[Foundation-l] Wikinews and invitations to events

[Guillaume Paumier]

Hello,

On 5/18/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > As a UK media contact for Wikimedia, so I get all sorts of stuff in my
> > email. One I just got was for a demonstration/picket to be held in
> > London soon, from the group protesting. Let's assume I'm unable to
> > make it to cover it myself ... is there anywhere to put these things
> > for those who may be interested in going out with a notepad and
> > camera?
>
> I would make a page on Wikinews with subpages for each region, people
> can then watch the regions they can get to (what size each region is
> is negotiable) and when it appears on their watchlist, off they go. It
> would be an excellent way of getting good articles.


Yes, I have been thinking the same thing for some time; such pages would be
very useful, both for people who want to report coming events and for us to
get good articles and photos.

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Guillaume Paumier
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