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16 Aug 2005

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 From: "David Speakman" &lt;david(a)speakman.com&gt;
 Date: 2005/08/16 Tue AM 03:34:40 EDT
 To: "'Wikinews mailing list'" &lt;wikinews-l(a)Wikimedia.org&gt;
 Subject: Opposed to any more policy-setting via chat rooms RE: [Wikinews-l]
 	Todo list/Wikinews Future Talk 3

 I am against use of IRC to set Wikinews policy. 

 These sessions are always attended by the same small group of people -
 whereas the majority of WN contributors cannot make it to the chats for
 various reasons.

 There is no valid argument as to why each and every issue raised cannot be
 handled in the wiki way - via talk pages. It may be slower, but it provides
 an adequate way for ALL interested parties to participate regardless of time
 zone.

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 David Speakman
 http://www.DavidSpeakman.com
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 Mountain View CA 94041
 Phone: 408-382-1459

  -----Original Message-----
 From: wikinews-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org 
 [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Craig Spurrier
 Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:51 PM
 To: Wikinews mailing list
 Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Todo list/Wikinews Future Talk 3

 Hello,
 I think a third future talk is a great idea. I do however 
 have a few issues with this proposal.

 The date appears to be randomly chosen. IRC and any other 
 real time methods will exclude people based upon timezones 
 and available times. All of the other future talks times have 
 been chosen by creating a page with a list of possible times, 
 and having people indicate what dates/times they are 
 available. The date/time with the most people available is 
 then used. If they are unable to make the listed times, they 
 are encouraged to list what times they would be able to make.

 My second issue with this is the inclusion of the WNN 
 proposal in the items to discus. This proposal has been 
 discussed many times, and the results are always the same, 
 people arguing with nothing accomplished. The WNN proposal if 
 it is to survive, needs either to be ignored until the 
 project can support it, or for the previous discussions to be 
 acted upon.

 My third issue with it is Nick moderating it, no past future 
 talk has been moderated, and I do not think it should be 
 especially by some one with such strong opinions on many of the topics

 Craig Spurrier

 Nicholas Gerda wrote:

 Eloquence, Ed Brown and I came up with a starter
list for   work that we 
 feel should be accomplished on Wikinews.  This
list follows and is 
freely available for editing at 
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Todo_list .

1. Resolve Portal namespace and Portal design issues   (encourage local 
 reporting). 2. Resolve Google News indexing issues
(Stable version 
flagging). 3. Revise decision-making process (Voting policy).
4. Main Page (what belongs, what doesn't belong).
5. Work on modifying WNN proposal to appease community's requests.
6. Encourage more Investigative reporting.
7. User-friendliness (we currently have high standards,   possible "This
 just in" raw news box).
8. Expand editor base (Contact college journalism departments, etc.).

These will be the set topics for Wikinews Future Talk 3,   which I plan 
 on moderating on Saturday, August 20, at 21:00
UTC.

Nick
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