Wikipedia Current Events Portal
Shares rank 14 of 16 news outlets by recommenders
Recommended as a free, comprehensive summary of current events that reads more like history than news.
Recommended as a free, comprehensive summary of current events that reads more like history than news.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Synthesized, comprehensive view of events
“Current events articles synthesize news to present the current, comprehensive understanding about an event.”
Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news” Brief daily summaries of the past week
“brief daily summaries from the past week might be close to what you're looking for”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Aggregated Weekly World News?” Reads like history, not news
“in a manner closer to "reading the history" rather than reading the news”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “I Stopped Following the News” Usable as a news source
“you could read wikipedia news”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “I Stopped Following the News”
Other news outlets people recommend
The four most recommended other news outlets, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNN Lite | 34 | 54 | 39% | 12 | — | — |
| The Guardian | 33 | 44 | 43% | 12 | — | — |
| Ars Technica | 32 | 62 | 34% | 9 | 16 yrs6 owners | — |
| text.npr.org | 23 | 1 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Wikipedia Current Events PortalThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“brief daily summaries from the past week might be close to what you're looking for”
“you could read wikipedia news”
“in a manner closer to "reading the history" rather than reading the news”
“Current events articles synthesize news to present the current, comprehensive understanding about an event.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.