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I never heard of anyone using wiki for for current events. How do you start.

• maxerickson 10y ago
  Here's the front page for English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
  • hashmymustache 10y ago
    interesting. do you know if the "in the news" selection is generated or curated?
    • maxerickson 10y ago
      Seems to be curated. Each day has a history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
    • ldjb 10y ago
      Items are nominated, discussed, and then a consensus is reached regarding whether to include them. There is information on the 'In the news' section at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news The page for nominating and discussing items is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidat... In case you hadn't heard of it before, Wikipedia also has a sister project called Wikinews: https://en.wikinews.org/ https://en.wikinews.org/
      • LeoPanthera 10y ago
        Does Wikipedia source news from Wikinews?
        • ldjb 10y ago
          Wikipedia does not provide news outside of the 'In the news' section (it does provide encyclopedic entries on current events, but that's not quite the same thing). The 'In the news' section lists already existing articles, which must contain references. User generated websites are usually not considered reliable sources for Wikipedia, so Wikinews shouldn't normally be used as a reference in Wikipedia articles.