On 10/10/2007, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
Wikinews is different, it is much more fast-paced than
Wikipedia. This may
not suit a lot of contributors and whittle down those who do join us to the
dedicated. Unfortunately, if Wikinews gains influence it may be the POV
warriors who join us and try and influence our content.
Thankfully all the other wikis have en:wp to observe for and hopefully
avoid major systematic problems caused by mainstream popularity ...
>so how is this different from what the BBC or CNN
etc reports?
It is no different. If we have the influence it will
encourage people who
want to shape that to become involved. However, highly opinionated editors
don't work well on Wikinews. As long as there are a core of editors
enforcing NPOV Wikinews will work.
The Wikinews articles I find most interesting are the interviews,
which are POV, but presenting the subject's POV.
Wikinews *should* become a place for more Wikimedians
to settle down. As a
site dedicated to current affairs there is always the opportunity to create
a new article. Some may find that we're a little rushed in some issues, but
there is always a buzz about the place. What I want to see is the Wikipedia
folks who do the "In the news" section starting to cover their stories in
more depth on Wikinews and linking to Wikinews from Wikipedia. The ideal is
that the news is covered on Wikinews and used as a source for Wikipedia
articles. This is how I hope to see the relationship between the two
projects develop.
Yes, it should. I remember how contentious [[Current events]] on en:wp
was in 2004. I'm surprised people aren't making sure the headlines of
the day aren't at least recorded for posterity.
- d.