Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-04-25/In the media

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Putin's Wiki-censor

Kind of funny to see the Russian government putting so much effort into their own propaganda Wikipedia knockoff. They don't like the facts, so they created their own EncyCopedia. Allan Nonymous (talk) 15:25, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Taylor Tomlinson hosts a wikirace on live TV – again !

  • Imagine if the After Midnight staff found out about this shout-out for real, though... Live TV, here we come! : D --Oltrepier (talk) 17:13, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In brief

  • For the "King of Wikipedia" bit, there was the opportunity to write something like "the King of Rock and Roll, the king of the UK, and the King of the Jews." Would've been such a satisfying sentence! ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 14:19, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Maplestrip: Well Cheesy Chuck seems to have 139, but I wouldn't want to write anything in poor taste. I suppose we could have worked something in about zombies seen in Michigan being all shook up, but I'll leave that for the NY Post, Fox and other Murdoch outlets. Murdoch only has a score of 75, so he wouldn't qualify as king of anything. Smallbones(smalltalk) 19:06, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ok I've bee trying to parse this message all day. What is "Cheesy Chuck" and what do zombies have to do with anything? What's with the sudden mention of American news agencies? ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 11:12, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        I'm fairly certain Cheesy Chuck refers to the king of England. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        What's cheesy about Charles Windsor? Just because he complains about badly behaving fountain pens? -- llywrch (talk) 15:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Mildly surprised Netanyahu the Younger's article was not redirected to his father's as a valid alternative to deletion. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 19:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Hebrew Wikipedia Votes to Remove Entry on PM Netanyahu's Son Following His Request" (headline)
"The community of Hebrew Wikipedia editors voted 75-54 to merge Avner Netanyahu's page into that of the Netanyahu family after the Israeli prime minister's son requested that his entry be removed earlier this month" (lede), so the lede is more technically correct and you are right. It's about the same IMHO because apparently there was almost nothing to merge - just something about what football team he cheers for. I do have problems getting around in Hebrew in translation and Haaretz tends to link to their own stories rather than Wikipedia. And of course HeWiki rules are a bit different and the way it's expressed in translation is slightly different. Sorry. Smallbones(smalltalk) 20:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: The news came out very late in the writing process, but I'm pretty sure we're going to cover it soon. Oltrepier (talk) 07:27, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Oltrepier: You have done a lot of great work for the Signpost in recent months, but let's avoid such misleading comments. (Gråbergs Gråa Sång commented earlier in the newsroom discussion, so they are probably well aware that this was not a mere timing issue.) Regards, HaeB (talk) 09:47, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@HaeB: You're right, I should have addressed the discussion in the first place, and overall I've articulated myself very badly, so I apologize for it. Oltrepier (talk) 10:18, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding the Baidu Baike closing their app, the report noted that "The Beijing-based, Hong Kong-listed company will end support for the app on June 30 to focus on “better user experiences”, according to a statement published on the Baike app on Wednesday. Users can continue to access the service through a mini-program on the main Baidu app". So they will only close Baidu Baike app, rather than Baidu Baike the entire website. Thanks. --SCP-2000 03:29, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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