On 1 June 2011 22:05, Michael Snow <wikipe...@frontier.com> wrote: > On 6/1/2011 2:03 PM, Milos Rancic wrote: >> "Wikimedia projects are curated and edited collections, according to >> certain principles: namely, we host only content that is both free and >> educational in nature." >> >> So Board said that Wikinews is out of scope. Its nature is >> informational, not educational. > I'm sorry, but I don't understand what distinction you're trying to > make. In this context, those look like synonyms to me.
They aren't synonyms, although there is a lot of overlap. To inform means to provide information to. Educating involves understanding and skills too. I think Wikinews can both inform and educate, though. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
