Portal talk:Current events/2020 December 17

December 2020
I removed the Brexit entry for the second time. A deadline was not extended for three days. There was no deadline. The last mutually agreed deadline expired last Sunday. The source contains no mention of a "three-day extension". Please provide a much better phrasing. Wakari07 (talk) 22:06, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


 * An extremely, extremely, basic check. Directly from the article:

"Earlier, the European Parliament issued a three-day ultimatum to negotiators to strike a trade deal if it's to be in a position to ratify an agreement this year. European lawmakers said they will need to have the terms of any deal in front of them by late Sunday if they are to organize a special gathering before the end of the year. “We give until Sunday to Boris Johnson to make a decision,” said Dacian Ciolos, president of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament. “The uncertainty hanging over citizens and businesses as a result of U.K. choices becomes intolerable.” “The prime minister repeated that little time was left,” Downing Street said in its statement after the call. “He said that, if no agreement could be reached, the UK and the EU would part as friends, with the UK trading with the EU on Australian-style terms.”"


 * No source I could find has anything to do with any Brexit-related deadline on the 13th. The phrasing needs no revision. Your move. 69.113.177.156 (talk) 23:51, 18 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your reply. It follows on your second revert — I note your edit summary Control-F "three" on the article and this is not the deadline was extended before from sunday to the 17th. Your revert reasons are invalid. If you check last Sunday's entry on this portal — The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to extend trade talks beyond today's deadline (CNN), — you will read there was no new deadline set. Nowhere in today's source is it stated there was a new deadline agreed last Sunday. If there was no agreed deadline previously, it can't be extended. Missing the Sunday 13 mutually agreed deadline was major news. What happened "earlier" on 17 December (earlier than the press agreeing both parties "concede big gaps remain" which is the main focus of the article and no significant news) is that the European Parliament issued a warning: if a deal is not agreed by Sunday 20 December night, it can't ratify in time (before 31 December). And that's not really news. I suggest you do basic research before WP:edit warring. Wakari07 (talk) 00:15, 19 December 2020 (UTC)