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isnt it an issue to citate stories which are behind paywalls? the BBC for instance is used a lot, however clicking on some of their links from the uk without a tv licence can end us up in court. Ive seen other stories also with sources only viewable if you signup or subscribe / pay to access. Surely we can use sources that are free? its like this site is now useful only to the rich and mega corporations, as one of the main sites in the world, its clearly making the world worse overall by closing down to a few verified sources & focusing on specific stories even when worse or more important stories occur. Surely someone will no doubt come back with a link to wikipedias rules or whatever but my point is the rules clearly suck & the site is wrecking the world, making the rich richer & the poor poorer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.17.4.48 ( talk) 23:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
I removed this entry earlier on the basis of WP:SENSATIONAL earlier. The entry was restored without discussion by the OP. Should this be included?
This appears to be a standard speech where an elected official makes typical claims about the current geopolitical climate and criticizes their political opponents. This situation is exacerbated in this case as the official is essentially making remarks with the aim of discrediting a recently elected official.
The OP made the following justifcation when reverting:
It appears that there is a clear misunderstanding of notability in this case. Routine activities, such as statements made by a head of state, are typically not included as they do not meet the criteria for notability. 33ABGirl ( talk) 14:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Please add War in Sudan /info/en/?search=War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present) and /info/en/?search=M23_offensive_(2022%E2%80%93present) Sh3r1exb ( talk) 02:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Several of the blurbs for 2024 March 22 are a paragraph long instead of a sentence. Can we keep them shorter? We don't need to explain the entire event in the blurb. Nosferattus ( talk) 03:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
There is currently a low-scale edit war on whether to include the release of the Taylor Swift album on Portal:Current events/2024 April 19. I would not have thought this was in dispute, given that we have a firmly established heading for Current events called Arts and culture which would clearly fit the situation. We have consistently added many items here related to film, music, literature, and the like. Yet here we are.
The main charge of Wikipedia:In the news says it "serves to direct readers to articles that have been substantially updated to reflect recent or current events of wide interest. ITN supports the central purpose of Wikipedia—making a great encyclopedia." The release of this album is clearly in scope here.
Therefore, instead of undoing each other, can we please discuss this in a civil manner here, instead of leaving terse and unproductive edit summaries such as: "not notable" or "Promotional, irrelevant" or "not important"? Most of these amount to WP:IDONTLIKEIT. - Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
A log of the back and forth:
Diff | User | Action | Edit summary |
---|---|---|---|
[1] | Fuzheado | Addition | add Taylor Swift article |
[2] | Dubstar44 | Removal | not important |
[3] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219744226 by Dubstar44 (talk) - most certainly news worthy |
[4] | 46.222.106.54 | Removal | Promotional, irrelevant |
[5] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk) - restore, not a valid reason to remove this |
[6] | 2003:f0...(IPv6) | Removal | no edit summary |
[7] | Pithon314 | Addition | The album release is a notable event for arts and culture and this is not simply promotional undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk) |
[8] | Gimmethegepgun | Removal | not notable |
[9] | Pithon314 | Addition | Re-adding Taylor Swift album with a more reliable source and one explanation of notability in description |
[10] | Alsoriano97 | Removal | Unnotable. This is not a commercial portal. Do not re-add it again. |
[11] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219906377 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - removing arts and culture content, whether it is music, film, literary just because it is "commerical" is not supported by policy and inappropriate. WP:NOTCENSORED |
[12] | Alsoriano97 | Removal | You have completely missed the point of my comment. There has been another editor who has deleted it for some reason, and it should be kept removed. This kind of news has never been posted. Be serious |
[13] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219922027 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - You are wrong. There are plenty of arts/culture content that is posted to Current events. Respect WP:BRD and bring it to the talk page. Other editors have restored it too |
Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
For further information about
Portal:Current events, see
How the Current events page works. For the template visible on the main page, see Template:In the news. To report concerns and disputes regarding current events please use Wikipedia:Current events noticeboard |
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Current events page. |
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This page is laid out and designed as part of a set of pages. To discuss the set as a whole, see Wikipedia talk:Contents. For more information on Wikipedia's contents system as a whole, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Contents. |
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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isnt it an issue to citate stories which are behind paywalls? the BBC for instance is used a lot, however clicking on some of their links from the uk without a tv licence can end us up in court. Ive seen other stories also with sources only viewable if you signup or subscribe / pay to access. Surely we can use sources that are free? its like this site is now useful only to the rich and mega corporations, as one of the main sites in the world, its clearly making the world worse overall by closing down to a few verified sources & focusing on specific stories even when worse or more important stories occur. Surely someone will no doubt come back with a link to wikipedias rules or whatever but my point is the rules clearly suck & the site is wrecking the world, making the rich richer & the poor poorer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.17.4.48 ( talk) 23:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
I removed this entry earlier on the basis of WP:SENSATIONAL earlier. The entry was restored without discussion by the OP. Should this be included?
This appears to be a standard speech where an elected official makes typical claims about the current geopolitical climate and criticizes their political opponents. This situation is exacerbated in this case as the official is essentially making remarks with the aim of discrediting a recently elected official.
The OP made the following justifcation when reverting:
It appears that there is a clear misunderstanding of notability in this case. Routine activities, such as statements made by a head of state, are typically not included as they do not meet the criteria for notability. 33ABGirl ( talk) 14:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Please add War in Sudan /info/en/?search=War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present) and /info/en/?search=M23_offensive_(2022%E2%80%93present) Sh3r1exb ( talk) 02:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Several of the blurbs for 2024 March 22 are a paragraph long instead of a sentence. Can we keep them shorter? We don't need to explain the entire event in the blurb. Nosferattus ( talk) 03:30, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
There is currently a low-scale edit war on whether to include the release of the Taylor Swift album on Portal:Current events/2024 April 19. I would not have thought this was in dispute, given that we have a firmly established heading for Current events called Arts and culture which would clearly fit the situation. We have consistently added many items here related to film, music, literature, and the like. Yet here we are.
The main charge of Wikipedia:In the news says it "serves to direct readers to articles that have been substantially updated to reflect recent or current events of wide interest. ITN supports the central purpose of Wikipedia—making a great encyclopedia." The release of this album is clearly in scope here.
Therefore, instead of undoing each other, can we please discuss this in a civil manner here, instead of leaving terse and unproductive edit summaries such as: "not notable" or "Promotional, irrelevant" or "not important"? Most of these amount to WP:IDONTLIKEIT. - Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
A log of the back and forth:
Diff | User | Action | Edit summary |
---|---|---|---|
[1] | Fuzheado | Addition | add Taylor Swift article |
[2] | Dubstar44 | Removal | not important |
[3] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219744226 by Dubstar44 (talk) - most certainly news worthy |
[4] | 46.222.106.54 | Removal | Promotional, irrelevant |
[5] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk) - restore, not a valid reason to remove this |
[6] | 2003:f0...(IPv6) | Removal | no edit summary |
[7] | Pithon314 | Addition | The album release is a notable event for arts and culture and this is not simply promotional undid revision 1219766349 by 46.222.106.54 (talk) |
[8] | Gimmethegepgun | Removal | not notable |
[9] | Pithon314 | Addition | Re-adding Taylor Swift album with a more reliable source and one explanation of notability in description |
[10] | Alsoriano97 | Removal | Unnotable. This is not a commercial portal. Do not re-add it again. |
[11] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219906377 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - removing arts and culture content, whether it is music, film, literary just because it is "commerical" is not supported by policy and inappropriate. WP:NOTCENSORED |
[12] | Alsoriano97 | Removal | You have completely missed the point of my comment. There has been another editor who has deleted it for some reason, and it should be kept removed. This kind of news has never been posted. Be serious |
[13] | Fuzheado | Addition | Undid revision 1219922027 by Alsoriano97 (talk) - You are wrong. There are plenty of arts/culture content that is posted to Current events. Respect WP:BRD and bring it to the talk page. Other editors have restored it too |
Fuzheado | Talk 19:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)