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Without sources the article isn't neutral. There has been an edit by an Anon who changed poor ratings to the strong competition win. Both are unsourced and are not neutrally worded. Bidgee ( talk) 12:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I have dug up plenty of reliable sources, to wants to work them in?
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23399847-7582,00.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/06/12/1213283196702.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/18/2193234.htm
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_91717
Wongm ( talk) 02:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
What is most objectionable about all this is how regular users reinforce their "authority" by stating rules, regulations and policies which are entirely arbitrary, wholly manipulable and more or less unworkable. For instance, in this instance you have an entry on ACA which is over 700 words of supposed facts with not one citation, however not one person has objected to this. Then suddenly someone comes along with some equally incontestable facts (for instance, can someone disprove that ACA reporters manipulate interviewees by using leading questions - of course not; can this information be "verified" from a so-called source - only in the highly unlikely event that some academic decides to do peer-reviewed research on the issue) that just happen to highlight truths unpalatable to the program's creators, & they are deleted within hours. Naturally Wikipedia's success as a source of information means that media organisations are going to monitor their own entries & ruthlessly dispatch any details that might show them in a bad light. & thus Wikipedia's quality standard as a media product is dragged down to the same level as the likes of ACA - i.e. lightweight propaganda. Ashtonstreet01 ( talk) 06:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
There is somebody out there that keeps changing the dates of presenters on this page. They insist that the show was around in Australia in 2005 (and I have previously seen that the show was rested in December? 2007/2008 Summer Period). A Current Affair never was on the air in Summer 2007-2008!!! I will change these dates back unless I have evidence that prooves me wrong (which I doubt!) --Darijoe 06:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC) —Preceding incorrectly signed comment added by 121.217.106.9 ( talk) 07:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Given that ACA always follows such a prescribed formulae for the stories it runs, I think we should draw up a table of the most common ones - My initial list follows:
Please be aware of a popular Facebook trolling page inciting the vandalism of this page. Please be careful when reverting and keep an eye on cunning vandalism attempts. Cheers.
TheJoshy ( talk) 06:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Here's a list of the IPs and users who participated in the coordinated vandalism attempt, which was initiated via Facebeef on Facebook. This list may be useful to anyone who wants to track down coordinated vandalism attempts by the same group in the future.
YuMa NuMa Contrib 06:32, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: disambiguate. Consensus is that there is no primary topic. ( closed by non-admin page mover) GeoffreyT2000 ( talk) 18:43, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
A Current Affair → A Current Affair (Australian TV series) – No primary topic for this term – more WP:PRECISE and unambiguous title needed to distinguish from A Current Affair (U.S. TV series). — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 15:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
I am currently unable to edit this article, but someone who can please add Ben Fordham to the list of reporters. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DreamlessGlare ( talk • contribs) 00:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Why do we need a separate disambiguation page titled A Current Affair, as it only has 2 topics? We could delete that disambiguation page, move this article to A Current Affair, and just use a {{For}} hatnote, on this and the A Current Affair (American TV program) articles, for vice versa see article. From Bassie f ( his talk page) 02:29, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
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Without sources the article isn't neutral. There has been an edit by an Anon who changed poor ratings to the strong competition win. Both are unsourced and are not neutrally worded. Bidgee ( talk) 12:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I have dug up plenty of reliable sources, to wants to work them in?
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23399847-7582,00.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2008/06/12/1213283196702.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/18/2193234.htm
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_91717
Wongm ( talk) 02:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
What is most objectionable about all this is how regular users reinforce their "authority" by stating rules, regulations and policies which are entirely arbitrary, wholly manipulable and more or less unworkable. For instance, in this instance you have an entry on ACA which is over 700 words of supposed facts with not one citation, however not one person has objected to this. Then suddenly someone comes along with some equally incontestable facts (for instance, can someone disprove that ACA reporters manipulate interviewees by using leading questions - of course not; can this information be "verified" from a so-called source - only in the highly unlikely event that some academic decides to do peer-reviewed research on the issue) that just happen to highlight truths unpalatable to the program's creators, & they are deleted within hours. Naturally Wikipedia's success as a source of information means that media organisations are going to monitor their own entries & ruthlessly dispatch any details that might show them in a bad light. & thus Wikipedia's quality standard as a media product is dragged down to the same level as the likes of ACA - i.e. lightweight propaganda. Ashtonstreet01 ( talk) 06:47, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
There is somebody out there that keeps changing the dates of presenters on this page. They insist that the show was around in Australia in 2005 (and I have previously seen that the show was rested in December? 2007/2008 Summer Period). A Current Affair never was on the air in Summer 2007-2008!!! I will change these dates back unless I have evidence that prooves me wrong (which I doubt!) --Darijoe 06:47, 16 April 2006 (UTC) —Preceding incorrectly signed comment added by 121.217.106.9 ( talk) 07:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Given that ACA always follows such a prescribed formulae for the stories it runs, I think we should draw up a table of the most common ones - My initial list follows:
Please be aware of a popular Facebook trolling page inciting the vandalism of this page. Please be careful when reverting and keep an eye on cunning vandalism attempts. Cheers.
TheJoshy ( talk) 06:24, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Here's a list of the IPs and users who participated in the coordinated vandalism attempt, which was initiated via Facebeef on Facebook. This list may be useful to anyone who wants to track down coordinated vandalism attempts by the same group in the future.
YuMa NuMa Contrib 06:32, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: disambiguate. Consensus is that there is no primary topic. ( closed by non-admin page mover) GeoffreyT2000 ( talk) 18:43, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
A Current Affair → A Current Affair (Australian TV series) – No primary topic for this term – more WP:PRECISE and unambiguous title needed to distinguish from A Current Affair (U.S. TV series). — Sangdeboeuf ( talk) 15:22, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
I am currently unable to edit this article, but someone who can please add Ben Fordham to the list of reporters. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DreamlessGlare ( talk • contribs) 00:59, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
Why do we need a separate disambiguation page titled A Current Affair, as it only has 2 topics? We could delete that disambiguation page, move this article to A Current Affair, and just use a {{For}} hatnote, on this and the A Current Affair (American TV program) articles, for vice versa see article. From Bassie f ( his talk page) 02:29, 22 March 2023 (UTC)