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Twitter policy changes	2,412	2,412
Suspension of flight-tracking accounts	3,081	3,081
Suspension of journalist accounts	6,401	6,401
Explanation from Twitter and Musk	6,535	6,535
Reinstatement of some accounts	6,475	6,475
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WP:NOTNEWS?

Just me, or does this feel like way too much in depth coverage for what may yet turn out to fail WP:NEVENTS when applying the WP:10YT? Maybe it's just a knee jerk reaction to what feels like a rush to cover every little nuance of the ongoing chaos and it'll turn out this is the pivotal moment in the whole thing, but I'm curious if the current editors are mindful of this as a potential issue for the article and how they view it. Bakkster Man (talk) 20:26, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would honestly say this is quite informative and helps explain what's going on, especially with how chaotic Twitter is after Musk took hold of it. If it's not quite time for an individual article it should at least be covered elsewhere. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:43, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I came across this article from being linked in Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk#Content moderation which I'd consider the most likely main article. While I don't disagree it's a lot of helpful context here, that doesn't mean it's encyclopedic content that belongs here rather than Wikinews. Bakkster Man (talk) 20:50, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Second. QRep2020 (talk) 22:04, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I created the page initially, and I personally feel that this specific incident is significant enough that it warrants its own standalone page, and that merging it into Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk would make that already very long page that much more unwieldy, and would make that specific section of the Acquisition page particularly overlong compared to the rest of the article. In fact, I suspect there are other sections of that website that might warrant other separate standalone articles (which then are linked to from the original page), rather than the other way around... — Hunter Kahn 22:31, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. QRep2020 (talk) 22:34, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also agree that this is significant enough, and think it's best to wait and see what the longer term fallout and broader media response is to all of this before making any merge attempts. Cheers! 98.155.8.5 (talk) 03:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, this is clearly a news article. It was a crazy event, but will it be remembered for the ages as "The Thursday Night Massacre"? Once upon a time Wikipedia had a "ask questions first, shoot later" approach to determining whether or not outrages-of-the-day deserved an article. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 07:33, 17 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]