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Protected edit request on 11 September 2022

I previously deleted the post about the Russian cruise missile attack on Dnipro because this occurred on the 15th on July. 24.175.162.193 (talk) 21:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Denied It is unclear of what you are trying to edit. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:27, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Rare protests

One of the entries for yesterday (13th of October) states the following: "Rare anti-government protests occur in Beijing <...>". Rare in this context may mean "infrequently occurring" or "sparse and/or small", and it's unclear which one that is here. Unfortunately, I am unable to check the cited source due to being in a country that blocks BBC news, so could someone reword that entry to be less ambiguous?
Not sure if I signed this section right, since the mobile app is a bit weird regarding portals and their talk pages. --2A00:1FA1:4124:D2E4:7965:91A8:FD61:8FA9 (talk) 07:25, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Just noticed, why are there red links on a main page? Can someone fix this, or replace them? thx. Realtent (talk) 21:14, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Much better. Now, can someone remove the other red links? They don't seem to link to anything or have a page, so probably better to remove them. Realtent (talk) 21:25, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Current events portal pages before January 2001

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Current events portal pages before January 2001. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 13:02, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Protected edit request on November 28, 2022

Add the ongoing eruption of Mauna Loa to current events. The United States Geological Survey observed an eruption in Moku‘āweoweo (the volcano's caldera) on November 27, 2022 at 11:30 PM Hawaiian Standard Time. The most recent update on the eruption can be found here. Before this eruption, Mauna Loa had not erupted since 1984. Rainclaw7 (talk) 13:13, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: adding events to the portal does not require an administrator. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:00, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Damar Hamlin

I feel like Damar Hamlin should be on yesterday´s current events, as american football events that are influential are shown. Liminalspaaces (talk) 20:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: adding events to the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. Carter00000 (talk) 16:27, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

2023 United States Speaker of The House of Represenatives election.

Hi, please add the 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. It is currently ongoing and may continue till tomorrow. It is currently adjourned till 8:00PM EST. This election may go until tomorrow, and should probably be on the ongoing.

Yours Truly,
Squattuh (talk) 22:34, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: adding events to the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. Carter00000 (talk) 16:28, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Georgian bill

Georgia's ruling party announces that it will withdraw a controversial bill concerning foreign agents which prompted days of protests across the country.

That should read "which had prompted days of protests..." The way you've written it, it sounds as though the ruling party's announcement that it would withdraw the bill resulted in protests. This is not quite how it happened. Kelisi (talk) 18:16, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: editing entries in the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. Carter00000 (talk) 18:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Lagos train-bus crash

Six people are killed and at least 25 others are injured in a collision between a train and a public bus in Lagos, Nigeria.

The linked Reuters story is not quite accurate, as it was not a public bus, but rather one reserved for taking civil servants to and from work. This BBC story might be a better reference. It includes a video report. Kelisi (talk) 18:29, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: editing entries in the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. Carter00000 (talk) 18:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

Negativity

Does anyone notice how all this page talks about is how many people died in a natural disaster or military attack, how countries dispute something or other, etc? Is there ever anything positive on this thing? 74.69.208.122 (talk) 04:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

sometimes Von bismarck (talk) 14:14, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Information icon You could add some more entries in the categories of "Arts and culture", "Business and economy", "Science and technology" & "Sports", which may help to balance out the stories presented in the Portal. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works.
Carter00000 (talk) 17:40, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Let’s make this section more positive

I agree with the comment about negativity. I think there should be some good news in current events 174.243.54.7 (talk) 16:42, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Information icon You could add some more entries in the categories of "Arts and culture", "Business and economy", "Science and technology" & "Sports", which may help to balance out the stories presented in the Portal. Instructions on how to edit: Wikipedia:How the Current events page works. Carter00000 (talk) 17:41, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Climat Crisis is not ongoing anymore ???

Revision as of 06:07, 12 February 2023 removed climat from ongoing crisis in the sidebar. Can we please restore it? － Cy21 ➜ discuss 13:23, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Pinging @Farolif for comment on the removal on the event. Carter00000 (talk) 17:23, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
It was, and still is, a low visibility article - compare to some other ongoing widespread events. Farolif (talk) 18:13, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
OK, it is a long term issue. But is this kind of attitude part of why some issues tends to be forsaken ? Number of views shouldn't decide what is and what is not an issue. － Cy21 ➜ discuss 09:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

NCAA basketball season ending

In the "Sports" section more specifically Basketball, it says that the 2022-23 NCAA Mens/Women basketball season is still ongoing even though it has concluded as of a few days ago. Please fix this

Justcgi (talk) 15:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

 Done You could have done this yourself by editing Portal:Current events/Sidebar, which is not protected. Carter00000 (talk) 16:12, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Notable?

 — master sonT - C 19:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Number spelling

Thirty-six – and indeed all numbers of this form – are written with a hyphen. Please correct this. Kelisi (talk) 03:43, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: I don't see a 36 anywhere, but I suspect you are referring to Portal:Current events/2023 April 16 which has a thirty-three. You can edit that page yourself if there are any other issues. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:44, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

U.S.-Iran, submarine story

This is just one of the many such false propaganda stories that come out daily from Iran, North Korea, etc. It didn't happen, and I don't consider such "notable." I vote to remove. HammerFilmFan (talk) 16:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 8 May 2023

Obvious spam / advertising in current events page MightyKerbal (talk) 18:56, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done for now: @MightyKerbal: Please be more specific about your request, perhaps in a "change X to Y" format. I don't see "obvious spam / advertising" on first glance. DanCherek (talk) 23:29, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Oh, I see what you mean. Looks like it's vandalism that has been reverted already. DanCherek (talk) 02:11, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Sports

161.132.241.124 (talk) 14:32, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism

There is a graffito saying 'hi' on Portal:Current events/June 2023, but I can't find where. --TadejM my talk 19:11, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done Hyphenation Expert (talk) 22:11, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Wagner Mutiny coverage?

I understand this is a rapidly unfolding and even extremely significant event, but is it really necessary to add several paragraphs of events to a single day about this one conflict? Save it for the actual article. 2605:A601:A187:B500:1D4F:47B3:C4D0:ABBD (talk) 15:58, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I noticed the dispute over how many links to provide for places. Given a description of a current event that includes "City, State, Country", do we link to the city, or separately to all three?

Has this been discussed here in the past? I didn't find anything in the last two years' worth of archives. Is this the right page for this discussion? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:06, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Discussion on consensus at ITN

I've made a post at ITN regarding the development of consensus there and thought that folks here might be interested. voorts (talk/contributions) 13:27, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Is state media considered a legitimate source?

I imagine a Korean Central News story regarding the golf prowess of the Kim dynasty would not be a legitimate source, so where is the line if state media is accepted? 2601:702:81:33C0:C9D2:DB9C:24B2:8B5D (talk) 20:26, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Events seem biased towards crisis

All of the ongoing events listed are problems. Most have 'crises' in the name. I wish there was a more balanced list that included positive events as well, economic successes, positive political resolutions, technological improvements, and cultural milestones.

Apologies if this is an old topic here. Have recently been trying to find a nice balanced news source. I would love it to be wikipedia, but the crises emphasis makes it less than ideal. I wonder if I could help somehow?

Here's the current list for reference.

Ongoing events

Disasters

Economics

Politics

Benjamin.haley (talk) 20:11, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Discussion of crisis bias and more balanced coverage

@Benjamin.haley: The coverage of news on Wikipedia is an eclectic cross between elections, sports, awards, corruption, disasters, mass murder, and more mass murder (war). This is a problem for a couple of reasons. One, the good things in the world aren't being covered here in the ratio that they exist in contrast with the bad. Two, the biggest crises aren't being covered adequately, so even the bad news is tilted towards a certain level of bad news: mostly local disasters and killings. But, the world is in the middle of ongoing existential crises that affect everyone, and that are not being monitored here effectively. Aside from the ongoing nuclear arms risk, there's: world overpopulation and its continued increase, ongoing world overconsumption and the resultant human impacts upon the environment (natural habitat fragmentation and destruction, biodiversity decrease, mass extinction, etc.), ongoing climate change (rising ocean acidity, temperatures, and sea level, etc.). And ongoing rapid development of general purpose AI and a possible resultant trajectory toward general AI. Where is the ongoing coverage of those?    — The Transhumanist   01:06, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

The Palestinian should be listed as a gunman, as most honest media papers list him. Which for some reason Al Jazeera chooses to omit. https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-shooting-743b257c8a7371a37af039aceba6e6fd https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-01/palestinian-opens-fire-in-west-bank-settlement-wounding-6-people-before-being-killed https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/01/israel-palestinians-west-bank-shooting/cb041fa4-306f-11ee-85dd-5c3c97d6acda_story.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/5-israelis-wounded-one-seriously-in-terror-shooting-in-maale-adumim/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-palestinian-opens-fire-in-israeli-settlement-near-jerusalem-wounding/ https://m.timesofindia.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-opens-fire-in-west-bank-settlement-wounding-5-people-before-being-killed/articleshow/102322356.cms https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/505825.aspx Chulentesser (talk) 03:36, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Myanmar conflict no longer on going?

The list of ongoing armed conflicts lists this as a major war and it is likely to remain in that list next year. Why is it not listed alongside the conflicts in Sudan and Ukraine? Lack of press coverage? ~ El D. (talk to me) 16:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

That's a good question. There's also Yemeni civil war (2014–present) in which the number of victims has been much higher and similar to that of the Russian invasion. Alaexis¿question? 09:10, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Flash floods in Massachusetts?

There is a state of emergency in Leominster, Massachusetts after 6-11"!!! rains caused flash flooding. Is this notable? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/us/leominster-massachusetts-flash-flooding.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/weather/leominster-massachusetts-flooding-rhode-island-tuesday/index.html https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/area-of-leominster-urged-to-evacuate-amid-potential-issue-with-dam/3133385/ Victor Grigas (talk) 17:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Incomplete information

The news reads "US condemns French ban on Abaya.(Al Arabiya)". However, it is not the abaya that was banned, but wearing the abaya (or qami) in public schools. I feel this may misinform some readers. 37.171.173.57 (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

The entry which this discussion is about has been removed from the Portal. Carter00000 (talk) 16:05, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

biased wording?

Isn't this biased wording?

> Canada accuses India of being linked to the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, causing a diplomatic crisis.

It places the blame on Canada instead of India, as if assassination is okay, but accusing them is not. I would think the assassination is the cause of the crisis. Tanath (talk) 19:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

This issue should be raised at WP:ERRORS under Errors with "In the news", as the entry is made through WP:ITN. Carter00000 (talk) 16:07, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Canadian government accuses Indian government agents of murder on Canadian soil

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has today informed parliament that the Canadian national security apparatus has reason to believe that "agents of the Indian government" perpetrated the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-indian-government-nijjar-1.6970498. Of course, we can expect the story to evolve over time but this seems to be a quite notable development worth mentioning here in the Current Events page. I don't know if this should go under the "International relations" heading or the "Law and crime" heading and I do not seem to have permission to edit the page so I'll leave it up to the discretion of somebody with that power to first determine if this is significant enough to warrant mention and, should they deem it significant enough to mention, which heading it would go under. YIMBYzus (talk) 20:42, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

The entry which this discussion is about has been added to the Portal. Carter00000 (talk) 16:08, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Covid-19

Reinstate COVID-19 pandemic to ongoing events, it is still very much an ongoing event of extreme note. Groble (talk) 06:01, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

This proposal should be raised at WP:ITN, as the entry is posted through ITN. Carter00000 (talk) 16:09, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
If the bar for "extreme note" is that low to the point where most countries have no mandates in place for it anymore and almost no one wears a mask for it, then in that case the HIV/AIDS pandemic, flu season, the tuberculosis epidemic, and the obesity epidemic should also be there. JM2023 (talk) 16:51, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Unverified stories

Should it be included in the summary whether or not a story has been verified or not? Why include unsubstantiated stories? 2600:1700:3AE1:50:1129:806F:6AD2:AEEC (talk) 12:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

This is specifically in reference to the October 5 story about a Russian child killed in Horlivka by a Ukrainian munition. The Al Jazeera news feed which is given as the source states that the story could not be verified. 2600:1700:3AE1:50:1129:806F:6AD2:AEEC (talk) 12:59, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

2023–24 EuroLeague

2023–24 EuroLeague has started 161.132.241.124 (talk) 19:05, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

The news which this discussion is about has been added to the sidebar of the portal. Carter00000 (talk) 06:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
that's the basketball one 161.132.241.124 (talk) 20:13, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
You may also edit Portal:Current events/Sidebar yourself if there is a particular item you would like to add, such as the event you have mentioned above. Carter00000 (talk) 16:45, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

On the "Ongoing" Section

Complete overhaul.

Something like

Ongoing events : 2023 Nigerien crisis, Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians

Ongoing conflicts : Yemen War, Syria War, Ukraine war, Sudan War

Recent deaths : Lukt64 (talk) 00:09, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

This proposal should be raised at WP:ITN, as the entries proposed are posted through ITN. Carter00000 (talk) 03:34, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
You may also edit Portal:Current events/Sidebar if you mean the sidebar on the portal. Carter00000 (talk) 16:26, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Completly agree. As well, why was the War in Sudan removed? it is a high-impact conflict. Affiliating (talk) 17:57, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Not enough activity on the page. Lukt64 (talk) 18:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Live Blogs, especially Al Jazeera

Live blog usage has been normalized for a long time on the Current Events Portal. This includes especially live blogs to CNN, BBC, and yes, Al Jazeera as well. This has frequently included stories that do not get their own dedicated article page. The usage being a live blog and/or without a dedicated article page of its own has been disproportionately used to remove Al Jazeera headlines. Even though Al Jazeera English and the related English-language AlJazeera.com have plenty of editors' voices to express the reasons why it is continuing to be used the way it has been here at WP:RSN, and recent edits continue to use BBC live blog that amusingly "according to the Al Jazeera news network." itself directly is relying on Al Jazeera's reporting, helping to show the enduring secondary source reputability being established. Please, please do not remove headlines purely for the reason that they are headlines sourced from Al Jazeera's live blog, because Al Jazeera English and AlJazeera.com are reliable sources, internationally award-winning for reporting on the exact contentious subject of the Arab-Israeli conflict in disputed Palestine. Sumstream (talk) 03:26, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

In addition to some valid points made on that discussion, there is also Al Jazeera controversies and criticism and Al Jazeera English#Controversies and criticism to consider. It's quite strange to me that not only is a live blog used (which you would think would have lower editorial standards, since it's live reporting), but the wisdom of using a source which (regardless of how much it asserts its own independence) is still owned by the same authoritarian government that is a state sponsor of terrorism which shelters the leader of Hamas in its capital and is a primary funder, sponsor, and supporter of Hamas. JM (talk) 17:53, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
Please consider that I have viewed for years live blog usage of BBC and CNN without complaint, just as there is years of no issue with Al Jazeera, in between flare-ups of conflict escalation. Their reporting on this exact conflict that you are concerned with has earned them international awards, enough for its own article and these are international awards, the Peabody is not administered by Qatar. Also as described in the referenced discussion a "reliable source" does not need to be a "perfect source" or "proven to be free of any bias whatsoever" what you are describing you are not evenly applying Wikipedia guidelines to all sources (such as having no issue with BBC's live blog, which itself also relies on Al Jazeera, as many secondary sources do, because it's reliable and the best option). Sumstream (talk) 19:36, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war

There should maybe be a consideration if there's enough consensus to just start avoiding the use of "War crimes in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war" header because of how it incentivizes gaming whether or not play-by-play back and forth events if each one is evaluated as being considered a war crime or not by Wikipedia's editors, which seems problematic and against the spirit of the discretionary sanctions on the Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli conflicts. I've already seen what seems to me to be worrying trends toward arms races of pushing stories in and out of the "War Crimes" grouping to control which events are being called war crimes in this hotly contested and developing scenario... I do think war crimes are being committed but a lot is going on and I don't think we can all keep up with it to the level of very careful accuracy that it should be at this time... but that's just my one opinion so far, not trying to be disruptive or anything. Sumstream (talk) 17:13, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Those events should just be included under the general "2023 Israel-Hamas War" label to avoid passing judgement on if it is a war crime. For many of these, there is not enough info to know if it was a war crime or not, so it should not be definitely stated with a "war crimes" header, which makes it seem like it is known as an undisputed fact that the event was a war crime. Some of these, such as condemnations by NGOs or other governments, should also be in the reactions section instead. Folohsor (talk) 18:24, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Agree get rid of the "War crimes" section entirely, its hilariously/horrifically biased; most of the sources are Al Jazeera (Qatar state-owned media; Qatar is an authoritarian state with no press freedom, and it's a primary Hamas funder, sponsor, and supporter and hosts their leader in Doha among high society) or literal Palestinian groups' statements. The "misinformation" section also seems to be entirely anti-Israel every day from what I've seen. And I know we have WP:NOTRIGHT and most sources are anti-Israel, but its outrageous. TBH maybe it should go to the neutrality noticeboard or get an RFC. JM (talk) 20:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I just want to be clear that my statement is not meant as a criticism of the content of any headlines or an attempt to address the content of the headlines involved themselves. Sumstream (talk) 00:53, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Well sure, I suppose what started as me agreeing with you developed into a general criticism of the bias underneath the "war crimes" label. I was going to start my own section about the bias, but figured I agreed with you and your topic was related enough for me to sort of branch off with that elaboration. JM (talk) 01:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
@Sumstream@Folohsor@JM2023: just to bring in your notice, the user adding all discussed here has been blocked. All those problematic entries were his own sole additions, followed by disruptive behaviour. Pg 6475 TM 20:14, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Appreciate it. Hopefully the current events template looks a lot better going forward. JM (talk) 21:17, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Exactly my same thought. Regards Pg 6475 TM 21:27, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
I agree with you! It seems like a good majority of Wikipedia is biased towards Hamas. There needs to be a clear line towards neutrality in this. I support Israel and it just grieves me to see this bias. I always thought that Wikipedia was supposed to be neutral in it's reporting but it's clearly not. Anitarose33511 (talk) 17:23, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
The problem is twofold; Wikipedia can be wrong due to systemic bias of reliable sources, and it can also be wrong due to systemic bias of editors. JM (talk) 19:41, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
Worth noting the user that had consistently filed news items under war crimes has now been indef blocked, so hopefully that cleans up the issue for now.
I'm no fan of Israel per se, but the avalanche of edits every single day began to feel like sizable anti-Israel POV-pushing, especially when multiple sources used weren't exactly reliable/neutral. The Kip 19:40, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Coronal Mass Ejection

There's a typo next to the Coronal Mass Ejection. It says "Coronal Mass Ejection (CMA)" while it should say "Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)". Phofers (talk) 15:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done @Phofers: for future reference, only the main page of the portal is fully protected. The subpages for each day are not protected, and you could've edited them yourself by clicking on the "edit" link at the top of each date box. (Non-administrator comment) Liu1126 (talk) 16:20, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Oh, thanks! Good to know. Phofers (talk) 16:34, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 4 December 2023

Henry Kissinger dies at the age of 100 and 1/2. 203.174.163.236 (talk) 18:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Already included — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:27, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Pro russia slant on current news

Latest ukraine war update hardly seems neutral to me. 2603:3018:CD9:100:C55E:6716:480B:D55D (talk) 07:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 19 December 2023

Please add the following information to the portal.

Armed conflicts and attacks

Marwanaircalm (talk) 13:25, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Add this to the appropriate day subpage, which isn't protected. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:54, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Template talk:Current event editnotice § Encouraging more use

 You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Current event editnotice § Encouraging more use. Inviting here because the editnotice affects many pages listed on this portal. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 01:19, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 13 January 2024

Change photo

US Navy no longer operates F/A-18 Hornet. 103.151.172.33 (talk) 17:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Firstly, this error report should be made at Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors#Errors with "In the news" to keep discussion centralized. About the issue itself, the original source of the image didn't seem to mention the model of the aircraft, nor whether it belongs to the Navy or the Marines. I think it looks more like a F/A-18E/F (the current link is to the old Hornet), but obviously I'm not a reliable source. The safest response would be to remove all mention of model and belonging, changing the caption to "US fighter jet taking off prior to the airstrikes". Liu1126 (talk) 18:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
This is no longer on the main page. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:46, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

The Kip (talk · contribs) insists (see here) that red links should not be added on the Current Events portal. Is that indeed the policy? 109.37.142.196 (talk) 22:52, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

I don't think it's a policy after having read MOS:REDLINK and WP:REDLINK; in fact I think there is reason for keeping redlinks on the portal after reading that there is research showing redlinks are a major driver of major contributions in the form of article creation. That said, I don't know everything, so maybe there's a consensus against redlinks on the portal somewhere (if there is, it should be added to the MOS or the redlink page).
At the same time, the policies I listed also say that redlinks should not be used when the subject is not notable enough for its own page, and I don't think the subject that was redlinked in this instance passes that standard. JM (talk) 12:41, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Addition of February 2024 California atmospheric river to Weather Section

I believe that the article February 2024 California atmospheric river should be added to the weather section of the ongoing events box. I wanted to make a topic here to see if any one opposes this addition. Thanks! ZombiUwU (💬 ~♥~ 📝) 19:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

EDIT Request: For recent deaths, add Alexei Navalny.

Alexei Navalny was reported deceased recently, and he is sufficiently notable to warrant an inclusion. Redacted II (talk) 16:29, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

@Redacted II: Since the top box at Portal:Current events is shared with the Main Page, this is being discussed at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#Alexei Navalny dies. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks! Redacted II (talk) 17:11, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Centralizing talk spaces

This page has 6,200 watchers whereas Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Current events has 38. Should that page redirect here? Or is there some other action that should be taken to better organize/centralize discussion of current events on Wikipedia (things like the invite I made above)? {{u|Sdkb}} talk 01:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sdkb: I would think so to be honest. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:04, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
make it work. 207.47.137.119 (talk) 00:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
As of now, it still has not been merged in here yet. A full merge requires archive moving, archiving, etc. and I think it is too big for that right now. When the page cools down, it would likely be a good idea. 2003LN6 16:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
What do you mean by "cools down"? Sdkb talk 19:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Nvidia

Nvidia stock just made the largest increase in history, this should be there https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/nvidia-to-top-meta-record-with-nearly-250-billion-value-jump?embedded-checkout=true Victor Grigas (talk) 01:22, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Ongoing

Please add War in Sudan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M23_offensive_(2022%E2%80%93present) Sh3r1exb (talk) 02:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Inclusion of content in Portal:Current events/2024 March 1

I removed this entry earlier on the basis of WP:SENSATIONAL earlier. The entry was restored without discussion by the OP. Should this be included?

In an address to the nation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declares that "democracy is under threat" from Islamism and far-right extremism following the election of George Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, and threats made against members of parliament over the war in Gaza.

This appears to be a standard speech where an elected official makes typical claims about the current geopolitical climate and criticizes their political opponents. This situation is exacerbated in this case as the official is essentially making remarks with the aim of discrediting a recently elected official.

The OP made the following justifcation when reverting:

Nothing sensational about it. It was a prime time address by a Prime Minister?

It appears that there is a clear misunderstanding of notability in this case. Routine activities, such as statements made by a head of state, are typically not included as they do not meet the criteria for notability. 33ABGirl (talk) 14:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Here's the thing though, the speech by Rishi Sunak was far from routine. The speech itself was a reaction to the election of George Galloway to parliament, which has rocked the politicial establishment, and the ongoing Pro-Palestine protests. As both of these events are notable themselves and have been included on the portal, I'd say the speech is notable enough for inclusion here. GWA88 (talk) 19:58, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Do you have any policies or guidelines that back up that claim of sufficient notability for inclusion on the portal? You've essentially just repeated what you mentioned previously, making the assertion that the address has sufficient due weight for inclusion based on your own opinion. 33ABGirl (talk) 05:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
I have removed the content under discussion since there has been no response from OP based on WP:PAG, or any further response at all, despite OP's regular editing. As no other editors have expressed support for the inclusion of the content, despite the discussion being open for a period of time, please refrain from restoring the content until a consensus is reached. 33ABGirl (talk) 17:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Notifying relevant users: User:JM2023 User:Gianluigi02 User:CoryGlee User:XavierGreen User:Baratiiman User:TruncateVirus99 User:SaintPaulOfTarsus User:Dubstar44 User:Cryptic User:Dantheanimator User:Sundostund User:LonelyBoy2012 User:Jebiguess User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao User:Michael7604.
Please could you give your opinion on the inclusion of this news item on the current events portal. GWA88 (talk) 00:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
This looks like a blatant attempt at canvassing through mass pinging of editors. This editor claims that this page is dead, when being watched by over 6,000 other editors. 33ABGirl (talk) 01:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Absolutey not an attempt at "canvassing", all the editors pinged have been active on the current events portal, most of them on Portal:Current events/2024 March 1, the page of this dispute. I find it in bad faith to automatically assume canvassing, they are free to oppose its inclusion just as much as they are free to support it. GWA88 (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi to all, especially to both editors in dispute. You know, I hate, really hate arguments and disputes... But I have been pinged. I think that not all speeches are worth-including, for example, I'm sure that a speech from a leader of Zimbabwe would be removed. I've made entries where I've been urged to look for "action" and not "words"... So... I don't know, that's my opinion as far as I can get without getting involved much further. But if agreement is reached on including Mr Sunak's speech, then I would accept it fully. Please consider my opinion as extremely respectful towards everybody. As I said, I hate arguments to the extreme. Have a nice day. CoryGlee (talk) 09:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Note to all involved: As the OP of this thread has escalated this dispute in what appears to be an attempt to get me blocked I will be disengaging from this discussion until the matter is closed. I will support any consensus that is reached. Thank you. GWA88 (talk) 20:55, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Sources behind paywalls

isnt it an issue to citate stories which are behind paywalls? the BBC for instance is used a lot, however clicking on some of their links from the uk without a tv licence can end us up in court. Ive seen other stories also with sources only viewable if you signup or subscribe / pay to access. Surely we can use sources that are free? its like this site is now useful only to the rich and mega corporations, as one of the main sites in the world, its clearly making the world worse overall by closing down to a few verified sources & focusing on specific stories even when worse or more important stories occur. Surely someone will no doubt come back with a link to wikipedias rules or whatever but my point is the rules clearly suck & the site is wrecking the world, making the rich richer & the poor poorer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.17.4.48 (talk) 23:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Blurbs are getting super long

Several of the blurbs for 2024 March 22 are a paragraph long instead of a sentence. Can we keep them shorter? We don't need to explain the entire event in the blurb. Nosferattus (talk) 03:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Dispute over Taylor Swift album in Current events page

There is currently a low-scale edit war on whether to include the release of the Taylor Swift album on Portal:Current events/2024 April 19. I would not have thought this was in dispute, given that we have a firmly established heading for Current events called Arts and culture which would clearly fit the situation. We have consistently added many items here related to film, music, literature, and the like. Yet here we are.

The main charge of Wikipedia:In the news says it "serves to direct readers to articles that have been substantially updated to reflect recent or current events of wide interest. ITN supports the central purpose of Wikipedia—making a great encyclopedia." The release of this album is clearly in scope here.

Therefore, instead of undoing each other, can we please discuss this in a civil manner here, instead of leaving terse and unproductive edit summaries such as: "not notable" or "Promotional, irrelevant" or "not important"? Most of these amount to WP:IDONTLIKEIT. - Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

A log of the back and forth:

Diff User Action Edit summary
[1] Fuzheado Addition add Taylor Swift article
[2] Dubstar44 Removal not important
[3] Fuzheado Addition Undid revision 1219744226 by Dubstar44 (talk) - most certainly news worthy
[4] 46.222.106.54 Removal Promotional, irrelevant
[5] Fuzheado Addition Undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk) - restore, not a valid reason to remove this
[6] 2003:f0...(IPv6) Removal no edit summary
[7] Pithon314 Addition The album release is a notable event for arts and culture and this is not simply promotional undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk)
[8] Gimmethegepgun Removal not notable
[9] Pithon314 Addition Re-adding Taylor Swift album with a more reliable source and one explanation of notability in description
[10] Alsoriano97 Removal Unnotable. This is not a commercial portal. Do not re-add it again.
[11] Fuzheado Addition Undid revision 1219906377 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - removing arts and culture content, whether it is music, film, literary just because it is "commerical" is not supported by policy and inappropriate. WP:NOTCENSORED
[12] Alsoriano97 Removal You have completely missed the point of my comment. There has been another editor who has deleted it for some reason, and it should be kept removed. This kind of news has never been posted. Be serious
[13] Fuzheado Addition Undid revision 1219922027 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - You are wrong. There are plenty of arts/culture content that is posted to Current events. Respect WP:BRD and bring it to the talk page. Other editors have restored it too

Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

I removed it because it's a release of an album. We don't comment every release of a movie or anyone else's album. The improved one by Pithon314 that expanded on it by saying it was the most-streamed ever makes me more ambivalent about its inclusion.
Also, you're the one who violated BRD by reverting Dubstar44's reversion instead of discussing --Gimmethegepgun (talk) 19:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
What you say is common sense. I fully subscribe to what you say. To open a discussion for this... _-_Alsor (talk) 19:59, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
You are not a very experienced editor, so I'm going to WP:AGF here. What BRD means is to revert to the status quo (which was my addition) then discuss. The fact is, this is notable, fits within the charge of ITN, and has a long precedent of being newsworthy for Wikipedia. - Fuzheado | Talk 20:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
The status quo was the article prior to your bold addition of an album release --Gimmethegepgun (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for watching out for promotional content Gimmethegepgun. I agree with you that we should not add simply promotional content to Portal:Current events, hence why I tried to add at least one explanation of its notability in my second re-addition. I wanted to expand upon the explanation of notability of The Tortured Poets Department in a discussion since the blurbs in the portal should remain short. First, this album release was widely covered across many media outlets, here are some I found: CBS News, ABC, NPR, Washington Post, and Reuters. As I mentioned in the second edit, the album broke the record for most-streamed album in a single day and Swift became the most-streamed artist in a single day. As now mentioned in the intro paragraph for The Tortured Poets Department, the album had the largest pre-order sum in the history of the retailer Target. This is Taylor Swift's first non re-recorded album to be released since the start of "Swiftmania" that has had a large economic and cultural impact. The frenzy caused her to become the Time Person of the Year in 2023. For these reasons, many of the sources I list all describe the album has "highly anticipated". These are the main reasons I think that the album release is notable and newsworthy beyond just a promotion. --Pithon314 (talk) 07:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Neither of the superlatives in the most recent version of the blurb were supported by the cited source. It says the album was the most-streamed on Spotify, not the most-streamed by any service. And it says she broke her own record for Spotify's most-streamed artist in a day - she "became" that in 2023, not now - and, again, the blurb simply said she was the most-streamed artist, not the most-streamed on Spotify. It may well be that in both cases most-streamed-ever-on-Spotify is synonymous with most-streamed-ever - it's even quite likely - but we can't claim that if the cited source doesn't. (I do acknowledge that you properly qualified the initial versions of these claims with "On Spotify," but that got removed.) —Cryptic 13:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for that catch, I meant to include the "On Spotify" qualifier in my comment here as well. I would support a version like this then: "Taylor Swift releases her new album The Tortured Poets Department as a double album. On Spotify, the album breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and Swift breaks the record for most-streamed artist in a single day. (CBS News)" so that it is clear that these records are specific to Spotify and not necessarily all streaming. This version is based off my second re-addition (edit [9]) except I fixed the wording to just say she broke the record for most-streamed artist and not that she became it. --Pithon314 (talk) 19:51, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 13 May 2024

Anchor Text: (Anadolu Agency) Hyperlink https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/russia-claims-to-have-taken-control-of-2-ukrainian-settlements/ Above page is 404 and some instance redirecting to https://www.aa.com.tr/en SpintaDigital (talk) 09:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Technically speaking, the subpage on which the item is located isn't protected, but I think WP:RUSUKR applies to it. Liu1126 (talk) 14:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

"The sun unleashes it's [sic] largest solar flare"

Should be: "The sun unleashes its largest solar flare". Understand the difference between its and it's; it's important. 192.147.118.254 (talk) 18:39, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Fixed in Special:Diff/1224014734. Note, that everyone can edit the subpages for particular dates, like Portal:Current events/2024 May 14. When browsing Portal:Current events, just click the "edit" link in the top right corner of the smaller box, which is titled "May 14, 2024 (Tuesday)". —⁠andrybak (talk) 00:28, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

problem with today's article regarding the french protests against the far-right

A person's name's not working, the link. Wikipedia backwards (almost) v2.0 (talk) 01:23, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

AedipikiwTwo, for the portal, you can edit Portal:Current events/2024 June 30 yourself. If you think there's a problem with the article 2024 French protests against the far-right, please bring it up at the talk page. —⁠andrybak (talk) 02:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

View Portal:Current events in the skin:

In Vector 2022, it seems that id="coordinates" isn't enough to put the edit instructions link: 

<span id="coordinates" class="noprint">[[Portal:Current events/Edit instructions|Edit instructions]]</span>

to the top right corner – it is shown near the top at the left, as any wikitext paragraph. This wikitext used to work in Vector legacy (2010) because of a CSS rule for selector body.skin-vector-legacy #coordinates.

Would replacing <span id="coordinates">...</span> with an indicator, like what Module:Coordinates does, be possible? —⁠andrybak (talk) 01:26, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 14 July 2024

Please replace line 

<span id="coordinates" class="noprint">[[Portal:Current events/Edit instructions|Edit instructions]]</span>

with: 

{{#tag:indicator|<span id="coordinates" class="noprint">[[Portal:Current events/Edit instructions|Edit instructions]]</span>|name=instructions}}

to fix the problem described above in #Position of "Edit instructions" link is broken in Vector 2022. Tested at Special:Permalink/1234436687. See also Special:Permalink/1234436973 for testing in different skins. —⁠andrybak (talk) 10:24, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * it has begun... 23:18, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Biden withdrawal

Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy.[14] --Uncle Ed (talk) 18:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

This had already been where it belongs, on Portal:Current events/2024 July 21‎, for nearly ten minutes before this comment (for all that it was blanked without rationale, twice). —Cryptic 19:11, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

This is not 'world news', however, I think it merits a spot on CE or ITN... Nex 🌐 📰 leave a message 18:55, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for clueing me in; I guess living in NYC makes me think America is the center of the world. --Uncle Ed (talk) 19:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

In the current events page, it shows that the former president of Vietnam has died and says that he is pictured, when it's actually Joe Biden who's pictured. Definitely incorrect. I'm not sure how to fix this, though, so could somebody please? Thank you! 50.46.175.242 (talk) 03:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

It's already been fixed. Never mind. Thanks! 50.46.175.242 (talk) 03:48, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
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