Talk:Archive:News

Sources

I think that — to be of (future) use — the headlines should be accompanied by a short note on the source (Newspaper, date, page, if available: original news agency) — could be a html comment. Peter Schmitt 09:36, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Well yes. This is by no means a finished product. What I have now is simply a list of stories I might write about. The week has just begun. By Saturday night, the only thing on this page will be fully fleshed out news articles, complete with sources for everything. Sunday the headlines (of my choosing, rather than the ones CNN/Yahoo/whatever used. Some of the CNN ones are so cryptic, I can't stand them...) will be transcluded to the mainpage. The old articles will remain here for maybe two or three weeks. After that they will be archived, and the headlines will be added to an "Old News" page.Drew R. Smith 10:52, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I understand that this is just a notebook. But I suspect that some (many?) of the headlines will never be touched again, but still survive in the archive. Moreover, if - as you suggested - others might join you they might want to look what really is behind a title like "Japan braces for giant jellyfish" or if "Mathematicians Take Aim At 'Phantom' Traffic Jams: New Model Could Help Design Better Roads" really new, and what the mathematics is. Peter Schmitt 11:17, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Peter that having the source is essential to get the project off the ground by allowing feedback before the news digest is posted on Saturday. Why not just copy things in with title and URL, e.g. as CT scans reveal mummies' long-lost secrets? For this news item, I would point out that the title is a bit misleading in that CT scans have long been used to study mummies (cf. this 1986 overview), and even MRI scans of mummies have been performed — example. This is explained in the article but might get lost if we focus on the headlines. --Daniel Mietchen 12:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Ok, yeah that makes sense. Now where did I leave those sources...Drew R. Smith 03:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

When did CZ become a blog?

I thought we were trying to build an encyclopedia. What the heck is this? –Tom Morris 09:50, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

well if you would read it you would find out that it is a very new attempt at adding a small, unobtrusive news service to CZ. Drew R. Smith 10:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I can see that. What I don't see is any justification for why this is needed. Citizendium is not Reuters nor is it a current events blog. If we are going to do news, then we need to have a proper discussion about it. If you wish to bookmark news articles of personal interest, may I suggest a bookmarking service like Delicious. If you want to write news collaboratively, Wikinews is there for that. If you wish to see details of current affairs, try BBC, CNN, New York Times or Google News. I'm just trying to understand why this is considered within the scope of "an open wiki project aimed at creating an enormous, free, and reliable encyclopedia" (CZ:About). –Tom Morris 11:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)