Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia did for encyclopedias

Re:Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia d... by rgbrenner on Saturday November 22, 2014 @05:09PM (#8646823)

So, everyone interested in this idea should put their efforts into a failed project. No alternatives, because that would be harmful to a project people clearly aren't interested in developing.

If wikinews isn't able to get this idea working, why is everyone else required to keep supporting it. Maybe it's time for an alternative.

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Re:Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia d... by vivooshka on Saturday November 22, 2014 @05:22PM (#8646866)

If it's not working, then it needs needs to figure out why people aren't engaged. Otherwise, the natural progression is for people to move on to an alternative.

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Re:Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia d... by rgbrenner on Saturday November 22, 2014 @05:25PM (#8646873)

Agreed.

But Wikinews isn't some just started website. It launched in 2004.

The idea that everyone needs to keep working on it until it's successful is becoming a joke.

It's been a decade. It hasn't worked.

People should feel free to develop an alternative. Wikinews has no right to a monopoly on an idea.

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Re:Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia d... by tyang on Saturday November 22, 2014 @07:23PM (#8647237)

The beatings will continue until Wikinews makes something people want

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Re:Infobitt – A movement to do for the news what Wikipedia d... by tyang on Saturday November 22, 2014 @07:22PM (#8647231)

Exactly.

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