Yes, but the POD seems to be Hillary winning the 2016 election, which is definitely still current events.
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After leading surprise package Wales to the final of Euro 2016, Gary Speed managed Torino to Champions League qualification in 2017. Speed pledged his future to the club, but Il Toro finished 6th in his second season and exited the Champions League at the group stages. At the end of the season, he departed for Watford by mutual consent, replacing Marco Silva. The Hornet’s longest serving manager since Aidy Boothroyd, the team finished 8th and 7th under his charge.
In October 2021, after the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle United was completed, Gary Speed was announced as the new manager of the Toon, succeeding Steve Bruce and returning to the club where he played over 200 league matches. Announcing his appointment, the Newcastle United co-owner, Amanda Staveley said “…the Welsh and Geordie legend made his name as a player in this city, and we know he can do the same as a manager. You can’t be anything but impressed by his record. Gary is a perfect fit for what we are trying to build here.”
Rest in Peace Gary Speed.
In October 2021, after the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle United was completed, Gary Speed was announced as the new manager of the Toon, succeeding Steve Bruce and returning to the club where he played over 200 league matches. Announcing his appointment, the Newcastle United co-owner, Amanda Staveley said “…the Welsh and Geordie legend made his name as a player in this city, and we know he can do the same as a manager. You can’t be anything but impressed by his record. Gary is a perfect fit for what we are trying to build here.”
Rest in Peace Gary Speed.
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Lets not argue over what counts as current events, if the mods have an issue with it they'll tell ya
The victory of Norbert Hofer in the Austrian presidential election sent shockwaves across the world. For the first time in the modern era, a European nation had elected a far-right president. Though often considered a symbolic office, little known to most observers ahead of the election, the President is invested with a great degree of power: the ability to appoint and dismiss the Chancellor and cabinet at will, sign and veto laws, and rule by emergency decree under some circumstances. Austria's status as a parliamentary, rather than semi-presidential, nation is largely a result of convention and tradition. During the campaign, Hofer called for early parliamentary elections to be held. One need look no further than opinion polls, which throughout 2015-16 placed the Freedom Party clearly in first place, to find his motives. The President also has the power to dissolve the National Council at the request of the cabinet, and as soon as he took office, Hofer began negotiations with the government to do just that.
The SPÖ, led by new Chancellor Christian Kern on just this third month on the job, were starting to see a recovery in their popularity, while their junior partner the ÖVP were staring down the barrel of a historically bad result. Neither were particularly keen. But with Hofer taking such strong initiative, all were wary of what could happen if they refused. FPÖ leaders began to suggest that Hofer could dismiss the government and simply appoint another which would request the dissolution. The SPÖ and ÖVP proposed that an election be held ahead of schedule the next year, but Hofer refused to accept a compromise. He threatened to veto the government's legislation if they did not relent. Faced with a brewing constitutional crisis and the prospect of gridlock for the remainder of the term, and hoping that Hofer's antics had soured the public against the FPÖ, Kern and the SPÖ took the gamble. The ÖVP were scathing, accusing the Social Democrats of throwing in with Strache, but they were powerless to prevent it.
While the Freedom Party saw a small dip ahead of the election, circumstances failed to avert catastrophe. Hans-Christian Strache led them to a sweeping victory with just under a third of the vote. Most of their new support flowed from disgruntled ÖVP voters and former supporters of Team Stronach and the BZÖ, as well as non-voters. They won a plurality in seven of the nine federal states, with only Vienna and Burgenland remaining stalwart for the SPÖ. The Social Democrats managed to avoid total disaster, recording a slight improvement from 2013, but nonetheless finishing a relatively distant second. On the other hand, the ÖVP's worst fears were realised as they crashed to below 20%. The Greens remained steady on 12%, and NEOS improved to 6.5%.
Government formation was anything but straight-forward. The FPÖ were quickly forced to admit that, like Haider before him, nobody would accept Hans-Christian Strache as Chancellor. Some demanded that Hofer appoint him anyway but, despite his success in wrecking the previous government, the President found himself constrained in building one responsible to a parliamentary majority. The SPÖ had made tentative moves toward reconciliation with the Freedom Party ahead of the election, and stated that they were open to discussions. A series of constellations excluding the FPÖ were ruled out by various parties, most significantly the ÖVP, who resolved to retreat to opposition and leave the Social Democrats to clean up the mess. Reinhold Mitterlehner was immediately jettisoned and, to the surprise of few, succeeded by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz. With alternatives exhausted, long and difficult negotiations began between the FPÖ and SPÖ. They forged a compromise reminiscent of the modern FPÖ's first stint in government under Wolfgang Schüssel, with Christian Kern remaining Chancellor while the FPÖ took a majority of cabinet posts; Strache also remained outside of cabinet.
The SPÖ, led by new Chancellor Christian Kern on just this third month on the job, were starting to see a recovery in their popularity, while their junior partner the ÖVP were staring down the barrel of a historically bad result. Neither were particularly keen. But with Hofer taking such strong initiative, all were wary of what could happen if they refused. FPÖ leaders began to suggest that Hofer could dismiss the government and simply appoint another which would request the dissolution. The SPÖ and ÖVP proposed that an election be held ahead of schedule the next year, but Hofer refused to accept a compromise. He threatened to veto the government's legislation if they did not relent. Faced with a brewing constitutional crisis and the prospect of gridlock for the remainder of the term, and hoping that Hofer's antics had soured the public against the FPÖ, Kern and the SPÖ took the gamble. The ÖVP were scathing, accusing the Social Democrats of throwing in with Strache, but they were powerless to prevent it.
While the Freedom Party saw a small dip ahead of the election, circumstances failed to avert catastrophe. Hans-Christian Strache led them to a sweeping victory with just under a third of the vote. Most of their new support flowed from disgruntled ÖVP voters and former supporters of Team Stronach and the BZÖ, as well as non-voters. They won a plurality in seven of the nine federal states, with only Vienna and Burgenland remaining stalwart for the SPÖ. The Social Democrats managed to avoid total disaster, recording a slight improvement from 2013, but nonetheless finishing a relatively distant second. On the other hand, the ÖVP's worst fears were realised as they crashed to below 20%. The Greens remained steady on 12%, and NEOS improved to 6.5%.
Government formation was anything but straight-forward. The FPÖ were quickly forced to admit that, like Haider before him, nobody would accept Hans-Christian Strache as Chancellor. Some demanded that Hofer appoint him anyway but, despite his success in wrecking the previous government, the President found himself constrained in building one responsible to a parliamentary majority. The SPÖ had made tentative moves toward reconciliation with the Freedom Party ahead of the election, and stated that they were open to discussions. A series of constellations excluding the FPÖ were ruled out by various parties, most significantly the ÖVP, who resolved to retreat to opposition and leave the Social Democrats to clean up the mess. Reinhold Mitterlehner was immediately jettisoned and, to the surprise of few, succeeded by foreign minister Sebastian Kurz. With alternatives exhausted, long and difficult negotiations began between the FPÖ and SPÖ. They forged a compromise reminiscent of the modern FPÖ's first stint in government under Wolfgang Schüssel, with Christian Kern remaining Chancellor while the FPÖ took a majority of cabinet posts; Strache also remained outside of cabinet.
It's a fine box, but I noticed three potential problems with it.
There is a bit of hovertext in the first paragraph that is covering up part of the middle.
In the third paragraph, it starts out by saying Blair was assassinated in 1999, but near the middle it says he resigned as PM in 2007. Given the context, I think that's supposed to be Gordon Brown.
Finally, the wikibox itself doesn't show his service in the House of Lords or the UK Senate. Although I guess it could just be offscreen, so this wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
After I published this and closed the Wikipedia tab I noticed a couple of these myself
teaches me to properly check it next time
- Pied-Noir: The Pieds-Noirs are the people of French and other European origin who are born in French North Africa, along with the indigenous Jewish population that accepted French citizenship.
- Oran Région: Administrative region of France, comprising of seven OTL Algerian provinces (Oran, Aïn Témouchent, Sidi Bel Abbès, Saïda, Mascara, Relizane, Mostagnem), serving as the result of the Algerian Partition of 1967 which divided the French colony into the Republic of Algeria (of which Kabylia would later secede from the 1990s) and the Oran Exclave integrated into France. Following numerous population transfers (condemned as ethnic cleansing by Algeria and its allies), the Province's population is 56% European and Jewish. It remains one of the most heavily militarized areas of the world, dubbed the "Israel of North Africa," with a history of continuous turmoil since the 1950s.
The Liberal-SDP Alliance actually did lead the polls quite a bit during 1981 since so many people saw Thatcher and Foot as too far right and too far left respectively. Without a Falklands bump for Thatcher, it's entirely plausible people's distaste for the mass unemployment she caused would allow the Alliance to come first, though the closer the PoD is to 1981 the more likely that is tbh.
This is a really good wikibox and an interesting (if obviously kinda disturbing) scenario, is there a PoD for it?
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Good work on that, laying out the details and the like. How do you do the biography ones? There a special place for that like there is the wikiboxes for battles?
I just edited wikiboxes to fit with the idea I have and then take a screen shot in preview before exiting without saving (leaving the OG wikibox unchanged). I’d recommend creating an account to, since you’ll get a sandbox where you can edit wikiboxes, without the risk of changing the actual article.
Yeah, that's what I've done for my last entry. I was wondering if there was a certain program for other wikiboxes similar to the specialised battle one or not. Was thinking about movies and the like as well. Thanks for the info.
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