{"id":128182,"date":"2015-06-03T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=128182"},"modified":"2015-06-03T15:03:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:03:14","slug":"save-the-firepool-wikipedia-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/128182-save-the-firepool-wikipedia-page.html","title":{"rendered":"Save the Firepool Wikipedia page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wikipedia page on President Jacob Zuma\u2019s infamous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firepool\" target=\"_blank\">Firepool<\/a><\/strong> has been flagged for deletion, and may be removed from the service if there is consensus among users that the article must be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, but since its inception in 2001 the community has implemented guidelines to ensure that articles are accurate and of high quality.<\/p>\n<p>When an article does not comply with the guidelines, members of the community take steps to inform readers of potential problems with it while corrective action is taken.<\/p>\n<p>If an article lacks the proper citations, for example, its page may be flagged as requiring more reputable sources to back up statements made therein.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, should an article be inappropriate for Wikipedia, it can be flagged for deletion and administrators will handle the request in accordance with community consensus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128188\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wikipedia-article-considered-for-deletion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128188\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Wikipedia-article-considered-for-deletion.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia - article considered for deletion\" width=\"607\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia &#8211; article considered for deletion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Wikipedia deletion policy outlines <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#Reasons_for_deletion\" target=\"_blank\">14 reasons for deletion<\/a><\/strong>, among them is when\u00a0an article fails to meet the relevant notability guideline, or is content not suitable for an encyclopedia.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, community feedback on whether the Firepool article on Wikipedia should be deleted was split as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Delete.<\/strong> It is a parody and doesn\u2019t belong on Wikipedia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep.<\/strong> It is factually accurate and should be on Wikipedia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merge and redirect.<\/strong> A separate article for Firepool is unnecessary, as the issue can be covered on the Wikipedia page for Zuma\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nkandla_(homestead)\" target=\"_blank\">Nkandla Homestead<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South African Wikipedia users interested in the topic can\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Articles for Deletion - Firepool\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion\/Firepool\" target=\"_blank\">weigh in on the discussion<\/a><\/strong> or help edit the Firepool article to improve its quality.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on Nkandla<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/government\/127810-nkandla-r3-9m-fire-pool-but-no-fire-extinguishers.html\"><strong>Nkandla \u2013 R3.9m fire-pool, but no fire extinguishers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quizzes\/127686-nkandla-security-quiz-show-how-much-you-know-about-zumas-home.html\"><strong>Nkandla security quiz \u2013 show how much you know about Zuma\u2019s home<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/government\/100400-nkandla-style-dont-worry-it-is-for-security.html\"><strong>Nkandla style \u2013 don\u2019t worry, it is for security<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/100060-zuma-nkandla-theft-sms-is-fair-court.html\"><strong>Zuma Nkandla theft SMS is fair: court<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/general\/98954-what-nkandlas-money-could-have-bought-south-africans.html\"><strong>What Nkandla\u2019s millions could have bought South Africans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia\u2019s deletion brigade has flagged the Firepool article to be removed from the free encyclopedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":128186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[30826,30824,35,4696],"class_list":["post-128182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-deletionists","tag-firepool","tag-headline","tag-wikipedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128190,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128182\/revisions\/128190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}