[Foundation-l] The systematic and codified bias against non-Western articles on Wikinews

Kim Bruning kim at bruning.xs4all.nl
Tue Sep 6 15:50:04 UTC 2011


On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 04:06:29PM +1000, John Vandenberg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yikes. ?I think the actual issue here is that we need to drive more
> > editors and contributors to Wikinews (or find an appropriate similar
> > project to merge with).
> 
> It would be great if the WMF put some resources behind sister projects .. ;-)
> 
> If WMF already is doing this, it isnt being heard on the blog or other
> communication mechanisms.

Well, WN finally made it onto google aggregator. :-)

I have the impression that several wikinewsies have quit in disgust over the
level of foundation assistance in the past (to call a fork a fork). But it
could be that things have improved now?

sincerely, 
	Kim Bruning




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