[WikiEN-l] Wikis for News (was: Cooperation with Euobserver)

Tue Sep 30 04:52:25 UTC 2003

I've thought quite a bit about Wiki for "news."  My feeling is that
Wikipedia is already journalism, but not news.  The Wiki concept would
not be suitable for news because news requires a deadline, an end, a
static form.  It necessarily has to capture the state of affairs at a
point in time.  That's why mantras in the news business go: "Make air,
not art", "Tomorrow's fishwrap" and "Better never than late [sic]"

Time limits don't serve Wikis well.  Wikis are good for continually
evolving content. An arbitrarily set deadline would drastically change
the nature of edit wars, neutrality disputes, community and evolution.

I would equate it to an eBay auction where bidders having an infinite
amount of money, because we all have an inifinite amount of opinions. :)

-Fuzheado