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Coronavirus pandemic Disease Virus Timeline (March) By location Impact Reported cases of COVID-19 by country as of 18 March 2020 The World Health Organization recognises the coronavirus outbreak (map pictured) as a pandemic. In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating India in the final. Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Recent deaths: Thái Thanh Pilar Luna Roy Hudd Genesis P-Orridge Giwi Margwelaschwili Michel Roux view - page history - related changes - edit

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March 18

Portal:Current events/2020 March 18

Current events of March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18) (Wednesday) Arts and culture Eurovision Song Contest 2020 The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19. (The Guardian) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom The 2020 Glastonbury Festival, scheduled for June 24-28, is cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (BBC) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic More than 850 million students are not attending school due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to UNESCO. (Al Arabiya) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Gambia The Gambia reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, a female patient in her 20s who recently returned from the United Kingdom. The patient is in isolation at a clinic in Fajara. (Anadolu Agency) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 1,192 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 147 more deaths, bring the total number of cases to 17,361 and 1,135 deaths. (Reuters) Law and crime The Abortion Legislation Bill 2019 passes its third reading in the New Zealand House of Representatives, legalising abortion in New Zealand. (Stuff) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he will assess his presidential campaign after losing three more states to former Vice President Joe Biden. (The Hill) Science and technology 2020 in spaceflight SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 60 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 rocket, which made a record fifth launch, missed the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You, crashing in the Atlantic Ocean. (Space.com)

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Turing Award

Articles: Edwin Catmull (talk, history) and Pat Hanrahan (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Edwin Catmull (pictured) and Pat Hanrahan are awarded the Turing Award for their pioneering work on computer-generated imagery.
News source(s): NYTimes
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk • give credit)

Article updated
One or both nominated events are listed at WP:ITN/R, meaning that the recurrence of the event should in itself merit a post on WP:ITN, subject to the quality of the article and any update(s) to it.

Nominator's comments: I will be updating about the Turing in both articles immediately after this. Catmull's needs a bit more sourcing. Masem (t) 13:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Smallest known dinosaur discovered

Article: Oculudentavis (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Scientists discover the amber-preserved skull of the smallest known dinosaur Oculudentavis, comparable in size to the bee hummingbird.
Alternative blurb: ​Paleontologists discover Oculudentavis, the smallest dinosaur known thus far.
Alternative blurb II: ​Paleontologists discover Oculudentavis, the smallest dinosaur of the Mesozoic.
Alternative blurb III: ​Scientists discover Oculudentavis, the smallest known dinosaur of the Mesozoic era.
News source(s): NBC News, Nature paper
Credits:

• Nominated by Masem (talk • give credit)
• Updated by Tisquesusa (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Both something that would get into ITN on some days, but also a need to fill blurbs due to the news otherwise being dominated by covid-19 stuff. (eg avoiding just news for news sake to be added). Article is in good shape. Masem (t) 04:33, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support Satis, and while not a reason for posting in of itself it's nice to have something not coronavirus-related. 05:06, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Bee hummingbird is not quite up to the frontpage standard in my opinion, can that phrase be dropped from the blurb? - Indefensible (talk) 05:08, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
  • None bolded links are not required to be up to main page standards. --Masem (t) 05:09, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Added an altblurb to this effect; even if it is not required, paleontology is a good article and dinosaur is a featured article, so this would be preferable I think. - Indefensible (talk) 05:14, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Keeping Bee hummingbird, linked, seems very important and encyclopedic because it is the smallest known living dinosaur. This also calls the "headline" into question, as the bee hummingbird, being a dinosaur, is equally the smallest known dinosaur. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:25, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment The suggested blurbs are dubious. Birds are dinosaurs and, moreover, this one was an avialan dinosaur. That said, the bee hummingbird is taxonomically the smallest dinosaur and it's unclear if this was definitely smaller. Additionally, the paper published in Nature points out that it represents the smallest dinosaur of the Mesozoic era, while NBC News have apparently generalised the context of the discovery in their news.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 07:48, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

  Re birds are dinosaurs, taxonomically that might be the case but in common parlance "dinosaur" is usually a paraphyletic group that excludes Aves, much like the Fish and Monkey categories tend to exclude humans from their definitions. If you can find a way to phrase this to make it unambiguous, please go ahead, but I don't think it should stop the nom.  — Amakuru (talk) 09:23, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

  @Amakuru: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and it should always deal with complete scientific accuracy as such, so arguments revolving around "common parlance" are not welcome here (Monkeys and humans have very recent common ancestor but belong to distinct subfamilies of the primates order. Humans are apes and have never been excluded from that subfamily.). The common notion of dinosaurs as extinct species of gigantic lizards as presented in many illustrated books and animated films has proven to be false and Wikipedia is the right place to break this misconception. I've suggested another blurb that clarifies it was the smallest dinosaur species of the Mesozoic era as indicated in the paper.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 10:07, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

  I'm well aware of the scientific situation, but your point "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia" is exactly why we don't publish things in the same way as a scientific paper would. Using commonly recognised names rather than overly technical ones is enshrined in our policy. And let's be honest, even scientists don't regard humans as fish, and wouldn't find it useful to do so. Referring to the "mesozoic" is unnecessary detail, and dilutes the significance of this find. Using the standard term "non-avian dinosaurs" or similar might work though. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 10:20, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

  Birds, being dinosaurs, include the smallest known, the bee hummingbird. Saying that this new dinosaur skull is the smallest known should include clarification that the bee hummingbird is equally small. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:30, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - not corona related, thanks. I personally think this article is ITN ready. BabbaQ (talk) 09:15, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support, I think alt 1 is the best of the blurbs but I'm not opposed to any of them. Thryduulf (talk) 10:22, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Obvious support -- Very happy to see this. I was ready to nominate this myself when news first broke but gave up halfway through filling the form, because [excuses]. I have added a slightly adjusted version of Alt II as Alt III (Too many wikilinks and missing "known", IMO). I would also prefer "Mesozoic dinosaur" to "dinosaur of the Mesozoic era" if it's okay to have two consecutive wikilinks. Finally, I do agree we need to be precise with the blurb even at the risk of losing other desirable attributes. Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:26, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Stale I recall reading about this several days ago and indeed both sources given are dated the 11th. At the very least this should be re-filed under the correct date where it is about to fall off the tracker. 3142 (talk) 11:14, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

It is newer than any of the other blurbs currently in the board. We need something to fill space. --Masem (t) 13:09, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Add to the blurb "...bee hummingbird, the smallest known living dinosaur." for accuracy and informational data. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) 2020 stock market crash

Duplication of the March 16 ITNC as well as in the banner coverage. --Masem (t) 02:36, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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Article: 2020 stock market crash (talk, history)
Blurb: ​At least one benchmark stock market index in each of the G7 and in 14 of the G20 have fallen into bear markets as part a global stock market crash that began on 20 February 2020.
News source(s): Asia-Pacific3-16-2020 Europe3-16-2020 U.S.
Credits:

• Nominated by CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk • give credit)
• Created by Foxterria (talk • give credit)
• Updated by User:CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Significant ongoing global stock market crash related to COVID-19 pandemic. CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 02:20, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Previously I would have supported this, but now it is indirectly covered by the "Impact" link in the coronavirus box I think. There are also 2 Closed nominations visible below related to this same article. - Indefensible (talk) 02:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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(Closed) Euro Cup and Copa America has been postponed

No consensus to post, everything is getting postponed. --Tone 12:30, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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Article: UEFA Euro 2020 (talk, history)
Blurb: ​The UEFA Euro 2020 and the 2020 Copa America football tournaments have been postponed until summer of 2021 amid COVID-19 fears.
News source(s): Euro 2020 postponed for a year by Uefa because of coronavirus crisis

Nominator's comments: It's official: The Euro 2020 and the Copa America have officially been postponed until summer of 2021. 2607:FB90:5E9E:19AE:7DFF:684C:DC10:E7FC (talk) 03:11, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose The NBA postponement failed and this appears roughly equivalent. In any event we have the coronavirus banner and this doesn't appear to warrant its own blurb. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:54, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose The only sporting event at this point that would be news if postponed would be the Olympics as the top event across multiple sports and countries representing the scale of the issue. --Masem (t) 04:06, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose + a couple of comments Too narrow a perspective, in commenting on just one sport. But at least, unlike the NBA, this is international competition. And to the OP, "summer" is a bad descriptor of a calendar time. Several of the Copa America teams come from places in the southern hemisphere, where summer runs from December to March. I doubt that's what you meant. HiLo48 (talk) 04:10, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose probably more newsworthy to find an international tournament that hasn't been affected by Covid-19. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:02, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 17

Portal:Current events/2020 March 17

Current events of March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17) (Tuesday) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic The Italian government announces it will take over the flag carrier Alitalia as part of its emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Italy Local) British textile design company Laura Ashley plc collapses into administration, saying the coronavirus has had a "significant impact on trading". (iNews) British multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer Dixons Carphone says it is closing all standalone Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK, with the loss of 2,900 jobs, as part of a company restructuring. The closures are not believed to be related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Reuters) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer signs a deal with BioNTech to help develop a vaccine. (US News) China gives go-ahead for human trials for a potential vaccine. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Asia 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in mainland China Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated, will require returnees to be quarantined for 14 days. (National Post) China reports only one domestic case of COVID-19, but found 20 cases that were imported abroad. (The Jakarta Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Japan The President of the Japan Football Association and deputy Olympic Committee chief Kozo Tashima tests positive for COVID-19. Japan insists the 2020 Summer Olympics will still go ahead as planned. (Business Recorder) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia A 37-year-old Woolworths employee is stabbed by a 25-year-old man in Rosebud, Victoria. The crime is believed to be related to mass panic buying across Australian supermarkets that has seen cases of violence between shoppers and staff members. (News.com.au) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Malaysia Malaysia reports its first two deaths from COVID-19 as the total number of confirmed cases in the country rises to 673. The victims of the virus were a 60-year-old from Kuching and a 34-year-old from Johor. (The Straits Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners, including political ones and British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country. A judiciary spokesman says all of those freed were serving less than five years in prison, while all other prisoners serving heavier sentences remain in jail. (Reuters) Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 1,178 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 135 more deaths, bringing the total to 16,169 cases and 988 deaths. (New Indian Express) Sharif University publishes a study about the number of possible casualties, warning that it could reach millions of deaths if a full quarantine is not imposed. (AP news) Iran bans the traditional Persian fire festival Chaharshanbe Suri. (Outlook India) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe The European Union closes its external border for first time in its history. (CNN) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announces a 10 million euros donation to Lombardy to arrange a temporary 400-bed hospital at Milan trade fair. (ANSA) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain Spain's Ministry of Health reports 2,000 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 182 more deaths, raising the total to 11,178 cases and 491 deaths. The Balearic Islands regional government asks tourists to return home and closes airports and ports. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina declares a state of emergency over COVID-19. The Bosnian military is directed to set up tent quarantines on the border with Republika Srpska, which itself has declared a state of emergency. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Montenegro Montenegro reports its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in two female patients who had recently returned from abroad. (U.S. News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Brazil Brazil records their first death from COVID-19 in São Paulo state. (Nasdaq) Hundreds of inmates escape from a prison in Mongaguá after rioting over new coronavirus restrictions. Riots and escapes are also reported at prisons in Mirandópolis, Porto Feliz and Tremembé with as many as 1,000 prisoners on the loose; at least 174 have been recaptured by police. (Metro) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States The U.S. reports its 105th death from COVID-19 (54 of them in Washington state) with a total of at least 5,748 confirmed cases in two territories, Washington, D.C., and all 50 states. (CNN) As of today, 91,000 American K–12 schools are closed in 39 states, affecting 41.6 million students and their families. (Education Week) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in South Carolina After 47 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in the state, outgoing Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney goes under self-quarantine in South Carolina. (CBS News) (South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan Michigan reports 11 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 than yesterday, for a total of 65. (WZZM) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Alabama Alabama reports a total of 39 cases of COVID-19 and announces the prohibition of gatherings of 25 people or more in six counties. (WSFA) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New York (state) New York confirms its 12th death from COVID-19, and 1,374 cases total, 432 more than yesterday. (The New York Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in West Virginia West Virginia confirms its first case of COVID-19, becoming the last U.S. state to do so. Governor Jim Justice ordered restaurant dining rooms, bars, and casinos to close for two weeks. (CBS) (WSAZ) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Arizona Several cities in Arizona declare states of emergency amidst the crisis, with Phoenix and Tucson closing all bars and switching restaurants to take-out only until further notice. (ABC15) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Delaware Delaware confirms eight new presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of such cases to 16. (WBOC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Illinois The air traffic control tower at Midway International Airport in Chicago closes after several technicians employed there tested positive for COVID-19. (CNBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ontario Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces a state of emergency, closing restaurants, day cares, and all schools. (Global News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Turkey Turkey reports its first death from COVID-19, while the number of confirmed cases increases to 98. (Daily Sabah) International relations Accession of North Macedonia to NATO The Senate of Spain ratifies North Macedonia's accession protocol for NATO, becoming the last of NATO's 30 members to do so. The move formally paves the way for North Macedonia to join the military alliance. (Daily Sabah) Law and crime Hashem Abedi, the brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Ramadan Abedi, is found guilty of 22 murders. (ABC News) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries Voters in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois go to the polls in their primary elections. (Business Insider) (CNN) Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden wins the Florida and Illinois Democratic primaries and is ahead in Arizona. (Business Insider) (CNN) Incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump wins enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination. (PBS) Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on politics Maryland postpones its primary from April 28 to June 2, becoming the fifth state to do so. (CBS News) Ohio was scheduled to vote today, but the election was postponed until June 2 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The delay capped hours of confusion in which the election was called off by the state's governor, Mike DeWine, only for a judge to then rule that he did not have the authority to do so. The state's health director, Amy Acton, then called off the election on the grounds of a health emergency. (Columbus Dispatch) (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Politics of Belgium Sophie Wilmès is sworn in as Prime Minister of Belgium. Seven opposition parties have pledged to support the minority government—in its previous composition—with plenary power for three to six months to handle the coronavirus pandemic in Belgium. (Het Laatste Nieuws) (La Dernière Heure) Sports Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports UEFA postpones the Euro 2020 association football tournament until summer 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic in Europe. (Sky Sports) CONMEBOL postpones the Copa America 2020 association football tournament until 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Globo Esporte) The 2020 French Open tennis tournament is postponed until late September. (The New York Times) 2019–20 NBA season Brooklyn Nets player Kevin Durant and three of his teammates test positive for COVID-19. (CNN) 2020 NFL season Longtime New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady announces he will not re-sign with the team, and will instead select free agency. (National Football League)

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(Posted) RD: Thai Thanh

Article: Thai Thanh (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Tuoi Tre
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Bumbubookworm (talk • give credit)
• Created by In ictu oculi (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: 20th century Vietnamese singer. One of the foremost singers of the 'New Music' period (WWII onwards). I am expanding it further Bumbubookworm (talk) 03:17, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support looks alright. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:04, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD  — Amakuru (talk) 09:19, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

RD: Eduard Limonov

Article: Eduard Limonov (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Reuters,New York Times, RFE/RL, RT
Credits:

• Nominated by VanHelsing.16 (talk • give credit)
• Created by Isomorphic (talk • give credit)
• Updated by SankyaF1 (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Prominent Russian writer and controversary politician. VanHelsing.16 (talk) 20:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose needs plenty more referencing. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:03, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
  • I've added a number of references and removed some unsourced statements. The article still leaves much to be desired, but I believe it is satisfactory VanHelsing.16 (talk) 12:23, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) RD: Peter Whittingham

There is currently no confirmation of death in an unambiguously reliable source. This can be re-opened or renominated if/when that changes. Thryduulf (talk) 10:30, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

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Article: Peter Whittingham (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): EuroWeekly News
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk • give credit)
• Created by Bobo192 (talk • give credit)
• Updated by Inter&anthro (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Professional athlete from the UK. Article has a few cn tags which should be easily resolved, but otherwise looks well-referenced. - Indefensible (talk) 19:59, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Wait. There is no confirmation of this on BBC Sport's Cardiff City page, on Cardiff City's website or social media, or any local press. Just a minor English-diaspora newspaper in Spain citing tweets. This is completely unacceptable, and if I had a confirmed account I'd revert the news of his "death". 2A00:23C5:E187:5F00:A121:F6B1:502B:6CB1 (talk) 20:14, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Until there's any news here, don't believe it [1] 2A00:23C5:E187:5F00:A121:F6B1:502B:6CB1 (talk) 20:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

This seems like the right direction, did not realize there was an issue with the source. Thank you for pointing out the issue. Recommend registering for a Wiki account regardless. - Indefensible (talk) 20:27, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Wait I haven't reverted this yet because I believe EWN to be a reasonably reliable source (and for other reasons). If true, then Support (I've fixed all the CN tags in the article). Black Kite (talk) 20:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Thanks for addressing the cn tags Black Kite. The article should be good to go quality-wise if there is confirmation I think, although hopefully the subject will be able to say that the news is greatly exaggerated. - Indefensible (talk) 20:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Hm. The Wales Online story has disappeared. I am guessing that this is sadly true but is waiting for family to be informed before being released, but for the time being I have reverted (and semi-protected) the article. Black Kite (talk) 20:35, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 16

Portal:Current events/2020 March 16

Current events of March 16, 2020 (2020-03-16) (Monday) Arts and culture 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on television, Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema Actors Idris Elba and Kristofer Hivju reveal they have both tested positive for COVID-19. (Fox News) (Variety) Rock art in Iran An ancient petroglyph has been discovered in Central Iran. (Newsweek) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States; 2020 stock market crash Asian markets fall substantially and European markets open with huge losses. S&P futures fall 5%, triggering a trading halt in response to the Federal Reserve's emergency measures. (ABC News) The Dow closes 2,997 points or 12.9% lower - its largest daily points movement. (AP via Mercury News) Renault announces that it is halting all production at its industrial sites in France until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Reuters) The 2020 Dayton Hamvention, the world's largest amateur radio convention, is cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (The Shortwave Listening Post) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 vaccine Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle begins testing a possible COVID-19 vaccine on 45 people. (KOMO-TV) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain, 2020 Spain coronavirus lockdown Regional presidents of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and Catalonia, Quim Torra, test positive for COVID-19, as both regions are the most affected by the pandemic in the country. (RTVE) The Spanish government takes control of all private hospitals to help the country's healthcare system cope with the virus pandemic. (Business Insider) Basque and Galician elections, both scheduled for 5 April are postponed until the crisis is overcome. (El País) The Ministry of the Interior closes all borders. (El País) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Greenland Greenland reports its first confirmed case of COVID-19, in Nuuk. (Ekstrabladet) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Finland Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin declares a state of emergency and closes all schools until April 13 in response to the coronavirus. (YLE) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom The first death from COVID-19 is confirmed in Wales. The 68-year-old patient was being treated at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Armenia Armenia declares a state of emergency lasting until April 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures include the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders with Georgia and Iran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the 2020 Armenian constitutional referendum. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Malta Prime Minister Robert Abela announces the closing of all public locals but refuses to order a lockdown. (Times of Malta) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Andorra The COVID-19 cases in Andorra amount to 14 after a rise of 9 on the day with the highest cases registered. Prime Minister also announces the stoppage of construction and industry for 8 days. (Diari d'Andorra) (Diari d'Andorra) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Monaco Head of the Monegasque government Serge Telle testes positive for COVID-19. (CNN) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Bahrain Bahrain reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 65-year-old woman who returned from Iran last month. (Anadolu Agency) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Israel Israel’s Health Ministry approves experimental treatment for COVID-19. (Jerusalem Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa Benin, Liberia, Somalia and Tanzania report their first confirmed cases of COVID-19. (National Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sudan Sudan declares the emergency status. (Andalou Agency) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Grand Ayatollah Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi dies two days after testing positive for COVID-19, as Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 129 more deaths from the virus. (Al Jazeera) Economist and social activist Fariborz Raisdana also dies from coronavirus. (Tehran Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Turkey Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs imposes a nationwide ban on all prayer gatherings in mosques. (Daily Sabah) Turkey's Ministry of Health confirms 29 new cases, totalling to 47. (Daily Sabah) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States The U.S. has 4,459 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of today, resulting in 86 deaths. West Virginia remains the only state with no confirmed cases. (CNN) All K–12 schools are closed in 37 U.S. states as of today, affecting a total of 37.4 million students in 72,000 schools. (Education Week) The San Francisco Bay Area orders a shelter in place for six counties. (San Francisco Chronicle) The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington, and mayors of cities in other states, order the closure of all bars and restaurants and ban gatherings of 50 or more people in their states or cities in response to the pandemic. (CNBC) (WJBK) (Business Insider) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte becomes the first Prime Minister since 1973 to hold a rare televised address to the nation concerning the coronavirus pandemic. (Politico) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will close its borders to all foreign travelers due to the pandemic, effective on Wednesday. Exceptions will be made for air crews, diplomats, immediate family members, and U.S. citizens. Only four airports will continue to receive international flights: Toronto Pearson, Vancouver, Montréal–Trudeau, and Calgary. Domestic flights and flights from the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean, as well as foreign commerce and trade, will not be affected. (Global News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares a Luzon-wide "enhanced community quarantine" during the second day of the already community quarantined Metro Manila. (GMA News) Philippine Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri becomes one of the 142 cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines after his test results return positive. (CNN Philippines) Law and crime Aftermath of the Sagamihara stabbings A court in Japan sentences Satoshi Uematsu to death for one of the country's worst mass murders, in which he killed 19 disabled people. (BBC) The Constitutional Court of Russia approves amendments to the Constitution proposed by President Vladimir Putin. (The Moscow Times) A man shoots six people, killing four and himself, at a gas station in Springfield, Missouri. (The Hill) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries Joe Biden is declared winner of the Washington Democratic primary. (Politico) Sports Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports 2020 Major League Baseball season Major League Baseball announces that the season will be postponed indefinitely, after the recommendations from the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks. (Major League Baseball) The National Junior College Athletic Association cancels the remainder of all winter seasons, plus the spring seasons, for all sports. (MLive.com) WrestleMania 36 WWE announces that this year's edition of its flagship event, WrestleMania, will be moved from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, without a live crowd. (Wrestling Observer) 2020 NFL Draft The 2020 NFL draft will go on in April despite the coronavirus, but with new changes. (Boston Herald) (NBC Sports)

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RD: Stuart Whitman

Article: Stuart Whitman (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Hollywood Reporter, Mirror, NY Daily News
Credits:

• Nominated by SirEdimon (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Oscar nominated actor. The article is big, but needs work. SirEdimon (talk) 18:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Pilar Luna

Article: Pilar Luna (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Milenio (Spanish), El Universal (Spanish)
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk • give credit)
• Created by SusunW (talk • give credit)
• Updated by SusunW (talk • give credit) and AnbyG (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Underwater archaeology pioneer from Mexico, 2011 J. C. Harrington Award winner. - Indefensible (talk) 17:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - SusunW (talk) 17:24, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support good to go. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:46, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support satis. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:47, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted. Thryduulf (talk) 18:44, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Black Monday stock market crash

Consensus is not in favour of posting this or similar single-day stock market stories at the present time. Thryduulf (talk) 18:47, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Article: 2020 stock market crash#16 March (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Stock markets see their worst day since 1987, with the Dow dropping by 12.9% and the S&P/ASX 200 dropping by 9.7%.
News source(s): BBC (for Dow) CNBC (for S&P)
Credits:

• Nominated by Nixinova (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: I know it's coronavirus news, even stock-market–related corona news, but this is a big deal. Today was worse then Black Thursday 1929; the only day worse than today was in 1987. Drops this this may however be a recurring event this year so this might be better suited to ongoing. S&P is the largest drop ever; unsure how to specify "worst since 1987 in the US and worst ever elsewhere" in the blurb.  Nixinova   T   C   03:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose Nominating single days has become nonsensical. This can only be covered in summary form when things settle down. HiLo48 (talk) 03:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for now it is certainly a big deal, but hard to cover in the midst. For what it's worth this was about as bad as 1929 in terms of percentage - the raw numbers are just way worse because the marker started higher this time. -- a lad insane (channel two) 03:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose As I pointed out below, someone needs to make a summary page "Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic" that hits the impacts on financial, economic and other sectors beyond the medical and governmental responses, linking in this stock market crash alongside pages like Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema and Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on aviation, which we can then add to the new banner as "Impact", which would cover all future such news. --Masem (t) 04:02, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
  • @Masem: If you have not seen it before, this is the page you are looking for I think to add to the banner: Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic - Indefensible (talk) 04:53, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Thanks, I'm being bold and adding that to the header now. --Masem (t) 05:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
      • Good work to Starzoner, they deserve the credit for creating that article. Now that it is up on the frontpage, we can close this nomination and the previous stock market nomination I think. - Indefensible (talk) 06:02, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
        • well thank you. :) Starzoner (talk) 17:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - Per earlier comment(s), the blurb should be generalized I think to state something about being in a bear market or the bull market ending, that way it does not need to keep being bumped each time. Or maybe put it in Ongoing as Master of Time suggested. The stock market is a sufficiently different field that it can be posted on its own in my opinion. - Indefensible (talk) 04:36, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• As I mentioned earlier today (or I guess what would be yesterday for some people) at the end of the previous section dedicated to the stock market (which Indefensible appropriately referenced), this should be added to ongoing if nothing else, since it acknowledges this very current event while bypassing issues of "how does this compare to 1929," "why should we single out a specific day," etc. I would have nominated it myself, but I'm not sure if nominating for "ongoing" is a thing. Master of Time (talk) 04:45, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
  • For future reference, it is a thing. See: Template:ITN candidate. For ongoing, there is an "ongoing" flag that just has to be set to "add" instead of putting a blurb. - Indefensible (talk) 04:56, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per all. It was good that we posted earlier days, but I fear with some reason that the stock market might fall even further the longer this goes on, and we have the banner for a reason. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 05:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Unfortunately, I think we can now take it that each new market opening will be a bit disastrous... Black Mondays for this week, and that week, and all the weeks! When and if that does happen, there's already 'impact' in the coronavirus banner, which could be switched out for 'death of trade market'. Kingsif (talk) 12:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Financial markets are inherently variable, especially these days. Ergo, single-day market news goes stale FAST. (We might consider an end-of-the-week story on Fri./Sat., though.)
  Suggest snow – to avoid another pointless 3,000-word discussion. – Sca (talk) 13:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Sagamihara stabbings sentence

Article: Sagamihara stabbings (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Satoshi Uematsu, the perpetrator of the 2016 Sagamihara stabbings, where he murdered 19 disabled people, is sentenced to death in Yokohama.
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by Kingsif (talk • give credit)
• Created by Rossbawse (talk • give credit)
• Updated by CoryGlee (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Big conviction in the legal proceedings, all in the event article. Nominating partially as a request for some non-coronavirus news. Kingsif (talk) 22:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• There is only a single line currently in the article about this event. Given that the blurb and its referenced content are roughly the same amount of information, not sure this is appropriate to post to the frontpage of a major encyclopedia. - Indefensible (talk) 23:57, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment: We posted the initial event on ITN. Not sure that a later sentencing is as notable at this point. Spencer^T•C 00:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per the two comments above, I don't think the sentencing is notable in itself. —Nizolan ^{(talk · c.)} 01:17, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose I'm likewise in the mood for some non-coronavirus news, but that's for the Slovenian government blurb below. I doubt the actual execution would be worthy of a blurb, much less this sentence. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 05:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per previous comments. – Sca (talk) 17:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Canada closes border

This will not gain consensus to post now that the coronavirus banner is up.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Articles: 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada (talk, history) and Travel restrictions related to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Canada announces that it will deny entry to most foreigners, joining many countries implementing travel restrictions due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
Credits:

• Nominated by Featous (talk • give credit)
• Created by Mikael Häggström (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: So many things are happening that it's hard to pick one, but this is major event with a nice related list. Assuming that the EU passes similar restrictions tomorrow as expected, I would suggest that it be added then. Featous (talk) 19:39, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose it's just one of a plethora of border closures, and is in no way special. Let's get the Covid-19 banner up and running to cover this.... The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  Good news, the Covid-19 banner is up! This nom should now be closed. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 19:52, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - as above. Several countries have done it or are in the process of doing it, so not great to focus on just one. - SchroCat (talk) 19:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose good faith nom. This is just the latest in a long list of events, any of which in normal times would be a "shoo-in" for ITN. Alas these are not normal times and things that would once have been considered unthinkable are now happening near daily. I believe we will shortly be adding a banner to the ITN section for the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. -Ad Orientem (talk) 20:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - But can still be addressed as the current blurb could be updated (if kept) to note multiple lockdowns led by Italy. - Indefensible (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose the EU also announced border closures today - that's a lot more borders with a lot less physical borders than Canada has, which would be more notable if not for the fact every country seems to be isolating. That would be the blurb, though the banner seems to make it a little redundant. Kingsif (talk) 22:35, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose border closures are happening everywhere. Malaysia, EU, Australia also are having their borders closed. robertsky (talk) 01:33, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 15

Portal:Current events/2020 March 15

Current events of March 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) (Sunday) Arts and culture 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Mexico Fans attend the Vive Latino festival in Mexico City despite coronavirus concerns. (AP News) Business and economy 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States In an emergency move, less than two weeks after the previous unscheduled intervention, the Fed drops its benchmark rate a full percentage point. It announces a $700 billion quantitative easing program, sets reserve requirements for thousands of banks to zero and lowers other lending rates. The set of measures appears as its biggest ever in a single day. (CNBC) Disasters and accidents A pipeline explosion causes a fire and destroys dozens of buildings in Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 15 people. (Reuters) European migrant crisis Malta's Navy rescues 112 migrants from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean Sea. (New York Times) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan confirms the Central Asian country's first case of COVID-19, an Uzbek citizen who had recently returned from France. All schools, colleges and universities are ordered to close for three weeks, while all public events are cancelled. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Italy jumps to 24,747, while the death toll rose to 1,809 people. (Corriere della Sera) Noted Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti dies in Milan, at age 92, after contracting coronavirus. (Corriere della Sera) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa The Republic of the Congo reports its first case of coronavirus, a 50-year-old man who arrived in the country on a Ethiopian Airlines flight from Paris. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 1,209 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 113 more deaths, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date, bringing the total to 13,938 confirmed cases and 724 deaths. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. The presidential decree from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev imposes a national quarantine and restricts both entry and departures from the country to all except diplomats and individuals invited by the government. (RFE/RL) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Argentina President Alberto Fernández reinforces security at the borders and bans all travelers from hard-hit countries that spent at least 14 days there. In addition, he says he is considering a national quarantine and suspension of school classes. (Buenos Aires Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Israel, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Palestine The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf announces the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock to upend contamination of the holy sites from COVID-19. (Al Jazeera) The corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, originally slated to open on March 17, has been delayed to May 24 due to restrictions on public gatherings enacted to stop coronavirus spread. (New York Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hungary Hungary reports its first death from COVID-19, a 75-year-old man. (Index) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care reports 232 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 14 more deaths. The UK government says a "wartime-style" mobilisation will be enforced in the coming weeks to tackle the virus. (ITV) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain, 2020 Spain coronavirus lockdown Spain's Ministry of Health reports 2,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 105 more deaths, as the country enters a nationwide lockdown. (Business Recorder) Pere Aragonès, Vice President of Catalonia, confirms via Twitter he tested positive for the virus. (Europa Press) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands The Government closes down all schools and Horeca establishments, and the Royal Dutch Football Association suspends all football matches until April 6. (DutchNews) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Austria, 2020 Tyrol coronavirus lockdown Günther Platter, the governor of the Austrian state of Tyrol, announces a statewide lockdown set to last for one week, out of concerns of the coronavirus. (The Boston Globe) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Germany Germany closes its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Slovenia Slovenia closes all schools indefintely and suspends public transport effective midnight as COVID-19 cases rise to 219. (Total Slovenia News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada Canada's public health agency posts an advert for nurses, citing "an urgent need". Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not rule out the possibility of closing the borders. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues a recommendation to suspend gatherings of 50 or more people for the next two months. (NPR) The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic. (USA Today) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ohio The Ohio Department of Health reports it now has 37 cases of COVID-19 in the state. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New York (state) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio orders the city's public schools close until April 20. (New York Daily News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reports the state now has 20 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 than yesterday, for a total of 53. (WXYZ-TV) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Arkansas Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announces the closing of all public schools in the state beginning March 17 over coronavirus concerns. (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Turkey Turkey's Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun reports 12 new confirmed cases, totalling 18. (Daily Sabah) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Guatemala Guatemala reports the country's first death from the coronavirus, an 85-year-old man who had recently returned from Spain. (Reuters) Politics and elections 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates The first one-on-one debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries takes place between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders in Washington, D.C., instead of Arizona as originally scheduled and without an audience as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Reuters) 2020 Georgia Democratic primary Georgia postpones its primary elections to May 19 after 66 cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state. (ABC News) The Royal Household of Spain announces that the King has refused the heritage of his father after emeritus King Juan Carlos I had been involved in a tax haven scandal and money-laundering. His public fund is also withdrawn. (La Vanguardia) Science and technology A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborts takeoff shortly after igniting its engines. (CBS News) Sports 2020 NFL season National Football League players vote to ratify a proposed CBA rule that changes the NFL regular season to seventeen games and the playoff format to seven games. (USA Today)

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(Posted) RD: Roy Hudd

Article: Roy Hudd (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): BBC
Credits:

• Nominated by The Rambling Man (talk • give credit)
• Updated by SchroCat (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: British comedian The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 11:21, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - SchroCat (talk) 13:52, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:08, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Fully sourced. ready.BabbaQ (talk) 14:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support nice short article with plenty of references Joseywales1961 (talk) 14:34, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Good to go.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:38, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted  — Amakuru (talk) 16:10, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  Beat me to it! Though I was going to ask if "GRO: June 1936 2a 883 Croydon – Roy Hudd, mmn = Barham" is a valid citation? Kees08 (Talk) 16:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

RD: Vittorio Gregotti

Article: Vittorio Gregotti (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): The Guardian/AFP
Credits:

• Nominated by SounderBruce (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Italian architect who designed the Barcelona 1992 Olympics stadium renovation; died of coronavirus. Article could be expanded greatly with a translation of the Italian Wikipedia entry. SounderBruce 04:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose until expanded. Kees08 (Talk) 05:33, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Weak oppose it's still marked as a stub although it's probably more like a start class. Does need some expanding per the nom. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) Record low US box office

Good faith nomination, but consensus (WP:SNOW) is against posting. While major for the industry, it is a small part of the overall global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 06:23, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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Article: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema (talk, history)
Blurb: ​The United States weekend box office suffers a 22-year low in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Kingsif (talk • give credit)
• Created by Erik (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: I know it is US-based (not sure if we can get global stats) and has no scratch on the loss of life, but this is a giant hit for an entire industry - a hit that is ongoing, but this weekend loss is an individual ITN-worthy event in that Kingsif (talk) 18:57, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• Strong oppose Its the global box office that is down, and there are much much much much much more serious concerns related to COVID that would be in ITN before stuff like this. --Masem (t) 19:00, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Too small a story in the scheme of things this year. I doubt this would even get to be put in the proposed coronavirus-specific section.  Nixinova   T   C   19:09, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Reopening While I don't dispute it's not fantastic, I seriously question Tone closing this after 20 minutes. Even more views on why it shouldn't be posted would be at least useful in working out where the ITN-worthy lines for A. coronavirus blurbs and B. movie industry news are. Kingsif (talk) 00:05, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support it is a pretty big deal, the US movie industry has effects that extend into pretty much every country in the world. Plus, at this point it'll bump off the Pritzker Prize, and simce that's been up for 12 days, some random guy in Ohio eating a cheeseburger today would be a bigger story. 1779Days (talk) 00:15, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Snow Oppose Tone was correct in his speedy close. With everything going on in the world, and I'm talking just in the last 24 hrs, this is almost trivial. There is not the slightest chance this will be posted, nor should it be. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:18, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

P.S. On reflection my above oppose sounds a tad sharp. While I remain strongly opposed to posting, I don't want to give the impression that I am suggesting the nomination was anything other than one made in good faith. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:29, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I understood you, but thanks for clarifying. My reason for reopening, as said, wasn't necessarily to get it posted, but to hear some discussion, though that seems to have been fruitless, there's just a lot of 'no'. Kingsif (talk) 04:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose this is just one of many ramifications of coronavirus. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:51, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Strong Oppose Nowhere near important enough based on all the other COVID stuff that is getting more priority Bumbubookworm (talk) 01:00, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Snow Oppose - No one cares about this right now.--WaltCip (talk) 02:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per all. This is a fairly trivial part of the coronavirus pandemic's fallout. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:00, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
  • As for the intention of this nomination, I'm of the opinion that only events that warrant blurbs without coronavirus (stock market crashes and changes of heads of government, for example) and the pandemic itself would warrant a blurb with it. Given that the NBA season story was voted down, I would say that that might be a permissive limit. I don't think that a 22-year low in the box office (which is quite frankly not that long a time), only in America (but even globally) would warrant a blurb if it just happened for no reason, and it's not blurb-worthy even with the coronavirus IMO. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 14

Portal:Current events/2020 March 14

Current events of March 14, 2020 (2020-03-14) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks Maghreb insurgency Canadian national Édith Blais and her Italian partner Luca Tacchetto are found alive in Mali after escaping from their captors. The pair were abducted in Burkina Faso on December 15, 2018. (CBC) Gulf crisis, Camp Taji attacks A second rocket attack this week hits the Camp Taji base in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, wounding three United States troops. (ABC News) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Apple Inc. is closing all its stores outside China for two weeks in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to its CEO Tim Cook. (The Guardian) Solomon Islands bans all travelers from China, South Korea and Japan. Health minister Dickson Mua also says that the country has suspended flights to Brisbane, Australia, and banned all civil servants from overseas travel in an effort to contain COVID-19. (RNZ) In Texas, major grocery chain H-E-B limits its store hours to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., closing early in an effort to maintain product availability and restock empty shelves. (KVUE) American Airlines says it will suspend long haul international flights from March 16 until May 6. (Yahoo! News) Walmart says all of its stores will reduce their hours to 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. local time until further notice in response to the pandemic. Several other chains have already done so. (CNN) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 vaccine A group of researchers in the Netherlands have found antibodies that can be used to combat COVID-19. (NL Times) Scientists from Imperial College London say that a vaccine could be tested soon. (The Independent) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain Javier Solana, former Secretary General of NATO and former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has been hospitalized since Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19. (US News) Spain's Ministry of Health reports more than 1,500 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day, including over a thousand in the capital Madrid. (Euronews) Jet2.com planes return to the United Kingdom after the airline cancelled flights to Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. (BBC) María Begoña Gómez Fernández, spouse of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, tests positive for coronavirus. (El Confidencial) (Reuters) 2020 Spain coronavirus lockdown Spain officially places the entire country in a lockdown for two weeks after declaring a Status Alarm the day before. (Washington Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran reports 1,365 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 97 more deaths, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date, bringing the total to 12,729 confirmed cases and 611 deaths. (Gulf News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa Namibia reports its first two cases of COVID-19. President Hage Geingob says he imposes a travel ban to and from Qatar, Ethiopia and Germany for 30 days. (Reuters) Rwanda confirms the country's first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the country on March 8 from Mumbai. (The New Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom A newborn baby tests positive for COVID-19 at North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton, London, becoming the youngest known victim of the disease in the United Kingdom. The child's mother has also tested positive for the disease. (The Guardian) NHS England reports 10 more deaths from the coronavirus, doubling the number of deaths in the UK to 21. All patients were aged over 70 and had underlying health conditions. (Daily Standard) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Indonesia Budi Karya Sumadi, the Indonesian Minister of Transportation, tests positive for COVID-19. (Antara News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy, 2020 Italy coronavirus lockdown Italy's Ministry of Health reports 250 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date. The Mayor of Bergamo Giorgio Gori says churches are now being used to store dead bodies as the city's morgues are full. (Sky News) Air pollution in Northern Italy drops following the coronavirus lockdown. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Syria Syria's government closes all schools and cancels public events until April 2, to prevent the spread of the virus. Syrian Minister Imad al-Azab rejects claims the government is covering up cases and says the new measures are "precautionary". (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States U.S. President Donald Trump confirms he has been tested for COVID-19, after coming into contact with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Press Secretary last week, who has been diagnosed with the disease. President Trump's results were negative. (USA Today) (CNBC) A total of 16 U.S. states have closed all of their schools as of this date. (USA Today) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New York (state) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reports his state has confirmed 613 cases of COVID-19, with two deaths today. (WPIX) (WNBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in California Contra Costa County bans gatherings over 100 people, effective March 15. This is more than twice as strict as Governor Gavin Newsom's ban of crowds of 250 or more people earlier in the week. (San Jose Mercury News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan Michigan reports eight more confirmed cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, for a total of 33. (WDIV) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) After 66 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp declares a public health emergency. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colorado In an unprecedented move, Colorado Governor Jared Polis orders the closure of all downhill ski areas for a week, citing coronavirus concerns. (The Colorado Sun) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Morocco Abdelkader Aamara, Minister of Equipment, Transport and Logistics and Deputy tests positive for COVID-19. (Straits Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposes a 14 day mandatory quarantine to everyone arriving in New Zealand, including diplomats, tourists and returning citizens, but excluding those coming in from Pacific Island nations, and bans all cruise ships from entering the nation until at least June 30. (News.com.au) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in San Marino The Government of the Republic of San Marino orders a nationwide quarantine until April 6. (San Marino RTV) Politics and elections 2020 United States presidential caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses. (CNN) Sports Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports The Bath Half Marathon is expected to go as planned despite the coronavirus. (BBC) 2020 in UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship events will go as planned despite the coronavirus. (SFGate) 2020 XFL season A player on the Seattle Dragons tests positive for the coronavirus. (Sports Illustrated) 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in Hubei Wuhan Zall F.C. is expected to leave Spain and return to Wuhan, where the coronavirus was originated. (ESPN) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States, 2019–20 NBA season Detroit Pistons power forward Christian Wood reportedly tests positive for COVID-19. (WEYI-TV)

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RD: Chris Reed

Article: Chris Reed (figure skater) (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): The Japan Times, NBC
Credits:

• Nominated by JuneGloom07 (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Ten-time Japanese national champion, Olympian, Four Continents bronze medalist. JuneGloom07 Talk 17:26, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Not ready yet I think, many statements lack a supporting reference. - Indefensible (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Genesis P-Orridge

Article: Genesis P-Orridge (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): The Guardian, Pitchfork
Credits:

• Nominated by Spengouli (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Artist known for COUM Transmissions, Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle. A few CN tags, but otherwise well-referenced. Spengouli (talk) 23:44, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment I don't think I'm qualified knowledgeably enough to claim that an article passes all qualifications for featured articles, but I do want to add that Genesis was crucial to the advent of Industrial music. In fact the genre was named for the label s/he helped create, Industrial Records with her band Throbbing Gristle. JanderVK (talk) 01:50, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Article is in good shape, pioneer in industrial music, etc. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:35, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment It is a long article but going through it now to verify it is ready to post (in case any other admin was working on this). Kees08 (Talk) 15:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

  There are a couple of citations needed, I could let it go for an article of this length but at least the marriage needs verified. That and the discography need verified prior to posting. Kees08 (Talk) 17:39, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

  Just the discog needs cited now, courtesy ping to Spengouli Kees08 (Talk) 18:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Pitchfork? – Sca (talk) 22:13, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• Weak oppose mostly fine, but the discog and the reference seem at odds with one another at the moment. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 08:19, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - A couple cn tags, but overall meets the minimum requirements I think. If the discography section is an issue, propose just removing the problematic items. - Indefensible (talk) 19:09, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted - I've removed the discography, because most of it isn't actually a solo discography anyway. Black Kite (talk) 19:20, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

RD: Gustavo Bebianno

Article: Gustavo Bebianno (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): O Globo UOL Notícias
Credits:

• Nominated by ArionEstar (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Ex-Secretary-General of the Presidency. Important person for the Bolsonaro government and one of the first Bolsonaro administration cabinet members. ArionEstar (talk) 14:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - Needs a bit more referencing and could use further description before posting in my opinion. - Indefensible (talk) 17:30, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose refs missing. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 11:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment CN tags have been filled with refs. PotentPotables (talk) 16:02, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

March 13

Portal:Current events/2020 March 13

Current events of March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13) (Friday) Arts and culture 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic 2020 coronavirus pandemic in France The Louvre museum in Paris closes until further notice. (U.S. News & World Report) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Nepal The Nepalese government suspends climbing of Mount Everest for tourists and halts visas for visitors until April 30. (BBC) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Delta Air Lines says it will cancel all flights to Europe for the next 30 days. (Forbes) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Uzbekistan suspends flights to and from France, Spain, and Great Britain. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is diagnosed with COVID-19, after travelling to the United States earlier in the month. (Brisbane Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan reports its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19; both are Kazakh nationals who recently returned from Germany. (U.S. News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Bulgaria Bulgaria declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus. As part of the emergency measures, all schools and universities will be closed, all Bulgarian Football Union matches suspended and police will be given special powers for quarantine enforcement. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain Queen Letizia suspends her agenda and self-isolates for an expected two weeks after meeting with an infected Minister. Both the King and Queen have tested negative. (El País) For second time in democratic history and the first time of such magnitude, the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez decrees the Alarm Status in all the country, invoking article 116.1 of the Constitution, for 15 days. (Politico) Catalan and Balearic Islands Governments implore national government help to lockdown both regions. (RTVE) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic declares a state of emergency and announces the closure of its borders to all foreigners starting from midnight on March 16, while Czech citizens will no longer be allowed to leave the country for at least 30 days. (Prague Morning) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran's police, security council and interior ministry will empty the streets of people in the next 24 hours in an effort to contain the coronavirus. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Morocco Morocco closes its border with Spain. (La Vanguardia) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Brazil President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro tests negative for the disease, and decries news outlets that reported he had received an initial positive test result. (Time) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine Ukraine's Ministry of Healthcare reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 71-year-old woman from Radomyshl. (Kyiv Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Guinea Guinea confirms its first case of COVID-19, an EU employee traveling to Conakry. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sudan Sudan confirms its first case and death from COVID-19, a man in his 50s who had recently visited the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ethiopia Ethiopia confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 48-year-old Japanese woman coming from Burkina Faso. (Ethiopia Ministry of Health) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in France Guadeloupe confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 36-year-old woman returning from a cruise with relatives who recently visited Metropolitan France. (RCI) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Kenya Kenya confirms its first case of COVID-19, a 27-year-old Kenyan woman travelling from the United States through London. (Capital News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan Pakistan closes all land borders, shuts down schools for three weeks, limits international flights, and discourages any large public gatherings in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (National Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Oman Oman suspends tourist visas, sporting events, and non-class student activities to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Gulf Business) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Venezuela Venezuela suspends all incoming flights from Europe, supends all student activities and public gatherings to slow the spread of the coronavirus after the first two cases in the country were confirmed by the vice president. (Runrun.es) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Guatemala Guatemala confirms its first case of COVID-19, is a Guatemalan who returned from Italy. (Prensa Libre) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada Quebec company Medicago announces it has found a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, and hopes to begin human testing this summer. (Global News) Canada will suspend sessions of Parliament until at least April 20. (Politico) Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's symptoms remain "mild" after testing positive COVID-19. (People) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States U.S. President Donald Trump declares a national emergency in response to the pandemic. This will allow up to $50 billion of federal money for relief efforts. (CNBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Illinois After 32 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Illinois, Governor J. B. Pritzker bans gatherings of 1,000 or more people for 30 days. (Chicago Tribune) Four hundred United States National Guard and Air National Guard personnel are activated in six states to help contain the coronavirus: Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. (The Hill) After 41 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf orders all K–12 schools to close from March 16–29. (WPVI) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan Michigan confirms it now has 25 cases of COVID-19, more than double than reported the previous day. (Michigan Radio) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colorado 72 confirmed cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Colorado, while the state's first death from the virus, identified as an 80-year-old woman, has been reported in El Paso County. (The Colorado Sun) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Connecticut Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont orders the closing of all schools for at least two weeks, beginning March 16. (WVIT) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Delaware Delaware Governor John Carney orders the closing of all public schools in the state due to coronavirus concerns. (WBOC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Andorra The Prime Minister Xavier Espot announces in a special public appearance that orders the closure of all public establishments except basic stores, pharmacies and gas stations during two weeks. (Diari d'Andorra) (Govern d'Andorra) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Romania After Senator Vergil Chițac tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first Romanian high-ranking official with the disease, interim government headed by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban self-isolates for 14 days. (Euronews) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Kosovo Kosovo reports its first two cases of COVID-19. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Poland Poland declares a state of epidemic emergency late on Friday, bans all foreigners from entering the country, and Polish citizens returning from abroad will be placed under a 14-day quarantine. The country closes all restaurants, pubs, clubs and casinos. From March 14, gatherings of more than 50 people will be banned. From March 15, international air and rail connections will be suspended. (Radio Poland) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Cyprus President Nikos Anastasiadis, in a special televised appearance, announces the closing of all borders except for nationals for 15 days since 15 March. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand, aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings Ahead of the one-year anniversary of two far-right terror attacks on mosques in Christchurch that killed 51 people, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the cancellation of a national remembrance service as a precaution due to the coronavirus. (The Guardian) Politics and elections Politics of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in President of Greece in the Hellenic Parliament and becomes the first woman to hold the office, succeeding Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Amid the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Greece, she suspends the protocol ceremony for the inauguration scheduled for Saturday 14 and no handshakes are allowed. (ABC News) (US News) 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States 2020 Louisiana Democratic primary After 36 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Louisiana, Secretary of State R. Kyle Ardoin postpones its primary elections from April 4 until June 20. (CNBC) (KATC) Florida, Arizona, Illinois, and Ohio will proceed having Democratic Party primaries despite the coronavirus outbreak. Ohio Democratic Party chairman David Pepper said that the Ohio primaries will go on as planned. (Straits Times) (The Hill) Science and technology Planets beyond Neptune Astronomers discover 139 new "minor planets" in the Solar System that are beyond the orbit of Neptune, which helps boost odds of finding Planet Nine. (NBC News) Sports Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports 2020 Formula 1 season Formula 1 officially cancels the 2020 Australian Grand Prix, then later announces the postponement of the Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix. (RACER) (Formula 1) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom The Premier League holds an emergency meeting after Arsenal F.C. manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea F.C. player Callum Hudson-Odoi both test positive for COVID-19. The current season is suspended until April 3, along with the English Football League and FA Women's Super League. (The Guardian) (TalkSPORT) 2020 Masters Tournament Augusta National Golf Club postpones the 2020 Masters Tournament. (ESPN) 2020 IndyCar Series IndyCar, the organizer of the IndyCar Series, cancels all events through the end of April. (Road & Track) 2020 Boston Marathon Mayor Marty Walsh announces that the 124th annual running of the Boston Marathon, originally scheduled for April 20, will take place on Monday, September 14 instead. (New York Times)

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(Posted) RD: Giwi Margwelaschwili

Article: Giwi Margwelaschwili (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): DF
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: German-Georgian philosopher and novelist between East and West, "unique figure in German literature", as an obit says. I made the external links to refs, and added a few, while the text basically stayed. There's much more about his style in the refs, and about his life in the German WP, if someone wants to do more justice to him. Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:30, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Article was not ready earlier, good work updating it Gerda Arendt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indefensible (talk • contribs) 17:28, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Seems fine to me.--SirEdimon (talk) 22:03, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted could use some work but meets RD requirements. Kees08 (Talk) 01:49, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

14th Government of Slovenia

Article: 14th Government of Slovenia (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Following the resignation of Marjan Šarec, Janez Janša (pictured) becomes the Prime Minister of Slovenia to head the 14th Government.
Alternative blurb: ​Following the resignation of Marjan Šarec, the 14th Government of Slovenia led by Janez Janša (pictured) takes office.
Credits:

• Nominated by Tone (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: New head of government. I suppose Janša's article has too many problems with citations so I bolded the cabinet article instead. Tone 13:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment there are a lot of bare references (in the 14th Government article) that need attention - neither WP:Refill or WP:Reflinks could fix (for me) I would support when that is addressed Joseywales1961 (talk) 14:30, 14 March 2020 (UTC) add Support as per User:Tone Joseywales1961 (talk) 14:37, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Prime Minister of Slovenia in particular cannot be posted I think, it has almost no referencing currently. - Indefensible (talk) 17:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • This is why I chose the cabinet article as the target. As for the references, those seem to be pdfs of the minutes, so the Reflinks does not work, I've tried as well. --Tone 18:31, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
    • It would still be included in the blurb though, I think every article that shows up in the post has to meet the standards for posting, not just the emphasized one. Would try to reword the blurb to only rely on articles that meet that standard. - Indefensible (talk) 18:37, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
      • Suggested an altblurb to this effect. - Indefensible (talk) 18:39, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
        • Makes sense. I'll add Šarec to stress the point that this was not after an election. --Tone 18:42, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Looks decent, but Janez Janša's article needs to have its cn and update tags addressed before this can be posted I think. - Indefensible (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

This is not the general requirement. Only the bolded article has to be completely proper. This is why Janša is not bolded. --Tone 17:32, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

It is a little ambiguous, but in my opinion WP:In the news#Article quality applies to all articles linked, not just the emphasized one. At least, that is the standard that I would prefer. If the 2 orange banners can be addressed, then I would feel comfortable supporting posting the blurb personally. - Indefensible (talk) 06:11, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support in principle National heads of government changing are notable for ITN purposes. The blurb should note that the resignation was due to coronavirus (I was going to say "not that this matters, but it's nice to have something not related to the coronavirus up on ITN" before reading the article); I have added a blurb that mentions it. Ideally Janša should be bolded, although the government page will do in a pinch. Perhaps a photo of Janša should be used if one is found. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 03:59, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

The resignation was not due to coronavirus but due to disagreements in the coallition, it happened in late January where most cases were still in China. --Tone 08:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

I skimmed and misread; disregard that part. But the rest of my point stands. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 17:27, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose for now on quality grounds. The big sections of tables with the cabinet posts don't seem to be adequately references. Some sections don't have any sourcing, and the only sources that are there seem to be [2], which doesn't have detailed info on the names of the post-holders, and [3] which is a deadlink. That said, though, there is no requirement to get non-bolded articles up to any particular standard, so once these issues are resolved on the bolded article, I would support on notability.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:00, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment Take this as a support once the orange tags are gone; I'm not putting 'oppose' because hopefully one or two sources will cover all those tables and be added quite soon by someone who knows about the elections. Kingsif (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

March 12

Portal:Current events/2020 March 12

Current events of March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12) (Thursday) Arts and culture 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia, Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on cinema Actor Tom Hanks reports that he and his wife Rita Wilson have been diagnosed with COVID-19 after visiting Australia where he was filming Elvis. (The New York Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New York (state), Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on American television It is announced that all Broadway theatres will go dark until the week of April 13, by order of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The ban also affects several television shows which film with live audiences in New York City. (Playbill) (The New York Times) Business and economy Black Thursday; socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic All three major United States trading indexes fall 7% during early trading, leading to a 15-minute trading halt. They all closed over 9% down. (Business Insider) The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 10%, the largest one-day percentage drop since Black Monday in 1987. (CNBC) Spain's IBEX 35 falls 14%, its worst drop in history in a single day. The UK FTSE falls by 11%, the German DAX and French CAC 40 by 12% and Italy's MIB by 17%. (El Comercio) OMV, the giant Austrian oil and gas concern, is selling $2.3 billion in assets to buy a majority interest in Borealis AG, which will make it a major player in the production of polymers. (Reuters) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic 2020 coronavirus pandemic in India India's first COVID-19 death is confirmed in Karnataka. (Hindustan Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy The number of confirmed cases in Italy climbs to 15,113, while the death toll rose to 1,016. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Poland Poland suspends all schools and universities, closes all theatres, operas, cinemas and museums for two weeks in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mass events are also banned, and the Polish Football Association announces that the two friendly matches scheduled later this month with Finland and Ukraine will be played behind closed doors. (PAP) (Daily Mail) Poland reports the country's first death from COVID-19 in the city of Poznań. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Greece Greek authorities reports its first death, a 66-year-old pilgrim who visited Israel and Egypt last month. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Cuba Cuba has confirmed its first three cases of COVID-19. (Miami Herald) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain Spain's Ministry of Health reports 828 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 36 more deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 84. (News18) Irene Montero, Minister of Equality and Deputy, tested positive for coronavirus. Her domestic partner, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Pablo Iglesias, self-isolates and all the government undergo tests. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia also undergo tests after the Queen was in contact with Montero on March 6. (El Mundo) The Catalan government orders the confinement of the city of Igualada and the towns of Vilanova del Camí, Òdena and Santa Margarida de Montbui after Igualada Hospital became a contagion focus. This first measure in Spain will affect 70,000 people during 14 days. (El País) Spanish Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service Carolina Darias and Santiago Abascal, Deputy and leader of the third political force Vox, had tested positive in the disease. (ABC.es) The closure of schools and universities extends to the entire country for two weeks affecting 9.5 million students. (El Mundo) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Lithuania The Vilnius City Municipality announces that from March 13 until the end of the Easter holidays all educational facilities in the city will remain closed to contain the spread of the virus. (LRT) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ireland Ireland suspends all schools, colleges and childcare facilities until March 29 in response to the coronavirus, while indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people should be cancelled until further notice, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. (The Irish Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Austria Austria reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 69-year-old man in Vienna. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Slovakia Slovakia orders the closure of all its borders to non-residents, while closing all international airports and schools to prevent the spread of the virus. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announces "community quarantine" in Metro Manila, Philippines, implementing travel restrictions to and from the metropolitan area. (GMA News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Canada Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire self-isolate after she shows flu-like symptoms. They are both tested for the COVID-19, with Sophie later testing positive. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Andorra Andorran authorities confirms the second case in the country. (El Periòdic) The Government announces that it will close all schools from March 16. (Diari d'Andorra) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Washington, D.C. After 10 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Washington, D.C., the U.S. government closes the White House, the Capitol building, and the U.S. Supreme Court Building to visitors until the end of the month. (U.S. News and World Report) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Washington (state) Washington Governor Jay Inslee closes all schools in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties until April 24. (The News Tribune) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in New York (state) New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declares a state of emergency. (The New York Times) United States Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz announce that they will temporarily close their offices. (The Hill) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in California, impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on American television California Governor Gavin Newsom bans gatherings of more than 250 people. The ban puts several television shows filmed in the Los Angeles metropolitan area with live audiences on hiatus. (New York Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Michigan After 12 cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer orders all K–12 schools in the state to close from March 16–April 5 as well as banning gatherings of over 250 people. (MLive.com) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ohio After five cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine orders all K–12 schools to close from March 16–April 5. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Arkansas Five more presumptive cases of COVID-19 are reported in Arkansas, prompting Governor Asa Hutchinson to order school closings in four counties. (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Colorado The University of Colorado Boulder confirms its first presumptive case of COVID-19, identified as an employee who worked in the dining center. (Boulder Daily Camera) School districts across the state close due to coronavirus concerns. (The Denver Post) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Delaware Delaware Governor John Carney declares a state of emergency and recommends the cancellation of all non-essential public gatherings of over 100 people. (WBOC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Bolivia Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez announces the suspension of all flights to Europe from March 14. (EFE) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Malta Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela calls for the closing of all educational centers for one week from March 13. (Times of Malta) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Portugal Portuguese Government calls for the closure of all schools and night clubs. (USNews) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Israel The Israel Institute for Biological Research announces it is working on a vaccine. (Haaretz) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom The first case of COVID-19 is found in the Cayman Islands. (Loop Cayman) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Armenia Armenian Government orders the shut down of all schools until 23 March. (Armen Press) Politics and elections 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States Mitch McConnell announces that the United States Senate will not have recess to work on a bill to contain the coronavirus. (CNN) Sports Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on sports The NCAA, which had previously ordered that all of its winter championship events, most notably the Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments, would be played with no spectators, cancels all championship events until the 2020–21 academic year. This affects more than 70 of the NCAA's 90 championship events in all three of its competitive divisions. (NCAA) The YMCA Short Course Nationals swim meet is canceled in the United States for the first time since 1947. (Swim Swam) 2020 Summer Olympics torch relay The Olympic torch relay begins in Olympia, Greece, without public attendance. (CTV News) The 12 Hours of Sebring is postponed until November 11–14. This follows an announcement that the companion event 1000 Miles of Sebring would be cancelled. (Road & Track) (RACER) 2019–20 NHL season The National Hockey League announces the suspension of its season. (NHL) 2020 Major League Soccer season Major League Soccer announces it will suspend its season for thirty days. (ESPN) 2020 Major League Baseball season Major League Baseball announces the cancellation of all remaining spring training games and the delay of Opening Day of the regular season by at least two weeks. (MLB) 2020 LPGA Tour and 2019–20 PGA Tour The LPGA announces that the first three events of its season—including the ANA Inspiration, the season's first major championship—have been postponed due to the coronavirus. (CBS Sports) The PGA Tour cancels The Players Championship and the next three tour events. (New York Post) Chinese Professional Baseball League Commissioner John Wu announces that the opening game of the 2020 season will be postponed until 11 April. (FTV)

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(Closed) (Pulled again) Black Thursday

There was clear consensus against a newer single-day stock market story, so consensus to repost this older one will not arise. Thryduulf (talk) 18:51, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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.

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Articles: Black Thursday (2020) (talk, history) and Black Monday (2020) (talk, history)
Blurb: ​Global stock markets suffer their largest single-day decline since the Great Recession following a record decline on 9 March.
Alternative blurb: ​Global stock markets suffer their largest single-day decline since the 1987 stock market crash.
Alternative blurb II: ​Global stock markets suffer their largest single-day decline since the 1987 stock market crash, surpassing a record decline on 9 March.
Alternative blurb III: ​The 2020 stock market crash results in multiple stock markets around the world entering bear market status.
News source(s): CNBC, ANSA
Credits:

• Created and nominated by Nice4What (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Day is not over and the article is under construction (not trying to violate WP:CRYSTAL, just garnering discussion), however the current blurb about Black Monday must be updated or it will stay up as an inaccurate news piece. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 17:01, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Wait until the day is over. NOT#NEWS, we shouldn't have an article even on this yet. --Masem (t) 17:03, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

  It has affected other countries such as the Philippines where a newspaper has called it "Black Thursday" already, so let us not be US-centric. I posted this for if stocks close at a lower decline than Monday. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 17:05, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

  One paper. I looked and saw maybe a couple others. This makes the name fall under WP:NEO. Maybe at the end of the day there's something, but as when the Monday's situation, markets are volitile. I suggested the week's overall effect was the news story, and I will still stand by that since that's clearly the trend. --Masem (t) 17:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment todays drop is due to the COVID-19 US travel ban, and COVID-19 is in the box plenty. Monday was the OPEC civil war. Merge all these articles into 2020 Global stock market crash or similar and propose it for ongoing. --LaserLegs (talk) 17:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support as a new, separate blurb. This is apparently what ITN is destined to be this month.--WaltCip (talk) 17:19, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - Worth noting for notability purposes that the US stock market has become a bear market after an 11-year streak (the longest in history). Today's crash is expected to surpass that of October 2008 be the worst since 1987. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 19:24, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Economic experts have been warning for years that the bull market is not sustainable and would turn around at some point. So this is not at all a surprise or its a news element. It's also far far too close to the event to try to be judging how much of an important this week has on the long-term. --Masem (t) 19:37, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Today is an important economic event regardless of what certain economists may have predicted. The article even states that the bear market had sustained 11-years despite challenges such as the American-Chinese trade war and Brexit. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 19:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - NY Times says this is the worst day for the U.S. stock market since the 1987 crash. I suggest we continue to post a separate blurb, possibly noting that investors were reacting to President Trump's Europe travel ban, which in and of itself is a significant moment in the COVID-19 crisis.--WaltCip (talk)
  • If this is added as a blurb, it will replace the Black Monday or or bring the Black Monday one. There is zero need to have two blurbs on the same effect news, negative market trends. Remember, the key facet right now is that thousands of people have died from a rather contagious virus that probably could have been prevented but instead due to a number of mistakes across the globe at all levels. That people have lost money in the short term and there may be long term consequences is not unimportant but the priority is far outweighed by the cost of human life going on here. --Masem (t) 20:52, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
    • I agree they should be combined somehow. The cost of human life? Global stock markets are down 30%. Three years of gains are gone. People who depend on that for retirement savings are in a real crisis. This is just as impactful as 4700 deaths. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:30, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support The Dow dropped nearly 10%, the second-largest percentage drop since the Great Depression. Considering that the top three daily point drops in the Dow's history occurred in the past four days, I wonder if there's a clean way to combine Black Monday and Black Thursday into one blurb. But I'm fine with a separate blurb, too. Davey2116 (talk) 20:34, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

The DAX 30 fell 12% today as well. As large as the NYSE is, we shouldn't focus strictly on it given this is a global phenomenon. --LaserLegs (talk) 20:37, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. I suppose the Dow's point-change stats aren't too informative for historical comparisons, either; most of the top 20 point losses occurred in the past two years, and the top three point gains also occurred earlier this month. Davey2116 (talk) 20:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Yawn - It will go up again, and we won't post that. HiLo48 (talk) 21:27, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
  • The rightists have been saying that for three weeks. Sad! --LaserLegs (talk) 22:28, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
    • HiLo48, are you still yawning? Abductive (reasoning) 14:23, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support as combined blurb - we don't want two headlines saying practically the same thing, one of which is not even factually true anymore. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 22:29, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Wall Street Crash of 2020 would be a great candidate if the Monday and Thursday articles were merged into it. --LaserLegs (talk) 22:31, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support – A relevant / noteworthy topic that would be a useful modification to the current blurb. Master of Time (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support having already posted Black Monday, we should also post Black Thursday. Banedon (talk) 01:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support this is a no brainer tbh. A decrease this large... the largest in over 30 years needs to be posted. Noah^Talk 01:44, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Can we just switch out the target article right now and worry about the blurb later? Abductive (reasoning) 01:55, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Hrodvarsson (talk) 02:25, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. If Black Monday was significant enough to warrant a spot, Black Thursday certainly is. I note that I oppose attributing causation to COVID-19 or the Schengen Area-US travel ban, as the market crash also has to do with the Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war—leave causation to the article. userdude 03:08, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:21, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment. Someone has tagged this as lacking a worldwide view of the topic. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:35, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

  Some truth to it, but I don't think it's so unbalanced to warrant pulling the blurb. There was already mention of foreign markets, and I just added the UK's FTSE 100. I also reordered some of the text, making the US details a subsection of the crash, instead of having it appear like the main point.—Bagumba (talk) 06:50, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Pulled, for the time being. The article is orange tagged at the moment, so is ineligible for ITN on quality grounds. Please either resolve the issues or, if there's consensus that the tag is invalid, then remove it. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 09:02, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Can we at least put Black Monday (2020) back up if we're pulling Black Thursday?--WaltCip (talk) 12:13, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Not as it was, since it's no longer true. —Cryptic 12:16, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, now I go back to my original point about how it's impossible and silly to post news stories about stock market gyrations, for this very reason. But we live in novel times now.--WaltCip (talk) 12:19, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment - Neutrality issues resolved. Should be good to be reposted. Nice4What (talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 12:39, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment The tagging makes no sense. All three articles discuss events and impacts on, at least, 3 different continents. Wth?130.233.2.197 (talk) 12:57, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Re-Posted Tagged issues appear to have been resolved. No tags currently on the article. Thanks to Amakuru for pulling the page when it was tagged. Good job everybody. -Ad Orientem (talk) 13:00, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

  Nice one, thanks for the good work team.  — Amakuru (talk) 13:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

And guess what? — "Stocks surge day after biggest percentage decline since 1987." – Sca (talk) 14:27, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

I was going to post a similar article like that. The weekly downturn itself is news and a blurb based on that would have been reasonable, but reacting on the daily downturns is really not what we should be doing, COVID or not, since there's nearly always been a major rebound the next day. --14:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Damnit, Sca, you don't get how this works -- good news is no news.--WaltCip (talk) 14:36, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Agree with previous unsigned post (by Masem). A classic case of yesterday's news. – Sca (talk) 14:45, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

If you believe there's "nearly always been a major rebound the next day", make sure to buy as many stocks as you can at market close of a market rout. Banedon (talk) 20:07, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

That comment of yours, which I assume was sarcasm, sure takes on a whole new meaning as of this evening!--WaltCip (talk) 22:44, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• So, uh... This is happening. ... Stock markets post their biggest daily gain since 2008. Where would you even put this?--WaltCip (talk) 20:09, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Update the blurb and say global markets are highly volatile. Banedon (talk) 21:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

I am completely open to updating the blurb to reflect the volatility in the financial markets. Just give me a blurb backed by some kind of consensus. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:11, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Financial markets are inherently variable – on a daily basis. Ergo, market news is problematic for ITN. – Sca (talk) 00:33, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Update: "Stocks post monster monster gains; Dow surges 9% adding nearly 2,000 points as Trump declares coronavirus emergency." – Sca (talk) 00:39, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

If you can work it into the blurb, go for it. The crashes happened. They happened and things recovered just like floods recover and tornadoes recover and all the other disaster porn we post recovers. I'm not buying this "Financial markets are inherently variable" argument either. We've seen record swings down and up in a broad range of markets across the globe. It's ok if you don't care, but you don't get to pretend it's normal. --LaserLegs (talk) 00:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Well, perhaps we could take a broader approach that would have a longer shelf life – something like, "World financial markets (do such-and-such) in their (worst?) week since (sometime past)." [4]
Again, stock blurbs based on daily results get stale FAST. And I'm still not convinced this topic needs a separate blurb. There are many websites that catalogue market fluctuations, and they're well-known to investors. The Big Story is the virus itself. – Sca (talk) 14:51, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Attention needed hi all, the target article has been merged, and the new article, 2020 stock market crash has orange tags on it again. The WORLDWIDE one, and a section that needs expansion. I won't pull immediately, but as before, can we resolve those issues or decide by consensus that they're invalid?  — Amakuru (talk) 15:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

  Amakuru, pull the trigger. We do not need a separate blurb on the coronavirus crisis. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 16:45, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• The better subject to post I think would be that the record 2009-20 bull market has ended, since that is a finished event which will be much more stable to record than the fluctuating state of the 2020 crash or every new Black Day of the Week. The current posting is much more news-oriented than encyclopedic in my opinion; for example, the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia obviously seems to have a partial causal role, but how is this mechanism encyclopedically explained? Currently it is not, it is simply noted as fact ex facie. The record 2009-20 bull market is also much more significant and consequential than the 2020 crash, encompassing over a decade of time and generating far more wealth and product globally than what has been lost thus far, yet it does not even seem to have a Wiki article currently; this demonstrates the bias and mental blind spot in the nature of the human Wiki editors collectively (to psychologically overemphasize loss over gain) I think. - Indefensible (talk) 17:21, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment – Being a human being, I'm mainly interested in the spread of the virus and its effects on people, not in what the politicians have to say about it or how the markets react to it.
  Still the No. 1 story. Period. – Sca (talk) 17:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Of course the coronavirus pandemic is an important subject and should not be overridden in any way by the economic or financial coverage which is posted in parallel, however the negative impact to humans may very well be greater in scale from the stock market collapse than from the direct effects of the virus. Whether or not this is the case is the sort of detail that one might expect to see in an encyclopedia covering the events. - Indefensible (talk) 17:45, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

When you're dead the market is of negligible interest. – Sca (talk) 18:47, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

This encyclopedia is for the living however. - Indefensible (talk) 18:52, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Concern/curiosity Hello all! I had posted to the Errors page asking if "global"+"1987" in the blurb constituted an inaccuracy/OR, but did not receive a response. Does that mean I was wrong or does no one keep an active eye on that page? TIA Usedtobecool ☎️ 17:57, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Not sure where you are seeing that, do you mean the short description? That looks correct. - Indefensible (talk) 18:32, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

    Indefensible, hello! What I meant was (the pulled) blurb read (paraphrasing) "global stock markets broke 1987 records." The claim was in the lead of the article (now it's been changed, global -> US), and both there and here (see the OP above) gave CNBC as the supporting source. The CNBC article only says two US-based stock indices broke 1987 records. So, saying "global" stock markets did that could be original research even if true? Thank you! Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

    I see, good catch. Well, hopefully that can be addressed before anything is reposted again. - Indefensible (talk) 16:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Pulled again on quality, sorry guys but per above the newly merged article has orange tags again and it does not look like they're going to be fixed imminently. Once they are fixed or the issues resolved, please advise and ping me, and someone can repost (unless it turns out that consensus has changed regarding significance based on the above comments). Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 18:01, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • @Amakuru:, the merged article seems to have stabilised with wider coverage and no tags. Stephen 00:26, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
    • As a note, given (this being Sunday) that all the future markets are pinging as low as they can go, this might be another major change tomorrow this merged article would need to reflect. --Masem (t) 00:30, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Yup. Markets are inherently variable, esp. these days. – Sca (talk) 14:39, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

If there were a broader article/blurb on this bear mark or the end of the bull market, it would not be an issue I think. - Indefensible (talk) 16:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

@Amakuru: the orange tag seems to have been addressed, can it be reposted again? Added a new altblurb. - Indefensible (talk) 22:02, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Since there are issues with outdated blurbs, would it be better to add 2020 stock market crash to Ongoing, even if only until another blurb is created? Master of Time (talk) 22:33, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Maybe this should be posted to Ongoing instead as you suggested. Does it need to be renominated at this point? - Indefensible (talk) 23:21, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
    • I've suggested that as part of the banner, if we can make a grouped "Impact" page that links the financial and economic impacts not only on the stock market but on specific industry sectors , that could be added. It would seem weird to have a market crash that is directly tied to the outbreak as a separate thing from the actual outbreak banner. --Masem (t) 00:36, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Not re-posted unless a new consensus emerges. Apologies to those who pinged me above, that I hadn't yet responded, I've been quite busy with other things. I think looking at this and the new "Black Monday" discussion above, I'm not sure there's consensus for a re-posting at this point. The events of yesterday would appear to supersede last week's Black Monday and Black Thursday anyway and there is strong opposition to adding anything specifically about yesterday's "Black Monday". If something changes, however, please do let me know or another admin can make changes if there's consensus. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 12:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose re-posting – Stale, outdated, old news. Suggest we finally close this moribund topic. – Sca (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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(Posted) RD: Michel Roux

Article: Michel Roux (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): The Caterer Guardian
Credits:

• Nominated by Mjroots (talk • give credit)
• Updated by Katherine Alano (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: Article in good shape, GA class. Noted chef and entrepreneur. Mjroots (talk) 13:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment: the article is a GA and the death is being reported in multiple RSes. However, his death is not mentioned in the article, only the date given in the first sentence. Needs a one or two sentence update in the body of the article, then I will support. Modest Genius ^talk 13:11, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Support. Good enough. Modest Genius ^talk 15:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment it's mostly fine, per Modest Genius, I made a few tweaks. At least one reference needed. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 13:40, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support I fixed the obvious cn tag. Black Kite (talk) 14:17, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - SchroCat (talk) 14:29, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Posted to RD. Spencer^T•C 15:49, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

(Closed) NBA suspends season

A consensus to post will not develop. --Tone 09:11, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

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Articles: 2019–20 NBA season (talk, history) and 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak (talk, history)
Blurb: ​The NBA suspends its season after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus.
Alternative blurb: ​Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tests positive for the coronavirus, prompting the NBA to suspend its season.
News source(s): ESPN
Credits:

• Nominated by RockinJack18 (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Pretty big news from the sports world --Rockin 02:18, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Unprecedented interruption to a recurring event. WaltCip (talk) 02:34, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• There are so many parallel stories with CV (Tom Hanks!) that we cannot post them all. If they were cancelling the season, maybe. In a few days, they will have restarted or everyone else will be stopping too. GreatCaesarsGhost 02:34, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• At this point, we might need a whole Coronavirus subsection to ITN, just to fit all these "unprecedented" events (only half sarcastic). PotentPotables (talk) 02:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The US ban on all flights to Europe is also massive and unprecedented. We can't post everything, but to omit recent developments out of variety concerns is to give undue emphasis to the Italian quarantine, which will very likely be dwarfed by something else in the next week. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:45, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Legit point, and we should pull back Italy at that point if it indeed seems dwarfed. The NBA suspension is itself small potatoes compared to Italy. GreatCaesarsGhost 02:51, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Strongest possible oppose this is the type of "zeroth world problems" that we should be not even worried about amid everything else with COVID. There should be subpages off the coronavirus page for the various industries and the effects on them like sports and entertainment, but we are definitely not going to ITN those when death and strained health care resources is the first concern with COVID --Masem (t) 02:42, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• I'd argue this is more significant than the Pritzker Archetecture Prize. --Rockin 02:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• The Pritzker prize has zero connection to COVID. This is 100% directly connected, and thus becomes a matter of what COVID story is priority given that we should really only be having one blurb or one ongoing. --Masem (t) 03:04, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose (edit conflict) There is going to be a tsunami of these stories coming. And per PotentPotables' comment above, we may need to consider how we are going to handle what is likely to be the biggest rolling event/news story in decades. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:44, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• I personally wouldn't oppose a subsection on the main page somewhere between ITN and OTD (or even at the bottom of ITN itself). I don't think its right to just have the Virus/Pandemic in outgoing where the biggest updates aren't being shown outright, but also am weary of undue emphasis like King of Hearts mentioned if the updates are left solely in ITN. I'm unaware as to whether such a thing has been done before, so it might be a very experimental move. PotentPotables (talk) 02:54, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• ITN nor the front page is a news ticker. I've offered a suggest on the ITN talk page but this would require an intermediate page for the COVID pandemic topic to service as a landing/topic outline page in which then all recent major events (at the level of Portal:Current Event importance) could be included while this is still big news). But we can't flood ITN with all the stories. --Masem (t) 03:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• We need to consider adding a Coronavirus template to the main page. Half of the space allocated to Today's Featured Picture should be used instead for important info that would qualify for ITN on every other day but for the Coronavirus. This is an ongoing event of unprecedented scale and disruption. We need to take unprecedented measures to deal with it. Heck Trump just banned all travel and imports from Europe (except the UK) for the next 30 days. That's billions of dollars worth of goods disruption. The effect of the cancellation of the NBA season can also be measured at that level; the NBA finals is an ITN item and the cancellation is even more notable. Chess (talk) Ping when replying 03:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Strong support: This is the sort of content people are looking for when they come to Wikipedia's main page or open our app. Putting that a different way, this content is one of the primary reasons Wikipedia exists—major things are happening, and a lot of people want to learn more about why they're happening. We should be making these items as prominent as possible to help them learn more. There is no rule stating that we can only have one item per event, especially one of this size and magnitude; if there would ever be a time to deviate from our usual practices, it would be now. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
  • No it is not: Wikipedia is not a newspaper. We are covering the very highest levels of the pandemic and providing the link to the main page, but it is not our place at all to give this type of news updates to readers, particularly when this is a very very minor event relative to 1000s of deaths that have occurred. --Masem (t) 04:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
    • That is a disingenuous reply to what I wrote, Masem. I'm not saying we're a newspaper. I'm saying that people use us to learn the context and background behind major events that happen in the world, which include a world-leading sports league suspending its season. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:19, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
      • If they are coming here to learn about that, they can find that by searching on "NBA" and clicking a few links, we don't need to show that to them. It is not our place to make these stories convenient to find via a main page link, particularly when there are several other, significantly more serious stories related to the same topic, that we have featured already. --Masem (t)
• Note: The NHL will announce something tomorrow. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 04:07, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose Why single the NBA out in particular? Serie A has been suspended for a few days now, and while the NBA makes a little more money than Serie A, they're still roughly comparable as leagues. The UEFA Champions League is being suspended as well. Personally the US travel ban on Europe is more newsworthy than the NBA shutting down for a month. NorthernFalcon (talk) 05:14, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support would be worth it to mention other sports leagues such as the Serie A and UEFA Champions League. As for the Pritzker prize, any of the major COVID-19 related stories are more important than the continued featuring of the Pritzker prize on the main page. Pritzker's been up for 7 days, it's time for it to go. 1779Days (talk) 06:16, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Strong oppose Far too narrow a perspective. Things in their hundreds are being cancelled all over the world. Why single this out? We have a pandemic. Rather than news, it's nothing but an inevitable consequence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HiLo48 (talk • contribs) 06:30, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose as this is a worldwide project, and many sports competitions have been suspended or events postponed, so no sense to focus on the first US one to do it. For example, Serie A in Italy is suspended, MotoGP, Formula 1 and athletics events have been postponed/cancelled. If we list one of them, we would have to list all of them. Which isn't the point of ITN. And just posting this one would be a clear American bias. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:21, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose as noted many times above, why pick the NBA from the plethora of cancelled sporting events around the globe? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 07:51, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose As covered by Ongoing. We may need to revisit some other option for dealing with COVID19 stories: an intermediate page; a more general COVID19 article with linkouts by subject; etc.130.233.2.197 (talk) 08:32, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

  The general outbreak is no longer in "Ongoing".—Bagumba (talk) 08:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose times infinity MOstly local thing that hardly matters in the scheme of things. Maybe when the olympics get cancelled, if anyone cares by then. Usedtobecool ☎️ 09:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

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March 11

Portal:Current events/2020 March 11

Current events of March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Afghanistan, Afghan peace process The Taliban rejects the government's conditional prisoner release order announced by President Ashraf Ghani. The Taliban demand 5,000 Taliban prisoners held by the government be released before intra-Afghan dialogue can be initiated. (Al Jazeera) 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis, 2020 Camp Taji attack A rocket attack on Camp Taji, Baghdad Governorate, housing coalition and Iraqi troops, kills two Americans and a British service member; 12 other people are injured. (BBC) Business and economy Socio-economic impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic; aftermath of Black Monday The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 1,400 points and enters a bear market. (Fox News) The bond market falls, in the first time since the financial crisis of 2007–08 that the stock and bond markets moved in the same direction, indicating a massive sell-off of portfolios as investors seek cash. (NY Times) The world's largest annual video game industry event E3 2020 is officially cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. The highly anticipated event was scheduled to take place on June 9, ahead of major console launches for Microsoft and Sony. (BBC) Health and environment 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization officially declares the outbreak as a pandemic. (CBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Italy The patient zero in Italy has been identified as a man from Germany who arrived in the country at the end of January. (Tgcom24) The death toll in Italy rises to 827, as nearly two-hundred more people were confirmed dead today, the largest daily increase in deaths since the outbreak began, while the number of confirmed cases rises to 12,462, according to Protezione Civile. (National Post) Juventus footballer Daniele Rugani has tested positive to coronavirus. (La Repubblica) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom British MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Health Ministry Nadine Dorries becomes the first UK MP to test positive for COVID-19. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Belgium Belgium reports its first death resulting from COVID-19; a government statement said the patient was 90 years old. (The Straits Times) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Moldova Moldova suspends all schools, universities and colleges for two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the virus. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Indonesia Indonesia confirms its first death from COVID-19. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine Ukraine bans mass gatherings and closes all schools for three weeks in response to the global coronavirus outbreak. The government says some sporting events might still go ahead but without any spectators. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in South America 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Argentina President Alberto Fernández issues an order saying that all people coming from hard-hit countries will have to self-quarantine for 14 days; failure to do so will be considered a crime. In addition, he analyses the possibility of banning all mass gatherings. (Infobae in Spanish) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hungary Hungary declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak, closing all university campuses and banning large gatherings, while anyone from Italy, China, South Korea and Iran will be refused entry into the country. Senior minister Gergely Gulyás says "These measures are unprecedented in the three decades since the fall of communism". (Bloomberg) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education reports 958 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 63 more deaths, the highest number of deaths in a single 24-hour period in the country to date. All Iranians are now warned to stay indoors. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei cancels his annual speech marking the Iranian new year on March 20. (Reuters) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Spain Second Vice President of the Congress of Deputies, former Speaker and former Minister Ana Pastor had tested positive for COVID-19 and becomes the highest-ranking official infected. (La Vanguardia) Spanish Ministry of Culture orders in Madrid the closing of all ministry dependent centers, including the museums of El Prado, Reina Sofía, Royal Palace, National Library and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. (El País) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Sweden Sweden reports its first death from COVID-19, a person in their 70s. (SVT Nyheter in Swedish) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ireland Ireland reports its first death from COVID-19, an elderly woman with underlying health conditions at a hospital in Dublin. (BBC) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Qatar Qatar announces 238 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 cases in a single day. (Al Jazeera) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States President Donald Trump gives a prime-time statement about the coronavirus during which he announces a 30-day ban on travel from European countries with the exception of the United Kingdom. (ABC News) 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Arkansas Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson confirms the state's first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Pine Bluff. 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(BBC) 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament The NCAA announces that all postseason tournaments in its winter season—not only the college basketball tournaments, but also its bowling, fencing, gymnastics, ice hockey, rifle, skiing, swimming & diving, track & field, and wrestling championships—will be held without fans in attendance. (The Washington Post) 2019–20 NBA season The NBA has announced that its 2019–20 season is on hiatus "until further notice" after Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested a presumptive positive for COVID-19. (ESPN) The 2020 Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament is cancelled in order to prevent players and related persons from having COVID-19. (Mainichi Shimbun)

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RD: Whitney MacMillan

Article: Whitney MacMillan (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Star Tribune
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk • give credit)
• Created by Wogsland (talk • give credit)
• Updated by Edwardx (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Heir and former leader of Cargill. Article looks concise but decently referenced. - Indefensible (talk) 02:15, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: War Emblem

Article: War Emblem (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Yahoo Sport Australia
Credits:

• Nominated by Indefensible (talk • give credit)
• Created by J.Steinbock (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: 2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner. - Indefensible (talk) 02:03, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - Well referenced, although there isn't much about his death. Poydoo (talk) 20:12, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

  From Paulick Report, The cause of death is perceived to be a fatal paddock accident, but exact details are unknown. However, a full necropsy report is pending. So I think more information will come out later. Kees08 (Talk) 02:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• Posted Kees08 (Talk) 02:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, requesting retraction. Consider me the first to complain. ITN/RD regularly rejects nominations on the deaths of elder-statesmen in even English-speaking Asian and African countries based on some vague notion that Western celebrity deaths have more relevance to our audience. Now an American horse? I'm afraid the systemic bias is strong here, and I urge ITN admins to reconsider their decision to list this animal death. Deryck C. 23:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Deaths are only rejected if the article's quality cannot be brought to standards within a reasonable time. With few exception, as long as the death is reported, and the being already notable, we will post the death once quality of the article is shown to be there. --Masem (t) 23:16, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

    @Masem: Thank you. User:Thryduulf told me about the 2016 change which set out the current rules. I had become frustrated at RD a few years (read: about a decade) back after having a number of nominations of Asian politicians and celebrities rejected for "lack of relevance", and was unaware of the 2016 rule change until today. Deryck C. 23:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  • Do you have recent examples of bias? As Masem wrote, articles are usually rejected on quality from what I have seen; and this nomination was made only on the basis of meeting the posting criteria. - Indefensible (talk) 23:18, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  Deryck Chan, quality, quality, quality. If those articles you mentioned had good enough quality, they'd be posted too. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:22, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  @Muboshgu and Indefensible: See my comment above - it was the 2016 rule change that I was unaware of. My most vivid frustration with ITN was with Hong Kong elder-statesman Szeto Wah's death in 2011, rejected back in the day because under the old rules, the ITN community deemed him not relevant enough for the English Wikipedia front page. If he died between 2016 and now I'm sure he would've featured on the front page under the new rules. Deryck C. 23:28, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

  Deryck Chan, ah, I see. Yes I think the rule change has been beneficial. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:45, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) RD: Burkhard Hirsch

Article: Burkhard Hirsch (talk, history)
Recent deaths nomination
News source(s): Tagesschau
Credits:

• Updated and nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk • give credit)

Article updated

Nominator's comments: German FDP member of parliament, minister in NRW state, lawyer for protection of privacy. I added references and some more details. Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:59, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment is he an honorary member of the university, an honorary citizen of the city, or both? I assume Google Translate is just being dumb, but if you could verify that and add the citation we can post it after. Kees08 (Talk) 17:02, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

  Thank you for the ref, Kees08, which led to the next. He was Honorary citizen of the Hochschule (not quite a university, - applied science), a rare thing I never heard of, sorry. Always learning. - Anybody to write a better lead than I could? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:00, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Posted - I think the lead scales with the length of the prose fine, but further improvements can be made while on the main page. Kees08 (Talk) 19:20, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

(Posted) COVID-19 global pandemic

Articles: COVID-19 (talk, history) and 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak (talk, history)
Blurb: ​The World Health Organization has declared Coronavirus disease 2019 to be a global pandemic.
Alternative blurb: ​The World Health Organization has declared the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak to be a global pandemic.
News source(s): CNBC
Credits:

• Nominated by WaltCip (talk • give credit)

Nominator's comments: Well, gee whiz, this seems self-explanatory. WaltCip (talk) 16:39, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support , presuming this overrides both the ongoing and the Italy blurb. I've said this was a milestone to be posted, and there it is. --Masem (t) 16:43, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I assumed this would be a third blurb, actually. This story is necessarily separate from the other ones we have up on the template.--WaltCip (talk) 17:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It wouldn't make sense having the same story as a blurb and ongoing, but the two blurb option is one I would support as technically different news. PotentPotables (talk) 17:04, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

This and the Italy could always be combined with a simple "while". They are the same story for all purposes. --Masem (t) 17:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Although related, I still contend they are two separate stories. Global pandemics are not necessarily unprecedented. Italy going into total quarantine is, at least in the western world.--WaltCip (talk) 17:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support - fairly straightforward, it's everywhere. Pie3141527182 (talk) 16:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Strong support per the WHO. Noah^Talk 16:54, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Strong support. Obviously. MSN12102001 (talk) 17:06, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. This one's a no-brainer. --bender235 (talk) 17:06, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. Instead of a microscopic image, perhaps a map of the outbreak's spread would be fitting for the topic? 88.200.214.103 (talk) 17:10, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I second that. --bender235 (talk) 17:12, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Also, we should link to the outbreak page, not the disease page (alt blurb added). --bender235 (talk) 17:15, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It would be a bit hard to do that because of the short descriptions for ITN. It needs to be short and simple. The map currently requires a key to understand. That would be difficult to include for ITN. Noah^Talk 17:17, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Posted. I have combined it with the Italy hook, as suggested by Masem. Also removed from Ongoing, but I assume it can go back there uncontroversially once it rolls off again.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment: it would have been nice if we'd had even an hour to assess the update to the article. There isn't one. All that's changed is switching 'outbreak' to 'pandemic' throughout and one sentence of the lead; the section on the WHO response still says they are refusing to declare a pandemic. This should have had a prose update before posting. Modest Genius ^talk 18:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, and the one sentence update doesn't have a ref. We're not a news service, there is no reason to rush things to the MP. --LaserLegs (talk) 18:34, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Comment – Oddly, given my recent history of pushing to get C-19 blurbed in some form, I'm nonplussed by this long-expected announcement. After all the froth, it seems anticlimactic. Everyone knew it was coming. I think the WHO didn't want to elicit panic and put it off for a while. In itself, I don't see how it changes things. But ... still dithering. – Sca (talk) 20:40, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment – Given the overkill-coverage, combing pandemic & Italy seems a reasonable compromise, I guess. – Sca (talk) 22:49, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment. I like the combined blurb. I've tidied the update to pandemic. I assume that the main article has now been fixed, but I'll check (if I can get an edit in there edgewise). Espresso Addict (talk) 01:09, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Not sure "while" quite works in the current blurb, since the WHO announcement came after Italy imposed the national lockdown. – Sca (talk) 13:58, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Post-posting comment. My apologies if this is not the place to address the image in ITN, but Talk:Main_Page certainly didn't seem like the right place. With regard to the image, as mentioned by User:88.200.214.103, User:bender235, and User:Hurricane Noah, I would like to place my strongest possible support in favor of replacing the current ITN image of Alyssa Healy with a COVID-19 related informational video such as File:COVID-19- What Older Adults Need to Know.webm. As much as we'd like to believe everyone reads every word of our articles, some readers will certainly benefit from an authoritative video. Our first priority should be ensuring readers can quickly and easily access accurate and vital information. userdude 03:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
  • I can tell you that the last time we had an animated image/video on the main page of that type (that is in terms of length, not content), that was an issue for some readers. An animation or video a few seconds long is what we'd want, not a lengthy video. Separately, it is also not WP's place to try to offer medical advice even that posted by the CDC per our Disclaimers (we do not offer professional advice). It should obviously be linked from the COVID pages, but we should not be foisting that at the main page. --Masem (t) 03:43, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Post-posting comment, after Spain declares the Alarm Status, should "and Spanish government implements a national quarantine" be added? Since yesterday the measures are very much like Italy. Alsoriano97 (talk) 10:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Post-posting update proposal, as this is starting to occur worldwide, should it instead say: "while governments across the world implement quarantines and close their borders."? -- Rockstone^{[Send me a message!]} 05:30, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Agree, as Italy is no longer the only country on lockdown the blurb should be generalized to something like "while multiple countries lockdown, following Italy's lead." - Indefensible (talk) 19:10, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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