On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 10/2/13 9:04 PM, Laura Hale wrote: > >> >> It might also be worth looking at Wikinews. >> [..] > > documents created on editing that might be useful for new contributors. >> Some one from Wikinews would probably be more than happy to customize >> learning materials for the project to local needs. >> >> Sincerely, >> Laura Hale >> > > Great idea ! > I think that would be setting people up for disappointment. Consider the high bar set out in Laura's own (recommended reading) essay on Wikinews: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group/Newsletter/3/What_news_is_not It is no less exacting than the norms of Wikipedia, and is not an obvious companion to the much looser space Florence was describing in the original post on this thread. A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
