[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

Wed Nov 9 13:58:03 UTC 2005

Is anyone on this list actually using these credentials? That's who needs to
be listened to. I would think an accreditation system which has the approval
of the board (which doesn't mean the board micromanages it) would be the
only useful system anyway.
 But maybe I'm wrong. Has anyone accomplished anything by saying "yeah, I'm
a reporter for some website, you can go to this url and look at a page that
anyone in the world can edit, and that proves it"?

 On 11/8/05, Amgine <amgine at saewyc.net> wrote:
>
> foundation-l-request at wikimedia.org wrote:
>
> > Why are you mentioning that? That is a strawman due to the fact
> > that I strongly support the scalable approach.
> >
> > -- mav
>
>
> Because your argument reduces the scalability.
>
> Perhaps this entire thread could have been presented differently.
>
> Board members? Would it be possible for you to discuss the Wikinews
> press credentialing process at some point? Currently we use the system
> in the same way high school and other non-professional journalism
> organizations do all over the world, but perhaps we should have
> something more than a tacit approval. One idea would be approval of a
> phrase such as:
>
> ''Wikinews editions may accredit persons according to their policies
> for the purpose of acting as freelance journalists when reporting on
> news events for Wikinews."
>
> Would this answer your concerns, Mav? It clearly states the
> contributors are not representing Wikinews or the Wikimedia
> Foundation, limits when and how the credentials may be used, but
> allows the project to develop credentialing policies.
>
> Amgine
>
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