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This page in a nutshell: The recurring events listed on this page are considered suitable for inclusion on the Main Page in the In the news section every time they occur. Other recurring events may also be included if they satisfy the usual ITN criteria. |
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This page is a supplement to the existing criteria for the In the news (ITN) section on the Main Page. There is frequent discussion about the recurring events on ITN – this guideline is an attempt to standardize which get included.
Scheduled sporting events and other recurring items are different from other ITN candidates because editors can foresee them and prepare for their inclusion. There is no reason not to have a pre-existing list of approved events. Such a list also assists editors in ensuring a reasonably balanced coverage (of for example, different sports) over time.
Items which are listed on this page are considered to have already satisfied the 'importance' criterion for inclusion on ITN, every time they occur. However, the relevant article(s) will still have to be updated appropriately and proposed on the candidates page before being posted.
NOTE: This is not intended to pre-empt other ITN criteria regarding inclusion, such as inclusion of unusual and particularly important events.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prizes, specifically:
Expected stories per year: 6 (over a period of 6 successive weekdays)
[edit] Human rights
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Mathematics
Expected stories per year: 1 or 2
[edit] Arts
[edit] Architecture
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Film
- Academy Awards, (Academy Award for Best Picture)
- BAFTA Awards, (BAFTA Award for Best Film)
- Cannes International Film Festival (Palme d'Or)
- Venice International Film Festival (Leone d’Oro)
- Berlin International Film Festival (Golden Bear)
- Toronto International Film Festival (People's Choice Award)
- Filmfare Awards (Filmfare Award for Best Movie)
Expected stories per year: 7
[edit] Literature
- Man Booker Prize
- Man Booker International Prize
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- Hugo Awards (Hugo Award for Best Novel)
Expected stories per year: 3 in even years, 4 in odd years
[edit] Music
Expected stories per year: 2
[edit] Poetry
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Struga Poetry Evenings (Golden Wreath Laureate)
Expected stories per year: 1.1 (once every year + once every decade)
[edit] Television
- Emmy Award (Best Comedy and Best Drama)
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Theatre
Expected stories per year: 2
[edit] Discoveries
[edit] Science
Expected stories per year: about 0.5.[6]
[edit] Elections & Heads of State
- United Nations Security Council elections.[7]
- The results of general elections in:
- All states on the List of sovereign states;
- European Union elections.
- Disputed states and dependent territories should be discussed at WP:ITN/C and judged on their own merits.
- The results of the elections for head of state:
- In the those countries which qualify under the criteria above, and where the head of state is an elected position
- Indirect elections, including papal elections, are also included
- The succession of a head of state:
- In the those countries which qualify under the criteria above, and where head of state is not an elected position.
Note that coronations, inaugurations, etcetera are generally not posted. Changes to the head of government are discussed on their own merits. If election is held in two rounds, only the second round results (i.e., when the official is actually elected) are usually posted.
[edit] Exhibitions, fairs and summits
For each of these events, the ITN blurb should link to the specific article for that year's meeting.
[edit] Technology
[edit] Economic and political summits
- World Economic Forum summits
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summits
- G8 summits
- G20 summits
- BRICS summits
[edit] World's fairs
- The opening of World's fairs[8]
[edit] Celestial events
- Total solar eclipses (including hybrid eclipses)
- Any meteor storm, i.e. a meteor shower which reaches ZHR > 1,000[9]
- Any Great Comet[10]
Expected stories per year: 0 or 1 eclipses[11]; meteors and comets are impossible to predict, but historically 0-2 per decade
[edit] Space exploration
- The launch of manned orbital spaceflights
- The first and last launches of any type of rocket
- Launch failures where sufficient details are available to update the article
- A country conducting its first successful indigenous orbital launch
- The launch of space stations or major components thereof
- Arrival of probes (to lunar orbit and beyond) at their destinations
[edit] Sports
Every entry applies to the conclusion of the tournament or series
[edit] Badminton
Expected stories per year: 1 in odd years, 2 in even years
[edit] Baseball
- World Series[13]
- Japan Series[14]
- World Baseball Classic – or whatever form the tournament takes in years to come
Expected stories per year: 2, 3 every 4 years
[edit] Basketball
Expected stories per year: 3 in Olympic and odd-numbered years, 2 otherwise
[edit] Chess
Expected stories per year: 2 in even years, 0 in odd years
[edit] Cricket
Expected stories per year: ~3
[edit] Cue sports
Expected stories per year: 2
[edit] Cycling
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Football (American)
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Football (Association)
- World Cups:
- The following confederation championships:
- The following continental club championships:
- The following leagues:
Expected stories per year: about 5, except for the year after the Olympics with 3
[edit] Football (Australian)
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Football (Canadian)
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Football (Gaelic)
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Football (Rugby league)
Expected stories per year: ~ 2 per year
[edit] Football (Rugby Union)
Expected stories per year: 4, 5 every 4 years
[edit] Golf
- Individual:
- Team:
Expected stories per year: 5 (4 majors + 1 Ryder/Presidents)
[edit] Handball
Expected stories per year: 2 in odd years, 0 otherwise
[edit] Horse Racing
- In the event of another Triple Crown Winner[17]
- Kentucky Derby
- Grand National
- Melbourne Cup
Expected stories per year: 3+
[edit] Hurling
Expected stories per year: 1
[edit] Ice Hockey
Expected stories per year: 2
[edit] Marathons
Expected stories per year: 5
[edit] Motorsport
- Triple Crown of Motorsport:
- Motorcycle racing:
- Moto GP (Drivers champion)
- Rallying:
- World Rally Championship (Drivers champion)
- Dakar rally
- Single seater racing:
- Formula One (Drivers and constructors champions)
- Stock car racing:
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Drivers champion)
Expected stories per year: 8
[edit] Netball
Expected stories per year: Nil, every 4 years only
[edit] Table tennis
Expected stories per year: Nil, 1 every 2 years only
[edit] Tennis
Expected stories per year: 4
[edit] Volleyball
- FIVB World Championship (men and women)
[edit] Yachting
Expected stories per year: Nil, every 2++ years only and every 3 years only
[edit] Multi-sport events
Opening and closing ceremonies of the:
Opening of the:
Expected stories per year: 3 in Summer Olympic years (2004, 2008, 2012), 5 in Winter Olympic years (2006, 2010, 2014), 1 in Pan American Games years (2007, 2011, 2015), Nil in intervening years (2005, 2009, 2013)
[edit] World records
- A world record (in an event such as aquatics or athletics) that is broken either: by an unusually large margin, after a very long time period, or in a highly publicized event (e.g., 100 metre dash)
[edit] Notes
- ^ ITN/C discussion
- ^ Announced in 2000, only one of the seven prizes available has been awarded as of 2010
- ^ ITN/C discussion
- ^ Taken as the publication of the discovery in a peer-reviewed scientific journal
- ^ In the event that the two organizations do not name them simultaneously, the official naming should only be posted once.
- ^ In the past two decades nine new elements have been reported, and about five officially named.[dated info]
- ^ In previous years, the item has been added to ITN when the new members take their seats (1 January) rather than when the results were announced (during October)
- ^ Only those officially recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions and ExpoMuseum
- ^ These are "both extremely rare (once in decades) and extremely hard to predict"
- ^ There is no objective measure of exactly what constitutes a Great Comet, but consensus is for 'clearly visible by naked eye even to those who weren't specifically looking for it'. See two sets of discussion at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/June 2010. Note Comet Holmes was considered significant enough for ITN when it brightened to mag +2.8, despite never receiving the 'Great' appellation.
- ^ See List of solar eclipses in the 21st century for exact dates
- ^ a b c d e f With both the men's and women's results being posted together.
- ^ Usually including the World Series Most Valuable Player Award
- ^ First posted in 2009 after consensus was reached.
- ^ Usually including the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- ^ Usually including the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
- ^ There has not been one since 1978.
- ^ Usually including the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy
- ^ In Olympic years, the Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Finals replaces the World Championship; if the World Cup of Hockey ever returns, it too would replace the World Championship.
