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I noticed a news item in the early hours of Sunday 27 September on the enlisting of 100 military personnel to support the "drop and collect" Covid-19 testing programme in the Birmingham area. I never added it to the main page because the first few news outlets were only deprecated sources WP:DEPS. I later noticed a BBC article, which could be helpful to support an entry. I was also unsure whether this item was significant enough, especially taking into consideration the issue of the rapidly expanding word count. Should it be added to 27 September? SpookiePuppy ( talk) 04:05, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
I made a new entry for 2 October 2020 for this topic, but afterwards noticed that the BBC article was dated 1 October 2020. The reason I put it under 2 October was that the Google search for the title of the article Covid rules: How much of the UK is now under some sort of lockdown? gave the age as only 3 hours old (this was a 4 AM (UTC), 5 AM UK time). However, the date on the article clearly states 1 October 2020, so perhaps the entry needs to be moved up to the previous day? On the other hand, this story on the extent of the UK local lockdowns seems to be emerging more as news today, 2 October. Apologies if I have made more work. SpookiePuppy ( talk) 04:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
This article has over 300 uses of the BBC as a sole source for the information in this article. That surely must be over-reliance on the BBC as a source here and is in danger of this article simply becoming a reposting of BBC news. There must be a diversification of sources otherwise there is also a danger of this article being the BBCs POV and not NPOV. Sparkle1 ( talk) 16:47, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes I think I'm guilty of adding too much information to these articles, but it's a case of trying to guess what's important and what isn't. It's possible at some point we'll need to consolidate the information in this timeline and others, so if that needs to happen the hope is that an experienced copyeditor may come along and help. I had a small spat yesterday with someone who removed an entry about UK unemployment, which on the surface may not seem to be related to this topic, but of course is a knock on effect of the COVID crisis, and whether or not it needs to be in here is something that may need consideration. There may also be scope for spinning off some of the information into other timelines, such as a Timeline of local lockdown restrictions in England or a Timeline of British COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. I'd be interested in any thoughts on this, so please feel free to comment below. Cheers, This is Paul ( talk) 23:19, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have posed a question at Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom#Potential for article on the vaccination programme? if anyone has any comments on this. This may even fit in with the concerns raised in the preceding section, if splitting-off vaccination programme events into its own article is better? Many thanks. -- Crep1711 ( talk) 09:24, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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I noticed a news item in the early hours of Sunday 27 September on the enlisting of 100 military personnel to support the "drop and collect" Covid-19 testing programme in the Birmingham area. I never added it to the main page because the first few news outlets were only deprecated sources WP:DEPS. I later noticed a BBC article, which could be helpful to support an entry. I was also unsure whether this item was significant enough, especially taking into consideration the issue of the rapidly expanding word count. Should it be added to 27 September? SpookiePuppy ( talk) 04:05, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
I made a new entry for 2 October 2020 for this topic, but afterwards noticed that the BBC article was dated 1 October 2020. The reason I put it under 2 October was that the Google search for the title of the article Covid rules: How much of the UK is now under some sort of lockdown? gave the age as only 3 hours old (this was a 4 AM (UTC), 5 AM UK time). However, the date on the article clearly states 1 October 2020, so perhaps the entry needs to be moved up to the previous day? On the other hand, this story on the extent of the UK local lockdowns seems to be emerging more as news today, 2 October. Apologies if I have made more work. SpookiePuppy ( talk) 04:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
This article has over 300 uses of the BBC as a sole source for the information in this article. That surely must be over-reliance on the BBC as a source here and is in danger of this article simply becoming a reposting of BBC news. There must be a diversification of sources otherwise there is also a danger of this article being the BBCs POV and not NPOV. Sparkle1 ( talk) 16:47, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes I think I'm guilty of adding too much information to these articles, but it's a case of trying to guess what's important and what isn't. It's possible at some point we'll need to consolidate the information in this timeline and others, so if that needs to happen the hope is that an experienced copyeditor may come along and help. I had a small spat yesterday with someone who removed an entry about UK unemployment, which on the surface may not seem to be related to this topic, but of course is a knock on effect of the COVID crisis, and whether or not it needs to be in here is something that may need consideration. There may also be scope for spinning off some of the information into other timelines, such as a Timeline of local lockdown restrictions in England or a Timeline of British COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. I'd be interested in any thoughts on this, so please feel free to comment below. Cheers, This is Paul ( talk) 23:19, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have posed a question at Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom#Potential for article on the vaccination programme? if anyone has any comments on this. This may even fit in with the concerns raised in the preceding section, if splitting-off vaccination programme events into its own article is better? Many thanks. -- Crep1711 ( talk) 09:24, 16 December 2020 (UTC)