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The majority of stories aren't that complex. The overwhelming majority of stories I've found it useful for me to look up on Wikipedia ... tend to be there. Mo
by dredmorbius 2y ago
The majority of stories aren't that complex.
The overwhelming majority of stories I've found it useful for me to look up on Wikipedia ... tend to be there. Most of these tend toward natural disasters, industrial / infrastructure incidents, business/political news, possibly something in technology or the sciences. Not so much "human interest", celebrities/gossip, entertainment, etc., though I suspect some of those might also find their way to Wikpedia, modulo BLP considerations (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_livin...>).
Wikipedia does not merely regurgitate news, but processes, synthesizes, and very often balances multiple viewpoints.
- dredmorbius 2y agoAnd, just to give a current example, the sinking of Bayesian doesn't merit its own article (yet?), but there is a section on the page covering that yacht: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_(yacht)#Sinking_and_aftermath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_(yacht)#Sinking_and_a...> Though it's worth noting that that page itself was created two days ago, presumably on account of the notable persons involved in its sinking: <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bayesian_(yacht)&oldid=1241141280 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bayesian_(yacht)&...> (first version of the page dated 19 August 2024)