MediaWiki:Sitenotice

Wikinews enwikinews https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.46.0-wmf.24 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikinews Wikinews talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Thread Thread talk Summary Summary talk Portal Portal talk Comments Comments talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk Topic MediaWiki:Sitenotice 8 570 5011120 5009361 2026-04-21T17:57:21Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 Add carriage return. 5011120 wikitext text/x-wiki <div class="center"> {{#switch:{{sitenotice/select|4}} |0='''The Wikimedia Foundation's [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] has decided to close all Wikinews projects.''' From 4 May, Wikinews sites will become read-only. Please see [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|further details and discussions]] on Meta-Wiki. 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We have [[Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|a project page]] to organize that effort. }} </div> jnauw1gnitkot92snbwhyf0d4gyajql Wikinews:Deletion requests 4 1058 5011067 5009967 2026-04-21T15:08:26Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox */ 5011067 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} hjd3y43gkg4p6f69e3r8b5adrbm0sqe 5011068 5011067 2026-04-21T15:08:55Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Main Page 2 */ 5011068 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} 43a866gyfii1f6t76bwzjy8a5bsv6u2 5011071 5011068 2026-04-21T15:11:21Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* January 22, 2026 */ 5011071 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}} The author disclosed that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} lpxw0yrvksjvhhu81sg68b4392r7d9q 5011073 5011071 2026-04-21T15:11:41Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record */ -* 5011073 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author disclosed that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} 404wi5x0bbj5iaeb92x6bbm3kiz8v63 5011075 5011073 2026-04-21T15:22:21Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record */ 5011075 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} l5akxlcpi7syt4e8tk3dzh5kqb95p68 5011100 5011075 2026-04-21T17:09:29Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* April 13, 2026 */ close as deleted. Will archive in a few days. 5011100 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} csxmlrlzyjpb43hkiyxablsuz9sgckt 5011101 5011100 2026-04-21T17:10:12Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* Main Page 2 */ reply: {{remove}} (-) ([[mw:c:Special:MyLanguage/User:JWBTH/CD|CD]]) 5011101 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}}[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} 1wbjb183p81gx2xl28grio8oq3iatkq 5011103 5011101 2026-04-21T17:16:20Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* Main Page 2 */ close as deleted 5011103 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} {{Closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the page as unused and potentially misleading, and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only one other vote. Activity is incredibly low. }} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}} [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} nkw7v0dm9flqx75wu73i6j3j8me09eo 5011105 5011103 2026-04-21T17:18:28Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* April 10, 2026 */ Archive April 10, 2026 5011105 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} {{Closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the page as unused and potentially misleading, and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only one other vote. Activity is incredibly low. }} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}} [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} 1404j9dg6o1il3ol60xl1m41ed25f9h 5011114 5011105 2026-04-21T17:48:42Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* Votes */ reply ([[mw:c:Special:MyLanguage/User:JWBTH/CD|CD]]) 5011114 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} {{Closed-dr-box |delete |Michael.C.Wright |Deleted the page as unused and potentially misleading, and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only one other vote. Activity is incredibly low. }} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}} [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) : I have retracted the article following two weeks of inactivity. : It remains unclear from [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida’s]] [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#c-Gryllida-20260311020000-Michael.C.Wright-20260311010100|last proposal]] what specific changes were intended or how a correction could comply with [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]], which limit post-publication edits to correcting known inaccuracies. As noted in [[User talk:Gryllida#Sighting changes|this discussion]], their focus has shifted to migration work, and no actionable proposal has been advanced.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:48, 21 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} soa4y1jy9o4jr2mxhyb7031967b63yu 5011117 5011114 2026-04-21T17:52:23Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 remove newline use in template. It breaks links in wikitext for some reason 5011117 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|delete|Michael.C.Wright|Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} {{Closed-dr-box|delete|Michael.C.Wright|Deleted the page as unused and potentially misleading, and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only one other vote. Activity is incredibly low. }} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}} [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === {{flag}} This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) : I have retracted the article following two weeks of inactivity. : It remains unclear from [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida’s]] [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#c-Gryllida-20260311020000-Michael.C.Wright-20260311010100|last proposal]] what specific changes were intended or how a correction could comply with [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]], which limit post-publication edits to correcting known inaccuracies. As noted in [[User talk:Gryllida#Sighting changes|this discussion]], their focus has shifted to migration work, and no actionable proposal has been advanced.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:48, 21 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} aofjmh6pqcjirg8t0btffgw74rtu7w3 5011201 5011117 2026-04-22T01:16:20Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead */ rm flag; article has already been retracted 5011201 wikitext text/x-wiki {{xambox|type=serious|text=Do not list a page here if it meets the '''[[WN:Criteria for speedy deletion|speedy deletion criteria]]''' or the '''[[WN:PROD|proposed deletion criteria]]'''.|imageright={{shortcut|[[WN:DR]] [[WN:RFD]]}}}} {{DR Archives}} {{DP}} {{Content requests}} {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/Header}} __TOC__ = Deletion requests =  == April 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|delete|Michael.C.Wright|Deleted the template as unused and also to remove DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only a few comments but I don't expect it to be controversial, since the 2023 hurricane season is well gone.}} === [[Template:Hurricane 2023 Infobox]] === This infobox uses DPL and is not used by any article. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:24, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{tl|delete}}. --[[User:Agusbou2015|Agusbou2015]] ([[User talk:Agusbou2015|talk]]) 14:35, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *: Did you mean to use {{tl|Remove}} instead of {{tl|Delete}}?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:39, 16 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} This infobox has no content and won't be used for anything. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} {{Closed-dr-box|delete|Michael.C.Wright|Deleted the page as unused and potentially misleading, and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. Deleted after only one other vote. Activity is incredibly low. }} === [[Main Page 2]] === This page was proposed in 2024 in response to a spike in activity and a desire to see more articles in 'lead' format (see [[Talk:Main Page#Idea:Temporary extra page]] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2024/June#Proposal for second page of the Main Page]]). It was never officially deployed, and its presence may be misleading in the archive/read-only version of the project. Its talk page points to [[Talk:Main_Page]], which may further confuse its intended purpose. I propose it be deleted as unused. Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC) *{{remove}} Not in use and not needed. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:08, 21 April 2026 (UTC) * {{remove}} [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:10, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == February 1, 2026 == === [[Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] === {{Ping|New mayo|Metropolitan90|Wikiwide|Gryllida}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures to comply with [[WN:Plagiarism]] (proposed guideline), [[WN:CS]] (policy), [[WN:NPOV]] (policy), and [[WN:MOS]] (guideline). Taken together, these issues are sufficiently extensive that post-publication correction is not practical. These problems were identified during the archival process. In light of [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|the reviewer’s previously stated position]] regarding the scope of their reviews, this case raises concerns about whether the review performed met the expectations outlined in policy. The following statement <del>is</del> <ins>was</ins> [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]. It is not detected by Earwig, which I believe will not scan ''Reuters'' due to their Robots.txt directive. The text can be found by a manual search. It could be fixed even post-archive if it was the only issue. <ins>This statement was removed and a note placed on the article.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Turkish_military_transport_plane_crashes_near_Georgia_border,_20_dead&diff=prev&oldid=4981005]</ins> * "57 years old and had entered the Turkish Air Force in 2010." The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources, but verifiable elsewhere: * tail number 68-1609 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] * departed at 14:19 [https://aeropeep.com/turkish-air-force-c130-6801609-crash-latest-findings/ verifiable] The following statements are unsupported by the listed sources: * "that has been compared by ''[[Reuters]]''" Reuters didn't compare the two, only mentioned it as background. * "seen with a smoking engine descending in a flat spin" ''Reuters'' reports eyewitness accounts of fire, not smoke * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" Author's analysis maybe? * "27 minutes after takeoff" Author's analysis maybe? * "According to Georgian authorities and Turkish officials" * "by November 13" * "By November 14, Turkish and Georgian officials continued joint inquiries." * "and support" NATO Secretary General expressed ''his'' condolences. No source supports the statement that ''NATO'' offered support or expressed condolences. The following are style guide issues: * "The cause of the crash remains under investigation" (present tense) * "but investigations are ongoing..." (present tense) * "Georgian authorities confirmed the wreckage was found near the border region." exact same sentence in lede, not an SG issue per-se, but should have been caught Attribution: There are too many phrases to include here. Below are a few examples: * "killing all 20 military personnel on board" * "vanished from radars 27 minutes later" * "the wreckage was found near the border region" * "all soldiers were killed" * "communication was lost" * "the remains of the military personnel ... were recovered by November 13" * "the flight recorder (black box) was recovered" * "the cause of the crash remains under investigation" * "the cause of the crash remains undetermined" Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:10, 1 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and Votes ==== *{{keep}} My note is that the proposed level of scrutiny is too high. Articles written at the site are going to inevitably have issues and not be perfect if someone puts a few hours to check each letter. I do not see any of the above issues sufficiently major to require a retraction. If there is something that actually '''misinforms the reader about what happened''', then it may be included in a correction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: Wikinews [[Wikinews:Archive conventions|archival policy]] limits post-publication changes to narrowly scoped factual corrections with documentation. The issues raised in this proposal extend beyond isolated factual errors and include attribution, sourcing, and structural compliance problems, which are not ordinarily addressed through post-archival edits. This is why retraction is being proposed rather than incremental correction.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC) *{{keep}}{{neutral}}{{comment}} While on the first glance I couldn't find "smok" in the text of the sources, I haven't re-read them yet. Both Al-Jazeera and Independent clearly show, in video and photograph, that the falling airplane emitted plenty of smoke even before crashing into the ground; whether it was smoking engine, smoking wing, or smoking door, I cannot say right now, I am not an airplane expert, but it was not a cigarette. I don't like the idea of removing a piece of text just because it is plagiarism; re-phrasing would be preferable, so that information would not be lost. If Reuters has such a hostile robots.txt, then some tool, Earwig or whatever else, should alert the contributors against usage of such sources - forcing humans to do Earwig job manually is not sustainable. As it is, I cannot be certain that your points about lack of attribution are valid - information had to have come from somewhere, it just needs to be found where it came from. Will re-read later. [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 23:25, 1 February 2026 (UTC) *: To clarify; the video and photographs showing smoke are of the Turkish C-130 crash itself. However, the “smoking engine descending in a flat spin” description originates from Reuters’ background reference to a separate, 2017 US Marine Corps KC-130 accident, not from reporting on this incident. :: Even if the smoking engine statement was about the Turkish crash, for which there is video, Wikinews policy does not permit editors to analyze or speculate. As stated in the neutrality policy, contributors must avoid analysis and speculative interpretation unless explicitly attributed to qualified sources. In this case, we have reporting that sufficiently describes the scene without our interpretation or analysis. The change was not necessary. :: Lastly, while the 'smoke' wording would be a minor issue in isolation, it reflects a broader pattern in this article involving unsupported claims, attribution gaps, and style guide issues that should have been fixed during pre-publication review. The retraction proposal is based on the cumulative impact of these issues rather than any single descriptive detail. :: The plagiarism has already been removed as a priority along with placing a reader-facing note for transparency.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:27, 2 February 2026 (UTC) * {{Remove}} (retract with statement and blanking article) There is precedent for retracting articles with fewer issues and also specifically for inadequate reviews. For example: : :* [[New cave opens to the public in Indiana]] Retracted for being published while stale :* [[North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile]] Retracted because reviewer added a source :* [[Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons]] Retracted due to poor interview process and for "'''inadequate and incompetent review of the article'''". : : I propose the following retraction statement: : <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review identified multiple policy and guideline failures, including plagiarism, unsupported and misattributed statements, sourcing gaps, attribution problems, and style compliance issues. The cumulative scope of these problems made reliable post-publication correction impractical. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead|&oldid=4981005}} here].</blockquote>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC) == January 22, 2026 == === [[:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] === State reason for deletion request and sign with [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC). Nomination again. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== nominating again with my evidence.{{unsigned|BigKrow}} : Please add the specific evidence supporting this deletion request. : Per [[WN:DG|deletion guidelines]] and [[Wikinews:Criteria_for_deletion#Cases_where_deletion_may_be_required]], deletion requests must clearly state the applicable criterion and the supporting rationale. : If no evidence or criterion is provided, the request cannot be evaluated and may be removed as procedurally invalid.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:20, 23 January 2026 (UTC) : This request does not cite any applicable deletion criteria or provide a supporting rationale, so it cannot be evaluated. It has now remained open beyond the recommended, seven-day period. For reference, a consolidated list of related discussions is available on the [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record#Related discussions|article talk page]]. As the reviewer of the article, I am noting my involvement for transparency. <del>Absent any objections, I intend to close this request on procedural grounds with no action taken.</del>[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ::This user is promoting story on other sources as well. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== {{remove}} {{unsigned|BigKrow}}[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Deletion_requests&diff=prev&oldid=4977214] {{abstain}} As the reviewer of the article, I am abstaining from voting. On further consideration regarding [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260207162300-Michael.C.Wright-20260123142000|my previous note re:closing on procedural grounds]], I will not close this request myself. An uninvolved administrator is invited to review and take any action necessary.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:23, 24 February 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} The original author is the subject of the article apparently and they contributed to the article. Conflict of interest. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:49, 18 April 2026 (UTC) : There’s no dispute that the author is also the subject; that’s already disclosed in the article and by the author’s COI statement. : [[WN:COI]] notes: : <blockquote>Who has written the material should be irrelevant so long as these policies [ [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:C]], [[WN:NOT]] ], are closely adhered to. The imputation of conflict of interest is not by itself a good reason to remove sound material from articles. However, an apparent conflict of interest is a good reason for close review by the community to identify any subtle bias.</blockquote> : If there are concerns beyond the existence of a COI—such as issues with [[WN:NPOV]], sourcing, or policy compliance—those would be helpful to outline with specific examples.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC) {{keep}} The author [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roblox_player_uncovers_cheating,_awarded_Guinness_World_Record&diff=prev&oldid=4973407 disclosed] that he was the subject of the article even before it was published, and the article was accepted even though the COI was known. The current note on the page says, "This article was initially created by its subject, who disclosed a conflict of interest. The content has since undergone review and substantive editing by other contributors. Further discussion about this article is available on its [[Talk:Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|collaboration page]]." That note is sufficient. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:11, 21 April 2026 (UTC) == September 11, 2025 == === [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] === This is a proposed retraction of a published article. As stated on the article talk page: the article contains no attribution, meaning every statement is presented in Wikivoice, asserted by Wikinews. Additionally, several key statements are unsupported by the sources provided (emphasis added): * "Survivors described the floods as '''sudden and catastrophic'''..." * "The scale of destruction was '''unprecedented'''..." * "...with '''dozens of villages''' damaged or flattened..." * "The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused '''one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region'''..." * "...amid '''worsening''' weather conditions..." The review summary noted that the last paragraph was “probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual,” meaning the bias was recognized at the time of publication. A 12-hour window was provided for revisions, but the issues were not addressed. Since the article still contains unsupported statements and lacks attribution, and more than 24 hours have passed, the problems cannot be corrected without a substantial rewrite, which [[WN:ARCHIVE]] prohibits. Therefore, a correction statement is insufficient; the article should be fully retracted, with its content blanked and replaced by a retraction notice. As stated by the original author, the article was mostly written by AI. According to [[WN:AI]] (a proposed guideline), "Wikinews articles must always reflect human-reviewed accuracy, neutrality, and verification of sources." Given the issues with [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Source]], and [[WN:AI]], I propose this article be retracted. ==== Comments ==== * {{comment}} If consensus is to remove the article, I propose the addition of the following retraction statement and a blanking of the article: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]] and recommended guidance for AI/LLM use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Environmental protest in Indonesia denounces Australia's plastic waste exports|&oldid=4878116}} here].</blockquote> ==== Votes ==== Please vote using {{keep}}, {{remove}}, {{neutral}}, or {{comment}} followed by signature {{neutral}}, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:59, 11 September 2025 (UTC) : Could you share a bit more about your perspective? For example, do you see a preferred course of action besides retraction, or do you view the article differently than my assessment, or do you think a specific policy or guideline needs to be changed? Your thoughts could help shape consensus before the discussion closes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:09, 12 September 2025 (UTC) ::I will vote per nom. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:59, 12 September 2025 (UTC) :::I didnt get it. Why not do "correction" by removing biased words? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:44, 13 September 2025 (UTC) :::: [[WN:Archive]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}} Since this was "mostly" AI generated and includes several unsupported statements, I think we should retract the article. We need to ensure we are not allowing "AI Slop"[https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion] to creep into Wikinews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC) : {{remove}}, we should not keep AI-generated articles. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:32, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::Why though? @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC) :::It is prone to including errors and honestly, it's a more lazy way of writing that does not take much effort. We should focus on keeping quality articles only in my opinion. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:52, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::I love AI though maybe that makes me "lazy too". [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 17 November 2025 (UTC) ::::: I think we can differentiate between AI-assisted and AI-generated. AI-assisted is permitted, even encouraged for some uses, as briefly discussed in [[Help:AI]]. ::::: AI-generated is frowned upon, discouraged, and in our proposed [[WN:AI]], forbidden.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC) ::<strike>{{remove}} per nomination</strike> [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42360-72|~2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:~2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC) :::I have stricken the vote from the above temp. account. It was only active for seven days in December, 2025 and was likely a vandal, though never blocked. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC) : This request has been open for several months and participation has been limited. If anyone has additional views on the appropriate resolution—whether correction or retraction—please add them. : Otherwise, the discussion may be ready for closure.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 00:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::1. I am {{weak oppose}} to deletion, because event was occurred and there is a proposal to salvage article as shown below. ::2. Suggest reword 2nd and 3rd para as one para as follows: ::"Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery. The rain was ongoing at the time of the report as the government was continuing rescue operations." ::This goes to 102, barely above the word limit for an article. I tried to make it as neutral and unambiguous as possible. ::and add correction notice ::"In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text." ::Regaɾds, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened.'' ::: Which source supports that and how? ::: > ''Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery.'' ::: Who actually said this? It should be attributed. ::: > ''The rain was ongoing at the time of the report'' ::: Which source supports that and how?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::ok, cbs news wrote: ::::* One resident told AFP that the flash floods felt like "the end of the world" as the ground shook with the force of the water ::::article text can be: ::::* One of the survivors described the floods as catastrophic ::::cbd news wrote: ::::* "Mohammad Khan, 53, said the floods "came so fast that many could not leave their homes."" ::::article text can be ::::* one of the survivors described the floods as sudden ::::bbc source text was: ::::* In the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble on Friday after a flood crashed through a Himalayan village, killing at least 60 people and washing away dozens more. ::::ai hallucinated as: ::::* Dozens of villages were damaged or flattened. ::::should be ::::* Pir Baba and Malik Pura villages were most hit by the heavy rains, with most fatalities reported in these areas. ::::re "Emergency authorities and communities faced challenges with rescue and recovery." could remove that part. ::::leaving with this thing to put for 2nd and 3rd para: ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. CBS News also reported excessive rains being increasingly common in the India's Himalayan regions and Pakistan's northern areas, attributing them to climate change. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. A passage was added to clarify the location and cause as required by [[WN:5W|5W]]. ::::This is kind of stretched out, because not supposed to expand article after it was published. I tried to do minimal additions to just barely meet the 100 words requirement. If this is an sisue, then, I think can ignore that rule and go with ::::* CBS News reported some survivors describing floods as sudden or catastrophic. Emergency response efforts were in progress. Happening amid heavy monsoon rains, there were hundreds dead. ::::* Correction text: ::::** In this article several statements about the extent and impact of the torrential rains were over exaggerated, and opinion was presented as fact, going against [[WN:NPOV|neutrality]] requirement. This has been corrected by removing opinionated pieces and shortening the text. The article became shorter than the required length, and was preserved for archival purposes. ::::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC) ::::: Which of the above reflects your intended proposal? Please implement the version you consider appropriate and leave the changes unsighted so they can be evaluated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:44, 6 April 2026 (UTC) : I have retracted the article following two weeks of inactivity. : It remains unclear from [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida’s]] [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#c-Gryllida-20260311020000-Michael.C.Wright-20260311010100|last proposal]] what specific changes were intended or how a correction could comply with [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]], which limit post-publication edits to correcting known inaccuracies. As noted in [[User talk:Gryllida#Sighting changes|this discussion]], their focus has shifted to migration work, and no actionable proposal has been advanced.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:48, 21 April 2026 (UTC) = Undeletion requests =  = Proposed deletions = {{shortcut|[[WN:ABAND]]}} {{PurgeButton|anchor=Proposed deletions}} For reference, it is currently {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}. {{Wikinews:Deletion requests/proposed|}} jndep08tj2yuw2eufpoib66kawsrwxf Template:Latest news 10 1277 5011131 4992452 2026-04-21T18:23:53Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 Disable DPL [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. 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(-) ([[mw:c:Special:MyLanguage/User:JWBTH/CD|CD]]) 5011156 wikitext text/x-wiki ''Page last updated:'' '''{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} at {{evalx|(apply + (split (get-arg 2) ":"))|{{CURRENTTIME}}}}''' [[w:UTC|UTC]].       '''[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Refresh] [[File:Gtk-refresh.svg|20px|link={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}}|Refresh this page]]'''   __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/policy break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Watercooler archivebox}}  [[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]] and the [[Wikinews:Style guide|Style guide]] contain or link to most of the current en.Wikinews policies and guidelines, however policy is based on the accepted practices of the day on Wikinews, often these might not be written down. This section of the [[Wikinews:Water cooler|Water cooler]] focuses on discussions regarding policy issues. You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously. __toc__ ---- == Wind down and migration activities == Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities: #Local wind-down priorities #Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all) #What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]]) As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC) :[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC) == Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration == Hello English Wikinews community, '''A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms''', if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations. '''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''. You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. (This notification does not advocate for any specific decision, including whether communities should pursue migration.) -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC) mz8hj65bk9t81f418o2imv5nzpobppq 5011170 5011156 2026-04-21T21:47:31Z BigKrow 2871522 /* Wind down and migration activities */ Reply 5011170 wikitext text/x-wiki ''Page last updated:'' '''{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} at {{evalx|(apply + (split (get-arg 2) ":"))|{{CURRENTTIME}}}}''' [[w:UTC|UTC]].       '''[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Refresh] [[File:Gtk-refresh.svg|20px|link={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}}|Refresh this page]]'''   __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/policy break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Watercooler archivebox}}  [[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]] and the [[Wikinews:Style guide|Style guide]] contain or link to most of the current en.Wikinews policies and guidelines, however policy is based on the accepted practices of the day on Wikinews, often these might not be written down. This section of the [[Wikinews:Water cooler|Water cooler]] focuses on discussions regarding policy issues. You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously. __toc__ ---- == Wind down and migration activities == Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities: #Local wind-down priorities #Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all) #What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]]) As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC) :[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC) == Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration == Hello English Wikinews community, '''A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms''', if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations. '''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''. You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. (This notification does not advocate for any specific decision, including whether communities should pursue migration.) -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC) 21ygtc7574tsmekb97znqo5t1bcbo7w 5011172 5011170 2026-04-21T21:50:52Z Codename Noreste 2865115 /* Wind down and migration activities */ reply to BigKrow: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. (-) ([[mw:c:Special:MyLanguage/User:JWBTH/CD|CD]]) 5011172 wikitext text/x-wiki ''Page last updated:'' '''{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} at {{evalx|(apply + (split (get-arg 2) ":"))|{{CURRENTTIME}}}}''' [[w:UTC|UTC]].       '''[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Refresh] [[File:Gtk-refresh.svg|20px|link={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}}|Refresh this page]]'''   __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/policy break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Watercooler archivebox}}  [[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]] and the [[Wikinews:Style guide|Style guide]] contain or link to most of the current en.Wikinews policies and guidelines, however policy is based on the accepted practices of the day on Wikinews, often these might not be written down. This section of the [[Wikinews:Water cooler|Water cooler]] focuses on discussions regarding policy issues. You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously. __toc__ ---- == Wind down and migration activities == Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities: #Local wind-down priorities #Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all) #What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]]) As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC) :[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC) == Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration == Hello English Wikinews community, '''A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms''', if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations. '''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''. You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. (This notification does not advocate for any specific decision, including whether communities should pursue migration.) -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC) qrp57l2srel7iezb041by47m6213vqw 5011174 5011172 2026-04-21T21:51:28Z BigKrow 2871522 /* Wind down and migration activities */ Reply 5011174 wikitext text/x-wiki ''Page last updated:'' '''{{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY2}} at {{evalx|(apply + (split (get-arg 2) ":"))|{{CURRENTTIME}}}}''' [[w:UTC|UTC]].       '''[{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} Refresh] [[File:Gtk-refresh.svg|20px|link={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}}|Refresh this page]]'''   __NEWSECTIONLINK__ [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|Archive]] <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=Wikinews:Water cooler/policy break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> ---- {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/archives/%(year)d/%(monthname)s |algo = old(30d) |counter = 1 |minthreadsleft = 1 }} {{Watercooler archivebox}}  [[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines]] and the [[Wikinews:Style guide|Style guide]] contain or link to most of the current en.Wikinews policies and guidelines, however policy is based on the accepted practices of the day on Wikinews, often these might not be written down. This section of the [[Wikinews:Water cooler|Water cooler]] focuses on discussions regarding policy issues. You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously. __toc__ ---- == Wind down and migration activities == Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities: #Local wind-down priorities #Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all) #What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]]) As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC) :: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :::::k. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC) :The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC) :[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (ko'''a'''vf)]]❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯ 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC) == Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration == Hello English Wikinews community, '''A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms''', if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations. '''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''. You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. 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Talk:Superzerocool|Comments (es.wikinews)]] 5011025 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Stock Markets | date = 21 April, 2026 | hour= 12:00 | extrainfo= {{{extrainfo|}}} | align = {{{align}}} | width= {{{width|{{#if:{{{width|}}}|50%|35%}}}}}} | country= {{{country}}} | IBEX 35 = #N/A | IBEX 35-c = #N/A | IBEX 35-p = #N/A | IBEX 35-tl = {{loss}} | FTSE 100 = 10594.06 | FTSE 100-c = -15.02 | FTSE 100-p = -0.14 | FTSE 100-tl = {{loss}} | DAX = 24570.15 | DAX-c = 152.35 | DAX-p = 0.62 | DAX-tl = {{profit}} | SMI = 13245.67 | SMI-c = -38.55 | SMI-p = -0.29 | SMI-tl = {{loss}} | AEX = 1027.39 | AEX-c = 5.43 | AEX-p = 0.53 | AEX-tl = {{profit}} | BEL20 = 5511.21 | BEL20-c = 0.04 | BEL20-p = 0.00 | BEL20-tl = {{loss}} | OMX Stockholm 30 = 3158.15 | OMX Stockholm 30-c = -23.98 | OMX Stockholm 30-p = -0.75 | OMX Stockholm 30-tl = {{loss}} | Nasdaq = 24404.39 | Nasdaq-c = -64.09 | Nasdaq-p = -0.26 | Nasdaq-tl = {{loss}} | S&P 500 = 7109.14 | S&P 500-c = -16.92 | S&P 500-p = -0.24 | S&P 500-tl = {{loss}} | Bovespa = 196132.06 | Bovespa-c = 398.55 | Bovespa-p = 0.20 | Bovespa-tl = {{profit}} | All Ordinaries = 9177.10 | All Ordinaries-c = 3.00 | All Ordinaries-p = 0.03 | All Ordinaries-tl = {{profit}} | Nikkei = 59349.17 | Nikkei-c = 524.28 | Nikkei-p = 0.89 | Nikkei-tl = {{profit}} | Hang Seng = 26487.48 | Hang Seng-c = 126.41 | Hang Seng-p = 0.48 | Hang Seng-tl = {{profit}} | BSE Sensex = 79273.33 | BSE Sensex-c = 753.03 | BSE Sensex-p = 0.96 | BSE Sensex-tl = {{profit}} | IDX Composite = 7559.38 | IDX Composite-c = -34.73 | IDX Composite-p = -0.46 | IDX Composite-tl = {{loss}} }}<noinclude>{{clear}}{{documentation}}</noinclude> 0wo7ycacl6xnyejv2f24g8y24hxvr06 5011190 5011025 2026-04-22T00:00:15Z BOT-Superzerocool 18821 Bot: Update Market Data [[:es:User Talk:Superzerocool|Comments (es.wikinews)]] 5011190 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Stock Markets | date = 22 April, 2026 | hour= 00:00 | extrainfo= {{{extrainfo|}}} | align = {{{align}}} | width= {{{width|{{#if:{{{width|}}}|50%|35%}}}}}} | country= {{{country}}} | IBEX 35 = #N/A | IBEX 35-c = #N/A | IBEX 35-p = #N/A | IBEX 35-tl = {{loss}} | FTSE 100 = 10498.09 | FTSE 100-c = -110.99 | FTSE 100-p = -1.05 | FTSE 100-tl = {{loss}} | DAX = 24270.87 | DAX-c = -146.93 | DAX-p = -0.60 | DAX-tl = {{loss}} | SMI = 13134.14 | SMI-c = -150.08 | SMI-p = -1.13 | SMI-tl = {{loss}} | AEX = 1019.05 | AEX-c = -2.91 | AEX-p = -0.28 | AEX-tl = {{loss}} | BEL20 = 5431.38 | BEL20-c = -79.79 | BEL20-p = -1.45 | BEL20-tl = {{loss}} | OMX Stockholm 30 = 3133.29 | OMX Stockholm 30-c = -19.83 | OMX Stockholm 30-p = -0.63 | OMX Stockholm 30-tl = {{loss}} | Nasdaq = 24259.97 | Nasdaq-c = -144.43 | Nasdaq-p = -0.59 | Nasdaq-tl = {{loss}} | S&P 500 = 7064.01 | S&P 500-c = -45.13 | S&P 500-p = -0.63 | S&P 500-tl = {{loss}} | Bovespa = 196132.06 | Bovespa-c = 398.55 | Bovespa-p = 0.20 | Bovespa-tl = {{profit}} | All Ordinaries = 9177.10 | All Ordinaries-c = 3.00 | All Ordinaries-p = 0.03 | All Ordinaries-tl = {{profit}} | Nikkei = 59349.17 | Nikkei-c = 524.28 | Nikkei-p = 0.89 | Nikkei-tl = {{profit}} | Hang Seng = 26487.48 | Hang Seng-c = 126.41 | Hang Seng-p = 0.48 | Hang Seng-tl = {{profit}} | BSE Sensex = 79273.33 | BSE Sensex-c = 753.03 | BSE Sensex-p = 0.96 | BSE Sensex-tl = {{profit}} | IDX Composite = 7559.38 | IDX Composite-c = -34.73 | IDX Composite-p = -0.46 | IDX Composite-tl = {{loss}} }}<noinclude>{{clear}}{{documentation}}</noinclude> m7wbceg5gc3vmii0hbjelq9xalkc7jn File:20November2008.pdf 6 116897 5011240 4751228 2026-04-22T01:44:56Z Star walker 2869397 now commons 5011240 wikitext text/x-wiki == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Image info |Caption = [[Wikinews:Print edition]] for November 20, 2008. |Source = Wikinews articles |Date = November 20, 2008 |Credit = Wikinews contributors |Permission = {{PrinteditionLicense}} }} [[Category:Print Edition (PDF)]] [[Category:November 2008]] [[Category:November 20, 2008]] {{NowCommons}} kssey4a31oyfhftwcfpfebje6iw6o9a File:21November2008.pdf 6 116970 5011281 4751235 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5011059 wikitext text/x-wiki *The WMF has signed the death warrant for English WN -- I have departed this project. Best wishes to all who've been involved here. I take many good memories with me. To those I've offended: my apologies. To those I've helped: You're welcome! Good things ahead!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:46, 21 April 2026 (UTC) {| style= "text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px solid #ffc9c9; background-color:#FFFFF3;" |- padding:1em;padding-top:0.5em;" |style="font-size: 85%"|'''This is a Wikinews user page.''' If you find this page on any site other than Wikinews, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated, and that the user this page belongs to may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikinews itself. The original page is located at [http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/{{NAMESPACEE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}} http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/{{NAMESPACEE}}:{{PAGENAMEE}}]. |[[File:WikiNews-Logo-en.svg|200px|none|English WikiNews]] |}<noinclude> <big>'''News is the first draft of history.</big> <big>Engage in journalism -- it's fun!!</big> *Also: I intend to spend the next several weeks cleaning up my Sandboxes and doing some personal archive work on my Talk page. Things may be a hair wonky at those places for a little while.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:01, 3 November 2025 (UTC) Absolutely '''free advice''' for any new writers here: [These are statements of opinion, wrought by many years of experience here and are NOT official policy.] *Always remember: We attempt to speak to an international audience. That doesn't mean that an event/story which occurred 4 blocks away from your house isn't valuable... it may be! But articles should appeal to a large scale of English speaking readers. *I live by this rule about articles/submissions here: '''Get it, write it, submit it, move on.''' You'll be helping yourself if you adopt that motto too. At times, an unpublished article might need to be refreshed with more up-to-date information (known as 'gatwicking'). No big deal. However, sometimes: it's just time to move on from a potential story. There is ALWAYS plenty of news to be published. *Lastly, are you trying to submit self-aggrandizing fluffery that gratifies you and exalts your name/interests/hobbies/business/accomplishments, ''or'' are you here to function as a journalist? We value the latter much more than the former. {{userinfo|North America|Disasters and accidents|Crime and law|Health}} <h4>''Accreditation Details''</h4> {{Accredited reporter|name=Paul Budd |location=[[w:Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Texas]] |username=bddpaux |email=chipper35_1999@yahoo.com |phone=903-316-7698 |contact= : Alternate Email address: buddpaul@hotmail.com|mailto:buddpaul@hotmail.com }} [[Category:Userboxes|Wikinews 55]] {{userboxtop}} {{User en}} {{User en-3}} {{User Wikinews reviewer}} {{User Wikinews x|93}} {{User No Xe}} {{User Wikinews admin}} {{User USA}} {{userboxbottom}} Things I dearly love: [[Wikinews:For Wikipedians]] [[Wikinews:Contributing Reporter Awards]] ==My contributions== ===2010=== *[[Texas woman accused of shooting landlord dies in hospital]] (with OR) *[[Church van flips killing four, injuring fifteen in Georgia, US]] (minor assistance with clean-up − pre-publication) *[[Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico]] (minor assistance with sentence structure, post-publication) *[[Major fire results in significant damage to Texas apartment complex]] (with OR and a barely acceptable photo) *[[Texas Commissioner of Agriculture visits schools to kick off National School Lunch Week]] (with OR) ===2011=== *[[Freshwater lakes in Texas show signs of extreme drought]] (with OR, photos and featured on Main Page) *[[Drought conditions and high winds lead to wildfires in Texas]] (with OR, videos and featured on Main Page - - this was a major scoop for me) *[[At least four dead and hundreds of homes destroyed after week of wildfires rage throughout Texas]] (with OR, photo and featured on Main Page) *[[Texas wildfires push public resources to the limit]] *[[Texas continues to suffer record-breaking drought]] *[[School Principal found dead in Tennessee classroom; teen held by police]] ===2012=== *[[Report indicates Texas state parks still suffering following worst drought on record]]v(with OR, and featured on Main page) --with significant help from [[User:KTo288]] *[[Texas teen enters guilty plea in shooting trial ]] *[[Texas college student found dead on campus]] *[[Large Texas hospital dismisses 75 employees]] *[[Three students killed in Ohio school shooting, others injured]] *[[Wikinews interviews Americans Elect presidential candidate Mike Ballantine]] (essentially all OR) *[[Terry Teen, 1960s Rockabilly artist, injured in collision]] with loads of OR and I was acquainted with the subject *[[1960s Rockabilly music artist Terry Teen dies aged 70]] *[[Louisiana State University loses spot in college world series]] *[[Wikinews interviews 17-year-old author of 'LEGO Heavy Weapons']] (mostly OR) *[[Drought conditions hit much of US again in 2012]] *[[Small Texas town hosts large baseball tournament]] (mostly OR) *[[Cities across Texas increase efforts to combat mosquitos]] *[[Multiple planes perform aerial spraying over greater Dallas, Texas in effort to combat mosquitoes]] *[[Wikinews finds citizens' feelings, actions throughout Texas regarding West Nile virus threat vary greatly]] *[[Tropical Storm Isaac creates worries across US gulf states]] ===2013=== *[[Needed rains blanket much of Texas, more expected, in early 2013]] *[[13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens]] *[[Wikinews interviews President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians]] *[[Public officials, experts discuss lessons learned during West, Texas explosion]] *[[US 'Black Friday' shoppers gather hours, even days before some stores' openings]] *[[Public health officials advise on rising flu levels in Texas 2013/2014 season]] *[[Healthcare workers, public officials struggle to address influenza outbreak across much of U.S.]] *[[Man drowns in Texas lake after falling from boat]] *[[Woman shot, killed during standoff with police in Longview, Texas]] *[[Controversy brews surrounding small Texas church]] *[[Science museum hosts first-ever 'Maker Faire' for city of Tyler, Texas]] ===2014=== *[[Early reports indicate massive blizzard to strike northeastern portions of US late Thursday]] *[[Forensic pathologist identifies remains of Texas woman missing since 2006]] *[[Texas police name 'person of interest' in DeBerry woman's disappearance]] *[[Community members host fundraiser to help family of slain Texas woman]] *[[Texas Governor Perry indicted on two felony counts]] *[[Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge']] *[[Two-time plane crash survivor, Austin Hatch, scores first goal in college sports]] *[[Three found dead at Fort Hood US military base]] ===2015=== *[[Perry out, Abbott in: Texas gets new governor]] *[[Torrential rains cause deaths, wreak havoc across much of Texas]] *[[100th annual East Texas State Fair opens]] ===2016=== *[[Prominent Texas attorney dead, just days following daughter's suicide]] *[[Multiple people wounded in Houston, Texas shooting]] ===2017=== *[[Modern radio drama 'Paranoria, TX' releases 100th episode]] *[[Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set']] *[[Wikinews interviews producer of horror film '6:66PM']] ===2018=== ===2019=== *[[Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas]] *[[Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court]] *[[Wikinews attends Texas Haunters Convention]] ===2021=== *[[Winter storms hammer Texas, fatalities reported]] *[[Wikinews attends 2021 Texas Haunters Convention]] ===2022=== *[[Texas identifies first death involving monkeypox]] ===2024=== *[[Severe weather affects portions of Texas]] ===2025=== *[[Wikinews interviews magician and illusion builder Bruce Chadwick for National Magic Week]] *[[Wikinews attends Veterans Day event in Texas, United States]] == My various sandboxes and archives == [[File:Wikistress3.png|thumb|center|465px]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox2]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox3]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox4]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox5 - Interesting items about Citizen journalism in the current age]] *[[User:bddpaux/sandbox10--Quick reference lists and whatnot to that effect]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox6--general links, WN templates and other good stuff]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox7--weather]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox8--table]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox9--Big article example with gallery stuff]] *[[User:Bddpaux/licenses]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox54]] *[[User:Bddpaux/sandbox55]] *[[User:Bddpaux/Archive 1]] *[[User:Bddpaux/Archive 2]] == My Wall of False Humility == <gallery> <center> Image:Original_Barnstar.png|<big><big>'''The Original Barnstar'''</big></big> I, Pi zero, hereby award you this barnstar for your writing, persistence, enthusiasm, ''original'' reporting, and whatever else I should have mentioned but embarrassingly forgot. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 20:26, 1 February 2012 (UTC) File:Wikinews Staff Reporter.png|This [[Wikinews:Contributing Reporter Awards|award]] is presented to Wikinews reporters upon their 51st published news article. File:Team Barnstar Hires.png|I, [[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) (the IP of acagastya) award you the team barnstar for the tireless contribution to keep Wikinews updated! [[Special:Contributions/14.139.242.195|14.139.242.195]] ([[User talk:14.139.242.195|talk]]) 02:03, 29 September 2015 (UTC) File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in January, 2025. The article has at least 1,558 views!—[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:00, 3 March 2025 (UTC) </gallery> {{user:Bawolff/card|Thanks for your hard work reviewing this story, fact checking, cleaning the layout and clarifying the dates. This is amazing. Well done!!! --[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:24, 5 September 2019 (UTC)|The reviewer hero|center|thumb|22px}} [[Category:User en]] [[Category:Americans Elect]] [[Category:Interest in Wackynews]] 9hbc665quk2ba0ztrmxaikbvfymmaba File:21December2009.pdf 6 146297 5011260 4751230 2026-04-22T01:56:59Z Star walker 2869397 now commons 5011260 wikitext text/x-wiki == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Image info |Caption = [[Wikinews:Print edition]] for December 21, 2009. |Source = Wikinews articles |Date = December 21, 2009 |Credit = Wikinews contributors |Permission = {{PrinteditionLicense}} }} [[Category:Print Edition (PDF)]] [[Category:December 2009]] [[Category:December 21, 2009]] {{NowCommons}} d0yhzdgtj15abzbuvedp5f4dc3f6k3i File:20February2010.pdf 6 157101 5011221 4751001 2026-04-22T01:27:57Z Star walker 2869397 now commons 5011221 wikitext text/x-wiki == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Image info |Caption = [[Wikinews:Print edition]] for February 20, 2010. |Source = Wikinews articles |Date = February 20, 2010 |Credit = Wikinews contributors |Permission = {{PrinteditionLicense}} }} [[Category:Print Edition (PDF)]] [[Category:February 2010]] [[Category:February 20, 2010]] {{NowCommons}} qd5rglfcf22uf8rsvf7sbmmbrnlojyz File:21February2010.pdf 6 157160 5011262 4751004 2026-04-22T01:57:56Z Star walker 2869397 now commons 5011262 wikitext text/x-wiki == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Image info |Caption = [[Wikinews:Print edition]] for February 21, 2010. |Source = Wikinews articles |Date = February 21, 2010 |Credit = Wikinews contributors |Permission = {{PrinteditionLicense}} }} [[Category:Print Edition (PDF)]] [[Category:February 2010]] [[Category:February 21, 2010]] {{NowCommons}} kcgcrvy6fii5h3sl8emys2jw5ja887b File:21April2010.pdf 6 176000 5011254 4760936 2026-04-22T01:53:16Z Star walker 2869397 now commons 5011254 wikitext text/x-wiki == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Image info |Caption = [[Wikinews:Print edition]] for April 21, 2010. |Source = Wikinews articles |Date = April 21, 2010 |Credit = Wikinews contributors |Permission = {{PE license|commons={{Cc-by-2.0}}}} }} [[Category:Print Edition (PDF)]] [[Category:April 2010]] [[Category:April 21, 2010]] {{NowCommons}} psaes1khbnsulrt0fxfzfvspsd9cy9g User talk:Michael.C.Wright 3 1962252 5011173 5010606 2026-04-21T21:51:01Z BigKrow 2871522 /* My offshoot wiki for news */ new section 5011173 wikitext text/x-wiki  {{box|It is approximately '''{{#time:g:i A,|{{CURRENTHOUR}}:{{CURRENTMINUTE}} {{#expr: {{#ifexpr: {{#expr: ({{CURRENTMONTH}} > {{{startmonth|3}}} {{#ifexpr: {{#expr: {{{startmonth|3}}} > {{{endmonth|11}}}}}| or | and }} {{CURRENTMONTH}} < {{{endmonth|11}}}) or ({{CURRENTMONTH}} = {{{startmonth|3}}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} >= {{{startday|10}}}) or ({{CURRENTMONTH}} = {{{endmonth|11}}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} < {{{endday|3}}})}} | {{{dst|-7}}} | {{{st|-8}}}}}*60}} minutes}} {{#ifexpr: {{#expr: ({{CURRENTMONTH}} > {{{startmonth|3}}} {{#ifexpr: {{#expr: {{{startmonth|3}}} > {{{endmonth|11}}}}}| or | and }} {{CURRENTMONTH}} < {{{endmonth|11}}}) or ({{CURRENTMONTH}} = {{{startmonth|3}}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} >= {{{startday|10}}}) or ({{CURRENTMONTH}} = {{{endmonth|11}}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} < {{{endday|3}}})}} | PDT | PST }}''' where this user is. {{purge|Refresh}} {{User:Michael.C.Wright/wikihours}} Archives: [[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright/Archive_1|1]], [[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright/Archive_2|2]]}} <inputbox> bgcolor=transparent type=fulltext prefix=User_talk:Michael.C.Wright/ break=yes width=50 searchbuttonlabel=Search current discussions and archives </inputbox> {{User:MiszaBot/config |archive = User talk:Michael.C.Wright/Archive %(counter)d |algo = old(14d) |counter = 2 |maxarchivesize = 192K |minthreadstoarchive = 1 |minthreadsleft = 0 |archiveheader = {{talkarchivenav}} }} == [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] == Hello, Michael.C.Wright! Could you please remove the page protection from the article so that I can address the issues that you brought up? Thank you in advance! [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:23, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :It doesn't work that way... [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:07, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] is correct. The page protection follows standard [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]] to preserve the article as a snapshot in time. Articles are not intended to be continuously updated and instead should be complete at publication. In this case, however, a full review was not conducted and significant issues were not resolved prior to publication, requiring post-publication correction. : The publishing reviewer appears to be [[User talk:Gryllida#c-Gryllida-20260406231200-Michael.C.Wright-20260406125900|checked out]] of the project. I would still prefer to allow time for them to respond before taking further action. They tend to keep an eye on this page and may yet weigh in either here or at the [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians|retraction request]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:11, 11 April 2026 (UTC) == Thank You == Hi [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]], and thank you so much for your work on the Wind down of Wikinews and cleaning up the DPL usage. I have been following the recent changes and it's truly praiseworthy. The sheer amount you haveve accomplished is remarkable. From article reviewing to maintenance your contributions have been a constant presence since the day I joined English wikinews. I have watched you do great work here, consistently and quietly and I am not sure I ever got the chance to properly say it. So, thank you. Thank you for everything you have given to this project, and for continuing to carry out the final cleanups even as most editors have moved on. On a personal note, thank you as well for your guidance and assistance. It meant more than you might know. It's been a genuine pleasure meeting you here, and I sincerely hope our paths cross again across one of the sister projects. -- It's [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:45, 16 April 2026 (UTC) : Thank you for the very kind words and I too have had the pleasure of working along side you. I have heard from more than one admin and/or reviewer very good things about all the tools you developed for the project. It's a shame we didn't get an earlier start, as I do feel we could have turned the tide for the project with enough like-minded people putting in the elbow grease! : I look forward to working with you in the future and I'm sure we will.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:01, 16 April 2026 (UTC) == One more? == Hello Michael C Wright, I hope you're doing well! 🙂 It's been two years since I made my last article for Wikinews, but in lieu of the project closure, I wanted to write one more on [[Pope Leo XIV visits four nations in Africa]], and was wondering if you could take a look! I truly understand if you don't want to or have the time, but if nothing else, I wanted to sincerely thank you for all the incredible work you've done here over the years. Since you became a reviewer [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Michael.C.Wright|almost two years ago]], your work has been seen and truly appreciated by many including myself. Thank you again. [[User:Johnson524|Johnson524]] ([[User talk:Johnson524|talk]]) 06:30, 20 April 2026 (UTC) == My offshoot wiki for news == https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC) 793mp0zqwp7gagm7m16io059wnqrz1e User talk:Renamed user a4e04469adb41a3b27407f02b532c820 3 2616788 5011145 4017165 2026-04-21T19:02:16Z CoconutOctopus 2901730 CoconutOctopus moved page [[User talk:Shafiulmrf]] to [[User talk:Renamed user a4e04469adb41a3b27407f02b532c820]] without leaving a redirect: Automatically moved page while renaming the user "[[Special:CentralAuth/Shafiulmrf|Shafiulmrf]]" to "[[Special:CentralAuth/Renamed user a4e04469adb41a3b27407f02b532c820|Renamed user a4e04469adb41a3b27407f02b532c820]]" 4017165 wikitext text/x-wiki {{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=Shafiulmrf}} -- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:57, 30 November 2015 (UTC) 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Please see [[WN:Newsworthiness]]. Older events are no longer news.}} [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 09:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC) :Okay. but article came on 3rd feb. not today. cant understand, if article went in review definably it will go old by time. :its okay. if its not newsworthy, lets remove it. trying to bring work on new. or let me know, how can i contribute more any where. thanks [[User:Camronsteven|Camronsteven]] ([[User talk:Camronsteven|talk]]) 12:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ::You took 5 days to address the issues {{u|Metropolitan90}} pointed out on Feb 5th. Per [[WN:Newsworthiness]], an article is considered stale within 5-7 days. Feb 5th was only 2 days after Feb 3rd. Since you addressed the issues on Feb 10th, the article was essentially already stale by then, so you can't really fault {{u|Gryllida}}, but I agree the review could've been done earlier. There are plenty of ways you can contribute, starting from the advice at [[WN:Introduction]]. [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 12:44, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== {{re|Camronsteven}} do not remove [[Template:Dr]] from the article, comment/vote here instead. [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 11:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC) : {{comment}} There were a number of issues that would have prevented publication of the story. There were [[WN:Plagiarism]] issues (from The Globe and Mail source), [[WN:NPOV|neutrality and balance]] issues, and [[WN:Freshness]] issues. : @[[User:Camronsteven|Camronsteven]], it might be easier to learn the system by first contributing to articles started by others. But if you decide to start another article from scratch, which is fine, I recommend working with other contributors to get it ready for review. You can possibly even request a {{tl|Pre-review}} to make sure everything is buttoned-down before requesting a formal review. : I have deleted the article as requested by the original author and growing consensus here.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:25, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== *{{s}} [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *:{{re|Gryllida}} Camronsteven has agreed to deletion, you can delete it now and close this. Thanks, [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 12:47, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *:: Deletion requests normally remain open for at least seven days before action is taken (point IV above). In this case, I deleted the article early because the original author agreed to the deletion and there were concerns of [[WN:Plagiarism]]. If that action is considered premature or unwarranted, I or another administrator can restore the article for further discussion.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:33, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *::: I should have been explicit; I did not close and archive this thread so that others could evaluate the action taken and respond here within the allotted seven days, should they want to. Let's please keep this request open per the norms stated at the top of this page. Thank you.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 20:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} == January 13, 2026 == {{Archive top|The [[Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|Roblox]] story turned out to be legitimate and has since been published. The request below may have been overlooked because it was not submitted in the usual format. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:29, 21 January 2026 (UTC)}} Roblox player exposes fraud to claim Guinness World Record {{tl|Delete}} {{Archive bottom}} == January 7, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retracted per consensus|Michael.C.Wright}} === [[Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|BigKrow|Sheminghui.WU|Metropolitan90}}, this is the second article in a week where serious sourcing issues were discovered during archival, suggesting possible gaps in pre-publication review and article development. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures of verification, attribution, and sourcing that affect its accuracy and neutrality. These include unsupported claims, misattributed statements, factual inaccuracies, and quotations not supported by the cited sources. Examples are listed below. Use of AI in the article’s development further underscores the need for rigorous verification before publication. * The originally cited ''Daily Mail'' link no longer resolves to the referenced article and now redirects to unrelated content. An alternative version[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15166583/Greta-Thunberg-booted-Israel-wearing-prison-clothes-claiming-given-little-food-water-subjected-harsh-treatment.html] is available but behind a [[WN:PAYWALL]]. ''Daily Mail'' is also considered a generally unreliable source by Wikipedia ([[w:WP:DAILYMAIL]]). Given the paywall and general unreliability of the ''Daily Mail'' as a source, it probably should not have been used. * According to ''<strike>Gulf News</strike>'' ''Alarabiya'', the flotilla was intercepted 140 miles[https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/10/08/gazabound-aid-flotilla-says-several-boats-intercepted-by-israel-] (~121 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaza, not 70. ''Guardian'' reports 120 nautical miles. * No listed article supports "The Polish-flagged yacht Marinette – the last vessel still transmitting – was stopped at 10:29 local time on October 3, 42.5 n mi from Gaza, according to the flotilla’s own tracker." * Thunberg's Dehydration is supported by the ''Daily Mail'' only. That statement is misattributed by our article to the ''Guardian''. ** Regarding the same statement that also alleges "mistreatment," the ''Guardian'' article states "Israel’s foreign ministry has dismissed all claims of mistreatment." Our article introduces bias by not stating that for balance. * "Diplomatic fallout widened after the first interception..." is not attributed, and I can't find support for it in the listed sources * "One of Italy’s largest unions..." That entire sentence is unsupported by any listed source. *"ten[sic] of thousands people marched in Barcelona." That statement is unsupported by any listed source. * "The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that approximately 150 passengers on board had been transferred..." That statement is unsupported by any listed source and that number of passengers aboard ''Conscience'' is likely inaccurate. For example, [https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/conscience-flotilla-intercepted-israel/ this article] mentions only 92 aboard during this incident. * "attack on Turkish parliamentarians and citizens" is a misquote from ''[https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/10/08/gazabound-aid-flotilla-says-several-boats-intercepted-by-israel- Alarabiya]'' * "...there are many Turkish citizens and three Turkish parliamentarians on board the "Conscience"." This is unsupported by any listed source. There is support that Turkish citizens and parliamentarians were part of the flotilla, but not specifically aboard the ''Conscience''. Proposed retraction statement (trying to be more clear to readers than merely linking to various policies): <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review found significant sourcing and verification problems, including unsupported and misattributed claims and quotations not confirmed in the cited sources. The issues were substantial enough that the article could not be corrected after publication.</blockquote> Please use {{tl|keep}}, {{tl|remove}}, {{tl|neutral}}, or {{tl|comment}} followed by your signature. ''Edited 23:21, 7 January 2026 (UTC) to include underlined statements and updated link re: 70 miles [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:31, 7 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and votes ==== {{remove}}. Creator used AI to generate the article per [[Talk:Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla]]. I would even go so far as to propose that we block all AI articles on this wiki. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:43, 7 January 2026 (UTC) :I likely published this, and would like to respond to these comments before this request is actioned; however, will only be available by Wednesday next week. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:50, 7 January 2026 (UTC) {{comment}} My involvement with this article was just to add the author's name to one of the sources. I didn't review the article for substance or comparing it to the sources cited. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:55, 8 January 2026 (UTC) : I pinged all contributors to get attention to the request. Hopefully it helps clarify the issues and avoid similar problems going forward.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:41, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::We need a policy as well, I guess. Someone can write one [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 03:40, 9 January 2026 (UTC) ::: We have a proposed guideline at [[WN:AI]]. That could become a policy instead.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:30, 9 January 2026 (UTC) Keep. Sorry for the mistakes. We do have mistakes here. e.g. We have source for 42.5: [https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5193097-israel-intercepts-last-gaza-flotilla-boat-begins-deportations%C2%A0] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/1/israel-intercepts-gaza-sumud-flotilla-vessels-what-we-know-so-far]. If there's only some numbers error, we can just correct it, and an announcement still can be made, it alligns with our policy. By the way, "diploma influence" is a fact explained in the later part of the article. We do need pay more attention on AI. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 04:03, 8 January 2026 (UTC) : That statement is supported by sources not listed in the article, but the issue here is that no ''listed'' source supports it, which is required by [[WN:CS|policy]]. Even if that single point were corrected, multiple other sourcing, verification, and neutrality issues would remain. : Taken together, the number and nature of these issues support retraction, consistent with the approach taken in the [[#Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot|previous request]]. : Under current en.WN policy, articles are not substantively edited after they are [[WN:AC|archived]]. Given that constraint, it is essential that core policy issues be fully addressed prior to publication. In this case, that standard was not met. : > ''By the way, "diploma influence" is a fact explained in the later part of the article.'' : I don't understand what you mean by this. What is "diploma influence" and how is it relevant here?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:35, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::diplomacy [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:15, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::policy says we can correct articles after publish it, If we found errors. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:16, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::Incidentally, I never support retracting an article if it can be corrected; only articles that cannot be corrected due to lack of editers or are largely fabricated should be retracted. ::This approach firstly fails to salvage our reputation better, and secondly, compensating readers with accurate information is always more valuable and constructive than simply posting a statement, which is truly ineffective. ::I did not find any policy about this. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:20, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::(I actually remember source 4, I saw it and had read it when I'm editing this article, just forgot to add it into article. and for the Union, it actually is "one of the largest union") [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} due to the cumulative effect of multiple issues; compliance with [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]] is significantly compromised.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:45, 8 January 2026 (UTC) :No objection. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 16:07, 8 January 2026 (UTC) Given the number of documented sourcing, verification, and attribution issues, and the absence of any substantive dispute over those issues, I have issued a retraction. While input from the original reviewer is welcome, corrective action should not be delayed where material policy concerns have already been established. Retractions are reader-protection actions, not sanctions against contributors.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC) :wait, why are you suggesting to delete it then if it was retracted [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:39, 11 January 2026 (UTC) :: I didn't.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:14, 12 January 2026 (UTC) :::didn't what? I said "why are you proposing to delete it if you ''did'' retract it." , still waiting for answer to that. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:34, 16 January 2026 (UTC) :::: Why do you think I proposed anything for deletion?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:48, 17 January 2026 (UTC) :::::Because you added this deletion request. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::: This isn't a deletion request.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:14, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::What is it doing on a deletion requests page then???? I am confused. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::: This appears to be where retraction requests are typically posted.[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2010#July_2,_2010], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2011#Scientists_create_schizophrenic_brain_cells], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2009#Asbestos_map_of_Eastern_Australia_published], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/The_rest_of_2007#Chinese_submarine_%22embarrasses%22_U.S._Navy][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:53, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::::Ok. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :I have to say, normally a media will say "sorry" then give the correct information to readers. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 16:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC) ::Wondering if that could mean a complete article rewrite should then be allowed instead of a retraction, if an event did indeed take place. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:32, 18 January 2026 (UTC) ::: We already have a mechanism to address this problem: a full and complete review prior to publication, which was [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|admittedly not done]]. That process exists so that Wikinews publishes content that is accurate and neutral at the point of release, rather than publishing defective material and attempting to repair it afterward. ::: Shifting substantive correction work to the post-publication stage does not solve the underlying issue. It merely defers it, and unlike pre-publication review, it does not require that the problems ever be fully resolved. The existing review requirement protects the project, contributors, and reviewers from publishing errors that can lead to reputational harm, legal risk, and loss of reader trust.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:30, 19 January 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} == January 1, 2026 == {{Archive top|The article [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#c-Gryllida-20260103042900-Ternera-20260101193400|was retracted]] with consensus. The conversation was left open for an additional week to allow time for responses to all direct pings. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)}} === [[Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|BigKrow|Metropolitan90}} I propose the article be retracted for the following reasons: # The article contains [[WN:Plagiarism]][https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&oldid=4966465&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1] # There are facts not supported by any source, as required by [[WN:Source]] # One of the sources is behind a [[WN:PAYWALL]] # Several statements of fact should be attributed for [[WN:NPOV]] # AI was used but not disclosed. Facts not supported by sources: * "A man called police and said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was trying to get into his home." ** The ex-boyfriend was trying to break into ''her'' home, not ''his''.[https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-police-officers-shot-warning-responding-domestic-call/story?id=128578702] * The article names the ex-boyfriend as "Davis" * "Police Chief David Smith noted that each of the injured officers had fewer than 10 years on the force." * The '''entire last paragraph''' is not supported by any listed source The following phrases are [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarized]][https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&oldid=4966465&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1]: * ...said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was... * ...the side of the house... * ...his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and... * ...the side of the house, he immediately pulled out a handgun and... * One officer was shot multiple times in the upper body... * ...officer was shot in the upper body and... * ...in critical but stable condition... The following statements need attribution: * "The caller told police that the man possibly had a gun and that he himself also had a pistol." * "When police showed up, they found the suspect at the side of the house." * "He then fired his gun, hitting two police officers and the caller." * "The caller also fired at the suspect." * "The suspect fled but another police officer found him." * "The suspect shot the third police officer, who along with other police at the scene fired at the suspect." * "The suspect was shot and killed by police." Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:C|copyright policy]], [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]], and recommended guidance for [[WN:AI|AI/LLM]] use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot|&oldid=4966465}} here].</blockquote> Please use {{tl|keep}}, {{tl|remove}}, {{tl|neutral}}, or {{tl|comment}} followed by your signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:08, 1 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and votes ==== :{{comment}} I couldn't find any official policy on retracting articles after publication‽ But going by [[Wikinews:Archive_conventions#Post-archival_edits]] , an article that has already been archived cannot be significantly modified. And since it violates so many policies... I would like to point out a few ways to reduce probability of similar events happening in the future. ::* Please make link to copyvio tool more visible - I haven't been using it as much since the link got folded away into some menu; ::* Please check articles for paywall links automatically so that people editing the articles can see clearly which sources are not acceptable; ::* In distant future, please consider creating a fact check tool - similar to copyvio, but grabbing facts (time, date, place, name, whichever is easily identifiable) from the text of the article and checking whether it is mentioned in the sources. :: Disclaimer: I don't think I have contributed to this article in particular; I cannot be everywhere at once. I generally try to make sure facts match the sources - by adding extra sources if possible, to support the stated facts. I wouldn't use an obviously paywalled source; but I would have difficulty identifying a paywall-after-N-articles source, for example. :: :: I personally would have preferred to keep the article if at all possible. But the tiny shreds of information on the policies considering archived articles make that highly unlikely. :: [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 05:06, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''I couldn't find any official policy on retracting articles after publication‽'' I have created a proposed policy at [[Wikinews:Retractions policy]]. I have also clarified both [[Wikinews:Archive_conventions#Post-archival_edits]] and [[Wikinews:Correction_policy#Post-archival_corrections]] to explicitly allow post-archival corrections of factually inaccurate statements ''in text'' along with a correction statement. There are historical conversations pertaining to this, that have never been effectively addressed. Hopefully they have now. For brevity and clarity here, I think those changes should be discussed at the various policies and proposed policies rather than here. But I wanted to notify everyone here of those changes. Hopefully this allow us to 1. reduce the number of retractions in the future by 2. allowing us to ''transparently'' correct factually inacurate, but archived content.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:30, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::::Why do you need to edit three pages? Please clarify. I do not have motivation to click the links, it will drive me crazy. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:46, 4 January 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:28, 1 January 2026 (UTC) :{{comment}} I'm not casting a vote yet, but the plagiarism claim seems unwarranted. The link to the plagiarism detector says "plagiarism unlikely". And I'm not sure how use of such phrases as "said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was", "the side of the house", or "in critical but stable condition" counts as plagiarism. "Critical but stable condition" is a technical term used to describe {{w|medical state}}; we can't change that to "crucial but balanced" or use other synonyms. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 17:19, 1 January 2026 (UTC) :: If the concern were limited to a phrase such as "critical but stable condition," I would not consider it plagiarism. However, the issue here is broader. Multiple three-plus-word sequences in the third paragraph match the ABC source verbatim or nearly verbatim, and the cumulative effect makes the paragraph read as a lightly-modified rewrite (scuffing up) rather than independently written text. :: Under [[WN:Plagiarism]], plagiarism is not limited to isolated phrases; it includes derivative paragraph-level similarity, especially when wording and structure closely follow a single source. Earwig’s "plagiarism unlikely" evaluation does not override our policy-based assessment — see [[Help:Earwig]] for guidance on how its output should be interpreted. :: On Wikinews, plagiarism includes: :: ::* Copying full or partial sentences from a source without quotation or clear attribution. ::* Minor rewording or synonym-swapping (“scuffing up”) instead of substantive rewriting. ::* Stitching together fragments from one or more sources to form a paragraph without original synthesis or voice. ::* Re-using distinctive wording or structure from a source without attribution, even when paraphrased. :: :: Given the similarity pattern in the third paragraph, I do not think this can be dismissed as coincidence or generic phrasing.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:51, 1 January 2026 (UTC) ::I agree that plagiarism is excessive. Any more than three word quotes can be an issue. "his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and" is over the limit. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:00, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::1. Hi [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] two queries. Firstly could the link to copyvio checker be added to ezpr2 widget. Secondly could it not require login each time (it could require it once and store a cookie, or accept referer as request is coming from Wikinews page), which may be a bug request to the earwig developer. I believe one of these two issues may have deterred me from reading the report at time of review. Thanks. :::2. Hi @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]], I oppose full retraction. I believe removing second paragraph which has the most plagiarism, and offering a correction would be acceptable. If this course of action is supported then I will do it, otherwise, if needed, I/you/someone can do the retraction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::: Removing the second paragraph fixes nothing. The third paragraph contains most of, but not all of the plagiarism. The first and fourth paragraphs also contain plagiarized content as well. :::: The entire last paragraph is unsupported (in addition to other statements noted above). :::: Neutrality is also a problem throughout the article due to lack of attribution. :::: [[WN:Archive]] restricts post-publication edits and this article requires too many to be compliant. :::: I oppose trying to bandaid part of the problem and issuing a correction, especially given the publication violates three core policies (as well as two guidelines, it isn't compliant with our style guide either and an exception wasn't reported). :::: {{remove}}[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:11, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::EzPR 2025 already has a button to check copyvio under the "Review details and tools" section. Also, does Earwigs Copyvio Detector require login to view the results? When I use it, I am not logged in and can still access the copyvio analysis. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::: Earwig does require you to log in to your Wikimedia account. They changed it to require a login sometime last year I believe, to control/curb overuse.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:22, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::That's correct. I think I somehow misunderstood. It does require login. but once I logged in, I was automatically logged in on subsequent visits and was shown the analysis directly, without having to log in manually every time. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 16:30, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::it is amazing that it works for you. it does not work for me. even though in wiki I am logged in constantly. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:42, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::::I will take a look at what I can do to achieve that, if it is something that doesn't have to be done from the copyvio tool. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 08:11, 3 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::::well I opened copyvio checker in one tab and logged in, then opened it in another tab for another wiki page and in that other tab it requires login. I am sorry but it is rather important for me that the tool does not interfere with what I am trying to do. this causes mistakes similar to the article being published without having viewed the report first. I am using google chrome. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:12, 3 January 2026 (UTC) :::::Hi, "Ezpr2 already has a button to check for copyvio ..." where? @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], please clarify thanks, regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:47, 4 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::From [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests#c-Asked42-20260102155700-Gryllida-20260102050300 that comment of mine] that you quoted: "EzPR 2025 already has a button to check copyvio under the "Review details and tools" section." ::::::Open the form, click the title called 'Review details and tools' (which is currently in a collapsed state), and when expanded you will find the button called 'Check for Copyvio'. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:29, 4 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::Ok. Thanks. i will check it out [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:19, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *{{vd}} per Michael.C.Wright's reasoning. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 19:34, 1 January 2026 (UTC) *:@[[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] please provide a comment on the above request thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:43, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:@[[User:Microchip08|Microchip08]] also interested in your opinion please thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:I've replaced content of article with an ambox for now, please let me know if further changes are needed, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:29, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:: I replaced the ambox with the standard correction but with <code>label=retract</code>. The retraction process is ''somewhat'' documented at [[template:Correction]]. I also updated the explanation with the proposed text above, as the text in the ambox was incorrect (the entire last paragraph plus other statements were not sourced).[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:32, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:::Yeah i tried "retract" and "retracted" template names and they did not work and I went crazy. Thanks for fixing up. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *:::I added more edit, to make message clearer and self explanatory. Hope you can sight that edit. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:53, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *:::: I rejected the edit. The article did not contain sourcing policy, as your edit stated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:33, 7 January 2026 (UTC) *:::Can the old revision even be kept in history as it was partially plagiarised? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:53, 4 January 2026 (UTC) {{Archive bottom}} == December 31, 2025 == {{closed-dr-box|remove|Michael.C.Wright|Qualified for [[WN:SD|Speedy]] as promotional and [[WN:NOT|not news]].}} === [[:Rapper waka flocka flame apologizes to actress andrea-rachel]] === Does not seem to fulfil [[Wikinews:Newsworthiness]] [[User:GeorgR (de)|GeorgR (de)]] ([[User talk:GeorgR (de)|talk]]) 16:58, 31 December 2025 (UTC). :the worthiness is that this rapper is currently trending in the news and is of significant standard within his field, him sending any acknowledgement of a possible wrong doing is a substantial topic in its respective industry. there is nothing salacious about this. it has fact and references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== ==== Votes ==== *{{vd}} seems like advertising. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 17:27, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:{{remove}}, per @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:32, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:there are other articles similar to this and up. this seems racist to be honest. you guys are selective but this is written unbiased with facts and sources. it is not selling nor advertising a thing. it stated a fact and added references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:37, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:there are other articles similar to this and up. this seems racist to be honest. you guys are selective but this is written unbiased with facts and sources. it is not selling nor advertising a thing. it stated a fact and added references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:38, 31 December 2025 (UTC) * {{Remove}} and {{done}}. The article had no newsworthy, focal event and lacked independent, credible sources to support a newsworthy, focal event. @[[User:~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]], please see [[WN:NOT]] to better understand what ''Wikinews'' is not and also [[WN:WRITE]] for our guide to writing news articles here.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:19, 1 January 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} fqr8zhr542p9hwcpupubyst2y04mg8b 5011119 5011104 2026-04-21T17:54:11Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 update template 5011119 wikitext text/x-wiki {{DR Archives}} {{talkarchive}} __NOEDITSECTION__ __TOC__ == February 13, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|delete|Michael.C.Wright}} === [[:Muhammad Qasim Observational case report on late-onset hair regrowth published, medical review invited]] === Not newsworthy per {{User|Gryllida}} at [[Talk:Muhammad Qasim Observational case report on late-onset hair regrowth published, medical review invited]]: {{tq|Date Feb 03 is over a week old, which is not "fresh and current". Please see [[WN:Newsworthiness]]. Older events are no longer news.}} [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 09:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC) :Okay. but article came on 3rd feb. not today. cant understand, if article went in review definably it will go old by time. :its okay. if its not newsworthy, lets remove it. trying to bring work on new. or let me know, how can i contribute more any where. thanks [[User:Camronsteven|Camronsteven]] ([[User talk:Camronsteven|talk]]) 12:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ::You took 5 days to address the issues {{u|Metropolitan90}} pointed out on Feb 5th. Per [[WN:Newsworthiness]], an article is considered stale within 5-7 days. Feb 5th was only 2 days after Feb 3rd. Since you addressed the issues on Feb 10th, the article was essentially already stale by then, so you can't really fault {{u|Gryllida}}, but I agree the review could've been done earlier. There are plenty of ways you can contribute, starting from the advice at [[WN:Introduction]]. [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 12:44, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== {{re|Camronsteven}} do not remove [[Template:Dr]] from the article, comment/vote here instead. [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 11:55, 13 February 2026 (UTC) : {{comment}} There were a number of issues that would have prevented publication of the story. There were [[WN:Plagiarism]] issues (from The Globe and Mail source), [[WN:NPOV|neutrality and balance]] issues, and [[WN:Freshness]] issues. : @[[User:Camronsteven|Camronsteven]], it might be easier to learn the system by first contributing to articles started by others. But if you decide to start another article from scratch, which is fine, I recommend working with other contributors to get it ready for review. You can possibly even request a {{tl|Pre-review}} to make sure everything is buttoned-down before requesting a formal review. : I have deleted the article as requested by the original author and growing consensus here.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:25, 13 February 2026 (UTC) ==== Votes ==== *{{s}} [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *:{{re|Gryllida}} Camronsteven has agreed to deletion, you can delete it now and close this. Thanks, [[User:HKLionel|HKLionel]] [[User talk:HKLionel|TALK]] 12:47, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *:: Deletion requests normally remain open for at least seven days before action is taken (point IV above). In this case, I deleted the article early because the original author agreed to the deletion and there were concerns of [[WN:Plagiarism]]. If that action is considered premature or unwarranted, I or another administrator can restore the article for further discussion.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:33, 13 February 2026 (UTC) *::: I should have been explicit; I did not close and archive this thread so that others could evaluate the action taken and respond here within the allotted seven days, should they want to. Let's please keep this request open per the norms stated at the top of this page. Thank you.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 20:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} == January 13, 2026 == {{Archive top|The [[Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|Roblox]] story turned out to be legitimate and has since been published. The request below may have been overlooked because it was not submitted in the usual format. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:29, 21 January 2026 (UTC)}} Roblox player exposes fraud to claim Guinness World Record {{tl|Delete}} {{Archive bottom}} == January 7, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright}} === [[Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|BigKrow|Sheminghui.WU|Metropolitan90}}, this is the second article in a week where serious sourcing issues were discovered during archival, suggesting possible gaps in pre-publication review and article development. I propose this article be retracted due to multiple failures of verification, attribution, and sourcing that affect its accuracy and neutrality. These include unsupported claims, misattributed statements, factual inaccuracies, and quotations not supported by the cited sources. Examples are listed below. Use of AI in the article’s development further underscores the need for rigorous verification before publication. * The originally cited ''Daily Mail'' link no longer resolves to the referenced article and now redirects to unrelated content. An alternative version[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15166583/Greta-Thunberg-booted-Israel-wearing-prison-clothes-claiming-given-little-food-water-subjected-harsh-treatment.html] is available but behind a [[WN:PAYWALL]]. ''Daily Mail'' is also considered a generally unreliable source by Wikipedia ([[w:WP:DAILYMAIL]]). Given the paywall and general unreliability of the ''Daily Mail'' as a source, it probably should not have been used. * According to ''<strike>Gulf News</strike>'' ''Alarabiya'', the flotilla was intercepted 140 miles[https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/10/08/gazabound-aid-flotilla-says-several-boats-intercepted-by-israel-] (~121 nautical miles) off the coast of Gaza, not 70. ''Guardian'' reports 120 nautical miles. * No listed article supports "The Polish-flagged yacht Marinette – the last vessel still transmitting – was stopped at 10:29 local time on October 3, 42.5 n mi from Gaza, according to the flotilla’s own tracker." * Thunberg's Dehydration is supported by the ''Daily Mail'' only. That statement is misattributed by our article to the ''Guardian''. ** Regarding the same statement that also alleges "mistreatment," the ''Guardian'' article states "Israel’s foreign ministry has dismissed all claims of mistreatment." Our article introduces bias by not stating that for balance. * "Diplomatic fallout widened after the first interception..." is not attributed, and I can't find support for it in the listed sources * "One of Italy’s largest unions..." That entire sentence is unsupported by any listed source. *"ten[sic] of thousands people marched in Barcelona." That statement is unsupported by any listed source. * "The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that approximately 150 passengers on board had been transferred..." That statement is unsupported by any listed source and that number of passengers aboard ''Conscience'' is likely inaccurate. For example, [https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/conscience-flotilla-intercepted-israel/ this article] mentions only 92 aboard during this incident. * "attack on Turkish parliamentarians and citizens" is a misquote from ''[https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/10/08/gazabound-aid-flotilla-says-several-boats-intercepted-by-israel- Alarabiya]'' * "...there are many Turkish citizens and three Turkish parliamentarians on board the "Conscience"." This is unsupported by any listed source. There is support that Turkish citizens and parliamentarians were part of the flotilla, but not specifically aboard the ''Conscience''. Proposed retraction statement (trying to be more clear to readers than merely linking to various policies): <blockquote>This article has been retracted because a post-publication review found significant sourcing and verification problems, including unsupported and misattributed claims and quotations not confirmed in the cited sources. The issues were substantial enough that the article could not be corrected after publication.</blockquote> Please use {{tl|keep}}, {{tl|remove}}, {{tl|neutral}}, or {{tl|comment}} followed by your signature. ''Edited 23:21, 7 January 2026 (UTC) to include underlined statements and updated link re: 70 miles [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 19:31, 7 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and votes ==== {{remove}}. Creator used AI to generate the article per [[Talk:Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla]]. I would even go so far as to propose that we block all AI articles on this wiki. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:43, 7 January 2026 (UTC) :I likely published this, and would like to respond to these comments before this request is actioned; however, will only be available by Wednesday next week. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:50, 7 January 2026 (UTC) {{comment}} My involvement with this article was just to add the author's name to one of the sources. I didn't review the article for substance or comparing it to the sources cited. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:55, 8 January 2026 (UTC) : I pinged all contributors to get attention to the request. Hopefully it helps clarify the issues and avoid similar problems going forward.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:41, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::We need a policy as well, I guess. Someone can write one [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 03:40, 9 January 2026 (UTC) ::: We have a proposed guideline at [[WN:AI]]. That could become a policy instead.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:30, 9 January 2026 (UTC) Keep. Sorry for the mistakes. We do have mistakes here. e.g. We have source for 42.5: [https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5193097-israel-intercepts-last-gaza-flotilla-boat-begins-deportations%C2%A0] [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/1/israel-intercepts-gaza-sumud-flotilla-vessels-what-we-know-so-far]. If there's only some numbers error, we can just correct it, and an announcement still can be made, it alligns with our policy. By the way, "diploma influence" is a fact explained in the later part of the article. We do need pay more attention on AI. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 04:03, 8 January 2026 (UTC) : That statement is supported by sources not listed in the article, but the issue here is that no ''listed'' source supports it, which is required by [[WN:CS|policy]]. Even if that single point were corrected, multiple other sourcing, verification, and neutrality issues would remain. : Taken together, the number and nature of these issues support retraction, consistent with the approach taken in the [[#Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot|previous request]]. : Under current en.WN policy, articles are not substantively edited after they are [[WN:AC|archived]]. Given that constraint, it is essential that core policy issues be fully addressed prior to publication. In this case, that standard was not met. : > ''By the way, "diploma influence" is a fact explained in the later part of the article.'' : I don't understand what you mean by this. What is "diploma influence" and how is it relevant here?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:35, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::diplomacy [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:15, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::policy says we can correct articles after publish it, If we found errors. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:16, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::Incidentally, I never support retracting an article if it can be corrected; only articles that cannot be corrected due to lack of editers or are largely fabricated should be retracted. ::This approach firstly fails to salvage our reputation better, and secondly, compensating readers with accurate information is always more valuable and constructive than simply posting a statement, which is truly ineffective. ::I did not find any policy about this. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:20, 8 January 2026 (UTC) ::(I actually remember source 4, I saw it and had read it when I'm editing this article, just forgot to add it into article. and for the Union, it actually is "one of the largest union") [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 15:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC) {{remove}} due to the cumulative effect of multiple issues; compliance with [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]] is significantly compromised.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:45, 8 January 2026 (UTC) :No objection. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 16:07, 8 January 2026 (UTC) Given the number of documented sourcing, verification, and attribution issues, and the absence of any substantive dispute over those issues, I have issued a retraction. While input from the original reviewer is welcome, corrective action should not be delayed where material policy concerns have already been established. Retractions are reader-protection actions, not sanctions against contributors.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:33, 9 January 2026 (UTC) :wait, why are you suggesting to delete it then if it was retracted [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:39, 11 January 2026 (UTC) :: I didn't.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 01:14, 12 January 2026 (UTC) :::didn't what? I said "why are you proposing to delete it if you ''did'' retract it." , still waiting for answer to that. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:34, 16 January 2026 (UTC) :::: Why do you think I proposed anything for deletion?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:48, 17 January 2026 (UTC) :::::Because you added this deletion request. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::: This isn't a deletion request.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:14, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::What is it doing on a deletion requests page then???? I am confused. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:44, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::: This appears to be where retraction requests are typically posted.[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2010#July_2,_2010], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2011#Scientists_create_schizophrenic_brain_cells], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/2009#Asbestos_map_of_Eastern_Australia_published], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests/Archives/The_rest_of_2007#Chinese_submarine_%22embarrasses%22_U.S._Navy][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 13:53, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::::Ok. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC) :I have to say, normally a media will say "sorry" then give the correct information to readers. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 16:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC) ::Wondering if that could mean a complete article rewrite should then be allowed instead of a retraction, if an event did indeed take place. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:32, 18 January 2026 (UTC) ::: We already have a mechanism to address this problem: a full and complete review prior to publication, which was [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#c-Gryllida-20260111133600-Tduk-20260110041300|admittedly not done]]. That process exists so that Wikinews publishes content that is accurate and neutral at the point of release, rather than publishing defective material and attempting to repair it afterward. ::: Shifting substantive correction work to the post-publication stage does not solve the underlying issue. It merely defers it, and unlike pre-publication review, it does not require that the problems ever be fully resolved. The existing review requirement protects the project, contributors, and reviewers from publishing errors that can lead to reputational harm, legal risk, and loss of reader trust.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:30, 19 January 2026 (UTC) {{closed-dr-footer}} == January 1, 2026 == {{Archive top|The article [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#c-Gryllida-20260103042900-Ternera-20260101193400|was retracted]] with consensus. The conversation was left open for an additional week to allow time for responses to all direct pings. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:53, 9 January 2026 (UTC)}} === [[Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|BigKrow|Metropolitan90}} I propose the article be retracted for the following reasons: # The article contains [[WN:Plagiarism]][https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&oldid=4966465&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1] # There are facts not supported by any source, as required by [[WN:Source]] # One of the sources is behind a [[WN:PAYWALL]] # Several statements of fact should be attributed for [[WN:NPOV]] # AI was used but not disclosed. Facts not supported by sources: * "A man called police and said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was trying to get into his home." ** The ex-boyfriend was trying to break into ''her'' home, not ''his''.[https://abcnews.go.com/US/3-police-officers-shot-warning-responding-domestic-call/story?id=128578702] * The article names the ex-boyfriend as "Davis" * "Police Chief David Smith noted that each of the injured officers had fewer than 10 years on the force." * The '''entire last paragraph''' is not supported by any listed source The following phrases are [[WN:Plagiarism|plagiarized]][https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikinews&oldid=4966465&action=search&use_engine=1&use_links=1]: * ...said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was... * ...the side of the house... * ...his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and... * ...the side of the house, he immediately pulled out a handgun and... * One officer was shot multiple times in the upper body... * ...officer was shot in the upper body and... * ...in critical but stable condition... The following statements need attribution: * "The caller told police that the man possibly had a gun and that he himself also had a pistol." * "When police showed up, they found the suspect at the side of the house." * "He then fired his gun, hitting two police officers and the caller." * "The caller also fired at the suspect." * "The suspect fled but another police officer found him." * "The suspect shot the third police officer, who along with other police at the scene fired at the suspect." * "The suspect was shot and killed by police." Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted because it failed to comply with our [[WN:C|copyright policy]], [[WN:CS|sourcing policy]], [[WN:NPOV|neutrality policy]], and recommended guidance for [[WN:AI|AI/LLM]] use. The last version of the article text can be found [{{fullurl:Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot|&oldid=4966465}} here].</blockquote> Please use {{tl|keep}}, {{tl|remove}}, {{tl|neutral}}, or {{tl|comment}} followed by your signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:08, 1 January 2026 (UTC) ==== Comments and votes ==== :{{comment}} I couldn't find any official policy on retracting articles after publication‽ But going by [[Wikinews:Archive_conventions#Post-archival_edits]] , an article that has already been archived cannot be significantly modified. And since it violates so many policies... I would like to point out a few ways to reduce probability of similar events happening in the future. ::* Please make link to copyvio tool more visible - I haven't been using it as much since the link got folded away into some menu; ::* Please check articles for paywall links automatically so that people editing the articles can see clearly which sources are not acceptable; ::* In distant future, please consider creating a fact check tool - similar to copyvio, but grabbing facts (time, date, place, name, whichever is easily identifiable) from the text of the article and checking whether it is mentioned in the sources. :: Disclaimer: I don't think I have contributed to this article in particular; I cannot be everywhere at once. I generally try to make sure facts match the sources - by adding extra sources if possible, to support the stated facts. I wouldn't use an obviously paywalled source; but I would have difficulty identifying a paywall-after-N-articles source, for example. :: :: I personally would have preferred to keep the article if at all possible. But the tiny shreds of information on the policies considering archived articles make that highly unlikely. :: [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 05:06, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::: > ''I couldn't find any official policy on retracting articles after publication‽'' I have created a proposed policy at [[Wikinews:Retractions policy]]. I have also clarified both [[Wikinews:Archive_conventions#Post-archival_edits]] and [[Wikinews:Correction_policy#Post-archival_corrections]] to explicitly allow post-archival corrections of factually inaccurate statements ''in text'' along with a correction statement. There are historical conversations pertaining to this, that have never been effectively addressed. Hopefully they have now. For brevity and clarity here, I think those changes should be discussed at the various policies and proposed policies rather than here. But I wanted to notify everyone here of those changes. Hopefully this allow us to 1. reduce the number of retractions in the future by 2. allowing us to ''transparently'' correct factually inacurate, but archived content.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:30, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::::Why do you need to edit three pages? Please clarify. I do not have motivation to click the links, it will drive me crazy. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:46, 4 January 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:28, 1 January 2026 (UTC) :{{comment}} I'm not casting a vote yet, but the plagiarism claim seems unwarranted. The link to the plagiarism detector says "plagiarism unlikely". And I'm not sure how use of such phrases as "said his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was", "the side of the house", or "in critical but stable condition" counts as plagiarism. "Critical but stable condition" is a technical term used to describe {{w|medical state}}; we can't change that to "crucial but balanced" or use other synonyms. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 17:19, 1 January 2026 (UTC) :: If the concern were limited to a phrase such as "critical but stable condition," I would not consider it plagiarism. However, the issue here is broader. Multiple three-plus-word sequences in the third paragraph match the ABC source verbatim or nearly verbatim, and the cumulative effect makes the paragraph read as a lightly-modified rewrite (scuffing up) rather than independently written text. :: Under [[WN:Plagiarism]], plagiarism is not limited to isolated phrases; it includes derivative paragraph-level similarity, especially when wording and structure closely follow a single source. Earwig’s "plagiarism unlikely" evaluation does not override our policy-based assessment — see [[Help:Earwig]] for guidance on how its output should be interpreted. :: On Wikinews, plagiarism includes: :: ::* Copying full or partial sentences from a source without quotation or clear attribution. ::* Minor rewording or synonym-swapping (“scuffing up”) instead of substantive rewriting. ::* Stitching together fragments from one or more sources to form a paragraph without original synthesis or voice. ::* Re-using distinctive wording or structure from a source without attribution, even when paraphrased. :: :: Given the similarity pattern in the third paragraph, I do not think this can be dismissed as coincidence or generic phrasing.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 17:51, 1 January 2026 (UTC) ::I agree that plagiarism is excessive. Any more than three word quotes can be an issue. "his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and" is over the limit. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:00, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::1. Hi [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] two queries. Firstly could the link to copyvio checker be added to ezpr2 widget. Secondly could it not require login each time (it could require it once and store a cookie, or accept referer as request is coming from Wikinews page), which may be a bug request to the earwig developer. I believe one of these two issues may have deterred me from reading the report at time of review. Thanks. :::2. Hi @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]], I oppose full retraction. I believe removing second paragraph which has the most plagiarism, and offering a correction would be acceptable. If this course of action is supported then I will do it, otherwise, if needed, I/you/someone can do the retraction. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::: Removing the second paragraph fixes nothing. The third paragraph contains most of, but not all of the plagiarism. The first and fourth paragraphs also contain plagiarized content as well. :::: The entire last paragraph is unsupported (in addition to other statements noted above). :::: Neutrality is also a problem throughout the article due to lack of attribution. :::: [[WN:Archive]] restricts post-publication edits and this article requires too many to be compliant. :::: I oppose trying to bandaid part of the problem and issuing a correction, especially given the publication violates three core policies (as well as two guidelines, it isn't compliant with our style guide either and an exception wasn't reported). :::: {{remove}}[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:11, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::EzPR 2025 already has a button to check copyvio under the "Review details and tools" section. Also, does Earwigs Copyvio Detector require login to view the results? When I use it, I am not logged in and can still access the copyvio analysis. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::: Earwig does require you to log in to your Wikimedia account. They changed it to require a login sometime last year I believe, to control/curb overuse.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:22, 2 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::That's correct. I think I somehow misunderstood. It does require login. but once I logged in, I was automatically logged in on subsequent visits and was shown the analysis directly, without having to log in manually every time. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 16:30, 2 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::it is amazing that it works for you. it does not work for me. even though in wiki I am logged in constantly. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:42, 3 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::::I will take a look at what I can do to achieve that, if it is something that doesn't have to be done from the copyvio tool. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 08:11, 3 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::::well I opened copyvio checker in one tab and logged in, then opened it in another tab for another wiki page and in that other tab it requires login. I am sorry but it is rather important for me that the tool does not interfere with what I am trying to do. this causes mistakes similar to the article being published without having viewed the report first. I am using google chrome. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:12, 3 January 2026 (UTC) :::::Hi, "Ezpr2 already has a button to check for copyvio ..." where? @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], please clarify thanks, regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:47, 4 January 2026 (UTC) ::::::From [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Deletion_requests#c-Asked42-20260102155700-Gryllida-20260102050300 that comment of mine] that you quoted: "EzPR 2025 already has a button to check copyvio under the "Review details and tools" section." ::::::Open the form, click the title called 'Review details and tools' (which is currently in a collapsed state), and when expanded you will find the button called 'Check for Copyvio'. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:29, 4 January 2026 (UTC) :::::::Ok. Thanks. i will check it out [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:19, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *{{vd}} per Michael.C.Wright's reasoning. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 19:34, 1 January 2026 (UTC) *:@[[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] please provide a comment on the above request thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:43, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:@[[User:Microchip08|Microchip08]] also interested in your opinion please thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:I've replaced content of article with an ambox for now, please let me know if further changes are needed, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:29, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:: I replaced the ambox with the standard correction but with <code>label=retract</code>. The retraction process is ''somewhat'' documented at [[template:Correction]]. I also updated the explanation with the proposed text above, as the text in the ambox was incorrect (the entire last paragraph plus other statements were not sourced).[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:32, 3 January 2026 (UTC) *:::Yeah i tried "retract" and "retracted" template names and they did not work and I went crazy. Thanks for fixing up. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *:::I added more edit, to make message clearer and self explanatory. Hope you can sight that edit. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:53, 4 January 2026 (UTC) *:::: I rejected the edit. The article did not contain sourcing policy, as your edit stated.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 18:33, 7 January 2026 (UTC) *:::Can the old revision even be kept in history as it was partially plagiarised? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:53, 4 January 2026 (UTC) {{Archive bottom}} == December 31, 2025 == {{closed-dr-box|remove|Michael.C.Wright|Qualified for [[WN:SD|Speedy]] as promotional and [[WN:NOT|not news]].}} === [[:Rapper waka flocka flame apologizes to actress andrea-rachel]] === Does not seem to fulfil [[Wikinews:Newsworthiness]] [[User:GeorgR (de)|GeorgR (de)]] ([[User talk:GeorgR (de)|talk]]) 16:58, 31 December 2025 (UTC). :the worthiness is that this rapper is currently trending in the news and is of significant standard within his field, him sending any acknowledgement of a possible wrong doing is a substantial topic in its respective industry. there is nothing salacious about this. it has fact and references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:39, 31 December 2025 (UTC) ==== Comments ==== ==== Votes ==== *{{vd}} seems like advertising. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 17:27, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:{{remove}}, per @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:32, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:there are other articles similar to this and up. this seems racist to be honest. you guys are selective but this is written unbiased with facts and sources. it is not selling nor advertising a thing. it stated a fact and added references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:37, 31 December 2025 (UTC) *:there are other articles similar to this and up. this seems racist to be honest. you guys are selective but this is written unbiased with facts and sources. it is not selling nor advertising a thing. it stated a fact and added references. [[Special:Contributions/~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]] ([[User talk:~2025-42967-79|talk]]) 21:38, 31 December 2025 (UTC) * {{Remove}} and {{done}}. The article had no newsworthy, focal event and lacked independent, credible sources to support a newsworthy, focal event. @[[User:~2025-42967-79|~2025-42967-79]], please see [[WN:NOT]] to better understand what ''Wikinews'' is not and also [[WN:WRITE]] for our guide to writing news articles here.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:19, 1 January 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} == April 10, 2026 == {{closed-dr-box|retract|Michael.C.Wright|TThe article contains a fundamental mischaracterization of the offense, identified prior to publication and not resolved, in violation of [[WN:CS]] and [[WN:NPOV]]. Subsequent edits have not corrected the core issue. As the article was published, [[WN:Archive]] limits post-publication changes to corrections of factual inaccuracies and does not permit substantive revisions to address neutrality concerns. The article was also published despite being identified as stale, without a documented justification for an exception under [[WN:Freshness]], and remains stale, preventing any substantive reworking within policy constraints. Participation in this discussion has been limited, and views expressed are divided. However, the concerns raised regarding compliance with [[WN:CS]], [[WN:NPOV]], [[WN:Archive]], and [[WN:Freshness]] are substantive and determinative.}} === [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians]] === {{Ping|Gryllida|Lofi Gurl|Justthefacts|Loytra|Metropolitan90|BigKrow}} notifying article contributors for awareness only. Based on the issues identified below, I propose the article be retracted by blanking it and issuing a retraction statement. The article is not compliant with [[WN:NPOV]] due to significant issues with accuracy, attribution, and synthesis. The most serious issue is the mischaracterization of the offense, which undermines the reliability of the entire piece. Notably, the claim that the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' was raised on the talk page prior to publication. Despite this, the publishing reviewer stated the concerns had been “satisfactorily addressed.” This is not reflected in the published article, which retained the incorrect characterization throughout. Later attempts to fix this were also ineffective; the headline was changed to “inciting hatred against gays and lesbians,” which is likewise incorrect, as the offense under Finnish law is ''incitement against a group''. This reflects a failure to resolve a known issue during review and after publication. Examples of issues include: * Incorrectly stating the defendants were convicted of ''crimes against humanity'' rather than the relevant offense under Finnish law (incitement against a group) * Presenting analysis as fact (e.g., claiming the ruling is a “significant precedent” without attribution) * Using un-attributed evaluative language such as “false claims” and “global scientific consensus” * Framing legal and societal implications in a broad, interpretive manner without sourcing * Internal inconsistency between the stated offense and the described conduct and penalties There were also multiple unsighted changes, including headline moves. Due to a limitation in FlaggedRevs, page moves cannot be selectively rejected, which leads to inconsistent outcomes when reviewing mixed edits. In approving the moves, unrelated changes were also approved. These should have been rejected, as approving such changes post-publication is not standard practice and does not comply with policy. Numerous post-publication edits attempted to correct the article, including multiple headline changes. The core issue—mischaracterization of the offense—remained unresolved, indicating a structural problem rather than an isolated error. Correction is therefore not feasible, and retraction is the more appropriate course of action. Additionally, the article was explicitly published stale, contrary to [[WN:Freshness]], and was not included among the Main Page lead articles. It has received minimal readership (<del>37</del> <ins>1,000</ins> page views since publication[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians]), further supporting retraction as a low-impact corrective measure. Proposed retraction statement: <blockquote>This article has been retracted due to significant inaccuracies and failure to comply with Wikinews neutrality and verification standards. The article mischaracterized the nature of the convictions described, including incorrectly stating that the defendants were found guilty of ''crimes against humanity''. Additional issues included un-attributed analysis presented as fact and unsupported interpretive claims. Due to the extent of these issues, the article does not meet the standards required for publication and has been withdrawn in its entirety.</blockquote> Please vote using {{keep}} {{tl|keep}}, {{remove}} {{tl|remove}}, {{neutral}} {{tl|neutral}}, or {{comment}} {{tl|comment}} followed by signature. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 15:51, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{remove}} I kind of knew this was inevitable. But for what its worth, the 37 page views only apply to the most recent page move. The article has been read more than that. But I support retraction due to the fact that the project's policies were pretty blatantly ignored with the article's pibublication in its current state. Sorry to author @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] but this is probably going to be removed from the site. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:32, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :: I stand corrected. There have been a combined 1,000 pageviews of the various (six!) headlines the article has used since being published.[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikinews.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2026-04-01&end=2026-04-09&pages=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_for_inciting_hatred_towards_homosexuals%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_authors_of_pamplet_characterizing_homosexuality_as_a_disease%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_humanity_in_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_religious_leaders_of_inciting_crimes_against_humanity%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling%7CSupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_individuals_and_institutions_involved_in_writing_and_publishing_pamphlet_for_inciting_hatred_against_gays_and_lesbians][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 16:47, 10 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] If you could please remove the page protection from the article, I can address the issues that you brought up! Thank you in advance! --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:25, 10 April 2026 (UTC) ::It's far too late in the game to make such substantial corrections to the article. The content is stale and the article's publication was questionable at best. It's technically not even a news story anymore. We've already issued the retraction, I assure you any attempts to save this article will go nowhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:01, 11 April 2026 (UTC) EDIT: @[[User:BigKrow|Don]] please break this tie. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC) :{{keep}} and issue a correction with article edits as needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC) ::::This will require substantial revisions to the article five days after its publication and will further damage the project's reputation. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:56, 11 April 2026 (UTC) : {{remove}} I would agree with @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[#c-Lofi_Gurl-20260411125600-Gryllida-20260411051800|above]]. The article is already quite problematic and the edits required to correct it are substantial. [[WN:Archive]] permits changes to correct inaccuracies, but not neutrality. : As one of our final published articles, it would be unfortunate if it did not reflect the standard of quality we aimed to maintain.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] ([[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]/[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]) 14:28, 11 April 2026 (UTC) {{Closed-dr-footer}} elpb5939pm8zvlycxpuj1o1w3gadj8v Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews 4 3091974 5011048 5010720 2026-04-21T13:53:42Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* DPL */ Make table 5011048 wikitext text/x-wiki With the [[WN:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]], there are several tasks that could be done to ensure the read-only version of ''Wikinews'' is presented appropriately. We can use this page to track that work. == Tasks for anyone == If you are a non-reviewer and non-admin and still want to help, consider the following tasks: * See the list of [[:Category:flag|flagged discussions]] and weigh in on any of them to help resolve the issues. * See the list of requests at [[WN:DR|Deletion requests]] and weigh in on any of them to help move the needle towards resolution * Know of any other tasks that need done? Post on the [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|talk page]] * Contribute to our last article: [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Wikinews closes after 21 years]] == Reviewer tasks == I'm not sure how disabling FlaggedRevs will affect unsighted changes so reviewers should work through the list to ensure the stable version is what we want to remain permanent: * [[:Category:Review]] == DPL == DPL will likely be disabled, causing an error to be reported on any page that uses DPL to return a list of pages. We use DPL on many pages that will need to be updated to avoid having an error reported. The following is a list of pages we should probably remove DPL from and replace with static lists: {| class="wikitable" ! Page !! Comment |- | [[Main page]] || (Remove DPL '''April 30''') |- | [[Newsroom]] || |- | [[Wikinews:Water cooler]] || |- | [[Wikinews:Archives]] || (and a boat-load of its subpages) |- | [[Australia/2004]] || (all are also archives) |- | [[Australia/2005]] || |- | [[Australia/2006]] || |- | [[Australia/2007]] || |- | [[Australia/2008]] || |- | [[Australia/2009]] || (removing from parent page, not subpages) |- | [[Categories]] || (heavy use of <s>{{tl|Topic cat/latest}}</s>) |- | Infoboxes || (see below) |} Pages using DPL: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension}} A note on that number: Working through the list I've come across some difficulties. [[:Category:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension]] seems to persistently list some pages as using DPL, despite DPL being removed. I noticed it initially with templates, which also previously used FlaggedRevs, though that has been recently disabled for templates. See [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423512 phab T423512] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#Limit the FlaggedRevs extension to the article namespace?|disabling FlaggedRevs in the template namespace]]. The broke-around I'm implementing in some cases is to move the current template and recreate it with a copy/paste and that seems to flush the template out of the category. However, I just found numerous [[User:Michael.C.Wright/maintenance#Categories|categories]] that still report having DPL. I likely don't have the time to get through that entire list and I'm not sure it's worth it to re-open the ticket and get help, given that 1. DPL is no longer supported and 2. [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. If someone else wants to jump into that problem, please do. Otherwise, we may just let it ride and see how the categories react to DPL being disabled. Not an ideal solution... === Archives === Our [[WN:Archives]] is largely organized using DPL, using {{tl|DateDPL}} extensively. I'm not really sure how to tackle this. See [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews#Our Archives]] and/or [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#DPL, our archives, and potential bot use]] and weigh in if you can. === Infoboxes === : See also: [[Wikinews:Admin action alerts#In anticipation of DPL being disabled]] : See also: [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews#Bot to convert DPL to static lists]] All of the infoboxes we place on articles use DPL. See the following for examples of how DPL is being converted to static lists: * [[Template:Afghanistan]] (manually rebuild using {{tl|Infosection}} to replace {{tl|infobox}}) * [[Template:Albania]] * [[Template:Mauritania]] (already used {{tl|Infosection}} instead of {{tl|infobox}}, simply replace DPL with copied/pasted static list) Feel free to add to this page. {{Ping|Michael.C.Wright}} See [[:phab:T421796#11825297]]. {| class="wikitable" ! Infoboxes !! Status |- | [[:Category:Event infoboxes|Event infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:State infoboxes|State infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Country infoboxes|Country infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Election infobox templates|Election infobox templates]] || DPL not used |- | [[:Category:Hurricane season infoboxes|Hurricane season infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Infoboxes|Un-sub-categorized infoboxes]] || {{Done}}? |- | [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=Template%3AInfobox&namespace=10&limit=50 Uncategorized MetaInfoboxes] || {{Done}} |} == Archive published articles == We should archive all published articles and make sure the quality is at the level we want it to be. See [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]] for instructions on the archival process. This will require someone who is both a reviewer and admin to complete, as admin can't sight changes and published articles are protected to admin-only. In addition to the below list, there are categories of "archived-but-not-really-archived" articles that could be addressed: * [[:Category:Archived-bot]] * [[:Category:AutoArchived]] * [[:Category:Archived by Gryllida]] Published, but not archived articles: <DynamicPageList> allowcachedresults = true category=Published notcategory=Archived notcategory=AutoArchived addfirstcategorydate=true namespace=wiki </DynamicPageList> [[Category:Wikinews]] nnd2rheaone5ihfcbqg4lwvaqxtizev 5011096 5011048 2026-04-21T16:58:48Z Michael.C.Wright 1936983 /* DPL */ schedule. Clarify status of Categories 5011096 wikitext text/x-wiki With the [[WN:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]], there are several tasks that could be done to ensure the read-only version of ''Wikinews'' is presented appropriately. We can use this page to track that work. == Tasks for anyone == If you are a non-reviewer and non-admin and still want to help, consider the following tasks: * See the list of [[:Category:flag|flagged discussions]] and weigh in on any of them to help resolve the issues. * See the list of requests at [[WN:DR|Deletion requests]] and weigh in on any of them to help move the needle towards resolution * Know of any other tasks that need done? Post on the [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|talk page]] * Contribute to our last article: [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Wikinews closes after 21 years]] == Reviewer tasks == I'm not sure how disabling FlaggedRevs will affect unsighted changes so reviewers should work through the list to ensure the stable version is what we want to remain permanent: * [[:Category:Review]] == DPL == DPL will likely be disabled, causing an error to be reported on any page that uses DPL to return a list of pages. We use DPL on many pages that will need to be updated to avoid having an error reported. The following is a list of pages we should probably remove DPL from and replace with static lists: {| class="wikitable" ! Page !! Comment |- | [[Main page]] || (Remove DPL '''April 30''') |- | [[Newsroom]] || (Remove DPL '''April 30''') |- | [[Wikinews:Water cooler]] || (Remove DPL '''April 30''') |- | [[Wikinews:Archives]] || (and a boat-load of its subpages) |- | [[Australia/2004]] || (all are also archives) |- | [[Australia/2005]] || |- | [[Australia/2006]] || |- | [[Australia/2007]] || |- | [[Australia/2008]] || |- | [[Australia/2009]] || (removing from parent page, not subpages) |- | [[Categories]] || I believe the categories are largely done but not fully updated in [[:Category:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension]]. See also [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423512#11843275 comment on phab T423512]) |- | Infoboxes || (see below) |} Pages using DPL: {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension}} A note on that number: Working through the list I've come across some difficulties. [[:Category:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension]] seems to persistently list some pages as using DPL, despite DPL being removed. I noticed it initially with templates, which also previously used FlaggedRevs, though that has been recently disabled for templates. See [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423512 phab T423512] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#Limit the FlaggedRevs extension to the article namespace?|disabling FlaggedRevs in the template namespace]]. The broke-around I'm implementing in some cases is to move the current template and recreate it with a copy/paste and that seems to flush the template out of the category. However, I just found numerous [[User:Michael.C.Wright/maintenance#Categories|categories]] that still report having DPL. I likely don't have the time to get through that entire list and I'm not sure it's worth it to re-open the ticket and get help, given that 1. DPL is no longer supported and 2. [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. If someone else wants to jump into that problem, please do. Otherwise, we may just let it ride and see how the categories react to DPL being disabled. Not an ideal solution... === Archives === Our [[WN:Archives]] is largely organized using DPL, using {{tl|DateDPL}} extensively. I'm not really sure how to tackle this. See [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews#Our Archives]] and/or [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#DPL, our archives, and potential bot use]] and weigh in if you can. === Infoboxes === : See also: [[Wikinews:Admin action alerts#In anticipation of DPL being disabled]] : See also: [[Wikinews talk:2026 Wind-down Wikinews#Bot to convert DPL to static lists]] All of the infoboxes we place on articles use DPL. See the following for examples of how DPL is being converted to static lists: * [[Template:Afghanistan]] (manually rebuild using {{tl|Infosection}} to replace {{tl|infobox}}) * [[Template:Albania]] * [[Template:Mauritania]] (already used {{tl|Infosection}} instead of {{tl|infobox}}, simply replace DPL with copied/pasted static list) Feel free to add to this page. {{Ping|Michael.C.Wright}} See [[:phab:T421796#11825297]]. {| class="wikitable" ! Infoboxes !! Status |- | [[:Category:Event infoboxes|Event infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:State infoboxes|State infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Country infoboxes|Country infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Election infobox templates|Election infobox templates]] || DPL not used |- | [[:Category:Hurricane season infoboxes|Hurricane season infoboxes]] || {{done}} |- | [[:Category:Infoboxes|Un-sub-categorized infoboxes]] || {{Done}}? |- | [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=Template%3AInfobox&namespace=10&limit=50 Uncategorized MetaInfoboxes] || {{Done}} |} == Archive published articles == We should archive all published articles and make sure the quality is at the level we want it to be. See [[Wikinews:Archive conventions]] for instructions on the archival process. This will require someone who is both a reviewer and admin to complete, as admin can't sight changes and published articles are protected to admin-only. In addition to the below list, there are categories of "archived-but-not-really-archived" articles that could be addressed: * [[:Category:Archived-bot]] * [[:Category:AutoArchived]] * [[:Category:Archived by Gryllida]] Published, but not archived articles: <DynamicPageList> allowcachedresults = true category=Published notcategory=Archived notcategory=AutoArchived addfirstcategorydate=true namespace=wiki </DynamicPageList> [[Category:Wikinews]] ryq6521tlbsc8z0xj4ufvbw1g7bumgt Pope Leo XIV visits four nations in Africa 0 3093065 5011044 5010916 2026-04-21T13:38:47Z Metropolitan90 314212 /* Sources */ 5011044 wikitext text/x-wiki {{review}} {{date|April 21, 2026}} [[File:Pope Leo XIV in the popemobile at his inauguration.jpg|thumb|left|Pope Leo XIV waving to a crowd from his [[w:popemobile|popemobile]] in the Vatican. {{image|[[commons:Category:Photographs by Freddie Everett|Freddie Everett]]}}]] {{Christianity}} [[w:Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo XIV]] arrived by plane in [[Algeria]] on Monday, April 13, beginning his apostolic visit to Africa. The eleven-day visit, made to promote both the [[Catholic Church]] and interfaith dialogue, also includes stops in the nations of [[Cameroon]], [[Angola]], and [[Equatorial Guinea]]. His first stop in Algeria marked the first papal visit to the country in history. While there, Leo visited several locations including ancient Christian sites in [[w:Annaba|Annaba]] and the [[w:Great Mosque of Algiers|Great Mosque of Algiers]] in the capital before departing. The stop was followed by a visit to Cameroon, where a message emphasizing social justice, peace, and ending poverty was made to over 120,000 Cameroonians in the city of [[w:Douala|Douala]]. This leg of the visit also saw stops at Catholic hospitals and universities. On Sunday, April 19, the pope arrived in Angola where he met with President [[w:Joao Lourenco|Joao Lourenco]] among other officials. He preached a similar message to that made in Cameroon near the capital of [[w:Luanda|Luanda]] to the crowd gathered. He later made a stop in the town of [[w:Muxima|Muxima]], the nation's main Christian pilgrimage site. After Angola, the pope will arrive in Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of the visit before returning to [[the Vatican]]. Catholics make up more than 70% of the central African nation. The purpose of the pope's visit is to "turn the world's attention to Africa", according to an official of the Vatican cited by the [[BBC]]. Similar statements made have emphasized regional peace and unity as overarching goals. The regions of the continent being visited are among the quickest growing in Catholicism in the world. There were an estimated 288 million Catholics in Africa in 2024, making up more than one-fifth of the world's total. The visit marked the Leo's second major apostolic visit as pope after [[w:Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Turkey and Lebanon|visiting Lebanon and Turkey]] earlier. {{haveyoursay}} == Sister links == {{sisters|Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea}} == Sources == *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope |title = Pope Leo tells Angola during huge Mass to 'build hope' |author = AFP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 19, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420055838/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope }} *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass |title = Pope Leo calls on Cameroon to reject violence as 120,000 join Mass |author = Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 17, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060036/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass }} *{{source |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o |title = Pope prioritises world's fastest-growing Catholic region in major Africa tour |author = Lebo Diseko, Paul Njie, and Nomsa Maseko |pub = BBC |date = April 14, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060310/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o }} [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Algeria]] [[Category:Algiers]] [[Category:Angola]] [[Category:Cameroon]] [[Category:Christianity]] [[Category:Equatorial Guinea]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:The Vatican]] m7f7yq6zbuka9drlkze9uhnx4cpql9k 5011045 5011044 2026-04-21T13:41:22Z Metropolitan90 314212 ce 5011045 wikitext text/x-wiki {{review}} {{date|April 21, 2026}} [[File:Pope Leo XIV in the popemobile at his inauguration.jpg|thumb|left|Pope Leo XIV waving to a crowd from his [[w:popemobile|popemobile]] in the Vatican. {{image|[[commons:Category:Photographs by Freddie Everett|Freddie Everett]]}}]] {{Christianity}} [[w:Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo XIV]] arrived by plane in [[Algeria]] on Monday, April 13, beginning his apostolic visit to Africa. The eleven-day visit, made to promote both the [[Catholic Church]] and interfaith dialogue, also includes stops in the nations of [[Cameroon]], [[Angola]], and [[Equatorial Guinea]]. His first stop in Algeria marked the first papal visit to the country in history. While there, Leo visited several locations including ancient Christian sites in [[w:Annaba|Annaba]] and the [[w:Great Mosque of Algiers|Great Mosque of Algiers]] in the capital before departing. The stop was followed by a visit to Cameroon, where Leo delivered a message emphasizing social justice, peace, and ending poverty to over 120,000 Cameroonians in the city of [[w:Douala|Douala]]. This leg of the visit also saw stops at Catholic hospitals and universities. On Sunday, April 19, the pope arrived in Angola where he met with President [[w:Joao Lourenco|Joao Lourenco]] among other officials. He preached a similar message to that made in Cameroon to the crowd gathered near the capital of [[w:Luanda|Luanda]]. He later made a stop in the town of [[w:Muxima|Muxima]], the nation's main Christian pilgrimage site. After Angola, the pope will arrive in Equatorial Guinea, where Catholics make up more than 70% of the central African nation, for the final leg of the visit, before returning to [[the Vatican]]. The purpose of the pope's visit is to "turn the world's attention to Africa", according to an official of the Vatican cited by the [[BBC]]. Similar statements made have emphasized regional peace and unity as overarching goals. The regions of the continent being visited are among the quickest growing in Catholicism in the world. There were an estimated 288 million Catholics in Africa in 2024, making up more than one-fifth of the world's total. The visit marked the Leo's second major apostolic visit as pope after [[w:Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Turkey and Lebanon|visiting Lebanon and Turkey]] earlier. {{haveyoursay}} == Sister links == {{sisters|Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea}} == Sources == *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope |title = Pope Leo tells Angola during huge Mass to 'build hope' |author = AFP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 19, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420055838/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope }} *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass |title = Pope Leo calls on Cameroon to reject violence as 120,000 join Mass |author = Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 17, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060036/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass }} *{{source |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o |title = Pope prioritises world's fastest-growing Catholic region in major Africa tour |author = Lebo Diseko, Paul Njie, and Nomsa Maseko |pub = BBC |date = April 14, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060310/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o }} [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Algeria]] [[Category:Algiers]] [[Category:Angola]] [[Category:Cameroon]] [[Category:Christianity]] [[Category:Equatorial Guinea]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] [[Category:Religion]] [[Category:Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:The Vatican]] ksz7lr4cx9naanb89mh1p68r25164y7 5011046 5011045 2026-04-21T13:45:42Z Metropolitan90 314212 add arrival in Equatorial Guinea 5011046 wikitext text/x-wiki {{review}} {{date|April 21, 2026}} [[File:Pope Leo XIV in the popemobile at his inauguration.jpg|thumb|left|Pope Leo XIV waving to a crowd from his [[w:popemobile|popemobile]] in the Vatican. {{image|[[commons:Category:Photographs by Freddie Everett|Freddie Everett]]}}]] {{Christianity}} [[w:Pope Leo XIV|Pope Leo XIV]] arrived by plane in [[Algeria]] on Monday, April 13, beginning his apostolic visit to Africa. The eleven-day visit, made to promote both the [[Catholic Church]] and interfaith dialogue, also includes stops in the nations of [[Cameroon]], [[Angola]], and [[Equatorial Guinea]]. His first stop in Algeria marked the first papal visit to the country in history. While there, Leo visited several locations including ancient Christian sites in [[w:Annaba|Annaba]] and the [[w:Great Mosque of Algiers|Great Mosque of Algiers]] in the capital before departing. The stop was followed by a visit to Cameroon, where Leo delivered a message emphasizing social justice, peace, and ending poverty to over 120,000 Cameroonians in the city of [[w:Douala|Douala]]. This leg of the visit also saw stops at Catholic hospitals and universities. On Sunday, April 19, the pope arrived in Angola where he met with President [[w:Joao Lourenco|Joao Lourenco]] among other officials. He preached a similar message to that made in Cameroon to the crowd gathered near the capital of [[w:Luanda|Luanda]]. He later made a stop in the town of [[w:Muxima|Muxima]], the nation's main Christian pilgrimage site. After Angola, the pope arrived on Tuesday, April 21, in Equatorial Guinea, where Catholics make up more than 70% of the central African nation, for the final leg of the visit, before his scheduled return to [[the Vatican]]. The purpose of the pope's visit is to "turn the world's attention to Africa", according to an official of the Vatican cited by the [[BBC]]. Similar statements made have emphasized regional peace and unity as overarching goals. The regions of the continent being visited are among the quickest growing in Catholicism in the world. There were an estimated 288 million Catholics in Africa in 2024, making up more than one-fifth of the world's total. The visit marked the Leo's second major apostolic visit as pope after [[w:Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Turkey and Lebanon|visiting Lebanon and Turkey]] earlier. {{haveyoursay}} == Sister links == {{sisters|Visit by Pope Leo XIV to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea}} == Sources == *{{source |url = https://apnews.com/article/africa-pope-equatorial-guinea-0134a6982c295c125259c5fa4eb73395 |title = Pope blasts colonization of minerals in Equatorial Guinea, headed by Africa’s longest-serving leader |author = Nicole Winfield |pub = Associated Press |date = April 21, 2026 }} *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope |title = Pope Leo tells Angola during huge Mass to 'build hope' |author = AFP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 19, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420055838/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/19/pope-leo-tells-angola-during-huge-mass-to-build-hope }} *{{source |url = https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass |title = Pope Leo calls on Cameroon to reject violence as 120,000 join Mass |author = Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters |pub = Al Jazeera |date = April 17, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060036/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/17/pope-leo-calls-on-cameroonians-to-reject-violence-as-120000-join-mass }} *{{source |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o |title = Pope prioritises world's fastest-growing Catholic region in major Africa tour |author = Lebo Diseko, Paul Njie, and Nomsa Maseko |pub = BBC |date = April 14, 2026 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20260420060310/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg0jyx4qq7o }} [[Category:Africa]] [[Category:Algeria]] [[Category:Algiers]] [[Category:Angola]] [[Category:Cameroon]] [[Category:Christianity]] [[Category:Equatorial Guinea]] [[Category:Politics and conflicts]] 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