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* I am not enthusiastic about the blurb. Any other proposals? [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 02:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
* I am not enthusiastic about the blurb. Any other proposals? [[User:Titoxd|Tito<span style="color:#008000;">xd</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Titoxd|?!?]] - [[WP:FAC|cool stuff]])</sup> 02:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
**<code>[[State of emergency|States of emergency]] are declared in several areas across the [[Southern United States]] after at least 26 people are killed in a large '''[[Mid-April 2011 tornado outbreak|tornado outbreak]]'''.</code> [[w:User:Ks0stm|<font color="009900" ><b>Ks0stm</b></font>]] <sup>([[User talk:Ks0stm|T]]•[[Special:Contributions/Ks0stm|C]]•[[User:Ks0stm/Guestbook|G]])</sup> 03:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
**<code>[[State of emergency|States of emergency]] are declared in several areas across the [[Southern United States]] after at least 26 people are killed in a large '''[[Mid-April 2011 tornado outbreak|tornado outbreak]]'''.</code> [[w:User:Ks0stm|<font color="009900" ><b>Ks0stm</b></font>]] <sup>([[User talk:Ks0stm|T]]•[[Special:Contributions/Ks0stm|C]]•[[User:Ks0stm/Guestbook|G]])</sup> 03:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
*'''Strongest Oppose Vote Ever Seen''' No, just no. Eww! Just because it happens (happened?) in the US does not mean it ''is'' noteworthy, newsworthy, notable, and all that jazz. Sixteen people died, but oh well, a lot of people die every day in bus crashes, airplane failures, etc. I'm not sure why people think that the US has a different criteria for notability here, I just disagree enormously. Most importantly, tornadoes occur a lot in the US so it may be worthless of even being included in the encyclopedia. It's like earthquakes here in Chile, we have a lot of them every day, and seems like we only had two 'notable' ones last year that deserve they article, but yet again, just because people died does not mean this US crap is notable. [[User:Diego Grez|Diego Grez]] ([[User talk:Diego Grez|talk]]) 03:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)


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Article: National Democratic Party (Egypt) (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ An Egyptian court orders the dissolution of the former ruling National Democratic Party of Hosni Mubarak as part of an overall reform. (Post)
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Comment: I am concerned that your nominations here are becoming ever-increasingly COI, given your very public statements of involvement in the anti-Mubarak protests. PErhaps you should leave it to other users to nominate events relating to Egypt? Strange Passerby (talkcont) 00:56, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As long as he's not posting the blurbs to the front page, then his nominations are absolutely welcomed. EricLeb01 (Page | Talk) 03:17, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A nomination is just that, and certainly doesn't mean it'll get posted. You can't really fake notability. Providing the blurb and the article's content looks clean, I don't see a problem with nominations from any editor, partisan or not. Nightw 03:21, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sri Lankan war crimes

Article: Alleged war crimes during the Sri Lankan Civil War (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ A United Nations expert panel finds credible allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. (Post)
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Support war crimes occurring is a big deal. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:09, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing to support "war crimes occurring". It seems this is a report of panel which has found "credible allegations" (ie a prima facie case) and recommended a full investigation.[1] I think we should publish the findings of that full investigation rather than the "credible allegations" found by the panel. Not that I have any great objection, as long as the blurb and article are accurate. --Mkativerata (talk) 21:27, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:30, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Article: 2010–11 KHL season (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ The 2010–11 KHL season concludes with Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning the Gagarin Cup. (Post)
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The Kontinental Hockey League is the strongest ice hockey league in Europe featuring teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Latvia.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 17:14, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not my choice of ITN sport item... in a month, there will be World Champion, and I think that one is ITNR.--Tone 18:18, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but this also is of wide interest, and the frequency of the sports events should not be a crucial factor here. Also I don't think one month is too close to post two events in one of the most popular team sports with only another ITN item about ice hockey until the end of the year.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:32, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. The NHL also ends in a month gap after the World Championship.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 18:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mid-April 2011 tornado outbreak

Article: Mid-April 2011 tornado outbreak (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ At least 26 people are killed by severe weather during a tornado outbreak in the United States. (Post)
Credits:

Article updated
Yes. What makes this special? (Do remember that we are not all Americans familiar with what tornados normally do.) HiLo48 (talk) 08:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In a country that in recent years almost always has under 100 fatalities (and usually under 70) from tornadoes a year (source), having over 10 killed in a single outbreak makes this significant. Also, the sheer number of tornadoes reported makes this event noteworthy...see what it did to the yearly US tornado count here, and this doesn't even include today's tornadoes: [2]. Also, it appears that a very intense tornado has struck downtown Raleigh, North Carolina; see the outbreak article for more information. Ks0stm (TCG) 21:41, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support iff an EF4 or EF5 tornado is confirmed. Otherwise, oppose as this would seem to be yet another unfortunate storm cell. Storms kill people all over the world. Nothing special about them happening in the US. An EF4 or 5 on the other hand would be an extremely notable and fairly rare event and thus I'd support posting that. Strange Passerby (talkcont) 08:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose unless there is an EF4 or EF5 tornado, though a series of EF3 tornados would be fairly persuasive. As it is there is only 1 EF3 tornado. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 13:27, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's only local news with no international significance, and as I can see it is estimated very low on the scale.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 13:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support 16 deaths is not a few with regard to tornado outbreaks, especially with current notification alarms and such. The article still needs to be fully updated (for example, it says 10+ fatalities). SpencerT♦C 15:28, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is not an event that is just getting local coverage, it has been mentioned on CNN,Reuters, NY Daily News, and CBS News. Truthsort (talk) 21:05, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Most likely this is addressed to me, so I'd say that my comment was not such that it has only a local coverage, but who cares about something which is common in the spring season in the United States. We usually post unexpected events, so I don't consider a tornado outbreak, regardless of what the effects really are, something special to receive attention and get posted.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:26, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Very large tornado outbreak, over 200 reports of tornadoes (hasn't been than many in quite some time for a single event). At least 17 killed by tornadoes and 7 more by straight line winds. The number of confirmed and rated tornadoes shouldn't be factored into the decision to post this as it takes National Weather Service teams several days to fully assess damage and properly rate tornadoes. All of Alabama is under a state of emergency and loss of life was spread over a wide area (Oklahoma to North Carolina). Cyclonebiskit (talk) 00:51, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Continuing into tonight, more tornadoes and fatalities in North Carolina, with more states of emergencies announced [3] Even more importantly, the article is shaping up really nicely. Large amount of coverage. RxS (talk) 01:22, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If a storm cell killed 17 in sub-Saharan Africa, would we post it? Probably not, so what makes the US — which gets these systems every year — more notable in this regard? I still think we should only post with a confirmed EF4 or 5. Strange Passerby (talkcont) 01:34, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This by no means a yearly occurrence. RxS (talk) 01:45, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We wont know if there was an EF4 (from what I've seen there wasn't EF5-type damage) for a few days. The the scale of damage and sheer number of tornadoes makes this outbreak notable. In addition to Alabama, 26 counties in Oklahoma and 14 in Mississippi declared a state of emergency. I believe 15 more were declared in North Carolina but I'm not sure as of now. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 02:35, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Deadliest US outbreak in over three years. Not a once a week outbreak. - CWY2190(talkcontributions) 01:51, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not enthusiastic about the blurb. Any other proposals? Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 02:55, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strongest Oppose Vote Ever Seen No, just no. Eww! Just because it happens (happened?) in the US does not mean it is noteworthy, newsworthy, notable, and all that jazz. Sixteen people died, but oh well, a lot of people die every day in bus crashes, airplane failures, etc. I'm not sure why people think that the US has a different criteria for notability here, I just disagree enormously. Most importantly, tornadoes occur a lot in the US so it may be worthless of even being included in the encyclopedia. It's like earthquakes here in Chile, we have a lot of them every day, and seems like we only had two 'notable' ones last year that deserve they article, but yet again, just because people died does not mean this US crap is notable. Diego Grez (talk) 03:25, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[Ready] Judgement of Ante Gotovina

Article: Ante Gotovina (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina is sentenced to 24 years prison after being found guilty of war crimes during Operation Storm. (Post)
Credits:

Article updated

Perhaps it's not a verdict against a former head of state, but the whole trial in The Hague against Gotovina received sufficient attention in the previous years.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 15:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The update is currently too short. --BorgQueen (talk) 15:58, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
support when ready,. its conviction not just an investigation/arrest/tiral during a major was r (or thereabouts)Lihaas (talk) 20:17, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The article needs a sentence or two more update, mostly regarding the public reaction to the verdict. Support then, this is the top story in the region. --Tone 18:16, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've done so. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 20:05, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Given the update marking [Ready]. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support due to the huge significance in Croatia and significance of war crimes tribunal producing a result. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Ready] Burkina Faso mutiny

Article: Blaise Compaoré (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Mutineering soldiers force Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré to flee the capital for his hometown. (Post)
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Article updated
Overnight reports of shooting around the capital of the country and the president is also reported to have left the presidential compound. (note, he has been involved in at least 2 coups in the past and this is coming about face against him, a leader who has ruled for 24 years...seems like long-serving national leaders are on their death beds...)Lihaas (talk) 11:35, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support A head of state fleeing his capital is notable even if he doesn't flee the country. Grsz 11 20:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Article needs more references. SpencerT♦C 20:39, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
where? section is sourced.Lihaas (talk) 22:14, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Blaise_Compaoré#2011_mutiny still only has one reference. SpencerT♦C 15:13, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'd prefer to wait here for further development. Sacking the government is a big deal in princpile but there's one sentence about it. --Tone 18:22, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Pulled] IPv4 obsolete (APNIC runs out of IPv4 addresses)

Up to this point, everybody who needed an IPv4 address could get one essentially for free. With APNIC out of IPv4 addresses, that is no longer the case. With any regional Internet registry out of IPv4 addresses, everybody on the Internet needs to have transitioned to IPv6 at this point to retain end-to-end connectivity. So even people in fx Europe needs to transition to IPv6 at this point, even though RIPE still has months worth of IPv4 addresses, or they won't be able to talk to the people in Asia who only have an IPv6 address. So this is the unofficial end of IPv4 as an end-to-end protocol. As such, the APNIC exhaustion is arguably more important than the IANA exhaustion in January was. Note that APNIC still has a last /8 block of IPv4 addresses, but that block is reserved for special uses such as NAT64. [4] Thue | talk 08:31, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, we posted this in February. We're not seriously going to post the end of IPv4 in every single RIR. Strange Passerby (talkcont) 10:31, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We posted the IANA exhaustion in February. This is the first RIR running out, not IANA; this is different but just as newsworthy. And note how I emphasized that the first RIR (APNIC) running out is special - I am not suggesting that we post each RIR running out, but only this first one, since it is the main point of IPv4 exhaustion. Thue | talk 10:47, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In English please. I reckon I have the amount of understanding reasonable for an end user, but this means nothing to me. I live in the UK, is that part of fx Europe? I have no idea what relationship, if any, I have with APNIC or RIPE, or whether I have an IPv4 or IPv6 (but presumably not v5) address. Is it the case that this essentially means that the internet service providers will do some sort of fix invisible to end-users, and everything will carry on essentially as usable. If so, it would appear to be a technical change equivalent to a change in the way the HMRC handle my taxes, or the manufacturers of my breakfast cereal package their product, ie largely irrelevant to everyone except industry insiders. If my assumption is correct, oppose, as it reinforces the prejudice that Wiki is for geeky types: if it means that I will imminently lose internet connectivity with whole continents, support and request a stick to beat my ISP around the head with. Kevin McE (talk) 10:50, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Before this event, the Internet was in principle end-to-end. That means that if you had a friend in China, he could start a Minecraft server on his private PC, and your PC could connect to it directly, and you could play Minecraft together. With the exhaustion of IPv4, your friend may not be able to get his own IPv4 address, but only an IPv6 address, so you can't connect to his server until you also get an IPv6 address. The "give everybody an IPv6 address" is the "invisible to end-users fix", and it should have already happened, but is only done for ~5% of internet users. So the story here is that the invisible fix has not happened, and things will start breaking, though mostly for the "little guy" who wants to run his own server-like programs. The big datacenters will probably just buy IP addresses on the grey marked (buying IP addresses is in principle against the rules). Also, you will probably have to buy a new home router which supports IPv6 at some point. The Internet is the main information exchange system of the human race, and this news marks the breaking of full end-to-end connectivity in that system (until IPv6 is fully deployed, which will take years and billions of dollars). Thue | talk 13:22, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment what this means is that if an ISP in Asia Pacific wants to provide Internet access to more users they will be unable to do so without using IPv6 (which isn't yet widely supported) or resorting to special tricks that don't work that well (carrier level NAT). -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 11:54, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Article looks fine, and there's not all that much opposition, so posting - one thing though. I do feel this blurb may sound a lot more worrying than it is to a lot of non-techie readers - any chance of a link to IP6 or whatever it is they're using now?  狐 Dhéanamh ar rolla bairille!  15:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
IPv6 isn't being used yet really - that's the problem. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 15:54, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The real problem is that it isn't even true. Read the announcement: [5] APNIC have started using their last /8 allocation, and have have introduced new allocation policies to conserve that space as a result. It has not "run out of IPv4 addresses", indeed they remain available for allocation, provided such allocation is in line with its new policy. For all the hyperbole there isn't much of substance here and the blurb on our main page is materially and uncategorically incorrect. Crispmuncher (talk) 16:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
With the last /8 they are only going to give 1024 IP addresses to each ISP, that's hardly a huge number by any means - see the FAQ. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 16:13, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
1022 addresses actually, since the network and broadcast addresses are unusable. However, the size of the blocks is not at issue. The blurb says they have run out and therefore there can be no new allocations. That would be far more significant than the reality. Crispmuncher (talk) 16:24, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, if you read the article it's fairly clear that they're simply allocating more restrictively, having hit their final /8. (And if you want to be really technical, it is 1024 and not 1022 since they can subnet them however they want...say 1024 /32s. :) The statement that they are out of addresses is simply incorrect. – 2001:db8:: (rfc | diff) 16:49, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Pulled.  狐 Dhéanamh ar rolla bairille!  17:31, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

News of the World phone hacking scandal

Article: News of the World phone hacking affair (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: No blurb specified (Post)
Article needs updating

BBC, Bloomberg, ABC (Australia), the Economist (obviously there are plenty more UK sources)

This scandal involves one of the UK's top newspapers hacking celebrities phones and has been rumbling on for years in the UK, and it goes to the High Court today. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 06:28, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support. The Coulson angle and ongoing Murdoch-Sky aquisition issue makes this pretty significant, beyond being just a 'newspaper is corrupt' scandal. There's no way of knowing when the various court actions will conclude, so we may as well post the 'start'. MickMacNee (talk) 15:10, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
strong oppose dont have any facts/prosecutions to affirm so. atr any rate, no global significance.Lihaas (talk) 20:18, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Low effect and generally more local sensationalism. Possibly if this has very significant repercussions I would support, but I guess that I am not seeing solid repercussions at this point. This kind of stuff has happened before, and will probably happen again. SpencerT♦C 20:42, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose "Going to the High Court" is not a significant development. Reconsider if and when something substantive happens. --Mkativerata (talk) 04:21, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, tabloid finally called out, will recieve hefty fine and move on. Not major news internationally, but reconsider if News Group suffers serious damages as a result.  狐 Dhéanamh ar rolla bairille!  17:55, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[Ready] A new Syrian PM

Article: Adel Safar (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad forms a new government with Adel Safar confirmed as new Prime Minister. (Post)
Article updated
References:

(Al Jazeera) -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 08:10, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

support with a shorter blurb though. Either the PM or the protesters (the former being more noteworthy at this point)Lihaas (talk) 10:09, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Significant governmental change. ~AH1 (discuss!) 19:18, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: 2011 BRICS summit (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: BRICS states meet in Sanya, China for an annual summit that features South Africa for the first time. (Post)
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Article needs updating

Were more than 24 horus without an update and this seems the biggest thing happening today. Its also the first time South Africa has come meaning it now covers every continent of the "glboal south" and a strengthening of emerging market bonds. Like the G7 of the northern hemisphere.Lihaas (talk) 13:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support big meeting between countries with a large percent of world GDP and population - possibly even a candidate for ITNR. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 14:42, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

information Administrator note BRICs redirects to a dab page. Can somebody fix the link, please. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:28, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

im not sure how to move it as a non-admin. theres only 1-link so can an admin redirect? Lihaas (talk) 21:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Its fixed now. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:39, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The main article redirected to BRICS now as well. --Tone 21:43, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Lihaas and Eraserhead1--Wikireader41 (talk) 20:33, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the article needs more sources, its not updated yet. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:42, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
it is thoroughly updated, it just needs more sources. im off to sleep but ill get to it in a few hours if no opne else had.Lihaas (talk) 23:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added little more, and im int he process of adding more. so its ready/getting ready.Lihaas (talk) 10:31, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, two sources is better than one source, posting. --Tone 13:24, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Post-posting Support: per Eraserhead1 -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 13:47, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Posted] Hosni Mubarak and his kids arrested

Article: Hosni Mubarak (talk · history · tag)
Blurb: ​ Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal are detained for 15 days following the revolution. (Post)
Article updated
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7 (Al-Arabiya), (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo! News).
JustinSpringer (talk) 14:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support any one of these stories. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support including the addition of Mubarak's emergency hospital visit (below).--NortyNort (Holla) 12:40, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - after his resignation the only importance will be his death. - EugεnS¡m¡on(14) ® 13:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The arrest of a former head of state isn't ITN material for you, while an aftershock that killed nobody is? –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 13:13, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support, obviously notable given his resignation was only about a month ago. Nightw 13:26, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Head of state arrested..that's enough for me as long as there's an update. RxS (talk) 13:33, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Major milestone in a national revolution. Indicative of the permanence of the change there and what's to come in terms of investigation and prosecution. Not every step of his trial will be newsworthy, but the fact that there will be one certainly is. Ocaasi c 13:42, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This do NOT mean there will be a trail. hes been arrested for 15 days as part of investigations. being a trail is the big deal i agree, but no asurety of that just yet. at any rate, hes also in hospital so dont know how much will b e done.Lihaas (talk) 13:52, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Which of the articles is updated? NW (Talk) 13:46, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Clearly ITN stansard news considering that the ITN has not been updated from 27 hours. Also, I have added the blurb and other sources. JustinSpringer (talk) 14:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: If anyone can suggest a better blurb, please do me a favour. JustinSpringer (talk) 14:47, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
User has been blocked indef as a sock. Sockmaster was blocked 1 month. Striking vote. StrPby (talk) 00:05, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Mild Oppose: our usual trigger for court proceedings is conviction. To have arrest, arraignment, opening of case, conviction is overkill. This is not an arrest after a long hunt for someone who has been on the run for many years: his whereabouts for the last few months has been a matter of public record, and an arrest could have been affected at any time. Kevin McE (talk) 15:37, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment: @Kevin McE, how many heads of states have been arrested on such charges. And also, if we can post the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, why not Hosni Mubarak, who was the subject of the largest revolution this year? JustinSpringer (talk) 16:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't aware that I could only post an opinion with your approval. I've contributed to a discussion: that contribution will be borne in mind by whoever eventually takes it upon his/herself to adjudicate on the strengths of the arguments presented. Kevin McE (talk) 16:39, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neither was I aware that I needed your approval to present my opinion on your view and the discussion thread. And even my response will be borne in mind by whoever eventually takes it upon his/herself to adjudicate on the strengths of the arguments presented. JustinSpringer (talk) 16:47, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If you wish to retract a comment directed at me, have the good grace to apologise and rephrase, rather than editing so as to change the perception of my reply. Kevin McE (talk) 17:10, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

@Kevin McE, Please

  1. stop taking everything personally
  2. assume good faith
  3. be civil

Also, even you know that your explanation was completely wrong, as even Laurent Gbagbo was not convicted yet on the front page, so stop giving unreasonable explanations. Also before pointing a finger on me and telling me to read newspapers time to time, I expect you to read the front page time to time so that you know that our usual trigger for court proceedings is not conviction. To have arrest, arraignment, opening of case, conviction is not overkill. This is not an arrest after a long hunt for someone who has been on the run for many years: his whereabouts for the last few months has been a matter of public record, and an arrest could have been affected at any time(the same case with Laurent Gbagbo). Remember pointing one finger at others points three back to you.

JustinSpringer (talk) 18:42, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You show your recent arrival in this forum by such comments. Gbagbo may have been an exception, but his arrest was different in ways I commented on above: it changed the situation in the country radically: governance in Egypt is not changed by today's events as it was in Cote d'Ivoire the other day. The suggestion that the arrest of Gbagbo was as easily affected as that of Mubarak would be laughable if it were not for the destruction implicit in 11 days of urban warfare Kevin McE (talk) 18:49, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You cannot pass comments on Egypt and Ivory Coast while sitting in an air-conditioned room. Had you even been to any one of the places that you are taking the liberty of lecturing me on this topic? JustinSpringer (talk) 19:15, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Significant development in the Egyptian Revolution and the arrest of the former head of state. Nuff said. --Al Ameer son (talk) 15:51, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Point of order: There is pretty clearly consensus to post this. What is also true is that the blurb will not be posted without a significant update for the article in question, which has yet to be pointed out to all. NW (Talk) 16:40, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
THAT article is not ready for the main page if yanyone wants to read it. ive changed the articel to muabraks'Lihaas (talk) 19:09, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not seeing an update in either the suggested article nor Mubarak's article. There's half a line on him being hospitalised in the latter and the former doesn't seem to have been updated for several days. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:39, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I disagree that there is consensus to post this at all; arrests of former dynasts are cheap - especially in non-democratic countries as Egypt (in fact, exile, arrest, and death seem to be the norm for ex-heads of state outside the democratic world) which has probably never had an ex-head of state living in the country in 5000 years of history - convictions, if any there be, in fair trials would be newsy in Egypt. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 20:59, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

information Administrator note We still don't have a sufficient update. Let me also make clear that, in its current state, Trials and judicial hearings following the 2011 Egyptian revolution isn't going anywhere near the Main Page. Given that most (if not all) of its subjects are living people, the poor referencing there is very concerning. In the meantime, Mubarak's article would seem the one to update. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:04, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support I like this one. Baseball Watcher 03:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - definitly for ITN.--BabbaQ (talk) 08:19, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — Precisely because it's more common for an ousted leader to either be pardoned or ignored by his successor; taken bodily in a coup or war; or flee into exile in a country without an extradition treaty, the fact that he both remained and that then a month later the authorities didn't merely interview him but detained him at such length is noteworthy. (Again, often an arrest is followed by the posting of bail, which is followed by a plea bargain/settlement or a trial; or it is followed by throwing the guy in a cell to await trial; to detain him for 15 days of questioning seems extraordinary.) Similarly, the change in government in Egypt is a far more prominent story, and arguably has more wide-ranging implications, than the other instances referred to above. Abrazame (talk) 11:13, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The Trials and Judicial Hearings article requires too much work to bring up to par at the moment, but the detention has now been added to the Hosni Mubarak bio. If we could get a couple of editors on the tagged sections there for a few minutes, the Mubarak bio could be presentable. Abrazame (talk) 11:40, 14 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, there's an update that I find sufficient, posting. --Tone 07:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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