[WikiEN-l] Re: Current events
[WikiEN-l] Re: Current events
Sheldon Rampton
sheldon.rampton at verizon.net
Sun Mar 16 04:29:13 UTC 2003
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Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Maybe we should create another sister-project to the wikipedia about current
events. I was just thinking about it and there are major problems with
usenet news groups and kuro5hin.org, so they are not reliable as a news
source. The monopoly-owned mass-media that we depend on are often biased
and incomplete, but a wikipedia one would present each point of view as an
OPINION, not a FACT. We wouldn't leave out facts like they normally do to
create a stronger bias. Wikiwiki would work very well for independant media.
What do you think?
I think we should go further still and shoot for the ultimate goal of
creating "Wikimedia." That's media with an "m." It would use
Wiki-style rules to enable public participation in the creation and
editing of all kinds of media: encyclopedias and other reference
works, current news, books, fiction, music, video etc. Like current
broadcast media, it would have differentiated "channels" and
"programs," each with self-selecting audiences. Unlike current media,
however, the audience would also be actively involved in creating its
own programming, instead of merely passively watching it.
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Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
Mad Cow USA
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