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Thumbs up. I am still usure of this page's procedures, but this seems pretty significant at this moment. Here is an [
article].
Thumbs down. It's normal for a leader to transfer power if he has surgery. Unless the transfer turns permanent (ie. Castro dies), I don't think it's worthy.
Preston 03:01, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Well, this is Cuba - a world-famous player. Also, the implications of an illness of a world leader at 80 are very serious. This is especially true in Cuba, where many believe the whole regime depends on the power of a single person - a seriously ill one. No matter what happens next, there are great chances that this moment will be considered the beginning of the end of Fidel. --
Cryout 03:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with Cryout. (Er, Thumb's up.)
Johndodd 06:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree completely too. There is a chance that this moment will be considered the beginning of the end of Fidel. And as soon as something happens to signify that this moment will be such, I'll support it's inclusion. If he dies, is his surgery goes wrong, if his brother indicates that he doesn't intend to give power back, etc. There's a chance this could be very big in the near future. Key words, chance, could, and future.
Preston 07:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with Preston.--
Peta 03:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Change "carrier, Graf Zeppelin" to "carrier. It was named after the Graf Zeppelin," because the airship Graf Zeppelin is famous; the carrier is not. In fact, the word zeppelin in English means big airship, because there used to be so many of them. 155 zeppelins were built in Germany between 1900 and 1919. Graf Zeppelin flew from one airport to another around the world for the first time in 1929.--
Chuck Marean 16:52, 30 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Actually, both the aircraft carrier and the airships were named after pioneer aviator
Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The ITN blurb has been revised to mention the
German Navy at the time. It should be obvious now that it's not about an airship. --
PFHLai 00:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)reply
The Israeli-Lebanese conflict should go back to the top of the news section after Qana bombings. I suggest something like that :"
Israeli forces attack Qana, as part of the
2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict killing 57 civilians."--
Wedian 13:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)reply
This is, since last night (I think), the second item from the top, instead of the bottom-most item. The blurb now mentions Qana. Hope this is good enough. --
PFHLai 22:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Something on the heatwaves would be good (90 dead in California, 60+ in France), it probably doesn't need an article of its own though.--
Peta 05:30, 28 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I suggest including a time frame in the blurb. --
PFHLai 05:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I am uncomfortable with "kill more than 150 people" without qualifying when and where. Also, I can't find the "150" number in either articles.Posted a shorter version, anyway. --
PFHLai 15:54, 29 July 2006 (UTC)reply
An ancient
Irishmanuscript described by
Pat Wallace, the director of the
National Museum of Ireland, as being of "staggering significance' has been found in a bog in the Irish midlands by a farmer. Dr. Bernard Meehan of
Trinity College Dublin was astounded at the discovery, "I only heard about this yesterday, and since then I've been trying to come to terms with it. I cannot think of a parallel anywhere . . . What we have here is a really spectacular, completely unexpected find.' It is estimated that it could be between 1,000 and 1,200-years-old and unashamedly ecstatic staff at the
museum said yesterday its discovery was an Irish equivalent to that of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
El Gringo 11:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Fascinating but is there an updated article? --
Golbez 15:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)reply
It is
here. It is quite short at the moment, but maybe putting it on the front page would help it? Maybe wording like "A 1200 year old manuscript provisionally called the Irish Psalter is found in an
Irish bog"?
Batmanand |
Talk 21:54, 26 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Posted. (Have been waiting for the article to grow.) --
PFHLai 14:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Creditors decide to bankrupt
Russianoil producing company Yukos after rejecting a financial restructuring plan.
Errabee 10:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Not sure this qualifies for ITN. Seems like local business news to me. The fight between the management and the Russian government was big news, but not anymore. --
PFHLai 14:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)reply
The Doha round of the
WTO global trade talks suffered a major setback, when negotiators of the
U.S. and the
European Union failed to reach an agreement on reducing farming subsidies and lowering import taxes.
Errabee 12:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I think this is a major issue; can I suggest wording such as "The Doha round of the
WTO global trade talks are suspended in
Geneva, amid substantial disagreements over farming subsidies and import taxes between the
USA, the
EU and the
developing world".
Batmanand |
Talk 21:58, 24 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Fine by me.
Errabee 22:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Posted a while ago (not by me). --
PFHLai 14:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Heh heh. This has great potential to open a huge debate as to what sporting events get put up. --
Golbez 05:10, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Lol, I'm just hoping against hope, of course this is a professional league a la NBA (which is also a national-based league), but whatever. --HowardtheDuck 05:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I opine that no sport from any country should be included.--
Patchouli 08:30, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Even The Open Championships? --HowardtheDuck 09:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Does that mean the NBA (which is multinational) or NFL Europe (which is pan-European) are allowed, but Wimbledon and the Kentucky Derby are not? --
Golbez 14:29, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
OMG! The Super Bowl won't be there too?! They're all American teams, right? --HowardtheDuck 14:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I dunno, Texas is a whole 'nother country. --
Golbez 14:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
LOL. But is my news piece ever gonna be posted at the main page? Can an admin answer this? --HowardtheDuck 15:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
I'm an admin but I want to see how others handle this. :) --
Golbez 15:05, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
We've been bombarded by European and American-centric sports news already (was the
African Nations Cup ever added at the ITN?). Perhaps an Asian sports news should be added. Even the
Japan Series should be added or the
AFC Champions League (when it is concluded). --HowardtheDuck 15:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Here's an idea. The recent Main Page redesign has given us more room for ITN, shown by the larger number of stories it's handling. Why not split out two sections - Recent notable deaths, and recent sporting championships? Not news, just championships. Right now, ITN has five rather long stories, and it could easily support 7 or 8 shorter ones. How about we confine ITN to 4 or 5 shorter stories, grant one of these to the most recent major sporting championship, and one of these to the most recent major death? Or just ignore the death thing for now. --
Golbez 17:21, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
My opinion: No sports please. Neither ballet nor bodybuilding.--
Patchouli 16:45, 23 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Well, the 2006 Tour de France was there. Maybe some admin can expand it a little bit. --HowardtheDuck 16:47, 23 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Not posted because Phillipino Basketball is not at the top level of basketball in the world. For this sport, I would only consider the
NBA Finals and the
FIBA Men's World Championship, the only two tourney with a worldwide following that I can think of. --
PFHLai 05:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks, that finally settles it. And for the record it's Filipino. --HowardtheDuck 15:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks for pointing out my sloppy spelling. BTW, my comment above was by no means a final editorial decision on sports-related news, it was just my personal criteria as a "licensed editor" of ITN. There will be circumstances when news other than world championships may be considered. One example I can think of is a Japanese import in the USA breaking a 85-year baseball record the year before. That was on ITN for a couple of days, I think. And then there are days when we have several other bigger news stories available to choose from, we leave out the sports items due to lack of space. I hope people don't get too upset when their suggestions don't get picked for the MainPage. --
PFHLai 15:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)reply
OK. Although I expected already that this won't be at the Main Page. But sporting events in the ITN are grossly North American/European centric. I won't be surprised if
Euroleague makes it there. ITN must be diverse too. --HowardtheDuck 09:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Agree that sporting events in the ITN are grossly North American/European-centric, which probably reflects how successful the professional leagues have been in marketing their sport around the world. I was quite happy to see some rugby news on ITN about some championship game between teams from New Zealand and South Africa a few months ago. Hopefully, we'll see more things like
African Cup of Nations and the
Asian Games on ITN. Large-scale, high-profile international sports events should be included, provided that Wikipedia has the contents to feature. --
PFHLai 16:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Now I'm wondering if the
Asian Games, the second largest multi-sporting event in the world, in terms of population, would have the same status given to the
Commonwealth Games. Oh well, we can only dream (lol). --HowardtheDuck 11:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)reply
IMO, yes, as long as Wikipedia has the relevant contents available to feature. This would include pages on the various events and the winning athletes. However, ITN should not be used as a scoreboard for the
2006 Asian Games. --
PFHLai 15:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)reply
We really need policy on this kinda stuff.--
HamedogTalk|@ 15:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)reply
The reason this makes a good current event is that it is affecting millions, and gets proportionately little coverage as a natural disaster. It will likely persist for days to come. As explained in the
Chicago Heat Wave of 1995 and
heat wave articles and scholarship done on that disaster, the loss of human life in hot spells in summer exceeds that caused by all other weather events combined, including lightning, rain, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Wikipedia should endeavor to avoid this historical news bias.
Castellanet 02:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Surely this should be added. Weather events are not just confined to hurricanes. --HowardtheDuck 08:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)reply
President George W. Bush vetoes the stem cell bill that came before him,adding to the already controversial stem cell controversy. This is also the first veto of his 6 years in office. Many political leaders, such as
Bill Frist and
Nancy Reagan have expressed opposition to his veto.--
Chili14 22:48, 19 July 2006 (UTC)reply
British
Police will not be prosecuted for killing Jean Charles de Menezes in the
London bombing investigations. Police kill innocent people all the time, but this has signficant international media coverage - and the decision was criticised by Brazil.--
Peta 04:17, 18 July 2006 (UTC)reply
The topic may be good, but the
Jean Charles de Menezes article carries an {{unreferenced-section}} tag. Let's avoid featuring problem articles on MainPage. Anyway, if we are posting this, a link to
Crown Prosecution Service is suggested, as these are the guys who decided not to prosecute. --
PFHLai 17:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)reply
On Wednesday, July 12,
Darryl Sutter stepped down as the Calgary Flames head coach. The reason for stepping down is because Sutter said it was difficult to do both the GM and head coaching duties.
Sutter and the Flames compiled a 46-25-11 record this past season for third spot in the Western Conference.
Sutter compiled Sutter compiled a 107-73-26 record in two plus seasons behind the bench of the Flames. The new coach of the Flames is
Jim Playfair.
Mr. C.C. 06:08, 14 July 2006 (UTC)reply
IMO, this is not "major" enough to get on ITN. And, this is somewhat old news now. --
PFHLai 22:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)reply
2006 Tour de France continues - one of the worlds great spectacles, dont see why it is not in this section when Wimbledon that finished 4 days ago still is. (
dark horse 03:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC))reply
ITN on Wikipedia's MainPage is not a news service, but a section to feature encyclopedic articles updated with recent news. 2006 Tour de France is not done yet. Nothing to feature yet. Let's wait till we have a winner and try again. Wimbledon is still there because we don't have newer items to displace it yet. Hopefully, we will soon. --
PFHLai 05:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Is this guy as least as notable as
Bono? His article probably needs a massive expansion to convince admins not familiar with Irish music. --
64.229.228.236 16:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)reply
As many as 150 may have died in the crash of an
S7 AirlinesAirbus A310 in
Irkutsk,
Russia.
Daniel Case 04:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC) (OK, it's kind of sloppy but other people will improve it and rename it when we know the flight number).reply
Already posted. (not by me) --
PFHLai 19:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)reply
One teen sent a letter of appology to the Ottawa police while the other teen appologized to the legion, the veterans of Canada, and the citizens of Canada. A man has been identified as 23 year old Stephen Fernandes and was charged Friday with mischief for allegedly urinating on Canada's national war memorial.
All three urinated on Canada's war memorial on Canada day.
[2]Mr. C.C. 16:33, 8 July 2006 (UTC)reply
This is a unique story, but I don't think it falls under international interest.
joturner 16:34, 8 July 2006 (UTC)reply
And I don't think such bad behaviour of some drunk kids deserves any mention in an encyclopedia. --
PFHLai 19:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Two members of the Tongan royal family have been killed in a car accident in
San Francisco
ʻUluvalu Takeivūlai Tukuʻaho probably deserves his own article and get listed at
Recent deaths. But since he has little political power at the time of his death, this news is probably not significant enough to get onto ITN. --
PFHLai 23:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Posted a shorter version. --
PFHLai 23:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)reply
Three have been charged with trying to sell [Coca-Cola|Coke] secrets to Pepsi. Apparently one of the people involved was an employee with Coke. The three people were trying to sell Coca-Cola Co. recipe secrets to rival Pepis Co. Inc.
[3]Mr. C.C. 16:01, 7 July 2006 (UTC)reply
What updated article(s) in Wikipedia should be featured on MainPage ? --
PFHLai 23:31, 7 July 2006 (UTC)reply
North Korea launched two short range missiles, both of which landed in the Sea of Japan and a Taepodong-2 missile, however the third missile failed or was aborted in flight.
Crazynast 21:36, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
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Posted, albeit reworded as article indicates passenger service is underway. Crossing my fingers that using the words "China proper" doesn't provoke an international incident.
The Tom 18:36, 2 July 2006 (UTC)reply