Le 8 avr. 05, à 06:12, shevek(a)bur.st a écrit :
Hi,
I've just joined this list, sorry I don't know what discussion there
may have
been, or any protocols I should observe.
I have an urgent request/suggestion. We need to point out more clearly
that
content is user-written, and may change.
This is urgent to me personally because I have a source who is
skeptical of
providing quotes because they may be edited to misconstrue the
position of the
source.
This is valid, and will reduce our access to live sources.
And we have an ethical and usability issue to deal with. Ethical, I
will not
even argue, I think it is obvious.
Users who do not understand the multi-user, realtime contribution
nature of the
site may have trouble adjusting as they find their work amended.
Forewarned,
their expectations would be more in line with their experiences, and
less
problems arise.
And there are legal issues I suppose as well, if the case occured that
my
potential source is afraid of. I notice that even our disclaimers page
is
blank, but in reality it is not going to be effective to have this
info hidden
away on the disclaimer page (although I will try to find some time to
put some
disclaimer).
So what I would ask is that we amend the line "From Wikinews, the free
news
source (BETA)" which appears on every page to something similar to
From Wikinews, the free, user-written news source
that
[[Wikinews:Wikinews_needs_you%21|anyone can edit]] (BETA)
<BR>Warning: content changes in realtime - refresh
[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] tracker to see latest
amendments
OK, that is a bit long, the first line is the important part.
Can someone please make a change like this asap, then perhaps we can
come up
with better text after some discussion. I would like to be able to
assure my
source that readers cannot misconstrue our content as authoritative.
Simeon
Hi Simeon,
I do not think that it's mandatory to write this message "You need a
driver licence to use this" on a car wheel, do you ?
you know some messages writen into microwave owens give VERY BROAD
smiles on French people faces, impossible to fight against that it's
genetic i think ... ;) sorry ... (putting cat, baby, dog into owen seem
so... silly !, pffff sorry )
Yes, I know that Wiki rules are not into common sense knowledge today,
but, but, but.
Anyway, you can't, as standard user, trash or completly undo article
into wiki. (except if you are a Power Being, i am not :)
Anyway, i think that your source ask for MORE security, fiability and
quality on wikinews than in Real Reality newspapers, don't he/she ?
(ok, it's the goal but need time and willing peoples)
it's my POV ... :)
Jacques,with a twisted humour sense for a very serious case.