On 9/25/05, Dariusz Siedlecki datrio@gmail.com wrote:
Quick question - does that mean Wikinews is going out of Beta now?
No, it doesn't. I'd say it's certainly a step towards moving out of beta, but not the only condition.
It's probably more useful to think about specific language versions going out of beta rather than Wikinews as whole doing so, since some will reach that stage much sooner than others. Erik proposed some criteria earlier this year, which suggested that before moving out of beta, a Wikinews site should have a large number of new stories every day, RSS feeds, regular original reporting and associated policies, solid fact-checking, review and an archival process. See http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikinews-l/2005-March/000079.html and related mails in that thread.
Angela.