From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Fastfission
Sent: Friday, 4 November 2005 05:19
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Press badges
Even if it were not automatic, it would be worth absolutely
zilch by itself.
Accreditation is by definition a somewhat exclusive and
elitist activity. It is not compatible with the ideals that
"anyone can be a reporter" or "anyone can be an editor." If
"anyone can be accredited"
then such accreditation becomes as meaningful as a mail-order PhD.
WikiNews has a policy
(
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_policy) which seems to
work. Not everyone is a Wikipedia (or WikiNews) editor and not every editor
gets accreditation - just those who get a consensus on application.
The big benefit would be closer photographer access to events and
photo-opportunities, resulting in photographs which aren't subject to the
usual restrictions if we source them elsewhere.
Peter (Skyring)