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

[Bod Notbod]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Thomas Morton > Agreed - this is not a good

> WP is unsuited to news.

See item #3 in this Signpost re. death of Osama bin Laden. We nailed it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-05-09/News_and_notes

Wikipedia seems to get a lot of hits when it keeps up with the news. I
think it reflects well on the project and has a bit of a "wow!"
factor. It also gets us press coverage. So I'm all for news in
Wikipedia.

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