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Review please 2024-09-03 England: Staffordshire town celebrates LGBTQ+ pride despite funding issues

Hi @Heavy Water, @Bddpaux, @Cromium, @Chaetodipus, @JJLiu112, @LivelyRatification, @Microchip08, @RockerballAustralia, @SVTCobra, @Tom Morris, @Tyrol5

Hope you're doing well.

  • You're on my active-and-possibly-available Reviewers list, could you please review this at your convenience, it is outside of my scope, topic is too confusing for me to be comfortable:
  • To opt out of being highlighted about each new draft being submitted for review, please reply and write 'Gryllida, I don't wish to be notified anymore' or 'Gryllida, I only wish to be notified of (region/country e.g. 'India' or 'Japan') and (topic e.g. 'law' or 'science') from now on', I will remember it.
    • I will also remove you from my list after 7 counts of highlights to which there is no response. Apologies for the noise, I believe (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I am open to suggestions), it might be useful given that there was only one story published in the last two months here. Meanwhile I am trying to copyedit, even for stories outside of my ability to fully review.

There are also several other stories in Newsroom which expired or are going to expire freshness soon, according to the current freshness guide which is 7 days or less, with longer times for Original Reporting (correct me if I'm wrong), please check:

Thanks, Gryllida (talk) 23:45, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Australian Education Minister Jason Clare proposes legislation prioritizing rural institutions in international students cap

Last possible day to review today; the story was sitting abandoned for 3 days due to me not paying attention after writing it. If not reviewed today, this will be taken off the queue. Thanks. --Gryllida (talk) 00:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

downgraded to stale, changed to possible OR, next section below Gryllida (talk) 01:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

draft of questions #or #australia #education #politics

Hi all, please have a look and assist with devising the list of questions to ask to get input from several political organizations. Thank you! Gryllida (talk) 01:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo exhibition “Ethnic features of the world people” took place in the Crimean capital

The article has been edited by the author, according to the requirements specified on the discussion page. The material has been in standby mode for a long time. Please review the article. Виктор Пинчук (talk) 05:18, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. The article contains abundant visual material on ethnography and is related not to any particular country or continent, but to the entire planet Earth. — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 05:30, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Виктор Пинчук I don't think this is right place to ask for a review, there have been no reviews in 5 weeks because there isn't enough active people. There is no reason your article should have priority over anyone else's when some is available, anyways. (As a side note, 3 reviewers who make up the majority of reviews have stated they will not pass your articles in their current form, so you may have trouble there). Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 15:43, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"There isn't enough active people" — This cannot be a reason for deleting an article concerning the ethnography of many continents of the planet earth. — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 16:17, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There isn't enough active...to review it before it goes stale.@Виктор Пинчук Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 02:50, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This cannot be a reason to delete a quality article. Besides, ethnography (to which the topic of the article belongs) does not become outdated. News of a political nature can become outdated. Let's wait. — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 06:01, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
English Wikinews is a news project. All of our policies and guidelines center on publishing news, which is defined by a stated level of WN:Freshness (generally, seven days). While there is leniency provided to original reporting, that leniency clearly isn't boundless. While I do support leaving your OR articles in the review queue for up to eight weeks before marking them stale[1], I don't agree that by calling them 'ethnography' they become limitless in freshness.

Exclusive content has the potential to extend our freshness horizon by days or even weeks, depending on the nature of the original material.

– WN:NEWINFO

OR extends the freshness horizon, but does not remove it. And again, I think a reviewer should clarify the level of leniency OR is afforded as it relates to Freshness. Until then, I think non-reviewers should stick to established precedent.
—Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 15:36, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Michael.C.Wright as previously stated, 8 weeks would clearly be considered way too long by our 2 most active reviewers. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 16:31, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Me Da Wikipedian, I don't see where any reviewer said something like that. Can you provide a quote/diff? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
I see a partial conversation happening about freshness[2] (among other things), yes. But I don't see where anyone stated specifically X weeks are "clearly considered way too long."
Bddpaux did inform Viktor "we have to turn off the switch on these"[3], but then proceeded to publish the article after changes were made by the author.[4] Like I said elsewhere[5], consider what that communicates to the author: the publication notes state "You have done a decent job on re-focusing on the 'exhibition' as the news event." So if I were the author, I'd make sure the exhibition is the focal event for future articles, which was what was done on the latest article pending review. Bddpaux's notes and the fact that they published the article both reinforce the notion that 1. reviewers have found value in Viktor's posts and 2. for that reason they have afforded Viktor's articles significant leniency regarding Freshness.
I see where @Bddpaux said "I probably [emphasis added] won't stretch it (time-wise) this far again."[6] But this is much different from saying X weeks is way too long.
I also see where Cromium proposed "the two weeks it says the exhibition is running for" for that specific article (not broadly for all OR).[7] Tthat is not the same as saying something like 'OR freshness is limited to two weeks.' No other reviewer responded to that specific recommendation so I wouldn't interpret that as any type of consensus.
If anything, I do see reinforced consensus that OR 'gets significant leeway with freshness.' I don't see any consensus on what qualifies as significant or excessive for that matter beyond precedents set by previous publication of stale content. ––Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 18:05, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Michael.C.Wright please read this thread for an example. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 03:28, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I linked to it above to show that I've read it. I quoted from it. I haven't found any mention of '8 weeks being considered way too long,' even though I personally feel it is.
If that’s the consensus, it would be helpful for reviewers to clearly state it and apply it consistently in their reviews. While I expect this might be addressed in the future, I haven't seen any clear guidance or consistent action on it yet. As things stand, the precedents are set around 7.5 - 8 weeks for this author's OR, and that's what I’ll continue to follow. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 14:56, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Michael.C.Wright if 4 weeks is too long, that 8 weeks is too long naturally follows. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 03:51, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Виктор Пинчук no, but the article going stale (because of no active reviewers) is. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 16:29, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, rules are important (both in this project and everywhere in our lives). But I will add a little logic. A certain political event or natural disaster could only happen on a specific date. While a photo exhibition dedicated to the annual holiday "Archaeologist's Day" celebrated on July 12 could well have taken place in the same form on July 12, 2025. Correct me if I am wrong. P.S. Moreover, I will say honestly, this exhibition was planned for July 12, 2023, but due to the circumstances, the museum could not accept it. (So now we see an event of 2023, unrealized:-). In this case, the concepts of "new" and "old" are relative.— Виктор Пинчук (talk) 17:00, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I get that, but there must be some point at which a story is no longer new, and it must be a reasonable point. The rest of the above is really myself and Michael.C.Wright disagreeing on what reviewers think qualifies as new for this article.@Виктор Пинчук Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 03:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In defense of the article

Only in my articles can the news user (external and internal) see the photographs presented at the exhibition (no matter whether they are good or bad) in order to evaluate them. Reporter has no right to do this: he can only make a report, photographing the action and participants of the event. Do you feel the difference?

I appeal to the reviewers: "Please check the article" — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 05:22, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Виктор Пинчук "I think my article is useful and important" (which most authors think their articles are) is not a get-out-of-staleness-free card. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 05:41, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikinews currently has 16 reviewers. — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 15:06, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Виктор Пинчук no article has been reviewed in 6 weeks...because there are no active reviewers. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 15:36, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I really think we need to reach a conclusion on this larger situation. Again: I like Viktor's photos -- they are super awesome! But, there is a QUAGMIRE of COI problems at play here and I am unclear if he grasps that properly. He loves to lead off with 'Russian WN attended a lecture on bla-bla in Crimea'. Yes: but YOU WERE RUSSIAN WN AT THAT EVENT!! An event where YOU were talking about a trip YOU TOOK WHILE SHOWING THE PHOTOS YOU TOOK. There could be some work-arounds on this kind of stuff, and again: I value the photos! I do! But this format/style-of-delivery does not work here.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:36, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bddpaux I that someone needs to explain in relatively simple English what the issue is and how to fix it, preferably on their talk page (and that 3 reviewers now wont pass their articles) Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 15:23, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have done that (hopefully well) at Viktor's Talk page.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

#economics #politics #asia #bangladesh Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh

Authored with 3 days delay and approaching the end of its freshness windows... Pleasw help to edit and please review. (I can't, too exhausted currently.) Gryllida (talk) 12:11, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

#NewZealand #politics Tens of thousands attend royal Maori funeral, coronation

Not stale yet. I left some feedback, author is being inactive. --Gryllida (talk) 12:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Newsroom cleanup

  1. On the campaign trail in the USA, June 2024
  2. Episode 100 of iSiphetho destiny
  3. Play room live is about to end season 1 with a lot of fun and vibes to keep people entertained.
  4. 51 killed, 271 injured in a Russian missile strike in Poltava
    For the record I think it becomes stale on September 11 not September 9 (because its a 7 day freshness window). Am I missing something?@Gryllida Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:07, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  5. UN secretary-general warns about rising sea levels
  6. Billboard Korea recognizes Philippine P-Pop groups BINI and SB19 as 'Voices of Asia'
  7. Album of the Year adds Cloudflare protection, with detrimental side effect of preventing web archiving
  8. Australian Education Minister Jason Clare proposes legislation prioritizing rural institutions in international students cap
  9. Sergey Romanov presented the updated social network SocialAppe 2024
  10. Pope Francis starts his longest trip yet as Catholic Church pivots to Asia
  11. Destructive windstorm hits São Paulo, Brazil: 3 injured and gusts reach 80 km/h
  12. Roman-Era Human Remains Discovered at Rolls-Royce Site in Bristol
  13. Ukraine reports Russia's losses since the invasion
  14. Digital education in São Paulo, Brazil: More problems than solutions?
  15. The 19th edition of Wikimania - a global gathering of creators of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects - began on August 7 in Katowice.
  16. US Congressman Brad Schneider says his Capitol office was vandalized
    By the way, the last real edit to that article was July 12, in the future you can delete it right away (or mark it as abandoned from the correct date at least). @Gryllida Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:09, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  17. US Supreme Court rules that Trump is immune from prosecution for official acts
    This is now 10.5 weeks old adding time for a review and to make OR its very much stale...@Gryllida Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:12, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Google reports thirteen percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions
    @Gryllida Author has said they have interest in further work on the article Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:11, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Hunter Biden files a lawsuit against Fox News for a "mock trial" of him

Question

Could there be a tool that presents me with a list of articles with the information shown for each article:

  • date of last edit to article,
  • date of last edit to talk
  • top 3 contributors with links to their talk pages
  • whether it is marked as OR,
  • link to article,
  • link to article talk
  • radio box to mark as abandoned
  • text box to leave message to article talk which pings the previous contributors [could this feature be added to talk page of each article and with feature to add a new user to list of pinged users, e.g. if I know User1 will be interested in this topic]
  • date of event + date of most recent development (settable manually) and/or any custom comment summarizing current article progress

This could help with spending less time going through the list above manually checking such information. Gryllida (talk) 23:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

#politics #humanrights Global Witness reports almost 200 environmental activist killings in 2023

Is this a single sourced press release? Or not? Please check article talk and assist in clarifying and editing. Thank you! 🙂 Gryllida (talk) 21:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wednesday September 18, 2024 - Update

Hi @Heavy Water, @Bddpaux, @Cromium, @Chaetodipus, @JJLiu112, @LivelyRatification, @Microchip08, @RockerballAustralia, @SVTCobra, @Tom Morris, @Tyrol5 @Michael.C.Wright who is on wikibreak (If you want to opt out of notification, let me know)

There are 5 articles awaiting review, of which 1 is dated August (Original reporting), 3 are dated September 13, and 1 is dated September 11. Current time (UTC): 22:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Still awaiting for your help with review:

Awaiting your help with review, in addition to the previous message:

Published after the last update:

  • Nil.

Deleted after the last update: (excluding LTA, broken redirect and spam):

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 22:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New category, can an admin please populate?

Category:New England, including

Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Added. The added category will show when a reviewer approves. (I didn't self-approve.) Please let me know if further changes are required. Gryllida (talk) 23:54, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Art Outreach By Olusola David Ayibiowu Motivated Visual Art and Science Students in Lagos Schools

Is this original reporting or is this spamming? It seems like a non-profit. Guy does art education in different schools and reports it in news. Please advise? Gryllida (talk) 19:47, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it looked strange also I didn't think spam though I thought advertising but spam seems appropriate also. Thanks. I also wrote a lengthy reply on the other discussion page. BigKrow (talk) 22:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whether or not this is a commercial enterprise shouldn't matter. Newsworthiness aside, at a glance it looks like he hasn't got mutually independent sources (all were created by him). Not to mention his glaring COI, directly analogous to Viktor Pinchuk, IMO, and disqualifying of him. Heavy Water (talk) 02:53, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please use the following web links to access the independent sources concerning the Art Outreach Samsung News.
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/19f84780-453d-4158-b496-05084ed8c7a4
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/96913389-633d-4f4a-b1f8-680229c7e9ae
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/b016cb90-78cf-4e3e-af67-a2365206fa5f
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/b6bd71dc-31dd-4952-8b0f-0f146fe74221
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/c0112692-2118-41ac-9825-0505d9453bcb
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/c6663e7d-5e87-4793-9c27-c0e328140da0
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/ff7edc22-a7fc-4adb-8a67-cafbe0a3887d
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/5b42f4bd-55ff-4c23-b6bf-b347313c96a4
https://player.glb.samsungcast.com/podcast/812f5df3-a6d7-4635-94ab-aeb146c48832 EduEditorsNG (talk) 13:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This arev other independent sources.
anotherArt Outreach on Audible last updated 7 Sep 2024
Listen on: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outreach-Olusola-David-Ayibiowu-Curated/dp/B0D9P9L3MB
ListenNotes
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-art-outreach/art-outreach-brightens-lagos-s1aWqvl85RH/
Goodreads
Olusola David, Ayibiowu
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/124528746-olusola-david-ayibiowu
iHeart Radio
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-a-brush-with-inspiration-199659501/episode/a-brush-with-inspiration-olusola-david-199659506/
Best Paste Episode in (2024)
His Art Outreach are listed among the best Pastel Podcast Episode in 2024 on Player FM.
Website:
https://player.fm/podcasts/pastel
Listed:
The Art Outreach Brightens Lagos State Govt Schools As Olusola David Ayibiowu Curated
Art Outreach in the Eye of Olusola David Ayibiowu as He Curated
Goodpods.
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
His podcast was listed among the best on Goodpods:
The best podcasts for Art Outreach
by Olusola D, Ayibiowu
Listed:
https://goodpods.com/curated-lists/podcasts-for-understanding-how-the-world-works
Featured on Freakonomics Radio listed as of the best  Top 10 Freakonomics Radio Episodes.
Featured on: Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries
Top 10 Revisionist History Episodes
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
Visit: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/revisionist-history-200
Featured on Freakonomics Radio listed as of the best  Top 10 Freakonomics Radio Episodes.
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
Visit: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/freakonomics-radio-191
Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Freakonomics Radio episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Freakonomics Radio for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Freakonomics Radio episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Visit: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/freakonomics-radio-191
Featured on:
The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman
Top 10 The Allusionist Episodes
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
Visit: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/the-allusionist-11689
Featured on:
The Audio Long Read
The Guardian
Top 10 The Audio Long Read Episodes
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
Visit:
https://goodpods.com/podcasts/the-audio-long-read-64662
Featured on:
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
Top 10 99% Invisible Episodes
The best podcasts for understanding how the world works
By Nick Cowan
Visit:https://goodpods.com/podcasts/99-invisible-11515 EduEditorsNG (talk) 13:46, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is another independent source.
EduEditorsNG (talk) 14:07, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @EduEditorsNG
  • Sorry, independent source means: "not authored by Olusola David".
    • The Amazon source is not an independent source.
  • A podcast by the creative Art Solution Foundation could do as one of the sources.
  • Other independent sources, authored by someone else (and not involving Olusola writing or saying a part of the content) are required.
  • Could you please revise your list and only include the independendent sources?
Gryllida (talk) 21:37, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art-outreach-by-creative-arts-solution-foundation/id1762730064 EduEditorsNG (talk) 22:36, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outreach-Creative-Arts-Solution-Foundation/dp/B0DC4PLVWQ EduEditorsNG (talk) 22:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation
https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/6c0ac384-864e-42d0-ad9e-d01215611c3d/art-outreach-by-creative-arts-solution-foundation EduEditorsNG (talk) 22:51, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rephonic.
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://rephonic.com/podcasts/art-outreach-by-creative-arts-solution-foundation EduEditorsNG (talk) 22:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/0zJ31edsIB8SNlov0vOB25 EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:16, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Castbox.
on fm channel.
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://castbox.fm/channel/6263726?country=ng EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:28, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Player.fm
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://player.fm/series/3590920 EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:42, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Audible.
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://www.audible.com/podcast/Art-Outreach-by-Creative-Arts-Solution-Foundation/B0DC4RGVFV EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:45, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Podcast Republic.
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1762730064 EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:48, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Podcast Republic.
Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1762730064 EduEditorsNG (talk) 23:58, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Mistakenly posted twice. EduEditorsNG (talk) 00:04, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pocket Cast.
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
https://pca.st/aonst0ue EduEditorsNG (talk) 00:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pocket Casts EduEditorsNG (talk) 00:03, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Castro
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation
https://castro.fm/podcast/b6b674bb-cdd5-43fb-a3fc-7388c354f51e EduEditorsNG (talk) 00:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
RSS feed
Art Outreach by Creative Arts Solution Foundation
https://media.rss.com/art-outreach-by-creative-arts-solution-foundation/feed.xml EduEditorsNG (talk) 00:07, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @EduEditorsNG
As I wrote previously, a source by 'Creative Arts Solution Foundation' can be one of the sources.
Could you find another source, not by Creative Arts Solution Foundation (and not by Olusola David)?
The reason why I am asking this is because Wikinews articles are not press releases: we can't report on an event in which one organisation did it, and also the only source of the news report. We cannot verify whether what it says is true or not. The news report becomes unverifiable.
Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 00:11, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Post publish edits to the Pagers story. #accidents #lebanon #technology URGENT (within 24 hours after publishing)

I worked on the pagers story a bit today -- post publish edits. If it is not only minor edits that are allowed post publication, then please review?

@Michael.C.Wright @Acagastya @LivelyRatification @Bddpaux @JJLiu112 @RockerballAustralia @Heavy Water@Cromium @Microchip08@SVTCobra et al.

Thank you!

Regards -- Gryllida (talk) 13:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Urgent - OR? - Sourcing requirements - Russian_Wikipedia:_now_2,000,000_articles

Based on source 1, this is original reporting, correct? It is a technical forum discussion.

For original reporting are two independent sources still required? Source 2 is written by the same user, the article author here.

Thank you in advance for your help, it would help me to review the story quickly.

Event date: September 18

Time now: 11:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

It is 3 days old now, leaving only about 3 more days for review (including communication with the author).

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 11:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Before I saw your comment on the talk page, I was about to review and fail the article because it does not have two independent sources that support the focal event. I was also going mention that press releases do not support newsworthiness.[8] —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 13:48, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Michael.C.Wright! Why did my comment stop you? Is original reporting not required to have two independent sources? Gryllida (talk) 02:04, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. But it's not tagged as OR and no notes were provided, so it is, by default, synthesis. We have a longstanding principle Wikipedia is not a reliable source, as it does itself, and comments in a Wikipedia discussion hardly meet muster as capable of factual verification of anything more than that some folks wrote them, OR or not. The press release faces the same issue, to say nothing of its circular sourcing issue. For articles, like these, I think we're best relying on official PR/technical statistics (attributing in both cases, naturally), though the former may rely on the latter. Moreover, I'm wondering about relevance, especially in light of another longstanding principle ours stipulating news about Wikimedia has to clear a higher bar for relevance. Are we to cover every increment of, say 500,000, or a million entries in every Wikimedia wiki that achieves such? I think if you look at the examples provided at that link, you can see the distinction I'm drawing between this sort of newsletter focal event and a focal event with relevance throughout Wikimedia or beyond. Heavy Water (talk) 03:43, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you understand that in our country not a single mass media outlet would dare to publish such news. I barely found one brave soul. Lesless (talk) 09:39, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
3DNews and DTF did --Ssr (talk) 10:17, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Ssr
Thank you very much. It helps for independent source, especially the first one. The second one is rather short and is a social media. It does not help to verify two questions, the first one I consider essential:
  • which page was the 2000000th - how is this confirmed
  • what is "Cebuano, Warai" and "Dutch, Swedish"
(Maybe on article talk template {{question}} and {{done}} can be used more often, or something else to clarify that it is still awaiting reply.)
I usually use programs on wiki well, just my current environment is a little too overcrowded with tasks, and help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 11:14, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I remedied one of the issues by attribution, e.g.,specified which source this infornation came from. Gryllida (talk) 12:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think this article is topical and that it is very important to have it on Wikinews. I think that there are enough sources and their quality is good enough. BilboBeggins (talk) 07:08, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hololive talent Watson Amelia announces end to her streaming activities

This was written on September 22 about a September 20 event. It reads as promotional to me. Is this only because of the vocabulary ("a talent of the English-speaking branch of VTuber agency") -- which is perhaps typical in this industry? Or is it an issue that all this whole article is about one person? I requested author to clarify at the talk page of the article. An additional insight from another contributor, perhaps someone more familiar with this topic, would be very welcomed. Thank you. Gryllida (talk) 05:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, the word 'talent' seems common, author will possibly be able to clarify.
Is this article newsworthy - could you please confirm - as it is not about a nobel prize laureate or a widely known person - please confirm this for me as it will help me with the review.
Thank you very much. Gryllida (talk) 01:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Viktor promotion

I mean I saw Виктор Пинчук articles were criticized for him reporting on his own exhibit. It sounded to me it could be easy to change, from 'Victor presented unusual textbook at literary festival' to reporting on the entire festival, where and how it was held and how many people participated, what were other talks or exhibits on it, and so on. Victor could easily interview several different people there and include this into his story along with the part about his book. (Which is freely licensed, so it is less of an issue than a book which is only available by purchase.) I wanted to get a note from several contributors here confirming it is a sane idea, so it is confirmed before Victor starts working on this and we do not have a situation where he wrote as I suggested and it turned out again it was not publishable. Thank you! --Gryllida (talk) 02:51, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Argument

The article talks about the only participant of the literary festival who presented a work in English and published this work (as stated above) under a free license in one of the Wikimedia projects. But it is really possible to add one or two paragraphs about the other participants. — Виктор Пинчук (talk) 05:29, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hizbullah Usir 2 Jet Tempur Israel grammar editing may be desired

Author may have a language barrier. I have this long "sleep" thing for a while so if you are keen, welcome to revise. Thanks heaps. Gryllida (talk) 13:15, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made some changes and it requires more: e.g. the quotations are not 100% grammatical, but I'm hesitant to change a quote. Also, the article uses "Hezbollah", which is a more common transliteration, but the title is "Hizbullah". That's just odd.
Good luck with your medical condition. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:41, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ for your help!
The foreign language sources can be marked as such, there is a template for it. Example HERE.
The quotations aren't proper grammar because the contributor does not speak English well; if you don't mind please you can use an automatic translator or two (DeepL, Google Translate, Libre Translate) or ask at a foreign language Wikipedia for help, and leave a note on article talk -- as a reviewer doing these changes would make them disqualified from reviewing.
I've reached to an Indonesian contributor off-wiki for assistance. Gryllida (talk) 02:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The correct tanslated title should be "Hezbollah repelled two Israeli warplanes".
"Hizbullah" is a word that is spoken by an Indonesian. Yonlecoder (talk) 05:04, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! It is red link in heading, if you click it, you will see the new page name. Gryllida (talk) 12:34, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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