Portal talk:Current events/Headlines


 * To discuss the content of the Headlines template, go to In the news/Candidates.

Headlines?
It seems some people on the main Current Affairs page are not happy with this being called "Highlights" given the nature of some of the stories - death and natural disaster, and such like. Maybe "Headlines" would be a more suitable name?

doktorb wordsdeeds 15:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:click
Could be replaced with imagemap here. I don't have the technical expertise to do that. --Eleassar my talk 14:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, obviously I have. I have just done that. --Eleassar my talk 14:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Protection
Isn't this the template on the main page? If so, why isn't it protected? · AO Talk 00:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Northern Israel is being bombed!
it shuold be added. GOER 16:15, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Oussama Mellouli - first Arab world champion in swimming stripped of 2007 world championships medals

 * Swimming:
 * On September 11 2007, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli was stripped of his 2007 world championship by the Court of Arbitration for Sport – for doping. He was also given an 18-month suspension, made retroactive to 30 November 2006. This means, that while he loses two worlds championship medals from 2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Melbourne in March 2007, he still has a chance to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

With his 2007 results vacated, he loses the historic distinction of having become the first Arab competitor to win a world swimming championship (800 m freestyle). Przemysław Stańczyk (pl:Przemysław Stańczyk) of Poland takes over as reigning world champion. The other affected Melbourne result is 400 m freestyle. In sum, two Australians move up from bronze to silver, and an Italian and a Russian gain bronze medals instead of 4. places. --Mareklug talk 21:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

British vs. American English
please note a valid point. --143.239.215.33 12:06, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Upcoming story
I'm from over on Wikinews, I have a story which is under embargo until later today. I believe it is significant enough to merit a mention on the front page of wikipedia.

I'll be in #wikinews on freenode, or can be contacted at brian. mcneil at wikinewsie. org. --Brianmc (talk) 09:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Please update
Please update some of these very old news items from, e.g. Portal:Current events/2008 August 9. 75.61.101.124 (talk) 20:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Web slice
I've added web slice support for the headlines.Smallman12q (talk) 03:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)