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Early report about "landfill" visit
"Landfill" is mentioned in the wiki-article.--Note: the sources for the news report, seems to be two persons which are off the record (and the wiki-article should probably note that there are two non-official sources or whatever).--Please also feel free to reconsider where in the article to place (other?) wild hunches et cetera. Thank you. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 05:31, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I removed the landfill comment earlier as it was contentious (and AP News who was cited by everyone on the landfill claim had removed it from their own article) and added a notice about the anonymous source. :-) Neiglass (talk) 12:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I also mentioned the landfill thing before checking the Talk section (my bad). Still, the theory is now reported by most media outlets internationally, and is consistent with much older reports and posts about the popularity of this Ushuaia landfill birdwatching site. Mv (talk) 14:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I didn't realise that the landfill mention was removed from the text of the AP News source, even though the video in the same article still displays the landfill: https://apnews.com/article/argentina-hantavirus-cruise-ship-5841c25be9aa6dd3cd6edc81c74609de (as of 6 May 2026). Mv (talk) 14:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Species, not strain
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The word strain is a terribly overloaded term, but as far as virology concerned things considered to be the same "strain" should have a reasonably recent common ancestor. The better term describing the designation "Andes virus", as used by Science in https://www.science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory, is "species". A strain would be named like: CHI-Hu1372. Artoria2e5 🌉 10:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Does virological precision take precedent over consensus terminology in major secondary sources? All major news outlets seem to use strain and not species. Happy to hear opinions! Neiglass (talk) 10:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, i would say so, user:Neiglass.--The lede should say precisely what the situation is: Andes virus, not "Andes strain of ...". Thereafter one can add the dumbed-down phrases used by non-expert media outlets; add later in the article, and perhaps also in the lede too.--This article might reasonably state that, among Andes viruses (grammar, plural-form), research since year ... have found only x number of variants and/or lineages and/or species. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 10:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)/~2026-27573-13 (talk) 11:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Furthermore, anyone should consider finding out if the following is an okay description of the situation: The species includes multiple lineages, such as Andes Sur (which has further clades), Andes Cent Plata, Andes Cent Bs.As., and specific isolates like CHI-7913 and the 2018 Epuyén strain.--(I have not done online searches for references to the c. six separate topics within that statement.) ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 11:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)- I disagree to an extent. This is an article about the outbreak itself, not the Andes virus. Details on lineages should probably go there.
- I am not a Wikipedia expert however. Let's hold off on this until more people share their thoughts. :-) Neiglass (talk) 12:27, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I do not believe prior research on the Andes virus belongs in this article.
- If so, why would this not go under background?
- Not trying to be destructive, just interested in the justifications! Neiglass (talk) 12:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Yes, i would say so, user:Neiglass.--The lede should say precisely what the situation is: Andes virus, not "Andes strain of ...". Thereafter one can add the dumbed-down phrases used by non-expert media outlets; add later in the article, and perhaps also in the lede too.--This article might reasonably state that, among Andes viruses (grammar, plural-form), research since year ... have found only x number of variants and/or lineages and/or species. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 10:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)/~2026-27573-13 (talk) 11:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Unfortunately there is no option for Virus or virus species in the infobox, just virus strain.
- The article 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak has "virus strain" in the infobox. That probably needs updating too. I agree it is not a "strain" but a species.
- Im updating the infobox template to include virus as a parameter Javan Rhino (talk) 13:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
. Thanks, user:Javan Rhino. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 14:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Done- Unfortunately its extended confirmed protected so I cannot modify the template to include "Virus" parameter. Someone else would have to dot it Javan Rhino (talk) 14:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Javan Rhino, in theory, I could make the change, but it should be discussed first at Template talk:Infobox outbreak among users more familiar with the infobox and the issues. Feel free to start a new discussion there about the proposal. If you do, please ping me to it, leave a link here for others to follow, and consider adding a feedback request linking to the new discussion from WT:WikiProject Viruses. Note that strain has been mentioned several times in previous discussions on the page. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 18:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Mathglot @Javan Rhino, another editor has started a discussion about the 'strain' parameter: Template talk:Infobox outbreak#"Strain" parameters —Myceteae🍄🟫 (talk) 13:54, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Javan Rhino, in theory, I could make the change, but it should be discussed first at Template talk:Infobox outbreak among users more familiar with the infobox and the issues. Feel free to start a new discussion there about the proposal. If you do, please ping me to it, leave a link here for others to follow, and consider adding a feedback request linking to the new discussion from WT:WikiProject Viruses. Note that strain has been mentioned several times in previous discussions on the page. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 18:21, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Unfortunately its extended confirmed protected so I cannot modify the template to include "Virus" parameter. Someone else would have to dot it Javan Rhino (talk) 14:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Good edits have turned bad. Now the lede says: "The specific strain of hantavirus is the Andes virus".--If anyone wants to know names of various strains of Andes virus, then please see Andes_virus#Strains.--If People Magazine or Reuters, claim the existence of "The Andes strain", that does not mean that it is a fact. Expert sources talk about the Andes virus being a species of hantavirus. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 19:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Not sure I agree. I think Neiglass's comment of 10:36, 7 May poses the right question. If you consider this article to be an article about biomedical content (and therefore sourced by WP:MEDRS-compliant academic sources), then it should probably be species. If you consider this article to be about a topic of general interest (and therefore sourced by reliable, general interest publications) then it should probably be whatever term they use, even if it is inaccurate from a technical point of view. It certainly seems to me to be far more the latter than the former. Mathglot (talk) 19:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- The article now says: "The specific species of hantavirus is the Andes virus, the only hantavirus capable of human-to-human transmission." Consider adding an afterthought, such as: "The Andes virus strain", is a phrase used by some media outlets.--There is also another thing to consider: If the article does not start out with precise/irrefutable info, then that can often be a turn-off to quite a few pundits, just as they were about to add something to an article.--Anyway, thanks to user:Artoria2e5, who bothered opening this thread, without mincing words. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I suspect this may be a disappointment to you, but Wikipedia does not deal with "irrefutable info". As an online encyclopedia, we are a tertiary source that summarizes the majority view of secondary, reliable sources. If the majority of reliable sources get it "wrong", then so do we. (And yes, you can summarize a difference in majority/minority view among reliable sources in the article.) Finally, we write for our readers and in accordance with our policies and guidelines, not to please other editors, pundits though they be. Mathglot (talk) 20:12, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I am not disappointed in the first post in this thread, sourcing Science.org and "species".--No other disappointments either, however my expectations are not high, as long as there is no push for looking at what is majority view among expert sources.--While we are on the topic of RS: there are RS that are using the phrase "virus ship" and "rat-virus ship". You might want to give advice if those phrases are something we should look closer at; i have no advice about that. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 20:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I suspect this may be a disappointment to you, but Wikipedia does not deal with "irrefutable info". As an online encyclopedia, we are a tertiary source that summarizes the majority view of secondary, reliable sources. If the majority of reliable sources get it "wrong", then so do we. (And yes, you can summarize a difference in majority/minority view among reliable sources in the article.) Finally, we write for our readers and in accordance with our policies and guidelines, not to please other editors, pundits though they be. Mathglot (talk) 20:12, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- The article now says: "The specific species of hantavirus is the Andes virus, the only hantavirus capable of human-to-human transmission." Consider adding an afterthought, such as: "The Andes virus strain", is a phrase used by some media outlets.--There is also another thing to consider: If the article does not start out with precise/irrefutable info, then that can often be a turn-off to quite a few pundits, just as they were about to add something to an article.--Anyway, thanks to user:Artoria2e5, who bothered opening this thread, without mincing words. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Not sure I agree. I think Neiglass's comment of 10:36, 7 May poses the right question. If you consider this article to be an article about biomedical content (and therefore sourced by WP:MEDRS-compliant academic sources), then it should probably be species. If you consider this article to be about a topic of general interest (and therefore sourced by reliable, general interest publications) then it should probably be whatever term they use, even if it is inaccurate from a technical point of view. It certainly seems to me to be far more the latter than the former. Mathglot (talk) 19:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Infobox, dubious
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"Virus strain Andes virus".
The following diff, on the other hand, gives okay info,
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak&diff=1352983048&oldid=1352982201 ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 13:08, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- "Virus strain Andes virus", has been put back in infobox.--Edit of "10:21, 7 May" has shown (and sourced) that the above is not okay; that expert source is,
science.org/content/article/cruise-ship-s-hantavirus-outbreak-puts-researchers-uncharted-territory
See diff, - en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AMV_Hondius_hantavirus_outbreak&diff=1352970557&oldid=1352948708
See also, Andes_virus#Strains if still confused.--Hypothesis: wikipedia articles about covid, are not sloppy in regard to species vs. "Strain". ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 22:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)- The problem is with {{Infobox outbreak}} labelling things as "strains". Andes virus is a species (well, a common name for the species Orthohantavirus andesense), not a strain, but the infobox doesn't support showing the causal agent of a disease outbreak as anything other than a strain. It's not really any better at COVID-19 pandemic; where the causal agent is shown as "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2". Strain (biology)s (and other "ranks" below species) aren't rigorously defined for viruses, but SARS-CoV-2 is something below a species that includes many further subdivisions that are referred to as "variants". It's even worse at 1906 malaria outbreak in Ceylon, where the "strain" is a genus.
- From the Science article, it seems that the hantavirus on the Hondius hasn't been absolutely confirmed as Andes virus. The causal agent of the Hondius outbreak might be a new strain, or a previously identified strain, but the "strain" certainly won't be known until after the species is confirmed. Plantdrew (talk) 20:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
"contracted the virus while birdwatching"
The way that is written, it might beg the question: Can one get hantavirus from birdwatching (or even can one get hantavirus thru binoculars).--Anyway, anyone should consider looking out for sources that say, the birdwathcher/birdwatchers were roaming the countryside for 4 months (or whatever), and were living in dozens of different huts in the countryside of x amount of countries. Et cetera.--If anyone adds a "clarify tag", then that might seem appropriate. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 13:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Saying "birdwatching", without context seems somewhat alarmist. No one is saying that Global spread of H5N1 in 2004 and those things, were linked to "birdwatching", however our wiki-article could be viewed as somewhat alarmist (i.e. birdwatching does maybe lead to infection of Andes virus, with a 40% chance of death). ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 14:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I've removed it. FantasticWikiUser(Ts and Cs) 05:31, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 7 May 2026
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- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. I'm closing this RM early because it has a snowball's chance in hell of being accepted. The move has 2 supports, 18 opposes, and 2 rejected alternative options. Supporters have given no policy-based justifications for the move, nor a single source that uses the term "2026" to describe the outbreak. Supporters are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review Wikipedia policies like WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CRYSTALBALL and include strong, policy-based arguments in future requested moves. (non-admin closure) Feeglgeef (talk) 13:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak → 2026 hantavirus outbreak – The outbreak has spread past the MV Hondius and is now suspected in 5 countries per CNN. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 14:12, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Support – was going to say wait, looked at the news for evidence, and realised this makes sense. I think maybe we just be bold because the article will need reformatting to cope with this change. The other option is to wait and if it does become a big thing to split the article. JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 14:20, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - I believe that as of writing, All known transmission occured on the boat, where the outbreak began. Therefore the title should relect that.
- It seems to me that the CNN news title is misleading. These seem to be medical evacuations where monitoring is occuring. Other news sources do not describe hantavirus as having cases in multiple countries and "spreading" to these countries, it is a single articleT Javan Rhino (talk) 14:31, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I agree with you. Buddyboi2345 (talk) 07:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per Javan Rhino. I rather wait since it's too early. Even if it become global outbreak (hopefully not), it's most likely to be a separate article anyway. - Ivan530 (Talk) 14:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - per Javan Rhino. If the suspected infection outside the ship (KLM stewardess) is confirmed, AND it spreads to more individuals I would support. Neiglass (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - several things to keep in mind while waiting for some weeks: "Andes virus" is what this is about. Hantavirus outbreaks seem to happen every year, even in the U.S.--This is a Shipboard outbreak, or even a Cruiseship outbreak (and pretty much every thing about the article has to do with non-poor people). ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 15:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- These are important points to consider. Most outbreaks—of hantavirus or any other disease—are not wiki-notable. 2026 hantavirus outbreak may still be acceptable, since no other article plausibly competes for that title, but a more precise title would be better. Andes virus is more precise but less recognizable, certainly at the moment. —Myceteae🍄🟫 (talk) 13:37, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- I say we should change seeing as it is in multiple countries and has been spreading. ~2026-27823-31 (talk) 17:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, per WP:TOOSOON, WP:PRECISE, and WP:NOTCRYSTAL. The current article does not cover, for example, the 2026 Taiwan outbreak unrelated to the cruise ship-related cases. In time, we will see whether reliable sources start talking about the outbreak in terms other than as a cruise ship-related case, but we are not there yet. Wikipedia doesn't lead; we follow. Mathglot (talk) 17:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose as per Mathglot. The outbreak is not global, but a cruise-ship related case. Mcrst.sean (talk) 19:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per Mathglot. Unless it actually spreads on a global scale, the current title is more suitable. Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 19:08, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: largely per Javan Rhino/Mathglot. I'd note also that the CNN article linked in the name change proposal itself is framed around the cruise ship. AntiDionysius (talk) 19:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose, at least for now (hopefully this won't turn into a global outbreak) – it is way too early to move the article to such a name per WP:NOTJUSTYET. Fortek67 (talk) 19:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per Mathglot. Paprikaiser (talk) 21:16, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:TOOSOON, the thus-far limited spread of the hantavirus is entirely from people taken off the cruise ship and is otherwise contained. If transmission spikes from there then it goes to a wider outbreak. At present this is centered on the vessel in question and the current title, "MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak", is more correct. Claire 26 (talk) 21:23, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - per Javan Rhino BelowFlames (talk) 21:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose Definitely could change with future updates but for now, the outbreak is limited to the Andes virus on the ship and the people itself. TheFloridaMan (talk) 22:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - alting to 2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak might be better? Feather&Martin (talk) 00:47, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose alt as well, because it is less concise than the current title that is already plenty precise.
- Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 00:56, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- A bit too long indeed but including the year is necessary. Feather&Martin (talk) 01:56, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- No, it's not. Unless MV Hondius has had hantavirus outbreaks in the past (it hasn't) including the year is redundant. Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 01:58, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Well in the future when people don't even know this outbreak and they won't even be able to know what year it happened by just looking at the title. Feather&Martin (talk) 02:46, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- We aren't trying to inform them what year it happened in the title. Unless you find a policy that says we should. Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 02:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- WP:NCWWW. Feather&Martin (talk) 02:51, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Some articles do not need a year for disambiguation when, in historic perspective, the event is easily described without it
There is no other MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak, if someone talks about that, there is only one possibility it can be. – LuniZunie(talk) 02:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)- Exactly as you said, there is no other MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak. However, just like in WP:NCWWW, "There are no other 'Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami' articles in Wikipedia, but the year is a useful identifier." The year is important no matter how famous it is during the time. The title 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami is already long but still suitable, 2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak should as well. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:02, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- The "2011" part is a major role in this earthquake's legacy, most of the recent sources refer to it as such. In fact, I've never heard the earthquake be described without the 2011 part in my personal life. Compare that to this outbreak, no source refers to this as the "2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak". – LuniZunie(talk) 03:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Because the outbreak happened this year. In the future, it will be necessary to add the year in front of the title. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, not to mention. while there is no other article; I can assure you there are plenty of earthquakes in the region as the region is such a hotspot for earthquakes; we just don't have articles on them. This is different, there is quite literally no other case of this outbreak that a read could potentially be confused with, such is not the case with the earthquake. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- What about the other example "There are no other 'Russian constitutional crisis' articles in Wikipedia"? There is certainly no more smaller constitutional crisis that don't have articles. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:14, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- What other example? – LuniZunie(talk) 03:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- The second example of WP:NCWWW. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- It literally says
and other incidents in Russian history could be construed as a constitutional crisis
. No one is going to confuse this outbreak with another outbreak by this virus because no outbreak from this virus has ever occurred apart from now. If another outbreak did occur then sure, but none has. There has only been one outbreak, so there is no possible way a reader can be confused as of right now. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)- We have already digressed from the original subject. Adding the year is necessary because not anybody will know what year it happened. It is not about the uniqueness about the event, but its convenience to directly know about its date. Take a recent example, 2026 Bekasi train collision. There wasn't another collision in the area before that day, but the year was still included in the title. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- We have not digressed from the original subject at all, it seems as if you claim this because you have no refute against the evidence provided against you. And no, adding the year is not necessary at all, once again why is our Google article not named Google (Information corporation) since not everyone knows it is an information corporation?And per your train collision argument, there are actual other accidents that people can confuse these with. I mean, heck, some of the articles even end with:
In October 2013, a passenger train slammed into a minibus at an unguarded crossing in West Java, killing 13 people. In 2010, a train from Jakarta plowed into the rear of a train that was sitting at a station in Central Java province, killing 36.
And it is quite literally about the uniqueness, that's what disambiguation is used for: when the case is not unique. This is quite clearly a unique scenario. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:31, 8 May 2026 (UTC)- Well about your Google example, a fun fact is that over 90% of all internet users use Google for searches, which means almost every single person using Wikipedia knows it. On the opposite side, the hantavirus outbreak is clearly not an "everyone knows" event, and later on, fewer people will know it or still remember the details.
- And per your two examples of the train collision, first they both don't have their own articles, second, one happened 150 km (93 mi) from Bekasi where the 2026 collision took place and the other one was 320 km (200 mi) from Bekasi, and non of them are even related to there, and it clearly would cause any confusion. It's like the distance from NYC to Boston, 306 km (190 mi) away, will two train crashes happening there cause any confusion? Clearly not. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- First of all, you have no source for
which means almost every single person using Wikipedia knows it
, that's just a guess you've come up with.Second, we don't write titles to be descriptions of the event, we write them to be accurate representations of the sources we use. And my Google example applies to anything, and not only that, according to you those 10% of people should still be accounted for.And yes, if a person is not familiar with U.S. geography, NYC and Boston are absolutely two places people could mix up, you know they are separate but that's because you live only ~500 miles from them and they are both major cities in your general geographic region. And once again, just because they don't have an article doesn't mean they can't be confusing and change how we name other articles.The fact here is, there is absolutely no other hantavirus outbreak this reader could be confused for (because none other have occoured); nor is there any other MV Hondius outbreak (because none other have occurred!).No matter what, I'm done arguing with you here as it is clearly a beyond-lost cause. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:56, 8 May 2026 (UTC)- The 10% is not the people who don't know it, but the people who don't use it. Keep on saying "the 0.01% people who actually don't know Google and still uses Wikipedia should still be accounted for" is pointless.
- There were also another virus outbreak in March 2026, about norovirus outbreak or Caribbean ships. Wouldn't that be confusing as well since most people don't even know or remember the difference between hantavirus and norovirus? Feather&Martin (talk) 04:14, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Once again, multiple recent sources refer to the year. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:17, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- ? Feather&Martin (talk) 03:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Once again, multiple recent sources refer to the year. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:17, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- First of all, you have no source for
- It literally says
- The second example of WP:NCWWW. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- What other example? – LuniZunie(talk) 03:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- What about the other example "There are no other 'Russian constitutional crisis' articles in Wikipedia"? There is certainly no more smaller constitutional crisis that don't have articles. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:14, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Natural disasters are regular occurrences worldwide. A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is unprecedented. There is a reasonable argument that MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak is an exception to the usual practice of including the year, while earthquakes and tsunamis are not. —Myceteae🍄🟫 (talk) 13:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- The "2011" part is a major role in this earthquake's legacy, most of the recent sources refer to it as such. In fact, I've never heard the earthquake be described without the 2011 part in my personal life. Compare that to this outbreak, no source refers to this as the "2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak". – LuniZunie(talk) 03:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Exactly as you said, there is no other MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak. However, just like in WP:NCWWW, "There are no other 'Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami' articles in Wikipedia, but the year is a useful identifier." The year is important no matter how famous it is during the time. The title 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami is already long but still suitable, 2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak should as well. Feather&Martin (talk) 03:02, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- WP:NCWWW. Feather&Martin (talk) 02:51, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- That's not the point however, we don't disambiguate things that don't need disambiguation. You could make the same claim with any article. Like Google isn't called Google (Information corporation) even though that gives more information. That's what the short description, lead, and actual article contents are for. – LuniZunie(talk) 02:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- We aren't trying to inform them what year it happened in the title. Unless you find a policy that says we should. Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 02:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Well in the future when people don't even know this outbreak and they won't even be able to know what year it happened by just looking at the title. Feather&Martin (talk) 02:46, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- No, it's not. Unless MV Hondius has had hantavirus outbreaks in the past (it hasn't) including the year is redundant. Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 01:58, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose Unless more information comes out that shows this is global, it's too soon to move this to a global scale. As stated in arguments above, we follow the precedent, we don't set it. – LuniZunie(talk) 02:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose all The outbreak is not yet on a global scale. WP:CRYSTALBALL applies here. Also oppose the alt because it isn't consise. FantasticWikiUser(Ts and Cs) 05:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose per WP:CRYSTAL. If this becomes a global outbreak, the proposed title makes sense. As it stands, I don't believe it does.-CRR- | talk 07:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose - The proposed new title suggests there was only one hantavirus outbreak in 2026. The year isn't even half over; how can we know there won't be another, similar outbreak not connected to this one? Indeed, it appears there has been another already. JingleJim (talk) 10:34, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Support partly I like the idea of starting short-term events with the year, but the suggestion is too broad, Maybe 2026 Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius Benjamin Trovato (talk) 10:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose second alt "2026 Hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius" because it is not concise enough.
- Grilledcheeseisgreat ✉ 10:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Nobody in the media is calling it the "2026 hantavirus outbreak," so we have no reason to move it. See also WP:CRYSTAL. Lagtrainzzz (talk) 12:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose – This outbreak started on a ship. Not anywhere else in the world. The title reflects that. ALTHOUGH, I would support if it was changed to "2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak".
- (Zakk😎) 13:07, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Yep, it was my proposed alt. Feather&Martin (talk) 13:26, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Support alt to 2026 MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak because it looks longer and has the year in it. TechRestrictions (talk) 13:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC) moved from inside of the move, made after closure Feeglgeef (talk) 13:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- Post-RM comment: The confusion here helps illustrate why 2026 hantavirus outbreak is imprecise. —Myceteae🍄🟫 (talk) 01:27, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Timeline section format
Hi, general question. The timeline section is currently just bullet points of bolded dates with key events after it had been reverted by @JacobTheRox who felt the chart that I had converted the format to was unnecessary. I personally feel that the information is better presented in a chart format and looks cleaner but am open to suggestions. Leaky.Solar (talk) 14:34, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- The table was poorly formatted. The second column each contained single bullet points, and some references were split incorrectly. Wikipedia:Table dos and don'ts says "Don't use tables for visual layout." The data is not meant for a table. Timeline articles are normally formatted like this or with each date as a heading then bullet points underneath, but we don't have enough for that. JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 14:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I can confirm timeline sections are usually formatted with bullet points Labratscientist (talk) 14:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @RoyalSilver I noticed that you changed the timeline to a table. See this discussion, and if you think a table is more appropriate make a case here. In the meantime, I have reverted it. Neiglass (talk) 07:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Neiglass, thank you RoyalSilver 13:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- @RoyalSilver I noticed that you changed the timeline to a table. See this discussion, and if you think a table is more appropriate make a case here. In the meantime, I have reverted it. Neiglass (talk) 07:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- I can confirm timeline sections are usually formatted with bullet points Labratscientist (talk) 14:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Outbreak section
As it stands now, the outbreak section is bound to get very large over the next days. I would propose to remove some of the less important details, and rather create separate sections for more important events. For example, some of the patient details can be removed and instead be put in a table summarizing all the suspected and confirmed cases including deaths. Neiglass (talk) 14:59, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I considered making a separate section for ones off the boat but it messed up the chronology. I've used lvl3 headers for the dates. JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 15:20, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
the Dutch couple, or
"along Netherlanders' travel".--Anyone should consider rewriting that. (I am guessing that is not a normal phrase in modern English.) ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 15:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Done JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 15:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Infected table
Is there a benefit in adding a table showing the status of infected, deceased and suspected cases? The infected are the main subject in this, and the number and their status changes by the day. It is difficult to keep it 100% correct throughout the text so adding a table could be of value for clarity.
However, difficult to maintain if this spreads further. Neiglass (talk) 16:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I am neutral to the idea.--Note: a table should perhaps be able to (largely) include age. Other info that perhaps should be able to be included: "This patient has been called Patient One in research-study ...". ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 18:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Number of passengers
The number of passengers has been disputed and keeps being changed in the article. The ship operator released a timeline of passengers embarking and disembarking the ship, which should be incorporated in the text. Using the numbers from their press release should be fine by WP:PRIMARY.
Also, a press release from 4 May stated 149 individuals being on board.
In combination, they can be combined to find the number of individuals on the ship at any points, resolving the existing ambiguity. Neiglass (talk) 17:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- The section about the ship, has such info, for now. I think that info could reasonably be ordered as follows: The ship had c. 149 passengers when it left Argentina (some sources say 147 passengers). As of date ..., there seems to be c. x-number passengers.
- Towards the end of the section:
- The ship also has accommodation for
196 passengers anda crew of 72. As of date ... , c. y-number of the crew has transferred/moved off the ship. Authorities and epidemologists and other experts have spent some days or hours on the ship, during the first week of May. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 19:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC) ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 19:01, 7 May 2026 (UTC) - no longer needed due to new press releases. Neiglass (talk) 08:49, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Resolved
Flight from RSA to NL ?
Do we have information on what flight, the infected flight attendant was on? -- ~2026-25149-07 (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Ticket prices
"Berth prices on the cruise ranged from 14,000 to 22,000 Euros."--Anyone should consider removing that promotional stuff. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 22:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- I added it as I believe it is contains value on the type of cruise this was. The fact that this was an expensive expedition, catered to wealthy individuals contains value in my opinion. I don't see how this article can be perceived as promotional, this must be some of the worst publicity a company can get. Opinions on this are always welcome! Neiglass (talk) 22:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- "Expensive" might have a lot to do if it was say a one-week cruise for that price.--One might want to look for sources saying that this cruise has a relatively low dollars-per-month ticket, or good-value, or budget, or a lot of bang-for-the-buck.--However, i do not quite see what the prices have to do with the price of eggs, or the price-of-rat-droppings. ~2026-27573-13 (talk) 22:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
7 people are confirmed with virus
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7 people are confirmed with virus ~2026-27759-39 (talk) 03:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. – LuniZunie(talk) 03:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Extending the timeline
Can anyone also include the hours and minutes the events in the timeline happened? Absolute Rainbow (talk) 04:29, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Not done This information isn't necessarily known; it would be inconsistent to only have it for some dates; please provide RS for specific timings you want to be added. JacobTheRox(talk | contributions) 07:41, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

