Why a current events page? Wikipedia, the project and its readers, benefits greatly from articles on this page. For one thing, it's a great way to get people into the project (if we're among the first to have articles on a certain timely subject, the page is ranked higher by Google, it seems). It's also an excellent way simply to make Wikipedia more useful to the public at large. The public has a very reasonable practical interest in these topics, and our having detailed, accurate background articles on topics of current interest serves a real, immediate, public interest. But unless the page is updated on a very regular basis--daily--it is of relatively limited use. We ought to see to it that it's updated fairly regularly.
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