Talk:COVID-19 misinformation by the United States/Archive 1

Archive 1

Quote boxes

This article has several blue boxes with Trump misinformation quotes in them. My question is, is it appropriate for us as editors to pick and choose what comments we want to give extra weight to? One could argue this has WP:OR, WP:WEIGHT, and WP:PRIMARY issues. I am undecided. Thoughts? –Novem Linguae (talk) 03:27, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 8 February 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 09:15, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic by the United States → COVID-19 misinformation by the United States – Shorter name, per WP:CONCISE. Also, the parent articles COVID-19 misinformation and COVID-19 misinformation by governments underwent a similar name change recently. Using the requested move template because this page is move protected. –Novem Linguae (talk) 10:30, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support. Per nom. —RCraig09 (talk) 15:52, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Support. I had the same idea for similar reasons.-- Maxeto0910 (talk) 05:05, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support, nice to be WP:concise. Polyamorph (talk) 11:42, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
• Comment. Is there a reason why we're beating around the bush and not referring to the Trump administration directly? Or if we're going to refer to statements by others, why not "misinformation in the United States?" The current and proposed titles are both rather awkwardly written. -- Calidum 16:02, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

COVID-19 isn't the flu; It's "the common cold"!

TNYT today: "A mild case [of COVID-19] is effectively the common cold." (It's a miracle!) Drsruli (talk) 12:44, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

This is already under discussion here. No need to split it. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

(I had originally intended it here, before I realized that the original article had meanwhile been split.) Drsruli (talk) 13:45, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Lead does not summarize the article

The lead should include an overview of the actual misinformation that was spread by those mentioned in the article. This is especially problematic considering that the lead is embedded in COVID-19_misinformation_by_governments#United_States. I've made an attempt to include the main topics, but it could use some more attention. Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 09:53, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Missouri county coroner removed covid from death certificates to ‘please’ grieving families

Missouri county coroner removed covid from death certificates to ‘please’ grieving families, WaPo -- Valjean (talk) 15:04, 5 August 2021 (UTC)