Further on the earlier thread - Progress in working out when en:wn should be used as a source in en:wp :-) Interested parties should go to these pages.
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cool Hand Luke failure.to.communicate@gmail.com Date: 25 Dec 2007 01:36 Subject: [WikiEN-l] When should Wikinews be a reliable source on Wikipedia? To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org
A particular dispute over a Wikinews reporter citing quotes from his own interview has turned into a generalized debate about when Wikinews should be an acceptable source. See this RS/N thread.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Wikinews:_Please_post_definite_answer
Jimbo has suggested that Wikinews create a best practices document. BP-compliant articles would be verifiable and thus should be available to Wikipedia editors as a reliable source. See this Wikinews water cooler threadhttp://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#I_want_to_help.3B_how_you_can_help_me_help .
I think that this is a great solution, which would answer the continual objections that Wikinews faces on our project. However, more editors should weigh in.
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David Gerard wrote:
Further on the earlier thread - Progress in working out when en:wn should be used as a source in en:wp :-) Interested parties should go to these pages.
As David points out, there are two discussions on this issue. One on en.wp and one on en.wn.
The issue I have with the WP discussion is that there are too many people sticking their fingers in their ears and saying, "Wikinews can never be cited". We've even had people from Wikipedia "vandalise" Wikinews in an effort to prove their point.
There is similar flammage on Wikinews here, http://tinyurl.com/2owqpg, but following Jimbo's input there is a far more constructive discussion starting here, http://tinyurl.com/2kc4bc. I would prefer to see the discussion conducted there and below, the whole issue has an oblique relationship with my earlier points on using Flagged Revisions to meet Google news' editorial requirements. *Please* become involved in this discussion on-wiki. I' am confident I'm not the only Wikinewsie who wants to go back to Wikipedia and say, "We've upped our standards - up yours".
Brian McNeil
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