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

[Thomas Morton]

>
> Does anyone want to argue for a policy that says "Wikipedia does not
> record events until they are x days/months old"?
>

Yes, this would solve a large number of problems (not least resolving the
"historical significance" issue).

If the lifecycle of an article that involves current news is:
>
> Stable article -> [news event happens] -> article chaos -> heavily
> edited/recentist -> calms down but still recentist -> stable and due
> weight accorded to event.


Many articles are still in a shoddy state of repair - current events keep on
happening, and people willing to spend the time ensuring articles stick to
policy and avoid the worst SPA problems are constantly moving on to the next
one. Past events languish.

Even then; during this period they are not good "news", they are a quickly
changing record - often inaccurate and usually poorly written. WN is better
set up to cope with this process.

Some of our very worst content is about recent events.
Tom