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The Hulkster
Can you update the news section with Hulk Hogan's death news please? Marvelvsdcvscapcomvssega (talk) 07:08, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- It's bogged down at WP:ITN/C mostly with people arguing wrestling is fake and/or Hulk was not "transformative" enough or that his field where he was important is not major enough. Howard the Duck (talk) 10:56, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- Let's stop worrying about Hulk, instead, worry about Ozzy Osbourne, his been all over everywhere ⟨⟨BeastBoy-X-Talk!⟩⟩ 00:16, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
- It's already been suggested to be added to "In The News" here: Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#(Posted)_RD/Blurb:_Hulk_Hogan. We just need to wait to see how the result of that discussion will go.
- He was already in "Recent deaths" a few days ago at least. ApexParagon (talk) 20:49, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
Maybe WP shouldn't feature murderers?
Why glorify murderers? Is this truly random? There must be some code, right? Seananony (talk) 08:28, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- I assume that you are referring to the featured article about an assassin of a King of Italy. If you want to categorically prohibit historical figures who killed someone from being featured(like John Wilkes Booth or even Marcus Junius Brutus), you need to participate in the processes that determine what articles appear on the Main Page. 331dot (talk) 08:36, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- @331dot What are the processes? How would I participate? Thanks. Seananony (talk) 08:48, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Keep in mind that the main point of the Featured Article box(as well as the other sections of the Main Page) is to motivate the improvement of articles. Perhaps the article about Bresci wouldn't have been improved if it was barred from the Main Page. You can express concerns about the TFA process at WT:TFA, but to be honest, I highly doubt proposing a ban like you describe would succeed. 331dot (talk) 08:58, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- @331dot What are the processes? How would I participate? Thanks. Seananony (talk) 08:48, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Today's featured article is not random, but selected from the list of our best articles. —Kusma (talk) 08:40, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- Featured articles are based on article quality, not the person's quality. Wikipedia isn't glorifying murderers, it's an encyclopedia providing neutral and unbiased accounts of the world. jolielover♥talk 09:33, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- It would a very unencyclopedic reason for exclusion. Genghiz Khan and Blackbeard to be kept as our dirty secrets? DeCausa (talk) 09:46, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- This isn't just murder, it's regicide, a kind of high treason if perpetrated by a subject, which is the case here. This is by the way not the only killing "glorified" in the Main Page. The "On this day" section includes the sack of a populous city by Saracen raiders in 908 and "a four-day massacre" of South Koreans by U.S. forces in 1950. Nxavar (talk) 12:50, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- It would a very unencyclopedic reason for exclusion. Genghiz Khan and Blackbeard to be kept as our dirty secrets? DeCausa (talk) 09:46, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
- The article is certainly written in way that creates affection for the perpetrator. The lead tries to paint his character in positive colors talking about "His experience of being exploited in the workplace as a young weaver" that "News of the Bava Beccaris massacre motivated him", he then "gained the status of a martyr" and " inspired some anarchists to carry out their own acts of propaganda by deed". One could suspect that the choice of this particular article was promoted by the "No Kings" political opposition to Donald Trump. Nxavar (talk) 13:35, 29 July 2025 (UTC)