Creating the possibility of posting something, like my boss is
prone to saying, that may well go "over like a fart in
church"....
April Fools-type stunts have many problems - but the basic
problem is this:
They do endanger hard-fought-for credibility of
Wikimedia projects and do nothing to further the goals of the
foundation.
This type of behavior is counter to the mission of Wikinews
and the parameters as to why the Wikimedia Foundation approved the
project.
Basically: Wikinews is not in the business of publishing
fiction.
Furthermore, there are several logic errors in justifying
"April Fools'-type temporary lapses in any of the *.Wikinews projects, in
particular by comparing the project to newspapers, tabloids, magazines,
etc.:
Wikinews is not a commercial media newspaper: (Newspapers
have opinion pages, gossip columns, editorial cartoons, want ads,
etc.)
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David Speakman
http://www.DavidSpeakman.com
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Mountain View CA 94041