On Thursday, September 5, 2013, rupert THURNER wrote:
Personally i think this is a bad idea, especially with respect to all the nsa discussions. If wmf is not able to host it might be hosted by one of the chapters, or wikinews might accept a new article type "blog", what you think?
Cool idea, but maybe Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, meta or outreach would be a better fit mission wise? Blog hosting would violate fundamental Wikinews project guidelines regarding neutrality, style guidelines and verifiability. Thus, not a good fit for Wikinews, though I am sure if you contact the local communities, they would appreciate the suggestion. :) (Maybe Spanish Wikinews would appreciate it.) If it was a serious option, Wikinewsie.org is getting Icelandic hosting for our reporting journalism workspace to protect our reporters... I believe we already have a Wordpress install, so as a potential thematic organization, The Wikinewsie Group could be placed to assist. We chose Icelandic hosting for a variety of reasons that have been mentioned in previous security related discussions.
Sincerely, Laura Hale