Andrew Thank you for your suggestion, but I think that a discussion about the Foundations policy on news across its various projects is more suitable to this list than to one of the Wikipedias. Your comments on the English-language Wikipedia policy on news are helpful. Do you see the Foundation's communications as being entirely consistent with that view?
Rutherford On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. You misread en:WP:NOTNEWS . The policy doesn't say news is forbidden. It > is that Wikipedia should consider notability and original research concerns > and not act as a newspaper. > > Actual wording: "editors are encouraged to include current and up-to-date > information within its coverage, and to develop stand-alone articles on > significant current events." > > 2. You misunderstand the Wikimedia Foundation role in these areas. Please > take this discussion to the proper places on Wikipedia [[ > Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news]] and/or Wikinews. > > Thanks. > > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > In a recent blog post, "No, we’re not in a post-fact world. On Wikipedia, > > facts matter.", the Foundation referred to Wikipedia editors"sharing > > breaking news in record time". It is true that the English-language > > Wikipedia is increasingly carrying articles about newsworthy events, and > > this in spite of its WP:NOTNEWS policy. > > > > Has the Foundation made a conscious decision to promote Wikipedia as a > > source of news, and if so, what were the results of its discussions with > > the Wikipedia and Wikinews communities? Will the Foundation allocate any > > extra resources to this effort? > > > > Rognvald > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
