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May 16
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May 16, 2025
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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May 15
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May 15, 2025
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
International relations
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RD: Bachtiar Basri
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://lampungpro.co/news/wakil-gubernur-lampung-2014-2019-bachtiar-basri-meninggal-dunia-dimakamkan-di-kotabumi-
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by Jeromi Mikhael (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: Former Lampung deputy governor. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support article is good to go. Sahaib (talk) 18:46, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose no citation for date of birth. Also, the footnote for the entire early life and education section as well as the first two paragraphs of the career section is not actually to a 'biography', despite it being described as such. Rather, it is actually to an unusual "biodata" PDF whose origin and reliability seems unclear to me. In any event, the biodata form does not provide support for any of the many claims made. Needs work. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:24, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- It's from a government website. Try to translate the title of the website before commenting on the origins or reliability. If that's your main concern, there are several articles that I could offer as a substitute; I'll fix it shortly. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 23:32, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Robert Walls
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/carlton-premiership-player-and-coach-robert-walls-dies-aged-74/105295562
Credits:
- Nominated by HiLo48 (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Australian football player, coach, and commentator. HiLo48 (talk) 02:57, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Strong Oppose there are some statements in the article that cited Wikipedia Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 11:53, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
May 14
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May 14, 2025
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
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RD: Daniel Bilalian
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Le Parisien, Le Monde
Credits:
- Nominated by Mr. Lechkar (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.
Nominator's comments: French journalist and television presenter. Mr. Lechkar (talk) 23:00, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
May 13
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May 13, 2025
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Sports
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RD: Joe Don Baker
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Hollywood Reporter Legacy.com
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: American actor with some high-profile roles. Death was on the 7th but first reports of it seem to be on this date (and now only getting to major sources). Article has usual problems for actors, as well as lacking more info on his death. Masem (t) 12:04, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose A lot of uncited statements Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 12:29, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Ready) RD: Rich Rollins
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Sports Illustrated
Credits:
- Nominated by 240F:7A:6253:1:281A:3BBE:CB81:2EAD (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.
240F:7A:6253:1:281A:3BBE:CB81:2EAD (talk) 04:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Well-written and cited, no tags. Jusdafax (talk) 06:53, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support. Article is very good. --Werter1995 (talk) 15:46, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- • Support - Article is very sufficent and looks good. 2600:1009:B198:E357:1A37:9126:4960:16D1 (talk) 22:36, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- * Support Quality article. Tagging ready. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Divaldo Franco
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): G1
Credits:
- Nominated by ArionStar (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.
ArionStar (talk) 19:31, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support, I don't see any problems. Cambalachero (talk) 19:52, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Most of his books don't have a ISBN. Grimes2 20:50, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is well-sourced and of sufficient quality for ITN. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 01:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Soft oppose The last two sections (about his books) are entirely unreferenced. Otherwise, it looks good. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:27, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Mali political crisis
[edit]Blurb: Interim President of Mali, General Assimi Goita, dissolves all political parties. (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera, BBC, DW.
Credits:
- Nominated by Panam2014 (talk · give credit)
- Updated by Chaotic Enby (talk · give credit)
--Panam2014 (talk) 17:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose This does not even have its own article, and is not important to post on ITN, this comes from a military junta, like Tajikistan and other nations, they do this, they are dictators, so we are not a newspaper. 2606:9400:98A0:92A0:4118:262A:9078:8BF5 (talk) 19:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wouldn't it be a crisis for the ASS of Africa? Scuba 19:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on notability, but this really should have its own article Kowal2701 (talk) 20:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Procedural oppose The event described does not have an article. The dissolution is not discussed in any of the articles linked in the blurb (save for literally the five-word sentence, "On 13 May 2025, Goïta dissolves all political parties" in the Goita article). There needs to be a valid target article which will be bolded. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 20:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on notability, but it needs to at least have an article before being posted. NewishIdeas (talk) 20:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment a standalone article is not a requirement for ITN, just that there is an updated article. Per WP:ITNUPDATE,
the decision as to when an article is updated enough is subjective, but a five-sentence update (with at minimum three references, not counting duplicates) is generally more than sufficient, while a one-sentence update is highly questionable.
Natg 19 (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC) - Comment According to One-party state, Mali has been here before from 1960–68 and 1976-91. The current junta was already failing to hold elections and this decree is an extension of its tyranny. Andrew🐉(talk) 22:12, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: this sounds significant, but there's no prose description of these events in any of the linked articles, so nothing for us to assess. If it's an update to an existing article, there needs to be at least a full paragraph of referenced prose describing the events, supported by references. If it's a new article, more like three paragraphs to avoid being a stub. Articles should be updated before making an ITN nomination. Modest Genius talk 11:30, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on notability and quality, I added a two-paragraph section (List of political parties in Mali#Dissolution) detailing the context and the changes themselves. I hope this is enough of an update for posting. The orange tag is still a bit of an issue, although it doesn't pertain to the updated section. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 09:37, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Richard Garwin
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by Sunshineisles2 (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 physicist. Sunshineisles2 (talk) 16:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wait Odd extended quote from a book that I am not knowledgeable enough to correct. Bremps... 03:05, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted blurb) Blurb/RD: José Mujica
[edit]Recent deaths nomination
Blurb: Former president of Uruguay José Mujica (pictured) dies at the age of 89. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters
Credits:
- Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (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.
Nominator's comments: Influential former President of Uruguay, arguably an influential South American politician in the 2010s. International obits already being published. Article in decent shape. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:46, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as RD: The article is in good shape, but he's not big enough for a blurb. He's nowhere near the international significance of Pope Francis, a recent death that merited a blurb. Cambalachero (talk) 19:53, 13 May 2025 (UTC)- Support blurb Big enough. A major political figure in Latin America, called the "poorest president in the world". ArionStar (talk) 20:32, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb Article looks good. Major political figure in his region as well as his nation. Passed several major reforms in Uruguay during his tenure. Ornithoptera (talk) 21:01, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb Notable enough for blurb. Sahaib (talk) 21:30, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb Notable enough; he was a major political figure in Latin America. Cocu15 (talk) 21:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb A household name for people around the world, especially due to his humility. I've heard his name many times in sermons and motivational seminars. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 22:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- For those recommending a blurb, the article is very weak in explaining how he merits being considered a major figure. There are details scattered around but there should be a dedicated section that a reader can immediately be drawn to to understand that. Obits now may be able to flesh that out. Otherwise as it stands, I am not convinced he was a major figure to qualify for a blurb, as just being a former leader is not sufficient for that. Masem (t) 22:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is this a comment or was this supposed to be a "Support RD"? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:53, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- For all purpose, yes, the basic RD support is there as the normal quality is met. I just don't like that to a reader coming to the page that his significance as a major figure is something not glaring clear and instead diluted through the article. Masem (t) 13:50, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is this a comment or was this supposed to be a "Support RD"? Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:53, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb You may have to read the whole article to kind of understand the influence, but I don't feel that (if an "impact and legacy"-esque section doesn't evolve naturally, which it might, especially with obits) we should be summarising articles within themselves just so people clicking through from the main page don't have to read the whole thing. Kingsif (talk) 22:38, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb. The article is in good condition; it only has one citation needed tag. Flibirigit (talk) 01:09, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support blurb - Notable indeed and worthy of a blurb. Article could be more comprehensive but is good enough at this time for the Front page, in my view. Decently written and cited. Jusdafax (talk) 01:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted blurb, but image protection still hasn't kicked in after 30 minutes. Schwede66 04:32, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Pull, consensus is that old politicians dying when they are out of office shouldn't get blurbs. Also, this discussion wasn't given enough time for editors to weigh in. Abductive (reasoning) 09:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- There is no such consensus. Jiang Zemin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Benito Aquino, George Bush, Sr., even Henry Kissinger who was not head of state, former Greece King, all got posted. Probably there were even more whom I can't remember immediately. BilboBeggins (talk) 09:58, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Please provide the link on the claimed consensus and/or the discussion that led to it Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:43, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support RD only as not notable enough for a blurb. Shocked that a blurb was posted less than eight hours after nomination. Celjski Grad (talk) 09:50, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Post-posting support blurb. Seems notable and famous enough for posting, 84 wiki pages. BilboBeggins (talk) 09:55, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Post-posting support blurb - Mujica's death made the BBC News homepage, which strongly suggests to me that his significance is more than merely local or regional. GenevieveDEon (talk) 12:40, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: I still have not seen, in the article, in this discussion, or in news articles themselves, anything that makes him so internationally significant to deserve a blurb rather than just a RD. Significant, yes: he was a president, he was popular in his home country, he did some stuff as president, he held diplomatic relations with his neighbors, some people said nice things about him... but what else? And with all due respect to Uruguay, he's not even the president of a significant country, such as those in the G20. Cambalachero (talk) 13:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- I guess nickname the world's poorest president makes him standout. BilboBeggins (talk) 15:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- A nickname? Big deal. All presidents have one. Again, what else? Cambalachero (talk) 15:53, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- I guess nickname the world's poorest president makes him standout. BilboBeggins (talk) 15:14, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose pull This is not big news -- only 36K views yesterday -- but he's an interesting subject. And the priority for me is keeping ITN fresh. The blurb which would be reinstated is the Kentucky Derby. That was already over a week stale and it would be disrespectful to pull this for a horse race. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- The Uruguayan government held three days of national mourning between May 14th and May 16th, and his state funeral, which included a funeral procession. 2409:4085:2D8F:5433:8088:B9F6:A745:64AE (talk) 13:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- That doesn't seem a strong argument. There are always new news stories, ITN is always "fresh". Cambalachero (talk) 13:52, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- The previous blurb was the Pope and that was 6 days ago. That's not "fresh". Andrew🐉(talk) 14:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- We can't force news to happen. Most of the major stories going on are either tied to existing ongoing or related to politics, which we have termined are not great ITN without clear sign of a larger impact (like the tariffs and trade war onset). Eg the media is obsessed with Trump taking the plane from Qatar but that's not really ITN material. Masem (t) 14:40, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- And yet you support a blurb about the death of a politician, and my request of clarifications about his impact is still unanswered. Cambalachero (talk) 14:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- No, Masem did not. BilboBeggins (talk) 15:11, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- To be clear I didn't support posting in its current state - it should be crystal clear of someone's impact or legacy from sourced content in at least a few paragraphs within the article. I think there was some potential for that in this case but as of now the reader has to read through and pick that up from disparate parts of the article to see that. Masem (t) 17:04, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- No, Masem did not. BilboBeggins (talk) 15:11, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- News is always happening, the news that passes through the gatekeeping of ITNC however is less regular. nableezy - 17:20, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- And yet you support a blurb about the death of a politician, and my request of clarifications about his impact is still unanswered. Cambalachero (talk) 14:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- There's usually plenty of news. To confirm this just look at the Portal:Current events links – this day's has over 10 bullet points. The portal is productive because it doesn't have the same level of obstructive gatekeeping as ITN. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- That portal doesn't have to worry about article quality. Masem (t) 16:15, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- The new Pope was posted in just an hour at ITN while his article was the subject of intense activity of very variable quality. Speed was obviously the priority in that case; not quality. Andrew🐉(talk) 18:58, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- That portal doesn't have to worry about article quality. Masem (t) 16:15, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- We can't force news to happen. Most of the major stories going on are either tied to existing ongoing or related to politics, which we have termined are not great ITN without clear sign of a larger impact (like the tariffs and trade war onset). Eg the media is obsessed with Trump taking the plane from Qatar but that's not really ITN material. Masem (t) 14:40, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- The previous blurb was the Pope and that was 6 days ago. That's not "fresh". Andrew🐉(talk) 14:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Post-posting support to counteract those trying to pull. I think he is significant enough to keep the blurb. --SpectralIon 16:38, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- An explanation of why you think he's so significant would be more useful than a mere vote. I would have no problem to change to support if someone bothered to point some significant impact of his presidency that I may have overlooked. Cambalachero (talk) 17:43, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- His govt legalized abortion, legalized marijuana, legalized same-sex marriage -- all in Catholic Latin America. I've just added a paragraph on those progressive policies (and others) to the intro in the hope of underscoring his impact (they were all in there but, yes, somewhat dispersed). Moscow Mule (talk) 06:02, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- All that seems a bit too little and inconsequential to me (in Argentina, Alfonsín sent the heads of the military junta to trial, Menem and Milei solved two hyperinflation processes; that's a bit more of an impact than just getting some people to raise hands and pass a bill), but I can see why readers with lower standards would think that's important. Changed to support the blurb. Cambalachero (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- The readership spiked high enough to put the subject in the top 10 for yesterday – up there with the Pope and Pete Rose. This is evidence that the story has generated good coverage and interest. If it works, don't fix it. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, posting an article at the top of Wikipedia's front page will send large amounts of traffic to that article. Is that what you're saying? Celjski Grad (talk) 10:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Only some of those views will come from ITN. For example, most of the views come from the mobile view, not the desktop view and ITN is not at the top of that – it's way down below DYK. But either way, attracting lots of readers is a good thing. The staler topics at ITN like Merz or the snooker, are getting comparatively few readers now. ITN should feature fresh content about topics which are currently in the news. Stale stuff which has been run for a week or more doesn't work so well. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:50, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, posting an article at the top of Wikipedia's front page will send large amounts of traffic to that article. Is that what you're saying? Celjski Grad (talk) 10:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- His govt legalized abortion, legalized marijuana, legalized same-sex marriage -- all in Catholic Latin America. I've just added a paragraph on those progressive policies (and others) to the intro in the hope of underscoring his impact (they were all in there but, yes, somewhat dispersed). Moscow Mule (talk) 06:02, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Post-posting support blurb Notable figure in Latin American politics. Bedivere (talk) 17:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Kit Bond
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://governor.mo.gov/press-releases/archive/governor-kehoe-statement-passing-former-us-senator-and-governor-christopher
Credits:
- Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk · give credit)
- Updated by FF2007TV (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.
Nominator's comments: American politician. Article needs some citations. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose still needs work on some of the uncited statements Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 08:24, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Soft support/almost ready I think the article is actually generally well-referenced, with two exceptions: (1) the committee assignments subsection is unreferenced and (2) the electoral results section is unreferenced. I can try to work on that later today or tomorrow, if it is still unresolved. In any event, that information is certainly publicly available, and I think the article is close to ready. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:47, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Eddie Marzuki Nalapraya
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://news.detik.com/berita/d-7912252/eks-wagub-jakarta-eddie-nalapraya-meninggal-pramono-rano-melayat
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by Jeromi Mikhael (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: Former Jakarta deputy governor Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 08:55, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is well-sourced and of sufficient quality for ITN. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 11:48, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support article is fine. Sahaib (talk) 11:58, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Soft oppose I have orange-tagged one of the sections for NPOV issues - it uses language that borders on outwardly promotional. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Closed) Executive Order on Prescription Drug Pricing to Americans
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Blurb: Donald J Trump revives executive order for most favored nation drug pricing (Post)
News source(s): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Absolutely not, and this shouldn't even have an article. It's a big nothingburger. As of yet, it's just a direction to agencies to request things. If it were a mandate, it would almost certainly be overturned in the courts. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez | me | talk to me! 05:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
May 12
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May 12, 2025
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Albanian parliamentary election
[edit]Blurb: The Socialist Party led by current Prime Minister Edi Rama (pictured) wins an ouright majority in the Albanian parliamentary election. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:
- Nominated by Abcmaxx (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: Preliminary results are in and looks like a foregone conclusion. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:29, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support national elections are ITN/R This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 02:43, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support ITN/R and article looks good Czarking0 (talk) 05:06, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose on quality as there are multiple issues with the article. Firstly, there are swathes of unreferenced text. Secondly, the 'Results' section has no prose. Thirdly, the 'Results by county' sub-section contains an empty table. Fourthly, there is nothing about the post-election reactions from politicians and observers. The article has way to go before posting.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:06, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose on quality as there's a lot of unreferenced text and no prose in the Results section. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 12:28, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose - It's proven to be a rigged unfair election anyway with lots of new scandalous updates still coming out. Matete Plays (talk) 12:35, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not ready. The material in the article seems fine, though could do with some copyediting. However, there is no prose whatsoever in the 'results' section or explaining the outcome, and the 'Results by county' table is empty. That needs to be filled out and at least a full paragraph of referenced prose added to the results section. Modest Genius talk 12:39, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: Sharpe James
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:
- Nominated by Thriley (talk · give credit)
- Updated by Rexxx7777 (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 politician. Former mayor of Newark, New Jersey Thriley (talk) 17:24, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is ok. Grimes2 04:23, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Article is well-referenced, no tags. Jusdafax (talk) 14:23, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Good article with abundant references. Tagging ready. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:44, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted to RD. SpencerT•C 05:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Closed) China–United States trade war de-escalation
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Blurb: China and the USA make mutual tariff reductions to de-escalate their trade war. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, NYT
Credits:
- Nominated by Andrew Davidson (talk · give credit)
- Oppose, anything that this White House does is prone to massive and total reversals at the drop of a hat, so there’s no real point in posting anything policy-wise that they announce short of a declaration of war or launching an internal self-coup. RPH (talk) 11:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Its a 90 day pause. Not yet permanent. And unlike a combat situation ceasefire where we can tell if things are changed immediately, the impact of a pause in overseas trade will take weeks to see. Masem (t) 12:00, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose per Masem. TwistedAxe [contact] 14:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Good faith, but tariff rates from this administration are too volatile for us to post something like a temporary reduction to massive tariffs that he himself put in place just a few weeks ago. A few months from now, the massive tariffs on not only China but also the entire rest of the world will all be unpaused, and who knows whether he'll keep them, scrap them all permanently, or raise them even higher. Vanilla Wizard 💙 14:43, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. We can't post every change in tariffs that Trump introduces / cancels / changes after a few days, especially in deals with individual countries. A lot of the US-UK tariffs were just removed or reduced by a new deal a few days ago, and I wouldn't expect that to be in ITN. Besides, this is removing a barrier that Trump himself introduced just a few weeks ago; it's performative politics designed to generate headlines not make sensible economic policy. Modest Genius talk 14:56, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose This might meet WP:TRUMPHATE and not everything trump does deserves to be put on ITN, only something really outrageous and will have reprecussions might be considered for ITN. 2606:9400:98A0:92A0:F0CF:3A91:769A:29BB (talk) 17:56, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose - given the track record so far, what comes up must go down. EF5 17:58, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) End of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
[edit]Blurb: The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces it will disband, ending its insurgency against Turkey. (Post)
Alternative blurb: The Kurdistan Workers' Party declares the end of its 46-year insurgency in Turkey, announcing its intent to dissolve
News source(s): Bloomberg News, Guardian
Credits:
- Nominated by ElijahPepe (talk · give credit)
elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 06:48, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support, with either the insurgency or the Kurdistan Workers' Party as target articles. Historical and comparable to the dissolution of ETA, IRA, etc. Brandmeistertalk 08:19, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support with insurgency as target article. Proposed altblurb highlighting the length of the conflict. Insurgency "against Turkey" is a strange phrase. This post was made by orbitalbuzzsaw gang (talk) 08:55, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support The end of a major insurgency. ArionStar (talk) 13:44, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per above. TwistedAxe [contact] 13:54, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support huge development. Shadow4dark (talk) 14:00, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on notability Article is generally well-sourced, but may need a little clean-up. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 14:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support altblurb in principle, but the insurgency article needs more updates. This is a major step in a serious conflict. The article is generally good, but only the lead & infobox have been updated with the latest events. The '2025 ceasefire' section halts at March this year, with no explanation of the recent events. That needs sorting out, as does the table that is orange-tagged for original research. The article on the party is no better, with just one unreferenced sentence on the ceasefire and a huge copy-paste of the PKK statement, which is probably copyright infringement. Modest Genius talk 14:02, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- The article now has two sentences (with one reference) of updates, which still isn't sufficient. It shouldn't be hard to write a paragraph about this, given the numerous media reports that are available. Modest Genius talk 11:06, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per all above, but I concur to wait until Modest Genius' objections have been dealt with to post. Departure– (talk) 14:58, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per above. IDB.S (talk) 15:02, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose on quality About 5 or so unsourced paragraphs, one orange tagged section (which may not need to be tagged but one should check if the sources support the data in that tab) and some bad proseline in the latter third of the article. The item is significant enough for ITN, but quality is far from ready. Masem (t) 15:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support article looks decent with only slight cleanup needs Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:08, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support as a huge development in the conflict. Article could use some work but it looks good enough to post. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 19:04, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Orange tag is a show stopper. Masem (t) 19:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on notability,
oppose on qualitythe end of such a long insurgency is definitely notable enough for ITN, but agree with Masem that the orange tags need to be addressed. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 19:21, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on quality There are no more orange tags or CN tags, and the article has been significantly expanded. @Admins willing to post ITN: I change my vote and think this is ready. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:17, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support as it's an event with historical consequences. Martianmister (talk) 21:39, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support on significance and quality. There are a few inline citation needed tags, but no orange or red section tags, nor are any needed, so if I'm reading ITNCRIT correctly this is acceptable. For the humungous length of the article, it's in pretty decent shape sourcing-wise. Toadspike [Talk] 08:49, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wait Premature, it's an announcement but that is not formalized. 80.212.144.89 (talk) 14:30, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support End to a 46-year insurgency which killed tens of thousands of people.
- Admin comment I've gone through the article and either deleted or hidden all unreferenced content. I've also protected a suitable image ("Female PKK guerrillas pictured"). However, the article is too thin on updates; there are a mere two sentences in the body and nothing in the lead. From my perspective, once that's been amended, this could get posted. Schwede66 20:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support—A major, long-running insurgency that has had a long-term and often destabilizing effect on the nation of Turkey is coming to an end. This is very significant news, and very worthy of a blurb. I agree with the consensus that the altblurb is preferable. I haven't reviewed the article's quality, but support for a blurb is always contingent upon adequate sourcing. Kurtis (talk) 18:06, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Marked as Ready – Prevailing consensus to post, quality concerns have been met (a "2025 ceasefire" subsection has been created.) Hopefully this is not, yet again, a highly-notable event that gets forgotten to be posted. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 20:37, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Also added some more details and reactions. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 21:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted Stephen 03:53, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
May 11
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RD: Arjun Menon (coach)
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Straits Times
Credits:
- Nominated by Robertsky (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.
Nominator's comments: Singaporean cricket coach. Died violently in foreign land. – robertsky (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is long enough with no missing citations. Bremps... 18:38, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose barely more than a stub at 1400 characters. If this is all the information and sources about him, then also not convinced he's actually notable enough for an article, but that is a separate question. For now, WP:ITNQUALITY is not met. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:43, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- So.... is this a stub or not a stub? – robertsky (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support As of now article is about 1600 bytes of prose which is over the minimum required for DYK (and my personal benchmark), which is 1500. Short, yes, but it meets all requirements of citation, etc. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 01:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per HistoryTheorist. This is about the minimum length for us to post to RD; good enough IMHO. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:38, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Closed) 2024–25 Basketball Champions League Winner
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Blurb: Unicaja (pictured celebrating) wins the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.championsleague.basketball/en/news/final-four-mvp-carter-leads-unicaja-to-back-to-back-bcl-titles
Credits:
- Nominated by Mehman (talk · give credit)
- Updated by Erincoktem (talk · give credit)
Article updated
- How does this compare with EuroLeague, which is on WP:ITNR?—Bagumba (talk) 00:38, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- The best teams play on the Euroleague, but is on a franchise system just like NBA and what they had wanted to do with the soccer European Super League. This has clubs enter via merit but since the best clubs bypass this competition the level is lower than the Euroleague's. Howard the Duck (talk) 03:17, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose We don't even post non-ITN/R sports event
as well as do not have a target article. Moraljaya67 (talk) 04:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)- Neither of those are necessarily dealbreakers. There was consensus last month to post Ovechkin's goal record which isn't on ITNR, and there was no target article specifically dedicated to the event chronicled. Left guide (talk) 07:20, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- There is nothing that says a non ITNR sports event can't be posted, but one must show why, if that event is not at ITNR, its significance to be posted on its own for ITNC. Masem (t) 12:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. The top tier of European basketball is the Euroleague, which we already have on ITNR. Our article on the European professional club basketball system indicates that the Basketball Champions League is a less prestigious competition run by a different organisation. We already post at least three basketball competitions per year and I don't think this one is sufficiently impactful to include as well. Modest Genius talk 13:46, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose along what Modest Genius said
- Czarking0 (talk) 04:51, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose both on significance (as highlighted above) and also article quality (no decent prose text). Joseph2302 (talk) 18:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Sabu
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Fox Sports Radio
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by The C of E (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Lebanese-American professional wrestler, pioneer of hardcore wrestling The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 17:10, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not ready: 31 CN tags are too much. MT(710) 15:30, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
May 10
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[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Telegraph
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: English "teenage founder of the Corydon Singers and commanding Covent Garden bass", as the 13 May obit says, - there wasn't much of an article until that came, finally. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:42, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is well-cited and described the subject in a great detail. Very good condition. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted to RD. SpencerT•C 03:59, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: William Luers
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:
- Nominated by Thriley (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Thriley (talk) 22:40, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is in a good condition; long enough. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 15:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Diplomatic career section is mostly a list of positions and could use additional depth. SpencerT•C 04:04, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Ready) RD: Azmun Jaafar
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.detik.com/sumut/berita/d-7907961/kabar-duka-bupati-pertama-pelalawan-wafat
Credits:
- Updated and nominated by Jeromi Mikhael (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Indonesian local politician. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 04:13, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Appropriate depth, AGF on offline references. Marking ready. SpencerT•C 04:03, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: Koyo Kouoh
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:
- Nominated by Abcmaxx (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Article in good shape. Abcmaxx (talk) 21:22, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support No issues. Grimes2 21:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- support article is in good shape already Lajmmoore (talk) 06:49, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support on notability: was due to become the first African person to curate the Venice Biennale. —cybertrip👽 ( 💬 • 📝) 14:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- This isn't a blurb nomination, but you're free to propose a blurb for this individual. Departure– (talk) 14:38, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted – Schwede66 03:44, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Bob Cowper
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/australian-cricket-bob-cowper-dies-age-84/105279410
Credits:
- Nominated by HiLo48 (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Australian Test cricketer HiLo48 (talk) 05:10, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support article looks good Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:08, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Unreferenced date and place of birth. Schwede66 03:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- It was NOT unreferenced. In fact, there is a note immediately following it that says "the source at the bottom of the infobox deals with this", which it does. However, to make it more obvious, I've added a source direct to the birth date and place. HiLo48 (talk) 08:52, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment The block quote in the last section is unreferenced. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:40, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- I have removed the unsourced content. It added nothing to the article. HiLo48 (talk) 00:24, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Closed) Kosmos-482
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Blurb: A 1970s failed Venus probe from the Soviet Union named "Kosmos 482" re-enters the earth's atmosphere, landing west of the island of Java in the Indian Ocean. (Post)
Alternative blurb: Kosmos 482 lands in a part of the Indian Ocean, west of the city of Jakarta, Indonesia, after losing its tracking over Germany.
Alternative blurb II: A failed Venus probe enters the earth's atmosphere over India, landing west of Jakarta, Indonesia, in the eastern Indian Ocean
News source(s): (NBC News) (Live Science) (European Space Agency) (AP News)
Credits:
- Nominated by 2606:9400:98A0:92A0:C4D9:BD2C:F4D8:E357 (talk · give credit)
- Created by Smoth 007 (talk · give credit)
- Comment Blurb should probably contain the words "Venus", "Soviet", and possibly "1970s". Nfitz (talk) 15:36, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Strong oppose as apparently unimportant. Departure– (talk) 20:23, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose I personally think it's really cool that a failed 50 year old probe just reentered the atmosphere, but in reality, it just crashed harmlessly into the ocean. I'd say this is good faith, but it's not very important, nor did it have an effect on anything. qw3rty 22:04, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support original blurb Interesting event getting coverage that would help diversify ITN. An argument could be made that this is DYK and not ITN but I would personally like to see this posted. The article is in good shape. I also fixed the grammar of the original blurb. --SpectralIon 03:54, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Needs work It seems that the location is based on estimates rather than observation and different authorities have different theories. See Location After Reentry Baffling Watchers. The article likewise says that the location is not confirmed. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:11, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Misleading blurbs The alt blurbs read as if the probe landed sofly somewhere on the island of Java, near Jakarta. The original blurb sounds more correct, although too wordy. Besides that, weak oppose in terms of notability - no damage and no injuries; besides, space junk crashes frequently on Earth. Khuft (talk) 13:55, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose on quality. The article really glosses over how this mission failed. Its interesting about it finally reentering the atmosphere and crash, but the article needs to properly reflect the whole mission. Masem (t) 17:34, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Per Atmospheric entry#Uncontrolled and unprotected entries stuff enters the atmosphere every day. While this is more significant then most space garage, it is not significant enough to be worth mentioning. Perhaps If the lander was found, but it was not and probably will not be. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:12, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- we have the technology to go underwater, we might be able to find it Shaneapickle (talk) 21:17, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- strong support If launches are important and posted, so is the other side.Sportsnut24 (talk) 06:46, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- ITN does not post every space launch. Modest Genius talk 13:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose. It came down roughly when predicted and fell into the ocean. There was no damage and no hardware has been recovered. This was a mildly diverting story for a few days, but will quickly be forgotten. This would make a nice DYK if the article can be sufficiently expanded (or brought to GA standard), but it's not significant enough for an ITN blurb. Modest Genius talk 13:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose One probe not a significant dent on this lot? And no significant dent on anything when it landed... Martinevans123 (talk) 13:55, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose This would be a good DYK, but isn't significant enough to be ITN. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 14:05, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- It's been over a week since creation so unless we can get this article to 70,000 bytes within the next few days (current size 17,000 bytes) or to GA quality it won't find itself at DYK. Departure– (talk) 14:07, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Snow close Not going to be posted. Bremps... 21:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
India–Pakistan ceasefire
[edit]Blurb: India and Pakistan agree to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of conflict. (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:
- Nominated by Johndavies837 (talk · give credit)
Nominator's comments: Conflict appears to have ended. Full ceasefire. Johndavies837 (talk) 13:36, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Should be correct according to multiple sources Anonymous Anon Human (talk) 13:48, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Seriously? Support. Wasn't expecting a ceasefire after just a few days, but y'know. — EF5 13:55, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support, Gandhi can break his fast. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:04, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose on the quality issue raised in the last related nomination, in that there were at least five separate articles covering this one flare-up and rife with POV issues. Significance of this is ITN-worthy but we need these articles sorted out first. Masem (t) 14:23, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is there a reason why we can't merge 2025 India–Pakistan standoff with 2025 India–Pakistan conflict? Besides a few days between them they largely cover the same ground. DecafPotato (talk) 14:34, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- There's also 2025 India–Pakistan air engagements, that's almost completely devoid of content, other than 2 or 3 sentences in the lead, that aren't discussed in the actual article. Nfitz (talk) 15:31, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is there a reason why we can't merge 2025 India–Pakistan standoff with 2025 India–Pakistan conflict? Besides a few days between them they largely cover the same ground. DecafPotato (talk) 14:34, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose we keep posting the same, relatively minor, story. The cease-fire line, and the occasional skirmish, are over 75-years old. Notwithstanding that, the articles are a hot mess; why there's actually
23 articles I don't know. Nfitz (talk) 15:20, 10 May 2025 (UTC)- 2 nuclear powers lobbing missiles at each other's major population centers is minor? 2A00:23C8:B00:AD01:D47A:F13F:748C:E4DE (talk) 15:57, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose per Nfitz :2606:9400:98A0:92A0:C4D9:BD2C:F4D8:E357 (talk) 15:31, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wait Reports indicate that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire, which could lead to a resumption of hostilities.--9ninety (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose As per Nfitz, article quality is not sufficient for ITN. Also, the ceasefire has seemingly ceased. [1] --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose, it has been broken. History6042😊 (Contact me) 01:03, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support on notability, as the sole blurb needed for the conflict as the previous one was pulled per ERRORS. The ceasefire's shaky, yes, but per Al-Jazeera the ceasefire has been agreed to by both sides and the "explosions" appear routine and nothing's happened since then; this is akin to what Israel calls a ceasefire, and most of us rightfully have no problem posting those on their own merits. Oppose on quality, as the article that should be the target, 2025 India–Pakistan conflict, still has two orange tags. Departure– (talk) 01:22, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Reports indicate that both countries have already violated the ceasefire. This makes it about as credible as any ceasefire Israel makes. --SpectralIon 03:56, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Wait – More recent news indicates that the ceasefire still holds despite several violations (per CNN [2]), but those violations and wording from Indian officials indicate that the ceasefire is shaky at best. ArkHyena (they/any) 11:28, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
- Snow close Too many "oppose" votes. Bremps... 21:19, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- The opposition isn't all on notability, though. Departure– (talk) 21:55, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
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[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Times
Credits:
- Nominated by Thriley (talk · give credit)
- Updated by Psammeticus (talk · give credit) and Секретное общество (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: British mercenary and officer in the SAS. Death announced 9 May. Thriley (talk) 18:01, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is in good condition and sourcing is complete. Suggesting this to be posted as soon as possible before it is swallowed by the inevitable archiving bot. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- It looks good but a ref is missing at the end of the "Military" section. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:45, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- I think it has been added by now. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:53, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- I added the cite. Looks ready now. Thriley (talk) 14:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support if still needed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article looks good with no major issues. What an interesting guy. Flyingfishee (talk) 20:31, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted Stephen 00:10, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: Tom Farmer
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC News
Credits:
- Nominated by Sahaib (talk · give credit)
- Updated by Tj7755 (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Scottish businessman. Sahaib (talk) 10:17, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support article looks good Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:09, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- Unreferenced date and place of birth. Schwede66 03:35, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Schwede66: done. Sahaib (talk) 08:49, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is in good condition and sourcing is complete. Suggesting this to be posted as soon as possible before it is swallowed by the inevitable archiving bot. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Good comprehensive article. @Admins willing to post ITN: can we post this now please? Abcmaxx (talk) 14:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted – Schwede66 18:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: Margot Friedländer
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deutsche Welle
Credits:
- Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)
- Created by Fieryninja (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Holocaust survivor who was active as a public speaker in not forgetting, died at age 103. The article looks good and I am surprised that nobody brought it here yet. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:51, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - I see no issues. Sourcing is ok.--BabbaQ (talk) 07:47, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Well-written and sourced. Jusdafax (talk) 09:10, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Interesting person. B class article with no issues. Grimes2 14:42, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted – Schwede66 23:21, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
RD: Peter Morwood
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://locusmag.com/2025/05/peter-morwood-1956-2025/
Credits:
- Nominated by Tacticnerd (talk · give credit)
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Prolific fantasy novelist and screenwriter. Tacticnerd (talk) 19:43, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Needs some work on the Bibliography part. Suggesting Tacticnerd to work it on in order for it to be posted for the mainpage. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:25, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose The entire bibliography section is completely unreferenced. To be frank, I think the article would be in a post-worthy state (even if bordering on a stub) if that section were completely removed. The entire biography section is otherwise well-cited. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:42, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: Douglas Gibson
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.enca.com/news-top-stories/da-veteran-douglas-gibson-dies-aged-82
Credits:
- Nominated by Lefcentreright (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: South African lawyer, politician and diplomat. Died today. Lefcentreright Discuss 16:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is in good condition and sourcing is complete. Suggesting this to be posted as soon as possible before it is swallowed by the inevitable archiving bot. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 10:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per Jeromi Mikhael and pinging @Admins willing to post ITN: to avoid this getting missed. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 23:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted Stephen 00:00, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
(Posted) RD: David Souter
[edit]Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:
- Nominated by P1 (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: US Supreme Court Justice P1(she/her, talk/contribs) 13:21, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support No CNs or maintenance tags; has been reported by NPR and the NYT. pbp 16:00, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support Article is in good shape, no CNs and definitely more than adequate length. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 01:09, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support, hopefully will be added soon. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:12, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per above supports, ready to post. Jusdafax (talk) 01:35, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support per above. RIP. Davey2116 (talk) 03:59, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Sourcing looks good. Good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 07:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Posted – Schwede66 23:18, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
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