[Foundation-l] Re: Chinese Wikinews: board action required

[Erik Moeller]

Anthere:
> I am undecided as well about closing or not closing fr. There is one 
> contributor to it. What worries me is that he is not a wikipedian, and 
> seems to have strange ideas about npov. I tried to discuss it a bit with 
> him... but basically, npov is not so much about "explanation", but 
> rather more about "habit and precedent". Most learn and understand it by 
> working with others. As he is alone.... I am dubious. But for now, 
> content seems fine. It is essentially working along the same line that 
> the french wikipedia current events.

As a brief update, real articles are now being written by a handful of 
contributors:

http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Excuses_de_Koizumi_pour_le_pass%C3%A9_japonais
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Fin_de_gr%C3%A8ve_%C3%A0_Radio_France
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Allaoui%2C_premier_ministre_irakien%2C_survit_%C3%A0_une_cinqui%C3%A8me_tentative_d%27assassinat
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Le_pr%C3%A9sident_%C3%A9quatorien_Lucio_Gutti%C3%A9rrez_est_destitu%C3%A9_par_le_Congr%C3%A8s
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Formation_du_gouvernement_de_Najib_Mikati
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Crise_politique_en_Italie
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/La_Wikip%C3%A9dia_francophone_fait_sauter_les_compteurs
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Joseph_Ratzinger_%C3%A9lu_pape
http://fr.wikinews.org/wiki/La_Cour_supr%C3%AAme_de_l%27Oregon_annule_3_000_mariages_homosexuels

I can't judge the quality of these, but they seem to follow the 
stylistic conventions of the other editions. I'm happy to see that the 
project is making progress.

All best,

Erik