Is it proposed that Wikinews would allow original reporting? If so, how would we deal with libel risks?
Fred
From: Angela beesley@gmail.com Reply-To: Angela beesley@gmail.com, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 07:29:01 +0100 To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Formal request: Wikinews project
Wikipedia does not allow original research, and it will never be the ideal venue for in-depth news reporting. A news report simply is not the same as an encyclopedia article. It does, of course, feed into Wikipedia though, and having a free, neutral, news resource will be of great value to Wikipedia's topical articles, and to the current events pages.
I strongly support the creation of this project.
Angela.