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This article has been viewed enough times in a single year to make it into the Top 50 Report annual list. This happened in 2012.

This page is Deaths in 2012 at the Reference desk .

Just a heads up to contributing editors that the seven-day "overlap" period at the end of each month does not usually apply at the end of December.

The reason is that Recent Deaths on the front page of Wikipedia is pointed to

Annoyed? I was LIVID. Happy 2013 everyone! Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 18:29, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmmm, I've had a thought.

Deaths in 2012. Shouldn't it be the other way around? IE Recent deaths is the page name and the year redirects here. Each month can still be created/archived off as necessary. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 18:32, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply

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Speaking of which, is the new page already set up and ready for the traffic control mechanism to be flipped at midnight on Christmas Island/Vanatau? If it isnt, I can take a swing at it.Sunnydoo (talk) 18:50, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have created

Deaths in 2013, but the latter page has not yet been created. Deaths in January 2013 now deleted by a well-meaning admin. WWGB (talk) 23:41, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply

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Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:15, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since Deaths in 2013 article exists, I added it to the navbox at the bottom of the article. It should help those who expect the 7-day thingy. Of course, January (2013) redirects to Di2013, as usual. — ^Wylie_Coyote 07:56, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Most of you do this, but when checking the respective names that have articles and changing things there (i.e. removing categories "Living People", adding "20XX deaths"), could you please go the talk pages and change the BLP/Living statuses too? Not a big deal, but my New Year's resolution is to simplify things in my life and Wiki is a big part of that. Thanks! — ^Wylie_Coyote 09:41, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

David "Salt" Walther is listed as dying 28th Dec.

This isn't the case. He died 27th December as per http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-indy-500-driver-salt-024334708--spt.html.

Can this be amended. Please note (for his page), place of death is not Dayton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.223.91.121 (talk) 12:39, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've suggested that recent death-entries on the

So who decides which deaths to feature on the main page? Criteria? WWGB (talk) 14:14, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know who maintains the "In The News" section on the main page, but I believe whoever does takes the most notable global recognizable recent death (from the Date pages) and adds it there. We could have 20 people die in one day and list it here, but, if none are noted worldwide, they don't get added to the Date page, and therefore neither to the Main page. Sad, but true. — ^Wylie_Coyote 04:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Robert W. Bazley - [1]. Thanks. – Connormah (talk) 23:28, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Racklever (talk) 10:26, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]