[WikiEN-l] Re: So what do we do about this?

[steve v]

This is true, but even blogs need to keep up their
standards or things can fall apart and people go
elsewhere. It helps to have accountability in the
sense of having someone actually "in charge" -- this
kind of comes in lieu of a more institutional
"reputation" of a newsgathering organization. Even the
latter rests on some institutional assumptions, and
recent cases (Judy Miller) might make current newsorgs
appear rather Herstian (Yellow journalism) and
therefore something to avoid like the flux.

Wikipedia, being neither a newsorg (under reputation),
or a blog (editorial paper under personal account)
isnt likely to benefit from any static "policy." It
may benefit from an editorial board, however, who
contribute to a 'policy body' (like a case record for
Arbcom). 

Dont even ask me about wikinews:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Purpose

SV

--- charles matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>
wrote:

> Keith Old wrote
> 
> 
> >Blogs have editorial standards depending on the
> expertise and capacity of
> the blogger.
> 
> Or not.  Strange to equate in any way blogs, which
> are only online diaries 
> or journals, with media where incompetent journalism
> can cost a job or 
> career.
> 
> Charles 
> 
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