Portal talk:Current events/2008 May 30

ITN Candidates
Note: The 2008 Sichuan earthquake discussion has been moved to May 29.--Pharos (talk) 23:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Note: The May 2008 Colombia earthquake discussion has been moved to May 26.--Pharos (talk) 23:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * TACA Flight 390 appears to be adequately filled out and referenced to merit inclusion. - BanyanTree 01:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Posted, after allowing time for people to chime in. - BanyanTree 22:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nominate Mirko Norac.--Pharos (talk) 22:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I added a citation to the updated content and posted this. Please make sure that candidates have referenced updates.  Thanks, BanyanTree 00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Nominate Scripps National Spelling Bee --Lemmey talk 23:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * So with this new system, are people too lazy to write out an entry? - CWY2190    ( talk  •  contributions )  02:41, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No. It's supposed to be written in that day's Current events box (the box immediately above if you're reading this on WP:ITN/C).  This nom isn't formed properly.--Pharos (talk) 03:05, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Nominate Scripps National Spelling Bee, again --Lemmey talk 05:36, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * So this but not anything else...Mathcounts, National Geographic Bee... ? I'll still support. Spencer  T♦C 15:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The trial system seems vulnerable to having nominees removed from the current events page by editors that don't like stories. Never was an issue with the old system, sigh --Lemmey talk 16:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well that's easily solved--just have nominators rewrite them here. By the way, I oppose mentioning the spelling bee, which is of little interest even in the United States. The Mirko Norac story is much more significant. Mangostar (talk) 16:54, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The Mirko Norac one is not that bad. Alternatively I could see the Texas polygamist child custody one, it's not that significant but an ongoing story and we could link the relevant articles nicely. Hobartimus (talk) 18:27, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I consider this to be more of a "sporting" story - along the lines of the seemingly endless types of football that get posted to ITN, so am not against it. But I would hold off on this to see if the article, which actually seems to be 81st Scripps National Spelling Bee, becomes better formed. It currently has a lot of single sentence paragraphs and very few citations. - BanyanTree 00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)