[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

[Daniel Mayer]

--- Clare-Marie White <clare at thefriend.org> wrote:
> If you didn't have any system, then anybody would be able to claim they were
> writing for Wikinews, as in fact they can anyway. 

If that is all they were claiming, then that would be fine. But the claim is
that they have Wikinews press credentials. That is a very big difference. 

> I've seen no evidence that the system could get out of hand, indeed it is
> very conservatively used and applicants are quite rigorously grilled. If
> someone did start to offend, the same page could be used to make it clear
> that their activities did not meet with the approval of the community/board.

Again – I don’t have a problem with the system. I’m concerned that it looks
official when it is not. 
 
-- mav



		
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