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how is not a 'w'!!!!!!!!?
It has a 'w' in it though. It's like saying "writing" and "arithmetic" aren't R's - John F
It is spelled whow in this contest. Zginder 20:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
In my journalism class, the W's were "Who, what, where, when, why, and how if you spell it backwards." Foobaz· o< 02:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Duh, That is why it is called "The 5 W's" (Who What Where When Why - that's five)and also called "The 5 W's and 1 H".
How can one cover how by what, when or where? Say Mr.X was murdered by Mr. Y in Washington on 31st July, 1922 for stealing 20$. We have all the 5W's here neatly answered but not a shred of how. The reference given does not explain anything. - Mukt 13:48, 07 April 2015 (IST)
Would "Which" be eligible as a "Wh" question in this list?
Which is more specific. -bm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:6:3C00:DBA:E5D7:22B1:AAAA:7D44 ( talk) 07:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Article was missing one of the Ws. I fixed it.
When I took journalism in high school (1971), we were taught the 4 W's and the H. "Why" was not included because it was considered subjective and not a statement of fact. Apparently journalism has become more subjective since then. Pity.
There should be no why. Agreed! Flinders 20:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, Uncle G, it's important in this case to remember that this article is dealing with two different but related topics. One is the rhyme, which obviously must include "Why?", because that is indeed what Kipling wrote. The other is the "Five or Six Ws" as taught in journalism of the past and present — and I'm sure there are primary and secondary sources on both sides in that case. What should be done is that people should go find some reliable sources, from 1971 or 2007 or both, as to whether "why" is included in the journalism side of things, and cite them in the article. -- Quuxplusone 08:51, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
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It can't be a coincidence that all of these start with Ws, much less that all of them start with WHs and are pronounced like H. Can anyone explain this? Twilight Realm 00:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Cui bono should be one of these questions, too. Glatisant ( talk) 09:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
What makes the name of this topic a proper name ("Five W's") rather than a common noun phrase ("five w's")? Joja lozzo 18:14, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I have semi-protected this, due to its importance to more than one WikiProject, its visibility, and the recent spate of adding unsourceable or original content. I am leaving the protection on through the Spring break or Easter holiday, to prevent vandalism by students. Bearian ( talk) 19:12, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
How do you pronounce "Ws"? Is it double-ues? Shcha ( talk) 18:23, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
On the page I noticed somebody added :) and :( and I can't understand what it means: whether those are faces or it is coincidentally like that.
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The Latin equivalents are referred to, but are not provided. ISTM that that would be worthwhile. And, then it occurred to me that more Indo-European equivalents, especially Germanic examples, could be included. The article Indo-European vocabulary lists who and what, but not the rest. Does anyone know of a short reference? TomS TDotO ( talk) 01:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wwwww. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Invalid OS ( talk) 16:56, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
. Abhissmalizard ( talk) 09:09, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Muniyandy 2001:E68:7E8E:5900:48FF:8B27:4313:9A95 ( talk) 03:07, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
This article should start with a nice summary of the 5Ws as a checklist used in journalism, but instead it gets bogged down with extra details that, if they belong in the article, should be much lower down. B9 ( talk) 23:26, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
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how is not a 'w'!!!!!!!!?
It has a 'w' in it though. It's like saying "writing" and "arithmetic" aren't R's - John F
It is spelled whow in this contest. Zginder 20:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
In my journalism class, the W's were "Who, what, where, when, why, and how if you spell it backwards." Foobaz· o< 02:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Duh, That is why it is called "The 5 W's" (Who What Where When Why - that's five)and also called "The 5 W's and 1 H".
How can one cover how by what, when or where? Say Mr.X was murdered by Mr. Y in Washington on 31st July, 1922 for stealing 20$. We have all the 5W's here neatly answered but not a shred of how. The reference given does not explain anything. - Mukt 13:48, 07 April 2015 (IST)
Would "Which" be eligible as a "Wh" question in this list?
Which is more specific. -bm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:6:3C00:DBA:E5D7:22B1:AAAA:7D44 ( talk) 07:10, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
Article was missing one of the Ws. I fixed it.
When I took journalism in high school (1971), we were taught the 4 W's and the H. "Why" was not included because it was considered subjective and not a statement of fact. Apparently journalism has become more subjective since then. Pity.
There should be no why. Agreed! Flinders 20:40, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, Uncle G, it's important in this case to remember that this article is dealing with two different but related topics. One is the rhyme, which obviously must include "Why?", because that is indeed what Kipling wrote. The other is the "Five or Six Ws" as taught in journalism of the past and present — and I'm sure there are primary and secondary sources on both sides in that case. What should be done is that people should go find some reliable sources, from 1971 or 2007 or both, as to whether "why" is included in the journalism side of things, and cite them in the article. -- Quuxplusone 08:51, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
References
It can't be a coincidence that all of these start with Ws, much less that all of them start with WHs and are pronounced like H. Can anyone explain this? Twilight Realm 00:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Cui bono should be one of these questions, too. Glatisant ( talk) 09:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
What makes the name of this topic a proper name ("Five W's") rather than a common noun phrase ("five w's")? Joja lozzo 18:14, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I have semi-protected this, due to its importance to more than one WikiProject, its visibility, and the recent spate of adding unsourceable or original content. I am leaving the protection on through the Spring break or Easter holiday, to prevent vandalism by students. Bearian ( talk) 19:12, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
How do you pronounce "Ws"? Is it double-ues? Shcha ( talk) 18:23, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
On the page I noticed somebody added :) and :( and I can't understand what it means: whether those are faces or it is coincidentally like that.
Curiouscrab0 |
Got a problem?
The Latin equivalents are referred to, but are not provided. ISTM that that would be worthwhile. And, then it occurred to me that more Indo-European equivalents, especially Germanic examples, could be included. The article Indo-European vocabulary lists who and what, but not the rest. Does anyone know of a short reference? TomS TDotO ( talk) 01:44, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Wwwww. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Invalid OS ( talk) 16:56, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
. Abhissmalizard ( talk) 09:09, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
Muniyandy 2001:E68:7E8E:5900:48FF:8B27:4313:9A95 ( talk) 03:07, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
This article should start with a nice summary of the 5Ws as a checklist used in journalism, but instead it gets bogged down with extra details that, if they belong in the article, should be much lower down. B9 ( talk) 23:26, 28 January 2024 (UTC)