Wikipedia:In the news/Recurring items

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This guideline is a supplement to the criteria for the In the news (ITN) section of the Main Page. It standardizes which recurring events are included in ITN.

Scheduled sporting events and other recurring items are different from other ITN candidates, because editors can foresee them and prepare for their potential inclusion. ITN editors have therefore produced this list of pre-approved events, which has been developed through discussion and consensus. The list assists editors in ensuring reasonably balanced coverage (for example of different sports) over time. It also avoids the need to debate an event's importance every time it occurs, providing consistency between years.

Items listed on this page are considered to have already satisfied the "importance" criterion for inclusion on ITN, every time they occur. This does not guarantee the item will be posted. The relevant article still needs to be appropriately updated, be of sufficient quality, and be nominated on the candidates page (ITN/C) before being posted. As with all ITN nominations, the posting (or not) of a recurring item can be weighed against whether it best serves the encyclopedia.

Any changes to this list, such as adding or removing an item, should be discussed at WT:ITN to gain consensus first. Items that are not on this list can still be nominated at ITN/C and discussed individually, where they will be assessed against the usual ITN criteria.

Awards

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Nobel Prizes

Expected stories per year: 6 (over a period of 6 successive weekdays)

Human rights

Expected stories per year: 1 (not including Nobel Peace Prize, listed above)

Mathematics

Expected stories per year: 1-3

Computing

Expected stories per year: 1

Arts

Architecture

Expected stories per year: 1

Film

Expected stories per year: 6

Literature

Expected stories per year: 4 (not including Nobel Prize in Literature, listed above)

Music

Expected stories per year: 2

Television

Expected stories per year: 1

Theatre

Expected stories per year: 2

Video games

Expected stories per year: 1

Discoveries

Science

Expected stories per year: <1[note 4]

Elections and heads of state and government

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Celestial events

Expected stories per year: 0 or 1 eclipses;[note 8] meteors and comets are impossible to predict, but historically 0–2 per decade

Space exploration

  • A country conducting its first successful indigenous orbital launch
  • The launch of space stations or installation of new major components thereof
  • Arrival of spacecraft (to lunar orbit and beyond) at their destinations[22]

Sports

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Entries which refer to events where men's and women's events are concurrent (unless otherwise specified) are generally posted as a combined blurb, as long as both articles are of a sufficient quality. In terms of timing, events are generally posted as soon as a winner is determined. Generally, the specific event article for that year/time period is the target article in the blurb (for example, 2016 Tour de France rather than the broader Tour de France); winning individuals or teams may be targets but their articles must meet the same ITN quality requirements as the event.

  • The Olympics, as the world's leading multi-day multi-sport event, is accepted as an appropriate "ongoing" entry.[23]
  • The Commonwealth Games was posted as an "ongoing" entry in 2014.[24]
  • The FIFA World Cup is accepted as an appropriate "ongoing" entry.[25]
  • Nominations for various other multi-day single sport events for the "ongoing" section of ITN have failed, with a handful of exceptions.[26]
    • The exceptions to this have been the Women's Football World Cup in 2015,[27] 2019[28] and 2023,[29] and the Cricket World Cup in 2019.[30]

Athletics

Expected stories per year: 0.5 (one every odd year)

Baseball

Expected stories per year: 2.25 (two yearly, plus one every four years)

Basketball

Expected stories per year: 3.25

Chess

Expected stories per year: 2 in even years, 0 in odd

Cricket

Expected stories per year: 1–3

Cue sports

Expected stories per year: 1

Cycling

Expected stories per year: 2

Darts

Expected stories per year: 1

Football (American)

Expected stories per year: 1

Football (association)

Expected stories per year: about 6, except for the year after the Olympics with 4

Football (Australian)

Expected stories per year: 1

Football (Canadian)

Expected stories per year: 1

Football (Gaelic)

Expected stories per year: 1

Golf

Expected stories per year: 4.5 (4 majors + 0.5 Ryder)

Handball

Expected stories per year: 0.5 (one every odd year)

Horse racing

Expected stories per year: 4

Ice hockey

Expected stories per year: 1

Marathons

Selected World Marathon Majors:

Expected stories per year: 3

Motorsport

Expected stories per year: 6

Netball

Expected stories per year: 0.25 (one every four years)

Rugby league

Expected stories per year: 2.25

Rugby union

Expected stories per year: 3 in even years, 4 in odd years

Skiing

Expected stories per year: 1

Sumo

Expected stories per year: ~0.3 (from 2007–25 there were seven promotions, see dates on list of yokozuna)

Tennis

The Grand Slams:[1]

Expected stories per year: 4

Volleyball

Expected stories per year: 2 in odd years, 0 in even

Yachting

Expected stories per year: ~0.3 (every 3 or 4 years – most recent was 2024, next is 2027)

Multi-sport events

Expected stories per year: 2.25 (3 in Summer Olympic years, 4 in Winter Olympic years, 1 in odd-numbered years)

Notes

  1. [1]
    Announced in 2000, only one of the seven prizes available has been awarded as of 2024
  2. [2]
    Taken as the publication of the discovery in a peer reviewed scientific journal
  3. [3]
    In the event that the two organizations do not name them simultaneously, the official naming should only be posted once.
  4. [4]
    Between 2000 and 2020, five new elements were reported (see Timeline of chemical element discoveries) and nine were officially named, but on some occasions multiple elements were reported or named simultaneously.
  5. [5]
    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). This is because the elections are not usually heavily competitive, and 1 January is in the middle of a very slow news period every year.
  6. [6]
    These are "both extremely rare (once in decades) and extremely hard to predict"
  7. [7]
    There is no objective measure of exactly what constitutes a Great Comet, but ITN consensus is for 'clearly visible by naked eye, even to those who weren't specifically looking for it'. See two sets of discussions 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.
  8. [8]
    See List of solar eclipses in the 21st century for exact dates
  9. [9]
    Usually including the World Series Most Valuable Player Award
  10. [10]
    Usually including the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
  11. [11]
    Usually including the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
  12. [12]
    Only posted if a single horse wins all three races. Unsuccessful attempts are not included.
  13. [13]
    Usually including the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy
  14. [14]
    Constructors' only mentioned alongside a Drivers' nomination. No separate post if won at different times. See WPT:ITN#Remove constructors title. (October 2022)
  15. [15]
    Both the men's and women's results posted together.

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