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Q: There are many "rules" associated with this page. Why?
A: Recent deaths is one of the most-viewed articles in Wikipedia. Deaths in 2022 was one of the most-read Wikipedia articles in 2022, with over 46 million views.[1] It is important that such a high-profile article have factual information presented in a consistent format.
Q: Why are there redlinks or redirects (deceased subject with no Wikipedia article) listed in the article?
A: Many notable people die before a Wikipedia article is written about them. The regular editors of this page have agreed that a death notice without an English-language article may remain for one month after the death, so that an article may develop. If there is no article after one month, then the death notice is removed from the list.
Q: Why is each death sourced by a simple citation only?
A: Each month, over 1000 deaths are reported. If the "cite news" template were used in each entry, the page would be slower to load as each instance of the template is rendered. Editors have decided by consensus to use a simpler cite in the form <ref>[url, title]</ref>.
Q: Why are dead animals sometimes listed in the article?
A: Many animals (like Lonesome George) achieve notability similar to humans during their life. This article reports the death of any notable biological life with its own article, not just humans.
Q: I saw on social media that a notable person has just died. May I add this death to the list?
A: Material about living persons (or recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced is removed immediately and without waiting for discussion (WP:BLP). Blogs and social media sites are generally considered to be unreliable. Every death listed must be supported by a reference from a reliable, independent source.
Q: A new month started five days ago. Why are deaths in the old month still appearing here?
A: It takes some time for deaths to be reported in the media and published here. Editors have agreed to keep the old month listed in the article for seven days after the new month begins. After that time, the "old" deaths are transferred to the article Deaths in <old month name>.
Q: Why is there sometimes a date without entries at the top of the page?
This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2023, when it received 48,603,284 views.
This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report52 times. The weeks in which this happened:
Just a reminder that the seven-day "overlap" period at the end of each month does not apply at the end of December. This is because Recent Deaths on the main page of Wikipedia will point to Deaths in 2024 from 1 January. Accordingly, deaths from that date onward need to be reported on Deaths in 2024, rather than staying on Deaths in 2023 for the first seven days (which does not make sense in a new year anyway). WWGB (talk) 02:21, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Is it possible that someone can ensure that the semi-protection usually afforded this page, carries forward into 2024 ? I would suggest from experience, that IPs will have a field day if it is not. Thanks, - Derek R Bullamore (talk)
From experience, this cannot be done until the page is published (they won't protect a vacant anchor page). I have a browser tab open ready at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, with a view to applying for vandal-level protection immediately the page becomes "live", though I expect others to also do the same, so we will see who gets the request in first, in reality. Thanks. Ref(chew)(do)19:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Contrary to previous years, Deaths in 2024 has been protected by admins before hardly a shot has been fired (hallelujah) - Deaths in 2023 is, however, now an unconfirmed users shooting match, potentially, as its protection has expired. It still needs an eye kept on it. Thanks. Ref(chew)(do)23:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
