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Idea:No Duplicates On The Main Page At Once
I'm because of all the Viktor Pinchuk articles. It is unreasonable that at any point 80% of our Main Page should be filled up with one very obscure topic. Imagine if the Guardian, The New York Times, BBC, The Washington Post, or any other similar newspaper had 80% of it's front page covered in 1 obscure author talking with an obscure news source. I think we should have a general limit of 1 article on the Main Page at once on a specific topic. Examples of things prohibited: Article 1 is about an Airstake by Country X on Place Y during a war with a lot of airstrikes, Article 2 is about a similar airstrike by Country X on Place Z 2 articles about 1 person, unless this is a very notable person and they are covered constantly in the news (ex.Joe Biden does not count, Victor Pinchuk does) Anything clearly in the spirit of this (preventing the Main Page from being clogged with a lot of the same/similar story) is also counted What do you all think. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:09, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
- I don't agree and I totally agree. We appreciate OR around here and God knows we need more of it. Viktor is smart and capable and does interesting 'lowbrow' photo journalism -- which is super cool. Because of his photos etc., I've bent the rules a few times, in various ways. That has stopped, pretty much effective 5 minutes ago. The problem is that how his submissions work here, it is all filled with a heaping tablespoon of COI, navel gazing, and general self-focused puffery. Not to mention, when the article mentions "Russian Wikinews", he was the reporter getting the story while he was mostly the focus of the story -- problem after problem. Moving forward, his articles must have a broadened gumbo of sources, inputs or what-have-you. He did improve (in a tiny, granular fashion) on focusing the article on THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION EVENT ITSELF... but that may not be enough for the future.--Bddpaux (talk) 17:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- This isn't just about Victor Pinchuk though, I general I don't think anything insignificant should be taking up 80% of our front page@Bddpaux Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:58, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
- I don't agree and I totally agree. We appreciate OR around here and God knows we need more of it. Viktor is smart and capable and does interesting 'lowbrow' photo journalism -- which is super cool. Because of his photos etc., I've bent the rules a few times, in various ways. That has stopped, pretty much effective 5 minutes ago. The problem is that how his submissions work here, it is all filled with a heaping tablespoon of COI, navel gazing, and general self-focused puffery. Not to mention, when the article mentions "Russian Wikinews", he was the reporter getting the story while he was mostly the focus of the story -- problem after problem. Moving forward, his articles must have a broadened gumbo of sources, inputs or what-have-you. He did improve (in a tiny, granular fashion) on focusing the article on THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION EVENT ITSELF... but that may not be enough for the future.--Bddpaux (talk) 17:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
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I am seeking CU status -- go here: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions
I have been heavily involved here for roughly 16 years or so and I truly believe in this project. I deeply appreciate any support votes that might be provided!!--Bddpaux (talk) 20:08, 30 May 2024 (UTC)