Talk:List of model United Nations conferences

Semi-protected edit request on 31 May 2023
MFINUE https://mfinue.org is organised since 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey Ciner.Bora (talk) 09:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  — Paper9oll  (🔔 • 📝)  11:02, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 August 2023
I would like to add my school's MUN conference to this wikipedia page. Burdnest (talk) 10:28, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate., please take a moment to read the criteria for inclusion at the top of each list, too. Pilaz (talk) 10:37, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 December 2023
Hi all,

I would like to add the HagaMUN to the table in the List of interscholastic MUN conferences. This entry would contain:

Name: Haganum Model United Nations

Abbreviation: HagaMUN

Organizer: Gymnasium Haganum

Location: The Hague

Country: Netherlands

Year established: 2010

Future date: March 8-10 2024

The source to this is: https://hagamun.org/about-hagamun/ and https://hagamun.org/welcome-to-hagamun-2024/ (and simply https://hagamun.org/ for the dates).

Thanks in advance! Maroon Parsnip (talk) 19:58, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: While one page in the provided source states that this organization started in 2010, the "Previous" page only lists 2023. Thus, it is not clear how many of these have occurred in order to fulfill the requirement that there be at least five annual editions to be listed. Spintendo  08:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response,
 * apologies for missing that requirement. The welcome letter describes the 2024 edition as the "thirteenth annual session of the Haganum Model United Nations."
 * Cheers Maroon Parsnip (talk) 13:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ — FenrisAureus ▲ (she/they)   ( talk ) 03:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , hi! Any chance you could find a local newspaper article talking about the conference? We're looking for secondary sources to improve the article. Thanks! Pilaz (talk) 15:16, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2024
Add a highschool conference to the list:

Name: Zimbabwe Model United Nations Abbreviation: ZiMUN Organizer: Harare International School Location: Harare Country: Zimbabwe Year Established: 2005 Last or future dates: March 14-16, 2024. ZiMUN.org Dzim200 (talk) 12:23, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ I added all of this except the year established, which I could not find in the citation or the school's website. Let me know if I missed it somewhere. Jamedeus (talk) 18:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Formatting- Dates
I find that the last and future dates box is generally inconsistent. How should the date be formatted?

Should the date have a - or a –? (February 22–24, 2024)

Should their be space before and after such a character? (February 22 - 25, 2024)

How about for a single day conference?

Should the date go before the month or after? (e.g: February 22-24, 2024 or 22-24 February 2024)

Lastly, should their be a comma before the year? (e.g: March 21-22, 2024)

Thanks Imperatorhobbes (talk) 16:37, 19 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I agree, the inconsistency is a problem. The first question is whether we should keep the last and future dates section up: is it encyclopedic or is it a breach of WP:NOTDIRECTORY? Originally, I created it because it was useful to track conferences that had ceased to operate, but now I'm having second thoughts.
 * As for the consistency part of the question, WP:DATEOVERVIEW provides an overview of best practices of MOS:DATERANGE, which is the relevant style guideline. We should probably follow that. The relevant section gives this example:
 * They travelled June 3 – August 18, 1952; They travelled 3 June – 18 August 1952
 * We should use DMY dates per MOS:DATE since the geographical scope is global, meaning 20 May 2024 rather than May 20, 2024.
 * So, I think 22 – 24 February 2024 with the spaced en-dash is the way to go. Thoughts? Pilaz (talk) 10:44, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think we should keep the dates for now, I would say that they are encyclopedic, but I can see the argument for removing them.
 * Also, thanks for the date formatting, and I will begin to apply it to all the dates
 * Thanks, Imperatorhobbes (talk) 16:32, 20 May 2024 (UTC)