Yann Forget wrote:
Hi,
Le Friday 15 April 2005 05:33, Andrew Lih a écrit :
Perhaps it's apparent to all parties, but
could somone elaborate on
"Given the struggles that some Wikinews projects have had already"?
-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)
I think that Jimbo refers to the French Wikinews which is still in beta with
no real participant. There is still no consensus on what to do with this
project within the French community. Some people proposed to close it untill
there is a wider consensus.
Yes, this is what I had in mind. The French Wikinews was started
according to existing policy, but clearly that policy is inadequate to
ensure a proper launch with solid community support. When we were in
Brussels a while back Delphine/notafish was making a valiant effort to
get it going/get it organized/make it work, but to my knowledge this
hasn't been successful.
I don't support closing it; I don't support keeping it open. I just
think we should observe and learn from the process.
It's probably worth noting that a polarized community (as zh is) is of
course different from a community which simply doesn't have people
interested (fr, and I think some other existing wikinews). Zh might be
successful just because it is controversial.
There are many many factors to consider in making these decisions.
--Jimbo