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Errors in the summary of the featured article

Please do not remove this invisible timestamp. See WT:ERRORS and WP:SUBSCRIBE. - Dank (push to talk) 01:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Errors with "In the news"

• "Storm Daniel causes flooding across Libya and the collapse of two dams, leaving more than 3,000 people dead."

The article tells us that the storm caused flooding and deaths across a wide area, including Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. The blurb should therefore not give the impression that only Libya was affected. I suggest:

• ALT "Storm Daniel causes flooding around the central Mediterranean and the collapse of two dams in Libya, leaving more than 3,000 people dead."

When I googled Storm Daniel most of the results were related to Libya, as the bulk of the deaths were there(Greece had only 15 according to [1]). 331dot (talk) 12:35, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

There's more to this than a bodycount. It's remarkable that some parts of Greece got over a metre of rain. And the cleanup and recriminations continue. See Greek PM under attack over handling of Storm Daniel disaster response, for example. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

My point is less the bodycount and more the fact that the news seems to be focusing on Libya. Places getting a large amount of rain in a short time is the norm now with climate change. 331dot (talk) 13:43, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Per WP:NOTNEWS, we're not a news source and so should be giving an encyclopedic perspective. That means a broader and fuller view, not just the latest sensation. The linked article isn't just about Libya and so the blurb should summarise accordingly. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:22, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

WP:NOTNEWS refers to articles, not to blurbs in sections literally titled "In the news". So it's not an error in that respect. Feel free to establish consensus to rework the blurb at WP:ITNC.—Bagumba (talk) 14:37, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

WP:NOTNEWS has a lot to say, including "Wikipedia is not a newspaper" and "Wikipedia is not written in news style". If you don't like this language then feel free to argue accordingly at WP:NOT. Andrew🐉(talk) 14:54, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

WP:NOT is fine. Taking snippets and shortcuts out of context is not. WP:NOTNEWS clearly states Ensure that Wikipedia articles are not... before enumerating. Regards. —Bagumba (talk) 15:11, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Most such policies are focussed on articles but that doesn't mean that the main page is therefore free to editorialize, engaging in OR, POV, etc. It should naturally follow the same principles. Andrew🐉(talk) 15:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

•  Done. The wording change improves clarity without sacrificing much space. Discussions about the scope of WP:NOTNEWS should be discussed elsewhere, it is unrelated to this blurb. --Jayron32 15:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

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