Anthere:
I am undecided as well about closing or not closing
fr. There is one
contributor to it. What worries me is that he is not a wikipedian, and
seems to have strange ideas about npov. I tried to discuss it a bit with
him... but basically, npov is not so much about "explanation", but
rather more about "habit and precedent". Most learn and understand it by
working with others. As he is alone.... I am dubious. But for now,
content seems fine. It is essentially working along the same line that
the french wikipedia current events.
As a brief update, real articles are now being written by a handful of
contributors:
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Excuses_de_Koizumi_pour_le_pass%C3%A9_japonais
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Fin_de_gr%C3%A8ve_%C3%A0_Radio_France
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Allaoui%2C_premier_ministre_irakien%2C_survit_%…
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Le_pr%C3%A9sident_%C3%A9quatorien_Lucio_Gutti%C…
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Formation_du_gouvernement_de_Najib_Mikati
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Crise_politique_en_Italie
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/La_Wikip%C3%A9dia_francophone_fait_sauter_les_c…
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Joseph_Ratzinger_%C3%A9lu_pape
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/La_Cour_supr%C3%AAme_de_l%27Oregon_annule_3_000…
I can't judge the quality of these, but they seem to follow the
stylistic conventions of the other editions. I'm happy to see that the
project is making progress.
All best,
Erik