What constitutes News, Current Affairs and Politics.
It has reached the state where many users do not know what actually constitutes news, current affairs or politics.
Dictionary.com said:
news
pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
1.
a. Information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.
b. A presentation of such information, as in a newspaper or on a newscast.
2. New information of any kind: The requirement was news to him.
3. Newsworthy material: “a public figure on a scale unimaginable in America; whatever he did was news” (James Atlas).
current affairs
noun plural
1. the cultural, political, and social events of importance and interest at the present time; also called current events
politics
n 1: social relations involving authority or power [syn: political relation]
2: the study of government of states and other political units [syn: political science, government]
3: the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs
4: the opinion you hold with respect to political questions [syn: political sympathies]
Now while Brad Pitt being ambushed by a bunch of retired Oompa Lumpas may technically qualify as news, it is isn't of importance although it does reflect the quality of your intelligence.
Similarly anything seen on
A Current Affair should in ninety-nine (99) cases out of one hundred (100) not be posted and you should be whipped for watching it while being forced to live in the house that was featured on ACA that is filled with garbage.
If you wish to degrade to that level of discussion there is always the non-school forum.
Pauline Hanson returning to her fish and chip shop while working part time as a stripper similarly does not cover politics and is quite frankly disturbing and probably shouldn’t even be posted in non-school.
Some basic guidelines to follow:
1337 belongs in Counterstrike, if you don't know what 1337 is, and you think "2" can replace to and too, you should go pick up a copy of Half-life and get counterstreike.
Links are your friends; don’t just report “I read on the SMH site that such and such is happening” please paste a link, especially to that Pauline Hanson article.
Don’t get too emotional, people will probably flame you, it is just that your arguments are weak and you are dumb.
Some basic questions to ask yourself before posting:
“Did I see this on A Current Affair, National Nine News, Sunrise or read it in Women’s Weekly?” Answering yes means you should rethink the posting of it, and rethink about your life in general..
“Does it involve some celebrity being embarrassed?” If yes, you probably shouldn’t post it in News, Current Affairs and Politics, non-school might appreciate it more in fact why don't you just go post there from now on.
“Am I asking which side of politics people belong to?” If yes, you may as well post it because we all have such bad memories we forget that it was posted only two weeks ago and need refreshing.
“Am I mentioning the words democracy, communism, Tiananmen or other censored words or mentioning the assasination President of the United States?” If yes you can post it. Unless you are doing it through a Chinese server or an American one (which is a bit of a pity since I think the servers are American).
