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http://theopenglobe.org/wiki/Main_PageZur Diskussion:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-September/date.htmlhttp://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Dendodge/Project_focusEs wäre eine gute Idee, das völlig nutzlose deutschsprachige Wikinews ersatzlos zu schließen.Update: Tempodivalse in foundation-lTo 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 doneand drives off new recruits. Bureaucracy alsoplayed a role: article standards have become so high that very few storiesmake it to the front page; the project currently averages fewerthan 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 andsome 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 developingstage, so I'm not sure what direction things will take, but two important things are on ouragenda: make publication of articles much easier and more rewarding, and put the focus onquality, 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 themore typical coverage. (There's been a complaint that I've created several articles from the PDVoice of America, but rest assured I don't want to do that on a daily basis; I just needed "filler" for the main pageuntil better articles could be made.)