Nupedia had severely defective strategy and tactics. It was also an encyclopedia, not a news project. So it has pretty much zero bearing on any aspect of the current situation.
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > Vetting before publication proved a failure. It is why we have Wikipedia > and not Nupedia. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 10 April 2017 at 14:44, pi zero <wn.pi.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > English Wikinews took serious measures for reliability back in 2009. For > > our pains, we've received mostly grief from the Foundation, and from a > > vocal segment of the Wikipedian community. If they consulted, before > this > > expertise-lending, with the sister project that specializes in > > vetting-before-publishing (one of the defining characteristics of news), > > I'm not aware of it. In fairness, Wikipedia might plausibly claim to > have > > some expertise in dealing with the consequences of /not/ vetting before > > publication, and those consequences are legitimately of interest (but I > > agree the passage abound lending expertise cries for explanation; there's > > irony in talking about propaganda in a piece on the wikimedia blog, which > > tbh I consider a Foundation propaganda outlet). > > > > On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > On a related note, the Foundation Blog > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/04/07/misinfocon-fake-news/ proudly > > > announces that "the Wikimedia Foundation joined a handful of media > > > organization at the MIT Media Lab to lend their expertise at > MisInfoCon". > > > That's certainly good to hear, but a little short on details In the > > > interests, of transparency, please could someone post a pointer to a > > fuller > > > description of the expertise that the Foundation has in this area (as > > > opposed to the community of volunteers), and a pointer to the > > submissions, > > > papers or other contributions that those experts made at the meeting? > > > > > > "Rogol" > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:31 PM, wiki.pine <wiki.p...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > FYI: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/04/04/new-nonprofit- > > > > consortium-will-focus-countering-fake-news-building-trust-media/ > > > > Involved parties include some names that will be familiar to > > Wikimedians > > > > and WMFers: "AppNexus, Betaworks, Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, > > > > Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight > > Foundation, > > > > Mozilla, and the Tow Foundation." > > > > Pine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ > mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
