On Dec 17, 2007 12:35 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Wikinews
articles for stories that develop over a long period of time
(with 2 or 3 days or maybe even shorter constituting a long period of
time) tend to be incomplete and broken up compared to Wikipedia
articles on those stories.
Very true. Wikinews will have a new article as each bit of info comes
out, whereas Wikipedia will have on article on the whole story. That's
as it should be. You say that the Wikipedia version would be useful
even just a couple of days into the story, but that doesn't take into
account that fact that the Wikipedia article at that stage will, most
likely, just be a series of "As of..." paragraphs, so is little
different to the Wikinews coverage.
Interesting hypothesis. You knew I was going to test it, right?
Taking a random selection from about the middle of April 18th:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virginia_Tech_massacre&oldid=…
"As of" only appears once. "As of April 18, 2007, Cho's motives for
the killings remain unclear."