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The Guidelines say that the Trump assassination is off-topic in several ways: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unl
by greenyoda 2y ago
The Guidelines say that the Trump assassination is off-topic in several ways:
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
This story is about politics, crime and a celebrity. And it is not a new phenomenon in the US, where there have already been several assassination attempts (a few successful) on politicians, including presidents. [1]
The Guidelines also say:
"If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
Read the Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-15/historical-political-assassinations-wake-of-trump-rally-shooting/104095948 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-15/historical-political-...
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago> This story is about politics, crime and a celebrity. And it is not a new phenomenon in the US, where there have already been several assassination attempts (a few successful) on politicians, including presidents. [1] By this logic, this story also doesn't qualify, because people have sued for discrimination. It's not new. Edit oh look someone finally posted it [1]. See, I was right and you were wrong, it is within the guidelines, oops. Read the guidelines [2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40957564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40957564 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit 2: dang spells it out explicitly and agrees with me[3], he has made this story unflaggable. Please read the guidelines before making stupid comments. [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40963142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40963142