Wikinews:Obituary from Wikipedia


Welcome to Wikinews!

This is the landing page for links from Wikipedia articles on persons who are recently deceased. Listed below are the 5 most recent Wikinews obituary articles.

As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is an inappropriate Wikimedia Foundation project to host an obituary on. Such articles are within the project scope of Wikinews, and visitors from Wikipedia are welcome to edit them. You may wish to review the Wikinews introduction prior to contributing, but please bear in mind some critical points listed below the recent obituaries.

Recent deaths

Note: More listed in Category:Obituaries


Critical points before editing a Wikinews obituary

  • Articles are not a work in progress, they are a snapshot of what is known at a specific point in time
    • No substantial edits (content addition or removal) should be made 48 hours after an article's publication
    • No sources dated after the publication date of the article should be used
    • Articles are fully protected seven days after publication. Edits beyond this cut-off should be requested with {{editprotected}}