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any comments regarding this page should be directed to Template talk:In the news. Thanks.
FYI, items proposed for display on the main page require an article in Wikipedia updated with the information & referenced to an external link in the Wikipedia article. So if you want to do that, go for it! However, that would likely be fine as-is for Current events. Please note I'm still pretty new here, but I think I have the suggestion right. TransUtopian05:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The hearings have started today. They are scheduled to finish on May 9. I have corected the tense. There a ton of articles on Google news with search key phrase "bosnia icj"--Dado23:45, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Whooops... somehow I missed the word "until"... Anyway, it's posted. I need a picture that looks good at 100px. Until then, this item sits on the second line. -- PFHLai02:27, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion. Peace Palace is also home to other organizations. So a picture of the building won't work that well, IMHO. A picture of the ICJ courtroom would be good, though. -- PFHLai18:32, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
PFHLai, when many think of the Hague, they think of the ICJ though, don't they? It's home to other organizations too, but I think of the building's exterior is just as valid as having a map or flag illustrate a regional or national story. TransUtopian23:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
NASA announced a gamma ray burst which is yet unexplained and may be a predecessor to a supernova. It was located 440 million light-years away and lasted for 33 minutes, closer and longer than any previous gamma ray burst. Yahoo news
The porposed sale of the venerable British Company P & O to a UAE based company has sent jitters through the Congress and have also brought the debate out in public. P & O manages six American ports and the prospect of an Arab company managing the US ports has caused concern among the American public. The Arab Company is now delaying the US Port takeover. (Yahoo News)
Singer Morrissey was quizzed by the FBI and British intelligence after speaking out against the American and British governments. Hauled in by authorities; Morrissey explains, "The FBI and the Special Branch have investigated me and I've been interviewed and taped and so forth. They were trying to determine if I was a threat to the government"
The execution of Michael Morales in California was stayed last night because no doctor was willing to do the court ordered condition. Should this be noted given the current debate over lethal injection in the United States? -- NitroTalk | Contribs21:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hm... first, as always, I ask for an updated article, but this might be useful if, say, it becomes a permanent thing - doctors declaring en masse that they won't perform executions. --Golbez22:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Al Askariya mosque, a shrine to Imam Ali al-Hadi and Imam Hasan al-Askari in Samarra, Iraq, is bombed and is partly destroyed. The Golden Dome has collapsed. (Photo needed) (BBC)
Okay, I will go with this. Actually, I will modifiy it to "In Iraq, a bomb attack partially destroys the Al Askariya Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam." At the moment, I cannot find a source which identifies specifically that insurgents have taken responsibility for the bombing, so I have gone with the more conservative description that "a bomb attack" occurred, in deference to, for example, the news source here [5]. --HappyCamper12:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How come there is no mention of the port security issue going on the United States?
Show me an updated article on the matter and I'll consider it. Personally I'm not sure if it's a good choice for here, maybe if Bush uses his first ever veto to protect it, then it might be good. --Golbez20:46, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any current news regarding the Mexican mining disaster? There's next to no coverage of the events here in Britain, so are these kind of disasters very common in Mexico? Also, there should be an update of the disaster in a Moscow market.
I've added the bit about the sentencing. I do think, though, that in the compressed space it makes more sense to say that he pleaded guilty than that he was convicted.--Pharos05:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You do realise that I would have to write a new article in order to have a bolded article? As for international significance, a motor vehicle accident which kills 6 teenagers is significant in anyone's language. Darcyj17:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I didn't really have the time. I may still write up a new article later in the year after the matter has been through the courts. My inability - not unwillingness - to do more on this myself was why I quoted links to the relevant news stories. Darcyj04:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While it is certainly sad, there are more than 42,000 [6] traffic fatalities in the United States alone (I don't know how many in Australia), every year. I'm sure quite a number of these involve 6+ in one incident. "In the news" must be limited to the most significant stories, which merit updating the relevant article. So, yes you would need to write a new article. However, this type of story you're suggesting would be more appropriate for Wikinews. --Aude (talk | contribs) 17:41, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly, the degree of tragedy here is relative. I would not suggest otherwise. I only asserted that it was newsworthy. And it remains so, Wiki'd or not. Darcyj04:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here's something for today. In a few hours, we will also have the results of the Women's ice hockey gold medal game (Sweden vs. Canada), which I think will need to be added to the main page highlights. --Aude (talk | contribs) 20:17, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ice hockey: Canada defeats Sweden 4-1 in the women's ice hockey gold medal game, winning its second straight Olympic gold medal in the event.
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decides to impose sanctions against the Palestinian Authority beginning in March 2006. The measures include keeping Palestinian tax receipts amounting to about $50 million per month and increasing checkpoints; however, the Israeli cabinet finally decided against blocking Palestinians from traveling between the West Bank and Gaza or from prohibiting them to work in Israel. (New York Times)(Reuters). Tazmaniacs22:21, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cross country skiing: Russia wins the 20km women's relay handily, finishing 10 seconds ahead of silver medalists Germany and 11 seconds ahead of bronze winners Italy.
It's definitely not of international appeal and the bolded article is in fact two different articles which don't even exist. joturner21:21, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Tokelau decides to remain a New Zealand territory after a referendum on independence. A 60 percent majority voted in favor of independence, but a two-thirds majority was required for the referendum to succeed.
I would say this IS ITN worthy, because it was a referendum about indepedence. A Quebec referendum result - even if it was a narrow "stay with Canada" result - would be ITN-worthy, so why not this one? Batmanand12:05, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe not by my criteria it wouldn't. :) However, ITN isn't just about news - it's about the encyclopedia. And the vote has its own article. So, why the hell not, posting. --Golbez15:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the article on Cairns before you oppose this and look at some of the things he has done, not only for New Zealand cricket but World Cricket. - eg
unbeaten 102 to win the final of the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy (now the Champions Trophy) for NZ against India in Kenya
holds the world record for most sixes in Tests (87), and shares the NZ record for fastest century in ODIs (75 balls).
New Zealand's second highest wicket taker in Tests, after Richard Hadlee. He is also one of only 6 players to have reached the all-rounder's double of 200 wickets and 3000 runs.
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in June 2005 in recognition of his contribution to cricket.
Oppose on the grounds that the only retirements in sport I would deem noteworthy are of the undisputed giant of that sport. Cairns does not fit this criterion. Batmanand14:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No. 5 others have done it! By giant of the sport, I am talking of the day that Bradman, Micahel Jordan, Wayne Gretzky or someone like that retires. Cairns is not even NZ's best player of today! Batmanand15:53, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The New Zealand Herald calculated that if Cairns didn't pick up so many injuries over his career and played 100 tests, he would of ended up with similar figures to Ian Botham. He was also the 2nd fastest player to reach 200 wickets and 3000 runds, 3 tests slower than Botham and faster than other greats like Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee. Surely this should qualify him for ITN, better than Dick Cheeny shooting a man? --HamedogTalk|@15:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The New Zealand Herald calculated that if Cairns didn't pick up so many injuries over his career and played 100 tests, he would of ended up with similar figures to Ian Botham. He was also the 2nd fastest player to reach 200 wickets and 3000 runds, 3 tests slower than Botham and faster than other greats like Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee. Surely this should qualify him for ITN, better than Dick Cheeny shooting a man? --HamedogTalk|@15:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An interesting news item, but not something that qualifies for ITN, I'm afraid. I wouldn't even say that the retirement of an "undisputed giant" of a sport warrants inclusion. violet/riga(t)15:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Posted this myself. Fellow admins more familiar with the topic are invited to review this. I didn't include Awori because he hasn't resigned yet. If he indeed resigns as demanded, this should be posted. I'll wait. -- PFHLai16:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
NOT POSTED. The page Trials of Saddam Hussein makes no mention of this hunger strike in any edits in the past 2 weeks. Is this old news or does the article need more updates ? And the BBC link provided links to an article about some irrelevant cartoon. NOT POSTED. -- PFHLai17:26, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Vice President Dick Cheney accidently shoots and injures Harry Whittington while on a hunting trip in South Texas. Whittington's condition is described as "alert and doing fine". Andrew D.
... No, you misunderstand. Please read the guidelines linked above as to what belongs on ITN. An updated article means an updated Wikipedia article. --Golbez22:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Now that an article is updated, I can actually render a judgment (I refuse to until people follow the guidelines) - Not really notable enough IMO. Other admins obviously disagree. --Golbez05:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The blizzard (below) is more notable than the Cheney story, though both may be too locally American. At least, it's CNN.com's top news story. The biggest snowfall in nearly 60 years may be sufficiently notable to make it to the front page. -- Curps08:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It is more internationally significant than this: "A medium-sized earthquake, registering 4.9, shook central Chile, rattling buildings, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages." And that's on the current events page. Uris17:50, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
One important consideration in posting any olympics results on the main page, is that we might want to wait until the events have been televised in North America (so we don't spoil the results for people). --Aude (talk | contribs) 04:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not entirely sure, but probably since Torino is 6 hours behind the US east coast and 9 hours behind the west coast. Please correct me if I'm wrong and Asia/Australia/elsewhere are also on tape delay because of the time differences. --Aude (talk | contribs) 05:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've lived in outside the U.S., where the Olympics events are shown live (even if it's 4am) were never packaged quite in the way they are by NBC. I'm not sure which other places get the events packaged like that, or when (how much delay). --Aude (talk | contribs) 05:35, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I like the idea of dragging people away from the TV to become Wikipedians. :-) -- PFHLai 17:58, 12 February 2006 (UTC) I didn't post the line about Michelle Kwan as nothing seems definite with her now. More importantly, many other athletes have dropped out, too. Finland and Sweden, for example, are rather unhappy to lose several hockey stars on short notice. -- PFHLai18:27, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Location of TokelauTokelau begins voting in a referendum to determine whether it remains a New Zealand territory, or becomes a state in free association with New Zealand.
I know Tokelau is not the most prominent nation in the world, but how often does a nation get to vote on its own independence like this?-gadfium05:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like even if they approve it they wouldn't really become independent; i.e. they wouldn't be qualified to join the UN.--Pharos06:02, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not completely against it myself (although, that will give 3 Africa-related articles on top, we're getting Africa Biased here! ;-)). But my biggest gripe is that the 2006 African Cup of Nations article is basically just a listing of game results, and not particulary good. I'm thinking, would interested readers enjoy reading the article? But maybe that can be fixed by tomorrow. Shanes03:30, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. The 2006_Horn_of_Africa_food_crisis article was just a stub when it was added to the main page. But then people saw the article (myself included) and improved it (though, it still needs more work). Unfortunately, I think this is often the case for Africa topics. --Aude (talk | contribs) 15:48, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. The article's not quite all fleshed out, but the basics are there, and this is an important sporting event, certainly as notable as the Superbowl.--Pharos05:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Mannheim, Germany — Ernst Zundel, a German white supremacist extradited from Canada on accusations he repeatedly denied the Holocaust, returned to court Thursday to face charges of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead.
We don't ask much; if it's a subject of not obvious international use, and you can't be bothered to link the updated article, then really, what are we supposed to do, do your work for you? --Golbez05:41, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Even if there was an article, I don't think a bill changing who can authorise the use of a class of drugs is international news.--nixie03:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The previous Olympics had a separate section on MainPage between ITN and DYK. I wonder if those sports enthusiasts in WP will be doing the same thing this time around. -- PFHLai16:44, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That seems like overkill for the oh-so-sophisticated Wikipedia of 2006. What if after the opening ceremony, we just kept Olympic developments as the bottom item on ITN for the duration of the competition?--Pharos17:14, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm... To see what was done for the 2004 Olympics, [8]. I think the responsibility falls here (we can double check on the Village Pump, and/or Admins noticeboard).
Okay. I plugged it into the current main page design, User:Kmf164/Main page draft2. Right now it has four items (opening ceremonies), plus three events for tomorrow. If we do this, I think it should be two highlights, maximum. (today, just opening ceremonies). --Aude (talk | contribs) 17:26, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I like it, Kmf164. Just as Pharos suggested, we can keep "Olympic developments as the bottom item on ITN" this way. But I suggest keeping the links to Wikinews, Recent deaths and Current events at the very bottom. -- PFHLai21:35, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've updated my mock-up with your suggestions. It would work, as people could just click on "2006 Winter Olympics" for more information. Probably need to also add something to Current_events. I can work on it later.
This has now posted. Why is the Opening Ceremony article bolded? the article is one line? I would recommend bolding the 2006 Winter Olympics article instead. --Aude (talk | contribs)
You're right of course, and I've fixed it accordingly. We can link to the opening ceremony article again when that looks halfway-decent.--Pharos20:32, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
On the evening of February 8, 2006, the Russell Senate Office Building was evacuated when its chemical and/or biological sensors were triggered by a powder in the attic. Eight senators and over 100 staffers are quarantined in a garage as of 8:00 p.m. EST. [10][11][12]
Seconded, but I sugest linking it to the H5N1 article which is the virus we talk about here and which is a better (good actually) article and has been updated with the Nigeria bit. Shanes01:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. Used a chicken image from commons, as I found the virus-images in the article too confusing for a lead image on this story. Shanes18:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Isabelle Dinoire, the first person to under go a face transplant, gives her first press conference since the operation. Her face contained tissue from a brain-dead persons nose.
I would agree that this should be on Itn, but I would let it bump down quicker than more-important stories such as the cartoon-based rioting. That being said, I am more of a sports-inclusionist than most, especially for the various forms of football in the world. youngamerican (talk) 03:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well it is not the Danish embassy in Lebanon but the Consulate General, not sure if this is the right place to post this -- Snailwalker |talk12:45, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The Danish embassy is torched in Syria in response to the drawings of Muhammad -- It is a serious thing to burn down an embassy and the whole contreversial is still very relevant. --Snailwalker |talk16:09, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I object to your picture showing petrol prices. I can't think of ANY point in the last year (or for a long time)
when they were so `low' (and they certainly aren't at the moment; in fact they seem to be increasing yet again).
Please find a suitable image to show how exorbitant they are. Naturally I am
assuming that the picture was taken in the U.K. and shows price in pence per litre.
Please note that I couldn't find out how to append my comments to the offending image, otherwise I would have done.
Indeed. Please head over to your nearest Shell petrol station, and take a pic and upload it and make a note here. If the story is still current, we can update the image, else we can update the image in the article. -Splashtalk01:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Stopped for gas tonight and snapped a picture (see right). Feel free to use it. I added it to the article, where it mentions the record profits for Shell. --Aude (talk | contribs) 04:36, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This Athens News Agency article has very little information. I wonder if there is a media source that include these assertion somewhere out there? [17]
On my screen, the Shell image is spilling over into the Did you know... feature, because of the image proportions. I think the four features on the main page would look better, more balanced if the Shell image was cropped. --Aude (talk | contribs) 21:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The story needs more time to develop, but the oil tanker that ran aground in Alaska just now might develop into something ITN-able. Admins, keep an eye on it. Cheers. Youngamerican18:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Biathlete Michael Greis of Germany wins the first gold medal of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy with a victory in the Individual 20km race. (Have we made up our minds how to post Olympic news on ITN yet?) -- PFHLai 21:51, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
19:48, 8 February 2006 (UTC)