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Template talk:In the news. Thanks.
Maybe when it's not a stub. --
Golbez 04:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)reply
Tried to update it as best I could, better now? Let's remember that putting it on the front page is the chief way to ensure people contribute to it :)
Sherurcij(
talk) (
bounties) 06:29, 1 January 2006 (UTC)reply
It's good enough now, popping it up. And I agree, but confronting people with a substub can also turn them off, "This is all they have? Feh." --
Golbez 23:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC)reply
Major political event with worldwide significance, underlining a slow but steady trend away from democracy in Russia.
(Washington Post). --
Edcolins 09:00, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
It seems there is no objection. I'll go ahead. --
Edcolins 12:02, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Added. I hope everything that needed to be protected is protected, and that the layout is okay. Please double-check and let me know. Thanks. --
Edcolins 12:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Posted. --
Golbez 19:00, 29 December 2005 (UTC)reply
A mass grave has been discovered in the predominantly
Shia city of
Karbala south of
Baghdad, Iraqi police said.
(BBC)
No updated article. --
Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The Free Aceh Movement disbands its military wing ending 30 years of violence in
Aceh.--
nixie 06:59, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
This is a good story, but we should really have more info in the article than there is in just the blurb.--
Pharos 07:49, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
There isn't much detail around, I have expanded the section slightly, mabye some time on the main page will help expand it further.--
nixie 08:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
OK, thanks; that's good enough for me. As long as a decent effort has been made to cover the basics.--
Pharos 08:38, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Memorial services around the world mark the one year anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake which killed approximately 275,000 people.
joturner 13:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)reply
A
gas attack takes place at an outlet of the Maksidom chain on Moskovsky Prospect in
Saint Petersburg,
Russia, leading to the hospitalization of numerous victims.
No updated article. --
Golbez 18:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I would say no, and the chat on Talk:ITN agrees with me. Doesn't fit the obit rules, not an internationally important death. --
Golbez 04:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The 2012 Summer Olympics may have been given to London by a voting error, a IOC senior reveals
(BBC)
IMO, not ITN worthy unless they're actually in the motions to possibly revoke London's having it. --
Golbez 21:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
AFAIK, they aren't Sceptre(Talk) 21:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Italian news agency says prosecutors issue arrest warrants for 22 purported CIA operatives in alleged kidnap of Egypt cleric (This is a breaking news story... more details to follow).
There has to be an updated article.--
Pharos 16:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Kaczyński takes the office of Polish president
Unless the event is particularly momentous (which doesn't seem to be the case here), we usually focus on election results rather than the starts of governmental terms.--
Pharos 16:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Much loved
ONE News presenter Judy Bailey read her last night of news today after
Television New Zealand announced it would not renew her contract. Once referred to as the "mother of the nation" she will be replaced by
Simon Dallow and
Wendy Petrie in January 2006.
This candidate for a news topic really isn't of interest to a world-wide encyclopedia, IMO.
Ian MankaQuestions? Talk to me! 06:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I think we really need an article update which is considerably more expansive than the blurb itself. Otherwise, our readers will only be disappointed by the click-through.--
Pharos 17:07, 23 December 2005 (UTC)reply
An article has to be updated, and I don't really think this events merits a serious update of any article.--
Pharos 17:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I was trying to find an article that could be updated, the best might be
Operation Telic? Zoe (
216.234.130.130 17:46, 22 December 2005 (UTC))reply
The thing is, that something like this doesn't really merit a substantial update to any encyclopedia article. Wikipedia's process doesn't mirror the nightly news; we have different standards as we're an encyclopedia rather than a news outlet. This type of thing is more appropriate for
Wikinews.--
Pharos 18:07, 22 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I strongly support this being added to the "In the News" section -- see Main Page talk page for commentary (
found here). This may be able to bump Sharon (now out of hospital) or Bolivia (too much election news on main page anyway)
Second Congo War to cost
Uganda billions after
World Court rules Uganda violated rights in the
DRC. ("War to cost Uganda billions"
[9]. "World Court rules Uganda violated rights in Congo"
[10]. Matches the current Featured Article on Main Page.)
Needs updated article. --
Golbez 20:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Added to 2nd Congo War. -
Xed 20:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The European Union has given the green light to Macedonia to become an EU candidate country. No date has been set for its accession talks though.
[11] --
Akira123323 08:17, 18 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The
US Senate rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the
USA PATRIOT Act. Supporters of the act were unable to receive the 60 votes needed to overcome a threatened filibuster by Senators
Russ Feingold and
Larry Craig; the final vote tally was 52-47.
[12]
I removed this, because the article had not been updated. I also note that there is no specific information there on any of the previous summits either.--
Pharos 20:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)reply
This still seems to me a bit premature to post, as the result is still very incomplete.--
Pharos 21:16, 15 December 2005 (UTC)reply
On second thought, we could use another story and I would support putting the election up under December 14 if the article is updated with preliminary results and we use a less decisive blurb; something like:
The upper resevoir burst at the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant in southeastern
Missouri sending a 20 foot crest of water down the
Black River. People are reported missing and three children are in critical condition.
If the fire at Hemel Hemstead qualifies, why can't this go on the main page ? --
64.229.44.47 22:40, 15 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Iraqi
Sunni politician Mizhar Dulaimi was shot dead while campaigning in
Ramadi. The previous night, he had appeared on television urging Sunnis to take part in the
general elections.
(BBC)
We need at the least for an article to be updated. His name is still a red link.--
Pharos 01:20, 15 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Stanley Williams, co-founder of the Crips, became the 12th person executed by the state of California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.
Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:07, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Already posted. (not by me) --
PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
An earthquake of
6.7 magnitude rocks Pakistan again, the earthquake is said to have originated from Afghanistan and tremros were felt all the way to New Delhi. Full details can be found on
USGS Earthquake Information website
Where is the updated article ? --
PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Would the new supporting articles suffice? --
Drawab
No, sorry, we need an article within Wikipedia, not in one of the sister projects. And since this earthquake has not done too much damage, there isn't much to write about, so I am not sure if there should be an encyclopedic article in Wikipedia for it. Thanks for the suggestion, though. --
PFHLai 07:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I like this candidate, but this is 2 days too early. While we wait, please take care of the {{copyedit}}-related problems on the
WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 page. Articles with known quality problems really should not be featured on the MainPage. Thanks. --
PFHLai 08:34, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
That's exactly why it was nominated in advance. :-) —
Instantnood 08:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I hope no one is expecting administrators who manage ITN to do the copyediting there. ^_^ Anyway, I've posted a link at
Current events under "Upcoming events". Hope this helps. --
PFHLai 09:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The article has in the past few days been edited by some university students. Different views have to be balanced by efforts of wikipedians from different parts of the world before it makes its way to be featured as ITN. :-) —
Instantnood 10:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Still waiting for the removal of the {{copyedit}}-tag. Would be nice if there is some mention of what happened at the opening. --
PFHLai 02:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Pamri, you are an admin. Are you asking for a peer review ? Hmm... I don't know. How about posting this on ITN when the name change takes effect ? I mean, after all the page moves are done ? --
PFHLai 07:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Gebran Tueni, a prominent
Lebaneseanti-Syrian member of parliament and managing editor of the leading liberal
An-Nahar newspaper, has been killed in a car bomb attack in
Beirut.
CG 12:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Already posted (not by me). --
PFHLai 07:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Looking at the current ITN entry, I don't think
Anti-Arab is entirely accurate, it seems almost misleading? For one, the article doesn't use the word arab once...--
Brendanfox 15:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)reply
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe officially raked in $65 million ($65,556,312) in the United States and $42 million world wide on its opening weekend alone. This making its release a vast $107 million all together. Disney has been in an economic slum lately, and this was the kind of profit they needed. These numbers are #2 on the December Opening Weekends of all time (right behind
Lord of the Rings:
the Return of the King and in front of the first two Lord of the Rings films. With this news, Disney has officially greenlit the second book in the series,
Prince Caspian to be made into a movie by 2007.
I'll pass on giving free advertising space for the hit movie. Maybe I should go and see it.... --
PFHLai 07:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)reply
A large
Hemel Hempstead Fuel Depot Explosions occured in the
UK near junction 8 of the M1 just after 6 am; with the blast heard and flames visible from more than 12 miles away. A fuel refinery/storage area seems to be the centre of the blast; with broken windows and damaged buildings more than 0.5 mile away. The cause is not known as yet although there was a report of an aircraft prior to the blast, casualties are unknown.
Already posted. (not by me) --
PFHLai 08:35, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Race Riots in Cronulla beach, a suburb of
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia. Anti-middle-eastern australians held a massive near-riot in retrebution for the bashing of
Lifesavers last saturday
I almost posted this on ITN. This was reported very widely. There definitely is an international interest. However, it's only a draw. The whole event in Leipzig was, IMO, designed and presented to generate publicity for the games next year. (Why was
Heidi Klum involved ?) As much as I'd like to see more well-done sports-related articles featured on the MainPage, I will have to pass this time. --
PFHLai 09:03, 11 December 2005 (UTC)reply
M&A transactions like this happen every day in the business world. Not sure how significant this is. And not sure if we really should help these big corporations in their advertising. I'll pass. Does any other admin want to post this ? --
PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)reply
This isn't even a real merger. It's a corporate "partnership" in Australia and New Zealand. Noone outside of Oceania will notice the difference in Yahoo!--
Pharos 17:16, 9 December 2005 (UTC)reply
This is just an election promise. Nothing has actually been done yet. I think we should wait till something is actually done. Where's the updated article, anyway ? --
PFHLai 17:12, 9 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Potential for disaster in Vanuatu, volcano predicted to erupt
Why is Saddam quote about the court being "agents of America" between quotation marks? Is it because Wikipedia is criticizing his quotes? If it is the fact, according to NPOV they should be removed.
CG 21:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)reply
NPOV isn't the question here. The fact is that Saddam did call the court agents of America, and the news item would be perfectly neutral without the quotes. However, since he used those exact words, the addition of the quotes serves simply to provide more information to the reader. They are not
scare quotes. —
Dan |
talk 21:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Wikipedia tightens up its submission guidelines in response to a scathing editorial written in
USA Today by
John Seigenthaler, a former president of the
American Society of Newspaper Editors. Seigenthaler was critical of the Wikipedia submission process, citing potentially slanderous articles allegedly linking him with the asssassination of both Kennedys, and anonymously edited into the Wikipedia article bearing his name.
(BBC)
A civil law suit resulting from the death of a 27 year old woman race riots that occured in 1969 in York, PA has been settled for $2 million (US).
[17] (See
List_of_subjects_investigated_by_the_FBI.)
additional reference material: [www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772272/posts convictions resulting from continued investigation]
250,000 takes part in a rally in Hong Kong for universal and equal suffrage. (
BBC News Online) —
Instantnood 18:32, 4 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Has an article been updated? The most relevant article I could find is
Pro-democracy camp, which so far has nothing about it. Perhaps you could give as bit more context so the rally's significance in the politics of Hong Kong (i.e. how does it compare to previous marches?) is clerarer.--
Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)reply
It's not even on
Current events. English Wikipedia may not have any relevant content. This item cannot be posted on ITN. --
PFHLai 06:22, 5 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Now that it's been merged, I've posted it.--
Pharos 08:11, 6 December 2005 (UTC)reply
SUGGESTION: From www.msnbc.com, I found an article about "The recipient of the world’s first partial face transplant was thriving medically and psychologically a week after her groundbreaking surgery, one of her doctors said Sunday.
The woman, whose face had been partially disfigured by a dog, appeared relatively normal after the operation and doctors were pleased with her mental state, Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard said in a telephone interview." from
[18]
We generally don't put up relatively minor updates on previous items like this.--
Pharos 05:57, 5 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Hurricane Epsilon strengthens from a tropical storm to become a record breaking fourteenth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
(CNN)(Reuters via Yahoo)
White Sands Missile Range now has a civilian director instead of a commanding general. U.S. Army officials estimate that it will take at least six months to appoint a
general officer to be in command of the Missile Range, due to the shortage of eligible general officers.
Singapore prepares to hang 25 year old Australian man
Van Tuong Nguyen, convicted of trafficking in 400g of heroin, despite pleas from the Australian government to spare his life. His execution is scheduled for 6 am Singapore time, Friday morning. —preceding
unsigned comment by203.217.62.238 (
talk •
contribs) 11:05, 2005 December 1
I think this is a bad choice for the main page.--
nixie 12:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)reply
Pls elaborate, nixie. --
PFHLai 12:47, 1 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I don't think most exectutions should be on ITN. Singapore exectues its own citizens and foreign nationals pretty frequently for drug realted crimes, 400 since 1991, Nguyen's case isn't exceptional, but has recieved alot of press in Australia.--
nixie 12:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I see. If this news item is widely reported (outside Singapore and Australia, and just being on CNN doesn't count as 'international'), I would be more supportive of this suggestion for ITN. Thanks for the quick response, nixie. Anyway, headlines need to be WIKIFIED and I did it to this headline. --
PFHLai 13:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)reply
I think it's a good idea to put it ITN. It's encourages discussion internationally about the issue of capital punishment. --joank 22:26, 1 December 2005 (UTC)