Erik Moeller wrote:
I don't see any issue with this, and I support a
private wiki for the
Wikinews community. :-) I've worked on sensitive materials for
Wikinews myself, and found it awkward to have to put all information
in public. The only question would be the rules governing access -
perhaps that could be tied to accreditation?
Thanks for supporting this idea. Access has to be a bit wider than just
Accredited reporters though. Arria and a bunch of other people she rounded
up carried out translations on stories for us, some of them being
Wikimedians who were happy to muck in.
>Google news
That's what they told me when I met them two years
ago. I tried to
re-establish contact, but their staff has changed, and the new person
hasn't gotten back to me yet. The reasons for exclusion that they gave
to me then may no longer apply.
As they've told the few people who have tried to get us listed since.
In any case, I do support Wikinews being among the
first wikis trying
out FlaggedRevs; it makes obvious sense.
Again, thanks.
The other thing I think we need for Wikinews is much
better RSS
support. I started a small project proposal at MicroPledge for this:
http://micropledge.com/projects/namespacenews-extension-for-mediawiki
Perhaps the Wikinews community can do some dedicated fundraising work
for tech improvements like this?
Not during the main fundraiser at least, and after there will be some
fatigue from the public so it'd be some time in the future for that.
Brian McNeil