Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/January 12, 2015

"Currently deployed"?

Hi Dan, just wondering if you think it'd be fair to change "A detachment deployed to the Middle East in September 2014," to "A detachment is currently deployed in the Middle East" to add to the immediacy -- or is that drifting into ITN territory? FWIW, it was just announced that new personnel are about to rotate into the RAAF task group (the aircraft staying as is), so we can be sure the squadron detachment will be there the day this goes up, and beyond... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Short answer: what do you think of "A detachment has been deployed to the Middle East since September 2014 as part ..." (with no comma)? I'm hoping that an informal group will develop over time to weigh in on TFA language questions, so don't consider this as setting any precedent, but FWIW: there's an argument that "currently" might be fine because WP:DATED doesn't necessarily apply (or, it does apply but this is what it defines as a current event) ... this is the Main Page and not article space, and it's reasonable for a reader to assume that we really mean "currently", unlike in article space. But I'm a little concerned about coming across as "one rule for me and another for you" if I use language that WP:DATED doesn't like. - Dank (push to talk) 03:38, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Absolutely Dan, your suggested wording is better in all respects. Tks/cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:01, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Great, thanks. - Dank (push to talk) 04:32, 8 January 2015 (UTC)