Hi,
Le Wednesday 13 October 2004 06:13, Erik Moeller a écrit :
Anthere-
Erik and I discussed all this, and a proposal is to have a solid and clear presentation in english, then to have it translated and promoted. A poll will follow to clarify opinion of contributors toward that new project.
Here's my suggestion:
We cut down the Wikinews proposal to five minimal requirements:
a) that we launch Wikinews in all languages where there are people interested in working on it;
How do you think different languages will be organized ? With different domains like Wikipedia or all languages within one domain like Wikisource now ? In the later case, the multilingual interface should be available before the start of the project, IMO.
b) that the project goal is to report news in a wide range of subject areas from a neutral point of view; c) that it will include original reporting on these subjects; d) that articles will undergo at least three stages: development - publication - archiving; e) that, in recognition of the increased responsibility and legal liability that comes with original reporting, each Wikinews project will try to develop checks and balances to assure that articles are fair and accurate at the time of publication.
The specific implementation(s) and possible further requirements will be worked out through the usual wiki process on the project website once it is operational.
[[m:Wikinews]] will elaborate on these requirements.
[[m:Wikinews/Vote]] will list them in short form as above, and ask
users to vote on them (Yes/No).
- [[m:Wikinews/Implementation proposals]] will be an open space for
exploring possible policies and software changes to satisfy requirements b)-e) (this will include much of what is currently at [[m:Wikinews]]). The purpose of this page is to make sure that we have some ideas to build upon if/when we actually launch the project.
After these pages are finished, we will then invite translators to translate at least [[m:Wikinews]] and [[m:Wikinews/Vote]]. There will be a period of 7 days for translations.
I can help translation into French if needed.
After the period for translations is over, there will be a period of 21 days for voting. The vote will be widely publicized.
If, within the first 7 days of voting, there is a 90% level of agreement or higher, the project can launch immediately. Seeing as this procedure may well become the standard for future Wikimedia project proposals, I find it important to minimize bureaucratic overhead for proposals which have an exceptionally high level of agreement, even if that may not be the case for Wikinews.
Is this agreeable?
Regards,
Erik
Yann