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Check out the Wikipedia "Current Events" page. It's been my main source of news for the past few years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events http

Check out the Wikipedia "Current Events" page. It's been my main source of news for the past few years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events The nice thing is that you don't get the usual heavily US-centric political bias, and instead just see stuff happening around the world. The obituaries are on the side as well, which is convenient because, being Wikipedia, you can easily read about them.

p-e-w 4y ago
I love Wikipedia's "Current Events" portal so much that I have built a search engine for it: https://pastevents.org/ https://pastevents.org/ PastEvents is my entry point to the news nowadays. It updates daily and I can look at source material and relevant articles linked directly from the event, as well as search the past for related events to understand chronology.
- nicklaf 4y ago
  Very cool! I really like the date range selector. I can see this being very useful for getting a clear picture about what the world thought about certain topics before they blew up in certain directions in more recent times.
- dontchooseanick 4y ago
  Comments also promoting / proposing Wikipedia's Current Events [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439
  - tasuki 4y ago
    You posted this comment four times under this Ask HN. Twice in this thread under nicklaf's comment. Why? (Yes, Wikipedia's Current events portal is great)
    - dontchooseanick 4y ago
      awfully sorry, I wanted to 1. underline that it's a shared opinion and 2. notice others that the "Current Events" portal was commented here. I posted the exact same comment in all 4 positions talking about Wikipedia - if anyone feels offended or spammed just ler me know and I'll delete this superflous cross-reference
deafpolygon 4y ago
> The obituaries are on the side as well, which is convenient Indeed, I always check to see if my name is in it.
dontchooseanick 4y ago
Comments also promoting / proposing Wikipedia's Current Events [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439

p-e-w 4y ago

I love Wikipedia's "Current Events" portal so much that I have built a search engine for it: https://pastevents.org/ https://pastevents.org/ PastEvents is my entry point to the news nowadays. It updates daily and I can look at source material and relevant articles linked directly from the event, as well as search the past for related events to understand chronology.

nicklaf 4y ago
Very cool! I really like the date range selector. I can see this being very useful for getting a clear picture about what the world thought about certain topics before they blew up in certain directions in more recent times.
dontchooseanick 4y ago
Comments also promoting / proposing Wikipedia's Current Events [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439
- tasuki 4y ago
  You posted this comment four times under this Ask HN. Twice in this thread under nicklaf's comment. Why? (Yes, Wikipedia's Current events portal is great)
  - dontchooseanick 4y ago
    awfully sorry, I wanted to 1. underline that it's a shared opinion and 2. notice others that the "Current Events" portal was commented here. I posted the exact same comment in all 4 positions talking about Wikipedia - if anyone feels offended or spammed just ler me know and I'll delete this superflous cross-reference

deafpolygon 4y ago

> The obituaries are on the side as well, which is convenient Indeed, I always check to see if my name is in it.

dontchooseanick 4y ago

Comments also promoting / proposing Wikipedia's Current Events [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417715 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417336 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417454 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33417439