>current events updates (never Wikipedia's strong suit in the first place) I disagree. Whenever there is something big happening, after a couple of days it get

>current events updates (never Wikipedia's strong suit in the first place) I disagree. Whenever there is something big happening, after a couple of days it gets really difficult to follow just from the news (e.g. the Japanese tsunami, Arabian spring). I always go to Wikipedia and get a reasonably good overview with up to date information. I guess it only works for the really high profile events which interest the editors though...