Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/5 December 2009

Murder of Meredith Kercher

This seems to be a reasonably high-profile case with some degree of international implications. Prosecutors have requested a life sentence for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, and a verdict is expected on Dec 5. [1] --BorgQueen (talk) 14:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Knox and Sollecito are found guilty. [2] --BorgQueen (talk) 06:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the article is... somewhat messy. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If the article is improved, I Support; the case received great coverage in Italy, the UK, and the USA over the past couple of years. HonouraryMix (talk) 10:09, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support in principle, if the article is brought up to scratch. I suggest the blurb 'Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher, in a widely publicised trial in Perugia' Modest Genius ^talk 11:38, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been cleaned up a bit; posting soon. --BorgQueen (talk) 12:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Object I think it should be removed for lacking in significance. Apart from the media frenzy, it has little impact on anything, eg political murders (eg Pim Fortuyn), terrorist attacks, foreign policy changes, elections, natural disasters. It has no more impact than any other murder. YellowMonkey (bananabucket) (Invincibles finally at Featured topic candidates) 12:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Yellowmonkey's Oppose. This seems more like tabloid fluff than substantial news (by 'substantial I'm meaning 'substantial enough for WP:ITN).--Johnsemlak (talk) 14:39, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose just another murder trial. Has no real significane other than to the families and friends directly involved. Jolly Ω Janner 14:41, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Very well. Going to remove it. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Election results finally in

The results of the Namibian general election, 2009 and Equatorial Guinean presidential election, 2009 are now in. Both winners have pictures which would solve out image shortage at the moment. The Namibian election is currently tagged with {{update}} though - Dumelow (talk) 12:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Posting Equatorial Guinean presidential election, 2009 soon. --BorgQueen (talk) 12:24, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]