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  • Blurbs are one-sentence summaries of the news story.
    • Altblurbs, labelled alt1, alt2, etc., are alternative suggestions to cover the same story.
    • A target article, bolded in text, is the focus of the story. Each blurb must have at least one such article, but you may also link non-target articles.
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  • Create a level 4 header with the article name (==== Your article here ====). Add (RD) or (Ongoing) if appropriate.
Then paste the {{ITN candidate}} template with its parameters and fill them in. The news source should be reliable, support your nomination and be in the article. Write your blurb in simple present tense. Below the template, briefly explain why we should post that event. After that, save your edit. Your nomination is ready!
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April 22

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April 22, 2025 (2025-04-22) (Tuesday)

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2025 Pahalgam attack

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Article: 2025 Pahalgam attack (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 28 people were killed and several others injured in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters, Al Jazeera, New York Times
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Nominator's comments: The attack is among the deadliest targeting civilians in Kashmir in recent years and is the deadliest attack in the Valley after the Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. RIDH-1 (talk) 17:03, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

comment terrorist is a loaded term.Sportsnut24 (talk) 17:28, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD/Blurb: Zurab Tsereteli

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Article: Zurab Tsereteli (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli dies at the age of 91. (Post)
News source(s): Reuters, The Washington Post
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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: He was one of the greatest and most famous sculptors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His famous works include Chronicle of Georgia and St. George Statue in Tbilisi, The Tear of Grief in Bayonne, New Jersey, Birth of the New World in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and Birth of a New Man in Seville. --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 09:04, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose on quality The article needs a lot of referencing work, there's a lot of information with no source. In its present state it is neither ready for RD nor blurb. 139.164.154.34 (talk) 10:18, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality too much unsourced. Oppose blurb, no indication of how they are a major figure in the world of art / sculpting. Would need discussion of legacy or impact to show this to be the case. Masem (t) 12:18, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on quality as I've orange-tagged the article for a massive lack of citations. Oppose on notability per Masem - there's not a lot to indicate how he was a uniquely famous/notable sculptor to the level we generally reserve for blurbs. The Kip (contribs) 16:10, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Signalgate: 2nd leak

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WP:SNOW, consensus to post will clearly not develop. The Kip (contribs) 15:56, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Signalgate (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A second security breach is found after chief US government officials' Signal group chats discussing confidential military operations in Yemen are shared by Pete Hegseth with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer. (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
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Nominator's comments: We somehow did not post the 1st leak, and whilst aware of not waiting writing great wrongs, this is still an unprecedented security breach given the level of people involved. Thearticle is currently being revamped to include this new leak and will likely be renamed to reflect the developing situation. Abcmaxx (talk) 07:25, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose until there are some real consequences (e.g. high government officials resign). After the first and the second leak, there may be third, fourth and so on and so forth. We cannot just post every time this happens.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:45, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    But we risk giving negative false equivalence here. Most administrations would have fired Hegseth by now, however that there are no consequences is a defining feature here. There are no consequences to any of these latest actions and everyone else looks to be powerless to execute anything of note to change that. That doesn't mean the leak itself doesn't have implications because a security breach of this magnitude does have consequences. Abcmaxx (talk) 12:10, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't say this leak doesn't have implications or it's a minor thing. The problem here is that these leaks may become so frequent that we'd have to regularly post them if we set a precedent, and it'd be very difficult to say no if a future leak reveals more notable information than any of the previous leaks. I suggest to wait for a while to see if this continues and then re-nominate it for ongoing.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Zero ramifications came from the first leak, and the only thing happening is potentially the outster of Hegseth, which even if that does happen, will have very little long term impact. Politicians, journalists, and talking heads can talk how big of a problem it is, but until there's actual penalties placed against those that did that, its not a good story for ITN. Masem (t) 12:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose For the same reason I opposed the much bigger first leak story; Trump 2.0 shenanigans are simply much bigger than a single chat leak. Gotitbro (talk) 13:02, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. We already rejected the first leak; this one is getting less media attention. The article treats this new leak as a brief follow-up to the main event. It's clearly incompetent and maybe Hegseth will lose his job, but even if that happened it wouldn't be a big enough deal to merit an ITN blurb. This is domestic politics with lots of debate but no real outcomes. Modest Genius talk 13:23, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    We didnt reject the 1st nomination at all, it actually had consensus to post but came too late and was deemed stale. Abcmaxx (talk) 14:27, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Oh no! Anyways, no one has resigned. 2001:2020:347:C24D:2C9C:B7FF:FECB:C5C7 (talk) 14:40, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Short of having an Ongoing which would basically be an "Idiocracy in the USA" ticker, I don't see that we can accommodate the litany of omnishambles emanating from the White House. Black Kite (talk) 14:48, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Ongoing/news ticker-grade development. Call back when there's an actual outcome (resignation, conviction etc). CoatCheck (talk) 15:12, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Puan Noor Aishah

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Article: Puan Noor Aishah (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): CNA
Credits:

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: Wife of the first president of Singapore – robertsky (talk) 01:28, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Technically not a stub, but stringy. Bremps... 02:05, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Article is too short and lacks depth; it does not sufficiently cover the subject's life and impact to support a blurb. SurveyMonkey... SurveyMonkey (talk) 07:00, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 21

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RD: Herbert J. Gans

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Article: Herbert J. Gans (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NY Times
Credits:

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.

 Thriley (talk) 06:29, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) Pope Francis' death

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Posted, the specific funeral article can be added when improved. Stephen 23:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Pope Francis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination
Blurb:  Pope Francis dies aged 88. (Post)
News source(s): [1]
Credits:

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.
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.
 TwistedAxe [contact] 08:01, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Head of over 1 billion faithful. Prodrummer619 (talk) 08:13, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Death and funeral of Pope Francis now has a standalone article. jlwoodwa (talk) 08:21, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I think the citation style tag is due to the three books listed at the bottom of the References section. – robertsky (talk) 08:37, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per above. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 08:38, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment the article on his death should be linked and probably blurbed
Kowal2701 (talk) 13:40, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Post posting support rest in peace Holy Father Ion.want.uu (talk) 15:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting support God rest his soul. TenorTwelve (talk) 17:41, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting support - nobrainer for posting WFUM🔥🌪️ (talk) 15:44, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
JD Vance angle: I do not endorse the rumors exploding across the Internet that Vance somehow killed the Pope, whether due to stress or with alien nanobots or the like, but do we want to mention that death came hours after their meeting? Hyperbolick (talk) 17:08, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, blurbs are meant to be kept as simple and straightforward as possible (per ITN/A: The aim of the blurb is to convey the most pertinent facts in as little space as possible.). And adding Vance is unnecessary and UNDUE. Natg 19 (talk) 17:20, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Of course we don't put that in the headline. But lettuce reconsider it if Vance suffers the same fate as Truss. Nfitz (talk) 17:59, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No the visit is irrelevant to a death blurb. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
She was actually Head Honcho, not just a Munchkin? Martinevans123 (talk) 19:19, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Pope met the Croatian PM last anyway, so I'm not sure why the second-last guy to visit him matters. Bremps... 18:55, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, no reason to implicitly make accusations. - RockinJack18 18:57, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not relevant compared to such a monumental death, also WP:NTRUMP and trying to keep an "encylopedic tone" Normalman101 (talk) 19:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) WrestleMania 41

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SNOW close. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 21:17, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: WrestleMania 41 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In professional wrestling, John Cena (pictured) is the 17th time champion beating Ric Flair's record in WrestleMania 41. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ In professional wrestling, John Cena (pictured) defeats Cody Rhodes by pinfall making 17th champion breaking Ric Flair's record in WrestleMania 41.
News source(s): Cagesideseats USA Today Wrestletalk
Credits:
 ROY is WAR Talk! 02:55, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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April 20

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Hugo Calderano wins table tennis title

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Article: Hugo Calderano (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In table tennis, Brazilian player Hugo Calderano (pictured) wins the Table Tennis World Cup men's singles, becoming the first athlete from the Americas to win the competition. (Post)
News source(s): ITTF
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Nominator's comments: Unprecedented title, "breaking the Chinese dominance". Article in good conditions. ArionStar (talk) 23:29, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Please provide references for the section "Clubs". Schwede66 01:28, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment isn't it more usual on ITN to blurb the event, not the winner? Unknown Temptation (talk) 12:13, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • And as this was a mixed event, that means the women's winner should also be posted. Which further leads me to question if this event is actually in the news, as the source above is the website of the organization that runs the even, not an independent source. Masem (t) 12:32, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's quite easy to search using Google News. My impression is that this mainly covered in Brazilian/Chinese news so sites like Xinhua, South China Morning Post and TV BRICS have it on their English language pages. This indicates that there's considerable systemic bias here. Table tennis is quite a well-known sport but, because it's dominated by non-Anglo nations, it's not in ITN/R. China especially dominates the sport but ITN rarely covers Chinese news. Perhaps the ongoing world events will change this... Andrew🐉(talk) 14:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        Well there's also the fact the yearly event is hit or miss if there is an article about it, much less one of quality. I did look to see if we have table tennis as an ITNR as it would make sense, but clearly we haven't had anyone sufficiently vested in trying to bring the annual event up to speed. Masem (t) 14:52, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Regardless of significance (which is doubtful), the relevant article would be 2025 Table Tennis World Cup (or 2025 ITTF Men's World Cup), which doesn't exist. Bold links are for the event in question, not the athlete. If no-one has bothered to write an article, we cannot even consider this for ITN. Modest Genius talk 11:52, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Why would significance be doubtful here? Abcmaxx (talk) 12:25, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Ping-pong isn't in the WP:ITNR. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 11:54, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If articles were of significant quality and posted regularly then it would be. Abcmaxx (talk) 12:12, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Routine events not listed at ITNR can be made as regular ITNC, and that's often a route for bringing a routine event into ITNR if its shown to be posted multiple times in a row as an ITNC. Masem (t) 12:17, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support notability but Oppose on quality. Being a world champion in an Olympic sport that has a huge worldwide player participation, especially so in several countries where it is widely played, and is the de facto national sport of the world's most populous nation state, certainly merits posting. However, as in other sports articles, 2025 Table Tennis World Cup should be the target, and this is a huge shame as Calderano's win is a seismic upset of the biggest proportions. Abcmaxx (talk) 12:20, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 19

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RD: Guy Ullens

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Article: Guy Ullens (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ARTnews, VRT Nws
Credits:

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: Belgian art collector and founder of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art. 240F:7A:6253:1:E0D6:217:D193:E673 (talk) 09:09, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Supreme Court order on deportations

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WP:SNOW, consensus to post will not develop. The Kip (contribs) 16:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: A.A.R.P. v. Trump (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The United States Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration's deportation of Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act in a 1:00 a.m. order. (Post)
News source(s): NPR
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 voorts (talk/contributions) 18:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - It doesn't seem worthy of being ITN candidate because its just a case. Also Trump deported many more migrants already and so this group of migrants being blocked doesn't really make anything radical or new. DotesConks (talk) 18:55, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This just a case has attained significant worldwide media coverage and commentary because of the unusual nature of the order. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:25, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - As long as I have been alive, the United States has been one of several countries with a reputation for deporting people for any reason or no reason at all. I see no change in that long-standing policy under the Trump administration, and this judicial ruling falls a long way short of any change. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:27, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why does it need to change policy to be enough for ITN? The media and commenters have been describing this as a significant separation of powers confrontation that represents a significant rebuke to Trump's AEA invocation from the Court. voorts (talk/contributions) 20:02, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is part of a far larger story related to the possible constitutional crisis on how the Trump admin has been handling deportations and its disregards for the courts, though we're still not yet at a point that it has tipped beyond a threshold. That larger story is most likely what will be what is more appropriate for ITN to post than one of multiple court orders that have been placed about this. Masem (t) 20:10, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We don't have crystal balls and what may or may not happen should not play a role in determination. Focusing on the merits of the story is what alone should be determined rather than our own speculation. Harizotoh9 (talk) 20:31, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What I'm saying is that this specific story is an element of a much larger story. This element alone is not worth posting to ITN (neither a news nor a trump ticker), but the larger story, if it develops in a way many journalists, legal scholars, and others are concerned with, would likely be one of those things we should post, just like with the tariffs. Its also possible this whole situation may resolve without any issues (in which case we'd not post). We're not blind to what's happening in the US Govt and know its making news but we should wait for something that is really significant to happen, representing a point of no return or similar line, to be what we post to ITN, not just a solitary development that gets wide coverage. Masem (t) 21:43, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: George McMillan (politician)

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Article: George McMillan (politician) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): AL.com
Credits:

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 has some length, could be a little longer but no citation issues. Former Lt. Gov of Alabama Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 17:57, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Support, it is long enough after my expansions. History6042😊 (Contact me) 00:01, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Still far too thin. Is it really being suggested this is the sort of article which deserves to be highlighted on the front page? 3142 (talk) 01:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a nomination page; it is to be expected that a number of the candidates are not up to snuff just yet. This article isn't too far off from posting: a solid paragraph on his legislative career and another on his tenure as lieutenant governor (and maybe a bit of his post-political career, if known) should be sufficient. Curbon7 (talk) 05:55, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) Russo-Ukraine ceasefire

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This nomination was made in a rush because of tabloid journalism exaggerating the peace deal to be a ceasefire "permanently". DotesConks (talk) 18:30, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Russo-Ukraine war (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Russia announces a ceasefire with Ukraine in prison exchange deal. (Post)
News source(s): https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-putin-declares-unilateral-easter-ceasefire-ukraine-2025-04-19/
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@Mount Patagonia I admit that I made this nomination just by looking at the headlines, but given Trump's pressure on Russia I really thought it would be a ceasefire. Just another case of "OMG LOOK HERE" DotesConks (talk) 16:56, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose and close per Mount Patagonia. Departure– (talk) 18:05, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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April 18

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(Ready) RD: Stina Oscarson

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Article: Stina Oscarson (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): [2]
Credits:

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.

 BabbaQ (talk) 09:39, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Clodagh Rodgers

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Article: Clodagh Rodgers (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): RTÉ, Irish Times
Credits:

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: Northern Irish singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. 240F:7A:6253:1:65E2:9D15:F64E:9D6 (talk) 07:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Nikola Pokrivač

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Article: Nikola Pokrivač (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): BBC Sport, Croatia Week
Credits:

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: Croatian international professional footballer. 240F:7A:6253:1:C99E:58BC:C5A1:6E9C (talk) 12:51, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Unless my narrow phone is fooling me, this is good enough. Bremps... 03:16, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Jennifer Toth

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Article: Jennifer Toth (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Washington Post
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Nominator's comments: American journalist. Death reported 18 April. Thriley (talk) 03:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 17

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RD: Bill Aitken (writer)

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Article: Bill Aitken (writer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Times of India
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Nominator's comments: Death announced 17 April. Thriley (talk) 16:55, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Peter Ablinger

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Article: Peter Ablinger (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): nmz
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: Austrian composer who settled in Berlin and became a leader in experimental music running an ensemble, a publishing house, festivals, and teaching internationally. Good new refs. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Posted) RD: Joseph Thompson

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Article: Joe Thompson (footballer) (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): The Guardian
Credits:

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 Abcmaxx (talk) 12:56, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Fatma Hassona

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Article: Fatma Hassona (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Euro News
Credits:

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Nominator's comments: Palestinian photojournalist. The subject of the upcoming film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk. Thriley (talk) 04:26, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Satisfactory length and quality. RIP. Bremps... 19:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) K2-18b likely teeming with microbial life

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WP:SNOW close. GN22 (talk) 16:41, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: K2-18b (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Spectroscopic signatures of dimethyl sulphide and dimethyl disulphide detected on the exoplanet K2-18b by the James Webb Space Telescope can with current scientific knowledge, only be explained by the presence of microbial life (Post)
News source(s): BBC, Astrophyshical Journal Letters (peer review source)
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Article updated
 We're at the analogous point in the early 1990s when the first exoplanets were discovered. We went from zero to a few and then a vast number of detected exoplanets. Similarly, we're likely going to end up with a vast number of confirmed exoplanets with lots of microbial life, the reason being that we now know that many of the detected exoplanets are so-called superhabitable worlds, where the conditions for life to thrive are much better than here on Earth. We now think of life being something special, but we'll soon find out that life is very common in the universe, and that complex life that exists here on Earth is special as that requires life having evolved on a non-superhabitable world where perturbations can cause severe stress and mass extinctions, leading to evolution of more complex organisms. Count Iblis (talk) 09:04, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Needs work The discovery is interesting and in the news but life is not the only explanation on offer. The BBC source says, "Other research groups have put forward alternative, lifeless, explanations for the data obtained from K2-18b ... which highlights the strong scientific debate surrounding K2-18b." This is science in action, testing hypotheses against the data and continuing to refine the results. So, the blurb needs to convey the current state of the debate rather than presenting one side uncritically. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:25, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The phrase "only be explained by the presence of microbial life" is contradicted within the article per: "planetary scientist Sarah Hörst pointed to lab experiments that show DMS can be produced without life." While it deepens our understanding of this exoplanet and interesting in a vacuum, I feel like it's premature to say whether it is caused by microbial life or not. The uncertainties make me question whether it would be blurb-worthy, even NASA is cautious regarding the matter. Ornithoptera (talk) 09:46, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose. Professional astronomer here. This team has claimed the same result before, which was widely criticised by other astronomers. The detection was discredited and the interpretation as a biosignature was disputed by most researchers working in the field. Now the team is claiming to detect the same molecule by a different method, which is useful, but it's still a marginal detection and the interpretation is still flawed. There is no evidence that this is related to life - DMS can be produced by abiotic processes. The press release and resulting coverage are ridiculously overblown. Modest Genius talk 10:19, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose an abundance of caution is needed here - extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and all that - and there have been similar claims in the past. I'm reminded most directly of those claims of Venusian bio signatures of a few years ago, now generally regarded as debunked. Slightly more generally we posted the "discovery" of planet nine perhaps a decade ago, which looks a little premature with hindsight as it has still not been found. 3142 (talk) 11:44, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The peer reviewed paper lists both of these as "possible biosignature" but as others have pointed out there's non-biological sources for these too and the paper doesn't go anywhere as far to claim life. Finding these traces are not uncommon from what I understand so this is not as much of a breakthrough as suggested by blurb. Even the BBC article keeps far low key as to the significance here. Masem (t) 12:01, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. A very poor and clearly unscientific nomination: life likely isn't the explanation; the highly speculative superhabitable world is presented as fact, the rest of the nominating comment is just as bit imaginative and fabulous. With this and the "dire wolf" nomination, makes one wonder what has happened to science communication. Gotitbro (talk) 12:02, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per all opposes above me Shaneapickle (talk) 13:05, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Expo 2025

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SNOW close. Consensus against posting. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 21:22, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Expo 2025 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Expo 2025 is opened in Osaka, Japan. (Post)
News source(s): Yahoo
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Article updated
Nominator's comments: World Expo is ITNR per se. Rushtheeditor (talk) 03:30, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is a bi-annual event that happens every 2 years and plus I am opposing this per @Masem this also falls under WP:NOTNEWS Shaneapickle (talk) 13:01, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The main world's fair is once per 5 years but world's fairs aren't as big as they used to be (first one (1851 World's Fair) to at least 1964-5 inclusive) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There was Expo 2023 in Argentina and there is scheduled to be an Expo 2027 in Belgrade, Serbia. It seems de facto biannual to me. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 18:40, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
World's fair#Types says the ones between the 5 year ones have scale/cost restrictions like 25 hectares+0.1 hectares per country. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:22, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see how an organisation founded in 1928, with no predecessor founded earlier than 1902, can say definitively that an event in 1851 was part of the series it oversees. GenevieveDEon (talk) 07:12, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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April 16

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(Posted) RD: Francis Davis

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Article: Francis Davis (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NPR
Credits:

Article updated
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Nominator's comments: American jazz critic. Death reported 16 April. Thriley (talk) 18:04, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Aaron Boupendza

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Article: Aaron Boupendza (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): NBC News, CBS Sports
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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 member of the Gabon national football team. 240F:7A:6253:1:C153:5B:90E6:3807 (talk) 14:28, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support: Boupendza was a notable footballer and was one of the best Gabonese footballers when he was alive.
Djprasadian (talk) 14:49, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "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." Cheers, atque supra! Fakescientist8000 16:03, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Article's quality is good enough for ITNRD. Cheers, atque supra! Fakescientist8000 16:04, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any prose on his career after signing with Rapid București? He signed for two years, but the stats table after the prose indicates that he left after only 9 games in Romania and played in China instead. What happened? Please complete the coverage of his sports career in this wikibio. --PFHLai (talk) 17:03, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi User:PFHLai, while I haven't looked into this specific case, it's very common for footballers to move to another team without completing a contract. This is why clubs pay transfer fees, as compensation. The second most likely event is "mutual agreement" to end a contract: the club removes the white elephant of paying wages to a player who isn't playing, and the player becomes free to move to pastures new. This is the kind of page I'd usually jump into but I'm without PC for referencing right now. Unknown Temptation (talk) 17:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Thank you for looking into this, @Unknown Temptation. The coverage cannot just abruptly end with him signing a contract, with the stats table indicating that he played after signing, and then moved elsewhere and played more. This nom is not expiring yet. There is still lots of time (a few days!) to add prose to the wikibio before this nom scrolls off this page. No rush. --PFHLai (talk) 17:53, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Closed) UK Supreme Court Ruling

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Withdrawing as OP. Consensus to post will not develop. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ In the United Kingdom, the Supreme Court rules that within the Equality Act 2010, sex is biological. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ The UK Supreme Court rules that within the Equality Act 2010, the terms "man", "woman", and "sex" refer to biological sex.
News source(s): The Guardian
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Nominator's comments: Extremely significant and controversial legal case receiving global attention. Likely to have significant ramifications both in the law and culture. The article needs expansion. Ad Orientem (talk) 21:40, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The UK minister this morning said clearly "Rights remain enshrined in the Equality Act. There are protected characteristics for trans people under the gender recognition part of the Equality Act" and the ECHR appears to agree with that. Black Kite (talk) 08:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Seems significant to me. However, article is still a stub and needs to be improved before it can be posted. Natg 19 (talk) 22:14, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The impact of this ruling is being laughably overplayed by both sides. In truth, the announced cuts to disability/sickness benefits in the UK are going to be far more impactful than this.2A00:23C7:4F92:4E01:58BD:287E:5BBE:BAB2 (talk) 10:05, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Wasn't there a similar case in Australia recently that reached the opposite conclusion? Which countries ruling on sex and gender meet ITN criteria, and which don't, given as they're all internal issues? From the little I've read, it appears that transgender people retain legal protections against harassment, violence, etc apart from the definition of a woman. Agree with above that activists on both sides are sensationalising this case. Unknown Temptation (talk) 11:54, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The anti-trans assault under Trump 2.0 and the ever-expanding 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States appear much more important than this sad but perhaps ultimately [and hopefully] not that of a significant ruling. Gotitbro (talk) 13:04, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This page is to discuss whether a story fits the criteria for inclusion for ITN, not to give our own opinions on the issues like a forum. Our own views and analysis are completely irrelevant. Harizotoh9 (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia discussion pages (including ITN) have always been somewhat informal. I think it was laid out pretty well why, in the grander scheme of the recent rollback of LGBTQ rights, this isn't noteworthy; a small comment in parenthesis doesn't change that. Gotitbro (talk) 15:30, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support blurb "Even though all the sources are covering this, my personal opinion is that this is not a big deal and the reaction is overblown" is not a policy-based rationale and !votes on that basis should not be considered in the consensus assessment. The ruling has a global impact on the future of trans rights jurisprudence and is being widely covered in global reliable sources, because its undercurrent is a popular culture war (spearheaded by figures like JK Rowling) that spans borders. FlipandFlopped ㋡ 18:46, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using common sense to look past hype and hyberbole of the mainstream press needs to be done. It's sane reason we rejected the dire wolf nom, as mist of the reliable press were over exaggerating what happened (though at least there it was possible to point to other RSes that spoke to this problem) Masem (t) 20:27, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We don't have crystal balls and do not know what if any impact this ruling will have for the UK or elsewhere. We should base things on objective principles - the actual case rather than speculating on any future events. ITN shouldn't be a place for speculation, hyperbole, and attention grabbing headlines. Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:06, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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(Closed) Colossal squid

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Highly unlikely for consensus to post to develop. GN22 (talk) 16:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Colossal squid (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A colossal squid is filmed in its natural environment for the first time by ROV SuBastian. (Post)
News source(s): BBC, National Geographic, NYT, Science, Schmidt Ocean
Credits:

Article updated
Nominator's comments: The sighting happened in March but the news has broken yesterday and today. Andrew🐉(talk) 21:32, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(Probably took that long for the poor tiny scuba guy to swim away) Martinevans123 (talk) 21:54, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Really? No idea why people think these "science" hooks will ever go anywhere, but strong oppose as insignificant and lacking an article (I am not saying one should be made, though). — EF5 12:28, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Deffo mate. Science is for pansies. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:31, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Martinevans123, well, I'm not saying science is bad, it's just these stupid vanity "science" hooks. See also the "celebrities get blasted into space for a few minutes" nom below. — EF5 12:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's not science, that's slebs! Martinevans123 (talk) 12:52, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose on quality, support on notability; the biggest cephalopod and what may be one of the most elusive creatures left in the seas has been seen alive and caught on camera for the world to see in the flesh, in what took, in my opinion, far too long. I agree a few more sentences are needed and there's a cn tag (added by me to an unsourced claim), but in my eyes this is the sort of ITN spot we don't see nearly enough of, and what may just be a definitive moment in deep-sea exploration and cephalopod studies. Departure– (talk) 01:41, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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RD: Nora Aunor

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Article: Nora Aunor (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): ABS-CBN News
Credits:

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: A National Artist has passed away. HurricaneEdgar 15:38, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose: some claims in the article are tagged as being unsourced. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 16:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle, oppose on quality Huge loss for the Philippines (most especially its entertainment industry), and this was just extra tragic as her death closely followed Pilita Corrales' demise. However, three cn tags remain, but once those issues get resolved, I think Nora's article would be ready to be posted for RD. I honestly would have wanted this to be blurbed but remembering the chaos that ensued after Gloria Romero's passing was blurbed, I am not pushing for that yet (although I wouldn't be surprised if someone else would do so, I mean, Aunor was a National Artist after all). Vida0007 (talk) 02:02, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    FWIW, most Filipinos would agree that Aunor was a more consequential actor than Romero, aside from the fact Aunor had a flourishing singing career ar first. If Romero was blurbed, moreso should Aunor. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:48, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support in principle, oppose on quality The article is riddled with WP:FANCRUFT. Borgenland (talk) 03:58, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sources also need to be cleaned up first, particularly the sheer number of blogs and other unreliable sources. As for notability there appears to be outside sourcing [3]. Borgenland (talk) 05:57, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 112.204.165.24 (talk) 18:56, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note on quality: The article still has tons of {{fact}} tags. Aunor's heyday was in the 1960s to the 1970s. This is not the United States where you can do a newspapers.com search and call it a day. Howard the Duck (talk) 11:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women’s World Chess Championship

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Article: Women's World Chess Championship 2025 (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Ju Wenjun (pictured) wins her 5th Women's World Chess Championship title by defeating Tan Zhongyi. (Post)
Alternative blurb: ​ Ju Wenjun (pictured) defeats Tan Zhongyi to retain the Women's World Chess Championship.
News source(s): CNN Guardian
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 Xrisk (talk) 07:23, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: I overhauled the blurb a bit. Left guide (talk) 08:20, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Interesting that the general World Chess Championship (last held 2024 and next in 2026) is ITNR, but the Women's WCC is not. This feels like it should be ITNR per how we have handled such gender-specific events. Masem (t) 12:07, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, and I likewise think it should be ITNR. Double sharp (talk) 12:23, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support -- I've added one citation needed tag for the claim that it's the first time a player won four consecutive games since 1958, but if that's cleared up, count me as support. Agree that it should be ITNR. ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 14:21, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Support now (fixed) ~Malvoliox (talk | contribs) 14:58, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - International competition and worthy for inclusion. CN needs a better source. Adding chess com source as a provisional source. Likely something in newspapers archives. Harizotoh9 (talk) 14:36, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, also @Malvoliox: The statement you added CN tag was removed (and made an invisible comment ) because it seemed undue if no source is mentioning it. Only mention was an unreliable X.com post attached to a chess.com page (wp:or). --ExclusiveEditor Notify Me! 14:52, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I'm unsure about this one. I'm sympathetic to the gender balance issue here, but it's not as clear-cut as in other sports. As a non-physical sport, most chess tournaments are open to any gender, including the world championship. Women primarily participate in open chess tournaments; women-only events are unusual. The situation is very unlike physical sports that have separate men's and women's competitions at all levels. However there hasn't been a woman in the top 10 players by ranking since Judit Polgar two decades ago, and none has won the world championship. The world championship last year received widespread media interest, high viewership, and a large prize fund; this women-only version did not, at least outside China. The article has decent prose about each game, but otherwise lacks information (compare to World Chess Championship 2024). So I think overall I'm neutral about posting this, and opposed to listing it on ITNR at this stage - that can be considered if this event gets posted multiple times in a row. Modest Genius talk 15:21, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's unclear why, but males have outperformed women in chess, thus they have decided there is a need for female exclusive tournaments and rankings. The nature of this debate is outside the scope of this page and determining whether something is worthy of inclusion of ITN. However, this tournament is a major world-wide tournament, with players all over the world, with strong international coverage, and major prize money which is enough to make it qualify for ITN. Harizotoh9 (talk) 15:30, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 15

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  • Events and ceremonies are held around the world marking the 113th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

(Posted) RD: Werner Thissen

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Article: Werner Thissen (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Katholisch
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Article updated
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Nominator's comments: German Catholic archbishop of Hamburg, before for the longer time auxiliary bishop of Münster, not without making mistakes. The article consisted practically only of infobox. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:09, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RD: Wink Martindale

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Article: Wink Martindale (talk · history · tag)
Recent deaths nomination (Post)
News source(s): Deadline
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Nominator's comments: Longtime radio personality and TV game show host. Several citations in the body are needed. rawmustard (talk) 02:15, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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