https://theopenglobe.org/wiki/Main_Page
Zur Diskussion:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-September/date.html
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Dendodge/Project_focus
Es wäre eine gute Idee, das völlig nutzlose deutschsprachige Wikinews ersatzlos zu schließen.
Update: Tempodivalse in foundation-l
To be clear, OpenGlobe was not created due to a dispute with the Foundation.
The main reason for forking was the perceived hostility and rudeness among Wikinews editors,
especially to newbies and outsiders, which makes it difficult to get anything done
and drives off new recruits. Bureaucracy also
played a role: article standards have become so high that very few stories
make it to the front page; the project currently averages fewer
than two published pages a day and 75%+ of stories are deleted as old news before they see
"daylight". The stories that are published generally go live only after a lengthy delay and
some time after the event has taken place, making their usefulness questionable.
Re how we're going to be different from Wikinews: OpenGlobe is still in the developing
stage, so I'm not sure what direction things will take, but two important things are on our
agenda: make publication of articles much easier and more rewarding, and put the focus on
quality, in-depth reporting, and articles on underreported but relevant events,
instead of just rewriting an article done by AP or Reuters. We also might allow more
"human interest stories", that are unbiased but thought-provoking, as an addition to the
more typical coverage. (There's been a complaint that I've created several articles from the PD
Voice of America, but rest assured I don't want to do that on a daily basis; I just needed "filler" for the main page
until better articles could be made.)
Zur Diskussion:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-September/date.html
https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Dendodge/Project_focus
Es wäre eine gute Idee, das völlig nutzlose deutschsprachige Wikinews ersatzlos zu schließen.
Update: Tempodivalse in foundation-l
To be clear, OpenGlobe was not created due to a dispute with the Foundation.
The main reason for forking was the perceived hostility and rudeness among Wikinews editors,
especially to newbies and outsiders, which makes it difficult to get anything done
and drives off new recruits. Bureaucracy also
played a role: article standards have become so high that very few stories
make it to the front page; the project currently averages fewer
than two published pages a day and 75%+ of stories are deleted as old news before they see
"daylight". The stories that are published generally go live only after a lengthy delay and
some time after the event has taken place, making their usefulness questionable.
Re how we're going to be different from Wikinews: OpenGlobe is still in the developing
stage, so I'm not sure what direction things will take, but two important things are on our
agenda: make publication of articles much easier and more rewarding, and put the focus on
quality, in-depth reporting, and articles on underreported but relevant events,
instead of just rewriting an article done by AP or Reuters. We also might allow more
"human interest stories", that are unbiased but thought-provoking, as an addition to the
more typical coverage. (There's been a complaint that I've created several articles from the PD
Voice of America, but rest assured I don't want to do that on a daily basis; I just needed "filler" for the main page
until better articles could be made.)
