Information is educational. When I read Wikinews, it educates me as to significant matters going on in the world, and provides other related resources.
FT2
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
"Wikimedia projects are curated and edited collections, according to certain principles: namely, we host only content that is both free and educational in nature."
So Board said that Wikinews is out of scope. Its nature is informational, not educational.