[Foundation-l] Seeking clarification

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I do agree. This is why i urge them to find their niche. They are finding
their niche and they are starting to do their own thing. They do not need
Wikipedia and they will gain their own relevance and reputation. As long as
they continue this sniping against Wikipedia they are losing out because
Wikipedia will not change and as they focus on the wrong target, they are
not finding their own way. The perception that people have of Wikinews is
the most important victim.. in a way it is similar to Citizendium, once they
stop mentioning Wikipedia in their publications, they will start to win
their own ground.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Jan 23, 2008 1:10 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23/01/2008, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wikipedia predates Wikinews. Wikipedia did news before Wiknews existed.
> Much
> > of the relevance of Wikipedia is in their bringing background
> information to
> > the news. If Wikinews cannot handle this, tough. If it means that
> Wikinews
> > is a project that is a failure, tough. In the end it is a failure for
> the
> > people who promoted the idea of Wikinews, however I think there is
> plenty of
> > scope for Wikinews to hack it. But the Wikinewsies have to find their
> own
> > way, their own niche. So please move on.
>
>
> I think en: Wikinews at least has successfully found a niche that's
> distinct from Wikipedia's, for what it's worth. It doesn't produce a
> huge number of articles a day, but it's got an active community now
> who are trying to do this well, and are doing something quite
> different from the encyclopedia.
>
>
> - d.
>
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