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December 17

Portal:Current events/2024 December 17

December 17, 2024 (2024-12-17) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Two police officers are killed and three more wounded after a mass shooting at a security checkpoint in Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the NBC Protection Troops, and his assistant are assassinated in an e-scooter-laden IED attack in Moscow. (BBC News) Disasters and accidents 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido climbs to 34, with 23,600 homes destroyed in the country. (DW) 2024 Port Vila earthquake A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu's capital Port Vila prompting a tsunami warning to be issued. At least one person is killed. (Reuters)

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RD: Igor Kirillov

Article: Igor Kirillov (officer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Zwerg Nase (talk · give credit)

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: Russian general died this morning in an explosion. Ukrainian responsibility not confirmed yet. Zwerg Nase (talk) 08:43, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

2024 Port Vila earthquake

Article: 2024 Port Vila earthquake (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A M_w 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital Port Vila. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ A 7.3 Mw earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital Port Vila.
News source(s): Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Vanuatu capital
Credits:

• Nominated by Schwede66 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Borgenland (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: The epicentre is 30 km from Port Vila, and a shallow 7.3 Mw strike will have caused significant damage in a town of 50,000 people. At the moment, there is one reported fatality; the true death number will be much higher. The situation will become much clearer over the next 24 hours. Schwede66 08:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Support There has been extensive damage to many buildings in Port Vila. This is the 4th largest earthquake by magnitude, this year. At this point there are at least 6 confirmed casualties. HelloThereQuestionablePerson (talk) 11:51, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

US drone sightings

Article: 2024 New Jersey drone sightings (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Widespread sightings of unidentified drones are reported across the United States. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drones-new-jersey-what-we-know/
Credits:

• Nominated by Departure– (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Anne drew (talk · give credit), Very Polite Person (talk · give credit) and Chetsford (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Let me be perfectly clear: I don't want this posted, and I foresee a SNOW close as consensus against posting. I don't want this to be on ITN and I'm nominating it so we can get it out of the way, and give ITN a precedent about what is in my opinion absolutely nothing but political banter and public paranoia following the recent occurrences of exhibit A and exhibit B and now exhibit C all coming amidst exhibit D. If nothing else, I want to hear people's more specific reasons for why this should be posted more than anything. I also want ITN to reality-check me on whether or not this is as big of a story as the news media is blowing it up to be. Departure– (talk) 00:40, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Comment why are you nominating if you do not want this to be posted? Please do not try to "game" the system. There is no need to "hear other's opinions" until this is properly nominated (by someone who wants it to be posted). Natg 19 (talk) 00:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Weak Support if the blurb can be modified to a less affirmative statement like "allegedly unidentified drones" or something like that. While we apparently have RS that confirm drones have been spotted and those drones are unidentified, we don't have any RS that say this is "widespread" (rather, the belief in sightings seems to be what's widespread) and the expert consensus is triangulating toward the idea that almost all of these are misidentification of aircraft. But it is, in fact "in the news" so I suppose meets WP:ITNSIGNIF. Moreover, it's not our job to protect humanity from delusion. Also, thanks to the excellent work of @Anne drew: and @Very Polite Person:, this article is as sober as possible to make it given the sources. Chetsford (talk) 00:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

  Easy fix for your concern re Blurb:

  Widespread reports of unidentified drones in the United States, beginning in New Jersey.

  How about that? As neutral as you can get and slips Jersey in, as the media/awareness as the main locus of it all. cc @Departure– & @Natg 19. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 01:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support. The article is up-to-date and outlines the major facets of this event (reported sightings, investigations, responses, and explanations). It is well referenced using reliable sources. The event is significant politically, drawing commentary from political leaders at every level of government and prompting the introduction of legislation. It has been internationally reported by many newspapers of record. There is relevance outside of the US, with events described as related being reported in the UK and Germany (see the background section). The coverage has been widespread, but also with deep coverage by outlets such as The New York Times, CBS, and The Guardian. The article is of decent quality; although the edits have been coming in rapidly, I think we've kept it fairly organized and balanced. Cheers Chetsford, it's been a pleasure working with you on it :) – Anne drew 01:13, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support posting to ITN as extremely (very) timely, and with zero indication this is going away--if anything, looking at the news and reports every night, it's accellerating, as nuts as that is to even write. Whatever it is, people are interested in it to where they're forcing Biden and Trump to speak out now (Biden is certainly next--Trump was today). There's no reason to not put it up, so we may as well. The article is extremely thoroughly sourced and nearly boringly written, like a proper article should be. Like @Chetsford said, it's very, very sober. As soon as this started to pick up steam and I noticed the article, that's why I immediately posted it to Fringe theories/Noticeboard (link to thread) for more eyes. I think it's timely, necessary, and for a Frankenstein of an article, shockingly well written already and beyond thoroughly sourced. h/t and a half to @Anne drew for the bad-ass copy-editing (she beat me to it!). 2024 New Jersey drone sightings sails past any scrutiny related to policy. I get some of us think it's nonsense. Maybe it is. But our personal views are always irrelevant to mission. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 01:35, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose we don't post conspiracy theories to ITN. Scuba 01:53, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

  What's the conspiracy theory? The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Homeland Security and New York Governor confirmed they're real. Not all of them, certainly, but we're past from all levels of government the idea it's all some mass delusion. The WP:RS in the article spell it out. We've been beyond methodical in keeping the article factual against sources. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 01:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

  So true! The Iranian mother-ship off the coast is spying on Bergen county! The Drones are real! Scuba 02:01, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose on account of the fact that the only real way to describe the events in question are "something is happening". It doesn't seem that the government believes them to be threatening. I think if you compare to the balloon, that was eventually ascribed as being Chinese, and even if the eventual diplomatic impacts of it were little, it WAS an international affair of sorts. If it's found out that these drones are the work of foreign agents, that's a big deal, but right now the only real impacts we've seen from them, to my knowledge, have been minor airport disruptions, which aren't exactly uncommon anyway. Very possible this ends up being a nothingburger, covered extensively or not. DarkSide830 (talk) 02:24, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose Given how much wacky conspiracy theories and other nonsense from the extreme political spectrum, this is not a real news story. Should they prove to be anything legit (like the Chinese weather balloon from a few years back), then maybe there's something to post. --Masem (t) 02:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Strong Oppose - People have been sighting UFOs for decades. The fact that the news cycle has latched onto these sightings for whatever reason doesn't make them actually notable. –DMartin 04:14, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support - Whatever or whoever this is, it’s something. That has drawn the attention of the political, military, civilian and media worlds, the latter putting this story at the front of the news from top to bottom of the media spectrum. Opposers fail to convince that this story is unworthy of ITN, and the article, as noted, is carefully sourced and written from a strong NPOV, a credit to Wikipedia. I suggest a posting admin take the strength, and lack of strength, of the arguments into consideration. “In the News?” Absolutely all over the news, for several cycles now. Jusdafax (talk) 04:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Except that WP is not a news ticker. Just because a story is well-covered in the news does not make it appropriate for ITN, particularly as there's no yet firm explanation for what's going on. Front page is not good for speculative stories that just have happened to catch the media's attention. — Masem (t) 04:55, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
    • Well, we disagree, that’s all. I don’t for one minute buy the “not a news ticker” argument, with all due respect to you. That could be used on any news item. To quote the main ITN entry “ The "In the news" (ITN) section on the Main Page serves to direct readers to articles that have been substantially updated to reflect recent or current events of wide interest. ITN supports the central purpose of Wikipedia—making a great encyclopedia.” This is the lede paragraph at ITN. And at the end: “ Events are added based on a consensus on the ITN candidates page, using two main criteria: a) the quality of the article, including material added or updated to reflect the recent event, and b) the general significance of the developments.” The quality is good, the significance high, the material updated. Consensus is established by the weight of the discussers, not the number, as you well know. Again, with more due respect, in my opinion all I’m seeing from opposers here is WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Cheers! Jusdafax (talk) 05:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Suggestion for alternate blurb: Investigations by the U.S. Government and independent experts fail to find anything anomalous related to the 2024 New Jersey drone sightings. References: [1], [2], [3], etc. Chetsford (talk) 05:00, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose — There is no indication what these objects are; most of them the videos depict planes. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 05:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose That some people have become so panicked or conspiratorial that the USA government has had to intervene is not only ridiculous but irrelevant. _-_Alsor (talk) 06:54, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Comment Has there been a contemporaneous example of mass hysteria that made it onto ITN? Ornithoptera (talk) 06:59, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose local news Kowal2701 (talk) 07:51, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Wait Nothing special seems to have been found so far but investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, I like the story about the murder of crows, which seems more seasonal. Watch the skies! Andrew🐉(talk) 08:35, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose If people with tinfoil hats want to believe that videos of aircraft and Venus (which 95% of these things are) are posing a major threat to the USA, it probably needs to stay on X and other nuthatch meeting places. I suppose the fact that this nonsense has made it into the actual news and the fact that the DHS has said there are a few real sightings makes the story itself somewhat notable even as an exercise in how conspiracy theories spread, but nothing more than that. Black Kite (talk) 08:39, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose And WP:TROUT to the nominator, enwiki specifically avoids WP:POINT edits. Gotitbro (talk) 08:43, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose because nothing much has actually happened. Beyond that, if the nominator of an item doesn't want it to go forward to the home page (for instance because new facts come to light, or the story is overtaken by another, related one), we generally close the nomination unless there is an excellent reason not to. I'm therefore calling for a procedural close of this item. Users ought not to make proposals they do not want to see carried out; trying to achieve a negative result so as to establish some kind of benchmark or precedent is, as Gotitbro observes, a violation of WP:POINT; it's also unlikely to succeed, as users generally (correctly) invoke WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS when people try to rely too strongly such precedents. GenevieveDEon (talk) 12:33, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

December 16

Portal:Current events/2024 December 16

December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria The Cabinet of Israel approves a plan proposing to double the occupied Golan Heights regional Israeli settlers population. (BBC News) Heavy overnight Israeli airstrikes are reported in Tartus Governorate, Syria. (The Times of Israel) Fall of the Assad regime A recently created mass grave containing the bodies of 17 executed Syrian Army soldiers is discovered in the Syrian Desert near Deir ez-Zor. (SOHR) In his first public statement since being overthrown, former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad says that he "didn't intend to leave Syria", claiming that he went to Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia Governorate to "oversee combat operations" only to find that the Syrian Army had abandoned their positions and surrendered to rebel forces. Amid "an intensified attack by drone strikes" at the air base, Assad says that Russia decided to airlift him to Moscow. (BBC News) Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war The brother of the Imam of the Great Prophet Mosque of Masyaf is assassinated by unidentified gunmen, Hama Governorate, in a potential revenge operation, due to the Imam being associated with Hezbollah and other Iranian- and Shia-associated militias. (SOHR) Israel–Hamas war The Gaza Health Ministry announces that the death toll in the ongoing war has surpassed 45,000. (Al Jazeera) Health and environment 2024 Australia heat wave Walpeup, Victoria, Australia, reports a temperature of 47.1 °C (116.8 °F), the hottest temperature reported in the state since 2019. Extreme heat wave warnings and fire risk warnings are are also issued for areas across Australia. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia) Law and crime 2024 New Jersey drone sightings U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls for state National Guards to be given the authority to shoot down unidentified drones, saying that the federal government is not able to address the issue by themselves. (The Telegraph) U.S. officials say that a drone detection system is being deployed in New York following a formal request by Governor Kathy Hochul. (BBC News) The United States Air Force confirms that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio had to temporarily suspend air operations for four hours on Friday and Saturday after the airbase reported sightings of unidentified "small unmanned aerial systems". (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump cancels a planned visit to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey amid drone sightings in the state. Trump also calls on outgoing President Joe Biden and the U.S. military to reveal the truth about the drones, saying that "the government knows what's happening" and that they know where the drones are coming from. (The Times of India) Abundant Life Christian School shooting Two people are killed and six others are injured in a mass shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The perpetrator is found dead at the scene. (CNN) Bolivian prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for former President Evo Morales in connection to sexual abuse allegations that he fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl, a claim he denies. (AP) Politics and elections 2024 German government crisis, 2025 German federal election German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a vote of confidence, thereby allowing for early elections to be held on February 23. (BBC News) Resignation of Chrystia Freeland Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on increased government spending and how to handle possible U.S. tariffs imposed by the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters) President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov announces that he has dismissed Akylbek Japarov as Prime Minister. (Reuters)

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RD: Dick Van Arsdale

Article: Dick Van Arsdale (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bagumba (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

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 basketball player, 3-time NBA All-Star. —Bagumba (talk) 10:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Macoto Takahashi

Article: Macoto Takahashi (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo News, ComicBook.com
Credits:

• Nominated by Morgan695 (talk · give credit)

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: Highly influential manga artist. Died in November, but death was only announced today. Morgan695 (talk) 20:18, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

December 15

Portal:Current events/2024 December 15

December 15, 2024 (2024-12-15) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks Israel–Hamas war December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmad Al-Louh is killed in an Israeli airstrike on a civil defense point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. (WAFA) (anews) Syrian civil war 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria Israeli Air Force fighter jets strike missile and weapon depots in Tartus Governorate, Syria, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights describing the strikes as the heaviest in the region since the start of the civil war. (AFP via Barron's) Business and economy Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, becoming the 12th member and the first European member. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Thousands of people are believed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido in the French overseas department of Mayotte, with the cyclone also causing damage in the Comoros and Mozambique. (The Independent) 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill At least one person is killed when two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-236, are damaged due to bad weather in the Kerch Strait with oil from the tankers actively leaking into the strait. (NOS) (CNN) International relations Australia–Indonesia relations Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the remaining five members of the Bali Nine drug-trafficking group, who were serving life sentences in Indonesia, have returned to Australia following an agreement between the two countries to end their imprisonment. (CNN) Ireland–Israel relations Israel announces that it will close its embassy in Dublin, Ireland, over Ireland's alleged "extreme anti-Israel policies". (Reuters) Law and crime 2024 New Jersey drone sightings White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says that the United States Coast Guard has confirmed that there is no evidence of any "foreign-based involvement" in the unidentified drones that are being sighted over the Northeastern United States. (The Times of India via MSN) ABC News settles a defamation lawsuit filed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over statements made on air by anchor George Stephanopoulos about the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump lawsuits, with ABC agreeing to pay $15 million to the Trump presidential library as well as $1 million for legal fees. (AP)

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RD/blurb: Zakir Hussain

Article: Zakir Hussain (musician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Indian tabla player and classical musician Zakir Hussain dies at the age of 73. (Post)
News source(s): BBC The hindu Times of India npr, NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by Spworld2 (talk · give credit)

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: Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist Spworld2 (talk) 08:05, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support: Deserves attention. Death of a musician who has done a lot in his career and background is definitely notable. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 05:00, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Comment Shouldn't this be moved to 15 December since he died at 11 PM, Sunday (UTC) NDTV i.e, 4pm in San Francisco time The AP (talk) 06:37, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done jlwoodwa (talk) 17:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

• I haven't yet evaluated the article's quality, but there's an argument for a blurb here; Hussain was among the most famous Indian classical musicians, and certainly the most famous player of his chosen instrument. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:39, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support blurb oppose on quality - I have added a bunch of sources for his soundtracks and awards but couldn't find an appropriate source for 2000 Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey) ; help would be appreciated The AP (talk) 19:11, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb as article lacks any claim for why he was a major/great figure outside one line in the lede. If he was such an important figure in bringing Indian music to worldwide audiences, I'd expect a decent sized legacy section to explain this, not just a passing statement. Masem (t) 19:27, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

  Zakir Hussain has long been recognised as one of the most major exponents of Tabla for over thirty years. He is the son of Ustad Allah Rakkah, who was Tabla player for Ravi Shankar. He has a huge discography and has performed thousands of concerts to worldwide acclaim. Majormiser (talk) 11:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose blurb not international news This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 22:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
  • That's a completely invalid reason. ITN items do not have to have international coverage to be considered. And in this case, that's just a falsehood since there's plenty of western sources covering his death. --Masem (t) 02:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
• Comment Blurb definitely seems worthy, Great Norwegian Encyclopedia[4] (translated): "Hussain was of great importance for the development of the tabla as a solo instrument and to make the instrument known internationally." Though agree with Masem that in article attribution needs to be shown. Gotitbro (talk) 07:53, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Cyclone Chido

Article: Cyclone Chido (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mozambique, and kills more than 51 people in Mayotte. (Post)
News source(s): AP, Reuters, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by MrJaydenfire (talk · give credit)
• Created by Quake1234 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrJaydenfire (talk • contribs) 20:40, 2024 December 15 (UTC)

• Oppose – Until orange tags are addressed. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 23:07, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality until article updated and including information on the impact for all countries. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:42, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality per Joseph2302. This is obviously a major catastrophe, but the article does not reflect this and referencing is quite poor. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:36, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose on quality due to multiple orange tags. The Kip ^(contribs) 08:24, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Oil spill in the Kerch Strait

Article: 2024 Kerch Strait oil spill (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least one person has died after two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, were damaged during a storm in the Kerch Strait. Vologneft-212 split in half and sank, causing an oil spill, while Vologneft-239 began drifting and ran aground near the Port of Taman. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ At least one person has died after two Russian oil tankers, one of which split in half and is leaking oil, sustained damaged during a storm in the Kerch Strait.
News source(s): ReutersMeduza
Credits:

• Nominated by CommissarDoggo (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Of course the incident happened today, but I don't see the facts changing much until tomorrow. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 19:10, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Wait until the environmental toll becomes clear. I also recommend rewriting the blurb as something similar to "Two oil tankers cause an oil spill after being heavily affected by a storm in the Kerch Strait". Departure– (talk) 19:15, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Makes sense, yeah. I will note that it's not actually clear at the moment whether both of the vessels are leaking oil, what is clear is that Volgoneft-212 is. I'll definitely write a shorter altblurb though. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 19:20, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Also, I don't think the death toll is notable if it's only 1. Oil spills don't typically cause super high human fatalities, and since this is even below that bar, the death toll itself shouldn't be in the blurb. (Do not take this as an oppose vote.) Departure– (talk) 19:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

What about killing a vast number of non-human lifeforms? Also let please not use WP:MINIMUMDEATHS arguments if we can help it. Abcmaxx (talk) 21:26, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm talking about blurb syntax. I don't remember the last time we posted an oil spill but all eyes should be on the environmental consequences, not the one guy who died in the shipwreck. Departure– (talk) 22:04, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

We have posted major oil spills that had no initial loss of human life, such as Norilsk oil spill in 2020. We do need to get an idea of how much oil actually spilt, there's potential for a lot from the capacity of the ships but no word to the estimate of how many gallons actually spilled. — Masem (t) 22:15, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I realize I worded that weirdly. It's not an oppose vote, I'm just saying that the blurb we do post shouldn't include the single human fatality that has occurred so far. I'll wait to vote until the extent of damage to the environment becomes clearer. Departure– (talk) 22:17, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

We'll probably get an estimate some time tomorrow, with the storm apparently ongoing and it being around 01:17 in that area right now complicating things. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 22:18, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

I agree with Abcmaxx and Masem. Oil spills are significant as they cause environmental disasters, and we have posted such events in the past.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:23, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Update per Novaya Gazeta source: both the 212 and 239 had leaked oil. State media reports that both leaks have stopped, but a maximum of 3,000 tonnes of oil had been spilled into the environment. This is well below the figure of 17,500 from the Norilsk spill or indeed many other spills since then. I'm really not seeing much reason to post if these reports are to be believed. The most that could have theoretically leaked is between 9,000 and 10,000 tonnes. However, given the background of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the current state of Crimea and the location of the spill in the Kerch Strait region, this might just garner enough notability to be posted, but I'm not seeing that yet, as of 14:56, 16 December 2024 (UTC). I do think a lot of these oil spills should be posted, alongside derechoes as well (the August 2020 Midwest derecho was the costliest thunderstorm in history and was closed in nominations for being "not important in the context of wider US politics / etc" - I think Cedar Rapids was still dealing with damage repair earlier this year) - these events have significant impact that can be much wider than be deduced solely by news coverage. Departure– (talk) 14:56, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

• Wait/Oppose. Hard to know the exact environmental impacts that will be seen, many of which may not be apparent in the near future. Should this information come about soon, that would be a good time to reevaluate. DarkSide830 (talk) 02:29, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

December 14

Portal:Current events/2024 December 14

December 14, 2024 (2024-12-14) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Operation Dawn of Freedom, Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war 2024 Kobani offensive The Turkish Armed Forces and pro-Turkish rebel groups amass troops on the Syria–Turkey border outside of Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, and along the nearby Qarqozak Bridge, following several breaches in an internationally-brokered temporary ceasefire agreement between them and the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Enab Baladi) (Roj News) Iraqi water experts issue warnings regarding cracks that have formed in the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo Governorate following continuous bombardment by Turkish and pro-Turkish forces and the possibility of further damage causing a dam failure. (Waradana) Somali Civil War Puntland–Somaliland dispute Las Anod conflict Two Somaliland troops are killed and eight others are injured in fighting between Somaliland and SSC-Khatumo forces in Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. (Idil News) At least eight people were killed and ten others injured in a deadly inter-clan conflict in a rural area under the El Buur district of Galgadud region in south-central Somalia (Hiiraan Online) Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip At least 52 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on two schools in Gaza City and Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera) Business and economy Moody's downgrades France's bond credit rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" following the collapse of the Barnier government, citing "political fragmentation" as a threat to the country's ability to reduce its public debt and lower its deficit. (DW) (Politico) Disasters and accidents 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Chido kills two people and causes "catastrophic" damage to the island of Mayotte, with many more feared dead on the island. (France 24) (RFI) Law and crime 2024 New Jersey drone sightings Flights are temporarily suspended at Stewart International Airport in New York, United States, after the Federal Aviation Administration alerts them to a drone sighting in the area. The incident prompts Governor Kathy Hochul to call for federal government intervention amid a series of widespread drone sightings across the Northeastern United States. (ABC News) The Public Service Enterprise Group files a request with the Federal Aviation Administration to close the airspace over two of its nuclear power plants to all aircraft after unidentified drones were spotted hovering over the facilities in New Jersey. (The New York Post via MSN) 2024 Nord Department killings Five people are killed during a shooting spree between Dunkirk and Loon-Plage, in Nord Department, France. A man is detained. (AP) One police officer is killed and at least two others are injured in an explosion in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Ukrinform) Politics and elections 2024 Georgian presidential election President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili states that she will not recognize the scheduled presidential election results as legitimate due to the election not being a direct vote, and repeats her intention to remain as president until new parliamentary elections are held. (Anadolu Agency) Georgian Dream candidate Mikheil Kavelashvili is elected as president by the electoral college. Major opposition parties do not participate in the vote, having boycotted Parliament since the parliamentary election in October. (CNN) Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol South Korea's National Assembly votes to impeach president Yoon Suk Yeol over his recent attempt to impose martial law. (The Guardian)

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RD: John Spratt

Article: John Spratt (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AP News
Credits:

• Nominated by Curbon7 (talk · give credit)
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Nominator's comments: Former high-ranking U.S. representative. Curbon7 (talk) 01:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Isak Andic

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

• Nominated by 240F:7A:6253:1:E8CD:74DA:23C1:323A (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Edwardx (talk · give credit) and Erksahin (talk · give credit)

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Nominator's comments: Co-founder of Mango. 240F:7A:6253:1:E8CD:74DA:23C1:323A (talk) 06:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Georgian presidential election

Article: 2024 Georgian presidential election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Mikheil Kavelashvili is elected President of Georgia. (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera
Credits:

• Nominated by Sportsnut24 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Passed a few hours ago. There'll be protests and whinging the next 2 weeks (especially on dec 29th, but per the remit of wiki he is elected. Sportsnut24 (talk) 13:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose for two reasons. Firstly, the president doesn't administer the executive power in Georgia (see List of current heads of state and government for more details). Secondly, the president of Georgia is elected by an Electoral College, not in a direct democratic way through open election.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 13:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Umm, USA uses an electoral college (technically trump is not elected yet, that happens this month)Sportsnut24 (talk) 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

There are two big differences. Firstly, the US president administers the executive power, so the method of election is irrelevant as long as it's an ITN/R item. Secondly, there is an open presidential election in the US to determine the composition of the Electoral College, whereas the presidential election in Georgia is done under closed doors by an Electoral College composed of all parliament members (50%) and other representatives (50%). The comparison will hold if the open presidential elections are abolished in the US, and the president is elected by the members of the Senate and representatives of other governing bodies.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose Georgia moved to a parliamentary system a few years ago which made the presidency a ceremonial role. Scaramouche33 (talk) 13:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

It is head of state.Sportsnut24 (talk) 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

We typically post changes in the leaders that hold executive power, not necessarily the head of state. That would be the PM in Georgia under its current system. In the US, it's the president. In India, it's the PM (not the president). In Germany, it's the Chancellor (not the president). We may discuss changes in ceremonial posts, too - e.g. King Charles III was posted - but it's not ITNR and it's not a given. Khuft (talk) 14:36, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Wait The story here is not that a new President of Georgia was elected by Parliament, but that the election is disputed and this may lead to a constitutional crisis if e.g. protests become even more disruptive or the current president Zourabichvili decides to refuse to leave. So let's wait to see how the situation evolves. Khuft (talk) 14:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  The protesters may not accept the new president, and Zourabichvili may refuse to leave, but it's really irrelevant in the whole story. Georgian Dream have full control over the Electoral College, so they can practically elect any candidate they want. In general, ruling political parties elect the president almost always when there's no open presidential election.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  My point was rather, if the situation degenerates in Georgia, there may be something to post. But that will be a revised nomination, if it happens. Khuft (talk) 15:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  That should be a separate nomination.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Wait, per Khuft Let us also not underestimate what is happening. The fact that a president denies that she wants to leave office because she considers the parliamentary elections to be fraudulent (and European institutions have also pronounced so) is not trivial, it is notorious and could lead to a constitutional crisis for the most important office in the country, even though have not executive powers. In any case, it has been customary to post the election of presidents of republics of parliamentary systems. _-_Alsor (talk) 18:37, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose blurb wasn't elected, he was nominated, or you could go as far as saying installed. Opposition is currently boycotting every process since the falsified elections Abcmaxx (talk) 20:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  no, he has been elected by Parliament, even if he has not taken office. _-_Alsor (talk) 22:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

It's a sham election, ran unopposed, so he was de facto installed by an undemocratic regime. Abcmaxx (talk) 11:00, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Oppose If I have all the details here straight:

• This wasn't a general election—that was in October—and the head of government in Georgia is actually the prime minister, so this is not under WP:ITN/R.
• The actually notable thing about this process seems to be the turmoil around it: according to the BBC, the outgoing(?) president refuses to recognize the results, opposition parties boycotted the process, and there are protests in the streets. That feels significant to me, but this nomination does not really bring them up.

I agree that we should wait (per Khuft and _-_Alsor) and see if this becomes a real constitutional crisis, and then renominate (per Kiril Simeonovski). Yo.dazo (talk) 21:31, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol

Article: Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol (pictured) is impeached following his declaration of martial law. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached following his martial law order in the second attempt by a vote of 204-85-11 with Han Duck-soo becoming interim president.
News source(s): The Guardian BBC Al Jazeera
Credits:

• Nominated by Ornithoptera (talk · give credit)

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: Passed with a vote of 204 in favour. Ornithoptera (talk) 08:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support. --Direct700 (talk) 08:07, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

support Came here to post it. Added alt blurb. It has to go through the constitutional court, but he will likely resign tonight.Sportsnut24 (talk) 08:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Second blurb's information is slightly incorrect, because it was 85 opposed, with the 11 remaining between abstentions and spoiled ballots. Ornithoptera (talk) 08:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, fixed. Change if you want.Sportsnut24 (talk) 08:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Comment: 204 - 85 would be better statement Didgogns (talk) 08:12, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Comment Add a comma in the main blurb. 208.92.245.20 (talk) 08:15, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

But I would still Support. This is a major event in South Korea. 208.92.245.20 (talk) 08:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

I would lean towards the main blurb because it gets the point across nicely. 208.92.245.20 (talk) 08:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support: clearly a major global event TheFellaVB (talk) 08:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support: Impeaching of a certain head of state is a major event. Moraljaya67 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 08:35, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

You mean sitting head of state?Sportsnut24 (talk) 08:50, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Moraljaya67 (talk) 10:35, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support for self-evident and WP:ITN/R reasons. Yo.dazo (talk) 08:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support ASAP, article clearly in good shape, and hopefully the beginning of the end of political turmoil in South Korea.廣九直通車 (talk) 09:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support Major news HurricaneEdgar 09:04, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Posting, the short blurb is fine. --Tone 09:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  Howdy, mind throwing me the ITN credit Tone? Thank you in advance! Ornithoptera (talk) 18:53, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Comment Should we replace the ITN image too? No offence meant towards Gukesh, but I think this is kind of more important. Also, we should probably replace the image with one of Han Duck-soo since he's now the acting president. Yo.dazo (talk) 09:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Well, there's a image on Commons showing National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik signing the impeachment resolution. Maybe that would be a good selection.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. River10000 (talk) 13:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

It is ITNR, so the new prez should be mentioned.Sportsnut24 (talk) 13:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support: per nom. IDB.S (talk) 11:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Post-posting comment Would an image of Han Deok-soo be available to put? Dyaquna (talk) 03:15, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

December 13

Portal:Current events/2024 December 13

December 13, 2024 (2024-12-13) (Friday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Israel and the Syrian civil war 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria Syrian sources report that Israeli forces met with village dignitaries in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa Governorate, instructing them to surrender all weapons in the villages and for villagers to comply with home searches. (Erem News) (Sada El-Balad) US intervention in the Syrian civil war The U.S. military evacuates American citizen Travis Timmerman out of Syria after Timmerman had previously been reported missing in the country. (NBC News) Russian invasion of Ukraine Moldova and the Russo-Ukrainian War The Parliament of Moldova votes in favor of declaring a 60-day national state of emergency beginning on December 16 due to Ukraine not renewing its transit contract with Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to Moldova. (Reuters) Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure Russia launches one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the conflict began, with about 290 missiles fired and drones striking multiple regions. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the attack was in response to a recent Ukrainian ATACMS attack on Taganrog-Central air base in Rostov Oblast, Russia. (The Kyiv Independent) (UNN) Israel–Hamas war December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack The number of Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp yesterday increases to 33, most of whom are from the same family. 84 others are reported to be either injured or missing. (Al Jazeera) Sudanese civil war Darfur campaign Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured in a Rapid Support Forces airstrike on a hospital in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Chido destroys most of Agaléga, Mauritius. (L'Express) (Le Mauricien) Six people are killed and 66 others are injured in a fire at a nursing home in Amman, Jordan. (Reuters) Health and environment Opioid epidemic in the United States McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million and enter a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to its advisory work for Purdue Pharma on increasing OxyContin sales, including conspiracy to misbrand a drug and obstruction of justice. (Al Jazeera) The British Antarctic Survey reports that A23a, the world's largest iceberg, has exited the Taylor column and is beginning to drift further north through the Southern Ocean. (BBC News) (CNN) International relations Syria–Ukraine relations Humanitarian aid during the Syrian civil war The Ukrainian government says that it is ready to supply food to Syria after Russia suspended wheat supplies to Syria amid uncertainty about the new government and payment delays. (Reuters) Law and crime Israel–Hamas war A court in The Hague, Netherlands, rejects a request by 10 pro-Palestinian NGOs for the Netherlands to stop arms exports to Israel. (Reuters) Three people are killed and 48 are injured in a bombing during a festival in Umphang District, Tak Province, Thailand. Two suspects are arrested. (Thai PBS) Former Chinese footballer and coach Li Tie is sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery and match-fixing. (CNN) Politics and elections 2024 French political crisis French President Emmanuel Macron appoints François Bayrou as Prime Minister. (Politico) (The Guardian)

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RD: Lorraine O'Grady

Article: Lorraine O'Grady (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ARTnews
Credits:

• Nominated by 240F:7A:6253:1:1BC:CF87:9EC0:9B1E (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Raggachampiongirl (talk · give credit) and Boredintheevening (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American conceptual artist. 240F:7A:6253:1:1BC:CF87:9EC0:9B1E (talk) 01:35, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

+1, giant of conceptual art, important Black woman artist Raggachampiongirl (talk) 03:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Are you commenting on quality, or notability? All Recent Deaths entries are notable enough to be posted, and if you do want to see this processed sooner your comments and direct improvement efforts should focus on whether the article is well cited and updated. Departure– (talk) 03:30, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Soft oppose for a few uncited statements, but otherwise the article looks quite good. ForsythiaJo (talk) 18:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Kevin Andrews

Article: Kevin Andrews (politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [5], [6]
Credits:

• Nominated by Happily888 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk · give credit), Canley (talk · give credit) and Connormah (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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 Happily888 (talk) 01:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support. No change need be made. Hyperbolick (talk) 06:26, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
• There are currently 10+ {cn} tags across this wikiarticle. Please add more REFs. --PFHLai (talk) 21:24, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

New French PM

Article: François Bayrou (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ François Bayrou is appointed Prime Minister of France. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ François Bayrou is appointed Prime Minister of France after the collapse of the Barnier government.
News source(s): The Guardian, L'Express
Credits:

• Nominated by Khuft (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Bayrou was nominated by Macron today; transfer of power from Barnier happened in the afternoon. Khuft (talk) 19:37, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Oppose article is not sufficiently updated. The rest of the article isn't a quality showstopper for ITN though, so a few more sentences in the body would help here. Departure– (talk) 21:32, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Blurb should probably link (but not necessarily highlight) the no-confidence vote that led to this. --Masem (t) 01:51, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support alt-blurb now that the entry has been updated with information about Bayrou's strong-arm tactic -- the threat of removing centrist support for the government if Le Cornu were nominated instead... (nb: automatic ITN/R) -- SashiRolls ^{🌿 · 🍥} 11:41, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

December 12

Portal:Current events/2024 December 12

December 12, 2024 (2024-12-12) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Operation Dawn of Freedom 2024 Manbij offensive Large-scale protests occur in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, against pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room revenge killings and crimes against civilians. (SOHR) Pro-Turkish factions are filmed executing dozens of surrendered prisoners of the pro-Kurdish Manbij Military Council and Syrian Democratic Forces. (SOHR) 2024 Kobani offensive Turkish military forces and the pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room launch an attack with tanks and drones against the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates river, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns could trigger a dam failure and a severe humanitarian crisis. (SOHR) Israel and the Syrian civil war 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria Syrian residents of the villages of Hader, Hamidiya, and Umm Batna in Quneitra Governorate are displaced from their homes after Israeli military forces enter the villages with military vehicles. (SOHR) Fall of the Assad regime At least six civilians are reported to have been killed by gunfire in celebration of the fall of the Assad regime. (SOHR) Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war Satellite images and MarineTraffic data confirm that the Russian Navy has abandoned its naval base in the port city of Tartus. (The Telegraph) Syrian peace process The Syrian transitional government announces that the constitution and parliament will be suspended during the three-month transitional period. (Al Arabiya) Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip December 2024 Nuseirat refugee camp attack At least 33 Palestinians are killed and 50 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. (AP) (Euronews) Fifteen people are killed in Israeli airstrikes while guarding humanitarian aid convoys near Rafah and Khan Younis, Gaza. (Al Jazeera) Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Four police officers are injured in a drone attack on the barracks of a police regiment building in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. (Kyiv Independent) Islamic State–Taliban conflict The Islamic State – Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed acting Minister of Refugee and Repatriation Khalil Haqqani and several other people. (AP) Arts and culture United States president-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year by Time magazine. (BBC News) Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. (Polygon) Disasters and accidents 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Tropical Cyclone Chido makes landfall over Agaléga, Mauritius. (Crisis24) Seven people, including a child, are killed and 35 others are injured in a fire at a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India. (The Times of India) At least nine people are found dead, six others are missing, and 27 people are rescued when a boat carrying African migrants sinks off the coast of Chebba, Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia. (Al Jazeera) (Arab News) International relations Enlargement of the European Union The European Union approves of Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area in 2025. (Al Jazeera) (Euronews) Israel–Paraguay relations Paraguay reopens its embassy in Jerusalem, Israel. (Reuters) Law and crime Federal pardons in the United States U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons for 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutes the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history". (AP) A Danish court sentences British hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah to 12 years in prison for tax fraud. (The National) The Venezuelan government releases 103 prisoners who were arrested during the protests against the results of the disputed presidential election in July. (Al Jazeera) (CNN) Politics and elections Hundreds of protesters, led by university students, gather outside the Radio Television of Serbia headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest against the state-owned television broadcaster and President Aleksandar Vučić's administration. At least 13 people are detained by Serbian police. (AP) (BalkanInsight) (Euronews) Science and technology Edith Heard, biologist specialist of epigenetics and director-general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, France's highest research award. (CNRS - Le Journal) Sports World Chess Championship 2024 Gukesh Dommaraju defeats Ding Liren to win the World Chess Championship 7½-6½, becoming the youngest ever chess champion at the age of 18 years. (Sportstar)

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RD: Papia Sarwar

Article: Papia Sarwar (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/obituary/news/papia-sarwar-no-more-3774396; https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/367888/rabindra-sangeet-icon-papia-sarwar-passes-away
Credits:

• Updated by BadhonCR (talk · give credit) and Dead.rabbit (talk · give credit)

Article updated
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 VeilVanguard (talk) 13:42, 13 December 2024 (UTC) — VeilVanguard (talk · contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of CosmLearner (talk · contribs). jlwoodwa (talk) 18:03, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Soft support. Everything appears to be sourced, but the article is still quite short and only two sentences in the articles are about her career. Would love to see the article further expanded before it's posted. ForsythiaJo (talk) 17:25, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Clarke Reed

Article: Clarke Reed (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

• Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Jkaharper (talk · give credit) and Normantas Bataitis (talk · give credit)

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: NYT published obituary on this date. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:39, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Support. Article looks long enough and everything seems to be well cited. ForsythiaJo (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Support per above. --ExclusiveEditor _{🔔 Ping Me!} 06:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 14:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) The Game Awards 2024

Article: The Game Awards 2024 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at the Game Awards. (Post)
News source(s): WaPost (live blog), NYTimes, NPR, BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Moraljaya67 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Congratulations, to the winner. Moraljaya67 (talk) 04:07, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

• Comment to only point out this is not yet ITNR, but if this is posted, that will be the 4th consecutive year we have posted it, and we should open an ITNR discussion for that. However, right now, I'm looking for non-gaming news coverage of this, it might be there tomorrow morning (typically when the major outlets have covered in the past). --Masem (t) 04:13, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

  @Masem: I was under the impression that the BAFTA and its best game award were the more prestigious in the industry (also not on ITNR).

  And do we really want to put an award show less than a decade old which has this on its lead para: "The show's reception is generally mixed: it has been lauded for its announcements and criticized for its lack of acknowledgement of events, use of promotional content and its treatment of award winners." Gotitbro (talk) 07:27, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

  The BAFTAs are probably more prestigious but certainly less popular (and that's probably more of a discussion to have in April anyway). The Game Awards is technically more than a decade old (though only just), and I'm not sure how strongly its critical reception should influence its ITN eligibility. The Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys certainly have their fair share of growing criticism, for instance—often seemingly more than the Game Awards—but ultimately that doesn't make them any less significant or newsworthy. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 09:10, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Support on notability, we posted last few years and it really should be on ITN/R. Article still needs work though. FunIsOptional (talk) (use ping please) 04:14, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose on Quality. Presenters section could use a citation. Otherwise seems good to go. Not a big awards show person myself (I think their place at ITN/R somewhat overstates their importance), but it does appear the people have spoken these past few years and believe that TGA are worth the posting. DarkSide830 (talk) 06:51, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support, worldwide notable + precedents since 2020. RodRabelo7 (talk) 14:26, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
• Weak support on precedent. However, I personally oppose because I don't feel like that many people who care about TGA are coming to Wikipedia for information, and the purpose of ITN is to direct people to Wikipedia's coverage of things that they saw in the news. /home/gracen/ (yell at me here) 16:44, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
  • The purpose of ITN is to showcase quality articles about topics that happen to be in the news. We're not a news ticker. — Masem (t) 17:20, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

    I personally give the first bullet point of WP:ITNPURPOSE more weight, but in general I agree with your perspective as well. Did I indicate otherwise? /home/gracen/ (yell at me here) 17:41, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose for the time being -- not enough prose around results/winners. It looks like some of the previous quality issues have been fixed (eg citations for presenters) and with a smidge more expansion it should be ready~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 17:24, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

  Now consider this Support -my issues have been addressed. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 22:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support based on precedent and notability, though I should note that I'm heavily involved in editing the article. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 06:26, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  Courtesy pinging DarkSide830 and Malvoliox as I believe your above issues have been addressed. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 09:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose - an awards created by, awarded by and awarded to game publishers. Like the "Obama awards medal to Obama" meme, but real. 51.154.145.205 (talk) 12:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  Game publishers played no role in the creation of the 2024 awards, nor the selection of nominees or winners. Besides, I'm not sure that interpretation is particularly relevant to the criteria anyway. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 13:36, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  Who created the award to whom is coming from the relevant wikipedia article. If this is not true, then this article contains false information, and maybe shouldn't be promoted. If it has any truth content, then this is not news, but an ad. As a sidenote, I really don't think that just because you disagree with a support/oppose vote, you should immediately attack people and/or their opinion, and try to discredit them - I'm sure bullying other people works IRL, but maybe keep it there, and don't bring it here. From my part this shall be my last response to you. 51.154.145.205 (talk) 13:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

  Some publishers helped to fund the original ceremony ten years ago, but, as I mentioned, played no role in the creation of the 2024 show, and certainly not in the awards themselves. Correcting misinformation is neither attacking nor bullying, and I'm sorry you interpreted it so. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 21:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Support - It meets the criteria, we have posted this ceremony for the past 4 years, and there is a similar amount of prose as the articles for previous years which, as I said, did get posted. Rahcmander (talk) 18:39, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support As others have said, it's been posted the past four years, and it's got about the same amount of prose. The structure of this year's article has undergone no significant changes from years prior, and those years were posted on ITN. — Gestrid (talk) 01:01, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 01:06, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) World Chess Championship 2024

Article: World Chess Championship 2024 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) wins the 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore with a score of 7.5-6.5 over previous champion Ding Liren. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) wins the 2024 World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion at the age of 18.
Alternative blurb II: ​ Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) defeats Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship and becomes the youngest undisputed world champion at the age of 18.
Alternative blurb III: ​ Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) defeats Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion at the age of 18.
Alternative blurb IV: ​ In chess, Gukesh Dommaraju (pictured) becomes the youngest undisputed world champion at the age of 18, after defeating Ding Liren.
News source(s): The New York Times, The Hindu, Chess.com
Credits:

• Nominated by 219.74.216.56 (talk · give credit)

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.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.216.56 (talk • contribs)

• Support in principle. Shall we mention that he's the youngest undisputed World champion ever?--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 13:47, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

How about "Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest World Chess Champion at the age of 18 years, breaking a record held by Garry Kasparov since 1985."? 9ninety (talk) 14:00, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Added as part of an alt blurb. Mr. Lechkar (talk) 14:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

I've added "undisputed" as Ruslan Ponomariov was younger when he won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002. He broke Kasparov's age record from 1985.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:24, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Since the undisputed title attracts greater recognition, I still think it's worth mentioning that Kasparov's record, which stood for nearly forty years, has been broken. Gukesh is four years younger than Kasparov was when he won the title; it's safe to say this record will likely never be broken. 9ninety (talk) 16:35, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Conditional support on the Game 9 recap being cited and the Game 14 being written with a recap. I've also proposed Altblurb 2, since head-to-head sporting events should always have the winner and loser in the blurb, but the age still potentially interesting to highlight. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 14:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support + Patar knight's blurb. SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 14:20, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support the article is good to go. Jiaminglimjm (talk) 16:58, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

  The Game 14 recap is still not sourced. But it otherwise looks fine. I've added the youngest undisputed champion fact to the article, since it was apparently missing before. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 17:35, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support especially altblurb 2, the article is well cited and contains significant prose. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 17:08, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support altblurb 2. (Should nationalities be mentioned? Did we do this in the past?) Carcharoth (talk) 17:40, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

  We did not for the last two, [7][8] though I didn't go back further because the template wasn't updated to link to the version of ITN at the time. In this case nothing the youngest ever undisputed bit is probably more relevant. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 18:12, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support Should we start the blurb with "In chess..." as with other sports? --Jona☎ 18:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Chess being in the event name makes it clear. Something like "World Series" is not as obvious so needs that "in baseball" — Masem (t) 18:39, 12 December 2024 (UTC)**
• Support per all above and also for the fact the person is the youngest champion in chess history which is quite an achievement.50.39.138.50 (talk) 18:59, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support ALT3 - article seems good to go, and being the youngest undisputed champion ever IMO is major enough to override concerns of triviality. The Kip ^(contribs) 19:17, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

  Alt3 is wrong since Ruslan Ponomariov was younger when he won the FIDE world championship when the title was disputed. Having "undisputed" in the blurb is accurate. -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 19:32, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support prefer alt 2. --Pithon314 (talk) 19:42, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support ALT2, ALT3 is inaccurate. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 19:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support ALT2, covers the winner, previous winner, the name of the tournament, and his age. Not needed to cover the name of the country, or linking Chess either. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:16, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support ALT2 ALT3 is inaccurate since Ponomariov was younger than him when he won the FIDE world championship, there is also no need to link chess. Setarip (talk) 20:25, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Posted, youngest is trivia which we don't tend to post, and having to add 'undisputed' weakens that claim in any case. Stephen 22:13, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

  what about mentioning Ding Lerin? Setarip (talk) 23:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

  Did you look at the posted item? Stephen 07:27, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Not the right place to discuss.

*Comment I don't know who is responsible for the posting but how come this has been posted but the news of the Ghanaian elections haven't been posted even though this was nominated today and the later was nominated on December 7? Heatrave (talk) 23:29, 12 December 2024 (UTC) Do not compare this way, each one is judged individually. For the Ghanian elections news, you can see there are opposes with reasons mentioned and consensus is in building process, whereas this article news had a snowball of support. This is not a forum to compare different news. Thanks, ExclusiveEditor Notify Me! 07:35, 13 December 2024 (UTC) @ExclusiveEditor this is not a comparison. It is more of a reminder. One is an election, one is a world championship and posting is 5 days apart. It's a matter of circumstance that this received an overwhelming support in comparison to a the Ghanaian election due to the audience profile but if nothing at all, reviews should be done in order of when it was posted. News is news regardless of whether it received a snowball of support. In this case, one is around the election of the president of a country. Most elections are treated with urgency and i do not see why this should be different. Are we saying that a nomination needs a snowball to be posted? If other elections were not posted 6 days after official declaration by the recognised Electoral body, i believe this should not be different. I'm not saying that the world championship is not important, but the Ghanaian election was one of the biggest headlines in Africa and world at that time and it just feels like it has just been relegated. I don't believe other elections have experienced the same feat. Heatrave (talk) 12:07, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Clive Robertson

Article: Clive Robertson (broadcaster) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [9], [10]
Credits:

• Nominated by Happily888 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Oronsay (talk · give credit)

Article needs updating
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 Happily888 (talk) 08:37, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose per massive under sourcing. SerialNumber54129^{A New Face in Hell} 14:22, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

December 11

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RD: Hugh Cornish

Article: Hugh Cornish (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [11], [12], [13]
Credits:

• Nominated by Happily888 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Erksahin (talk · give credit)

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.

 Happily888 (talk) 00:37, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

• Weak support The lead could be expanded a bit, but overall the article is well sourced. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 00:42, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: John Fraser Hart

Article: John Fraser Hart (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): American Association of Geographers
Credits:

• Nominated by Thriley (talk · give credit)

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: American geographer. Obituary published 11 December. Thriley (talk) 09:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support -- well cited, meets criteria due to recent obit despite passing in October ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 17:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 14:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Jim Leach

Article: Jim Leach (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Associated Press
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)

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: American academic and politician. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Not ready. Close but missing a couple citations and contains one instance of possible original research (once those tags are cleaned up, we should be good to go) ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 17:34, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: David Bonderman

Article: David Bonderman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Economic Times
Credits:

• Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)

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: American billionaire businessman. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 02:25, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support Article seems fully cited and is of adequate length. BOLDly marking as ready. The Kip ^(contribs) 19:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• Posted Stephen 23:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Khalil Haqqani

Article: Khalil Haqqani (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBS News
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

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: Taliban minister for refugees, killed in a suicide bomb. Article is only included day of death by not means, needs updating. Masem (t) 13:37, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support Lead ok, size ok, sources ok, death confirmed by reliable sources. Grimes2 (talk) 16:18, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support as updates related to the death are good and well-sourced, and the article doesn't seem to need cleanup.

~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 16:57, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Support Ok now Bremps... 19:27, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• I've done a bit of clean-up of the article, principally adding an archive-URL for one of the main sources that had gone dead. That showed that there is uncertainty when he was born, with an eight-year span. There was coding in the infobox that he was 58 by the time he died and I don't know whether that was put there because the article had a birthdate of 1 Jan 1966 shown, or whether there is a reliable source for that age. If there is, it would be worth tidying up the birth year range before this gets posted. If there isn't a RS, then it's ready as is. Schwede66 03:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

December 10

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RD: Michael Cole

Article: Michael Cole (actor) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [14], [15]
Credits:

• Nominated by Happily888 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit) and Sunshineisles2 (talk · give credit)

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.

 Happily888 (talk) 06:38, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose for missing citations for filmography and for the body statements including a presumed TV Guide quote about Mod Squad. If sufficient citations are added, consider this support.

~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 16:59, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: The Amazing Kreskin

Article: The Amazing Kreskin (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hollywood Reporter
Credits:

• Nominated by 240F:7A:6253:1:F917:2081:847F:CE12 (talk · give credit)
• Updated by Wellington Bay (talk · give credit)

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 mentalist. 240F:7A:6253:1:F917:2081:847F:CE12 (talk) 04:41, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Works section needs sources or ISBNs. Spencer^T•C 14:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

RD: Rocky Colavito

Article: Rocky Colavito (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [16]
Credits:

• Nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)

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) 04:13, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Not Ready Multiple CN tags. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 09:20, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: S. M. Krishna

Article: S. M. Krishna (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [17] [18]
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Srf123 (talk · give credit)

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.

 Srf123 (talk) 04:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Some parts of the article are still unsourced. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 05:05, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Support The unsourced sections have now been sourced. Article is ready for ITN. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 09:09, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

• Support No issues. Grimes2 (talk) 19:35, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
• Support per above TheHiddenCity (talk) 2:21, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
• The date of birth is unreferenced. Schwede66 03:11, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

   Done Grimes2 (talk) 13:28, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Lede state "He is widely credited with putting Bengaluru on the world map by building the foundation for making it the IT Hub that it is today during his tenure as Chief Minister." but body of the article does not further mention this anywhere or further mention who is crediting him with this. Spencer^T•C 13:54, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

   Added ref Grimes2 (talk) 14:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

• I think all issues with the article are resolved. Can this be posted please? Srf123 (talk) 17:28, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
• Posted – Schwede66 17:40, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

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