[Foundation-l] The Wikinews fork: updates

[Dan Rosenthal]

Sounds like a solid reason to fork and looks like the start of a promising
project -- I hope you guys have the best of luck.

Dan



> To be clear, OpenGlobe was not created due to a dispute with the
> Foundation.
> The main reason for forking was the perceived hostility and rudeness among
> Wikinews editors,
> especially to newbies and outsiders, which makes it difficult to get
> anything done
> and drives off new recruits. Bureaucracy also
> played a role: article standards have become so high that very few stories
> make it to the front page; the project currently averages fewer
> than two published pages a day and 75%+ of stories are deleted as old news
> before they see
> "daylight". The stories that are published generally go live only after a
> lengthy delay and
> some time after the event has taken place, making their usefulness
> questionable.
>