Portal talk:Current events/Archive 12

Vandalism
Someone wrote nice cock on top the recent events TheWikiAddictReturns (talk) 12:17, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
 * , vandalism has been reverted: Special:Diff/975966703. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:29, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

2 Sep 20 section header broken
Just noticed that the section header for today (2. September 2020) is broken, and does not show up, when compared to yesterday (1. September 2020). I don't have the appropriate credentials to fix this, so could someone who does repair this, please? Thanks in advance. AlJenko98 (talk) 20:36, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , this has been fixed. Note, that only the page Portal:Current events itself is protected. But its parts are not. For example, anybody can edit Portal:Current events/2020 September 2. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Uyghur genocide
Should we add Uyghur genocide as an ongoing event in the sidebar? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 23:33, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Can't undo act of vandalism (17 September 2020)
This act of vandalism by vandal Kenzie101010101 has been reverted by user Wtmitchell but still appears on the top of Portal: Current events. I tried but I don't know how to solve the problem. Can a more experienced user solve this? Thank you in advance. ACLNM (talk) 19:05, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , it's already been fixed on the Portal:Current events. See Purge and Bypass your cache. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:14, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. ACLNM (talk) 20:54, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Earthquake
Hey I personally can’t edit the recent events page but yesterday 26 September a small (6.2 magnitude earthquake) hit South Africa and I’m not sure if it’s relevant enough to be mentioned but just encase it is. TheWikiAddictReturns (talk) 05:41, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Filtering events by type
I think it would be great if it was possible to filter the displayed events by type.

For example I'd like to filter the page so that it only displays events of "Health and environment" and "Science and technology".

Filters are already implemented for the Watchlist. The same, already coded software, could be used here after a few small changes.

What do you think of this?

Here I created a related software issue on phabricator. There should probably a separate task for this change though as that task is about filters for tables.

There are multiple ways this could implemented. I'd envision a number of tags on top of the page which can either get "whitelisted" or "blacklisted" – either showing all events except for the selected tags or no events except for the selected tags. Similar to the current Watchlist one could also save the current selection of displayed or excluded tags as a default filter or quickly activatable filter (i.e. a button or dropdown). This could also be used by readers not logged in while saving the filter would require creating an account.

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Later on there could also be additional changes complementing this – such as highlighting items added since the last visit of the page (e.g. with a background color). (And both of these changes together would, in turn, allow for:
 * more items, of less or more unclear significance, to be displayed if users change the options accordingly [possibly from pages like 2020 or 2020 in the environment and environmental sciences] – displaying these items could require an option to be changed from "default" to "more detail" for a specific category of events [like "Health and environment"] and
 * making additions to previous days more visible, slowing things down a bit in terms of which events get attention here, and increasing the usefulness of this page, making it also useful as a month-review and more complete)


 * As a sidenote: I created   which I added to the top of 2020 because I don't think links to this page are very present/visible to readers and not shown at all in the mobile view. Additionally, I intended to transclude the "Ongoing events" panel from the template but this currently doesn't work with mobile which is why I removed it. The template as is is currently being discussed for deletion (TfD).

If you think that such filtering would be useful what would you suggest needs to be done to get it implemented (further steps)?

--Prototyperspective (talk) 21:21, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , such a suggestion is based on English Wikipedia expanding its news-related content and functionality. This fails WP:NOTNEWS. —⁠andrybak (talk) 12:38, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It does not fail WP:NOTNEWS. It would only make this page, which already exists, more useful. Also see WP:NOTPAPER. --Prototyperspective (talk) 14:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Ordering of elections in the sidebar
I just want to know if there has been a consensus for, or if there already exists some format to the order of elections in the sidebar. More specifically, if there are multiple elections scheduled to take place on the same calendar day how should the elections in question be ordered. I thought it was to be alphabetical, but there has been edits made by others to order it based on the time zones of the locations where the elections are to take place. I figured that an alphabetical order was the most neutral ordering, and I find that ordering by other methods seem more finicky than needed. If time zones are to be factored in, do you account for the literal hours that polls open/close for an election or just whenever the calendar day starts for the particular place? What if an election takes place in a location that covers multiple time zones? Unless someone can point me to an already existing convention in place, why not just keep it simple and order alphabetically from now on? -boldblazer (talk) 07:06, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Restore Belarussian protests to front page
I strongly recommend putting Belarussian protests back on the front page, as the situation is ongoing and actually escalating each day. This is an extremely polarizing issue affecting millions of Belarussian citizens, the outcome of which will have global ramifications as it will set a precedent in neighbouring Russia and in dictatorships elsewhere. It is not advised to allow this to fade into obscurity (as happened to all previous Belarussian protests over the years) and should instead remain at the forefront of collective western consciousness. 2A02:8084:983C:A380:C433:D3E1:FA2E:607E (talk) 18:25, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

RD in sidebar
Is there a rule for how long entries in the recent deaths section of the sidebar should stay? I removed a lot of older entries per a comment that was there that said "Suggested rule of thumb: Whole current month until archivation, otherwise limit to 25–30 entries, or span a scope of 14 days, whichever is longer", but then User:Farolif re-added them and removed the comment. Which of us was correct? - Poydoo can talk and edit 16:15, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Confusion between October 20 and 21
The dates have been changed improperly. I need help fixing that mistake! Call me when you get the chance 04:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Never mind. Call me when you get the chance 04:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

TfD: Current events portal – a template for an embeddable, collapsed panel of the Current events
I created Template:Current events portal for an embeddable, collapsed panel of the Current events that could be added to articles like 2020, which would make each page more useful and give the Portal:Current events a higher visibility. The existing portal templates are not visible on mobile at all with only a few rarely-used exceptions which can't be aligned to the right of a page as would be best for the article 2020.

Templates still can't be uncollapsed on mobile – this would require MediaWiki software changes to modernize the software to fully support mobile browsers. Under the Template documentation I have added the template as it was/is supposed to look like, which works properly on desktop.

I think the template is still useful as:


 * the template could be used as is before the MediaWiki software gets improved to better support mobile
 * maybe it's possible to show the template as is for the mobile view but display the template currently in the template documentation for the desktop view so that embedding the collapsed panel at least works on desktop
 * it could be iteratively improved by e.g. adding an icon or via other things
 * the existing templates that are visible on mobile can't be aligned to the right

As a sidenote the template was intended to only embed the fairly short "Ongoing events" part of the Portal:Current events and not the entire panel but this doesn't seem to be possible as of right now without a change to the portal (but maybe it'll be possible later). This would be for a later discussion / a separate phabricator issue.

The template is currently being discussed for deletion here. Please comment there, not here.

--Prototyperspective (talk) 13:57, 19 October 2020 (UTC) (modified: Prototyperspective (talk) 10:08, 24 October 2020 (UTC))

Related proposals at WikiProject Current events here.

--Prototyperspective (talk) 10:26, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Template inclusion limit on Portal:Current events/October 2020
On Portal:Current events/October 2020, none of the events are displayed, but instead only a simple link to Portal:Current events/Month Inclusion. So, how can make the page disappear from Category:Pages where template include size is exceeded? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 18:35, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

RSS
could we create an RSS feed for this page? Jack Nunn Jacknunn ([]) 13:58, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Alert from WikiProject Current Events
Hello. The WikiProject Current events format is currently being updated. However, one new change is a section for "Current discussions". The Portal:Current events has debates all the time to determine if things are notable for the portal (international news) or if they are better suited for a place like 2020 in the United States. In the past, small 'edit wars' have taken place between editors over topics. This new section on the WikiProject is a new place where editors can discuss between each other and have an easy access to 'outside opinion' from other participates. Members in the Current Event WikiProject are welcome to invite other editors that have disagreements to start the discussion on the WikiProject. (Unlike RFC's, discussions about topics would be about 1 week or whenever the topic is no longer relevant from the WikiProject). Thank you for reading. (Current Event WikiProject Coordinator) Elijahandskip (talk) 19:27, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 15 November 2020
Please change this:"Jinan founds the coronavirus on imported beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods" to this: "Jinan finds Covid-19 on imported beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods. Thy Pyrometer (talk) 20:15, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * page Portal:Current events/2020 November 15 is unprotected, you can edit it yourself. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:42, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Thy Pyrometer (talk) 21:07, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Elliot Page coming out?
I'm not too familiar with how high an international-significance bar we have for arts and culture events. Is Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page) coming out as transgender something likely to qualify? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 20:30, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 6 December 2020
Please make the Elections and referendums section of the sidebar a collapsible one 176.203.219.187 (talk) 14:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done edit made to Portal:Current events/Sidebar, which is unprotected. Danski454 (talk) 15:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Servers Might be being Attacks
Multiple sites are having server problems, Netflix, Scratch (edu) and others. (As of 11:10 AM EST on 11/19/2020) Editing this Because it is getting worse on scratch, (You can revert the changes) - Reported by LokiBlaster (Non-Account)


 * Check out CISA Major Directive 21-01. It's bad.

https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network

https://ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/us-government-agencies-including-treasury-dept-hacked-russia-a-possible-culprit/79714031

https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/14/solarwinds_fireeye_cozybear/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fireeye-confirm-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack/ kencf0618 (talk) 13:40, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Picture for ITN
Is there a reason we have in ITN the picture of the second most recent article? For example, the newest article is the Great Conjunction while the picture is Chang'e 5. It seems to be some sort of norm? I think its strange because nobody is talking about Chang'e 5 right now. Albertaont (talk) 02:58, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

Relevant Discussion
Just adding a relevant discussion here for others to reference/comment. Village pump (idea lab). Elijahandskip (talk) 18:02, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 8 December 2020
Please change the link in "Josh Hawley" in "U.S. Rep. Scott Perry and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri object to Pennsylvania's electoral college votes, forcing a second vote to accept or reject the objection." from a link to the page for "cunt" to a link to the page for "Josh Hawley". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autoservnorep (talk • contribs)
 * ✅ the vandalism on Portal:Current events/2021 January 7 has been reverted. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:42, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 8 January 2021
Record 82.43.195.47 (talk) 17:28, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Record on tablet 82.43.195.47 (talk) 17:32, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ it is unclear what you are asking to be changed. — xaosflux  Talk 18:02, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

Flood in South Kalimantan
Article 2021 South Kalimantan floods is already notable enough to be included in list of current events, as it was reported by notable national media such as CNN Indonesia & Kompas, gone viral on social media, and addressed officially & directly by president of Indonesia here Nyanardsan (talk) 06:05, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Proposal to split off 'Worldwide events' in Current Events into perhaps continents, or at least add a portal solely for United States events
The United States entries are becoming quite cumbersome and while I do not argue that a page might not be useful, if every single thing that happens in the US is talked about then, in my opinion, every other country should be talked about just as much. This shouldn't be a site for 'cults of personality'. I don't know where to discuss this other than here. Requesting the moderators move this to a more appropriate place if necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 40.133.234.46 (talk) 02:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I tend to oppose this proposal for now. It need to be reach consensus for this. I don't think it can having a some effect. 180.242.50.227 (talk) 12:06, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Terrible idea IMO. Splitting the portal up just overcomplicates things for the readers. The current format is easy and simple with all the news reported under a single day. It has worked quite well for years, as you can tell by the portal's popularity with readers, no need to change it now. GWA88 (talk) 14:24, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Hank (Henry) Aaron
Mr. Aaron wasn't just an American baseballer. He was one of the greatest in the sport, #5 in top ten all-time. (https://www.britannica.com/list/10-greatest-baseball-players-of-all-time), and was recognized as such, during and after his career. He is one of two players, and the only one with a whole room, highlighted by the HOF Museum on its third floor. Most rooms focus on a particular aspect during the history of the game. Previous record holder (Babe Ruth) is honored on the second floor.

Recommend adding "Hall of Fame" as a modifier to Hank Aaron the "Topics in the News" section. (talk) 17:50, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Missed Shooting on 1/28/21
This is a recent event in my city where 3 people were injured in the city Of Deridder LA, US. Main Article (Only trustworthy article). https://www.kplctv.com/2021/01/27/beauregard-sheriffs-office-working-shooting-post-plant-road/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.63.170.130 (talk) 15:42, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 30 January 2021
27.125.242.72 (talk) 17:05, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ No requested edit was stated. PohranicniStraze (talk) 20:17, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

6 Dead in shooting
6 dead and more injured in a shooting in oklahoma, unreported as of right now, would like this to be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.63.170.130 (talk) 15:21, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

LGBT rights in Malaysia, Judiciary of Malaysia
Maybe clarify that "unnatural sex" are still illegal under Malaysian federal law?

Xianjiro (talk) 19:36, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 7 March 2021
Please change the link of Onești stabbing to 2021 Onești stabbing, I just renamed the page. Super  Ψ   Dro  12:51, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ You could have done this yourself by editing Portal:Current events/2021 March 1, which is not protected. * Pppery * it has begun... 23:37, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Question regarding recent deaths in Topics in the news:
As to not double post I will direct my question here. Augu❤Maugu 💕 04:22, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Australian Open
The Australian Open ended three weeks ago. Why is it still under "Topics in the News"? Jimpoz (talk) 16:01, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 13 March 2021
Change "at least 105 people dead" to "at least 108 people dead". Multiple new high-quality references state that, and they also exist in the article. Cheers. Wretchskull (talk) 14:05, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It's transcluded from In the news. Requests belong at Main Page/Errors but I have made the update. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:16, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Cape York Qld
I have read in the gray nomads margzine that the traditional owners are closing the cape due to unacceptable behaveior from visitors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:3216:7300:1822:324D:A851:2A18 (talk) 01:56, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Boulder Shooting
The link for "Boulder" links to the big rock, and not the city, Boulder. LlibsasA (talk) 17:48, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅ This has been fixed. You could have done it yourself as it is protected with semi-protection. DXLB Muzikant (talk) 18:13, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Request: All recent Events must be Semi-Protected or Higher
This is a request to make all new events Semi-Protected as it has a higher change to get Vandalized and it just makes more sense. DXLB Muzikant (talk) 19:01, 9 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Please see Wikipedia:Protection policy, specifically, "Semi-protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against vandalism that has not yet occurred or to privilege registered users over unregistered users in (valid) content disputes." Thanks! xRENEGADEx  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 22:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Google drive Down
As of 13:50 (UTC) on 12/4/21 (D/M/Y) Google drive, and other Google sites has been reported as down. Reason is so far unknown. DXLB Muzikant (talk) 12:50, 12 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Actually all of the main google sites went down with the exception of stuff like stadia and youtube. DXLB Muzikant (talk) 13:07, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

2021 eruption of La Soufrière (volcano)
Can someone link the word "erupts" to 2021 eruption of La Soufrière (volcano)? The text would go from

The volcano La Soufrière (pictured) erupts in Saint Vincent, forcing the evacuation of around 20,000 people.

to

The volcano La Soufrière (pictured) erupts in Saint Vincent, forcing the evac uation of around 20,000 people.

108.46.173.109 (talk) 17:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ that is not on this page, you can follow up on the blurb discussion at In_the_news/Candidates. — xaosflux  Talk 00:45, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 12 May 2021
Add the 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis article to the ongoing tab on the homepage.
 * ImperatorPanda (talk) 19:17, 12 May 2021 (UTC)


 * ❌ you can request updates to that at WP:ITNC. — xaosflux  Talk 23:16, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Multi-Revert Issue with Alsoriano97
Have now had multiple stories across 4 days of news reverted totalling seven individual stories, often with minimal discussion reverted. Requesting some kind of resolution on this, as user Alsoriano97 is apparently personally trying to decide what represents "relevant" based on their own interests. User has already violated 3RR rule. Also warned user of issues during ongoing discussion in reverts. This type of personal fiefdom behavior dramatically disincentivizes contributions to Portal Current Events.


 * 1) | May 14th, 2 Cyberattack Stories reverted
 * 2) | May 14th, Air Force Theft Story  (Warned user about multiple reverts and reverted)
 * 3) | May 13th, Tunable Hydrogel Science Story
 * 4) | May 12th, 3 stories removed, doubling food prices, soldiers supplying guns for mass shootings, and serial killer of veterans
 * 5) | May 10th, story on Australia insinuation of coronavirus as weapon

May 12th, complains of the same behavior and warns  about the 3 reverts in a single day.

| Liz Cheney removal from office story

As a secondary question, what is considered "relevant" for Science and Technology? Does it need to be the Wright Brothers demonstrating flying before it can be posted here?

As a third general question, are there any guides for what is "relevant" at all for Portal Current Events? How many news sites does it need to be covered by? How much does it need to affect the Earth?

As a challenging example, even though Covid-19 is in the news, I would argue that numerous Covid-19 stories amount to nothing other than number tabulation that could easily just be placed in the daily updated infection charts (India's large scale issues being notably different) Araesmojo (talk) 23:10, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Of course there are guidelines and even habits. Do you think that after more than a year editing Current Events I act arbitrarily and according to how I want? "trying to decide what represents "relevant" based on their own interests"....Jesus Christ! I understand that you are new here, and you are more than welcome, but in this Portal we work in a way (and we all can always improve) so I advise you to take a look at the previous months and years, to the reviews of other users (because obviously I am not the only one who deletes things that for nothing). This is not a page of The Seattle Times where to put any news that has to do especially with the United States. At the same time, I refer to each of the arguments I have given you when I have deleted your contributions, which I rectify. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 23:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi. Thought I'd leave my thoughts here since you tagged me. As you can see on Alsoriano97's talk page, I have raised this issue with him before, almost a year ago. He seems to obsess over "domestic" news but only when from either the United States, United Kingdom or Australia, basically English-speaking countries. He told me "that this world is no longer Anglo-centric and, therefore, neither is Current Events", which immediately told me he is editing with some kind of pre-existing bias against news from "Anglo countries". As you can see from his userboxes, he is quite an ideological person, which is also a bit concerning, since the current events portal should always remain as neutral as possible, for example, not taking sides in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict or Brexit. Alsoriano97 describes himself as both a "Zionist" and "anti-Brexit". We are all entitled to our viewpoints but given his history of bias editing, it does concern me. I've also explained to him before that the portal is essentially mostly "domestic news" of international interest, if you removed all domestic news then you wouldn't have any news on the portal! He doesn't seem to grasp that a domestic story in the U.S. might interest readers in Europe and so on. Like you mentioned, he has also been edit warring. Since his disruptive editing doesn't seem to be changing, I too would support a resolution on this issue, and for the record, I think the portal could use much more science news! The Science and technology category is probably the most underutilized of them all, so by all means Araesmojo, keep posting news of scientific interest! I'm sure many readers appreciate your good work on here. GWA88 (talk) 14:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * It's very dangerous for Wikipedia when editors in this community make decisions and arguments against other users in a partisan, threatening and non-conciliatory manner. This way the concept of "community" is dynamited, and this comment speaks more about you, than about me. "he is quite an ideological person" SURPRISE! I AM A LIVING HUMAN WHO IS LIVING LIFE IN A VITAL WAY. Does that concern you? Well, I don't know how the really important things must concern you. How dare you question my neutrality if you don't even know more than 90% of the edits I have made? I encourage you to tell me an edition, a single edition, in which I've shown my ideological tinge "Zionist", "socialist", "anti-Brexit", "monarchist", "pro-bullfighting" or even "fan of Elton John or Vicente Fernandez" and it has been deleted because an editor or admin has concluded that I acted in a non-neutral way. I will eagerly await the answer and, if you find it, I will rectify. I am VERY CLEAR about neutrality, because it is required of me even in my job. And one last thing about my "lack of neutrality" and in view that you are a veteran person here, I advise you to read that debate that was opened a year ago on my Talk Page about someone who had the same attitude as you against me, and where he himself realized the mistake of using in vain the "Conflict of Interest". It will serve you to learn and progress, which is always positive. I can understand that it bothers you that I try to have a broader and more pluralistic view of Current Events (and like me, so many others), and therefore perhaps the one who has a partisan and not very neutral behavior is you. But only and only "maybe". Finishing, and assuming you are going to read all this. In "Science and technology" does'nt fit any news that someone can see in Twitter, FB or any newspaper. Because fortunately science and technology are still doing the job, but we have to take into account that not everything is so important for humankind. Any contribution to Current Evenets is appreciated and is a good thing, but it have to meet some requirements and you should know that since 7 years ago. I'm not even the only one who has deleted 's contributions! Are they too partisan? Evil? Or is it perhaps that some contributions he makes are not important enough for Current Events? So the "keep" should be accompanied by a "keep doing it, but be aware of the requirements that are required". "He doesn't seem to grasp that a domestic story in the U.S. might interest readers in Europe and so on" But NEITHER can any domestic story in the U.S. have an interest in Europe or elsewhere in the world. And that's something I still can't get you to understand. NOT everything interesting MUST and IS important. "Since his disruptive editing doesn't seem to be changing", how little memory some people have and how little effort to put effort into whether what's said is true, or false. Are you both going to ask for a ruling on my case? Go ahead and do it. I'll plead whatever, whenever, to whomever, and I'll take any consequences, as I have done on Wikipedia and off. Because I accept how things work because that is the way to act for a common benefit. Said that, I will continue to work here, despite those who don't want me to, willing to collaborate with anyone, learn, make mistakes and contribute to Wikipedia in the best way possible. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 16:45, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the comment and contribution GWA88 and for attempting to answer my question related to "relevance" in the Science and technology section. Multiple contributions reverted, I'm simply requesting clarity on what is deemed worthy.  Is the development of human interactive holography relevant?  Is the development of gels for soft robotics relevant? Is a wide ranging change in military munitions relevant?
 * I'm not planning on halting, I'm simply following exactly what the dispute resolution form says. "Must open a talk page discussion on the issue before reporting a user" - therefore, opening a talk page discussion on the issue.  Have no intention of halting posting articles, simply following resolution procedure.
 * I would note that neither GWA88, nor I are in any way writing reactionary phrasing, and we're not using exclamations. Its obvious we're not angry or emotional over the issue.  I personally find your phrasing and your response to GWA88 to sound condescending, like you believe yourself above reproach.  Has a very "come at me bro" sound.Araesmojo (talk) 18:20, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem. Thank you for creating this much needed discussion. I would say that if the scientific news is about a significant breakthrough or discovery, whether in robotics, computing, chemistry, paleontology or space travel ect.. then it is probably notable enough. I mean, what's the point in having a category about science and technology news if you can't post anything? It exists for a reason. Of those stories you posted that Alsoriano97 reverted, I'd say most were definitely notable, especially the cyberattacks, which could also fall under law and crime. The Wuhan Institute of Virology story is a bit questionable since it borders on conspiracy theory territory, but I'll say that the sources you provided were legit. To be safe, in the future I would avoid stories of conspiratorial nature. I'm glad that you will continue to post news on the portal. I agree that Alsoriano97's response seemed quite emotional and aggressive, I mean what's with the ALL CAPS? Is this Facebook lol? I won't take it too personal though. I'm not here to argue with anyone, I'm just here to address the issues which have been raised.


 * I do question your neutrality because you seem to specifically remove news related to only certain countries, mainly the United States. There is clearly an agenda in your editing on the portal. Let's be real, when you're saying "domestic" what you really mean is American or British. GWA88 (talk) 21:42, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You have questioned my neutrality by referring to my "Zionism" and "anti-Brexit" making it appear that in general my contributions are founded on ideological positionings, so you have questioned my work on Wikipedia. If I delete mainly from the United States it is because you think that the Portal is yours and that you can put anything that does not meet the requirements, and "without any consequence". But you are wrong. But of course, according to you, if I delete one or two of the dozens of news items about the United States in Current Events and I delete one or two, I am acting with an "agenda". I asked you at the time and you didn't answer me either: how many news I have not deleted about the United States? That means something, doesn't it? But I'm afraid there's something else out there against me that escapes me. And about cyber-attacks. Lol. do you know how many cyber attacks happen around the world every day? It's remarkable when it happens to the Irish health system, to the Air Force, to the entire judicial system in Madagascar. Not to some offices. I'm still waiting for the answer to the question I asked you a few hours ago. But I'm afraid there will be no answer (for any reason). _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 22:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Well, no, it is not. Stop saying that I am "this" or "that". It’s in a condescending tone, not at all angry and much less aggressive. You can rest assured that I never discuss in a provocative tone and it’s not my intention. _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 18:31, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 July 2021
The bottom of the sidebar named "2021 events and developments by topic" have a link("...more") that links to a page for 2020 instead of 2021. I believe this link should simply be changed to match the correct year. 87.241.93.74 (talk) 14:45, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Fixed, good catch! PohranicniStraze (talk) 00:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Possible weather event for inclusion
I'm not 100% familiar with the systems for adding content to as prominent a page as this but I hope this is useful to somebody. According to various media outlets (Reuters, France24 etc) unseasonal subzero temperutures have destroyed most of the coffee crop in Brazil, with the Financial Times reporting a sharp 20% rise in international prices. I'm not sure if an article already exists which can be linked to or if not, if it meets notability criteria.

90.195.37.193 (talk) 20:16, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 August 2021
Recent death: August 11, 2021, Barbara_Kannapell BrianRiley (talk) 22:42, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
 * WP:ITNC is the place to nominate a recent death, but this article is nowhere near good enough. Stephen 03:53, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Links to common words.
Is it common practice to link everyday words such as: shopping mall, restaurant, supermarket and cafés? MattSucci (talk) 17:39, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , no, the common words are not supposed to be linked. You can read the accepted current practice at MOS:OVERLINK. For context, this is referring to this edit of page Portal:Current events/2021 August 25. —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:13, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , thanks for clearing that up! I read the overlink page, and already knew it wasn't accepted practice, but I found so many examples of such links that I became a little unsure. I thought maybe it was something that was only going on here at current events. MattSucci (talk) 15:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Question on LGBT Taliban Story of 9/4/2021
Taliban males raping a homosexual male would imply male-male sexual interaction. Therefore, the Taliban soldiers must then have had enough arousal to have sex with a male, even if it was violent. And this is public enough knowledge its in news reports? They even let the homosexual male leave so the character could report on what would be death sentence shame? I think my issue is it feels like a troll story designed to stir up shit and guilt about leaving Afghanistan. I'm not sure if I read a single sentence about LGBT anything in Afghanistan until America left. Araesmojo (talk) 17:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Mapuche conflict
The right sidebar for Conflicts is missing "Mapuche conflict" Whycantusernamesbe21 (talk) 23:50, 5 September 2021 (UTC)


 * You should be able to edit this yourself at Portal:Current events/Sidebar &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:33, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

How is university rowing and college basketball news?
What's next, celebrity gossip? -- Jeandré, 2021-04-06t08:51z
 * College basketball is a major sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.142.68 (talk) 00:05, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Every other year we argue about this when the rowing event comes up. There's a difference between a national tournament where the entire nation's young athletes in a particular sport are participating and an exhibition match between only two universities.  There are many "traditions" which are important to various peoples which happen every year, but they are not newsworthy.  If you forced me to choose both or none, then I rather not have any "amateur" level sports news bumped onto the frontpage.  2601:2C4:C500:1150:F151:5CBA:151:CC92 (talk) 23:15, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Rowing is one of the most significant and oldest sporting traditions. --Kathy262 (talk) 05:20, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Found some graffito might have been snuck in before vandalism lock
Global Crisis

Loiue Warner has been identified as the third son of the sus imposter Nigel Farage. Farage was questioned but did not respond to us reaching out. Nigel is the third most sus human in existence closely behind Chris Papp and Ali Barker. Chris Papp commented on the matter, labelling it as 'outrageous' that Nigel the sus lord can have more than 2 children in this dictatorship.

Given I am new to Wikipedia, Ill leave it to someone more experienced to handle this. Theres a lock on the page anyway.


 * I searched for this item and was not able to find it, so it may have been removed already - can you validate whether it has been removed, and if not post the date that the vandalism appears under? Thanks! PohranicniStraze (talk) 15:57, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Its gone. Was under today, bottom of the section. I copied the whole thing, though on reflection I should have gotten a screenshot. I am aware one can look it up, but who can edit articles protected due to vandalism?

Edit request
Please add the article 2021 North Kosovo protests to the heading of the "The Serbian government accuses Kosovo of "provocations" after it mobilized its special police units to the border, …" paragraph, 26 September 2021. Dege31 (talk) 17:58, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ as this request is for the wrong page, I think you are looking to update Portal:Current events/2021 September 26 - which is not protected. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Glitch
It says instead of September 29th, it says September 20th. Fix it.Pyramids09 (talk) 18:27, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It just got fixed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyramids09 (talk • contribs) 18:43, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

On the "Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal" section
The description of the recent news article is misleading and makes it seem like there have been 3,000 pedophiles in France since the 1950s. Could someone please rectify this? 70.124.147.243 (talk) 03:00, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 daily increase
Is the daily increase in COVID-19 cases at the sub-national level (such as Victoria, Australia) included in Recent Events? I thought only the national level should be included. Tensa Februari (talk) 07:20, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * There are more items about Covid than all other topics combined, today. Is it really worth mentioning that "The total amount of cases of COVID-19 in Fiji since the start of the pandemic has surpassed 52,000"? PoangSitter (talk) 23:48, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

External links in the news
I've added an entry on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Is it my correct understanding that linking to someone's official report in the current events on the topic is not allowed here? The report is here. An example of how it would have been integrated is here: The IPCC publishes a report warning of failure to conform to emission reduction targets set in the Paris accords. Thanks in advance. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 15:10, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 10 November 2021
"The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that people aged under 30 years old should only received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine due to higher risk of heart inflamation with Moderna vaccines among young people. (DW)"

change "received" to "receive" Gtag10 (talk) 22:23, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
 * ✔️ — xaosflux  Talk 15:11, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Misinformation on the page for 8 hours
An anonymous IP added the claim that "vials containing the smallpox virus" had been discovered in Pennsylvania. This claim stayed on the page for 8 hours! The actual story is that a lab worker at a Merck facility found 15 "questionable vials" labeled "smallpox" and "vaccinia" while cleaning out a freezer. As the smallpox vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia, the most probable explanation is that the vials contained smallpox vaccine, not smallpox. Regardless, it is irresponsible for us to publish such conspiracy-inducing headlines without solid sources to back them up. If no one is checking the statements on this page for accuracy, especially surprising or outlandish ones, we should not be allowing anonymous IPs to edit it. Nosferattus (talk) 00:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

I think the same as you. But there are users who get annoyed when you delete US-centric news… _-_Alsoriano97 (talk) 22:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 19 November 2021
Remove "I, Jeffman12345, am back." because it is not notable. Gtag10 (talk) 22:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Already removed. the wub "?!"  16:45, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
User:Elijahandskip has been repeatedly removing this from the November 19, 2021 current events page citing a discussion that occurred on the talk page for the wiki article 2021. That discussion clearly did not end in a consensus and has utterly no bearing on whether or not the Rittenhouse trial is posted here on the current events page.XavierGreen (talk) 20:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Well I typing a discussion on November 19th talk page about whether Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial is “internationally notable” and saw that XavierGreen already started one. A similar discussion took place on Talk:2021, where editors had a consensus that it was not internationally notable, but I guess we have to have a duplicate discussion here.  I am going to ping editors that participated in that discussion, ITN nomination of it, and WP Current events. (PINGS:, , , , , , , , , , , .) Elijahandskip (talk) 20:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It doesn't have international notability, nor is it on ITN or 2021. However, it's easily important enough for CE, which doesn't require any of those things. Jim Michael (talk) 22:13, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * There is a very firm consensus on the 2021 page against the inclusion of the Rittenhouse trial, and in favour of it being added to 2021 in the United States. However, as Jim Michael already said, that has no bearing on whether or not it should be included on CE, which has different standards for inclusion than the yearly pages. Thescrubbythug (talk) 22:35, 19 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep - If there's no issue with including spree crimes in other countries or trials of people who have sex with corpses in the UK, I don't see the logic in barring coverage of the verdict of a major trial in the US which has received international coverage and punditry. -- Veggies (talk) 16:12, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep This was the top story on every mainstream site that I read this morning, including the BBC, Guardian and NYT. And the article was the top read on Wikipedia with millions of recent readers.  This makes it major news which should be included in this and 2021. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:40, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It’s suitable for CE as per its guidelines, but absolutely not for 2021 - not a purely domestic event which happened to get global coverage because it happened to take place in America. Even the Chauvin trial is at most a borderline case for the page, due to the international nature of the protests that came in the wake of the Floyd murder. International coverage does not equate long-standing international notability, and it would set a bad precedent to include it and other such domestic cases on a page where it is already well beyond its maximum recommended size. All of these factors are why there is a very firm consensus against including the Rittenhouse trial/verdict on the 2021 page, and rightly so. We have 2021 in the United States for a reason. Thescrubbythug (talk) 08:35, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Updating a Template
The “2021 events and developments by topic” sidebar should probably be updated to include Weather of 2021 in the science and technology section. I attempted to update the template, but could not actually locate the line where to add it. Could someone with a knowledge of the template add it? Elijahandskip (talk) 17:31, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Michael Nesmith - recent deaths
His name should definitely be on the 'splash' page - pretty famous guy.50.111.19.34 (talk) 15:25, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

New political party in France
I'm unfamiliar with this portal, and need some advice. I got here from the links at WikiProject Current events because I had been looking at adding a WikiProject Current events project banner to the article Talk:Reconquête (political party). Reconquête is a brand new political party launched in France on 5 December 2021, by far-right journalist, pundit, and now, politician Eric Zemmour. Opinion polling for Zemmour for President experienced a meteoric rise in the last weeks and months, and this was before he was a candidate, or had a party. He has now declared his candidacy, and created a new party, Reconquête, less than a month ago.

This is all still very fresh, with things happening on a daily and weekly basis. In particular, editors here (many from France) are making edits to the Reconquête (political party) page which (at this moment) are unsubstantiated, such as that it is a far-right political party, or that it is Islamophobic. It might be, but it is so new, that there isn't information about this yet, and good-faith editors are just transferring over well-established opinions about Zemmour (like the fact that he is far-right, and Islamophobic) to the party article without proper sourcing. Probably they are right, but it's WP:CRYSTAL at best, as there are no sources for this (yet).

The new party isn't strictly about "one event" in that sense, but it seems to me it belongs in current events, to the extent that we are witnessing the birth and rapid evolution of a new political party in France right now, one that has a chance to be among the top two parties in the next presidential election. It seems to me that this party article needs more eyeballs on it by experienced users to keep it on track, and to watch for excesses by enthusiastic editors who are eager to stuff it with information about Zemmour, before there really is much reliable information out there about the party.

Anyway, I'm not sure what the window for a "current event" is, with respect to this Portal, or how to add one, so any advice would be appreciated. In the meantime, I've gone ahead and added WP:WikiProject Current events to the article Talk page; if that seems wrong, please feel free to revert it. Thanks in advance for any advice, Mathglot (talk) 04:11, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 4 January 2022
The photo of Peter Wright (darts player) has a caption that says "Betty White". Dmoore5556 (talk) 19:42, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done The problem was not in Portal:Current events but in Template:In the news, and was fixed with - it existed for just three minutes before  realised their mistake. You were  to notice it. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 20:45, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Dmoore5556 (talk) 21:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

RfC on which year should be the cut-off point
At this point, Portal:Current events/April 1994 has been deleted. If that has been deleted, then we might as well delete the pages for all the other months in 1994 too. So, we need an RfC.

Which year (from 1994 to 2006) should be the cut-off point for the monthly subpages? The current status quo is 1994. If there is consensus not to have monthly subpages for any month in a particular year yyyy or earlier, then all the following pages and their talk pages should be deleted:
 * The following for all twelve months from January to December in years yyyy and earlier:
 * Portal:Current events/Month Year
 * Portal:Current events/Month Year/Calendar
 * Portal:Current events/Month Year/Sidebar
 * Portal:Current events/Year Month Day for all the days in years yyyy and earlier
 * Category:Year by day for years yyyy and earlier

This only affects the Portal:Current events subpages. Users may still recreate an article at Month Year with detailed references that follows the format used at December 1993 and earlier months. These mainspace pages do not follow the same format as the Portal:Current events subpages.

I am notifying Dronebogus, who has started the MfD for April 1994 and a few other months in 1994. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:28, 24 December 2021 (UTC) Notified: centralized discussion]]. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:52, 24 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what the question is? What specific portal-space articles are in scope to be deleted here? User:力 (powera,  π,  ν ) 04:53, 24 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I wasn't aware we had current events pages backdated to before Wikipedia had a current events portal. I'm not sure it was a great idea to start that, as I'm guessing those pages are visited very rarely. I'm interested to hear more about the history of how they came to be and what state they're in. If we need to choose some arbitrary date, the founding of Wikipedia (January 15, 2001) might be an option. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 06:46, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete all as out-of-scope for Wikipedia, per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:NOTDIRECTORY, and in scope for sister project WikiNews, https://www.wikinews.org/. It is unsuitable for Wikipedia in being unreferenced content, and not based on secondary sources. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:28, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * How many of the pages have you examined to determine that none of them have salvageable content? They could be reformatted and moved back to article space. And Wikinews has been dead for a decade, killed in part because Wikipedia is much better at covering current events than Wikinews ever was. —Kusma (talk) 10:04, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The content is salvageable for transwiki to WikiNews. WikiNews is not dead. SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:14, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It's very rarely appropriate for Wikipedia content to transwiki to Wikinews, considering license discrepancies and strict recency requirements. I'm not bullish on that project myself, but even putting aside that question, both those issues would be prohibitive. Vaticidalprophet 13:43, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * There are some Wikinews projects that are alive (Russian?) but English Wikinews has not been working for some years. Last 50 mainspace edits go back more than four days, and most of these is someone working on an article about the Chilean presidential election, so not exactly "news". —Kusma (talk) 13:48, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The reason to delete is “out-of-scope” for Wikipedia, not that it can be reused elsewhere, and difficulty in reusing elsewhere is a very poor reason to keep. There is no rush.  If this RfC has legs, it should be made a real RfC.  The “Wrong venue” !vote is not a valid problem, it is good enough to publicise this at the Village Pump. SmokeyJoe (talk) 10:39, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * User:Kusma, I don’t get why you assert that WikiNews is dead. I think you exaggerate.
 * WikiNews recent changes indicates life. I think you mean “unhealthy”? Portal:Current events is much healthier looking.  On looking again, Wikinews is old and no longer applies.
 * An alternative possibility would be to make en.wikinews.org redirect to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
 * Portal:Current events is attempts to be WikiNews. Either do it completely, or stop it. It’s currently doing a massively better job. SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Wrong venue to discuss mass deletion. Keep per lack of specific arguments to delete instead of moving/merging/redirecting. —Kusma (talk) 10:09, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree with the Wrong venue !vote. This impacts many hundreds of pages; it should be opened at the village pump. Also, open-ended RfCs such as this one rarely lead to a successful conclusion; propose a specific cut-off year and then people can give it a Support or Oppose with their reasoning. UnitedStatesian (talk) 15:11, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

TfD notification for Template:Current events monthly archive
The template Template:Current events monthly archive has been nominated for deletion. It is a replacement for the monthly portal pages like Portal:Current events/December 2021 which I never got round to rolling out. The discussion is at Templates for discussion/Log/2022 January 28 if people are interested. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 06:32, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 1 February 2022
In the "Ongoing conflicts" box, there is a redlink 2020–2022 Western Saharan clashes that should be corrected to Western Saharan clashes (2020–present). –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 10:54, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅, this was on Portal:Current events/Sidebar, which is not protected. Iffy★Chat -- 11:05, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

error.
There's an error message on the feed. "January 12, 2021 (Error: Invalid time.)" -2603:7081:2D01:51E8:11E3:7630:5BEF:1C0B (talk) 00:13, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 10 February 2022
Please add Category:WikiProject Current events. It's the main cat for this portal and the associated project. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 20:56, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ "Portals" are content pages, so I'm pretty sure they shouldn't be in meta-categories; can you point to precedent or style guidance for this? —  xaosflux  Talk 14:40, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Xaosflux, Portal:History, is categorized under Category:WikiProject History, Portal:El Salvador has Category:WikiProject El Salvador, Portal:Florida has Category:WikiProject Florida. These are some portals that have this categorization I just found. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 17:13, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, enqueued this for review. — xaosflux  Talk 17:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 14:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 25 February 2022
2603:7080:4E3F:3558:D0A7:942F:59EA:451F (talk) 02:36, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Add new topic on Recent clashes in Colombia as rebels perform an “ armed strike”. 1 bridge destroyed, 8 killed

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/eln-rebels-blow-up-bridge-injure-eight-attacks-across-colombia-government-2022-02-23/
 * ❌ the single pages such as Portal:Current events/2022 February 25 are not protected and can be edited as appropriate. — xaosflux  Talk 15:16, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Better linking to sources?
I was looking at the list of events for today and saw "The US Department of Defense says that Russia is losing momentum in its attack on Ukraine." I checked the source but the CNN website is structured in a way that makes finding the exact place that this claim comes from a pain. Is there a better source/better way to document sources from this website? Also btw I was not able to find this information I quoted on the website.-153.33.150.165 (talk) 20:05, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 26 February 2022
There are enormous mistakes in this document. First off, Russia was pushed to a corner with missiles at its head. Second off, the U.S.A. caused this with their NATO program. Third off, the U.S.A. is the real enemy declining Russia's request to join NATO, NATO was actually formed formally against USSR, now Russia. Player34r (talk) 12:41, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: If you have noticed an error in the "Topics in the news" section, please report it here. -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 14:39, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis
I just created 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis. Any help would be appreciated. I think it should appear when ready. Thriley (talk) 18:06, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

2021-2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict
Shouldn't this be considered "ongoing" by now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.68.163.182 (talk) 18:42, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe now would be a more considerable time to add the conflict to the "current events" area, alongside COVID-19, as the actual invasion has commenced, and Putin has officially declared war against Ukraine recently. -> JLL9T (t, c) 10:45, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Has my full support, I don't see why it hasn't already been done Lallint  ⟫⟫⟫  Talk  17:26, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

I agree it should be in ongoing. Bkdb44 (talk) 18:39, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Please make it as "ongoing" Sgnpkd (talk) 21:55, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Why has this not already been added to "Ongoing events"? What is required to make this happen? <span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:14, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Please add 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine to the "Ongoing" line of "In the news:" <span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:33, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ (A) This page doesn't contain this text, it is from another template.  (b) That article already has an entire line in the template. (c) You can discuss ITN changes at Wikipedia talk:In the news. —  xaosflux  Talk 15:00, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

This is a ridiculous answer, surely an invasion by a major European power shouldn't be excluded from an ongoing section due to template issues. This feels very much like evading the question as to why this is not on the ongoing section. Especially considering things have made it onto the ongoing section of far less importance. 20:12, 7 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bkdb44 (talk • contribs)

Use of Russian sources
Hello, I have found a Russian source for one of today's news headlines or whatever you call it. Russian sources are noted as unreliable as they are Russian state run media. I had to point this out. Felicia (talk) 16:40, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 April 2022
change José Ramos-Horta is elected President of East Timor. to José Ramos-Horta is elected President of East Timor. I believe a link to the country here is usefull. Dutchy45 (talk) 09:05, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ That isn't on this page, feel free to follow up at In_the_news/Candidates. — xaosflux  Talk 01:05, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Replace template in footer page
I suggest replace Contents pages (footer box) per Portal navbar no header2, or just add Portal navbar no header2. In previous discussions, here and here, it was decided that this page is a portal, and should be in the scope of portals, so this footer template is more appropriate.Guilherme Burn (talk) 19:42, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ if anyone doesn't like that bold edit, discuss here. — xaosflux  Talk 14:09, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Kzn floods
We should really change it from 300 dead to 398 cause yeah TheWikiAddictReturns (talk) 13:43, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ The figure has been updated Pburkart (talk) 18:46, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Page Layout
Sections like 'Ongoing events' used to be on the right side but are now on the bottom, unless I shrink the page size. What happened? Thanks. Using Monobook in Opera, Win 8.1.--Smarkflea (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I went back as far as 2015 looking through the odd revision and throughout all of them it has maintained this style. This talk page may be better suited for your inquiry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news Pburkart (talk) 18:55, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Israeli–Lebanese Maritime boundary dispute
Tensions between Lebanon and Israel (namely Hezbollah) about their maritime border dispute is on the rise. I think this is a noteworthy mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prodrummer619 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 21 June 2022
Under today's Armed conflicts and attacks section, please change Vasteras to Västerås. 31.44.229.17 (talk) 11:48, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Fixed by somebody else who moved it to law and crime. 31.44.229.17 (talk) 14:00, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Ethiopia & S Asia
Hi there, is there (are there) any content about the recent church mass. in Eth & flooding in Ind. & Bangl. ? 41.58.247.101 (talk) 16:40, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Nigerian gubernatorial elections
From Wikipedia "Stories added to the main portal page should be of international interest. Stories of only regional or topical interest belong in their appropriate sub-pages, if any." I have reverted Watercheetah99 three times already and I don't wish to enter an edit-war. What do other editors think about this? If it is consensus to add such events, even if I don't agree, then so be it. Regards, MattSucci  (talk) 01:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

In addition to my earlier argument, in general, I don't believe that any 'minor' regional elections from any country (apart from a few exceptions) should be covered on the Current Events page. I'm asking other editors to contribute their thoughts to this discussion so as to remove any ambiguity there may be. Regards,  MattSucci  (talk) 05:30, 18 July 2022 (UTC)


 * This isn't just about "Nigerian gubernatorial elections" – it's about including almost any state- or regional-level election in Current Events. In general, we should not be doing this unless the election is somehow of actual "international interest" (i.e. receives wide and significant international coverage) – very few state- or regional-level elections will actually get to that level. National level-elections is one thing, but we really need to stop covering most gubernatorial elections, U.S. or otherwise, in Current Events. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 05:47, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Include — My edits are the catalyst for this but I firmly fall in the "two sentences on an election every three weeks is fine" camp. Not only is the inclusion of these elections a positive step due to their undeniable notability, a move like this confirms the current effective reality as subdivision elections (mainly of those with large populations) are already regularly included on this portal (examples: 1 and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 plus plenty more). Gubernatorial, regional, autonomous communal, and other subdivision elections are often notable; denying this notability because they are not national elections serves literally no purpose. Watercheetah99 (talk) 05:57, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * "Notability" is about whether they merit Wikipedia articles. The standards for Current Events are different – it's not about "notability" – again, MattSucci quotes the relevant standard: "Stories added to the main portal page should be of international interest. Stories of only regional or topical interest belong in their appropriate sub-pages, if any." And, yes – some of these are regional-level elections currently being included in Current Events (though, frankly, inconsistently) – the question is not whether they "have been": it's whether they "should be". --IJBall (contribs • talk) 06:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, let me rephrase: 'Gubernatorial, regional, autonomous communal, and other subdivision elections are often of international interest (directly and indirectly); denying this interest because they are not national elections serves literally no purpose.' This proposal doesn't solve any pressing issue, there are only one or two of those examples that conclusively shouldn’t have been on this page while most are "of interest" and thus fine. Watercheetah99 (talk) 06:16, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks to me like you are unilaterally changing a few of Wikipedia's codes, or comprehending them poorly. Everything you need to help you understand why these elections shouldn't be included, is contained here. There are many entries that don't merit inclusion at Current events. but this one I find particularly problematic. If allowed, it could potentially open the doors to a plethora of other unnecessary entries on politics, politicians and elections. Regards, MattSucci  (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * You keep on directing me to rules and codes but absolutely none of them applied for subdivision elections before today; if not ever applied or even written down, it's not a rule—your interpretation of this page isn't actually a rule everyone else must somehow know and follow. You can argue that subdivision elections should be barred (I'll disagree with it but that point is coherent) but you cannot argue that a current subdivision election should be barred for a rule that does not exist right now. That you've decided to use this election to make your anti-subdivision election point is perfectly fine but you cannot retroactively apply a rule that has not even been established.
 * And miss me with that slippery slope nonsense, you and others are perpetually doing good work watching this portal so I doubt we'll reach a point where something like politicians' birthdays are being included - the idea that this one post (which again, is no different to identical posts from literally last month) will "open the doors to a plethora of other unnecessary entries" is so laughable. Like think about it for just a moment: subdivision elections have been acceptable entries for years, if they were just the first step towards anarchy don't you think we would’ve reached that by now. Watercheetah99 (talk) 06:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Maiden Flight of Greater Bay Airlines
I recently added a entry to the Current Events Portal relating to the Maiden flight of Greater Bay Airlines, which was reverted.  I would like to seek the opinions of other editors relating to this entry .

"Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The airline has been granted licenses to operate 104 routes across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions."

General guidance from Wikipedia states that "Stories added to the main portal page should be of international interest. Stories of only regional or topical interest belong in their appropriate sub-pages, if any."

While a maiden flight of a new airline is usually only regionally notable, I believe that in this case, this airline is of special notability. My rationale for this is as follows.


 * The airline has received considerable support from both private and public entities, and has already obtained licenses to operate 104 routes at prior to its maiden flight, a significant number compared to usual airline launches, which usually only start with a few routes.
 * The 104 routes cover a significant area in the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions, encompassing a number of countries across the regions, making the airline a topic of international interest.
 * The maiden flight is a significant milestone for an airline, marking the point at which an airline begins its operations.

Carter00000 (talk) 09:14, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

I made the original revert of Carter00000's edit and I still argue that it is regional and fairly insignificant, but due to the fact that recently a large amount of 'regional' and 'insignificant' edits have been made, re-adding this isn't going to detract from the article in general. I believe that a more intense discussion should take place as to what is considered a current event of international interest, but it would seem that not many editors are interested enough to contribute their opinions. Regards,  MattSucci  (talk) 03:43, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Heat waves in the US
We have a contemporaneous heat wave here in the US. Is there any reason we don't have this in ongoing or even have an article on it?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 02:32, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Seems like there is a list of Heat waves, including those in the US, at 2022 heat waves. However, there does not seem to be a article for 2022 US heat waves specifically (there is one for 2021). Perhaps you could start an article? Carter00000 (talk) 03:11, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I would butI have no specialty with climatology or weather or anything. I would want someone more qualified to write it.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 04:33, 26 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you could talk to someone from WikiProject Weather? I think the coordinator of Portal:Current Events Elijahandskip is a member of the group. Carter00000 (talk) 13:36, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

news censor
this guy keeps censoring this news for no specified reason https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2022_July_30&diff=1101353387&oldid=1101351179 Baratiiman (talk) 16:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)


 * im not censoring the news its how you typed it out its basic and not a major event. Dubstar44 (talk) 16:45, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Monkey pox breakout
Should the monkey pox breakout be an ongoing event?

2401:7400:6003:3167:E9C3:1D43:7502:F280 (talk) 15:58, 12 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I think so, extra visibility on the issue alone should it continue to grow is very beneficial. 50.218.19.66 (talk) 17:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I absolutely agree. It deserves to take that spot now that it has been declared a PHEIC by the World Health Organization.
 * DeVosMax [ contribs • talk • created media ] 19:52, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

New Israeli Millitary Operation!!!
,, , , hebrew article. Srart Writing! Lilijuros (talk) 14:32, 5 August 2022 (UTC)


 * @ TheresNoTime
 * Noted that you have re-instated this entry on this talk page. First, I was editing/reverting the post using the mobile application and did not realize that I was only reverting part of the entry. My intention was to revert the entire entry and not only the links which I actually reverted.
 * I reverted the entry because the post did not seem to make sense, given the context of this talk page where it was placed. This talk page is primarily for the discussion of contentious entries in the Current Events Portal. At the time of posting, the subject covered in the links had just been posted as a new entry by a second editor, and its inclusion has not been challenged up until now, except for wording changes. Hence it would seem that this posting is unnecessary.
 * Taking into account the above, the reason why I classified this as vandalism, is because I felt that the purpose of this post was aimed at activism. The language used is very emotive "New Israeli Millitary Operation!!!" & "Start Writing!" (assumed correction of spelling) and sound very much like a call to activism. I also felt like the "Start Writing!", in conjunction with the links felt like an  order  for another editor to write the content for them, given they had not contributed anything to the portal in the first place, which I felt was an unacceptable sentiment. Had they wanted to discuss additions, a more appropriate tone and explanation could have been provided.
 * I understand this is a new account (given the few edits), and English may not be the editors first language, but given the emotive language, I presumed in favor of the above explanation. I further note that upon being reverted, the editor did not try to engage or defend the original post, instead replying with a meaningless statement "yeah "vandelism" on the talk page of current events". Of course, some mitigation can be made for this, given the nature of my original revert.
 * Please let me know what you think, and if you have any further concerns. Carter00000 (talk) 18:42, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Lilijuros
 * You are also invited to join this discussion. Please let me know the context to your post, and if you disagree with anything I've said above.
 * As per my reply to @ TheresNoTime, I acknowledge that you are a new editor, and that the nature of my original revert was perhaps not ideal. Carter00000 (talk) 19:12, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I only brought to your (not "you"-you, but wikipedia ((dammn english is so awful)) mind that a war has started. Since Ewiki is way bigger than mine, we don't have the same parrarell pages - all is just sub-sub pages inidcate where to write. Talk page of current events was the best I could find. Lilijuros (talk) 19:21, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * btw, I'm certainly not a newborn editor, but over a year and half on the Heb Wiki. Not having edits at one version of any wiki certainly does not mean the user is lack of wiki knowledge. anyway, it was just a matter of time untill the article would be blocked (avoiding Israelis to edit TV to Wiki). trust me, Israelis are and would be the first to know everything abuot the comming war. Putting the article out of our hand is just an absurde. Lilijuros (talk) 19:25, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Lilijuros
 * Noted on your explanation, and I withdraw my comments as per the above to @TheresNoTime. I sincerely apologize for my previous hasty actions and comments. Further noted on your experience on Hebrew WP, and the potential issues adding information relevant to this topic. You actually have more experience then me as I have only been actively editing for a few months.
 * I suggest that you may continue to edit the the page as you have on Operation Breaking Dawn. You may also post updates to Portal:Current_events, if there are any significant updates on a certain day. If you would like assistance with content/wording, I would be happy to help you review any potential posts. You may post here or on my Talk Page.
 * Another thing you may be able to do is to nominate the article for In_the_news/Candidates. However, to be accepted, it will have to go through a vote/consensus, and the quality of the article must be fairly high.
 * Please let me know if you any other questions to do with EN WP, I would be happy to assist. Carter00000 (talk) 19:36, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I thank you for this. As of now, the page is blocked, unless @El C is intrested of letting me disposable premission to edit the article. If he reads that, no fear be thine, as I'm a NPOV man, from head to toe. Lilijuros (talk) 22:19, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Lilijuros
 * Noted that the article is now under restrictions as per the below, and you have requested EL C to give you permission to edit the article.
 * Editing restrictions for new editors: All IP editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited from editing any page that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab–Israeli conflict.
 * In the meantime, a standard work-around is to propose additions on the talk page as you have done, and editors eligible to post may be able to add the content for you.
 * Besides, it seems that a editor has nominated the article for ITN under Aug 6. Carter00000 (talk) 10:01, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Update to an "Topics in the news" subject
Let's say, there is a significant update to one of the selected few "Topics in the news" entries, or one of these entries from few weeks ago. As example, there is a (theoretically) update to 2022 Oder environmental disaster I presume, one can add an entry into "September 1, 2022 (Thursday)" titled 2022 Oder environmental disaster and describe the update in short since that news was so major to be put into the "Topics in the news" area, so significant updates will be noteworthy news every time, am I correct on that? Rava77 (talk) 06:31, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Entry views by week list
Hello! I am supportive of having a link to the Top 25 Report on the current events page; I just think "Entry views by week list" is a bit technical and confusing. Could it be changed to something like "Top 25 articles this week" or "Top articles this week" etc.? Thanks! -TenorTwelve (talk) 05:30, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Pinging Portal:Current Events Coordinator User:Elijahandskip for his input. Carter00000 (talk) 08:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It's been 12 days since then, any replies from User:Elijahandskip? Rava77 (talk) 06:38, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just sort of thinking out loud: Some of the things on that list aren’t really “current/recent events” (Example on the August 21-27 list, Elvis is on it), so I am almost think probably not? But it is a good idea. Maybe we could start a smaller technical RfC to get more opinions on the idea. Elijahandskip (talk) 12:21, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree on your start a smaller technical RfC to get more opinions on the idea suggestion. Rava77 (talk) 04:53, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Portal:Current events/How to archive the portal
Is this page (kept) up to date? I notice the structure of the monthly subpages has changed from what is suggested on this page (for the better, regarding the work I've been poking at). Izno (talk) 02:28, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Edit Request
Queen Elizabeth II is not linked or formatted properly in the recent deaths section. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 18:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This is not the place to report errors on the main page, the portal only contains transclusions. I believe the issue has already been fixed, but for future reference see WP:ERRORS. DatGuyTalkContribs 13:03, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for informing me of the proper location. PerryPerryD  Talk To Me 14:36, 9 September 2022 (UTC)