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RD: Bruce Taylor (New Zealand cricketer)

Article: Bruce Taylor (New Zealand cricketer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New Zealand Herald; Stuff; ESPN
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 14:36, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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RD: Butch Reed

Article: Butch Reed (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Bleacher Report
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Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:12, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

That section's also missing seven years of relevant material. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Blurb/RD: Christopher Plummer

Article: Christopher Plummer (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Canadian actor Christopher Plummer dies at the age of 91. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 KTC (talk) 18:16, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

  • Oppose I looked over the article and had no choice but to tag it. Lacking references here and there, writing issues left and right, this needs to be fixed before we think about even posting it to RD. Tucker Gladden 👑 21:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
"He has little known contribution in global film industry" Seriously? Sometimes I see things here that make me wonder which rock the writer has been living under for the past 60 years. My guess is that the person wasn't even living for the first 40 of them. I am totally confused about the rules for whether dead people get a blurb or not. (Do we actually have any rules?) So I won't bother with a comment on that. Just fix the article and post him as an RD. Quickly! HiLo48 (talk) 23:22, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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RD: D. N. Jha

Article: D. N. Jha (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Indian Express
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Indian historian. Good amount of edits done. Meets homepage hygiene. Ktin (talk) 05:48, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Hy Cohen

Article: Hy Cohen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 14:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Robert Dean (Canadian politician)

Article: Robert Dean (Canadian politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Montreal Gazette / Canadian Press; Le Journal de Québec
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 09:39, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Mathoor Govindan Kutty

Article: Mathoor Govindan Kutty (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New Indian Express The Hindu
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Indian Kathakali artist. Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner. Article has shaped to a good start-class biography. Ktin (talk) 04:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

(Closed) Termination of United States Support for Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War

WP:SNOW, obvious consensus to oppose. (non-admin closure) --Rockin (Talk) 15:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC) A good faith nomination but these types of incremental policy changes are rarely published at ITN and the consensus is that the updates are of insufficient quality to overcome the perceived lack of significance. --LaserLegs (talk) 15:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Article: Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The United States announces that it will end their support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen. (Post)
News source(s): Financial Times
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Article needs updatingNominator's comments: This has very important implications for the region and may signal a less proactive approach by the Biden administration in the Middle East. Article may need some work. 98.116.113.73 (talk) 01:53, 5 February 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Removal of 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest from Ongoing

Article: 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)

 The oldest item blurbed in the ITN template is 2021 Russian protests, which has updates up to Feburary 2. This is the benchmark I am using to assess for updates in the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest article (are updates older than this). In the past 5 days, here are the recent updates in the farmer's protest article:

  • A quote about farmers demands (Note: the list of farmers demands uses references that are all 2+ months old from early December, so it does not appear that the list of demands themselves has changed)
  • Two sentences about placement of road barricades on the way to Delhi
  • A journalist is granted bail
  • Human Rights Watch issues a statement
  • The most substantial update is with regards to a "social media war" that "erupted after a tweet by Rihanna"

Due to the lack of continuing substantial updates to the article that are more recent than the oldest item on ITN, this should not remain in Ongoing indefinitely and should be removed. The article can be renominated if future protests worsen and the article reflects such. While I am sure there is more recent news coverage of recent events, these events are not reflected in the article by substantial updates, which is a requirement for items to remain in the Ongoing section. Spencer 22:53, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Of the new edits, though they are plentiful, many have been reverted or are reverts, and those that aren't are mostly either A: referencing or adding stuff from december/January or B: Adding info about social media controversies. These are still edits, hence my weak support, but none of these are about CURRENT protests or any substantial updates. About the COVID 19 pandemic article, you are right that the article should be updated more, and that is a seperate discussion in it's own right. Gex4pls (talk) 17:42, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Even if there is a bit of edit warring going on (which indicates that it is an active topic), there are content edits as of yesterday (February 4). Again, compared to the last real content edit to COVID-19 pandemic being on January 29, nearly a week earlier. If this article is removed on the basis of updates, then I will nominate the pandemic article for removal on the same basis and it would be hypocritical to have a different outcome. - Indefensible (talk) 17:55, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
I'm not saying it's not an active topic, it undeniably is, I'm saying the size of the updates doesn't reflect that. None of them relate to any substantial current events (save for some twitter tomfoolery). If the COVID-19 pandemic article is not receiving proper updates, then I may support nominating it for removal, if not simply to attract more editors. Gex4pls (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
here are all the content edits since January 10th. The rev links are broken because of a bug in my code dealing with apostrophies in article titles that I don't have time to fix right now. Please indicate the content edits adding "new, pertinent information" as stipulated in the WP:ITN#Ongoing_section guidelines. Seriously, what's the point of having criteria if we're just going to !vote count opposes which ignore them. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:54, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
So similarly for COVID-19 pandemic, what does that look like and are you going to support removal if it is similar? - Indefensible (talk) 17:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
I can't run the tool against it just because of the number of edits and how big the articles are now (I could probably look back 90 days with a few hacks) but yes, if I had the same data and it showed the same level of staleness in the target article I'd absolutely support pulling it from ongoing. Start that discussion if you want. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:08, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
1,200 words seems enough on this topic, for now anyway. – Sca (talk) 23:19, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Lokman Slim

Article: Lokman Slim (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Al Jazeera
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Lebanese social activist who was assassinated. Article looks good. Tucker Gladden 👑 19:20, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Robert A. Altman

Article: Robert A. Altman (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kotaku
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Brief but well-sourced, co-founder of Zenimax/Bethesda game developers Masem (t) 17:58, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Tony Trabert

Article: Tony Trabert (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): New York Times, Tennis.com, ATP, Cincinnati.com
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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 US tennis player and TV commentator. Won five Grand Slam singles titles and was ranked world No.1 in 1955. --Wolbo (talk) 00:22, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Indefensible, I have added several references, can you have a look again if this is sufficient? --Wolbo (talk) 09:43, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Bloom6132, Joseph2302, sources have now been added to these sections. The Ashley Cooper example was useful.--Wolbo (talk) 12:24, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Glad you found the Cooper article helpful. The last sentence of the "Post-playing career" and "Awards and honors" sections are unreferenced. You may want to remove the Trabert Cup sentence, as even I found it difficult to find any reliable sources re its establishment in 2000. —Bloom6132 (talk) 12:34, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
Bloom6132, I temporarily removed both sentences. Will re-add the Kramer comment on the 21 best players after I have found the reference (I know it exists). Could find plenty of references to the Tony Trabert Cup but those were all to editions of the tournament and have not yet found any source to support that is was established in 2000. --Wolbo (talk) 13:11, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Haya Harareet

Article: Haya Harareet (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Haaretz
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Only been slightly updated; filmography needs referencing and there is admittedly not much substantive information about her film roles Tunestoons (talk) 11:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Jim Weatherly

Article: Jim Weatherly (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Tennessean; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 10:34, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Wayne Terwilliger

Article: Wayne Terwilliger (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s):
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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 baseball player/coach. Some referencing problems, I'll be working on those shortly. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 17:06, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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RD: Millie Hughes-Fulford

Article: Millie Hughes-Fulford (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MSN
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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 scientist, NASA astronaut. - Indefensible (talk) 05:32, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Libuše Domanínská

Article: Libuše Domanínská (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): in Czech
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Operatic soprano who made a great Czech composer known beyond their home country. Well described in various sources in various languages. Age 96. Expanded. Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Rennie Davis

Article: Rennie Davis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Associated Press
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Well-known American activist, member of the Chicago Seven, one of the subjects of a recent feature film. GeoGreg (talk) 02:32, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Closed) Bump Alexei Navalny

(non-admin closure) Strong opposition to posting. Time to close.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 23:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Proposed image Article: Alexei Navalny (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Russian politician Alexei Navalny is sentenced to imprisonment in a corrective labor colony, prompting further public protests (Post)
News source(s): BBC Guardian
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Article updatedNominator's comments: This is an update to the existing blurb that's about to roll off, which was for the protests against Navalny's arrest. He's now been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in a penal colony. Imprisonment of a leading opposition politician seems significant enough to merit a blurb on its own. It has also prompted a new round of public protests, mass arrests, and diplomatic condemnation. I suggest we replace with the new blurb and bump to the top. Article is updated and seems well referenced. Modest Genius 11:55, 3 February 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

(Posted) RD: Charan Gill

(non-admin closure) Closing this nomination with a statement of protest against Admin actions. Details on the closing post. Ktin (talk) 04:19, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.


Article: Charan Gill (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Global News Canada
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Canadian social justice and human rights activist. Article has shaped up well to a compact C-class biography. Ktin (talk) 06:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
  • We already had this discussion on another item? Stephen 03:00, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
    Stephen, I fail to see why we can not use the 50% of the remaining space on row #2 to reintroduce this article and allowing it to run 24 hours. Is there anything we stand to lose by doing this? Editors do spend a significant amount of time to bring articles up to homepage levels of hygiene. The least we can do is to allow the RDs to run, particularly when space is available on row #2. Not to mention that the COVID banner was removed to create space for a row #3 if needed. Ktin (talk) 03:02, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Statement of Protest. Adding my statement of protest here against the above Admin action. With 50% of space being available in row #2, the lack of flexibility shown to go on to retain this as RD7 on the carousel shows a deliberate lack of consideration to editors' efforts to work an article to get it to homepage levels of hygiene. While recourse available might be limited or even nil, there is nothing more this specific editor can do. This thread is being closed. Ktin (talk) 04:18, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
    What you can do is start a discussion to see if there is community consensus to increase to 7, or even 8 RDs, under certain circumstances. This is better than asking repeatedly and complaining when you get the same answer that you don't like. Stephen 04:24, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
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(Posted) RD: Maureen Colquhoun

Article: Maureen Colquhoun (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guardian, Reuters
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Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: First openly lesbian British MP. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 06:10, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bob McCallister

Article: Bob McCallister (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): PGA Tour
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Only announced and reported today (February 2). —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Grant Jackson

Article: Grant Jackson (baseball) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: Baseball player who played for the Phillies, Pirates, Orioles, and more, and later a coach. Won the World Series with the Pirates. Article looks OK. Tucker Gladden 👑 19:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri

Article: Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://alert.com.pk/archives/27674
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Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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: A known, notable scholar and historian, admired both in India and Pakistan. This deserves a main page mention. Though the news has not been widely covered. Ideas? ─ The Aafī 17:41, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

*Neutral Part referanced, part not. WikiLove Goat 🐐 18:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Captain Sir Tom Moore

Article: Captain Tom (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753
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 KTC (talk) 16:15, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Hal Holbrook

Article: Hal Holbrook (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times, Guardian
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Article well sourced. Death was announced today (a few minutes ago) despite his death being a week old. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

February 1

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(Posted) RD: Emil J. Freireich

Article: Emil J. Freireich (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Houston Chronicle; USA Today
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Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 08:26, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

  • Weak oppose - the guy had a long career, but really the only thing we're covering is the chemotherapy developments which took place in the 1960s. Is there nothing else to say about his subsequent work? Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:25, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Comment: Article really doesn't do his career justice, particularly his career in the 1950s at NCI. Ref 1 is a dead link for me (bare link url to the NIH site). Article should clarify when he started at MD Anderson. Possible additional sources:
    • Pop the DOI into Sci-Hub if you need to get around the paywall. Has more details about his personal life including family.

--Spencer 23:12, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

  • @Spencer: Thanks for the sources! I've archived the deadlink and made use of the first one to address the last CN tag. The second source was already included (ref 9), but I've re-used it to verify his start at MD Anderson. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:28, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Jacqueline Shumiatcher

Article: Jacqueline Shumiatcher (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CBC
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Canadian philanthropist. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 06:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: John Sweeney (labor leader)

Article: John Sweeney (labor leader) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American labor leader. Article is almost there. A few sections are unsourced and these would need to be sourced. Ktin (talk) 23:53, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Ricky Powell

Article: Ricky Powell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stones
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American photographer. Article requires some good amount of work including acting on removal of the yellow box. I will work on this one later this evening. If someone wants to get to this before, please feel free to. Thanks. Thorough rewrite done. Article meets hygiene expectations for homepage / RD. Ktin (talk) 23:43, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Peter T. Fay

Article: Peter T. Fay (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Miami Herald
Credits:
Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 11:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Jack Palladino

Article: Jack Palladino (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Associated Press; San Francisco Chronicle
Credits:
Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 04:38, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Andrew Brooks

Article: Andrew Brooks (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:
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Nominator's comments: COVID-19 researcher. Article is being fleshed out. Not ready yet for mainpage but, I will work on it later this evening in case others do not. Gave this a quick break into segments and added some basic content. But, article is ready as it stands right now to get in within the 7 day marker. Thanks Indefensible first for the catch and Amakuru for the second catch. Ktin (talk) 21:39, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Simeon Nyachae

Article: Simeon Nyachae (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Kenyans.co.ke
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Nominator's comments: Kenyan businessman & politician. - Indefensible (talk) 19:44, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

*Comment TuckerGladden and WikiLove Goat are the same user and have been blocked for sockpuppetry. P-K3 (talk) 21:38, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi, P-K3. Hope you are doing well. I was falsely blocked and accused of being a sockpuppet of Valkyried. I'm back now. Just wanted to clear the air. Tucker Gladden 👑 00:12, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
Ah, ok, I will strike - sorry about that. P-K3 (talk) 01:54, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Dustin Diamond

Article: Dustin Diamond (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

 – Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Not completely unsourced, Screeched: Saved by the Smell has two. Granted, that just makes the rest look worse. But hey, at least the filmography doesn't imply he stabbed a guy, like the sourced section does. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:13, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
Well in fairness, sources do actually say he was sentenced for stabbing someone!  — Amakuru (talk) 12:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
They only got him for disorderly conduct and possession, they tried to prove more (and couldn't). InedibleHulk (talk) 12:15, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
But yes, CNN did actually say what you say it did there, your point is fair enough. InedibleHulk (talk) 12:56, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

*Oppose Horrible article. WikiLove Goat 🐐 14:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC) Blocked sock. P-K3 (talk) 21:43, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Jamie Tarses

Article: Jamie Tarses (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: First woman president of ABC Entertainment. Article looks good. Tucker Gladden 👑 18:07, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Percy Tucker

Article: Percy Tucker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The South African
Credits:
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: introduced the first electronic theatre booking system in the world. Abishe (talk) 13:56, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) Aung San Suu Kyi detained in potential coup

Articles: 2021 Myanmar coup d'état attempt (talk · history · tag) and Aung San Suu Kyi (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi is detained by the military in a potential coup. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, NYT, AP, Guardian, Reuters
Credits:
Article needs updating

Nominator's comments: Story still developing. I'd be okay with waiting to write a better blurb. Davey2116 (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Done, thanks. Davey2116 (talk) 00:21, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Wait the article sucks. Detained where? How? No statement from the military? If you take out the filler "background" section there is no meat on the article. Also can someone confirm if we like Aung San Suu Kyi or not? If we do, it's a coup, but if we don't, it's an "uprising" --LaserLegs (talk) 00:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
You can support a coup or a not, but it's a coup. The article is written in an encyclopedic and neutral tone. Shushugah (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
Right but Maduro Derangement Syndrome compelled us to call the 2019 Venezuelan coup attempt an "uprising". Anyway I think we "like" Aung San Suu Kyi because we blurbed her nobel prize, blurbed her getting out of prison, blurbed her election, so I expect "coup" is the correct nomenclature here but I just wanted someone to double check me. Article still sucks. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:40, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
No, we (and, indeed, many others) don't like her anymore (Aung_San_Suu_Kyi#Response_to_violence_against_Rohingya_Muslims_and_refugees). Regardless, though, this is just a military coup. Black Kite (talk) 00:53, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
Exactly. We incorrectly called the Venezuela one an uprising, but I don't think calling this one an uprising too would right that wrong. Davey2116 (talk) 03:51, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
The Military's own media has declared a 1 year state of emergency tweet journalist source Shushugah (talk) 02:25, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Michel Murr

Article: Michel Murr (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): MSN
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Nominator's comments: Lebanese deputy prime minister, interior minister. COVID-19. - Indefensible (talk) 20:44, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

2021 World Men's Handball Championship

Article: 2021 World Men's Handball Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Denmark wins the World Men's Handball Championship. (Post)
News source(s): Seattle Times
Credits:
Article needs updating
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.

 PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 01:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

RD: Abraham J. Twerski

Article: Abraham J. Twerski (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ,
Credits:
Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American rabbi and psychiatrist, died of COVID-19. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:37, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Wilhelm Knabe

Article: Wilhelm Knabe (talk · history · tag)
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News source(s): Deutschlandfunk
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Co-founder of The Greens in Germany, member of parliament, scientific knowledge of forests and environment, 97 rich years, in opposition already as a student in East Germany, then West, opposition to arms race ... - I am sorry it took me so long to expand the article. The source given here is the best, but so far only external link, - will work on it right now, he deserves it. Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Bill Hammond

Article: Bill Hammond (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Radio New Zealand; The Guardian
Credits:
Article updated
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 Bloom6132 (talk) 11:47, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Marc Wilmore

Article: Marc Wilmore (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Hollywood Reporter
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Did some updating. I think this looks ok. Nohomersryan (talk) 04:11, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Allan Burns

Article: Allan Burns (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline Hollywood; Variety
Credits:
Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Misplaced Pages 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.

 Bloom6132 (talk) 03:23, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Turki bin Nasser Al Saud

Article: Turki bin Nasser Al Saud (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Arab News
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Nominator's comments: Saudi environment minister, Air Force leader - Indefensible (talk) 20:39, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Sophie (musician)

Article: Sophie (musician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NME, Mixmag, BBC, Guardian
Credits:
Article needs updating
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Nominator's comments: Article not ready yet. News still breaking. Musician/trans icon. Fairly okay sourcing. -- a lad insane (channel two) 11:24, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

AFAIK, Xeon is a very unusual surname, and it's one of the interesting things about this person. Some, perhaps many, of Sophie's fans may not have known what her last name was.
— We shouldn't trash other Wikis by bad-mouthing them as "rubbish" and "junk" – that's garbage, and I refuse to play the game. Sca (talk) 17:34, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
I think we're all aware now, courtesy of the number of times you tell us what de.wiki is posting, that the contributors there are not interested in verifiable encyclopedic content, I do wonder why you think it's useful to tell us what such a badly managed Misplaced Pages is doing, unless I suppose it's to use it as a "what not to do" suggestion. They can't even get her mononym correct. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:05, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
The point was not that German Wiki is so great, but that Wikipedians somewhere else thought it useful to list both names.
Please desist from rudely disparaging the Germans. – Sca (talk) 14:13, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
It's German Misplaced Pages and those who think BLP isn't worth adhering to that I'm pointing out here. Time after time we get shown what de.wiki is doing, but it usually does it so badly, it's hardly an "example" to follow. They should be "informed" that they are incorrect, both on their main page and in the article. But then, verifiability isn't something they're worried about. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:31, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Looks like they've corrected at least one of their errors. Getting there! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:34, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Touché. I'm really not an apologist for German Wiki. It just happens to be the one other Misplaced Pages I can read easily. But my point was that Sophie's last name is interesting. (How does one pronounce Xeon? What's the derivation?) Further the affiant sayeth naught. – Sca (talk) 14:52, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Some, perhaps many, of Sophie's fans may not have known what her last name was. surely that's a reason not to post it. This isn't DYK. Kingsif (talk) 01:19, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
It might make an interesting DYK sometime down the road, though. – Sca (talk) 14:32, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Pity if all DYK could come up with about her was her surname. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 14:37, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
I imagine the DYKers – of whom I'm not one – could come up with something further. – Sca (talk) 14:59, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

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