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Sepp Blatter has found himself under renewed calls to step down from his position. Photo by the
International Students’ Committee, freely licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
FIFA, the world’s organising body overseeing association football all over the world,
has spent much of this year battling with corruption claims. Police in several countries
have launched investigations into accusations that some of their highest-ranked
officials may have been involved in bribery.
This month, FIFA’s president Sepp Blatter was urged by four major sponsors of the
federation to immediately step down from his position. Today, Blatter was suspended
for ninety days by the federation’s ethics committee.
He had previously won re-election just two days after police arrested fourteen people,
including seven officials, on corruption charges in May.
An article on these arrests, “2015 FIFA corruption case”, was drafted hours after they
were made. The original author was Gareth Kegg, who has been editing Wikipedia for
more than ten years and has, at the time of writing, created 1,564 articles on the site.
The first draft was fairly modest: based on one rolling news story from British
newspaper The Guardian, it named nine of the highest-profile arrests as well as the
background leading up to the leadership vote on May 28–29.
Since its creation, the article has grown from just a few paragraphs to an article
documenting the history of the allegations—from even before the May arrests which
brought the story to front pages worldwide—which now contains a total of 83
references, as well as a link to the court papers on the United States Department of
Justice.
The article’s attracted 534 edits since its creation—an average of around four edits per
day—by more than 200 users from all over the world. Arguably the world’s most
popular sport, it’s not surprising that football is a popular topic on
Wikipedia: WikiProject Football, one of many editor taskforces on Wikipedia, considers
more than a quarter of a million articles to be under its scope, and has 400 editors
signed up as members.
The article now covers international reaction to the indictments, FIFA’s suspension of
the World Cup bidding process, and Blatter’s decision to step down ahead of an
extraordinary FIFA Congress in 2016.
For the four sponsors, however—Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Visa, and Budweiser—
Blatter’s decision is not enough. They this week called for him to immediately leave his
post as President of FIFA, following reports last week that he had made “disloyal
payments” to the head of the European confederation of FIFA in 2011. The four
companies provide a large part of the estimated $1.62 billion FIFA takes in every four
years in World Cup sponsorship. Blatter denies wrongdoing, and refuses to respond to
the sponsors’ demands.
Today, members of the FIFA ethics committee suspended Blatter, as well as two other
officials, for 90 days in relation to the suspect payments. This decision was reflected
swiftly on Wikipedia.
The South Carolina National Guard provided locals with sandbags in preparation for the
storms. Photoby the South Carolina National Guard, in the public domain.
Also in the news this week was Hurricane Joaquin, which this week battered
theCaribbean with winds peaking at 155 mph (250 km/h). It was the strongest Atlantic
hurricane since 2010’s Hurricane Igor, and caused extensive damage to the
Bahamasand Bermuda. It is thought to have caused the deaths of at least 50 people,
the majority of them crew on missing cargo ship SS El Faro, presumed to have sunk
following widespread searching.
Joaquin contributed to the October 2015 North American storm complex affecting the
eastern United States, in particular the states of North and South Carolina. The storm,
known locally as a “nor’easter”, has caused catastrophic flash flooding since
September 29, ongoing in areas of South Carolina.
At least 18 deaths have been attributed to the storm, the majority of them in South
Carolina. The flooding is thought to have caused billions of dollars worth of damage to
homes in the regions worst hit. Parts of South Carolina have been declared disaster
areas, and more than 1,300 National Guard soldiers have been mobilised.
In the early hours of October 3, the United States Air Force bombed a Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing twenty-two people and
injuring more than 30 more. The United States and NATO have launched
investigations into the incident, condemned as a violation of international humanitarian
law by MSF.
The hospital was the only active medical facility in the area, reported The Atlantic, and
has been essentially shut down. Critical patients were referred to other providers and
MSF staff were evacuated from Kunduz. US President Barack Obama gave his
“deepest condolences” in a statement made following the attack, while the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, demanded an independent
investigation.
Joe Sutherland, Communications Intern, Wikimedia Foundation
Elections in Catalonia, supermoon, and more
4 COMMENTSBY JOE SUTHERLAND ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2015
Here are some of the global news stories covered on Wikipedia this week:
In Catalonia, parties in favour of independence win a majority in regional elections.
German car maker Volkswagen is found to have rigged their diesel test results.
Pope Francis visits eastern United States following an earlier visit to Cuba.
A stampede at the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, kills more than 1,100 people.
A total lunar eclipse is witnessed over half of the world.
Catalonia votes
Junts pel Sí, led by the incumbent President of Catalonia Artur Mas, won most of the
seats. Image byGeneralitat de Catalunya, in the public domain.
Catalonia, an autonomous community in the east of Spain, held its regional
parliamentary elections on September 27. The election was announced by President
of Catalonia Artur Mas in January, with the intention being to focus the vote on
thecommunity’s independence aspirations. Together for Yes, headed by Mas, finished
the day with 62 seats, six short of a majority; they are likely to form a coalition with the
left-wing Popular Unity Candidacy. The result, though not conclusive, is likely to put
pressure on the Spanish general election scheduled for December.
Learn more in the related Wikipedia article: Catalonian parliamentary election, 2015
Volkswagen in emissions scandal
Volkswagen CEO, Martin Winterkorn, resigned in the wake of the
announcement. Image by Volkswagen AG, in the public domain.
German car maker Volkswagen (VW) was last week found to have used software
designed to circumvent emissions tests in the United States. Around 11 million cars
were carrying software which could detect when they were undergoing emissions
tests, and activate pollution controls which were otherwise dormant. CEO Martin
Winterkornresigned from the company in the wake of the announcement, and VW
stocks fell 20% the day after news broke. VW announced plans to spend $7.3 billion to
cover the costs of the scandal on September 22.
Learn more in the related Wikipedia article: Volkswagen emissions testing scandal
Pope Francis tours the United States
Pope Francis met US President Barack Obama during his time in the country. Image by the White
House, in the public domain.
Following a trip to Cuba last week, Pope Francis visited the United States between
September 22 and 27. It was the seventh papal visit to the country since it established
full diplomatic relations with the Holy See in 1984. During his trip, he made
appearances in Washington, DC; New York City, including the United
Nations headquarters; andPhiladelphia. In a speech delivered to Congress, he
discussed a range of issues including immigration, protection for persecuted religious
groups including Christians,poverty, capital punishment, and climate change.
Learn more in the related Wikipedia article: Pope Francis’ visit to the United States
Stampede at the Hajj kills hundreds
A stampede at the annual Hajj, a mandatory pilgrimage forming one of the pillars
ofIslam, resulted in the deaths of at least 1,100 people in Mina, Saudi Arabia. It
follows a crane collapse on September 11, which killed 111. It is the deadliest such
incident sincea stampede in 1990, which resulted in 1,426 deaths. The root cause of
the stampede is unclear, but it coincides with multiple obstacles including the hottest
temperatures recorded in Mecca for twenty years. Almost a thousand further people
are thought to have been injured, while more than a thousand others are as yet
unaccounted for.
Learn more in these related Wikipedia articles: 2015 Mina stampede, Hajj
“Supermoon” lunar eclipse
The moon typically appeared red in the sky thanks to Rayleigh scattering. Image by Frank
Schulenburg, in the public domain.
A total lunar eclipse took place between September 27 and 28, seen over the
Americas,Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. It coincided with a “supermoon“; mid-
eclipse, the moon was just 59 minutes past its closest approach to Earth in 2015. The
moon appeared up to 12.9% larger in some areas, as well as taking on a red hue due
to Rayleigh scatteringand the refraction of that light by Earth’s atmosphere into
its umbra. It was the final in atetrad, or four lunar eclipses in a series; the next such
eclipse will take place in 2033.
Learn more in the related Wikipedia article: September 2015 lunar eclipse
Photo montage credits: Image by Frank Schulenburg, in the public domain; Image by the White
House, in the public domain; Image by Volkswagen AG, in the public domain; Image by Generalitat
de Catalunya, in the public domain. Collage by Andrew Sherman
To see how other news events are covered on the English Wikipedia, check out the ‘In
the news’ section on its main page.
Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern
Wikimedia Foundation
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Alex 1 week
I loved the supermoon lunar eclipse. Thanks for providing earlier and I enjoyed it too much.
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homeandstylesg 1 week
A stampede at the annual Hajj was a sad news.
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Wikimedia Blog 2 weeks
Worth replying? or just good discussion for this article?
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Wikimedia blog wrote:
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Miguel Suevos 2 weeks
Headline story on Catalonian’s results is missleading. A majority of votes are against
independence, while a majority of seats were won by the pro-independence parties due to
weighted electoral rule.
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