I oppose the proposed closing of WN for many reasons, but consider the real world purpose on the news capacity. Sure, WN is not robust as many would desire. However, light use also means lighter strain on resources too. That disqualifies one third of the justification to close WN, as it is not a resource hog. As the marketplace provides decent news sources, then WN is but a sidebar or safety net. Frankly, society should have the luxury of a news safety net and its use should be sporadic. But do not remove the WN as one would not wish to remove the net to high flying acrobats. Finally, a single WN journalist, or a few WN reporters can change the face of history. The right person at the right time with the right story can prevent a war, take down a President, turn the tide of suffering in epic ways. Volume and magnitude and NPOV are necessary in the Wikipedia project and fully unrequired in WN. Greatness in WN can come from a lone voice. To judge news with the same scales (pun) as Wikipedia goes counter to the real world purpose of news. Long live WN, even as a thin but watchful cousin to the others. Rauterkus (talk) 13:47, 31 March 2013 (UTC)