[Foundation-l] thoughts on leakages

Thu Jan 10 10:41:55 UTC 2008

Nicholas Moreau wrote:
> Regarding Wikinews' criteria for newsworthiness, due to our low
> volume, we basically allow in any original reporting that doesn't
> infringe on the privacy of individuals, and any non-original articles
> that have at least two confirming sources.
> ...
> With Wikimedia, it's whatever's deemed of external interest, something
> that others have published about, or might publish about. Whether
> anything but the Kultura thing would qualify is debatable.
When Wikinews is writing about the Foundation newsworthiness is much 
less of an issue than the potential for a conflict of interest.  When 
key operatives of Wikinews and the Foundation maintain close contact it 
is quite easy for the line between what is and what is not confidential 
to become blurred.

Ec