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Former good article nomineeCOVID-19 pandemic was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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In the news News items involving this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on January 20, 2020, January 28, 2020, January 31, 2020, February 4, 2020, March 11, 2020, and March 16, 2020.
Current status: Former good article nominee

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01. Superseded by #9
The first few sentences of the lead's second paragraph should state The virus is typically spread during close contact and via respiratory droplets produced when people cough or sneeze.[1][2] Respiratory droplets may be produced during breathing but the virus is not considered airborne.[1] It may also spread when one touches a contaminated surface and then their face.[1][2] It is most contagious when people are symptomatic, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear.[2] (RfC March 2020)
02. Superseded by #7
The infobox should feature a per capita count map most prominently, and a total count by country map secondarily. (RfC March 2020)
03. Obsolete
The article should not use {{Current}} at the top. (March 2020)

04. Do not include a sentence in the lead section noting comparisons to World War II. (March 2020)

05. Cancelled

Include subsections covering the domestic responses of Italy, China, Iran, the United States, and South Korea. Do not include individual subsections for France, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and Japan. (RfC March 2020) Include a short subsection on Sweden focusing on the policy controversy. (May 2020)

Subsequently overturned by editing and recognized as obsolete. (July 2024)
06. Obsolete
There is a 30 day moratorium on move requests until 26 April 2020. (March 2020)

07. There is no consensus that the infobox should feature a confirmed cases count map most prominently, and a deaths count map secondarily. (May 2020)

08. Superseded by #16
The clause on xenophobia in the lead section should read ...and there have been incidents of xenophobia and discrimination against Chinese people and against those perceived as being Chinese or as being from areas with high infection rates. (RfC April 2020)
09. Cancelled

Supersedes #1. The first several sentences of the lead section's second paragraph should state The virus is mainly spread during close contact[a] and by small droplets produced when those infected cough,[b] sneeze or talk.[1][2][4] These droplets may also be produced during breathing; however, they rapidly fall to the ground or surfaces and are not generally spread through the air over large distances.[1][5][6] People may also become infected by touching a contaminated surface and then their face.[1][2] The virus can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours.[7] Coronavirus is most contagious during the first three days after onset of symptoms, although spread may be possible before symptoms appear and in later stages of the disease. (April 2020)

Notes

  1. ^ Close contact is defined as 1 metres (3 feet) by the WHO[1] and 2 metres (6 feet) by the CDC.[2]
  2. ^ An uncovered cough can travel up to 8.2 metres (27 feet).[3]
On 17:16, 6 April 2020, these first several sentences were replaced with an extracted fragment from the coronavirus disease 2019 article, which at the time was last edited at 17:11.

010. The article title is COVID-19 pandemic. The title of related pages should follow this scheme as well. (RM April 2020, RM August 2020)

011. The lead section should use Wuhan, China to describe the virus's origin, without mentioning Hubei or otherwise further describing Wuhan. (April 2020)

012. Superseded by #19
The lead section's second sentence should be phrased using the words first identified and December 2019. (May 2020)
013. Superseded by #15
File:President Donald Trump suggests measures to treat COVID-19 during Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.webm should be used as the visual element of the misinformation section, with the caption U.S. president Donald Trump suggested at a press briefing on 23 April that disinfectant injections or exposure to ultraviolet light might help treat COVID-19. There is no evidence that either could be a viable method.[1] (1:05 min) (May 2020, June 2020)
014. Overturned
Do not mention the theory that the virus was accidentally leaked from a laboratory in the article. (RfC May 2020) This result was overturned at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, as there is consensus that there is no consensus to include or exclude the lab leak theory. (RfC May 2024)

015. Supersedes #13. File:President Donald Trump suggests measures to treat COVID-19 during Coronavirus Task Force press briefing.webm should not be used as the visual element of the misinformation section. (RfC November 2020)

016. Supersedes #8. Incidents of xenophobia and discrimination are considered WP:UNDUE for a full sentence in the lead. (RfC January 2021)

017. Only include one photograph in the infobox. There is no clear consensus that File:COVID-19 Nurse (cropped).jpg should be that one photograph. (May 2021)

018. Superseded by #19
The first sentence is The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). (August 2021, RfC October 2023)

019. Supersedes #12 and #18. The first sentence is The global COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. (June 2024)

RFC on removal of alt-text related to COVID-19 lab leak theory

Proposal

Propose that alt text Wikipedia:Piped link that is currently used that changes "COVID-19 lab leak theory" to "alternative origins" be removed, as demonstrated in this diff. Note that this RFC appears to be subject to Talk:COVID-19_pandemic#Current_consensus #14 (above) and if so, this RFC proposes a reconsideration and modification of May 2020 consensus related to #14 only. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 02:48, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Polling

Discussion

  • Comment appears to me that the 2020 consensus we are using is now outdated given the significant media coverage given to the "lab leak theory" and our current implementation is WP:WEASEL. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 02:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's not alt text, it's a piped link. Anyway, yes per WP:SUBMARINE it should not be piped in such a misleading manner. I don't see the point in removing sources as the diff does, however.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:16, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, I will change that alt-text link. I changed the source to the current source that is used over at the target article. Dont really have a strong opinion on the sources, the subject of the RFC is really the piped link. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 05:44, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was randomly chosen by a bot to comment on this RfC. It's difficult to comment without understanding what the sources say and what is the purpose of the paragraph. If the paragraph is not specifically about the COVID-19 lab leak theory, but about different kinds of origins such as animal origin in general and that the lab weak theory is only one specific theory among them, then it should be mentioned only in due proportion, which might mean that it should perhaps not be mentioned at all in such a small paragraph. In any case, it must be either not included or included in a way that intuitively matches with the context. So, my point is that, first, there must be a consensus about whether or not the COVID-19 lab leak theory should be mentioned and, if the consensus is that it should be mentioned. then the phrase should be about the COVID-19 lab leak theory without hiding it under a piped link. Putting it in another way, the first question that must be answered is whether we want to mention the COVID-19 lab leak theory at all. If we want to mention it, then we should not hide it under a non intuitive piped link. Dominic Mayers (talk) 11:59, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding a link with the current consensus statement, I'd suggest that the only appropriate wl would be to Investigations into the origin of COVID-19 instead (though it's the See Also for the section, so it might just not require a blue link here). I'm removing the link until there's consensus to directly mention here. If the consensus item changes, I think we'll need some kind of piping to make the sentence flow, but it should be a direct mention of "leaked from the WIV" or "a lab leak" in that case. If there's desire to update consensus item 14, we should do that directly first. Bakkster Man (talk) 13:21, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Here in this diff you removed the link that is the subject of this RFC. Seems somewhat odd to edit text that is subject of an RFC during the RFC. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 00:36, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with this. Even if it seems that a consensus is emerging, one must wait after the RfC is closed before making edits that can render obsolete its description. Besides, until a RfC is closed, there is always a possibility that the comments go into a different direction. Dominic Mayers (talk) 01:27, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Something being under an RfC does not mean the article needs to be frozen in the previous version. I'd argue that, entirely disregarding item 14; the link as it stood was misleading and quite WP:SURPRISE (a reader looking for "alternative origin scenarios" would be far better served with a link to Investigations into the origin of COVID-19 or/and COVID-19 misinformation#Misinformation regarding virus origin, than for a link singling out one of those alternative scenarios). Now if you add item 14 on top of it, seems rather cut and dry to me. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 02:01, 21 April 2022 (UTC
    Sure, it does not have to be frozen because of a RfC, but this link is exactly the issue raised by the RfC. What you are saying is that the answer to the RfC is obvious for you. I think people should propose to close the RfC on that basis and see what happens, not act as if we have already the conclusion of the RfC. Actually, I was going to propose that we close this RfC, because though there might be room to discuss (in a different RfC) whether COVID-19 lab leak theory should be mentioned, I agree that the current piped link is too much like a WP:SURPRISE to be kept. Either we mention it properly or we don't. Dominic Mayers (talk) 02:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    For the record, I don't think COVID-19 lab leak theory should be mentioned in this article. It can only be mentioned in a more focused article that takes the space needed to be truly informative on this issue. But my opinion and the opinion of others about this is irrelevant to the current issue: we cannot act under the assumption that we know the conclusion of the RfC. Dominic Mayers (talk) 02:30, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I am not presuming or advocating this edit as the long-term solution, as my final sentence above indicates. My interpretation of the current wording of consensus item #14 Do not mention the theory that the virus was accidentally leaked from a laboratory in the article is that wikilinking to the lab leak article counts as a mention, and as is typical in RfC discussions the article should maintain a status quo state consistent with previous consensus. I agree we cannot act assuming we know this conclusion of this (or a follow-on) RfC, which is why I believe the article needs to avoid a mention (in the form of a blue link) of the lab leak theory until an RfC concludes it should be included. If there's strong disagreement that a blue link counts as mention I won't edit war over it, but that's my case for the edit. Bakkster Man (talk) 13:53, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    The text probably should be left in the article per WP:STATUSQUO. I dont edit this article enough to know how long it was there, but a reasonable guess it has been there for a while. To remove the subject of an RFC in middle of an RFC is WP:TE. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 06:52, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    From the sidebar in WP:STATUSQUO: Ultimately, when the main question is whether an article should include the disputed content at all (rather than, e.g., which editor's wording to prefer), policy requires the editors who want to continue to include disputed material to demonstrate that there is a consensus in favor of its inclusion. We have established consensus not to mention this topic. As I said previously, I will not edit war over this if there's a strong view that a wikilink does not count as a mention, but per the above policy I believe I've ensured the article abides by current consensus pending this discussion seeking to change it.
    Here's the diff adding the piped link, pinging X-Editor as the original author. Bakkster Man (talk) 12:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • agree w/ Bakkster Man--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:29, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The problem has always been one of due weight in relevant sources. I don't see how that has changed. I did a little search on Pubmed for "covid AND origin", and without spending too much time on that, stuff like [1] [2] seems to assume a zoonotic origin; this says that the origin is uncertain, but the uncertainty does not appear to be "zoonotic vs lab leak", but "which animal did it come from and how exactly". This doesn't appear to be a dramatic change from the papers listed here (including the latest paper which seems to have studied this particular topic in-depth, the review by Holmes et al. about 6 months ago; which categorically rejects the lab-based scenarios). So claims that "the 2020 consensus seems outdated" don't seem accurate, hence, without actual evidence that this has actually changed, I don't see the point of this. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 01:17, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    This RFC doesnt address if a scientific consensus change has occurred in the scientific community. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 06:23, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with Dominic Mayers and the proposal, in as much that the wording of the piped link was not appropriate, and that if the consensus is to include a link to COVID-19 lab leak theory that this link should be explicit and the theory directly mentioned in the text. However, I agree with Bakkster Man that, given the broad-brush coverage in this article, the most appropriate link is to Investigations into the origin of COVID-19 which then introduces the broad range of theories. |→ Spaully ~talk~  09:33, 21 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bakkster Man's argument generally makes sense to me. XOR'easter (talk) 15:31, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think in general Bakkster Man is right about this. The mention is mostly concerning alternative origins in general, of which the lab leak is one among many theories. The investigations article also covers the lab leak in detail, with links to it in several places. Nobody is going to get lost here. They will find what they are looking for, and that is the primary purpose of Wikipedia. To preference the Lab leak theory above all others in a wiki link like this would be inappropriate. — Shibbolethink (♔ ♕) 13:44, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Endemic stage, post-pandemic management

A number of jurisdictions have begun moving on from what could be described as a pandemic to what can be described as an endemic illness, broadly defined; much of this content is on specific countries' articles but there is now an article entitled Living with COVID-19 which seems to be functioning as a repository for these types of strategies. Some context on this article regarding “Living with COVID-19” or other strategies similar would be beneficial. Please note I have suggested renaming that article to Endemic management of COVID-19 or Post-pandemic management of COVID-19. The herd immunity strategy from Iceland as I mentioned before ("widespread societal resistance to COVID-19 is the main route out of the epidemic"[3]) can be part of this, herd immunity on this article still needs an update. SmolBrane (talk) 16:04, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

interesting, though the U.S. (the country w/ most COVID deaths) has cases rising again[4]...--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:42, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I count at least ten countries on the Living with COVID-19 article that are endorsing some explicit endemic management of COVID-19. Summarizing here on this article and wikilinking is DUE. SmolBrane (talk) 13:20, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Flybe

Flybe link needs to be changed to Flybe (1979-2020). Tyeenera (talk) 11:01, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

an editor was kind enough to do so [5]--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 21:59, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Unrelated

I know that this is totally unrelated and may also be premature, but can a similar wikipage be created for the current monkey pox outbreak? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.244.210.117 (talk) 06:25, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See 2022 monkeypox outbreak. CMD (talk) 06:52, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit request

Can someone update the caption on the image File:COVID-19_Outbreak_World_Map.svg that is in this article (not on the image itself). It still claims its last updated since December 2021 which I think by now is inaccurate. -184.56.75.144 (talk) 11:10, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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