1. You misread en:WP:NOTNEWS . The policy doesn't say news is forbidden. It is that Wikipedia should consider notability and original research concerns and not act as a newspaper.
Actual wording: "editors are encouraged to include current and up-to-date information within its coverage, and to develop stand-alone articles on significant current events." 2. You misunderstand the Wikimedia Foundation role in these areas. Please take this discussion to the proper places on Wikipedia [[ Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news]] and/or Wikinews. Thanks. On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonf...@gmail.com> wrote: > In a recent blog post, "No, we’re not in a post-fact world. On Wikipedia, > facts matter.", the Foundation referred to Wikipedia editors"sharing > breaking news in record time". It is true that the English-language > Wikipedia is increasingly carrying articles about newsworthy events, and > this in spite of its WP:NOTNEWS policy. > > Has the Foundation made a conscious decision to promote Wikipedia as a > source of news, and if so, what were the results of its discussions with > the Wikipedia and Wikinews communities? Will the Foundation allocate any > extra resources to this effort? > > Rognvald > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
