Delirium-
Given that on en: at least, Current Events is fairly mediocre in quality, is there a need for an entirely separate site? Why not work to make [[en:Current Events]] a truly good summary of current news, and once that happens, expand to original reporting?
The purpose of [[current events]] is to collect one paragraph summaries and aggregate them in unsorted, unreadable bullet point lists. The purpose of Wikinews is to publish in-depth reports about current issues including original reporting, which will be frozen and archived after a certain amount of time. As the proposal describes, [[current events]] may be able to eventually transclude summaries from Wikinews. But the two are very different in focus and always will be.
Wikinews will already be useful even with spotty participation. For example, even if only Linux fans participate in writing Wikinews articles initially, we can still create the best Linux news source on the web using wiki collaboration. However, I believe that Wikinews will soon acquire editors and reporters from all relevant fields, although our coverage of events outside Internet-connected countries will always be mixed (as is that of the mainstream media).
After we've created a nice Main Page and some basic policies, I'd like to write a press release specifically about the launch of Wikinews.
Regards,
Erik