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News outlets selection

Hi, how do we choose the "right" news outlet? On the news of 21 November 2024, I see an entry about a Chinese cargo ship stopped by Danish navy in relation to baltic submarine cable sabotage [1]. At first glance, it is pretty interesting, but then I noticed the source, EurAsia Daily, a Russian news outlet. Although claming to be "unbiased", there is an obvious conflict of interest, and I wouldn't use it as the source of this kind of news. Hence the question/s: - Should we keep the news on waiting to add another source as soon as it available? - Should we pull the news waiting to add another source as soon as it available? - Should we totally disregard the news because it is too specific and we cannot establish its authenticity?

Maybe there are some guidelines, although I could not find them. Please advice on how to proceed. If this section is unnecessary, please delete it.

Thank you Jacopopitaciu (talk) 10:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News selection death worship cult

there are thousand news but there is always news only of death statistics posted on this page Baratiiman (talk) 09:41, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Broken archives

As noted by Jtayl132 (talk · contribs) at Portal talk:Current events/March 2016, some of the monthly archives are currently displaying no news, because the pages have dropped into Category:Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded. Part of the problem is the switch from {{Current events header}} to {{Current events}}, as each day's news is passed into the header template and counts towards the post-expand size. But I've managed to fix Portal:Current events/March 2016 just by applying subst: to the call to Portal:Current events/Month Inclusion (diff).

Any comments, before I do that to the other 30+ broken archives? -- John of Reading (talk) 09:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Four of the archives are still in the error category, but they are displaying much more of their content than before. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(More) I happened to notice that {{Current events}} has undocumented "top" and "bottom" parameters which can reduce the post-expand include size of particular subpages. I've used that on just enough subpages to clear those four archives out of the error category. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:26, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone add a protection on the section for december 5th?

Can someone add a protection on the section for December 5th? An IP keeps trying to alter the addition that states that the Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza by removing the genocide mention and replacing it with war crimes when the article's title clearly states that Amnesty believes Israel to be committing genocide. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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change "signs a agreement" to "signs an agreement" 57.140.108.2 (talk) 18:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Two people signed an agreement, so the third-person plural is correct. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Negativity ==
+== News outlets selection ==
+Hi, how do we choose the "right" news outlet?
-Does anyone notice how all this page talks about is how many people died in a natural disaster or military attack, how countries dispute something or other, etc? Is there ever anything positive on this thing? [[Special:Contributions/74.69.208.122|74.69.208.122]] ([[User talk:74.69.208.122|talk]]) 04:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
+On the news of 21 November 2024, I see an entry about a Chinese cargo ship stopped by Danish navy in relation to baltic submarine cable sabotage [https://eadaily.com/en/news/2024/11/20/the-danish-navy-boarded-a-chinese-cargo-ship-who-broke-the-cables-at-the-bottom-of-the-baltic-sea].
+At first glance, it is pretty interesting, but then I noticed the source, EurAsia Daily, a Russian news outlet. Although claming to be "unbiased", there is an obvious conflict of interest, and I wouldn't use it as the source of this kind of news.
+Hence the question/s:
+- Should we keep the news on waiting to add another source as soon as it available?
+- Should we pull the news waiting to add another source as soon as it available?
+- Should we totally disregard the news because it is too specific and we cannot establish its authenticity?
+Maybe there are some guidelines, although I could not find them.
-:sometimes  [[User:That Prussian1872|Von bismarck]] ([[User talk:That Prussian1872|talk]]) 14:14, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
+Please advice on how to proceed.
-::[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] You could add some more entries in the categories of "Arts and culture", "Business and economy", "Science and technology" & "Sports", which may help to balance out the stories presented in the Portal. Instructions on how to edit: [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]].
+If this section is unnecessary, please delete it.
-:[[User:Carter00000|Carter00000]] ([[User talk:Carter00000|talk]]) 17:40, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
+Thank you [[User:Jacopopitaciu|Jacopopitaciu]] ([[User talk:Jacopopitaciu|talk]]) 10:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
-== Georgian bill ==
+== News selection death worship cult ==
- Georgia's ruling party announces that it will withdraw a controversial bill concerning foreign agents which prompted days of protests across the country.
+there are thousand news but there is always news only of death statistics posted on this page [[User:Baratiiman|Baratiiman]] ([[User talk:Baratiiman|talk]]) 09:41, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
-That should read "which '''had''' prompted days of protests..." The way you've written it, it sounds as though the ruling party's announcement that it would withdraw the bill resulted in protests. This is not quite how it happened. [[User:Kelisi|Kelisi]] ([[User talk:Kelisi|talk]]) 18:16, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
+== Broken archives ==
-:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:EP --> editing entries in the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]]. [[User:Carter00000|Carter00000]] ([[User talk:Carter00000|talk]]) 18:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
+As noted by {{User|Jtayl132}} at [[Portal talk:Current events/March 2016]], some of the monthly archives are currently displaying no news, because the pages have dropped into [[:Category:Pages where post-expand include size is exceeded]]. Part of the problem is the switch from {{tl|Current events header}} to {{tl|Current events}}, as each day's news is passed into the header template and counts towards the post-expand size. But I've managed to fix [[Portal:Current events/March 2016]] just by applying <code>subst:</code> to the call to [[Portal:Current events/Month Inclusion]] ([[Special:Diff/1261292855|diff]]).
-== Lagos train-bus crash ==
+Any comments, before I do that to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pages_where_post-expand_include_size_is_exceeded?from=Current the other 30+ broken archives]? -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 09:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
- Six people are killed and at least 25 others are injured in a collision between a train and a public bus in Lagos, Nigeria.
+:{{Done}} Four of the archives are still in the error category, but they are displaying much more of their content than before. -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 09:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
+:(More) I happened to notice that {{tl|Current events}} has undocumented "top" and "bottom" parameters which can reduce the post-expand include size of particular subpages. I've used that on just enough subpages to clear those four archives out of the error category. -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 15:26, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
+== Can someone add a protection on the section for december 5th? ==
-The linked Reuters story is not quite accurate, as it was not a ''public'' bus, but rather one reserved for taking civil servants to and from work. [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-64909206 This BBC story] might be a better reference. It includes a video report. [[User:Kelisi|Kelisi]] ([[User talk:Kelisi|talk]]) 18:29, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
+Can someone add a protection on the section for December 5th? An IP keeps trying to alter the addition that states that the Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza by removing the genocide mention and replacing it with war crimes when the article's title clearly states that Amnesty believes Israel to be committing genocide. [[User:Onegreatjoke|Onegreatjoke]] ([[User talk:Onegreatjoke|talk]]) 21:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
-:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:EP --> editing entries in the portal does not require special editing rights, and can be edited by any user. Instructions on how to edit: [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]]. [[User:Carter00000|Carter00000]] ([[User talk:Carter00000|talk]]) 18:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)
+== Protected edit request on 6 December 2024 ==
-== Let’s make this section more positive ==
+{{edit fully-protected|Portal:Current events|answered=yes}}
-I agree with the comment about negativity. I think there should be some good news in current events [[Special:Contributions/174.243.54.7|174.243.54.7]] ([[User talk:174.243.54.7|talk]]) 16:42, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
+change "signs a agreement" to "signs an agreement" [[Special:Contributions/57.140.108.2|57.140.108.2]] ([[User talk:57.140.108.2|talk]]) 18:29, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
+: {{not done}} Two people signed an agreement, so the third-person plural is correct. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 20:21, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
-:[[File:Information.svg|25px|alt=Information icon]] You could add some more entries in the categories of "Arts and culture", "Business and economy", "Science and technology" & "Sports", which may help to balance out the stories presented in the Portal. Instructions on how to edit: [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]]. [[User:Carter00000|Carter00000]] ([[User talk:Carter00000|talk]]) 17:41, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
-== Climat Crisis is not ongoing anymore ???  ==
-'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACurrent_events%2FSidebar&diff=next&oldid=1138892361&diffmode=source Revision as of 06:07, 12 February 2023 ] removed climat from ongoing crisis in the sidebar.  Can we please restore it?'''  <span style="cursor:help;"> &#65293; [[User:Cy21|Cy21]] ➜ [[User talk:Cy21|discuss]]</span>  13:23, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
-:Pinging @[[User:Farolif|Farolif]] for comment on the removal on the event. [[User:Carter00000|Carter00000]] ([[User talk:Carter00000|talk]]) 17:23, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
-::It was, and still is, a low visibility article - [https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&redirects=1&range=latest-60&pages=Climate_crisis|Opioid_epidemic|2021–2023_global_energy_crisis|2020–present_global_chip_shortage compare to some other ongoing widespread events]. [[User:Farolif|Farolif]] ([[User talk:Farolif|talk]]) 18:13, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
-:::OK, it is a long term issue. But is this kind of attitude part of why some issues tends to be forsaken ?  Number of views shouldn't decide what is and what is not an issue. <span style="cursor:help;"> &#65293; [[User:Cy21|Cy21]] ➜ [[User talk:Cy21|discuss]]</span>  09:53, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
-= Notable? =
-* [[Weather of 2023]]
-** The [[Storm Prediction Center]] issues a [[List of Storm Prediction Center high risk days|high risk convective outlook]], the first high risk issued in [[Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021|over 2 years]], ahead of an expected severe weather outbreak across the [[Mississippi River]] valley.
-&nbsp;— [[User:Master_son|'''<span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600;">master</span><span style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607;"> son</span>''']]<sup>[[User_talk:Master_son|''T'']] - [[Special:Contributions/Master_son|''C'']]</sup> 19:00, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
-*Ok, now it is &nbsp;— [[User:Master_son|'''<span style="font-variant: small-caps; color:#006600;">master</span><span style="font-variant: small-caps; color: #aca607;"> son</span>''']]<sup>[[User_talk:Master_son|''T'']] - [[Special:Contributions/Master_son|''C'']]</sup> 23:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
-== NCAA basketball season ending ==
-In the "Sports" section more specifically Basketball, it says that the 2022-23 NCAA Mens/Women basketball season is still ongoing even though it has concluded as of a few days ago. Please fix this
-{{editrequest}}
-[[User:Justcgi|Justcgi]] ([[User talk:Justcgi|talk]]) 15:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)