The current events section has the following guidelines:

I have a question about the last line. There have been times, though not currently and I'm afraid I'm going to have to make up a rather poor example, that I have wanted to discuss something of a current event nature - but without having read a story on the issue and therefore I don't have a link URL as required.

For instance, perhaps I wanted to discuss the declining percentage of voters participating in the democratic process. This is certainly a current event, and plays significantly in shaping our current events - but do I have to do a search to find an article first and, failing to find one, scrap the thread?

Thanks in advance.