Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-08-30/In the media

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Fogcam isn't closing down anymore. The website has announced the intention of continuing. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Later that night, an anonymous vandal edited Delaney's biography on the English Wikipedia declaring that Delaney died, slain by Warren. ... "I thought it was funny. Presidential debates are largely substance-free spectacle so no, I don’t think there’s much more to report."
I love ITM but stories like this always read as lionizing vandalism. Stories of COI battles and the sifting and winnowing for truth are always great, but when the story is that the media latched onto a fleeting vandal edit, what more is there to say than that prominent outlets are disparaging Wikipedia's reputation for cheap clicks? Or, as I unclutch my pearls, maybe it simply offends my BLP sensibilities. Anyway, might be worth casting such events in a harsher light. czar 17:30, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As co-writer of much of that particular story, I'll take that into consideration.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 20:15, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On the flip side to The Young Turks journalist's idiocy, today I encountered a reasonably constructive edit (here) made by two YouTubers for this YouTube video about director's cuts, in a slightly surprising aside. — Bilorv (talk) 21:34, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to make a joke about the Once Upon a Time plot twist but then my twitter mutuals told me that the image featuring New York still with the Twin towers in Yesterday was not even in the final film. -Gouleg (Talk • Contribs) 14:23, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"When asked by The Signpost about the vandalism the reporter did not deny that he vandalized the article stating "I thought it was funny. Presidential debates are largely substance-free spectacle so no, I don’t think there’s much more to report."" unless they were asked point blank if they vandalized the article, this is gross character assassination. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 18:29, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]