[WikiEN-l] Is Wikipedia a News Portal (among other things)?

[Andrew Lih]

On 9/20/06, Peter Jacobi <peter_jacobi at gmx.net> wrote:
> [[September 2006 Thailand coup attempt]]
>
> Sorry to ask the obvious rhetorical questions here:
> * Wasn't WikiNews designed to be for news?
> * Why is [[Wikipedia:Recentism]] only an essay?
> * Is at a good idea to write an encyclopedia article based a news tickers and CNN?

It's been this way for a while

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_March_2004_Madrid_train_bombings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings


-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)