Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City

WikiProject COVID-19
I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

wrong population count ?
the article says vatican city has a population of 1000 while the actual article for vatican city says it is 801. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.0.59.161 (talk) 15:13, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have updated population numbers on both articles; they were all outdated. I used the most recent number from the Vatican City State website in Italian. The micronation now has a huge per capital COVID-19 rate of 1%. Stay healthy! Elizium23 (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Digits with digits
Since this is a mathematical explanation of the percentage of cases, and the population is expressed in digits, it is preferable to express the other numbers in digits so that it is more readable. See MOS:NUMERAL for more information. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 02:05, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Pinging the editor in question. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 02:06, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was over-applying the first bullet-point without considering the exceptions. Ypna (talk) 02:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Image in infobox
Removed per MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE "Images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative." and MOS:LEADIMAGE "Lead images should be natural and appropriate representations of the topic; they should not only illustrate the topic specifically, [but other things too]".

A picture of the Vatican is not relevant to the coronavirus and this doesn't solve the issue with the section transcluded at COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A proper example for what should be included would be COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. Of course, in this case there is no such map because Vatican City is such a small geographical entity so this might be a case of "not having a lead image may be the best solution if there is no easy representation of the topic." 107.190.33.254 (talk) 14:41, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Who said it isn't relevant? It has the picture of the Basilica and St. Peter's Square, empty. It has good view. It does not violate copyright. Looks good to me.— Squid Homme  (talk) 14:53, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * And what does it have to do with COVID-19? As I said, the images should not be there just for decoration. They're showing St. Peter's Square, at night, empty, which I would assume is not entirely unusual given most of the pictures were taken at night (and the pictures prove me right as, in order top-bottom left-right; they date from: 2006, 2004 and 2009). They have strictly nothing to do with the current situation. As I said, there is no good option for this as including a map would be pointless; and we also have to take care because this is transcluded at COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Sometimes just no image is better than a bad image. 107.190.33.254 (talk) 15:06, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * If you read LEADIMAGE it is meant to show people that they've landed on the right place. A picture of the Vatican or any other country is a good addition, especially for the unknown places. KittenKlub (talk) 16:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * The real problem which I've been trying to point out is that this image is transcluded in another article where it is of dubious relevance (since that other article is not about the Vatican but about the pandemic in the whole of Europe). The image of the Pope holding the Good Friday service in front of an empty square might be more appropriate, and would work well in the other article too (with a proper caption). 107.190.33.254 (talk) 16:24, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Cool, you change it to the Good Friday picture and make a full caption. KittenKlub (talk) 16:27, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Done 107.190.33.254 (talk) 16:34, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * What 'bad image'? You obviously have no respect to other people's work. Calling them 'bad image'? That's insulting. You should learn some manners before editing in Wikipedia. And also, not all of them shot at night! ' I don't know what made you think that the map has something to do with me. An what this transcluded thing with COVID-19 pandemic in Europe has to do with our discussion here? Really?— Squid Homme ''' (talk) 17:12, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Calm down, please, no insult was meant; "bad image" has nothing to do with the quality of the work; merely with the fact that it was not appropriate to illustrate the article topic. 107.190.33.254 (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Source for current numbers?
Where are sources for current COVID-19 statistics in Vatican City State? A recent edit changed numbers in unexpected ways (recoveries went way down.) The vatican.va Holy See Press Office does not seem to have any COVID-19-related press releases in February. Nor does the Vatican City State official website in Italian. Elizium23 (talk) 05:51, 9 February 2021 (UTC)