Indeed...You guys are correct. I stand corrected.
Jason
J. Michael Lyons wrote:
On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:56 AM, wikinews-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikinews-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yeah but we need to step away from being identified with Wikipedia,
because we are not them. We need our own punch line and really should
not have to mention Wikipedia to make us sound better, although I do see
what you mean. I think a list or RSS of a sort would work perfectly. We
just need subscribers.
Jason
I am very late to this discussion, which I assume has been going on
for a while in other forms and other places, but I think it is a big
mistake for Wikinews to try to distance itself from Wikipedia. I guess
I understand the resentment or whatever it is that Wikipedia is this
kind of black hole that sucks in all media attention and
conversation..... but that's a good thing isn't it? It seems that some
in Wikinews want to be more like CNN than Wikipedia. Why? It seems to
me wikinews could play a profound role in the participatory journalism
landscape if it worked with Wikipedia rather than trying to separate
itself from it. To that end the suggestions about supplying original
reporting to enhance Wikipedia content would be critical. Imagine if
you could routinely access the audio of an interview with the subject
of an article from their Wikipedia article. This, as has also been
mentioned, would go a long way to ameliorate one of Wikipedia's
thorniest problems - biographies of living persons. That's one
example. Supplying multimedia content, observation and comment from
events also seems vital. "Journalist" has become a dicey word. Having
been one myself for about 10 years and now teaching in a journalism
school I see daily how it's being redefined. Lots of baggage comes
with being a "journalist." It seems to me "content suppliers" as lame
as that sounds is a better way to approach something like Wikinews.
J. Michael Lyons
user lyonspen
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