Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events

The WikiProject on current events is primarily intended to deal with matters related to Portal:Current events. If you would like to help, please add your name below. The project encourages the selection of normal, civilized events for the current events page, since most events are not crimes or tragic events.

Scope

This project was established on 6 April 2006 to improve and standardize articles pertaining to current events. This project specifically looks at the Portal:Current events page and works to increase content in the articles on the page. The project also looks at the portal's entries to determine if they deserve to be in Portal:Current events or placed elsewhere, such as 2020 in the United States, 2020 in the United Kingdom, etc. The project also teaches new editors how to edit (add) to the portal and how to improve articles listed on the portal.

The project works with articles on the Portal:Current events during the week (7 days) they are present in the portal. (Basically before they are archived.) The project doesn't class articles like normal WikiProjects, as we work with articles for a short amount of time.

Technical Note: Due to the fact the the WikiProject only works with articles for a short period of time, the WikiProject "supersedes" (Not really, but mainly in discussions) over WikiProjects during the time where the Current Event WikiProject is active in the article.

The WikiProject of Current Events has a "Current Event Protection" that can be placed on current event articles for a few hours. This is similar to how the Current Event template works for articles, but it protects the article from a deletion due to notability (e.g., lack of deaths, lack of RS, lack of information, etc.) until some more information is released to the public. The protection also allows the WikiProject to monitor information add to the article closely. Please note: This is not an official page protection. This is a WikiProject request to not PROD/speedy delete/Afd the article for 2-3 hours.

Article alerts

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events/Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 05 Aug 2022 – August 2022 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ZaniGiovanni (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
• 03 Aug 2022 – 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Curbon7 (t · c); see discussion (43 participants)
• 28 Jul 2022 – 2022 Eastern Kentucky floods (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Cabin134 (t · c) was closed; see discussion (15 participants)

Requested moves

• 05 Aug 2022 – Operation Breaking Dawn (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2022 Israel–Palestine escalation by Selfstudier (t · c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2022 – July 2022 United States floods (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2022 United States summer floods by Elijahandskip (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Jul 2022 – Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack by InvadingInvader (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Jul 2022 – Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Criminal charges in the January 6 United States Capitol attack by InvadingInvader (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 25 Jul 2022 – 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2022 Sri Lankan protests by Sgnpkd (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 08 Mar 2022 – 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 04 Aug 2022 – Draft:2022 MBTA Safety Crisis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ForksForks (t · c)
• 01 Aug 2022 – Draft:2022 British Telecom strikes (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by SoThisIsPeter (t · c) was moved to 2022 British Telecom strikes (talk · edit · hist) by SoThisIsPeter (t · c) (author) on 02 Aug 2022
• 30 Jul 2022 – Draft:2022 monkeypox outbreak in Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Taiwanexplorer36051 (t · c) was declined by Greenman (t · c) on 01 Aug 2022

Participants

• Anonymous101 (talk) - joined 19:46, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
• joturner - joined 6 April 2006
• GT - joined 6 April 2006
• Ptcollins - joined 5 November 2006
• Qxukhgiels (talk) 20:45, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
• Waldir ^talk 16:42, 21 June 2014 (UTC) (worked on User:Waldir/DateMatrix)
• Jackninja5 (talk) 07:08, 29 January 2015 (UTC) Working on years in countries usually found on Current events portals.
• sm8900. Assisting with items related to specific current years, particularly year-based categories, year-based timelines, etc etc. Sm8900 (talk) 15:08, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
• TheEpicGhosty (talk) 02:47, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
• Elijahandskip (talk) - joined 13:38, 4 April 2020 (UTC) - Current WikiProject Coordinator
• TomCat4680 (talk) 02:40, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• CoryGlee (talk) 13:01, 9 April 2020 (UTC)
• Wakari07 (talk) 01:50, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
• RaqiwasSushi (talk) 02:04, 10 April 2020 (UTC)
• GWA88 (talk) 09:20, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
• Capitalistroadster (talk) 01:40, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
• Autarch (talk) Autarch (talk) 16:20, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
• Love of Corey (talk) 02:10, 2 May 2020 (UTC)
• Kingsif (talk) 20:01, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
• Nizil (talk) 16:20, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
• Dey subrata (talk) 16:50, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
• --Sm8900 (talk) 16:10, 12 May 2020 (UTC) I'm glad to see this WikiProject being renewed as active again. i signed up a few years ago, but I am formally signing up again now, since this is now active again. thanks!!
• Dantheanimator (talk) 01:26, 30 May 2020 (UTC) I'll help the best I can
• PatTag2659 (talk) 12:26, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
• CurrentWeather (talk) 14:56, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
• IveGonePostal (talk) 12:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
• Araesmojo (talk) 16:59, 21 October 2020 (UTC) Favorite project on enWP from a reader perspective, glad to help.
• ~ Destroyeraa🌀 18:03, 21 October 2020 (UTC) Helps out at ITN, part of WikiProject Tropical cyclones.
• EdgarCabreraFariña (talk) 18:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
• SMB99thx my edits 22:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC) Frequently visited Portal:Current events, I'll do anything in case there is a vandalism.
• Shhhhwwww!! (talk) 00:17, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
• OakMapping (talk) 12:11, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
• ~ 🌀 SCS CORONA 🌀 12:01, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
• HurricaneCovid _(contribs) 03:00, 9 March 2021 (UTC) I can help out with current event articles within the realm of either WPTC or WPNTS.
• LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 16:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC) I work on numerous articles pertaining to current events, especially those on natural disasters and wars.
• Uses x (talk • contribs) 12:38, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
• Keepcalmandchill (please ping in responses) (talk) 08:17, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
• MattSucci (talk) 08:56, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
• User:Yokohama1989 (talk) 08:27, 5 May 2022 (UTC) I like writing military related articles (especially OSINT related), as well as articles relating to civil disturbances and political change.
• Jamisonsupame (talk) 03:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to the project

Everyone is Welcome. If you would like to join, just add your name and time of joining to the Participates list above.

Current discussions

How this section works?

As problems on the Portal:Current events can happen easily, this section is available to discuss topics instead of debates with edit summaries. This section is also available for discussions about articles the WikiProject is involved in.

Discussion for Barilaro v Shanks-Markovina

I've added this blurb (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2022_June_6&oldid=1091785576) earlier:

Google has been ordered to pay AUD 715,000 to former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro because its YouTube division while acting as a publisher “facilitated, published and kept up” videos by Shanks-Markovina. (ABC News Australia) (The Guardian Australia)

Alsoriano97 has reverted this, believing that this is a trivial, regional matter not realizing that it has been a reversal to the general consensus that user-generated sites are not liable for users' actions. I've chosen ABC Australia and the Australian bureau as these provided the most in-depth story, but it was also reported by international media like Al Jazeera (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/6/google-told-to-pay-australian-politician-515000-for-defamation), CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/06/google-ordered-to-pay-australian-politician-over-youtube-videos.html) and Washington Post (paywalled: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/australian-court-makes-google-pay-515000-for-defamation/2022/06/06/f4cca2c8-e572-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html). Even the CNBC summary said

The ruling revives the question of how much culpability technology firms have for defamation conveyed by users on their websites in Australia, one of few Western nations where online platforms have the same legal responsibility as publishers.

Which has been a hot potato for user-generated platforms like YouTube, Twitter or even Wikipedia. - 2001:4453:561:CE00:64C3:E863:BA65:C7B (talk) 12:29, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

List of articles the Project is working on

NOTE: This list is incomplete and always changing. You can help by adding new articles that are relevant in the news.

Recently Added Articles

Work In Progress: Will be a section for the WikiProject members to quickly see new articles that the project oversees.

• China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735

Current Event Articles (Non-COVID-19)

This is a list of articles the Current Event WikiProject is active in, however, this list is not related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 2020s in economic history
• 2020s in environmental history
• 2020s in military history
• 2020s in political history

COVID-19 Related Articles

See: Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events/COVID-19 related articles.

As the COVID-19 pandemic is a on-going pandemic, the Current Event WikiProject considers all articles related to the pandemic to be "Current Events".

Task forces

Any editor is welcome to create a task force for any current event. The task force can be a way to get more editors from the WikiProject invested in a specific event. To create a task force start a project page as “Wikipedia:WikiProject Current events/(Insert task force name)”. Since the WikiProject only covers current events, most task forces will be closed once the event is no longer a current event.

List of active task forces

Currently, the WikiProject of Current Events is operating two active task forces.

• 2022 monkeypox outbreak task force

List of inactive or closed task forces

This will be a list of WikiProject task forces that are either inactive or closed. Any editor is welcome to reopen/revive task forces on this list.

• Robb Elementary School shooting task force
• Court Case Task Force

Other templates

• {{Current}}
• {{Current events editnotice}} – includes best practices for current events articles
• {{Portal:Current events/Calendar box}}
• {{Portal:Current events/News Browser}}