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Sanjay Dutt is a leading Indian Film Actor. His case of RI was in the court for few years and the court has given RI judgment. I think this news is of great interest considering a celebrity of his stature is given an RI by the court. 59.93.126.80
The UN's recent report in Iran indicates that the Iranians aren't working to decrease uranium enrichment activity, but are increasing it. Worse yet, some parts of the nuclear facilities aren't even being shown to investigators. I'm pretty sure that something as important as this should at least have its own spot in the news, if not the headlines (I mean, a burning boat even got in there).
To me that sounds like a very unremarkable, hardly newsworthy incident. Although the omnipresence of racism is sad, it's not really news if it does not have some broader impact.
The story about the NCAA Basketball Championships states that Florida is the only school to with titles... adw 12:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
How about some objectivity? This is Gitmo we're talking about. Not like we can automatically trust what comes out of there, and allegations of torture and censorship of transcripts by the US government have some bearing on the story. Remember, neutrality isn't pandering to mainstream or both sides of an issue, its staying objectionable to the facts at hand. Fifty7 19:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Just curious. Trau
Im interested to know where is that section.I think its gonna be quite fair if someone makes that section too.There is for each continent current events but for Europe there isnt.Please fix
Ditto.
I added the death of Captain America to the Current Events portal and it was delated with the claim that it lacks international merit, which I believe is unfounded since the story is posted on many news outlets including international ones, specifically CNN and their website, the AP, Variety, and numerous others, but Marvel themselves also publish worldwide. The recent unmasking of Spider-Man was included in the portal and though Cap may not be as popular, he is still known internationally who have never read comic books. This is on par with the death of Superman in 1993 which received international coverage, though was promoted muchly beforehand. In short order this story will surely be as widely circulated, yet is already prominent enough an event to merit inclusion.
Heck, I'm Canadian, and I'm posting this. It's of international interest, and I would like to see support in having it returned to the Current Events for March 7, 2007. CyclopsScott 23:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Why is this investigation on INT? Any other American murder investigation in and of itself would most likely not pass ITN muster....why would suspicion of an astronaut change that? If there is some significance to this case I fail to see, please let me know, because as it is this is very puzzling to me. -- Fsotrain 09 18:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Just mush talk really!
Does any one think that the liverpool foootball club - take over by gillett and hick should be noted as a rather big story on both sides of the atlantic —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.42.91.111 ( talk) 21:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
A mayor volcano in Colombia is awakening. This news have gained importance in Colombia since what happen in Armero, almost 2 decades ago.-- ometzit<col> 20:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the helicopter north of Baghdad a different one than the army acknowledged was shot down last week? If it's getting difficult to tell the airborne casualties apart these days, maybe they're unfortunately not front page news any more. Potatoswatter 06:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC) From the linked article: "Insurgents have shot down seven helicopters in Iraq since 20 January, with many of the 28 killed in those incidents being US soldiers." So that's about two a week. Ugh. Potatoswatter 06:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I've been seeing that Turkish court news here for a week now.This should be updated every 48 hours,not left here.If you go to Yahoo or ggoel,their news is updated evey few hours.We should strive for the same thing here.-- Nadirali نادرالی
Mordechai Vanunu's trial opens the upcoming trials box since the portal was created. [1] Such a trial is not mentioned in his article or anywhere else I looked. Do you happen to know if this trial is still upcoming? Lior 04:32, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Vandal put: "Thomas came out of the closet". I don't know how to revert it and can't find who did it in the History. Therequiembellishere 20:03, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Last year, the 2006 National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China received a place on the front page current events template. I suggest that this be done again for the 2007 National People's Congress, which opens tomorrow. Colipon+( T) 06:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
On March 8th 2007, scietists discovered something very important. On April 4th, they are expecting for all of the planets to line up which will end up in dramatic changes in the tides and the gravitational pull to be much higher. This is the first time it has happened in 50,000 years. This is truly an exciting event!
Refrence:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/planets_align_020402-1.html
Lately there are occasional days with an entire screen's worth of headlines. It's getting a bit cumbersome. Maybe we should introduce an organizational template? We can have commented-in headings for different categories of news, and editors can uncomment when the first news item appears.
These headings seem too long... if every pair could be boiled down to a single word?
Anyway, it would be nice to have things organized as above... from most to least true relevance. Potatoswatter 01:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Please do NOT remove FA Cup scores as they have reached the sixth round proper (quarterfinals). Otherwise, I will report vandalism! NoseNuggets 5:44 PM US EDT Mar 1 2007.
i love this website. I get so much info on it.keep up the good work. thank you bye —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.166.51.57 ( talk) 22:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
Wikipedia Bad jokes and other deleted nonsence. [ [2]]
Is there a process whereby you propose a new current events portal, or do you just go ahead and create one? 08:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC) — [ Unsigned comment added by Dev920 ( talk • contribs).]
I don't know if this has been brought up before, but should we link to appropriate Wikinews stories? I have been doing this on Portal:Current events/Britain and Ireland, linking Wikinews like another source but only when there are other sources as well. I think it would help in both promoting Wikinews and driving home the fact that Wikipedia isn't a news service. the wub "?!" 18:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Do we follow the ITN criteria for deaths? Or do we list in appropriate subcategories even if deaths likely meet ITN criteria for inclusion Nil Einne 19:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way that Wikipedia could link more to Wikinews on this page (perhaps a small icon like a barnstar next to a story)? Wikinews usually covers the majority of the events presented on this page. Thunderhead ( talk) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thunderhead1 ( talk • contribs) 15:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
The election result for Quebec makes it to the Current Events on the Main Page, but last Saturday's state election in New South Wales did not. Clearly there is a regional bias at work here. 58.169.33.31 00:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships ended April 1 - not really current news anymore. Not a dog 15:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Nigerian Oil Crisis is listed under Ongoing armed conflicts but the article only gives information for 2004. Is this crisis still ongoing, and is it still a current event? If not, it should be removed. Article needs updating in any case.-- mikeu 19:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Is not South America part of the world ? Why is it not listed as an option in the regionals ?
Gigas
An anonymous user keeps adding the word 'anti-imperialist' to the description of the marchers in Turkey (4/15). If you add it back, can you update with a cite to a news source that mentions anti-imperialism, or contains any text at all that can possibly be interpreted as suggesting the marchers have a cause other than secularism and opposition to the perceived Islamist tendencies of the Erdogan government, or discuss somehow why the Erdogan government is "pro-imperialist"? Willhsmit 17:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone provide justification, in terms of Wiki guidelines and policies, of Cho's exclusion from the recent deaths column? Christopher Connor 13:40, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Keep an eye on this event. It is loosely commented about on the NASA and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center articles. -- 'oac' (old american century) | Talk 20:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
As one cannot edit the 'Headlines section, please note that the following headline: "The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in the decision of Gonzales v. Carhart." should read: "The U.S. Supreme Court, in the decision of Gonzales v. Carhart, upholds the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act." Duncan.france 10:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
The Nigerian election should be featured in the headlines section. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, and an important regional power. If the French election is listed, so should the Nigerian election. Inkan1969 21:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Stooges frontman James Osterman, aka Iggy Pop, turned 60 yesterday. Thought it was interesting... 69.232.85.118 22:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
By chance i'm going trough some of the older events pages (like May 2006 for instance). If i diff to the versions that were originally archived, i find a LOT of changes. broken links, self promotion, vandalism, adding unimportant information etc etc. This is really starting to become a problem in my eyes. It's a lot of pages of course, but apparently few people keep this on their watchlist or something. Perhaps we need to setup a system to tackle this issue a bit more thoroughly ? I don't have any direct ideas, but I see it as a problem that needs dealing with. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 23:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't see anything internationally noteworthy in putting this story up there. It won't have any broader impact, in Britain or abroad. Human interest stories like that just take up space. Unless we are going to post every story on snowboarding dogs or Darwin Award winners, there's no reason to have something like this up there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EtTuMercader ( talk • contribs) 15:14, 2007 April 24 (UTC).
I just moved this link from ongoing to recent events. I don't think any new news is coming out from this and it's been more than a week. Any objections? JHMM13 16:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Think this is a good move, I support it EtTuMercader 20:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I haven't checked to see if there's even a page on this guy, but he was recently caught in Hong Kong. Kenneth John Freeman was the creator of the most downloaded child pornographic video. -- 72.201.41.48 22:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there any chance of getitng the Kenya Airways plane crash onto the main current events list on the home page?? Thanks -- 81.129.44.180 11:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Would it be better for the link on Herod I to link to Herod the Great#Reported tomb discovery?
I think we should add something like [3] to Portal:Current events/DateHeader2. We can then use Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Current events of 2007 to more easily track vandalism and vanity edits in the older pages. I haven't fully decided on a Category name. Does anyone have any good ideas for that ? -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 02:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
We have a ton of pages from 2003 all the way trough to 2005. It might be a good idea to move these pages to our current "Portal:Current events/year month date" format and remove or redirect (to "month year" pages as is the practice for dates outside our old current events pages) the old pages names. It would be a lot of work, and there are some pages which contain content that might not fully belong in the current events history and ought to be moved to normal article space. Regardless. for consistency it would be better I think. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
How long do we have to keep looking at this guys mug? Please change it.— Gaff ταλκ 18:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
The wording for the Cutty Sark bit seems wrong
The clipper Cutty Sark catches fire in a dry dock in Greenwich in London where it is being renovated.
This makes it sound like it has been moved to the dry dock for renovation. This is where the ship is kept all the time. So the wording could do with changing. Jimmmmmmmmm 12:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I've replaced the BBC news link as it actually explains from an outside perspective as to what the background is. The RTÉ story says little more than that there's an election underway, as the Irish media are under a moratorium/blackout on election analysis. zoney ♣ talk 11:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
What's the bullshit with very very brave soldiers in helicopter?
Simple Question... Who decides? I assume someone is bieng paid for this part of wiki, and what are their motives for picking one story over the other?
Actually, WP:ITN/C is just for those news items which appear on the front page. On this page, anybody can edit. Though others may remove what they consider not newsworthy, or not newsworthy in a global perspective. Those of us who edit here do try to keep it to international notability. There are also subpages for regional news items. Corvus cornix 17:36, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
This seems to be a pretty big story in the headlines, especially in the UK. It has been on the front page of most tabloids this week: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6729673.stm
A lot of news stories have been reporting about a massive computer failure aboard the International Space Station during the Space Shuttle's mission STS-117. I believe Wikipedia and Wikinews should watch this closely as a current event. This is far from over. Spongefan 21:09, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Not of international intrest 82.113.39.26 11:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-18/Technology report and Bug 5175. It mentions this page as an example. Could anyone implement this to show us how it works? Carcharoth 12:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I have implemented this feature here; the instructions are located at Portal:Current events/Edit instructions. I've fully protected the page, but perhaps that's unnecessary and it can be downgraded to semi-protection. I'll leave that for others to decide, however. -- tariqabjotu 02:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I recommend a new sidebar header - Leadership Changes
This would be different from Elections and would deal with actual changes in Leadership of a country (or organization). For example, currently the UK is undergoing leadership changes in Prime Minister. France and Israel has recently undergone leadership changes in the office of President. Once could also include a leadership (or regime) change in the Gaza Strip (in a de facto sense).
Ongoing would be a period where the a new leader has been elected or appointed but has not yet taken office.
Recent would be where the leadership change has been completed in the last month.
Future would be a situation where we know that a leadership change will take place, but we don't yet know who it is. (i.e. The US will have a leadership change on January 21st, 2009)
user:mnw2000 17:46, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that June 2007 United Kingdom floods wasn't listed under ongoing natural disasters on this page. Is there a particular reason for this? It seems noteworthy enough. I've been bold and added it. -- Oldak Quill 08:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Tuletisväärtpaber, mis annab selle omanikule õiguse, kuid mitte kohustuse osta optsiooni väljaandjalt või müüa optsiooni väljaandjale finantsvara varem kindlaksmääratud ajal ja hinnaga.
I haven't been involved in this Portal, and I'm not familiar with the standards here. I've been maintaining Current events in Hong Kong for a while now, and it's basically been a one-person job. So I've kept the format simple and easy for myself. I personally read The Standard online on a regular basis, and I just add notable news items onto the page. My question is, does this Portal have room for the Hong Kong current events page to be integrated into it? If so, would it get a space on Portal:Current events/News Browser? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
rather than running alongside all the current events? Gotyear 18:47, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Where can I put Summorum Pontificum in to this? It's been released today. JASpencer 14:41, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and thus I am not prepared to be editing content until I am familiar with the rules. However, it seems to me that announcing a new radio station format for a single station in New York City is hardly of world-wide importance. Comments?
this page is changing
Um, can someone please explain how Israel's nuclear program is an ongoing news story? I did a Google News search and all I got was stuff about Iran's program. If there is no appropriate justification I'll remove it,ʈ unless someone beats me to it. - Pyro19 05:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Can stories from Press TV be included here? I linked one today and it was removed by User:Perspicacite [5] (who then left an angry message on my talk page [6]). Press TV is a new, government run english language TV news station. It thus joins the ranks of BBC News 24, France 24 and other government run news stations. Perspicacite seems to believe that because the government in question is Iran, we can't reference it. Is this correct? ... Seabhcan 21:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
For future reference, Press TV and IRNA are not reliable sources. CNN, whether you like it or not [8], is. Perspicacite 21:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Wherever news covered is an iranian issue, PressTV might be a reliable source. For other world news I'd rather see more independent sources than PressTV. And so should be the opinion of any Iranian if you ask me. Most of all, the things referenced here so far by PressTV are simply just not world news. They are quotes of Iranian government officials playing poker with the rest of the world. Totally uninteresting, and as childish as bullies on a schoolyard. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
If anyone wants to view Press TV please type this link mms://217.218.67.244/presslive into internet explorer. I think Press TV is going to have a hard struggle getting a fair treatment on Wikipedia, based on the strong presence of editors who some suspect are employed by Israel. However, I think this is unfair. As anyone who watches Press TV will see, it seems to offer credible news stories, not just on Iran but on the world in general. Two of the shows I like are "The American Dream" hosted by Mark Levine in the United States and "Between the Headlines" hosted by a charming gentleman in the United Kingdom. I definitely give it a thumbs up. -- Vitalmove 23:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Vitalmove, you do realize that Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia and is not a place to ramble about your favorite TV shows? I was responding to Perspicacite comment about the link I provided. I didn’t mention the article just so you can reiterate your frivolous comment. If you have nothing constructive to contribute to this discussion I suggest you leave, as you are being very disruptive. – Zntrip 01:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
It's a week old. It has no history of being a reliable source for a project such as an encyclopedia. It will either become reliable such as the state-owned BBC or French stattions or turn into a Soviet TASS disaster. -- Tbeatty 06:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I should point out the the Press TV website has been around longer than the television station actually has, so any complaints about its age are irrelevant. Granted, I do agree that it should be avoided when trying to source news that may be United States- or Israel- (etc) related for obvious reasons - a quick glance at the website already shows to anti-US headlines along the side. – Chacor 11:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Be careful Wikipediaers. As a result of my participation in this debate, and my attempt to improve the Press TV article, User:Perspicacite has (1) tried to ban me by vandalizing the article, and accusing me of 3RR for reverting his vandalism, (2) followed my edit history and targetted my other articles, for example Mark Levine (journalist)[ [12]] and having failed at those attempts is now (3) threatening to have me permanently banned for "uncivility." At this point I feel stalked, and although I am glad my identity is protected, I am still somewhat creeped out by his behavior. Be careful. -- Vitalmove 07:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
have we looked at the Pope for long enough yet? He's really kinda creepy. -- Thespian 21:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone gotten this one yet? It seems very similar to the 2004 Chuetsu earthquake. more stories - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
The plane crash was on here as "breaking news" but someone took it off saying breaking news doesn't deserve a place one here. But it should be on here but not as "breaking news" I suppose. Fineric 02:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Can I be the first to ask a really dumb question? Whats a Steam Pipe? and how come thats a red link? ... Seabhcan 09:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Harry Potter is not news.
I was going to restore Harry Potter to today's current events. I initially agreed it wasn't news and thought it incongruous in In The News, but the news sources indicated global cultural impact. Since what's in ITN is (as far as I know) always mirrored on Current Events, should it be relisted here? TransUtopian 16:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Its a sale of a book, I feel that it should not be up in the wikipedia headlines.
PLease give reasoning a sign your posts. Buc 19:15, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Could you please add it to the headlines? I think it's quite important (BBC). Thanks. -- Micru 04:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Should somone update the uk flood dangers, for there are now warnings of floods in london (Thames)
News of the former Afghan king's death, Mohammed Zahir Shah, should be posted on the front page "in the news" section due to the importance of the country over the last few years. Thanks! Scanlan 20:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Is the doping scandal really front-page news? The TdF has always been full of drugs. The latest stuff is just a case of "here we go again". Totnesmartin 07:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
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Sanjay Dutt is a leading Indian Film Actor. His case of RI was in the court for few years and the court has given RI judgment. I think this news is of great interest considering a celebrity of his stature is given an RI by the court. 59.93.126.80
The UN's recent report in Iran indicates that the Iranians aren't working to decrease uranium enrichment activity, but are increasing it. Worse yet, some parts of the nuclear facilities aren't even being shown to investigators. I'm pretty sure that something as important as this should at least have its own spot in the news, if not the headlines (I mean, a burning boat even got in there).
To me that sounds like a very unremarkable, hardly newsworthy incident. Although the omnipresence of racism is sad, it's not really news if it does not have some broader impact.
The story about the NCAA Basketball Championships states that Florida is the only school to with titles... adw 12:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
How about some objectivity? This is Gitmo we're talking about. Not like we can automatically trust what comes out of there, and allegations of torture and censorship of transcripts by the US government have some bearing on the story. Remember, neutrality isn't pandering to mainstream or both sides of an issue, its staying objectionable to the facts at hand. Fifty7 19:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Just curious. Trau
Im interested to know where is that section.I think its gonna be quite fair if someone makes that section too.There is for each continent current events but for Europe there isnt.Please fix
Ditto.
I added the death of Captain America to the Current Events portal and it was delated with the claim that it lacks international merit, which I believe is unfounded since the story is posted on many news outlets including international ones, specifically CNN and their website, the AP, Variety, and numerous others, but Marvel themselves also publish worldwide. The recent unmasking of Spider-Man was included in the portal and though Cap may not be as popular, he is still known internationally who have never read comic books. This is on par with the death of Superman in 1993 which received international coverage, though was promoted muchly beforehand. In short order this story will surely be as widely circulated, yet is already prominent enough an event to merit inclusion.
Heck, I'm Canadian, and I'm posting this. It's of international interest, and I would like to see support in having it returned to the Current Events for March 7, 2007. CyclopsScott 23:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Why is this investigation on INT? Any other American murder investigation in and of itself would most likely not pass ITN muster....why would suspicion of an astronaut change that? If there is some significance to this case I fail to see, please let me know, because as it is this is very puzzling to me. -- Fsotrain 09 18:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Just mush talk really!
Does any one think that the liverpool foootball club - take over by gillett and hick should be noted as a rather big story on both sides of the atlantic —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.42.91.111 ( talk) 21:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
A mayor volcano in Colombia is awakening. This news have gained importance in Colombia since what happen in Armero, almost 2 decades ago.-- ometzit<col> 20:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the helicopter north of Baghdad a different one than the army acknowledged was shot down last week? If it's getting difficult to tell the airborne casualties apart these days, maybe they're unfortunately not front page news any more. Potatoswatter 06:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC) From the linked article: "Insurgents have shot down seven helicopters in Iraq since 20 January, with many of the 28 killed in those incidents being US soldiers." So that's about two a week. Ugh. Potatoswatter 06:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I've been seeing that Turkish court news here for a week now.This should be updated every 48 hours,not left here.If you go to Yahoo or ggoel,their news is updated evey few hours.We should strive for the same thing here.-- Nadirali نادرالی
Mordechai Vanunu's trial opens the upcoming trials box since the portal was created. [1] Such a trial is not mentioned in his article or anywhere else I looked. Do you happen to know if this trial is still upcoming? Lior 04:32, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Vandal put: "Thomas came out of the closet". I don't know how to revert it and can't find who did it in the History. Therequiembellishere 20:03, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Last year, the 2006 National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China received a place on the front page current events template. I suggest that this be done again for the 2007 National People's Congress, which opens tomorrow. Colipon+( T) 06:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
On March 8th 2007, scietists discovered something very important. On April 4th, they are expecting for all of the planets to line up which will end up in dramatic changes in the tides and the gravitational pull to be much higher. This is the first time it has happened in 50,000 years. This is truly an exciting event!
Refrence:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/planets_align_020402-1.html
Lately there are occasional days with an entire screen's worth of headlines. It's getting a bit cumbersome. Maybe we should introduce an organizational template? We can have commented-in headings for different categories of news, and editors can uncomment when the first news item appears.
These headings seem too long... if every pair could be boiled down to a single word?
Anyway, it would be nice to have things organized as above... from most to least true relevance. Potatoswatter 01:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Please do NOT remove FA Cup scores as they have reached the sixth round proper (quarterfinals). Otherwise, I will report vandalism! NoseNuggets 5:44 PM US EDT Mar 1 2007.
i love this website. I get so much info on it.keep up the good work. thank you bye —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.166.51.57 ( talk) 22:43, 11 March 2007 (UTC).
Wikipedia Bad jokes and other deleted nonsence. [ [2]]
Is there a process whereby you propose a new current events portal, or do you just go ahead and create one? 08:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC) — [ Unsigned comment added by Dev920 ( talk • contribs).]
I don't know if this has been brought up before, but should we link to appropriate Wikinews stories? I have been doing this on Portal:Current events/Britain and Ireland, linking Wikinews like another source but only when there are other sources as well. I think it would help in both promoting Wikinews and driving home the fact that Wikipedia isn't a news service. the wub "?!" 18:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Do we follow the ITN criteria for deaths? Or do we list in appropriate subcategories even if deaths likely meet ITN criteria for inclusion Nil Einne 19:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Is there any way that Wikipedia could link more to Wikinews on this page (perhaps a small icon like a barnstar next to a story)? Wikinews usually covers the majority of the events presented on this page. Thunderhead ( talk) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thunderhead1 ( talk • contribs) 15:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC).
The election result for Quebec makes it to the Current Events on the Main Page, but last Saturday's state election in New South Wales did not. Clearly there is a regional bias at work here. 58.169.33.31 00:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships ended April 1 - not really current news anymore. Not a dog 15:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Nigerian Oil Crisis is listed under Ongoing armed conflicts but the article only gives information for 2004. Is this crisis still ongoing, and is it still a current event? If not, it should be removed. Article needs updating in any case.-- mikeu 19:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Is not South America part of the world ? Why is it not listed as an option in the regionals ?
Gigas
An anonymous user keeps adding the word 'anti-imperialist' to the description of the marchers in Turkey (4/15). If you add it back, can you update with a cite to a news source that mentions anti-imperialism, or contains any text at all that can possibly be interpreted as suggesting the marchers have a cause other than secularism and opposition to the perceived Islamist tendencies of the Erdogan government, or discuss somehow why the Erdogan government is "pro-imperialist"? Willhsmit 17:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Can someone provide justification, in terms of Wiki guidelines and policies, of Cho's exclusion from the recent deaths column? Christopher Connor 13:40, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Keep an eye on this event. It is loosely commented about on the NASA and Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center articles. -- 'oac' (old american century) | Talk 20:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
As one cannot edit the 'Headlines section, please note that the following headline: "The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in the decision of Gonzales v. Carhart." should read: "The U.S. Supreme Court, in the decision of Gonzales v. Carhart, upholds the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act." Duncan.france 10:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
The Nigerian election should be featured in the headlines section. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, and an important regional power. If the French election is listed, so should the Nigerian election. Inkan1969 21:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Stooges frontman James Osterman, aka Iggy Pop, turned 60 yesterday. Thought it was interesting... 69.232.85.118 22:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
By chance i'm going trough some of the older events pages (like May 2006 for instance). If i diff to the versions that were originally archived, i find a LOT of changes. broken links, self promotion, vandalism, adding unimportant information etc etc. This is really starting to become a problem in my eyes. It's a lot of pages of course, but apparently few people keep this on their watchlist or something. Perhaps we need to setup a system to tackle this issue a bit more thoroughly ? I don't have any direct ideas, but I see it as a problem that needs dealing with. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 23:46, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't see anything internationally noteworthy in putting this story up there. It won't have any broader impact, in Britain or abroad. Human interest stories like that just take up space. Unless we are going to post every story on snowboarding dogs or Darwin Award winners, there's no reason to have something like this up there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EtTuMercader ( talk • contribs) 15:14, 2007 April 24 (UTC).
I just moved this link from ongoing to recent events. I don't think any new news is coming out from this and it's been more than a week. Any objections? JHMM13 16:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Think this is a good move, I support it EtTuMercader 20:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
I haven't checked to see if there's even a page on this guy, but he was recently caught in Hong Kong. Kenneth John Freeman was the creator of the most downloaded child pornographic video. -- 72.201.41.48 22:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there any chance of getitng the Kenya Airways plane crash onto the main current events list on the home page?? Thanks -- 81.129.44.180 11:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Would it be better for the link on Herod I to link to Herod the Great#Reported tomb discovery?
I think we should add something like [3] to Portal:Current events/DateHeader2. We can then use Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Current events of 2007 to more easily track vandalism and vanity edits in the older pages. I haven't fully decided on a Category name. Does anyone have any good ideas for that ? -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 02:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
We have a ton of pages from 2003 all the way trough to 2005. It might be a good idea to move these pages to our current "Portal:Current events/year month date" format and remove or redirect (to "month year" pages as is the practice for dates outside our old current events pages) the old pages names. It would be a lot of work, and there are some pages which contain content that might not fully belong in the current events history and ought to be moved to normal article space. Regardless. for consistency it would be better I think. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
How long do we have to keep looking at this guys mug? Please change it.— Gaff ταλκ 18:40, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
The wording for the Cutty Sark bit seems wrong
The clipper Cutty Sark catches fire in a dry dock in Greenwich in London where it is being renovated.
This makes it sound like it has been moved to the dry dock for renovation. This is where the ship is kept all the time. So the wording could do with changing. Jimmmmmmmmm 12:35, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I've replaced the BBC news link as it actually explains from an outside perspective as to what the background is. The RTÉ story says little more than that there's an election underway, as the Irish media are under a moratorium/blackout on election analysis. zoney ♣ talk 11:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
What's the bullshit with very very brave soldiers in helicopter?
Simple Question... Who decides? I assume someone is bieng paid for this part of wiki, and what are their motives for picking one story over the other?
Actually, WP:ITN/C is just for those news items which appear on the front page. On this page, anybody can edit. Though others may remove what they consider not newsworthy, or not newsworthy in a global perspective. Those of us who edit here do try to keep it to international notability. There are also subpages for regional news items. Corvus cornix 17:36, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
This seems to be a pretty big story in the headlines, especially in the UK. It has been on the front page of most tabloids this week: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6729673.stm
A lot of news stories have been reporting about a massive computer failure aboard the International Space Station during the Space Shuttle's mission STS-117. I believe Wikipedia and Wikinews should watch this closely as a current event. This is far from over. Spongefan 21:09, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Not of international intrest 82.113.39.26 11:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-18/Technology report and Bug 5175. It mentions this page as an example. Could anyone implement this to show us how it works? Carcharoth 12:17, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I have implemented this feature here; the instructions are located at Portal:Current events/Edit instructions. I've fully protected the page, but perhaps that's unnecessary and it can be downgraded to semi-protection. I'll leave that for others to decide, however. -- tariqabjotu 02:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I recommend a new sidebar header - Leadership Changes
This would be different from Elections and would deal with actual changes in Leadership of a country (or organization). For example, currently the UK is undergoing leadership changes in Prime Minister. France and Israel has recently undergone leadership changes in the office of President. Once could also include a leadership (or regime) change in the Gaza Strip (in a de facto sense).
Ongoing would be a period where the a new leader has been elected or appointed but has not yet taken office.
Recent would be where the leadership change has been completed in the last month.
Future would be a situation where we know that a leadership change will take place, but we don't yet know who it is. (i.e. The US will have a leadership change on January 21st, 2009)
user:mnw2000 17:46, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I noticed that June 2007 United Kingdom floods wasn't listed under ongoing natural disasters on this page. Is there a particular reason for this? It seems noteworthy enough. I've been bold and added it. -- Oldak Quill 08:44, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Tuletisväärtpaber, mis annab selle omanikule õiguse, kuid mitte kohustuse osta optsiooni väljaandjalt või müüa optsiooni väljaandjale finantsvara varem kindlaksmääratud ajal ja hinnaga.
I haven't been involved in this Portal, and I'm not familiar with the standards here. I've been maintaining Current events in Hong Kong for a while now, and it's basically been a one-person job. So I've kept the format simple and easy for myself. I personally read The Standard online on a regular basis, and I just add notable news items onto the page. My question is, does this Portal have room for the Hong Kong current events page to be integrated into it? If so, would it get a space on Portal:Current events/News Browser? Hong Qi Gong ( Talk - Contribs) 00:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
rather than running alongside all the current events? Gotyear 18:47, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Where can I put Summorum Pontificum in to this? It's been released today. JASpencer 14:41, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and thus I am not prepared to be editing content until I am familiar with the rules. However, it seems to me that announcing a new radio station format for a single station in New York City is hardly of world-wide importance. Comments?
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Um, can someone please explain how Israel's nuclear program is an ongoing news story? I did a Google News search and all I got was stuff about Iran's program. If there is no appropriate justification I'll remove it,ʈ unless someone beats me to it. - Pyro19 05:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Can stories from Press TV be included here? I linked one today and it was removed by User:Perspicacite [5] (who then left an angry message on my talk page [6]). Press TV is a new, government run english language TV news station. It thus joins the ranks of BBC News 24, France 24 and other government run news stations. Perspicacite seems to believe that because the government in question is Iran, we can't reference it. Is this correct? ... Seabhcan 21:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
For future reference, Press TV and IRNA are not reliable sources. CNN, whether you like it or not [8], is. Perspicacite 21:22, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Wherever news covered is an iranian issue, PressTV might be a reliable source. For other world news I'd rather see more independent sources than PressTV. And so should be the opinion of any Iranian if you ask me. Most of all, the things referenced here so far by PressTV are simply just not world news. They are quotes of Iranian government officials playing poker with the rest of the world. Totally uninteresting, and as childish as bullies on a schoolyard. -- TheDJ ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
If anyone wants to view Press TV please type this link mms://217.218.67.244/presslive into internet explorer. I think Press TV is going to have a hard struggle getting a fair treatment on Wikipedia, based on the strong presence of editors who some suspect are employed by Israel. However, I think this is unfair. As anyone who watches Press TV will see, it seems to offer credible news stories, not just on Iran but on the world in general. Two of the shows I like are "The American Dream" hosted by Mark Levine in the United States and "Between the Headlines" hosted by a charming gentleman in the United Kingdom. I definitely give it a thumbs up. -- Vitalmove 23:28, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Vitalmove, you do realize that Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia and is not a place to ramble about your favorite TV shows? I was responding to Perspicacite comment about the link I provided. I didn’t mention the article just so you can reiterate your frivolous comment. If you have nothing constructive to contribute to this discussion I suggest you leave, as you are being very disruptive. – Zntrip 01:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
It's a week old. It has no history of being a reliable source for a project such as an encyclopedia. It will either become reliable such as the state-owned BBC or French stattions or turn into a Soviet TASS disaster. -- Tbeatty 06:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
I should point out the the Press TV website has been around longer than the television station actually has, so any complaints about its age are irrelevant. Granted, I do agree that it should be avoided when trying to source news that may be United States- or Israel- (etc) related for obvious reasons - a quick glance at the website already shows to anti-US headlines along the side. – Chacor 11:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Be careful Wikipediaers. As a result of my participation in this debate, and my attempt to improve the Press TV article, User:Perspicacite has (1) tried to ban me by vandalizing the article, and accusing me of 3RR for reverting his vandalism, (2) followed my edit history and targetted my other articles, for example Mark Levine (journalist)[ [12]] and having failed at those attempts is now (3) threatening to have me permanently banned for "uncivility." At this point I feel stalked, and although I am glad my identity is protected, I am still somewhat creeped out by his behavior. Be careful. -- Vitalmove 07:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
have we looked at the Pope for long enough yet? He's really kinda creepy. -- Thespian 21:23, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone gotten this one yet? It seems very similar to the 2004 Chuetsu earthquake. more stories - Theanphibian ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
The plane crash was on here as "breaking news" but someone took it off saying breaking news doesn't deserve a place one here. But it should be on here but not as "breaking news" I suppose. Fineric 02:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Can I be the first to ask a really dumb question? Whats a Steam Pipe? and how come thats a red link? ... Seabhcan 09:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Harry Potter is not news.
I was going to restore Harry Potter to today's current events. I initially agreed it wasn't news and thought it incongruous in In The News, but the news sources indicated global cultural impact. Since what's in ITN is (as far as I know) always mirrored on Current Events, should it be relisted here? TransUtopian 16:45, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Its a sale of a book, I feel that it should not be up in the wikipedia headlines.
PLease give reasoning a sign your posts. Buc 19:15, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Could you please add it to the headlines? I think it's quite important (BBC). Thanks. -- Micru 04:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Should somone update the uk flood dangers, for there are now warnings of floods in london (Thames)
News of the former Afghan king's death, Mohammed Zahir Shah, should be posted on the front page "in the news" section due to the importance of the country over the last few years. Thanks! Scanlan 20:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Is the doping scandal really front-page news? The TdF has always been full of drugs. The latest stuff is just a case of "here we go again". Totnesmartin 07:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)