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Covid-19[edit]

Reinstate COVID-19 pandemic to ongoing events, it is still very much an ongoing event of extreme note. Groble (talk) 06:01, 25 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This proposal should be raised at WP:ITN, as the entry is posted through ITN. Carter00000 (talk) 16:09, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If the bar for "extreme note" is that low to the point where most countries have no mandates in place for it anymore and almost no one wears a mask for it, then in that case the HIV/AIDS pandemic, flu season, the tuberculosis epidemic, and the obesity epidemic should also be there. JM2023 (talk) 16:51, 1 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2023–24 EuroLeague[edit]

2023–24 EuroLeague has started 161.132.241.124 (talk) 19:05, 5 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The news which this discussion is about has been added to the sidebar of the portal. Carter00000 (talk) 06:01, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

that's the basketball one 161.132.241.124 (talk) 20:13, 10 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You may also edit Portal:Current events/Sidebar yourself if there is a particular item you would like to add, such as the event you have mentioned above. Carter00000 (talk) 16:45, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Unverified stories[edit]

Should it be included in the summary whether or not a story has been verified or not? Why include unsubstantiated stories? 2600:1700:3AE1:50:1129:806F:6AD2:AEEC (talk) 12:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is specifically in reference to the October 5 story about a Russian child killed in Horlivka by a Ukrainian munition. The Al Jazeera news feed which is given as the source states that the story could not be verified. 2600:1700:3AE1:50:1129:806F:6AD2:AEEC (talk) 12:59, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

On the "Ongoing" Section[edit]

Complete overhaul.

Something like

Ongoing events : 2023 Nigerien crisis, Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians

Ongoing conflicts : Yemen War, Syria War, Ukraine war, Sudan War

Recent deaths : Lukt64 (talk) 00:09, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This proposal should be raised at WP:ITN, as the entries proposed are posted through ITN. Carter00000 (talk) 03:34, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You may also edit Portal:Current events/Sidebar if you mean the sidebar on the portal. Carter00000 (talk) 16:26, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Completly agree. As well, why was the War in Sudan removed? it is a high-impact conflict. Affiliating (talk) 17:57, 17 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not enough activity on the page. Lukt64 (talk) 18:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

sort out the sources[edit]

alot of citations don't link to a page about the current event but rather are linking to the news corps homepage, making it difficult to properly research events & verify sources, can we please link to the specific page about each event if possible.