Don't seek accreditation from Wikinews unless you plan to write for Wikinews. I say this as the person who issued press credentials for Wikinews several years ago.
> On May 25, 2015, at 11:50 PM, Brian Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not only that, but the "success story", Olsson aka User:abbedabb, has never > posted to Wikinews as far as I can tell. > On May 25, 2015 2:18 PM, "Dennis Bratland" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_requests/Dennis_Bratland >> >> Can anyone help me out here? I understand that they say I lack Wikinews >> history, but I thought this is the route we take to get press access. Is >> there going to be some *other* application for Wikipedia >> editor-photographers like me? >> >> Dennis >> >> On Friday, May 22, 2015, Dennis Bratland <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I added my name to the Press Corps draft and submitted an Accreditation >>> Request at Wikinews. >>> >>> https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_requests/Dennis_Bratland >>> >>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Raymond Leonard < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Here are some relevant pages: >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_Corps >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Press_Corps >>>> https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Accreditation_policy >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> Peaceray >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Jason Moore < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I love the idea of getting press passes to special events, conferences, >>>>> performances, etc. I wonder if there exists a press pass request form >>>> that >>>>> has been used successfully by other affiliates. I don't know if >>>> acquiring a >>>>> press pass is difficult because it requires certain credentials, if it >>>> is >>>>> as simple as sending an email to the event organizer, or if it just >>>> depends >>>>> on the event and staff... Worth a try! >>>>> >>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Some of us discussed at WMCON that a local Wikimedia affiliate can >>>>>> sometimes get press-level access. This is a blog entry about just >>>> such an >>>>>> occurrence at Eurovision 2014. >>>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/10/no-interviews-except-wikipedia-documenting-eurovision-song-contest-commons/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Pine >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
