On 31 Dec 2004, at 02:14, James R. Johnson wrote:
That's a good idea there...en.wikinews.uk or en.wikinews.usa sound good.
'''Oppose.''' Beware of balkanization. The above proposal would lead to a situation where people would not only just read about the so-called "locally relevant" issues that interest them, but it would probably very soon also lead to the respective wikis mostly containing the locally predominant POV -- which may be sharply at odds with the rest of the world. There are enough global media franchises whose "localized" products sell well enough due to added local slant and preselection. Our mission, I dare to believe, is to transcend these things and reach for higher goals.
-- ropers [[en:User:Ropers]] www.ropersonline.com