Why is it not consistent? If the event is encyclopedic, it can (and should) be treated by Wikipedia, same way as any other subject. I confess I've never understood the mantra of "Wikipedia is not a source of news", when it may be, indeed, and with great advantage, as it provides *context*, a timeline, a sum/resume of the published news, hopefully the state of the art of them - something you very seldom have in regular news sources (and our context is WAY better than theirs, as we can use the whole encyclopedia, while when they link to context at all, they tend to be limited to their own newspieces on that specific subject).
Best, Paulo Jennifer Pryor-Summers <jennifer.pryorsumm...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça, 16/04/2019 à(s) 19:27: > Dan > > Wikinews may not be doing too well, but (English-language) Wikipedia seems > to have taken up a news-gathering role not entirely consistent with its > encyclopediac mission: perhaps that's the reason. Maybe the WMF should > sort out the demarcation issues. > > JPS > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:38 AM Dan Garry (Deskana) <djgw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Splitting off the Wikinews discussion from the branding discussion... > > > > On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 07:52, Jennifer Pryor-Summers < > > jennifer.pryorsumm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Compared to Wikitribune it is! But more importantly, if Wikinews is > not > > > thriving, then why not? Does it lack resources? What could or should > > the > > > WMF do to revive it? > > > > > > In my opinion, nothing. Wikinews was a nice idea, but it didn't work out, > > and I don't think the Wikimedia Foundation investing resources into > trying > > to bring it back to life is really worth it. In fact, I think the > Wikimedia > > Foundation isn't the right group to try to breathe new life into the > > project anyway—we, as a volunteer community, could invest our time in > > bringing new content into it. That doesn't happen though. Why is that? > For > > me, I'm voting with my actions rather than my words—it's because it just > > isn't important enough compared to other things. It's okay to think that. > > > > Also, I'd prefer to see the Wikimedia Foundation trying to do fewer > things > > but do them better rather than taking more on; I think the annual plan > > reflects that it is trying to do so. > > > > > > > Perhaps some of the money spent on rebranding would > > > be better spent on the projects that are not doing so well as the big > > > Wikipedias -- or perhaps the WMF should cut its losses and close them > > down, > > > on the principle of reinforcing success instead. > > > > > > > I suspect that significantly less money is being spent on this rebranding > > effort than people might think. A short engagement with an external > > consultant, and some staff time to think about it and publish some pages > to > > solicit comment, is a relatively small investment compared to what it > might > > take to bootstrap improvements to breathe life into a mostly dead > project. > > I don't think it's really helpful to guess about the cost of things... > yes, > > I broke my own rule right at the start of this paragraph. ;-) > > > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
