Yes, we need publicity, and this is a good chance to get it. If we release something, it should highlight the free license and the wiki format, as well as pushing the free to access thing. More activity will be great, whether that activity results in a greater number of editors, or in readers. If a reader recommends it to their friends, their friends may become editors, even if the original reader doesn't.2009/11/30 Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org>:On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 11:01 +0000, Thomas Dalton wrote:There is a lot in the news at the moment about newspapers, etc. charging people for accessing news on their websites. I wonder if Wikimedia UK should issue a press release recommending Wikinews as an alternative. The project could do with some publicity and this might be a good time to get it some since the subject of news websites is being discussed. It probably won't be in the news for long, though, so we would have to move quickly (the release probably needs to go out in the next 24 hours at the longest).The thought's good, but right now enWN is currently only pushing out about 5 articles a day. Recruitment campaign might be better.I was thinking of a statement that included a suggestion that people contribute to it. Getting contributors and getting readers are very closely related problems - contributors usually start out as readers (at least, they do on Wikipedia). _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
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