[WikiEN-l] Is Wikipedia a News Portal (among other things)?

Tue Sep 19 19:20:21 UTC 2006

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Peter Jacobi wrote:
> "Andrew Lih" <andrew.lih at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's been this way for a while
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11_March_2004_Madrid_train_bombings
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
> 
> Yep, but this was before "forking" WikiNews or at the very 
> beginning of that project. Shouldn't we draw a line now and
> leave the news to WikiNews, only remerging into Wikipedia once
> importance is clearer and deeper analysis is available from
> secondardy sources?
> 
> [[User:Pjacobi]]
> 
> 

Just because something happened recently doesn't mean it should be
included in Wikipedia. Granted, Wikipedia will generally have less
information on a current event than Wikinews (given WP's greater
emphasis on verifiability) but that doesn't mean that no article is
better than a short article. Besides which, these sorts of articles are
generally plastered with WN links to provide the more up-to-date, less
verifiable information.

Cynical
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