This article is within the scope of WikiProject Journalism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of journalism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JournalismWikipedia:WikiProject JournalismTemplate:WikiProject JournalismJournalism articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject South Africa, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of South Africa on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.South AfricaWikipedia:WikiProject South AfricaTemplate:WikiProject South AfricaSouth Africa articles
The Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use require that editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation" with respect to any paid contribution; see WP:PAID. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see WP:COIRESPONSE.
FMK GP (talk·contribs) has been paid by Independent Online. Their editing has included contributions to this article. Disclosure made on user talk page (diff).
Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Please discuss the opening sentence here rather than reverting and edit warring. In my opinion, [1] is a very poor reference for at least two reasons: it is a self-published claim by the owner of IOL, and it is very short and is almost word for word the same as the opening sentence of this article - including the same poorly written repetitive wording about "one of South Africa's ... websites based in South Africa." A different reference is needed. The disputed sentence is problematic as has been pointed out before. The term "leading" is a peacock term (basically a marketing claim to cast the subject in a positive light) and calling it a "news and information" website is superfluous when "news website" would be better. Earlier versions claiming "partially state-owned" were also problematic as they gave undue weight to this in order to cast the subject in a negative light. Zaian (talk) 09:30, 4 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
@Amigao Please check other Chinese funded media and related company African News Agency Wikipedia page. References to Chinese state media also found on Sekunjalo Investments Wikipedia page. Wololo1111 (talk) 19:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
