Wikipedia talk:In the news

message: Since 2007 with the inclusion of the WBO titles, there has been 10 occurences, making such achievments extremely rare. Rarer are articles about the fights that led to it. SpacedFarmer (talk) 11:10, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking at the last occurrences, there have been nineteen people getting the achievement, including five doing it twice in different weight classes. The last times were May 2024 (Oleksandr Usyk, male heavyweight), March 2024 (Seniesa Estrada, female minimumweight), December 2023 (Naoya Inoue, male super bantamweight), November 2023 (Katie Taylor, female light welterweight). This seems to be too common to deserve a front-page blurb each time. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 12:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: My suggestion is articles about fights. That'll reduce it to size. SpacedFarmer (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The fact that not all of them have had articles created for them doesn't make those that do have articles any more notable. Chaotıċ Enby (talk · contribs) 13:05, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Wait. Nominate this if one of the boxers in the bout isn't Caucasian and is posted. This is not recent, but Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao (Hispanic American vs. Filipino) was declined at ITN, then Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton was approved (Filipino vs. Caucasian British), then Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao (African American vs. Filipino) was dragged into the mud of ITN/C but was eventually posted. These examples are years ago, and boxing has went down in significance since then (probably not as niche as rowing, but who knows?), so let's see if it's an undisputed women's bantamweight title that's up for grabs and we'll see similar levels of support. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: Cited examples were not unification bouts, but in theory, unification bouts, more so for men, are rare, and should be more "important" than these. Howard the Duck (talk) 14:15, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Not quite boxing or unifications, but three undisputed UFC bantamweight championship bouts (featuring three women, two men and one former boxer) were shot down  back in the day (UFC 168, UFC 173 and UFC 193); two were closed and one just stopped. InedibleHulk (talk) 21:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Now that Usyk holds the title, I guess we could see more such titles, but honestly, this is something that literally hadn't happened in nearly 24 years. I'm not sure holding the undisputed heavyweight championship is common enough to count as "recurring". Perhaps we can revisit this idea if someone else takes the title after Usyk. DarkSide830 (talk) 16:23, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add [[undisputed championship (boxing)|undisputed boxing champions]] 

message: Currently there's 5 news items, but it frequently fluctuates between 4 or 5. I feel it's best to have 5 news items permanently displayed as it gives more time for important news items to be visible. For instance, a series of sporting events in quick succession can easily bump important international news off the front page. Harizotoh9 (talk) 10:52, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The number of items can vary due to WP:ITNBALANCE.—Bagumba (talk) 11:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  5 news items