Talk:U.S. manufacturer General Motors seeks bankruptcy protection

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Guinness2702 in topic Contradiction

Press release

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There may or may not be a press release forthcoming at GM's press release WWW site. That might be worth looking out for. Uncle G (talk) 12:28, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Ranking

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Many sources say third largest. But they appear to be basing this on figures released before the announcement. The figures in early news reports now, at the time of the announcement, appear to be slightly different, and place GM fourth in NGI's table. It would be good for Wikinews to scoop other reports on the correct ranking. Please check the actual assets figures that GM is now giving. Uncle G (talk) 12:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Washington Mutual

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Washington Mutual was not a bankruptcy, it was an FDIC receivership, after which the company was acquired by JP Morgan Chase. Bankruptcy code did not come into play. Therefore, calling GM the third-largest bankruptcy is correct. --Kitch (talk) 19:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Peer Review

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Styling

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I am not really keen on the styling of this article ... with all the sub-headers it seems more encyclopedic than news-like in style. --SVTCobra 23:59, 1 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

  • I agree. I think 'Other related bankruptcy filings' should be taken out personally. Not sure on the table for the creditors also. -Meekel (talk) 00:06, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
  • I recommend expanding your idea of what a news article is. Wikinews is no stranger to third-level headings, and we have plenty of articles using them. Newspaper articles in the rest of the world are no strangers to headings in the middle of articles, too. Indeed, two of the news articles cited as sources in this very article have such headings. Look at both of the Bloomberg articles, for instance. Uncle G (talk)
    • I just looked at all three Bloomberg sources in this article and saw no such organization of information. Am I blind? --SVTCobra 02:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply
      • Look at the McKee article, for example. See where it says things like "Cuts Already Planned", "‘Bottom-Up’ Collapse", and "Broader Market", that don't make any sense as running text? Those are the sub-headings. The fact that they are sub-headings is the reason that they don't make sense as running text. Do you now find yourself wishing that Bloomberg's style made its sub-headings a little clearer, as ours does, so that these mystery interjections made more sense? ☺

        I agree with what was said above about expanding the subsections, by the way. There's scope for it. There were, according to Seib (cited in the article), 50 creditors listed in the filing. The sources that I had only gave the top three. If anyone can find a source for the other 47, I'm sure that the creditors section would benefit from some expansion. Uncle G (talk) 03:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

Contradiction

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The article title is "U.S. manufacturer General Motors declares bankruptcy"

The content says "filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection"

These are two different states for a business to be in. Which is correct? Guinness2702 (talk) 07:41, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

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