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Centralizing talk spaces

This page has 6,200 watchers whereas Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Current events has 38.
Should that page redirect here? Or is there some other action that should be taken to better
organize/centralize discussion of current events on Wikipedia (things like the invite I made
above)? {{u| Sdkb }} talk 01:21, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sdkb: I would think so to be honest. –MJL -Talk- 17:04, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
make it work. 207.47.137.119 (talk) 00:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
As of now, it still has not been merged in here yet. A full merge requires
archive moving, archiving, etc. and I think it is too big for that right now.
When the page cools down, it would likely be a good idea. 2003LN6
16:47, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
What do you mean by "cools down"? Sdkb talk 19:38, 19 February
2024 (UTC)

Nvidia
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Nvidia stock just made the largest increase in history, this should be there
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-22/nvidia-to-top-meta-record-with-
nearly-250-billion-value-jump?embedded-checkout=true Victor Grigas (talk) 01:22, 23
February 2024 (UTC)

Inclusion of content in Portal:Current events/2024

March 1
I removed (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2024_Marc
h_1&diff=prev&oldid=1211357785) this entry earlier on the basis of WP:SENSATIONAL
earlier. The entry was restored (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current
_events/2024_March_1&diff=prev&oldid=1211360582) without discussion by the OP.
Should this be included?

In an address to the nation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declares that "democracy
is under threat" from Islamism and far-right extremism following the election of George
Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election, and threats made against members of
parliament over the war in Gaza.

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:

Nothing sensational about it. It was a prime time address by a Prime Minister?

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)

Here's the thing though, the speech by Rishi Sunak was far from routine. The speech
itself was a reaction to the election of George Galloway to parliament, which has
rocked the politicial establishment, and the ongoing Pro-Palestine protests. As both of
these events are notable themselves and have been included on the portal, I'd say the
speech is notable enough for inclusion here. GWA88 (talk) 19:58, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
Do you have any policies or guidelines that back up that claim of sufficient
notability for inclusion on the portal? You've essentially just repeated what you
mentioned previously, making the assertion that the address has sufficient due
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 weight for inclusion based on your own opinion. 33ABGirl (talk) 05:56, 3 March
2024 (UTC)
I have removed the content under discussion since there has been no
response from OP based on WP:PAG, or any further response at all,
despite OP's regular editing. As no other editors have expressed support
for the inclusion of the content, despite the discussion being open for a
period of time, please refrain from restoring the content until a consensus is
reached. 33ABGirl (talk) 17:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Notifying relevant users: User:JM2023 User:Gianluigi02 User:CoryGlee

User:XavierGreen User:Baratiiman User:TruncateVirus99 User:SaintPaulOfTarsus
User:Dubstar44 User:Cryptic User:Dantheanimator User:Sundostund
User:LonelyBoy2012 User:Jebiguess User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao User:Michael7604.

Please could you give your opinion on the inclusion of this news item on the current
events portal. GWA88 (talk) 00:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
This looks like a blatant attempt at canvassing through mass pinging of editors.
This editor claims (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GWA88&
diff=next&oldid=1212458011) that this page is dead, when being watched by
over 6,000 other editors (https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/P
ortal_talk:Current_events). 33ABGirl (talk) 01:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Absolutey not an attempt at "canvassing", all the editors pinged have been
active on the current events portal, most of them on Portal:Current
events/2024 March 1, the page of this dispute. I find it in bad faith to
automatically assume canvassing, they are free to oppose its inclusion just
as much as they are free to support it. GWA88 (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2024
(UTC)

current wikipedia is not a useable or feasable website just go to

fediverse.express.Baratiiman (talk) 06:36, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi to all, especially to both editors in dispute. You know, I hate, really

hate arguments and disputes... But I have been pinged. I think that
not all speeches are worth-including, for example, I'm sure that a
speech from a leader of Zimbabwe would be removed. I've made
entries where I've been urged to look for "action" and not "words"...
So... I don't know, that's my opinion as far as I can get without getting
involved much further. But if agreement is reached on including Mr
Sunak's speech, then I would accept it fully. Please consider my
opinion as extremely respectful towards everybody. As I said, I hate
arguments to the extreme. Have a nice day. CoryGlee (talk) 09:57, 8
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Note to all involved: As the OP of this thread has escalated this dispute in what
appears to be an attempt to get me blocked I will be disengaging from this discussion
until the matter is closed. I will support any consensus that is reached. Thank you.
GWA88 (talk) 20:55, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Ongoing
Please add War in Sudan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Sudan_(2023%E2%80%93present) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M23_offensive_(2022%E2%80%93present) Sh3r1exb (talk)
02:26, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Blurbs are getting super long

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)

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