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Walter Clayton Jr.

A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills more than 220 people.
In basketball, the Florida Gators win the NCAA Division I men's championship (Most Outstanding Player Walter Clayton Jr. pictured) and the UConn Huskies win the women's championship.
In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored.
In horse racing, Nick Rockett, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National.
South Korea's Constitutional Court removes Yoon Suk Yeol as the president of South Korea, following his earlier declaration of martial law.

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August 22

Portal:Current events/2021 August 22

August 22, 2021 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - Panjshir conflict
    - Ahmad Massoud, who is leading the Panjshir resistance along with self-proclaimed acting president Amrullah Saleh, refuses to surrender the Panjshir Valley to the Taliban and says that war is "unavoidable" if the Taliban refuse dialogue on the formation of a comprehensive government. (Al Arabiya)
  - 2021 Afghan protests
    - Hundreds of people, including Afghans, hold a demonstration against the Taliban in Stockholm, Sweden. (Central Asia Times)
  - Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid says that they will form a new government soon. (The Times)
- Operation Allies Refuge
  - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the U.S. will ensure that all American citizens will be evacuated to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. (ABC News)
  - Austin also announces that the U.S. Department of Defense will activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet for the third time and send 18 planes that will be used by the U.S. military to help evacuate American citizens. (Forbes)
  - U.S. President Joe Biden says that American troops may remain in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline. He also announces that 11,000 people were evacuated from the country in the past 36 hours. (NBC News)
  - Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott announces that the network has evacuated 24 people from Afghanistan, including three Afghan nationals who assisted with the network's coverage of the war. (Variety)
- Aftermath of the Fall of Kabul
  - The Netherlands increases its military presence in Afghanistan to help evacuate 700 Dutch nationals and Afghan allies. Dutch foreign minister Sigrid Kaag said last Friday that multiple Afghans are eligible for evacuation to the Netherlands. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Tennessee floods
- Heavy rains cause 21 deaths in Tennessee, United States, with 45 people still missing. A record 17 inches (43 cm) of rain in 24 hours was reported in McEwen. (CNN)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
    - Brunei reports a record 314 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,769. (Borneo Bulletin)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran reports a record 684 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 102,038. (Radio France Internationale)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
    - Israel launches antibody COVID-19 testing for 1.4 million children between the ages of 3 and 12 as part of a study to measure the extent to which COVID-19 spread undetected among children in the past 18 months. (Haaretz)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Vietnam reports a record 737 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,277. (Daily Sabah)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
    - New South Wales reports a record for the second consecutive day of 830 new cases of COVID-19, which is the highest number reported by any state or territory since the beginning of the pandemic. (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland
    - Maryland Governor Larry Hogan receives his third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. State health officials also announce that 80% of adults in Maryland have received at least one dose of the vaccine. (Baltimore Sun)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina, COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
  - Argentina receives a shipment of 400,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Spain. (Perfil)

International relations

Iran–Japan relations
- During a meeting with Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tehran, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi urged Japan to release $3 billion in Iranian assets frozen in Japan due to international sanctions against Iran. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

The far-right Proud Boys clash with Antifa demonstrators at an abandoned Kmart near downtown Portland, Oregon. (The Oregonian)

RD:Joe Grech (snooker player)

Article: Joe Grech (snooker player) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Joe Grech
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Abishe (talk · give credit)
Updated by Lankyant (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: 1997 World Amateur Billiards champion and 21 times Maltese English Billiards Championship winner. Abishe (talk) 12:02, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD:Jeanne Robertson

Article: Jeanne Robertson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [1], [2]
Credits:

Updated and nominated by EEBuchanan (talk · give credit)
Updated by Sunshineisles2 (talk · give credit) and MyaLopez (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Jeanne Robertson, a highly accomplished woman (former Miss North Carolina, Toastmaster, humorist, Motivational Speaker, Athlete, list goes on) passed away recently, and I think she is accomplished enough to deserve a mention. EEBuchanan (talk) 05:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

EEBuchanan Just FYI, as long as a person merits an article, the article may be posted to RD, we no longer debate notability for RD postings. 331dot (talk) 07:07, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support This wikibio is long enough and has enough footnotes at the expected spots. There is one {{cn}} tag, but this should not disqualify this nom for RD. It's READY for RD. --PFHLai (talk) 11:20, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 21

Portal:Current events/2021 August 21

August 21, 2021 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Operation Allies Refuge
  - Seven people are killed during a stampede at the airport in Kabul. (Reuters)
  - United States Army major general William D. Taylor announces that the United States has evacuated 17,000 people, including 2,500 Americans, in the past few weeks. (CNBC)
  - The U.S. and Germany both issue advisories warning nationals not to travel to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul almost a week after the Taliban took control. (Reuters)
Insurgency in Northern Chad
- Chad recalls half of its 1,200 troops in the tri-border area of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The decision notified to the coalition by Chadian military was explained as part of a plan to deploy troops elsewhere, where Chad is currently facing other conflicts. (Reuters)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    - COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
      - New South Wales reports a record of 825 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest number reported by any state or territory since the beginning of the pandemic. (ABC News Australia)
    - COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
      - Regional Victoria re-enters a lockdown as COVID-19 infections spread from an ongoing cluster in Melbourne. (The Age)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    - New Zealand reports 21 new community transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total since April 2020. (The Guardian)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Palau
    - Palau reports their first cases of COVID-19 in two people who travelled from Guam and were placed in quarantine with their known contacts. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh
    - Bangladesh receives a shipment of 781,440 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Japan. (Dhaka Tribune)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei
    - Brunei extends its nationwide partial lockdown for two weeks until September 4 amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. (The Straits Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Vietnam reports a record for the third consecutive day of 11,321 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 336,707. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
  - Morocco surpasses 800,000 cases of COVID-19. (MAP News)

International relations

Foreign relations of Afghanistan
- The European Union says that there will be "no recognition, no political talks" with the Taliban. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says that the EU will "measure the Taliban by their deeds and actions" before engaging in any recognition. Von der Leyen also announced an increase in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2021 Taliban offensive, LGBT rights in Afghanistan, Persecution of homosexuals
- Afghan-American LGBT rights activist Nemat Sadat says that gay Afghans are facing death under the Taliban, as a 21-year-old man from Balkh Province says that he is trying to seek asylum and thinks that he may never see his boyfriend again. Another gay man from Kabul who worked for the United Nations described the current situation for homosexuals as a "nightmare". (Yahoo! News)
Former president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez cuts her arm while in jail in what was allegedly a suicide attempt. (El Comercio) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2020–21 Malaysian political crisis
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob is sworn in as the ninth prime minister of Malaysia. (CNA)

Science and technology

The world's highest elevation expressway, between Lhasa and Nagqu in Tibet, China, opens. The average elevation of the 295 kilometres (183 mi) expressway is more than 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) above sea level. (China Daily)

RD: Phil Valentine

Article: Phil Valentine (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Rolling Stone
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
Updated by TheNewMinistry (talk · give credit) and United States Man (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Anti-vaxxer dies from complications of .... guess what – Muboshgu (talk) 22:38, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Preliminary diagnosis Subject entered cardipulmonary arrest due to inability to breathe, cough or move, resulting from acute paralytic toxicity and weeks of mechanical stress in prone position on non-resistant lungs, circulatory systems and overall neck area, complicating an atrophied diaphragm and society's normal antiviral response to COVID-related pneumonia. Manner, Natural. RD Readiness, Undetermined. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:40, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Kalyan Singh

Article: Kalyan Singh (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NTDV, Times of India
Credits:

Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)
Updated by Vanamonde93 (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Noted Indian Politician . Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:33, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I spent the last couple of days rewriting this, should be in decent shape. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:43, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support This wikibio is long enough and has enough footnotes at the expected spots. It's READY for RD. --PFHLai (talk) 19:02, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good --Vacant0 (talk) 11:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 13:12, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 20

Portal:Current events/2021 August 20

August 20, 2021 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - An assessment by the United Nations reports that the Taliban is conducting "targeted door-to-door visits" searching for opponents and their families, deepening concerns that the group will seek revenge. (Al Jazeera)
    - The Russian ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov says that the Panjshir resistance led by Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud is "doomed". Zhirnov also praises the Taliban and says that the situation in Kabul is better than it was when Ashraf Ghani was governing the country. (Reuters)
- Operation Allies Refuge
  - U.S. president Joe Biden addresses the United States for a second time this week. During the address, Biden said that the U.S. will evacuate any Americans who want to return to the U.S. He also announces that 18,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the past few weeks, and that 5,700 people were evacuated in the past 24 hours. (CBS News)
  - Colombian president Iván Duque Márquez and the U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Philip Goldberg announce that Colombia will temporarily receive up to 4,000 Afghan nationals who are awaiting a Special Immigrant Visa clearance. (Reuters)
Insurgency in the Maghreb
- 2021 Niger attacks
  - Gunmen open fire against civilians who were praying at a mosque in the village of Theim, in southwestern Niger, killing 16 people. (Reuters)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- A suicide bomber in Gwadar, Pakistan, blows himself up targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals, killing two children who were playing by the roadside. Three other people, including a Chinese citizen, are wounded. The Balochistan Liberation Army claim responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in India, COVID-19 vaccination in India
    - The Indian government approves the emergency use of the ZyCoV-D vaccine made by Cadila Healthcare, which is the world's first three-dose DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. (BBC)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
    - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett receives his third "booster" dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as Israel expands its booster dose campaign eligibility to people over the age of 40. (The Guardian)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    - Japan reports a record for the third consecutive day of 25,876 new cases of COVID-19. (Jiji Press)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record for the third consecutive day of 23,564 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.51 million. (The Star)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    - The Philippines reports a record 17,231 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.8 million. (ABS-CBN News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
    - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa imposes a ten-day nationwide lockdown in Sri Lanka in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19. (Al Jazeera English)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia, COVID-19 vaccination in Croatia
    - The number of adults who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Croatia surpasses 50%. (International The News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
    - Portugal eases its COVID-19-related restrictions two weeks earlier than planned. Beginning on August 23, the country will allow eight people indoors and 15 people outdoors to sit together in bars and restaurants, and will also allow cultural events, weddings and baptisms to increase their capacity to 75% and permit restaurants, cultural venues and other businesses to remain open until 2:00 a.m. as the vaccination rate surpasses 70%. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 drug development
    - The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approves the country's first monoclonal antibody cocktail drug (Ronapreve) developed by Regeneron and Roche to treat severe COVID-19 patients in the United Kingdom. (Euronews)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba, COVID-19 vaccination in Cuba
    - Cuba grants the emergency use approval for its second homegrown Soberana 2 vaccine. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    - COVID-19 pandemic in California
      - Los Angeles County begins mandating face masks for all people who attend outdoor "mega-events" of more than 10,000 people such as open-air concert and sporting events regardless of their vaccination status. (Spectrum News 1)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
  - South Africa expands the country's vaccine age eligibility to all adults over the age of 18 in order to increase the vaccination rate as the country deals with an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. (AP)

International relations

Germany–Russia relations
- On her last official trip as Chancellor, Angela Merkel urges Russian president Vladimir Putin to release jailed activist Alexei Navalny. The Russian government rebuffed Merkel, saying that Navalny is in prison due to reasons not linked to politics. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2020–21 Malaysian political crisis
- Ismail Sabri Yaakob is appointed as the 9th prime minister of Malaysia, following the resignation of Muhyiddin Yassin amid the collapse of the government. (Malaysiakini) (The Independent) (DW)

Wrestling News

CM Punk returns to pro wrestling after 9 years CM Punk#All Elite Wrestling (2021–present)

RD: Tom T. Hall

Article: Tom T. Hall (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNN, Tennessean
Credits:

Nominated by Rawmustard (talk · give credit)
Updated by Teemu08 (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Standard disclaimer of some claims needing references. rawmustard (talk) 06:34, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Cleaned it up, should be decent now. Teemu08 (talk) 13:36, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Chuck Close

Article: Chuck Close (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Guardian
Credits:

Nominated by 2A00:23C5:5082:6101:5168:6B97:2327:A0C6 (talk · give credit)
Updated by Edwardx (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American photorealist painter. Article looks in good shape and well referenced. 2A00:23C5:5082:6101:5168:6B97:2327:A0C6 (talk) 17:09, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New Malaysian Prime Minister appointed

Proposed image

Article: 2020–2021 Malaysian political crisis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) is appointed as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) is appointed as the Prime Minister of Malaysia, replacing Muhyiddin Yassin, who had recently resigned.
Alternative blurb II:  Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia, marking the UMNO's return to power after three years.
News source(s): Reuters, AP, DW, The Straits Times
Credits:

Nominated by 36.77.95.182 (talk · give credit)
Updated by Starship.paint (talk · give credit) and 182.3.103.78 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Nominator's comments: I'm a people that does not fluently speak and write English, but Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as Malaysian Prime Minister. Anyone can adding a new information about him, but the change of government is ITN/R. 36.77.95.182 (talk) 10:43, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - apparently he takes over tomorrow, so I guess it should wait until then. Also, both 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis and the bio article Ismail Sabri Yaakob have lots of sourcing issues at present. — Amakuru (talk) 10:53, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The reporting by reliable sources is occurring today, so I would surmise it's just a matter of having the articles front-page worthy with the actual assumption of office a formality (cf. the Zambian election posting). rawmustard (talk) 13:15, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I have been updating all the pages involved in this, including addressing sourcing issues (particular in the Sheraton move page) and also added this to Portal:Current events/2021 August 20 earlier today. Will not vote on this though as I have been doing the editing myself. Arcahaeoindris (talk) 15:49, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - see Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#(Closed)_Malaysia_government_collapses - we didn't post his predecessor's (Muhyiddin Yassin) resignation until his successor arrived. starship .paint (exalt) 06:22, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update - Sabri has just been installed today. 180.244.175.3 (talk) 07:26, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bloody hell, they removed the video. --180.244.175.3 (talk) 11:07, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Is there any particular reason why the PMs article is not the target one? At a quick glance, it has less tags and other issues than the lenghty crisis one. --Tone 11:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support altblurb II New PM is already sworn in, so it may be necessary to posted. 116.206.35.10 (talk) 13:49, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support World leaders are already making calls to this leader. We hope we are not late in posting the news--Exec8 (talk) 06:19, 22 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]
Comments: The story is ITN material, but which link should be bolded in the blurb? The proposed bolded link leads to 2020–2021 Malaysian political crisis, an article with three orange tags. We can't use that. Is there any SUPPORT for the article Ismail Sabri Yaakob instead? Please focus on article quality and its readiness for an appearance on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 13:24, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 19

Portal:Current events/2021 August 19

August 19, 2021 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - A Taliban militant is stabbed by protestors in Asadabad while celebrating Independence Day. Fellow Taliban militants open fire on the crowd after the stabbing, killing two people and wounding eight others. Additionally, two people are injured during a protest in Jalalabad. (Al Jazeera)
    - More incidents are reported at the airport in Kabul, as civilians try to escape the country. A total of 12 people have been confirmed to have been killed at the airport since the fall of the city, primarily due to stampedes and gun incidents. (Business Insider)
    - Ahmad Massoud, the 32-year-old son of anti-Soviet mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, vows to resist a potential assault of the Taliban on Panjshir. Massoud, who is allied with self-proclaimed acting president Amrullah Saleh, says that the Taliban will face a "staunch resistance" if they attack. (Reuters)
    - U.S. president Joe Biden says that the Taliban "must decide if it wants international recognition", but that the group had not changed its priorities during the past 20 years. (RTE)
  - Operation Allies Refuge
    - The Pentagon announces that 7,000 civilians have been evacuated since August 14. (Axios)
- The Taliban declares the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. (Forbes)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Three people are killed and 50 more wounded during a grenade attack at a Shiite religious procession in Bahawalnagar, Punjab, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
War in Somalia
- A suicide bomber blows himself up at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing three people and wounding several more. The restaurant was frequented by members of the security forces as it is near to a security agency. (Xinhua)
Mali War
- Jihadists ambush a convoy in Mopti, killing 11 soldiers and wounding 10 others. A roadside bomb hit the convoy, and gunmen then opened fire. (Republic World)
Thirty-two people are killed in Far North, Cameroon, in clashes between fishermen and herders since the beginning of the month. Nineteen villages have been burned. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021 global chip shortage
- Toyota reduces its production quota for next month by 40% due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in Asia severely impacting the company's supply chains, especially those involved in chip production. Up to this point, the company was one of the only major car manufacturers to avoid scaling back production during the pandemic. Volkswagen warns that it might also have to reduce its production quotas for similar reasons. (BBC News)
Content subscription service OnlyFans announces that it will ban sexually explicit material beginning in October. The policy changes, according to UK-based company, are "to comply with the requests of the banking partners and payout providers". (Variety)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Haiti earthquake
- The death toll of the earthquake in Haiti reaches 2,189. (Associated Press)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    - COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
      - The number of people over the age of 16 who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia surpasses 50%, with a record 309,010 doses administered yesterday. (ABC News Australia)
    - Australia reports a new single-day record of 754 new cases of COVID-19, including a record for the second consecutive day of 681 new cases of COVID-19 in New South Wales, surpassing the previous record set in August 2020 during the second wave of the pandemic in Victoria. (The Canberra Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji
    - Fiji surpasses 400 deaths from COVID-19. (RNZ)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, COVID-19 vaccination in New Zealand
    - Prime Minister Jacinda Arden's Cabinet grants approval for children between the ages of 12 and 15 to receive the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine beginning on September 1. (Newshub)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
    - Indonesia receives their first shipment of 1.56 million doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine. (Kabar24)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    - Japan reports a record for the second consecutive day of 25,156 new cases of COVID-19. (Jiji Press)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 22,242 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1,489,460. (The Edge Markets)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines
    - Metro Manila and the provinces of Bataan and Laguna will have their restrictions eased under the slightly restrictive Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine beginning on August 21 for Metro Manila and Laguna and August 23 for Bataan. (Rappler)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 vaccination in Singapore
    - Singapore begins reopening its borders with the launch of Vaccinated Travel Lanes for fully vaccinated travellers from Germany and Brunei, while quarantine-free restrictions will be eased for travellers from Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China outside of Jiangsu Province, New Zealand and Taiwan. (CNA)
    - Beginning tomorrow, all travellers entering Singapore who are fully vaccinated with a World Health Organization-recognized COVID-19 vaccine will be issued a tamper-proof vaccination sticker in their passport upon the presentation of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate. (TODAY)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Vietnam reports a record 10,654 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 312,611. (Viet Nam News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in France, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
  - France designates Algeria and Morocco as "high-risk" countries, which means that beginning from August 21, unvaccinated travellers will have to prove that their trip is essential, requiring a proof of negative COVID-19 test, and must accept a 10-day self-quarantine. (Radio France Internationale)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, COVID-19 vaccination in Kenya
  - Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board grants emergency use authorization for the Moderna and Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccines. (Bloomberg)
Ivory Coast reports an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 after a large number of poultry birds started dying in the Grand-Bassam commune near the capital Abidjan on July 20. (Reuters)

International relations

COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Hong Kong and Singapore abandon plans to resume a "travel bubble" for quarantine-free travel between the two cities due to differing COVID-19 policies. (The Straits Times)

Law and crime

The U.S. Supreme Court Building, the headquarters of the Republican National Committee, and other locations in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill area are evacuated after a man parked his truck in front of the Library of Congress and threatened to detonate a bomb while making anti-government statements. The man surrendered to the police several hours after he began his standoff. (CNBC)

Science and technology

Rain falls on the summit of Greenland for the first time in recorded history. The rain shower dumped more than 7 billion tonnes of water on the ice sheet. (CNN)

Sports

2020 Summer Paralympics, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games reports the first Paralympic-linked case of COVID-19 at the Olympic village that is not a Paralympic athlete or a Japanese resident. (BBC News)

RD: Junaid Babunagari

Article: Junaid Babunagari (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): (GulfNews), (DhakaTribune)
Credits:

Updated by Al Riaz Uddin Ripon (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Help with referencing is needed. --PFHLai (talk) 05:28, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: James W. Loewen

Article: James W. Loewen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times; Associated Press
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Bloom6132 (talk) 01:30, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Article is in good shape. A tragic loss. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There are a number of footnoted refs that need to be reformatted, otherwise this wikibio is READY for RD. I am dressing up some of the bare URL, but need to get offline for a little bit. Please feel free to beat me to reformat the rest. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 21:41, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't think we expect well formatted references as long as references are there (Though there is one dead link). Obviously, if it was only using all bare refs, that would be an issue, but the lack of normalization of refs isn't really a ITN quality issue. --Masem (t) 21:44, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  I have clothed the bare naked URLs, and raised the dead link from archive. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 23:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 13:00, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Michael Cullen

Article: Michael Cullen (politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Stuff
Credits:

Nominated by Nixinova (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Former deputy prime minister of NZ, three decades in politics. Article in good shape. Nixinova T C 05:33, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support An important political figure in New Zealand for several decades. Article of good quality with adequate citations. Kiwichris (talk) 07:33, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose a few citations needed and some bare URLs. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 13:51, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have improved the referencing based on this. Kiwichris (talk) 03:50, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Posted There are no more bare URLs left and only 1 {{cn}} tag, which is not controversial at all. (More like a minor/trivial POV issue.) --PFHLai (talk) 13:07, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Arthur J. Ammann

Article: Arthur J. Ammann (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Global Strategies (the AIDS organisation he founded)
Credits:

Updated and nominated by OwenBlacker (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Immunologist who discovered HIV could be transmitted in utero and through contaminated blood products — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 20:17, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Important doctor and researcher. Article seems good. Looks ready.Pyramids09 (talk) 20:48, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose most awards/honours unreferenced. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 13:50, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. In fact the article would be better without the awards/honours section. Nigej (talk) 14:35, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Sonny Chiba

Article: Sonny Chiba (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Variety
Credits:

Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Prolific Japanese actor with more recent notable roles in Kill Bill and F&F: Tokyo Drift. COVID-related death. Article needs a lot of sourcing TLC to post. Masem (t) 17:06, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support: International film star, well known in the West as well as East Asia. Coverage of death reported by major media outlets. Article is in good enough shape for RD. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 21:47, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per CurryTime7. --NoonIcarus (talk) 22:22, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per CurryTime7. Inline refs could be better, but they're not problematically bad. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 22:31, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – multiple unsourced paragraphs. —Bloom6132 (talk) 22:34, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose needs a lot of work on sourcing. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:40, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There are several tags in the article. Hanamanteo (talk) 07:03, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Bill Freehan

Article: Bill Freehan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Detroit Free Press; The Detroit News; MLB.com
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Bloom6132 (talk) 16:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good depth of coverage; fully referenced. Spencer^T•C 17:45, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted Step hen 01:14, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Volodymyr Holubnychy

Article: Volodymyr Holubnychy (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): World Athletics
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Abishe (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: 5 time Olympian and 2 time Olympic champion. Abishe (talk) 15:10, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support looks good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:39, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. --PFHLai (talk) 12:19, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 18

Portal:Current events/2021 August 18

August 18, 2021 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - 2021 Afghan protests
      - Three people are killed and 12 more are wounded during a shootout as civilians protest in Jalalabad against the Taliban banner replacing Afghanistan's national flag. (Reuters)
    - The United Arab Emirates confirms through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs that former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has been welcomed into the country along with his family on humanitarian grounds. (Reuters)
    - The Afghan embassy in Tajikistan issues a request to INTERPOL to arrest former president Ghani on the accusation that Ghani stole from the country's treasury when he left Afghanistan. (Forbes)
    - Former president Ghani says that he left the country to avoid being lynched. He also denies reports that he left the country with cash and says that he is in talks to return to Afghanistan. (The New York Times)
    - The Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that 15 more citizens of Kyrgyzstan have evacuated out of Afghanistan. (Kabar)
  - Operation Allies Refuge
    - During an interview with ABC News reporter George Stephanopoulos, U.S. president Joe Biden says that the U.S. is committed to getting every American out of Afghanistan, even if it means extending the mission past the August 31 withdrawal deadline. (ABC News)
    - Oregon governor Kate Brown announces in a statement that Oregon will accept Afghan refugees, becoming the latest U.S. state to do so. (The Hill)
    - U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin says that American troops will evacuate as many Americans and allied Afghan interpreters as they can, but also admits that the Pentagon lacks the capacity to do so. Austin also announces that around 5,000 people have already been evacuated. (Stars and Stripes) (NBC News)
Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Clashes between the armed forces of Burkina Faso and militants linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL kill dozens of people. In an attack in the northern town of Arbinda, militants killed 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three pro-government militiamen. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2021 France wildfires
- Two people are killed by wildfires that are affecting Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, mostly near the city of Saint-Tropez. (The Guardian)
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains kills at least seven people in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
    - Israel begins to require people over the age of 3 to show their vaccination certificate, a negative test result, or proof that they have recovered from COVID-19 in order to enter indoor places other than shopping malls and department stores. Additionally, there will be crowd size restrictions at large events and malls and stores will be required to limit their capacity to no more than one person per 7 square metres (75 sq ft). (Haaretz)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    - Japan reports a record 23,917 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with new records also being reported in 27 prefectures. (The Japan Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record 22,242 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.46 million. (Free Malaysia Today)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
    - Due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, Sri Lanka closes all swimming pools, shopping malls, spas, arenas, gyms, and playgrounds, restricts travel to one person from each household for essential reasons only, and also bans carnivals, beach parties and musical events. (Economynext)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 312 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,285. (Inquirer)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
    - Vietnam surpasses 300,000 cases of COVID-19. (Vietnam Plus)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    - COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
      - New South Wales reports a record 633 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    - New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces a snap lockdown, stating that the country's first community infection of COVID-19 in six months, reported yesterday, is suspected of being a Delta variant case. The lockdown will last for seven days in Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula, and for three days in the rest of the country. (ABC News Australia) (Times of Oman)
    - New Zealand announces that the country's first community infection of COVID-19 in six months is also the country's first confirmed case of the Delta variant and that the total number of cases associated with the current outbreak has increased to 10. (9 News) (Japan Today)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    - COVID-19 vaccination in Mexico
      - The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk issues an emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (El Financiero)
    - Mexico reports a record 28,953 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3,152,205. (Bloomberg)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    - The U.S. surpasses 37 million cases of COVID-19. (WSOC-TV)
    - COVID-19 pandemic in California
      - California announces that it will require people to show proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test results in the previous 72 hours to attend any indoor “mega-events” with more than 1,000 people beginning from September 20, becoming the first U.S. state to enact these rules. (Forbes)
    - COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
      - The Biden administration announces that beginning on September 20, the U.S. will begin administering booster shots of the Moderna and Pfizer–BioNTech vaccines for most people who received their second dose at least eight months ago. (Business Insider)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
  - Tunisia eases its nightly curfew from midnight to 5:00 a.m. and allows restaurants to remain open until 10 p.m. as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases. (Reuters)
Bulgaria reports an outbreak of African swine fever at an industrial farm with 13,000 pigs in the village of Apriltsi. (Reuters)

Sports

2021 Japanese Grand Prix, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport
- Formula One announces that this year's Japanese Grand Prix scheduled for October 8–10 has been cancelled due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Japan. (BBC Sport)

(Posted) RD: B. Wayne Hughes

Article: B. Wayne Hughes (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Los Angeles Times; Associated Press
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Bloom6132 (talk) 10:34, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support Would like to see a little more detail about the subject's real estate career but what's there meets minimum standards. Referenced. Spencer^T•C 14:12, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 12:59, 22 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Olav Akselsen

Article: Olav Akselsen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NRK, Dagsavisen (both in Norwegian)
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Joseph2302 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Death announced on 18 August, looks like a decent article. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:46, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support – well-referenced (AGF all refs in Norwegian); looks like it meets minimum ITN requirements. —Bloom6132 (talk) 21:43, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Politician of only local importance. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 22:56, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That isn't a valid oppose, he's notable enough for a Wikipedia article as a member of the Norwegian parliament, therefore he is presumed notable enough for RD. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:59, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support: In that case, I retract my opposition and vote "support" based on sources AGF. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted. AGF'ing all non-English sources. --PFHLai (talk) 02:16, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Franz Josef Altenburg

Article: Franz Josef Altenburg (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ots and many in German
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk · give credit)
Created by Thriley (talk · give credit)
Updated by Grimes2 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Notable Austrian ceramicist who just received the highest Austrian decoration for arts on the occasion of his 80th birthday, had no article yet, - thanks all who changed that. Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:46, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Notable artist of international standing. Good article; German sources check out. —CurryTime7-24 (talk) 23:00, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted AGF'ing all non-English sources. --PFHLai (talk) 03:13, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Joseph L. Galloway

Article: Joseph L. Galloway (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Washington Post; Associated Press; United Press International
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Bloom6132 (talk) 10:12, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Appropriate depth of coverage; referenced. Spencer^T•C 12:33, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support more than good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 13:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support The article is in good shape and well-referenced. Hanamanteo (talk) 15:28, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 01:28, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Austin Mitchell

Article: Austin Mitchell (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

Nominated by Black Kite (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Veteran British Member of Parliament. Article is pretty good. Black Kite (talk) 23:28, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Article is good and well referenced. Seems good to go. Pyramids09 (talk) 04:42, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 05:05, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Russia to test nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile

The usual time waster. Step hen 00:04, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article: 9M730 Burevestnik (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Russia to test the 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile (Post)
News source(s): CNN
Credits:

Nominated by Count Iblis (talk · give credit)

Count Iblis (talk) 20:33, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose No reason given why it is eligible to be posted. It is a WP:CRYSTAL. 36.77.94.84 (talk) 20:45, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Just another missile test, fails notability. Pyramids09 (talk) 21:31, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This user consistently fails to update the articles they nominate. There is no indication whatsoever in the target article of this being in the news. Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:00, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Beneath the radar. – Sca (talk) 22:16, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

(Posted) RD: Sean Lock

Article: Sean Lock (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): (BBC)
Credits:

Nominated by Mjroots (talk · give credit)
Updated by Lugnuts (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: British comedian, refs ~~need improvement~~ improved Mjroots (talk) 10:24, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support once the article is up to shape. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Added a lot of refs. Will try and find more later. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 11:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Referencing seems to have improved, article looks good now.--Jayron 32 12:54, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:16, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Post posting support Note: date of death ~~not yet determined~~ now reported today as 16th August. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:21, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 17

Portal:Current events/2021 August 17

August 17, 2021 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - Operation Allies Refuge
      - Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby says that evacuations have resumed at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. (The Hill)
    - Taliban member of the cultural commission Enamullah Samangani announces an amnesty across Afghanistan and urges women to join their government in the first mention of women's rights by the group since seizing Kabul: while Samangani did not specify what he meant by "amnesty", he said that "the Islamic Emirate doesn't want women to be victims" and that "they should be in the government structure according to sharia law". (Kyodo News) (KSTP-TV)
    - The Taliban says that they will respect women's rights and security under the Islamic Emirate, having encouraged women to return to work and allowed girls to return to school. (Associated Press)
    - Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says that the Taliban will hold their first news conference this afternoon in a media center in Kabul previously used by the former Afghan government. (Reuters)
    - U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that the Taliban is prepared to provide safe passage to civilians who are attempting to leave Kabul. (CNBC)
    - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) announces that the U.S. Senate Committee will hold hearings into the Biden administration's execution of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, as well as the Trump administration's deal with the Taliban. (Axios)
  - Panjshir conflict
    - Amrullah Saleh, who served as First Vice President under former president Ashraf Ghani, claims on Twitter that he is now caretaker president, and that he refuses to surrender to the Taliban. Saleh is recorded travelling to Panjshir Province with Ahmad Massoud, who has declared his opposition to the Taliban and also called for anti-Taliban militia to assemble in Panjshir. (Hindustan Times) (Yahoo! Finance)
    - Russian intelligence sources reported that Panjshir resistance forces loyal to Amrullah Saleh had managed to re-capture Charikar and the surrounding areas of Parwan Province from the Taliban. (RIA Novosti)

Disasters and accidents

The eight people who went missing after their helicopter crashed into Kurile Lake in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, six days ago, are all found dead. Eight more people were on board but survived. (Wral)
A boat capsizes off the coast of Mauritania with 47 people on board presumed dead. The Mauritanian Coast Guard rescues several people from the sea. The boat had departed from Western Sahara and was travelling to the Canary Islands, Spain. (Reuters)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran reports a record 50,228 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,517,243. (Mehr News Agency)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
    - Israel reports 8,716 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since February 1. (The Jerusalem Post)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
    - The Japanese government extends the existing state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba, and also expands it to seven other prefectures from August 20 to September 12. (The Japan Times)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand reports a record 239 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,973. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland
    - The number of fully vaccinated people in Switzerland surpasses 50%. (The Local Switzerland)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
    - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approves the usage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 17, becoming the second vaccine to be approved for use in children after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (ITV News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Cook Islands
    - The Cook Islands suspends its travel bubble with New Zealand and moves to Alert Level 2 following the confirmation of the first community case of COVID-19 in six months in New Zealand. (Newshub)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
    - New Zealand reports its first community transmission case of COVID-19 in six months in an unvaccinated 58-year-old man from Devonport who tested positive after visiting a GP surgery and travelling to the Coromandel Peninsula during the past weekend. (Stuff)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
    - COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
      - New York City begins to implement mandatory proof of vaccination of at least one dose for people who want to dine in at restaurants or bars, watch public performances, or visit a museum or other cultural venue. However, the enforcement of these rules will not begin until September 13. (NBC News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico
    - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announces that the state will reimplement its mask mandate and require vaccinations for high-risk settings. (The Santa Fe New Mexican)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Texas
    - Texas Governor Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19. His office says that he is fully vaccinated and is not currently experiencing any symptoms. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru Héctor Béjar resigns after a video of him claiming the Shining Path guerrilla group was propped up by the Central Intelligence Agency was published in local media. (Bloomberg)

Science and technology

Researchers at the Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland announce that they have calculated pi to 62.8 trillion digits, a new world record. (The Guardian)

(Posted) RD: Rock Demers

Article: Rock Demers (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CTV News (Canadian Press); Le Journal de Montréal
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Bloom6132 (talk) 13:27, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Posted Step hen 00:08, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support That was easy. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:34, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Carolyn S. Shoemaker

Article: Carolyn S. Shoemaker (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Planetary News
Credits:

Nominated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Article updated and well sourced. Her death happened on the 13th but was confirmed by Lisa Gaddis, Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute today. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 02:26, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support looks good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 10:35, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Pretty good article on a fairly obscure figure. Ready to go. Modest Genius ^talk 10:51, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posting. The tag about contradiction is not too big of a problem to prevent posting. --Tone 12:21, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Maki Kaji

Article: Maki Kaji (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

Nominated by Masem (talk · give credit)
Updated by Possibly (talk · give credit) and Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Person credited with popularizing sudoku puzzles. Died on the 10th but only seeing mass coverage of it today. Article is far too short right now to post, but obits today may help. Masem (t) 13:48, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Short but referenced fully so sufficient, Start article. --BabbaQ (talk) 22:52, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support – well-referenced; now meets minimum ITN requirements. —Bloom6132 (talk) 01:13, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted Step hen 01:56, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

August 16

Portal:Current events/2021 August 16

August 16, 2021 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - Fall of Kabul
      - Russia accuses President Ashraf Ghani of fleeing the country with "four cars and a helicopter full of cash" and that he also left money behind that could not be transported with him. Ghani's whereabouts are still unknown although multiple sources say that he is currently in Tajikistan. (Reuters)
      - The first Afghan President after the 2001 United States invasion, Hamid Karzai, announces that he and his daughters will remain in Kabul as he appeals to the Taliban to respect his life and the lives of civilians in Afghanistan. (Indiatimes)
      - Saudi Arabia calls on the Taliban and "all Afghan parties" to "preserve lives and property" and also states that "Saudi Arabia stands with the decision of the Afghan people without interference". (Reuters)
      - The Taliban sets up a cordon and blocks access to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport and also fires warning shots as civilians attempt to leave the country. (Al Jazeera)
      - Kyrgyzstan says 500 visas will be issued to students from Afghanistan. (AKIpress News Agency)
- Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
  - U.S. troops shoot dead two "armed men" at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport as evacuations of Western diplomats and allied Afghans continue. (The Wall Street Journal)
  - Two people are recorded falling to their deaths from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flying over the airport. Local reports say that the stowaways landed on nearby rooftops. In a separate incident, three civilians are run over and killed while clinging to a U.S. jet on the runway. (NDTV)
  - U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation following his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. In the address, Biden said that he "stands squarely behind" the decision to withdraw from the country and admits that the government's collapse was "quicker than anticipated". (The Independent) (USA Today)
- Operation Pitting
  - The United Kingdom deploys an additional 200 troops to Kabul to help airlift UK nationals and Afghans who worked with British forces during the war. (BBC News)
- Uzbekistan shoots down an Afghan Air Force jet that crossed into its airspace. The pilot ejected and survived, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense. (Reuters)
Insurgency in the Maghreb
- 2021 Niger attacks
  - Gunmen on motorbikes storm the village of Darey-Daye, Niger, openinf fire against civilians while they were tending their fields, killing 37 people, including fourteen children. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Four Palestinians are killed and another is seriously injured after an undercover branch of the Israel Border Police raided a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The raid, which was organized to arrest a suspected Hamas member, resulted in the highest death toll in the area in months. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Haiti earthquake
- The death toll from the earthquake that struck Haiti two days ago increases to 1,297 people. More than 5,700 others are injured. (BBC News)
- Tropical Storm Grace threatens earthquake-hit Haiti as it approaches the island of Hispaniola with sustained winds of 35 mph (56 km/h), and even stronger gusts. (CNN International)
Wildfires in 2021
- Around one thousand people are evacuated in Castile and León, Spain, as a wildfire spreads across the region. (Reuters)
2020–22 North American drought
- The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation issues an official water shortage declaration at the Lake Mead reservoir for the first time. The shortage will mean reduced water apportionments to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico beginning in October. (Reuters)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
    - Bangladesh reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in the sample of a 49-year-old woman in Dhaka. (Dhaka Tribune)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
    - Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
      - Hong Kong reclassifies 15 countries and territories, including the U.S., France, Malaysia, and Thailand, to the "high-risk" category, which means that beginning on August 20, there will be mandatory 21-day quarantines and tougher boarding requirements for travellers arriving from those countries due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran reports a record 655 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 98,483. (Reuters)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, COVID-19 vaccination in Israel
    - The number of people over the age of 50 who have received a booster COVID-19 vaccine dose in Israel reaches one million. (The Times of Israel)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysian movement control order
      - The Government of Malaysia begins to allow 11 more economic sectors in states under Phase 1 of the national recovery plan to reopen. Operators of businesses in these sectors must ensure that their customers show a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate before entering the business. (Free Malaysia Today)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in France
    - France requires shoppers to show their "health pass" in order to enter 126 shopping centres that have a size of more than 20,000 m² (220,000 sq ft) in Paris and 12 departments that reached a threshold of 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people. (Radio France Internationale)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, COVID-19 vaccination in Germany
    - The German Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to increased risks posed by the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. (The Tribune)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia
    - North Macedonia restricts the access of cafés, restaurants and public events to only those who have been vaccinated with at least one dose or who have recovered from COVID-19 within the past 45 days and also limits the capacity of restaurants to 30 people with only outdoor parts of restaurants to be open in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 cases. (U.S. News & World Report)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
    - COVID-19 pandemic in England, COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
      - A requirement for fully vaccinated people and people under the age of 18 to self-isolate is removed in England and Northern Ireland if they come into contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus. These people are now advised to take a PCR test despite such tests being voluntary and also wear a face covering while in enclosed spaces. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Territory, COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria
    - Greater Darwin and Katherine enter a three-day lockdown after new community transmissions of COVID-19 were reported. Meanwhile, lockdown restrictions in Melbourne are extended and tightened for an additional two weeks, with a controversial nighttime curfew reinstated. (The Australian) (ABC News Australia)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  - COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
    - Outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces that healthcare workers in the state will be required to be vaccinated by September 27. (WIVB-TV)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
    - Washington, D.C. announces that they will require healthcare workers and other health-related professionals to be vaccinated with at least a first dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech or Moderna vaccine or a single-dose Janssen vaccine by September 30. (The Hill)
Ivory Coast begins to vaccinate "healthcare workers, close relatives and contacts of the victim" against Ebola using 5,000 doses of Ebola vaccines donated by Guinea after the first case of the virus since 1994 was reported over the weekend. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

The Speaker of the Tongan Parliament, Lord Fakafanua, introduces the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021 for debate in the legislative assembly. The Speaker wants a mandatory death sentence for serious drug offenses. Tonga has a moratorium on the death penalty and has not used it in more than four decades. (RNZ International)
The last living Khmer Rouge leader, Khieu Samphan, appears before a court in Phnom Penh in order to appeal his conviction and attempt to overturn it. The 90-year-old's hearing is expected to last for only a few days as analysts say that it is very unlikely that he will succeed in his appeal. (Deutsche Welle)
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Uganda strikes down a 2014 law outlawing the distribution of pornography and wearing of "indecent" clothes as unconstitutional. Women's rights groups in the country campaigned against the law since its inception, saying it unfairly singled out women for discrimination. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

2020–21 Malaysian political crisis
- Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigns from office, as a result of the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition government's collapse. Yassin will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new government is formed. (CNA)
COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, Political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa replaces his health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi with Keheliya Rambukwella, who was previously the media minister and government spokesman, with Wanniarachchi becoming the transport minister, amid public criticism over her understating of COVID-19 infections and her endorsement of sorcery and magic potions to combat the virus. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
- 2020 Summer Paralympics
  - The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and the Japanese government issue a joint statement indicating that spectators will be banned at Paralympic venues in Tokyo and other prefectures that are currently under a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19. (The Washington Post) (France 24)

RD: Anandha Kannan

Article: Anandha Kannan (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Indian Express
Credits:

Nominated by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Tamil VJ Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 07:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This wikibio, with less than 100 characters of prose, is a stub. The Filmography section has no references. Please expand and add more references. Thanks. --PFHLai (talk) 23:01, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) 2021 Zambian general election

Proposed image

Article: 2021 Zambian general election (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Hakainde Hichilema (pictured) is elected President of Zambia. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Africanews
Credits:

Nominated by Joofjoof (talk · give credit)
Updated by Icem4k (talk · give credit), Number 57 (talk · give credit) and John Chibona (talk · give credit)

Article updated
The nominated event is listed on WP:ITN/R, so each occurrence is presumed to be important enough to post. Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article and update meet WP:ITNCRIT, not the significance.

Joofjoof (talk) 08:30, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support, though the domestic reaction could be a bit longer, given the fact that the incumbent president called it unfair. But most of the content is there. --Tone 09:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
~~Weak oppose for now~~ - some more prose needed on the results, particularly as it seems the electoral commission has confirmed the result this morning. Looks good otherwise though, and this is quite a momentous result, as the incumbent Lungu is seen as quite a "strong man" and he might yet attempt to overturn the results. — Amakuru (talk) 09:53, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Outcome now confirmed in the article, along with Lungu's concession, and looks good otherwise. Good to go. — Amakuru (talk) 09:31, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not a big fan of the Twitter refs, but the article is OK. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 18:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posting. --Tone 09:49, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I've raised a query with Icem4k regarding the image above, File:Hakainde Hichilema 01.png to check if it is appropriately licensed for use on the main page. It has an author of "National Archives of Zambia" so not sure if it's Icem4k's own work or not. We should probably hold off posting the image until that's confirmed. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 10:41, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update. Icem4k has now confirmed to me that the image is their own, so I've swapped it in. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 11:14, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Malaysia government collapses

Consensus is to wait. Step hen 00:10, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article: 2020–21 Malaysian political crisis (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigns following the withdrawal of support by one of the government coalition's parties (Post)
News source(s): [3] [4]
Credits:

Nominated by Banedon (talk · give credit)
Updated by 175.142.29.206 (talk · give credit) and Arcahaeoindris (talk · give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Currently I'm seeing much more coverage of the regime change in Afghanistan. Article is also orange tagged. Banedon (talk) 08:27, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment In addition to the multiple orange tags, this appears to be a mundane hand-off of power. I'm struggling to discover what makes this a "crisis" when it is routine politics elsewhere.130.233.213.61 (talk) 08:59, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose we usually wait until someone else is appointed, as that is ITNR. And the article has multiple orange and yellow tags that would need fixing before it could even be considered. If someone takes over, fix their article and then that can run. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:34, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support if Muhyiddin's replacement announced For me, it should not be posted because there is unknown who is successor of Muhyiddin and usually the change of government be posted as ITNR. 36.77.110.10 (talk) 11:11, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support... kinda. Yes, normally we wait for a successor to be at least named and for their successorship to be accepted by a decent enough size group to "count" before we post. This is unique, however - it's not so much "government that had support at one point collapses, successor unknown", it's more of "yet another attempt at having a government fails in Malaysia". To many, my view may seem like it should lead to an oppose - and in a vacuum, it would - however I feel it is also useful to consider the fact that another government has collapsed - the Afghan elected government. I think the mere fact that the elected government of one country and the "status quo" government of another have fallen within hours of each other is significant enough to warrant both being posted in ITN - but I'm not sure that a blurb for each is warranted. I do think the situation in Malaysia should be covered in the ITN section of the main page somehow... but I'm not sure how is best. My suggestion is to have a combined blurb such as In Afghanistan, the government collapses as the capital Kabul is taken by the Taliban while in Malaysia, the coalition government collapses after its leaders resign. To me the mere fact that two governments have collapsed in such close succession is itself a fact that is "in the news" - but this is just my opinion really. I would not be surprised to see news stories dedicated to the temporal concurrence soon. The collapse of the Malaysian government doesn't really qualify for ongoing (for reasons I don't think need explaining), but this is another option - post the crisis there to ongoing until a new government is formed (or something else happens that would blurb-qualify), then give it a blurb. TLDR: I think Malaysia should be somehow referenced in the ITN section, but with regards to how and where exactly, I'm flummoxed. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 14:06, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that combining this with the Kabul blurb is a good idea. Let's simply post when the new PM is appointed. --Tone 17:32, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agree that we should not combine this with the Afghanistan blurb. The two events have absolutely nothing to do with each other, and combining them would be bizarre to say the least. We don't combine election blurbs when elections in multiple countries occur at around the same time; the same principle applies here. Mlb96 (talk) 20:14, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, and I'm combining that with opposition to the Canadian government's collapse; no prejudice against posting either next PM in good time. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:09, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. We could post the result of the new government formation, but not the end of an old one. Kabul was different because that was a military conquest, not standard politics. Re-nominate if/when there is a new prime minister. Modest Genius ^talk 11:02, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wait Change of government is ITN/R, so we'll surely post something, but it's best to wait for some more developments. His resignation can be part of a blurb about his successor whenever they're named. Vanilla Wizard 💙 22:51, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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August 15

Portal:Current events/2021 August 15

August 15, 2021 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
  - 2021 Taliban offensive
    - Fall of Kabul
      - The Taliban enters Kabul and seizes the presidential palace, overthrowing the government. (Sky News) (The Washington Post)
      - President Ashraf Ghani agrees to form a team for negotiations and also agrees to step down and allow an interim Taliban government to govern the country amid the insurgent group's advance. Among the people in the negotiation team is the first president of Afghanistan after the 2001 U.S. invasion, Hamid Karzai. (TOLO)
      - President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Amrullah Saleh leave the country and are currently in Tajikistan. (BBC News)
      - Taliban officials indicate that there will be no "transitional government" in Afghanistan, saying that the group expects a complete transfer of power from the Ghani government. (Reuters)
      - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres calls on the Taliban to exercise restraint and respect human rights, especially those concerning women and girls. Guterres also expressed concern at the civilian casualties in areas of conflict. (Reuters)
      - In his first public comments since going into exile, ousted president Ashraf Ghani concedes that the Taliban has "won the war" in Afghanistan, saying that "they are now facing a new historical test. Either they will preserve the name and honour of Afghanistan or they will give priority to other places and networks". (The Hindu)
    - The Taliban captures Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the Nangarhar Province. The jihadist group faced no resistance as the Afghan military and provincial governor surrendered. Taliban forces also enter the Char Asiab District of the Kabul Province, advancing within 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) of Kabul. (Reuters) (Sky News) (The Independent)
    - The Afghan military transfers control of Bagram Airfield, formerly the largest U.S. airbase in the country, to the Taliban. Five thousand unlawful combatants are freed from the airbase's military prison. (The Economic Times)
    - Embassies of Western countries are evacuated and relocated at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. The Russian embassy is not evacuated, as it considers that "the situation in Kabul is a bit tense, but there is no war in the city". The Turkish embassy also remains open. (The Guardian) (Financial Times)
  - Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
    - U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price announces that the U.S. Embassy is successfully evacuated. (CBS News)
  - Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem says on Al Jazeera Mubasher that the war in Afghanistan is over. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2021 Algeria wildfires
- The death toll from the wildfires in Algeria rise to 90 people, including 57 civilians and 33 soldiers. (Africa News)
Heavy rain in Japan causes a landslide in Okaya, Nagano. Three people are dead after the landslide damaged their house. (The Japan Times)
A passenger bus overturns on the M7 motorway, west of Budapest, Hungary, killing eight people and injuring dozens of other passengers. (Reuters)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
    - Iran reports a record 620 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 97,828. (France 24)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Laos
    - Laos surpasses 10,000 cases of COVID-19. (Xinhua News Agency)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
    - The Philippines reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in a 35-year-old female who is asymptomatic and recovered after isolating for 10 days. (Rappler)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
    - Thailand surpasses 900,000 cases of COVID-19. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
  - A batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Australia from Poland, in which half of vaccine doses will target people aged 20 to 39 years old in 12 local government areas of concern across New South Wales. (SBS World News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
  - The Serbian health authorities authorise a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people, health workers and anyone who was vaccinated at least six months ago, and would begin administering these doses on Tuesday. (Reuters)
Singapore announces the first giant panda cub in the city-state when the 12-year-old panda Jia Jia gave birth to a cub at River Safari after being artificially inseminated with frozen semen from 13-year-old Kai Kai. (The Straits Times) (Radio France Internationale)

International relations

Israel–Poland relations
- Israel recalls a top diplomat from Poland, after the country passed a law limiting property restitution for Jewish Holocaust survivors. (Politico Europe)

Law and crime

Hong Kong national security law
- The Civil Human Rights Front in Hong Kong disbands. The pro-democracy group had been under pressure from the government for allegedly being internationally funded. The group's leader Figo Chan and prominent member Jimmy Sham are both in prison. (Deutsche Welle)
Konstantin Pavlov, the pro-Russian mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, is found dead at his home with a gunshot wound. The National Police of Ukraine say that they are currently establishing the circumstances of the mayor's death and have also opened a criminal case. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2021 Canadian federal election
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau obtains the dissolution of the House of Commons for an election scheduled on September 20. (CBC News)
2020–21 Malaysian political crisis
- Reports emerge of the imminent resignation of Prime Minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin on August 16. (Reuters)

Science and technology

Spain records the highest temperature ever of 47.4°C (117.3°F) in Montoro, province of Córdoba amid an historic heat wave. (Big News Network)

RD: Joe Walton

Article: Joe Walton (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NYT
Credits:

Nominated by AllegedlyHuman (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: American football player and longtime coach. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 00:20, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing is missing atm. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:26, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
More refs, please. There are at least six paragraphs with zero footnotes. --PFHLai (talk) 13:40, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Paul Mitchell (politician)

Article: Paul Mitchell (politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Detroit News
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Muboshgu (talk · give credit)
Updated by TDKR Chicago 101 (talk · give credit)

Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

– Muboshgu (talk) 16:34, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Article well sourced and updated. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 16:42, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
TDKR Chicago 101, I was just about to come back here to put you on as an updater, thanks for adding some of the sourcing. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:46, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks good! --Vacant0 (talk) 11:00, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support The article is in good shape and well-referenced. Hanamanteo (talk) 13:39, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support well referenced and ready.BabbaQ (talk) 22:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted Step hen 02:39, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Cary M. Maguire

Article: Cary M. Maguire (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Dallas Morning News
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: First reported today (August 15); died on August 10 —Bloom6132 (talk) 10:59, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Poorly sourced and only a stub. Inexpiable (talk) 17:16, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Inexpiable: every paragraph is sourced. And it's 2,094 characters long (i.e. >1,500 characters), so not a stub. —Bloom6132 (talk) 17:32, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It appears to be largely sourced to the Maguire Center and the Maguire Energy Institute, which don't look like independent sources.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bloom6132: The stub template is still present at the bottom of the page. Also a lot of Citation overkill, red links, and references not cited correctly such as these sources: [5], [6] Inexpiable (talk) 17:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose as above. If you remove personal life etc, the main body about the activities that would make him notable are 5 lines. Secondly, the sourcing is not appropriate, out of the 11 sources, 1-4, 7 and 9-11 are not independent as they are either profiles from his company's page, or from organisations that he sponsors, so obviously they would be very friendly Bumbubookworm (talk) 02:42, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Michael M. Thomas

Article: Michael M. Thomas (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The New York Times
Credits:

Updated and nominated by Bloom6132 (talk · give credit)
Updated by Danbale (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: First reported today (August 15); died on August 7 —Bloom6132 (talk) 03:12, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support It's short but well-referenced, enough for a RD. --Vacant0 (talk) 11:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support good enough for RD. Joseph2302 (talk) 11:07, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support The article is in good shape and well-referenced. Hanamanteo (talk) 13:40, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support - good to go.BabbaQ (talk) 22:49, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted --PFHLai (talk) 00:45, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Ernie Sigley

Article: Ernie Sigley (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABC
Credits:

Nominated by HiLo48 (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: Highly awarded Australian TV and radio host HiLo48 (talk) 02:26, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Story checks out. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:10, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
READY Just sorted out the last couple of citation needed issues. I think this is ready to go. HiLo48 (talk) 01:52, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support I filled up one cn tag, its fully ready now. --Vacant0 (talk) 11:06, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose There are several tags in the article. Hanamanteo (talk) 17:01, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There weren't yesterday. I do wish people would put the effort into finding sources, rather than just finding fault. I'll probably just delete that content, even though it's in no way controversial, just to get this posted. Is that how we want ITN to work? HiLo48 (talk) 22:15, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

READY Removed uncited material. HiLo48 (talk) 01:36, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted Step hen 02:42, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) 2020–21 Formula E World Championship

Consensus for posting is unlikely to develop.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:30, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article: 2020–21 Formula E World Championship (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  In autosport, Nyck de Vries wins the Formula E World Championship. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  In autosport, Nyck de Vries wins the Formula E World Championship, while Mercedes-EQ claim the teams' title.
News source(s): motorsport.com
Credits:

Nominated by Unnamelessness (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Not an ITNR item but could be since it has became a world championship. Unnamelessness (talk) 15:29, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose target is weak, and doesn't really describe in detail the events of the season. It appears that the Nyck de Vries article isn't even updated, unless you consider one unreferenced sentence a suitable improvement. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 17:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Motorsport is already well represented at ITN. The argument to add more would be either that the event is very popular (such as the EPL), or distinct enough form existing codes/formats to be treated as it's own (Grey Cup). Formula E has too weak argument on both fronts at this stage. GreatCaesarsGhost 17:16, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The physical football can start in a wider range of places in college than in NFL which makes strategy less rote and emphasizes the asymmetry and specialization between the strong side players on the strong side of the ball and the weak side players on the weak side, is that distinct enough? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:15, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 18:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Remember the hundreds of times a game when the fatties get ready for sumo then one snaps the ball? In NFL you can only do that up to 9.25 feet from the centerline, in college you can do that up to 20 feet from the centerline (the one parallel to the side of the field). The ball starting further from the center affects play. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose both on importance and article quality. Formula E is a poor man's Formula One (which is why it's filled with F1 rejects and youngstars hoping to make the step up to F1 in the future). Not important enough to a broad audience therefore. On article quality, it would need a summary like 2020 Formula One World Championship#Season summary. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:24, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- If we're going by the criteria above than we would never post anything that isn't F1 because every other motorsport on the planet is filled with as you put it F1 rejects and youngsters hoping to make the step up to F1 in the future, and given F1 is by far the richest motorsport formula around, again, everything else is a poor man's Formula One by that standard. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well WEC or DTM would be considered way more notable, as they're proper series in their own right (and not filled with rejects like Formula E) But Formula E isn't anywhere near as popular as any of those- the champion is a Mercedes F1 test driver. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:16, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - DTM is a terrible example, the winner René Rast is leaving to join Formula E permanently after many years of being on the FE sidelines! Let's also add that DTM famously failed to expand outside of Germany many times and even within Germany struggled to get manufacturers onboard. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:34, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Not even in the sports news. Kingsif (talk) 18:53, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: even though it's a FIA world championship, that doesn't grant it automatic ITNR status; whether it should is a different matter. My own view is that if we were to give another FIA championship ITNR status, I'd go for the WEC over FE, because despite the FIA's efforts, it's still not seen as equal to F1, the WRC, or the WEC. Sceptre (talk) 20:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support I do not agree with the comments above; this championship is unique, as are the cars, format and everything else about it and does have widespread coverage, more so than most other motorsport events. We should not be looking what newspapers/media outlets post, if we did we'd never post any sports news that isn't top 5-EPL football news; the criteria is it encyclopaedic and is it important, and I would strongly argue yes to both. There's a reason all major car manufacturers and top racing drivers take part, and TV rights are hotly contested by e.g. Eurosport. Also it's truly global, unlike some of the other motorsports that get posted. Abcmaxx (talk) 22:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We should not be looking what newspapers/media outlets post - literally how else would you define "in the news". Please, tell me. Also, Eurosport is basically brand new and everyone hates it for stealing Olympic airing rights for all of Europe so national broadcasters got shafted but go off on its relevance lol Kingsif (talk) 01:19, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, "in the news" is for covering what is in the news, that people might come on here to look at. Seeing as Formula E didn't even make BBC News (and was never more covered than halfway down the news articles on BBC Sport), I don't see how anyone can suggest that this is ITN-worthy. Joseph2302 (talk) 09:15, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted RD) RD/Blurb: Gerd Müller

Article: Gerd Müller (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb: German footballer Gerd Müller dies at the age of 75. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Credits:

Updated and nominated by SoWhy (talk · give credit)

Article updated
Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD.

Nominator's comments: One of the most famous German footballers. So Why 11:51, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Oof, tricky. Legendary in the sport, obviously, but I'm unsure he rises to the level of a blurb ... that's a borderline one. Anyway, oppose for the moment due to unsourced content.Black Kite (talk) 12:20, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment As Müller was a legend in his sport I would support RD only (I dont see a blurb justified). With 555 league-matches and 487 league goals he is/was a unit and regarding this equal to Messi (552 league-caps and 485 league-goals). I would like to know if there are other footballer than müller and Messi who played that many league matches and have a better match-score-ratio. --LennBr (talk) 14:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's odd how I (and many Americans) find it boring that Messi can get only ~0.9 goals per game instead of like 3 or 4 but if a baseballer ever gets 0.4 home runs per game (which is 3-4 hours) again for even 1 season without doping I'd be amazed (my soccer attention span is 2 hours per matchday per World Cup) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:01, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's why I (and many Earthlings) would rather watch MMA, where even the low-card losers regularly rack up 24 to 28 points in 15 minutes. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:46, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why do some combat athletes that suck get 8 points? It's like you're equally skilled you can still get 9 points, you suck you get 8 points, you suck AND commit a foul you get 7 points. If MMA was like soccer they'd have to start 100 yards apart, one guy would have to try to connect a kick to the head in 1 try while handcuffed and the other would have to wait for the kick to reach a point chosen to be "the end of easily duckable" (to keep score around 2-0) before he can duck to simulate not knowing whether to dive left or right till the soccer ball leaves the foot (and for fairness the rest of the kick would have to be as predictable as a fast kick could be, no more tricks). Penalize touching opponent besides a kick to the head so no one does it, alternate turns from 100 yards, repeat for 96 minutes with a short halftime unless there's an instant win like ref stoppage. If you can hire Telemundo or Univision soccer commentators then even better (I don't know if you get Mexican channels like us but if you watch enough soccer eventually one of the instances of speedtalk and getting more and more excited isn't a miss so they take a deep breath and yell GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! GOL! like a train horn and the goal also replaces the score with the word GOL rotating like a planet and starts a railroad crossing bell sound or siren or something like that) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:28, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What would make soccer fun again is just a return to a simpler foul system. If a player is accidentally kicked in the eye, junk or back of the neck, put the cards away and see if they can shake it off, ref! If not, instant draw. If the kick's intentional, instant win! If instant replay shows it was a free and fair cleat to the upper inner thigh, kisser or temple, the attacking team (and the crowd) celebrate sudden victory with style points, and go home happy, maybe drink a [British Coors equivalent] and get on top of their husbands and/or wives like they used to in Rome. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A team that only needs a draw to advance will try to get someone bumped and he'll flop in pain till the game ends. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 03:06, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just like real life! Anyway, I gotta run. Just remember, in all sincerity, they don't have to suck for pieces of eight anymore, the judges' cabal lowered the bar three or four years ago. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:23, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was probably started to make boxing matches seem closer than they actually are, a dumb trick that still helps a little like the prices ending in 9's thing. It just seems closer than say 3 points for a win and 0 being like a 7 (can you get 7 points in UFC now without fouling? I don't know how many levels the judges can differentiate, they should just use that many tiers and make the lowest tier without fouling 0 points) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A natural 10-7 is a rare bird indeed, and oddly enough, Sammy Morgan got his (from one judge) well before the 10-8 was made easier. There are also very rare two-point foul deductions. So, in theory, a five-point must system is all we need to give a zero to those unicorns who just barely survive despite cheating like there's no tomorrow, without worrying about scorecards dipping into the Minus World (which I assume would destroy all worlds). InedibleHulk (talk) 01:52, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support blurb - Major international footballer. Mjroots (talk) 14:25, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb for consistency. We didn't post Cruyff so Muller doesn't get posted. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 14:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And for such a "legendary player", pitiful coverage of his career in the article. For a quick comparison, see Johan Cruyff. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:53, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb, as a major figure in his field ( football). Jackattack1597 (talk) 15:05, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb I supported a blurb for Cruyff and would like to support one for Müller. The wrong that no blurb was posted for Cruyff's death cannot be righted by not posting this one. After all, football is a very big deal so there should be some room to post iconic and influential players other than Maradona.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:07, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Old Man Dies RD only, please. If he's famous, people will still notice and click his name. Especially his fans. InedibleHulk (talk) 15:31, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support blurb when page up to scratch: As I saw cited on Ballon d'Or, Muller was one of eight players to win the World Cup, European Cup/Champions League and Ballon d'Or. [7] That's an exclusive club. He remains 87 goals clear in the Bundesliga scoring charts 42 years after his retirement. The decision not to post Cruyff - who aside from his club, international and managerial honours was recognised as one of the true transformers of football into its modern form [8] - should not form precedent. Unknown Temptation (talk) 15:43, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb on the simple grounds that one was not posted for Cruyff.--WaltCip-(talk) 16:03, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb In addition to the facts pointed above, this article is awfully short for someone claimed to be a major player. His stats may be impressive, but let's compare to someone like Pelé or Wayne Gretzky (in terms of content) --Masem (t) 16:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose blurb for now. We have pretty high standards for death blurbs in virtually every category except politicians (who, by virtue of their leadership of a nation probably ought to get death blurbs the most often). Is Gerd Muller one of the greatest soccer players of all time? I'd argue that he falls short of the Maradona/Pele/Messi standard, so he doesn't get a blurb. (As evidence, consider this list or this list, both of which put him all the way down at 12th all time; or this list which has him at 17th. All the lists seem to imply we were wrong to deny Cruyff a blurb, though, as they all elevate Cruyff into that Maradona/Pele/Messi echelon.) NorthernFalcon (talk) 19:39, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, not that it matters, but there are fourteen footballers who are listed as Level 4 vital articles, and Gerd Muller is not one of them. To me, that suggests that he's just not high enough up the list for a death blurb. NorthernFalcon (talk) 19:48, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also worth noting that the "vital articles" project is run by a tiny enclave who debate who is and who is not vital. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 20:23, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Then again, doesn't ITN operate the same way? WaltCip-(talk) 14:22, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose blurb per article quality, too short for that. But support RD.BabbaQ (talk) 20:35, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posted RD --PFHLai (talk) 23:26, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Afghan Government collapse

Article: 2021 Taliban offensive (talk · history · tag)
Blurb:  Afghan president Ashraf Ghani resigns as Taliban forces enter Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan ending the twenty-year long war. (Post)
Alternative blurb:  The Afghan government collapses and Kabul falls to the Taliban during its offensive.
Alternative blurb II:  Afghan president Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ending the twenty-year long war.
Alternative blurb III:  The Afghan government collapses as the capital city of Kabul falls to the ongoing offensive by the Taliban and President Ashraf Ghani flees the country.
News source(s): Alarabiya News, AP, BBC, Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera, MSN
Credits:

Nominated by 212.74.201.233 (talk · give credit)

Nominator's comments: Obviously post it when (if) it happens, but given that Al Arabiya has a pretty good track record of generally being cautious with their sources, I doubt this doesnt come true. --212.74.201.233 (talk) 10:03, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wait: We cannot posting WP:CRYSTAL predictions, it maybe cannot be happen as the event progressed. If the information is true, i will Support the blurb to be posted with alternate blurb. 180.249.244.163 (talk) 10:15, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Obviously, that's why I wrote what I wrote in my comment. But given that this is almost certainly going to happen in then next few hours, we might as well prepare the article and the blurb beforehand 212.74.201.233 (talk) 10:21, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Your nomination, with that blurb, is wholly premature. You cannot expect editors to support something which is simply not true, let alone not published by any news outlet. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:09, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wait till the president of the new "transitional government" is announced. We can also nominate an RD for Afghan women's rights Scaramouche33 (talk) 10:47, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that's not all that bad. At least Bacha bazi's gonna be banned 212.74.201.233 (talk) 10:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I see. So that makes a brutal medieval fundamentalist regime, which enslaves women, perfectly acceptable, yes? Must have been in that Taliban manifesto leaflet I binned. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:13, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I did not say it's preferable, what you are doing is a textbook example of stramanning. With that being said, as a left0-wing atheist who is fundamentally opposed to the Taliban's ideology, if I had a choice between making my daughter wear hijab outside, and having my son get raped by some 50-year old militia commander, I'd prefer the former to the latter. Cheers. 212.74.201.233 (talk) 15:17, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Have her married off at 13 to a Taliban murderer and endure a life of domestic drudgery too, would you? But I'm not sure choices in Afghanistan are quite that simple. And not sure Bacha bazi is likely to feature in any ITN blurb. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:48, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, but post once Kabul falls.Jackattack1597 (talk) 11:15, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wait Call me crazy, but the last time the Taliban was in control as thousands of Americans arrived to liberate and protect their "Afghan people", this endless 20-year war began. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:21, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended content

Maybe we should wait until 9/11, when the "planned withdrawal" was supposed to be complete? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:25, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. What's the tallest symbolic building left standing in Afghanistan? When we see it crumble on TV, then we can safely say mission accomplished, "we got 'em" or whatever again. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:36, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think Osama bin Laden's been found. But was it posted at ITN? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:39, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I always thought he was killed in 2001, before ITN was cool. InedibleHulk (talk) 11:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Meanwhile, wisps of smoke could be seen near the embassy’s roof as diplomats urgently destroyed sensitive documents, according to two American military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation." InedibleHulk (talk) 12:12, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wait—But I will obviously support when it happens (I wish I could also say "if" it happens). Kurtis ^(talk) 11:27, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support – in principle – as story develops. Widely covered (see added sources above). No-brainer. – Sca (talk) 12:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until he actually resigns and they enter the capital. At the moment, sources are saying that he could resign, that he is planning to resign or is in negotiations over resigning, but hasn't resigned quite yet. At the moment, Kabul is still under govt control, although that could change by the end of the day. When/if these events happen, Strong Support for their inclusion, as they would be some of the biggest intl' news in recent memory. Goodposts (talk) 12:19, 15 August 2021 (UTC) P.S. Just a few hours after I posted this, Ghani left the country and the Taliban entered Kabul. There is nothing to wait for anymore. Goodposts (talk) 14:45, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - We should be using this article Battle of Kabul (2021) Sherenk1 (talk) 12:28, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support (and oh, cr*p...) - ~~The Economic Times has confirmed here...~~ Turns out that was confirmation that he will step down, not that he has stepped down... Anyways... Tube·of·Light 13:25, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support in a few hours Jerusalem Post has reported the resignation as fact. Juxlos (talk) 13:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Since we also don't know whether this actually ends the war (maybe there's more anti-Taliban insurgency or something), I propose an alternate blurb: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani resigns as Taliban forces enter Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and is replaced by Ali Ahmad Jalali as interim head of government. (Jalali's text subject to him actually being appointed, of course). Juxlos (talk) 13:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support once Kabul falls pending quality. Thus ends the Vietnam of our times. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 14:05, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some of us actually remember this. – Sca (talk) 14:09, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The current situation is that capitulation talks are ongoing, that's big news in its own right. Count Iblis (talk) 14:14, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Juxlos' Alt, pending extreme cleanup on Jalali. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:18, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Al Jazeera says Ghani has left Kabul for Tajikistan. Not clear whether he's resigned. – Sca (talk) 14:20, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Support BBC now reporting that Ashraf Ghani has done a runner, this is all over bar the shouting. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 14:18, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well, now Vietnam has been surpassed as a metaphor for U.S. military catastrophes.--WaltCip-(talk) 14:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Smile for the camera, boys. – Sca (talk) 14:31, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Proposing altblurb 2 based on the recent developments 212.74.201.233 (talk) 15:11, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support for altblurb2. Kabul has fallen, Afghanistan continued their reputation to be graveyard for empires. SunDawn talk 15:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wait until final collapse confirmed. Papers still reporting Taliban preparing to enter Kabul. — Amakuru (talk) 15:40, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Fallen" not yet unequivocally reported by major RS sources, obvious though it seems. T-ban quoted saying there'll be no transitional government, they're waiting for govt. to surrender. (U.S. embassy staff being moved to Kabul airport.) – Sca (talk) 15:42, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Is ending the twenty-year long war in the proposed blurbs really true? --PFHLai (talk) 15:46, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
War in Afghanistan (2001–present) says no. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:04, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Even Operation Freedom's Sentinel has 16 days left, semiofficially. InedibleHulk (talk) 16:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The American invasion was a reasonably direct outgrowth of the Afghan Civil War, which in turn was an extension of the Soviet invasion, which was triggered by various uprisings in response to the Saur Revolution. Combat in Afghanistan has been reasonably constant for the past 43 years. --Carnildo (talk) 05:14, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to go back even more reasonably, Winston Churchill once realized, "The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war." If an unknown number of sensitive ancient documents hadn't been blown to infinity, we'd have real trouble disambiguating one War in Afghanistan from the next. Apparently excellent toward strangers, though; maybe if Hypothetical Group X only invades for a couple of weeks next time, and stays cool, relatively modern peace might finally have a goddamned chance. InedibleHulk (talk) 06:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support with comment It deserves to go main page but can we conclude that the 20 years war has ended? I think the last phrase should be removed.Seyyed(t-c) 15:55, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Seyyed's proposal above I haven't seen sources saying that the war is over. So I don't think we should be posting that part of the hook. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:06, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt blurb 1 Government has collapses and Kabul was overtaken, as reported by multiple sources. The potential set up of a transitional government is a formality that doesn't change what has already happened on the ground. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Thanks ♥) 16:11, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Posting alt1, for which it seems we have the most consensus. Feel free to adjust as the story develops. --Tone 16:21, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Now let the fun begin. – Sca (talk) 17:26, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alt added as President fleeing is a major event. ArionEstar (talk) 21:35, 15 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Update death toll The wiki page and multiple sources revise the death toll to be over about 1 300. JMonkey2006 (talk) 00:00, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@JMonkey2006: for the fall of Kabul? Or did you mean to post this on the Haiti thread? Juxlos (talk) 00:36, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I did! Got caught in the moment haha JMonkey2006 (talk) 00:46, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Should the offensive still be ongoing? Seems like there isn’t much left for the Taliban to take over. Juxlos (talk) 00:36, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for bringing up this point. The word "ongoing" is now removed from the blurb on MainPage. --PFHLai (talk) 02:17, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Strong post posting support for alt 3 or 1; major event that pretty much ends the war, though I don't think saying so would be strictly correct. Nixinova T C 04:49, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's all over but the fleeing. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] – Sca (talk) 12:34, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting support. I !voted to wait on previous noms, in the expectation that the Taliban would be victorious within a month or so. I was not expecting less than a week! Apparently conclusive end to a 20yr war. Modest Genius ^talk 14:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Or latest pause in a 50-year one. (Or pushing 200-years, if you want to be even more maximalist one.) US and the Afghan government are gone as protagonists, but might not be too long until the civil -- or conceivably otherwise -- war reconfigures. AB1 or AB3 are for that reason better. (Are we still open here in consideration of mid-posting tweaks of that kind?) 109.255.211.6 (talk) 00:33, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Very Strong Post-Posting Support – The Afghanistan Government has collapsed and surrendered to the Taliban, the terrorist group that controlled most of the country prior to the start of the war. This also ends the 20-year-long war. Definitely needed to be posted. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 18:15, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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(Posted) RD: Michael Cullen

RD: Arthur J. Ammann

RD: Sonny Chiba

(Posted) RD: Bill Freehan

(Posted) RD: Volodymyr Holubnychy

August 18

(Posted) RD: B. Wayne Hughes

(Posted) RD: Olav Akselsen

(Posted) RD: Franz Josef Altenburg

(Posted) RD: Joseph L. Galloway

(Posted) RD: Austin Mitchell

(Closed) Russia to test nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile

(Posted) RD: Sean Lock

August 17

(Posted) RD: Rock Demers

(Posted) RD: Carolyn S. Shoemaker

(Posted) RD: Maki Kaji

August 16

RD: Anandha Kannan

(Posted) 2021 Zambian general election

(Closed) Malaysia government collapses

August 15

RD: Joe Walton

(Posted) RD: Paul Mitchell (politician)

RD: Cary M. Maguire

(Posted) RD: Michael M. Thomas

(Posted) RD: Ernie Sigley

(Closed) 2020–21 Formula E World Championship

(Posted RD) RD/Blurb: Gerd Müller

(Posted) Afghan Government collapse

References

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