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DeDreana Freeman was mentioned under "News and notes" in the Signpost on 1 August 2023.
I agree with removing, for now, the story about Freeman's attempt to squelch unfavorable Wikipedia coverage. If this gets picked up by media outside the Raleigh-Durham area, then we should put it back in.
I disagree with exclusion. What we have here is something that has been covered by multiple independent reliable newsorgs. The News and Observer is a deeply serious publication of statewide importance in North Garolina. That the sources reporting on this are based in the Research Triangle, an area with over 2 million people, doesn't seem to be all that different from the rest of the page's content, which is similarly sourced to publications from The Triangle.
I see no basis to exclude this from the page of a local official on the basis that the content is produced by sources who cover local and statewide news when the entire page is already more or less derived from such sources. We're already using The News and Observer for the whole extortion shebang—something appropriate given the deep seriousness of the paper and its importance statewide. Why have different sourcing standards for this incident, which is also something that appears to be of public concern given the use of taxpayer money? — Red-tailed hawk(nest)16:24, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
