Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/News Policy
This proposed policy deals with how Battlestar Wiki deals with news or rumors that it, or its members, uncover.
Policy
Battlestar Wiki's mandate is to collect, categorize, and disseminate information into a reference medium. During this process, and due to the openness of the wiki, we may encounter people who tell us a piece of news that no one else knows about. Sometimes we are asked not to release such information until certain events come to pass, or we are given the go-ahead from our news source(s).
However, since contributors are more than likely not journalists and the Wiki is not a news reporting site, we do not have the ability or the network needed to corroborate such information, as to determine its authenticity. Nor do we contain the experience or training of journalists, which is tantamount to properly presenting and breaking a story.
It is therefore in our interest, as well as the interest of the greater Battlestar Galactica fandom, that the people responsible for coming across previously unreleased news or rumors to partner with a news site that deals with Battlestar Galactica news and rumors.
Essentially, how this partnering process would work is that the person(s) involved would submit a tip to the news site's director. From there, the director of the site would determine the validity of the claim by corroborating with their sources. Should the news or rumor item lead to a story publishable on the site, the site would then credit us (or the person) for tipping them off.
Obviously, please keep in mind that if you are representing the Wiki, you do need to consult the administrators before doing so, as per the official representation policy. Otherwise, you are encouraged to submit the tip on your own, without mentioning the wiki or your association with it.