Talk:COVID-19 pandemic

The heck?

Came looking for pandemic info. Found “Save the planet” propaganda. 67.190.126.82 23:25, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Increased exposure to exotic diseases which turn into pandemics is linked to anthropogenic destruction of the natural world. Facts can be stubborn things...--C.J. Griffin (talk) 16:53, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Pratap Pandit

@Pratap Pandit: This is hounding, you should stop stalking and making baseless accusations. WQ:CIVIL and WQ:WQT Rupert Loup 16:52, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

I prefer to retain this censored quote

What Wikimedia does not censor community censors it, that too cites strange reasons! Whether quotability of quotation depends on the source? ( I used to believe quotabilty depends on effective delivery of a communication or message, Was I wrong?) Why any sentence should loose it's quotability for being in Letter to the Editor section ? Actually letters to editors are letters added to public and have been gone through process of editorial crosscheck/review already. Editors receive huge number of letters and only select ones get published after editorial judgement.

Bookku (talk) 04:05, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Censored Quote

• "...Who do you know that has ever said, “I’m going to get really drunk and then drive around on public roads?”; Who do you know that has ever said, “I’m going to go out in public, but I refuse to wear a face mask?”

Both these questions can end in the same result to any of us in Gadsden.....If you choose to drive a vehicle when you’re drunk,..., you are putting everyone on our highways in danger of possible injury — or even death....It’s the same as choosing not to wear a face mask in public. You’re putting everyone around you in danger by possibly exposing them to COVID-19, ultimately leading to severe illness and even death for some....You’ll never even know that you injured someone or gave them the virus that caused their death.....I’ve heard some say, “It’s My body, my choice.” It’s your choice for your body, but not my body, or all the general public’s bodies around you that you are exposing to the virus...."

• • Diane Davis in Not wearing mask is like driving drunk,The Gadsden Times 2020 Jaly, 20.

Not Notable. I see no reason to retain it.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 06:13, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Dear sir, if you do not mind, can you explain reason of your censorship from following a,b,c your reservation is regarding a)Source: i.e. 'from Letter to an editor' b) Quotability c) Relevance to this article ?

Thanks Bookku (talk) 07:03, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

If she is this Diane Davis then is notable. Rupert Loup 08:29, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, but I don't think it is.--C.J. Griffin (talk) 13:16, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Curious edits

I have nothing against IPs. Actually I have seen them do really good work. I am just commenting to see if anyone else saw what I just discovered:

I looked through the history of the article's page (click View history tab at the top of COVID-19 pandemic ) and noticed many removals (look for the red number of bytes) of large amounts of text from this article, and noticed that most (all?) were carried out by IPs. I don't really have the time to chase this, but I thought it looked a bit curious. Anyone else? Ottawahitech (talk) 16:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Trotskyist Fraction

Are the six lengthy quotes from Trotskyist Fraction not somewhat overkill? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:48, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

The limit for quotes is 250 words and these are eloquent enough to be here. Robin Loup (talk) 17:25, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

I did complain that the quotes are too long, nor complain that they are not eloquent. I asked whether six of them, all long, is overkill. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:43, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

The Trotskyist Fraction: Fourth International appears to be an organisation of no great notability consisting of no more than three sections or affiliates as of 2018. Frankly, one extract would be more than enough. See here. Philip Cross (talk) 10:03, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. Robin Loup (talk) 22:51, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

cannot copy& paste from msn source

More & more obstacles to disemminating free information seem to be popping up. In addition to [paywalled source]s, I now cannot copy&paste a quote from https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-fast-spreading-new-covid-19-subvariant-xbb-is-part-of-a-new-class-of-omicron/ar-AA133Y9C?cvid=dfaf8d92fac14f9496a2c0e0685317a9&ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

This is what happens:

• I highlight the quote I want to copy
• I click the copy button

but at this point the highlighting disappears and a click on the paste produces previous text I had copied elsewhere. Am I making sense?

Any ideas how to tackle this? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech: This is probably the wrong place to ask (since your question is technical, and not specifically about this Wikiquote page), which explains why you have had no reply for nearly three months. Wikiquote:Village pump might have been better. That said, I can copy text on that page - which part did you want? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Notability

About this, I can't find any proof of notabilty, that is that "received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." WP:BASIC Robin Loup (talk) 07:51, 23 July 2023 (UTC)