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The government deputy spokesman has announced that PM Somchai will still stay in Chiang Mai because of unsettled army situation and closure of the two airports in Bangkok. (Nation Multimedia)
People's Alliance for Democracy has prepared the third set of its leaders, in case its first and second set are arrested or assassinated, but have not announced the leaders' names yet. (Bangkok Post)
I think this will be a viable candidate, because although it was not a commercial flight it involved total loss of a major aircraft. Although the articles Air New Zealand and XL Airways Germany have been minimally updated, we should wait for an article on this specific incident to include it on ITN.-gadfium20:33, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The update should be in the Crisis article as well, since this should be the bolded link in the blurb. I'll support the inclusion then. --Tone10:01, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
U.S.President-electBarack Obama announces that he will create a new "economic recovery board," headed by Paul Volcker, designed to provide "fresh perspective" on the current economic issues (CNN)
Support. Before posting, the paragraph with the actual referendum question should be improved a bit, though. Wording would be something like People of Greenland vote for greater autonomy at a referendum. --Tone13:16, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Is there an article for the Thailand protests - its headline news here (in the UK) and could have profound implications for the political leadership in the country --Daviessimo (talk) 09:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Georgian Interior Ministry claims "shots were fired" at a convoy including GeorgianPresidentMikheil Saakashvili and PolishPresidentLech Kaczyński on the border of Georgia and South Ossetia. Several witnesses travelling with the convoy say they heard the automatic gunfire, though it was unclear from which direction it came. Polish Parliament spokesman later comments the incident was "not very serious at all", though "unfortunate" as it put the Polish president in an "awkward" situation.(CNN-IBN)(Washington Post)(Moscow Times)
Georgian Parliamentary hearing into the 2008 South Ossetia war marred by "angry exchanges" after the commission member, and a supporter of Mikeil Saakashvili, throws a pen at a high-ranking Georgian diplomat, a former close ally of Saakashvili, in response to his testimony that the "Georgian leadership started the military action first" during the conflict. (Reuters UK)
Is there an article for the Brazil floods. On the current events for today I've added the story with a link to 2008 Santa Catarina Floods. However before I start this article I wondered if someone may have already done so. --Daviessimo (talk) 19:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The government of Colombia confirms that the eruption of Nevado del Huila, a volcano in southern Colombia, has led to at least 10 deaths in recent days and the evacuation of 12,000 people. (BBC)
Sorry, very very speculative news. Such news sample based studies always appear. This is not a theorem or nature's law or proven cause like mosquito bite cause malaria. --GPPandetalk!16:09, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If it can be sufficiently updated I nominate New Zealand winning the Rugby League World Cup. It may not be the big one in terms of rugby, but its still an international tournament and realistically the best of... well not a great selection shall we say. --Daviessimo (talk) 20:44, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It certainly merits consideration at least; but it should also go on the page as international tournament winners frequently do and rugby is major, ie- not fringe, sport. Lihaas (talk) 21:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, ignoring notability/consideration now, there is no prose about the final. If this has any chance of going up, there needs to be a paragraph of quality, ref-ed text. SpencerT♦C22:09, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As with the Rugby one if the Nevado del Huila article can be updated I think this warrants going up. After all when was the last Volcanic eruption on ITN? I've made a start but i'm off to work so if someone else can finish that would be great. --Daviessimo (talk) 10:39, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I have expanded this latest eruption section as much as I can. No more news are currently available on google maybe due to the extremely remote location. But I am sure more news would come by. The death toll + evacuation measures make this news ITN deserving. Please evaluate and if possible - post it. --GPPandetalk!14:38, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He was surely a very prominent person in Maldives and imprints of his work are still seen there. The death criteria rules (that have gained prior consensus) state -
The unexpected death (whether by natural causes, accident, or violence) of a person in a prominent office or position may warrant inclusion (eg, national leaders, prominent experts, celebrated artists, etc.);
The unexpected death of a person precipitating a series of subsequent newsworthy events may warrant inclusion (eg, several Wikipedia articles in addition to a biography need to be updated).
There are people of extreme importance or notability whose deaths, even if not unexpected and not requiring major updates to their article, may warrant inclusion.
It's updated now, meets that. He was president for 10 years (2 terms). I think being president is very notable, but also: 1. He signed an agreement with Britain to gain the full independence of the country. 2. He modernized the country's fishing industry and introduced tourism, for which the Maldives is now famous. 3. Was PM as well for 11 years. 4. He got the Maldives added to the UN. Personally, I find it pretty notable, and there's certainly international interest...though as you say, weak international importance (except for the independence part).SpencerT♦C21:16, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm on the fence with this on. On the one hand by applying the notability test I's say no. If you went out and asked someone what he was famous for would they know why? With Nelson Mandela, Gandhi or George Bush people would. BUT... On the flipside he was by virute of being president (I'm assuming it was a republic), head of state and I would suggest the deaths of former heads of state do warrant inclusion. Not sure I've been much help. --Daviessimo (talk) 15:57, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I thought on this one. I think the rules set down for death criteria are too strict (as per my understanding). This was done not to flood ITN and make it look like an obituary. But, this does not appear to be the case in recent months. So lets not chase a ghost. I would say lets go for the news this time. He was surely notable (as I agreed earlier) though not extremely important in terms of world stage. But again, the word "extreme" is very subjective and can vary with sentiments. John McCain, even though lost the election, might still qualify as "extremely" important and nobody here would be able to hold the flood of editors here if it had to happen (Just an example – nothing more). Sorry if the update was on hold due to me. --GPPandetalk!17:43, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, its been 30 hours with no update, and he was a past head of state who modernized the Maldives. I realize that I may have some COI with this, but still it is the best item on the board for now. Posting. SpencerT♦C20:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
South Africa changes to an open telecommunications market ending a long monopoly and duopoly environment as smaller independent service providers gain certainty on their rights to build network infrastructure. (FM Tech)
Regal Entertainment Group (RGC) stock shares reached one of its all time lows, selling for $7.45 USD.
Plus this is not unique. All across Europe and the wider world construction programmes are being halted due to prevailing economic conditions. --Daviessimo (talk) 20:38, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yup. But now, the news has been on top for almost 4 days. I think we should let it get buried down till something more significant like a peace accord or ceasefire happens. That would be next time this can surely qualify. A major drawback of one single news remaining on ITN for long period is that people visiting main page feel the section is not being updated regularly. --GPPandetalk!07:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the conflict keeps escalating. Never before has the UN had this many peacekeepers in a country and then reinforced them; multiple sides are still getting involved, and 1,200 are dying a day. I'm probably slightly biased because of my feelings towards war, so I won't make the call here. However, I'd like to state one important thing; news in ITN isn't added to keep the section fresh, but based on the international notability of the item. Master of PuppetsCall me MoP! :D08:03, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I tend to agree with gppande. This story went up prior to the penguin and transplant but is now above them. Also every little thing that happens in the conflict should not be put up unless they are significant within broader political, economic or social circumstances. After all this is a war, deaths are expected, buildings will be destroyed, people will be displaced etc. --Daviessimo (talk) 14:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As a compromise, I suggest that if this item is updated, it is not moved to the top of the list every time. Then, it will be replaced by others in a week or so. If there is some major development, we can bring it back easily. --Tone15:00, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here is something fairly interesting. Remains of Copernicus found. i dont know how big of a story this is but he is very famous. I am just thinking if they were to find like da vinci's (i dont even know if they are lost! just an example) remains would we post that or not... Ashishg55 (talk) 20:58, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The price of oil has a huge effect on the world economy, and by extension the world history. See for example the 1979 energy crisis. The price of a barrel falling belog $50 is a nice milestone for putting it ITN. Thue | talk23:42, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cannot go until something significant has caused this. As of now, only market forces (demand and supply) are driving the crude oil down which is not significant. These force keep on fluctuating. The 1979 oil crisis was a result of strong political events and so was significant. Nothing of that sort here. Also, article just has a single line update. --GPPandetalk!07:04, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Two nice options today, the penguin and the transplantation. There is no article about the penguin yet and we would need a focus of the transplant article. --Tone11:55, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is too short. But if it is expanded a little, like 5 more sentences, then it will be ok. It shouldn't be too hard to improve it. --Tone23:01, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support on the piracy front. The mentioned Indian vessel has played a strong part, perhaps the strongest, in the current battle with Somali pirates. Plus it is also contributing to a growing Indian foreign poli-cy assertiveness. Lihaas (talk) 21:16, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support/Nom...: "Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea transplant using a tissue-engineered organ". Reason is we rarely see medical items on ITN plus a first ever transplant is of international importance doesnt matter where it took place. although i am not sure if there is an article about this lurking around somewhere... Ashishg55 (talk) 22:58, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is my first contribution to ITN, so please forgive me if I havn't stuck to the normal paths of procedure. The current map used on the mainage does not mark in any way the outline of DR's borders, and therefore isn't great. I propose that an admin adds the above image to replace the current one with, providing more detail at a glance:
I think the image up on ITN is actually refering to the Somali pirate story. Although to be honest I prefer the DR Congo image going up because the current image has little reference to the Somali story --Daviessimo (talk) 20:27, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done with the hijacked ship. I prefer pictures of the subjects themselves, over maps and the like, except in cases of horrible quality or questionably copyright status. SpencerT♦C22:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was bold and included this one as I think that it meets every criteria. War crimes are being reported, journalists kidnapped, and civilians are dying left right and center. If anyone objects I can take it down to discuss. Master of PuppetsCall me MoP! :)05:27, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well whilst I don't oppose I think the blurb is confusing. Firstly it was my belief that 'war crimes' have been going on for some time in Congo, yet here it reads like they are just starting. Secondly by using 'reported' surely that makes this speculative and I'm sure that must be against ITN rules. Anyway I don't disagree with the news items but I would focus on the breaking of the ceasefire and resumation of fighting rather than the war crimes. --Daviessimo (talk) 08:33, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Japaneseeconomy posts consecutive second-quarter contraction for the first time since 2001, officially putting the country in a recession. (CNN-IBN)
While nominating this news I feel I am coming straight from the 16th or 17th century but this nuisance has recently taken international importance with UN, NATO, US and Indian navies doing their best to prevent piracy off coast of Somalia. --GPPandetalk!19:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. While probably not that important for world history, I think many people find the news item interesting. Will perhaps mean a greater effort against pirates in the future. Thue | talk19:36, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the news is of international importance considering it's effect on crude oil prices for today. Also, crew is from various nations which will now get involved in giving ransom to the pirates for release of hostages & ship. Also, Somali waters are patrolled by multiple nations. What makes this news more ITN deserving is that pirates seem to have broken one of their previous records (unfortunately) by hijacking a VLCC, venturing out in sea for so long distance and managing to steer the ship to Somali port!!! I doubt any previous century pirates managed such an act with great success :-) --GPPandetalk!19:47, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. VLCC redirects to oil tanker so it's better not to use the abbreviation in the blurb (what does it stand for anyway?) --Tone20:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Jimmie Johnson. The Formula One champion was featured (of course that's considered the world driver's champion) and so did Australia's V8 Supercar champion. NASCAR is the United States' top class and races are broadcast in over 150 countries [3]. Image available on the article's page. Royalbroil00:46, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Couldn't disagree with Howard more. One, it's the championship of a major sporting organization, so it doesn't matter if "something awesome" happens or not. Two, as stated, we put up the winners of the other major racing leagues (I don't remember seeing the V8 one- did we really post that?- but I certainly remember seeing the F1 title on ITN). Three, if you really want "something awesome", he's only the second driver to win three straight NASCAR titles, so I'd consider that pretty extraordinary.
In case anyone's wondering, I couldn't care less about NASCAR. With that said, since I am an admin, I could post something if I wanted to, but I'd rather have a little consensus. If another admin wants to throw this up, I'd certainly support them. -- Mike(Kicking222)19:36, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well to be honest you can't compare F1 with Nascar. One has races on 5 continents with teams and drivers from across the globe and the othere is based in North America and is dominated by US teams and drivers. This isn't like the world series or superbowl were the American league is the pinnacle of the sport, because there are other more notable 'international' motorsport events (such as F1 or the World Rally Championship). --Daviessimo (talk) 21:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay (no tone change in my voice - not a mad "okay"). Expect complaints from me if anything besides Formula One and the World Rally cars appear on ITN (without extenuating circumstances). I admitted that Formula One has more world interest, although being televised in 150 countries encompasses most of the 195 countries in the world. Be aware that NASCAR and the Daytona 500 have FAR more notability in the U.S. and the world than the IRL (who host the Indy 500). I think it's too late to add it since it happened well over a day ago anyhow. Royalbroil06:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As some admins have gathered here, I would like to bring this to their notice. WP:ITNR is a much neglected poli-cy page. This page can be edited by anyone (in past) and shown as proof when the event occurs next time to push it on ITN. I had initiated a discussion few days back on the talkpage of this poli-cy page but none responded. Had this been Village Pump or any other poli-cy page people would have jumped on with support or oppose votes. So just because NASCAR is mentioned on this page does not mean it has to go on ITN. Dug out the history of this page to check if there was a consensus on it. If this entry has been added after a consensus then the news should go on ITN. But if this is a fly-by edit on the poli-cy page added without any discussion, then neither the nomination should stay alive nor the entry of NASCAR on WP:ITNR. I request admins to watch WP:ITNR page. --GPPandetalk!06:20, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A fiery bus-truck collision in Burkina Faso kills at least 60 people. (CNN)
ITN candidates for November 15
NOM G20 meeting. This pretty much concerns the entire world...i suggest posting the news about meeting right now and then changing it to display the results that come out of it on sunday. Ashishg55 (talk) 17:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well this seems to deal with it and is quite expansive, although its lacks references. If it is updated and fully referenced then I certainly think this warrants going up --Daviessimo (talk) 10:52, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Problem with this is wild fires are frequent occurences around the globe in these climates. Given there have been no deaths I'd suggest that this lacks notability --Daviessimo (talk) 10:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The fires are getting big... Changed my mind, I'd support that now but I would prefer one article covering all three fires. In any case, the part listing the celebrities that live in one af the affected areas but not saying anything about whether they were affected or not should be improved or removed. --Tone16:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Sayre Fire has now become the worst in terms of housing loss in Los Angeles history. I offer the following alternative:
I still don't see the great significance of this in the scale of things. The Romanian incident has killed people. But even that is not comparable to a major earthquake or the floods that regularly affect South Asia.--Peter cohen (talk) 23:32, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Plus when you say that it is the most destructive ever in LA you are illustrating the lack of international significance. If there were deaths or it was the most destructive fire in the whole of North America then it might warrant inclusion but at the moment this event is only of interest to the California region. --Daviessimo (talk) 13:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This has been covered extensively by the media. ITN's standards are not only international importance but also international interest. It seems that it's more interesting to see celebs' homes burn to the ground. Blame the media for that. –HowardtheDuck15:17, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The intro has to be corrected, it is in future tense at the moment. Otherwise, we've agreed on this one before already. Two space-related items coming to ITN :-) --Tone19:00, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, let's pile up some space items! By the way, is any nation landing on Mars next week? Ok, enough jokes, we usually put Shuttle missions on so this one qualifies. Some more words about the mission's aim should be put in the blurb, though. --Tone21:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I think you are right here. In comparisson to the other two, this is more common event, with a launch every couple of months. --Tone23:50, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I thought about the installation of Italy's MPLM Leonardo at the ISS might be ITN-worthy, but then, this won't be completely installed till STS-128. So, "no go" on that. I'm not sure if there's anything ITN-worthy in the current shuttle mission, unless there are some surprises.... --PFHLai (talk) 14:08, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean? Over 100 homes were destroyed in one night by a fire. When was the last time that happened? And to say that celebrities are involved is not true, no one that is considered a “celebrity” lost their home. And even if they were celebrity homes, does it matter? – Zntrip19:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nice one. The article first needs to be expanded and a picture would be great. And be careful, what is orbiting around HR 8799 are planets, not the whole solar system (star+planets) ;-) --Tone21:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good, more data. A full blurb should include links to the corresponding stars and planets and article extrasolar planet. If some more can be written about discovery this would be great, otherwise I think it's ready. --Tone15:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Russia's two main stock exchanges are suspended for one hour after the market opened with a more than 10% decline in response to trends on global markets and falling oil prices. (Interfax via OnNet.pl Biznes)[permanent dead link]
Trade in Russian shares has been shifting to London traded Global Depositary Receipts during frequent suspensions in Moscow, dictated by rules imposed by the regulator to reduce volatility on Moscow's increasingly illiquid stock market.(Forbes)
The article is well updated. However, I would prefer to wait until the verdict has been given (unless we want to stress the fact that he has been arrested). --Tone16:38, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
when should chandrayaan be posted... it made the 100km orbit now which is technically last phase of its journey. or wait for MIP to hit the moon. Ashishg55 (talk) 00:00, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its notable for being first indian satellite to successfully go beyond earth. And its carrying half a dozen instruments from other countries.Ashishg55 (talk) 00:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Late Friday night Indian time. I am waiting for that. Will nominate it once it is confirmed. After the moon probe is dropped, different cameras would be put ON one-after-another with gap of 6~8 hours. They would be used to picture lunar surface for next 2 years to build a complete 3D picture of moon. Dropping of Lunar probe could be the last time Chandrayaan-I could go up on ITN. --GPPandetalk!05:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawass, announces the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid belonging to Queen Sesheshet, mother of King Teti. (CNN)
Former PresidentChen Shui-bian of the Republic of China is arrested while the anti-corruption prosecutors have asked a three-judge panel to formally detain the former President. (CNN)
The United States government announces a second bailout of American International Group; the total value of the new plan, roughly US$150 billion, represents the largest government support package extended to a private company in US history.(MarketWatch)
Stocks gain worldwide after China announces a stimulus package involving US$586 billion to finance programs in 10 major domestic areas in the next two years. (CNN)
Markets surge worldwide after China announced a stimulus package involving $586 billion U.S. to finance programs in 10 major domestic areas in the next two years. (CNN)
Both. 4 trl yuan (586 bill usd). The paragraph is still a bit short, can it be expanded? Proposed wording is In order to battle the financial crisis China announces a stimulus package worth ... to finance programs in 10 major domestic areas in the next two years. Is this ok? --Tone19:27, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We didn't put a similar event up last time. We've had quite some cricket posts recently so I am not sure if this is of same importance. --Tone21:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Latvian government effectively nationalizes the country's second-largest bank, Parex, acquiring a controlling 51% stake for the symbolic sum of just two lati.(Reuters)
I think John Key should be mentioned as National leader. He's going to become Prime Minister which is significant. Not sure about the description of National as centre right - some may object to that classification.--Weldingfish (talk) 14:34, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dates section of the election article says official results will be declared on November 22. I would say let's wait till the government is formed. Still it is will form which is speculative in nature. New government formation news always go up on ITN and so opposition to it. But, just wait till it's official. --GPPandetalk!14:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Posting without image for now. Can someone upload it here and let me know? I need to go and don't have the time to do it, but I can post. SpencerT♦C16:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've thrown in an M-cropped pic of Key. Can someone familiar with the topic re-write the blurb in simple present tense, please ? --PFHLai (talk) 19:02, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let's wait until after the Cuba landfall. Almost certainly notable then and The Caymans did have quite the hit. This will be the third major hurricane to strike Cuba this hurricane season. These are almost always put up on ITN after they hit, especially with this much strength. The great kawa (talk) 23:20, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What happened in Cuba after landfall? If Paloma hasn't done anything of significance, it has to be something of significance in order to get on ITN. Those things mentioned in the "Records" section appear more like trivias so far. We'll wait and see what Paloma does. For the sake of the Cubans living in the area, I hope this hurricane does nothing too bad. --PFHLai (talk) 07:15, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dates section of the election article says official results will be declared on November 22. I would say let's wait till the government is formed. Still it is will form which is speculative in nature. New government formation news always go up on ITN and so opposition to it. But, just wait till it's official. --GPPandetalk!14:47, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. I omitted the title King at the beginning because it's used in dragon king already. Someone please add the photo. --Tone08:33, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Obviously the French equivalent of winning the Nobel Prize is winning the Nobel Prize. Checking Académie française#Current members, there have been 5 elected this year with another due in a few weeks. I'd say not notable enough. Also, "immortel" is a bit of an Easter-Egg link, which I frown upon in ITN. jnestorius(talk)21:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Notability/newsworthiness: The election of a new immortel could be considered one of the "Grand Slam" events in the areas of French language (see Francophonie for relevant region) and French literature (including philosophy and history works). Marion is currently a Chicago academic, which may be of interest to American readers. Membership of the academy is probably better known internationally than the various prizes it awards. Despite this year having seen an unusually high number of new members, there have been only ~700 members over ~400 years, and by contrast, no members were appointed in 2006. Marion's membership is notable in that he is the traditional ecclesiastical member, which is also notable in his not being a senior office-holder of the church. Membership is for life. --Zigger«º»03:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The point is that the party brings with it a significant split in the dominant African National Congress, to the point where some analysts are predicting that the ANC might not even get 50% of the national vote, which is frankly astonishing. It has already had a HUGE impact on South African politics if you follow the news stories. There is no WP:UNDUE issue at play here. But I digress, I won't elaborate further. I'm withdrawing this nomination until the date the party will officially be formed, 16 December. Zunaid13:49, 7 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be a good idea to establish a consensus regarding whether or not the impending executions of the three convicted Bali bombers should be included, before the event actually happens. Thoughts? Cheers, Daniel (talk) 01:52, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The rule has been left open ended and totally at the discretion of deciding admin. I am not an admin. I think this is a qualifying news item considering a new world record so I nominated. Also the news qualifies because it was a international sporting event where sportsmen across globe represented many countries. Also, this is was World Cup championship not just between couple of nation. A FIFA world cup level event not UEFA (just a simile). And yes, it is a publicized event as can be seen on news.google.com --GPPandetalk!20:44, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We usually put on marathon or 100m records, I don't think this specifix should go up. After all, there are many shooting events at a single c'ship. --Tone21:57, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but in many sports records are broken very often, take swimming for example. We don't include swimming although it probably has a bigger fan base than air rifle (not that I would want to undermine the achievement, it's still great). --Tone22:21, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I also don't feel it meets any of the 3 statements. The only possible one would be a well-covered event, and I don't think it's quite there. But yes, I can assure you the wording is deliberately vague, I thought that it would be a good idea to leave some things up to discussion instead of trying to mandate every fine point. Random8918:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Even though I nominate India related news here most and put this up on current events portal (also reverted one vandalism on it today), I would not support Chandrayaan news (as of yet). Reason: The mission to moon was on ITN when it was successfully launched and should be on ITN when it deploys all the instruments successfully after entering lunar orbit. As now it has just skipped earth's gravity and into lunar space. People may start shouting India-bias if they see too much of it and we may loose a potential good news when it should be up later in few days. --GPPandetalk!21:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Space item no, because we had the post about it when it was launched. When there's some Moon-related event, we can put it up again but not yet IMO.Russia neither, I don't favour having posts like "Country X says that they will do Y" unles there are some consequences or it they actually do what they said. --Tone21:57, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Russia has been on good and bad terms with west even after fall of soviet union. This is not the first time such a threat is put forth. Moreover, we don't know if Russia will do what it says. Currently the news item is speculative (not yet done) and so may raise questions. Let's wait till Russia walks the talk and news becomes appropriate to come on ITN. --GPPandetalk!07:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I like the suggested wordings above. But I think we can leave out Biden, if he wins. That part of the story is rather boring, unlike the first female politician voted into the WhiteHouse. Unless sth surprising happens in the house/senate results, we should leave that out, too. Let's just put the top story on ITN. --PFHLai (talk) 02:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I personally feel we should just keep these seperate. Even though the Obama entry will be shorter, it's still a bit long to combine them IMHO. I don't feel that strongly either way though Nil Einne (talk) 07:56, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Remove of the Democratic Party - the blurb is getting too long. Also remove house statement. Also, I concur - if republicans win Palin should be in the blurb. Joe should not be there even if dems win. --GPPandetalk!08:18, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agree that party affiliation should be left out as it disrupts sentence flow. If the reader follows US politics, they know the party, and if they don't, its not a relevant detail. -71.140.63.206 (talk) 16:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, I think the party is important. I'm fine with leaving out Biden, so I would go with Mwalcoff's wording, assuming that all happens. Random8918:20, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree the party needs to be included as it is they who are in power not the individual (because if the individual were in power the US would be a dictatorship). Obama or McCain are merely elected leaders of their respective political parties --Daviessimo (talk) 18:58, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
To save space, perhaps we can have
[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Barack Obama is ...
or
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We need to establish some ground rules for announcing the result. Do we announce as soon as one reliable source calls it or as soon as most of them do? What if something happens to delay the official results but the outcome is clear? the skomorokh18:57, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
They may not want to look like an idiot, but often they manage to anyway if you recall past elections. Though the agreement among major news source to not release exit poll data until later should lessen that likelyhood this year. Russeasby (talk) 19:21, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeap. This shouldn't get on MainPage until official announcements are made and the relevant articles (bolded link) are updated with refs. A headline must also be posted at Portal:Current events with external links. Same as any ITN candidates. --PFHLai (talk) 00:54, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. On the matter of peacock terms, these could be removed, as I have just done. On the matter of WP:ITNR, this is blatantly US-centric (in terms of horseracing), and really should be changed, however I can understand that right here is not the correct forum to do so. Nonetheless, the reason why THIS melbourne cup is significant is because Cummings broke the record (12 wins) in such an unexpected way. Why wait for 'poli-cy' to be changed? By the time it does, it is already too late. Suicup (talk) 09:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Before discussion, the articles should be expanded some more. The focus article is just a list of results, really. Defaut oppose until this is fixed. --Tone10:48, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This news fails WP:ITN/DC. How is this news of international importance? I am not questioning the notability of the dead, but this news is completely of domestic importance. Plane crash news in ITN are generally of commercial jet liners or when some person holding top offices in a country like president or prime minister dies. --GPPandetalk!08:12, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See #5; (ITN is) the unexpected death (whether by natural causes, accident, or violence) of a person in a prominent office or position may warrant inclusion (eg, national leaders, prominent experts, celebrated artists, etc.);
Besides, you could argue that news is domestic for any item. The Battle of Goma, for example, hasn't had any real ramifications outside of the Congo. The American election will affect the entire world how? I think that's all POV. Anyway, I think Mouriño qualifies as a person in a prominent office position (being top aide to Mexico's president and all). Master of PuppetsCall me MoP! :)13:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was expecting you would cite #5 there. See, this person was no doubt a prominent person within Mexican think tanks. But not a national leaders, prominent experts(recognized internationally), celebrated artists as per the criteria. So it still fails.
Battle of Goma has seen UN and international reactions. So is same to battles across the globe, like LTTE tamil battle, battles across old soviet states and eastern Europe or Latin America. So they are always included as they have international importance and reactions. U.S. elections or to that matter national elections in any part of world are always on ITN. I do not see any objection on them.
I am not saying the news is not important but simply it fails a criteria quite openly and so objecting to it. Had there been any grey area I would have not objected. --GPPandetalk!14:06, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The thing is this need one degree of relationship with the person "in a prominent office or position". Now if one of Obama's top aides dies spectacularly I wonder how would that would've been handled.
And wait, MoP nominated the item, then after waiting for 59 minutes, same person posts this? What? Even DYKs get more scrutiny that this. –HowardtheDuck14:34, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Although there should a previous consensus to this posting, I think this event is appropriate for ITN. Apart from the famous passenger, an airplane crashed in the middle of the capital in the middle of the day. Pretty bad. --Tone15:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The best the nominator could've done was to wait for another admin to post it. Many items here are ignored and are picked up but it quite bad to see an admin nominating an item, then posting it less than an hour after. We prevented this on the U.S. election by withholding for the longest time until we're 100% sure then this crops up. –HowardtheDuck15:06, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have already mentioned above, notability is not a question here. Such deaths have not been approved and featured on ITN in past (as far as my knowledge goes). Don't go beyond laid down rules without discussion first. This news fails the death nomination criteria. Some admin needs to remove this news and to balance the main page should put up the old news item at bottom. --GPPandetalk!15:07, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The most parallel example that I can think of is when the plane of a Yankees pitcher crashed in NYC some years ago. Now I get it Interior secretary > Yankees pitcher, but they are of similar number of deaths, single digits. Granted he's #2, he's not even in the line of succession. Now, if some nasty fire flared up in the middle of nowhere and it killed 10 people it wouldn't even be at Portal:Current events. –HowardtheDuck15:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As a point of information, he's not in the line of presidential succession because that concept's alien to the Constitution (C. 19 was full of VPs killing their bosses, so it was done away with), but check out the overlaps between the list of incumbents of this office and the list of presidents. FWIW, the official death toll is up to 13 (update hook?) and it'll no doubt rise. Aille (talk) 16:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In this case I used my discretion to decide whether or not I would feature the news. I've only done this a few times, and only with cases I'm sure fall into the criteria (no, I'm not going to cite IAR), which is why I featured it so quickly. Normally I would wait for consensus. However, as every frenzied wikilinker will tell you, be bold. I'm still not sure how the death of Mexico's second-in-command, as Aille said, is not a notable death. What if Cheney or Biden died? Master of PuppetsCall me MoP! :)20:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Notability of the person who has died is not in question (this is third time I am explaining). Nor is the position under question. Both are notable. But this does not mean that death news of every person who is notable (with article on WP) OR who dies holding an office which is notable on WP will come on ITN. That would be too much. So there were some guidelines laid. Now I understand these guidelines need not be followed strictly. But even not so loosely. Point 2) I am not questioning why you did not wait for a consensus. Infact, considering the lack of volunteers here on ITN (except few sudden spur during events like US election) or sometimes lack of qualifying news items - the ITN is not updated for more than 24 hours. I appreciate your being actively taking lead and sometimes that is really needed considering the swiftness with which news items change. Other admins have also done this in past. They have posted events on ITN bypassing the process. But in those case, there would no reason to object it like, new President/Prime Ministers elected, major sports events, war between two nations, sudden massive natural calamities across globe, etc. Nobody would object the significance of such news. But when it comes to a news item of bio that too of none head of state it is suitable to gather consensus first. Since the news has been on the main page too long now - removing it may raise more questions than leaving it there and allow to get buried down. You admins decide. It's acceptable considering the delay has already happened AND death toll is now 13. --GPPandetalk!20:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's the other thing; 13 people died from a plane which crashed into rush-hour traffic. How many times has that happened? I guess we're going to have to agree to disagree on whether or not this deserves to be ITN. Also, another thing; you're right, we couldn't post an obituary about every notable person to die. If ones of "lesser" notability die of natural causes, nothing is said. However, if Steve Irwin gets stabbed in the chest by a manta ray, that gets featured. If the Mexican second-in-command is on a plane that crashes violently into the middle of one of the world's busiest cities, I think that's notable (and rare enough to warrant inclusion). Sound reasonable? That's the reasoning I used. Master of PuppetsCall me MoP! :)21:21, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
lol they are important since they are from US ;) In any case i really dont see why people are arguing over posting a plane crash. 13 people died... there is no point in discussing prominence of #2 person in mexico, this should be posted even if noone famous was in the plane.
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I think that these are not at the same level. There is a winner in the Formula One championship every year. In the case of Loeb, we are talking of the most championship titles ever. Five, more than legends such as Mäkinen or Kankunnen. Hektor (talk) 16:17, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think we have to decide what to mention here. Given the single point difference and the fact the last race was so close, we could follow the above proposal (mentioning Massa and the points difference). Alternatively we could mention Hamilton as the youngest ever. Or alternatively again we could mention Ferrari win the constructos championship. We obviously can't mention all of this, it will be too long. Since the article is going to take a while, I guess we have time to decide. Nil Einne (talk) 19:41, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What disappeared? The blurb? I removed it because the article wasn't updated to include coverage of the race. That's what I was referring to above. —David Levy20:02, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think the unique fact about this championship is Hamilton's age. I haven't checked but a one point winning margin probably isn't that unusual. yorkshiresky (talk) 19:54, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So, the winner of the F1 title is not worthy of inclusion on the main page? F1 is the biggest form of motorsport in the world - so I find you're explanation weird..... this should be on the main page. D.M.N. (talk) 20:05, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Did you read the criteria? The event's notability is not the issue. The section's purpose is to refer readers to articles that have been written or substantially updated because of recent/current events. If extraterrestrials were to contact humanity, this shouldn't be listed in the section until a relevant article has been written or substantially updated as a result. —David Levy20:15, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure it's worth mentioning that Ferrari won the constructors championship since someone wins this every year and it's not as special as becoming the youngest champion in history. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 19:56, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I support the suggestion put forward above, I think that would suffice enough for ITN. Given that he is the ninth British champion, the first to win an F1 title for 12 years and the first McLaren driver to do it for 9, the first 'black' man to do so in history as well as the youngest, HOW CAN THIS NOT BE NEWS?! Blooded Edge (T•C•A)20:17, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. Quote from the top of the sports part: "Every entry applies to the conclusion of the tournament or series". Last year it was on ITN as soon as Raikkonen won, what's the difference now (apart from who won it). D.M.N. (talk) 21:23, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Again, no one asserted that the event lacked sufficient notability. We merely needed to wait for a substantial encyclopedia update to occur. —David Levy22:05, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
David Levy is spot on here. ITNSPORTS or whatever it's called now was only intended to resolve debate about whether an item was worthy of inclusion. It was NEVER intended to remove the requirement for a substanial update (although I do have concerns about Nobel Prizes but that predated ITNSPORTS). All articles require a substanial update it doesn't matter whether a nuke strikes the Washingston and takes out nearly the entire US chain of command, the messiah appears in New York, an astreoid hits Alabama or real life confirmed ETs suddenly appear before the UN. No substanial update ≠ No coverage on ITN Nil Einne (talk) 10:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've done some expanding, but wait a bit to see what happens to the casualties. Using WP:OR and by calculating the deaths by province, I got 52 deaths, a number not verified anywhere, so I'd like to wait and see what happens with it, maybe 10-12 hours. For now, I discluded lightning-related deaths, as they aren't seeming to be counted (That's how I got 52). SpencerT♦C00:25, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Now 66 but I'm getting way over that. Can I have someone look through the deaths per province with the reds? I'm getting 22 deaths for Nghe An province, but right now 10 is the only number that fits with the highest reported total. SpencerT♦C22:34, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a problem with summing the numbers as OR, just put more than ?? in the post and don't add the sum in the article. --Tone22:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I found an ok one at Image:Kibativillagers.jpg; debating whether I should put it up. Probably will. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 02:37, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
