who was not notable before all this, which most of the time would have been buried to local news. But because this happened in NYC in broad daylight, and that the person that was killed was head of a company that numerous people want to hate, its blown up to this big story. Type of stuff that if this had happened before the Internet, we'd probably never would have covered. --Masem (t) 13:17, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty much what Masem said; the story doesn't have legs. No long-term significance to speak of, in contrast to something such as the Sandy Hook shootings, the reverberations of which are still felt to this day. Duly signed,⛵ WaltClipper-(talk)14:48, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There could be implications in the future (what social media cheering on is this form of vigilante justice against anti-consumer corporations, and I would not be surpised if we similar incidents) but that's a huge CRYSTAL that we shouldn't be using to claim importance on WP. The event can be documented, but that doesn't make it ITN. And to add to this, to try to stretch what little pre-death coverage there was for the bio article, there's BLP problems now with it (the whole controversies section is more a corporate matter than him as a person), which is not appropriate at all. This is a prime example of how bad we are nowadays around NOTNEWS and dealing with such matters. — Masem (t) 14:53, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with this Type of stuff that if this had happened before the Internet, we'd probably never would have covered. The killing of a CEO of a major company in broad daylight would always been a big story, even in 1980. Also, just because it "would not have been notable in 1980" does not mean that it is not notable in 2024. GNG is clearly met due to the media coverage surrounding the person's killing (and the current search for the perpetrator). Natg 19 (talk) 18:16, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A burst of news coverage, of which this still is, is not sufficient for notability per GNG and NEVENT. There is no indication of enduring coverage. Same applies to BLP, which is why BLP1E exists.
And keep in mind, we are seeing the impacts of 24/7 news coverage (which didn't exist before the internet) and the aspect that social media attention is keeping this as a high-priority story for the media. The amount of coverage about Thompson and the impact on UHC is surprisingly small compared to the coverage of the manhunt for the suspect. Masem (t) 18:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you (or WaltCip) feel so strongly about this, feel free to nominate this article at AfD. Currently, this article is well-cited and is solidly written, which meets the standards at RD. ITN is not for arguing for or against an RD's notability. Notability discussions should occur at the appropriate venues. Natg 19 (talk) 19:03, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The RD requirements as laid out in the ITN guidelines are met. Opposing for WP:GNG reasons is trying to litigate the merge discussion on the article's talk page through its ITN nom. It behooves noting that at the present time, there are 40 votes opposed to merging and only 19 votes in favour - the anti-notability argument is a minority view which is far from consensus, and trying to "win" the discussion here in defiance of consensus is shortcutting the process. If an admin DOES take the underlying WP:GNG argument into account, they should look at the discussion holistically, including reading the entire merge proposal discussion on the article's talk page. If the oppose votes outnumber the support votes here, that gives a false impression because there is an emerging consensus that he is sufficiently notable for his own article (and in turn, for RD so long as quality requirements are met). FlipandFlopped ツ16:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The article is now expanded and suitable for RD. This seems like a case where a notable death brings light on an individual that arguably met the notability standards beforehand, given the pre-killing sources available. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions17:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Per Masem, this is clearly WP:BLP1E territory, but per Flipandflopped, this is not the appropriate venue to be considering notability. Andrew Davidson made the good point that ITN's purpose is to allow people to find information they may have seen in the news on Wikipedia. This isn't the place to be debating whether his death should be in the news. Rather, we should be taking what is in the news and directing users to its location on Wikipedia. /home/gracen/ (yell at me here) 23:58, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Posted This person has an article that's well developed and is clear of any issues. It hasn't been taken to AfD. Therefore, it's eligible for RD. Schwede6621:16, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a controversy section that is a BLP violation as I noted above, and there are merge discussions on the talk page (which is equivalent to AFD), so this was a bad posting. Masem (t) 21:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Support if the CN can be addressed. It's being widely reported in English speaking press as well so those sources could be used to improve the article. Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:32, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think "suicide" qualifies to many here as a "newsworthy death" (and many are opposed to death blurbs in general except in rare cases). Natg 19 (talk) 03:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Her suicide sparked significant discussion about euthanasia in Taiwan and China, potentially making it a noteworthy event. However, there is no need to use a blurb, as it lacks substantial international recognition compared to other events during this eventful winter. Free ori (talk) 05:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In defiance of the declaration of martial law, which prohibits political activities, the National Assembly votes unanimously to order Yoon Suk Yeol to lift martial law. Korean soldiers that were guarding the National Assembly building withdraw following the vote. (The Guardian)
Yoon Suk Yeol announces that he will lift the martial law that he declared hours earlier amid staunch opposition from both the opposition and his own People Power Party. (Reuters)
Nominator's comments: Not sure if this is notable enough, but being a meteoroid that struck inhabited areas and was witnessed by many, I will nominate this. 11th successfully predicted impact ever. Elios Peredhel (talk) 07:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Good faith nom, but it's hard to find the ITN justification here. While it's still novel to accurately predict a meteroid's impact with Earth before it happens, it's already far from a "first," and outside of this, has seemingly little for ramifications. It'd be an excellent DYK candidate, however. Nottheking (talk) 08:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the coverage seems pretty brief and minor. And it was so small (only 700 millimetres) it didn't even reach earth. There's millions of impacts a day! Nfitz (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Needs some updating, I will try and attend to this when I’m home from work this evening. Updated, aftermath section added. The election was called for Nandi-Ndaitwah earlier today by major networks, amid the counting process. She is set to become Namibia’s first female president. Ornithoptera (talk) 20:16, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
soft oppose results still coming in, even the articles cited by nominator note that the election is being disputed. not sure why they'd treat it as if Netumbo uncontroversially won. Scuba21:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please keep in mind WP:AGF. It was not my intention to imply such a thing. In terms of the vote count, it is 90 percent in, and preliminary investigations by the African Union didn’t note any sort of discrepancies thus far. Seems like Itula challenged the previous election results as well, but I’m not familiar regarding the blurb's wording if the previous presidential election was on ITN. Ornithoptera (talk) 21:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry if I sounded accusational, but the general rule of thumb is that if there is any doubt in an election results to word the ITN blurb along the lines of "was declared the winner of" instead of "won the". Scuba01:18, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This is an election of a country's head of state and government. 99.18% of the vote is in and with almost 58% of that vote going to Netumbo, it seems clear the remaining votes will not be enough to change the outcome. I think this is safe to post. Gelasin (talk) 03:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: former Puntland vice president and Minister of Finance died on December 3, coverage of his death confirmed. The overall article seems well-sourced with reliable and primary citations needed for nominations.
Soft support article lacks any sense of prose, just being bullet points, and there is a random map for some reason, but everything is properly cited. Scuba16:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until the ramifications are known. This was stated in a late night address and didn't state what measures were going to be taken. Most analysts are saying this is political posturing since he, being right-leaning, has had clashes with the left-leaning Parliament. Masem (t) 14:42, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just adding that once we have a better picture if the situation, this is completely appropriate to post. Just that it only happened a couple hours ago so there's no clear picture yet. — Masem (t) 15:02, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But there is also statements that the Parliament is meeting at a different location as to block the martial law statement. There's a lot of suddenly moving parts, and as ITN is not a news ticker, it's better to have a stable picture if what is happening than to rush a half finished article based on initial reports. — Masem (t) 15:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yonhap has reported that martial law suspended parliament and political parties, and banned all protests under threat of arrest. A head of state and government making an announcement like that alone, regardless of the actual implementation, is ITN material. Juxlos (talk) 14:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hard to say what it is. There's reports that members are being let into Parliament. In which case, it will quickly vote to end martial law. On the other hand, the order seems to suspend parliament - which given parliament is supposed to vote on martial law, would indeed be a coup. Where's the Prime Minister - I see no mention in the reporting; he's in for a surprise when he gets up in the morning. Nfitz (talk) 16:22, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The parliament voted unanimously, with 190 lawmakers voting to overturn the proclamation of martial law - and apparently the military have left the National Assembly. A YTN correspondent at Ministry of Defense stated that Spokesperson said until the president orders the quell, martial law is in effect - so it is pretty much not clear , and we should wait for new info to come in before posting it to the main page The AP (talk) 17:04, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Major liberal democracy has the army occupying the capital city, martial law being declared with the national assembly suspended. Government taking control of media, political activities banned. This is massive and should be posted. But we definitely need more details ASAP, it seems like nobody knows what the hell is going on in South Korea right now PrecariousWorlds (talk) 15:36, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wait for at least 12 hours. Since the declaration was made at 22:30 local time, it will take longer to get consequences and write well curated article. Didgogns (talk) 15:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support in a few hours -- absolutely notable and major news. Information will be coming in very very quickly and very very messily, so we may need to wait a couple of hours since this is still very hot off the press.(Discuss0nshore'scontributions!!!) 16:04, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The order prohibits activities by Parliament. This would suggest that it's certainly a coup attempt, given parliament has to approve. In an advanced democracy! This is important. Nfitz (talk) 16:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is nothing short of an attempted coup. (the question remains if it's a military coup). This is massive news, the article appears to be good enough. Post now. Nfitz (talk) 16:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, still too soon. How Yong will react to the nullification is a key point to know how this will play out, and until we know that, stability is still in question. — Masem (t) 16:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support in principle, but wait at least 12 hours. It's 1:30 am in Korea and the situation will doubtless change overnight. This appears to be an attempt at a self coup, which is certainly worth an ITN blurb whether it succeeds or fails. We don't know which it will be, but should do by tomorrow morning. Our article is a good start, given what we know so far, but is changing by the minute. Modest Geniustalk16:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support First declaration of martial law since South Korea's democratization. Still left to be seen if it'll last, but this is a major event being broadcast by a lot of news anchors. Dyaquna (talk) 16:42, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lean Support The martial law only lasted for around 2 hours but declaring it in the first place is already significant enough. It's very rare for martial law to take effect in general. INeedSupport:317:00, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the assembly has managed to vote to lift it, and troops are leaving the building (they can't have been trying very hard to stop the vote). Still the attempt is hugely noteworthy. Though perhaps we'll have to change it to impeachment shortly. Nfitz (talk) 17:07, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Despite the National Assembly lifting the martial law, the military declares the vote invalid and declares that the martial law stays in effect until the president ends it. INeedSupport:317:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Considering that almost nothing in this situation's final yet, it's probably better to phrase the blurb as an attempted declaration. Added the third altblurb to reflect this. Yo.dazo (talk) 17:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pull - I feel my vote is useless at this point but here goes: For a rapidly developing event whose effects are not yet known, posting this within 3 hours of nomination with almost half the !votes being wait was jumping the gun ✈ mike_gigstalkcontribs18:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed that it is currently unclear how to properly phrase blurbs for rapidly-developing events, but I think it's only right that something be posted as soon as possible—this is breaking news in the truest possible sense, after all. I'm also against pulling the blurb now, since it would imply that the news sources for this was incorrect in some way. Yo.dazo (talk) 19:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The blurb makes it sound like the National Assembly lifted the martial law, which isn't the case, as the President still needs to proclaim it being lifted. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently a Kowiki user on Discord clarified that it was a machine translation error—and it actually translates to "Speaker of the National Assembly: I sent (letters) to the president and minister of national defense." The AP (talk) 18:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Post-Posting Support. Even if the martial law is lifted, it's still a shocking, disruptive, and controversial move that will likely have massive political implications for Yoon when all is said and done. Think the right call was made in posting this. DarkSide830 (talk) 18:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Update 2 adjusted the published blurb to account for Yoon's announcement that lifted the martial law. Feel free to adjust the blurb further if required. – robertsky (talk) 00:00, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Less of a comment and more of a question, but the National Assembly has began to vote on Yoon's impeachment after these events. Assuming he is impeached, would we, one, blurb it, and two, would we combine it with this blurb? User:TheBlueSkyClub (talk) 22:58, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As that is likely to take place Saturday, it would be better to make it a new nomination to replace the current blurb (if still there) as to make sure the article is still of quality to post. — Masem (t) 23:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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In Ireland, Fianna Fáil remains the largest party in Dáil Éireann, increasing its number of seats to 48. Its governing partner Fine Gael wins 38 seats, with the two parties combined winning 86 seats, two shy of a majority. (AP)
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Oppose I've loved the Hammersley sofa gif in the article ever since I saw it and would love this article to be on the front page, but no third-party recognition shown. Wouldn't be opposed if some shows up. Blythwood (talk) 02:53, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Even ignoring the questionable nature of how significant this is, this is not yet a peer-reviewed published paper, nor covered by the news, so it fails on several counts. --Masem (t) 03:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Problems get solved all the time. The invention of plastic furniture movers that are placed under the legs of a sofa has done more for my upholstery transportation woes than this solution ever will and we didn't blurb those (although, now that I mention it...) Departure– (talk) 03:48, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's elaboration: I suggest to update the Ongoing section to specify the broader Middle-Eastern Crisis, and group both the Israel-Hamas and Israel-Hezbollah conflicts under it in brackets, rather than have them be separate bullet points. Right now, the two events are listed separately in the Ongoing section as "Israel–Hamas war • Israeli invasion of Lebanon". My suggestion is we change this to "Middle Eastern crisis (Israel–Hamas war • Israeli invasion of Lebanon)", as both events are happening in the broader context of this crisis and their regional implications. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperbowserX (talk • contribs)
Oppose at least on article quality. It us a bit of an OR there as it is combining multiple events, some being connected, sone not, into a larger crisis, which doesn't seem directly supported by sources. Further, as a top level summary article with many nains/seealsos links, it is far too detailed and too much proseline. Masem (t) 00:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I commend the effort to try and consolidate all the ongoing Israel/USA-Iranian proxy conflicts into a single article, but as it currently stands that article is of too low quality to be ITN. Scuba06:40, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Seems of a similar nature and ballpark to the Iberian lynx blurb we posted a few months ago. Dissection is perhaps not the most relevant part of this story, but would be a nice break from the ITNR and war blurbs. The discovery/impact seems ITN-worthy, especially from an encyclopedia vs news-ticker standpoint. AviationFreak💬17:32, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for now - There are a whole lot of scientific advances I'd prioritize posting before the first dissection of a rare whale, let alone the start of it. I definitely agree, though, it seems every new blurb is an election where the incumbent loses or a war cycling. Departure– (talk) 17:44, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sadly the update is a bit sparse for now. The July updates were great tho, so if we're featuring it for that... that could be reasonable but a bit unusual. (image is amazing of course). I would love to support, but I think we need to add some prelimenary results of the disection first if such a thing can exist. It's a bit of a non-story right now. Common problem in the sciences of course. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 21:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Previous nomination resulted in consensus to wait until we have a winner; looks to be the case now. Coalition talks could be lengthy given Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael together are 2 seats short of a majority (88 seats), and the Greens have been reduced to just 1 seat (from 12 previously). Needs an aftermath section. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:54, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the format should follow that of the French election earlier this year I think, which had a very similar outcome.[9] I have added an alt blurb which matches this. In any case we certainly shouldn't use "plurality" that's not a term used in the part of the world concerned. I haven't looked at quality yet. — Amakuru (talk) 12:57, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: the 'electoral system' section lacks citations. Most of that is uncontroversial but nevertheless should be supported with references. The 'aftermath' section is a bigger problem, with several paragraphs on the implications for different parties that completely lack sources. The rest of the article is in good shape, but those two sections need fixing before posting. Modest Geniustalk16:48, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Breaking news out of a country that is very difficult to find credible news reports from. Needs major expansion and Stade du 3 Avril article, details of the match that took place and aftermath section once the situation becomes more clear. Abcmaxx (talk) 19:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I don't see a lot of good chances for this to be expanded to an encyclopedic quality article. This is the tye of news event that can be slotted into one of our disaster lists, but whether a standalone can even work is questionable. Masem (t) 22:22, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: Yeah so basically things r getting pretty serious now with 3 offensives ongoing (SNA, SSG, some various southern rebel groups) so i figured now would be a good time to nominate for ongoing. P.S. if i messed up the nom sorry it’s my first time nominating User:Ion.want.uu
Oppose It would make more sense to put Northwestern Syria Offensive as ongoing rather than the entire war. For example, The Israel-Hamas war is marked as ongoing, but not the I/P conflict in general. Pyramids09 (talk) 00:41, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nominator's comments: ITN/R, national parliamentary election. Incumbent broke the year-long trend with elections and won, however, there are still coalition talks as to the exact composition of the government. Scuba15:59, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not ready. There's no prose at all on the results or aftermath, an unreferenced section and unreferenced table, a blank seats diagram, extensive WP:PROSELINE problems etc. The article needs work before it could be posted. Modest Geniustalk16:53, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Oppose It's only being trumpeted between conservative and some extreme liberal voices complaining that Biden said he wouldn't do it in the first place. Hunter has been used as a political pawn and it's very much internal US politics that have little large term impacts. Masem (t) 00:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dismissing the pardon as insignificant overlooks its broader implications. The pardon of a sitting president’s child is a highly unprecedented event. Moreover, ignoring or downplaying the significance of a president pardoning his son blocks public scrutiny to the case, eroding Wikipedia's transparency as a free encyclopedia. It’s an event that speaks to transparency, fairness, and the potential for conflicts of interest, which affect the world's major power. The claim that "it’s only being trumpeted by conservative and extreme liberal voices" suggests that those who disagree with this action are merely a fringe group, which is a gross oversimplification (despite those two groups technically making up over half of the population). By framing the situation in such binary, partisan terms, you ignore the legitimate concerns of the broader public, many of whom may feel uncomfortable with such an unprecedented move regardless of their political affiliation, not even mentioning that there are 4 sources linked there, and none of them can be labeled as conservatives nor extremely liberal. It is essential to separate political leanings from legitimate critiques of power and authority. These concerns are not about "political pawn" narratives—they’re about ensuring checks and balances in governance, something that is central to any healthy democracy. Furthermore, the argument that this is a minor issue with "little long-term impact" fails to understand the symbolic significance of this act. Dismissing the matter as insignificant risks trivializing an important issue that could have far-reaching effects on the public's trust in their leaders. By not addressing this transparently, we allow a culture of impunity to develop—something that harms everybody. In conclusion, minimizing or disregarding the significance of such an unprecedented act is both naive and dangerous.45.164.174.27 (talk) 05:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Given how much criticism there exists on Trump's incoming administration, including those who he had already pardoned, this action by Biden is extremely small in the larger picture of things. It is not going to change the course of US politics one iota from the path it is currently on. It is not WP's place to right great wrongs, or in this case, to call out on the hypocrisy of what Biden promised verses what he actually did, and thus to question the public's trust in US leadership. Masem (t) 05:57, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per Masem. Little to no long term impact. Wikipedia is not obligated to show every news item in ITN, and posting or not posting is not an issue of transparency. Natg 19 (talk) 06:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt it's not every day that the President of the United States pardons his son of any and all crimes, both known and unknown, over a decade long period, especially after promising to not to. Scuba06:43, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Heads of state pardon convicted criminals all the time. I don't see why is this one particularly notable given that he's not even been convicted on any of the criminal offences.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
He was convicted on criminal gun possession and tax fraud charges, just never got to sentencing on either case. Else the pardon wouldn't be necessary. Not saying that to support posting, just that these criminal convictions are on the books. — Masem (t) 13:07, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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