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Pope Francis has died

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916 points phillipharris | 2 comments | 21 Apr 25 08:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | source
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ckdot ◴[21 Apr 25 09:36 UTC] No.43749987[source]▶
Why is this posted on HN, even twice? It’s not like other news sources won’t announce this. The pope had its good and bad sides, but in the end we should remind ourselves he’s just a human being. It’s OK for HN to inform about people here, but shouldn’t they be somehow related to any topics HN touches? The popes was just a guy who somehow got popular because of some quite successful religion - but I’d personally prefer keep religion out of HN.
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1. tomhow ◴[21 Apr 25 09:46 UTC] No.43750046[source]▶
It's conventional for there to be a thread on HN when a major pubic figure dies. If you look at the list of obituary posts on HN [1], several of the biggest were for politicians, royals, and others unrelated to computer science and technology.

It's in keeping with the convention that stories that have "significant new information" are on topic for HN, and that includes major mainstream news stories when they first break.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%22has+died%22

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2. heresie-dabord ◴[21 Apr 25 10:43 UTC] No.43750358[source]▶
Cheers! Good idea to provide the search example with Algolia!