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Fix: Canonical 'multi_news' dataset is broken and should be updated to a Parquet version
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Hi,
The canonical `multi_news` dataset is currently broken and fails to load. This is because it points to the [alexfabri/multi_news](https://huggingface.co/datasets/alexfabbri/multi_news) repository, which contains a legacy loading script (`multi_news.py`) that requires the now-removed `trust_remote_code` parameter.
The original maintainer's GitHub and Hugging Face repositories appear to be inactive, so a community-led fix is needed.
I have created a working fix by converting the dataset to the modern Parquet format, which does not require a loading script. The fixed version is available here and loads correctly:
**[Awesome075/multi_news_parquet](https://huggingface.co/datasets/Awesome075/multi_news_parquet)**
Could the maintainers please guide me or themselves update the official `multi_news` dataset to use this working Parquet version? This would involve updating the canonical pointer for "multi_news" to resolve to the new repository.
This action would fix the dataset for all users and ensure its continued availability.
Thank you!
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