Talk:Deaths in 2021/Archive 2

Rollover on the 8th day
There has been some recent confusion regarding the day on which deaths are moved from "Deaths in 20XX" to "Deaths in Month 20XX". The editor consensus, reflected in the FAQ above, is "to keep the old month listed in the article for seven days after the new month begins." It is quite clear that the entries remain for seven days, that is, they may be moved on the eighth day of the new month

The protected text on the article page was incorrect, It has now been changed to read "Please do not move deaths from the previous month until the 8th of current month."

Of course, it is still not clear if the start of the eighth day is measured at UTC+14, UTC, UTC-10 or some other time zone. WWGB (talk) 01:05, 5 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia works on UTC (or GMT) as per timestamps. Editrite! (talk) 02:45, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, from my position in the UK Western hemisphere, the page always seems to archive on the 6th, no matter who appears to be doing the move. Ref (chew) (do) 06:57, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, it depends on who does it and when it's done. For example, October 2021 was moved by at 07:09 (EST, 11:00 UTC) on . Myself, I've been known to move it out around 18 hours later, once the 7th has pretty much begun in the world. And we take out monthly redlinks a day or so before their time, so what's a day early for the move?   Wylie  pedia  @ 15:01, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Still the butchery continues, restoring a version that is 20 hours out of date. WWGB (talk) 12:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Changeover to Deaths in 2022
As usual, the seven-day "overlap" period at the end of each month does not apply at the end of December.

The reason is that Recent Deaths on the front page of Wikipedia will be pointed to Deaths in 2022 (already queued up) from January 1. This means that deaths from that date need to be reported on Deaths in 2022, rather than staying on Deaths in 2021 for the first seven days (which does not make sense in a new year anyway).  Wylie pedia  @ 21:38, 25 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Can we also try to get a friendly admin to affix semi-protection status to the Deaths in 2022 page, as this article usually needs ? Otherwise, in my experience, IPs will have a field day come 1 January. Thanks. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:55, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with above comments regarding changeover to Deaths in 2022. I have already seen the already queued up page for Deaths in 2022. Regards, KNOWKING4298&#60;&#62; (talk) 23:25, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

2022
Merry Christmas guys, with only a week to go until 2021 ends. I am wondering is anything staying for next years deaths lists or not in regards to sources? Regards, KNOWKING4298&#60;&#62; (talk) 18:37, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The 2021 page will be redirected to Lists of deaths by year. The talkpage will remain, but the discussions will be archived if none relate to December 2021. Deaths in 2022, as stated just above, has already been started.  Wylie pedia  @ 17:54, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clearing that up for me. Regards, KNOWKING4298&#60;&#62; (talk) 23:23, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Shifting content in Deaths in 2021 to Deaths in December 2021 on December 27th 2021
To whoever the editor is who attempted the above (twice, and got reverted twice), and to whoever might support his strange idea: are you mad? The present system of changeover, and exactly when it is done, has taken years to be fine-tuned and tweaked, and works well and logically as is. "If it ain't broke, don't try fixing it." Ref (chew) (do) 00:58, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * 'Twas .  Wylie pedia  @ 06:01, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought he'd be here himself to "discuss" it, as he mentioned in an edit summary of his. Ref (chew) (do) 08:00, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello! Here is my explanation on a user's talk page.
 * "I'm reaching out to you regarding this as Rusted AutoParts chose not to reply to my concern. I don't understand the current format for deaths in 2021.	If a user were to search "Deaths in 2021" that implies that they are searching for deaths of all of 2021. Since the articles are separated by month, the main page (Deaths in 2021), should be a navigation for all the months. There doesn't seem to be a point of putting December's on the main page, when there is an article specifically for December. If you could explain why this is that would be great. Thank you! Mwiqdoh (talk) 00:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)"
 * " Although I don't really disagree with your reasoning, a couple of things to note:
 * 1. Your edit caused the whole of December's entries to be deleted
 * 2. In order to change the way things are done you need to discuss the issue with other editors and form a consensus. You can't just make an executive decision to change it yourself. Ollie231213 (talk) 01:18, 27 December 2021 (UTC)"
 * "Just a note, I did not delete the December entries, I just cut and pasted them to the corresponding article Deaths in December 2021. You are right and I should of brought this up. Do you mind telling me where would be the appropriate place to bring this topic up? Thanks again, Mwiqdoh (talk) 01:23, 27 December 2021 (UTC)"
 * "I would suggest discussing it on Talk:Deaths in 2021. Ollie231213 (talk) 01:25, 27 December 2021 (UTC)"
 * The current article Deaths in December 2021 is a holding page, and has been for some considerable time. In any case, if you were to sway fellow editors with some kind of rationale for exactly WHEN you carried out your move, there is no logic to moving a December page to December before the very last day of December is done. Four days ahead of its terminus makes no logical sense. As I indicated much further up, keeping December 2021 as Deaths in 2021 is not an oversight; it's the way it works best. And normally a month would pause for seven/eight days (according to who you discuss it with) before it would be moved permanently to its holding month page. This is to aid the addition of entries to that month in tandem with entries for the new month, which has taken on the mantle of Deaths in 2021 from the previous month. As I understand it, year-end moves - specifically December of any given year - occur immediately, as there is a completely new year (of 2022 in this case) to deal with. There are the bare bones of how it works currently, and very well it works too thanks, so you can put me down for "keep it as it is" in any final decision on the consensus result here. Thanks for joining the conversation as you promised. Ref (chew) (do) 16:51, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * (I should also have pointed out that if you kept adding entries to each month under its current article heading instead of adding them to the Deaths in 2021 article, there would be no point in having a Deaths in 2021 article, as it would remain empty of all entries or at least consist of a series of wikilinks pointing towards the Deaths in (month) 2021 articles.) Ref (chew) (do) 16:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I do want to say was correct in pointing you to this talkpage. As with most WP articles, discussions about content, and certainly major changes, belong on the respective talkpages and not on user ones.  Wylie  pedia  @ 17:35, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes I understand that now. Thanks! Mwiqdoh (talk) 17:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Cause of death shouldn’t be included?
I’m not able to edit but I noticed an error. Under 21 Dec: “Tahir Shamsi, 59, Pakistani hematologist, stroke.[130]”

None of the other people have cause of death included. 203.214.76.61 (talk) 22:56, 27 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes, not all the other people have a death cause included in the entry lists but we do it if they have but sometimes we don’t if no cause of death is given out. Regards, KNOWKING4298&#60;&#62; (talk) 23:01, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * To clarify even further, if there is not irrefutable proof through sources of a cause of death, we never enter one - it stays vacant until such time there is (if ever). We also don't do "suspected [cause]", "alleged [cause]" or any such half-assumption, and we don't use the terms "age-related causes" or "natural causes". Hope that makes things a little clearer. Ref (chew) (do) 23:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That's a great question though. However, at the very top of the page, it says CODs are listed "if known"  Wylie pedia  @ 01:21, 29 December 2021 (UTC)