Wikinews:Admin action alerts

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== Requesting unprotection ==

Hi, can you please unprotect my user page ([[User:Daniel]])? It has some sort of legacy protection that prevents me from editing it. Need to clean up. Thanks, [[User:Daniel|Daniel]] ([[User talk:Daniel|talk]]) 02:02, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

:{{done}} —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 04:47, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

== Administrative matters for the closure ==

Could the admins check with the Foundation to find out what ''time'' on May 4 they intend to make Wikinews read-only? (I'm not saying that this information should necessarily be publicized, since someone might exploit it to sneak some self-promotion onto the site at the last minute. But the admins should know.)

On a related note, could the admins make sure that the [[Wikinews:Newsroom|Newsroom]] is cleared out by the last day? The list of &quot;Incorrectly flagged articles&quot;, for example, is baffling enough with Wikinews being active; we don't need to have them confuse people for the rest of the Internet's lifespan. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:07, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
: {{tq|could the admins make sure that the Newsroom is cleared out by the last day}}
: Yes. I am working through as much of the archival work as I can. At present, I am not aware of any other administrator undertaking similar efforts. I have reached out to one administrator who has left a number of incomplete changes, but they appear to have disengaged. Given that, I am focusing on what can reasonably be addressed without taking on additional cleanup beyond routine, shutting-things-down-type work.
: There are some things the 'crats typically need to do and I've pinged them in some cases to close discussions such as requests for permissions. As we get closer to D-Day, if nothing is done, I'll close more things down myself if necessary. 
: Regarding the incorrectly flagged articles, one major issue is the absence of a documented procedure for retracting articles, particularly in relation to [[:Category:No publish]]. A practical short-term fix would be to include all retracted stories in that category, or alternatively disable the DPL as the project winds down (DPL would likely be disabled as part of the mothballing process anyway). 
: That approach would leave the record as-is, including its shortcomings. At minimum, it preserves a complete account of how these issues were or were not handled, which may be of value to anyone reviewing the project in the future.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:36, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
::{{ping|Michael.C.Wright}} What's DPL? Thanks for what you are working on. If there is anything that non-admins can do to help, let us know. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 20:09, 11 April 2026 (UTC)
::: DPL is [[mw:Extension:DynamicPageList (third-party)]]. It is used not only on the Newsroom page, but also on the main page and all infoboxes (and more). &lt;br&gt; Our use of it (or rather ru.WN's use) has some [[w:User_talk:Jimbo_Wales/Archive_247#The_Wikimedia_Foundation_broke_Russian_Wikinews_again|history]]. We should have migrated off of it long ago. Part of me wonders if that factored in to the SPTF's decision to close Wikinews. &lt;br&gt; At any rate, it will no doubt be disabled, leaving an error on every page that uses it. I'm not sure how to change all of our infoboxes so that they still return something useful once DPL is disabled and the site is read-only. And there isn't enough of a community left to try to figure it out, either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:17, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
::I didn't receive any pings for 'crat tasks. If you would like me to get them done, then, please leave a message on my talk page. Please do not rely on notifications to engage me in tasks or discussions in the next four weeks here, I would really appreciate it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:16, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
::: {{tq|Please do not rely on notifications to engage me in tasks or discussions in the next four weeks here...}}
::: Alternatively, you could take responsibility for monitoring requests for bureaucrats and step in proactively where bureaucrat action is needed.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:05, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

== In anticipation of DPL being disabled ==

I've started working through [[:Category:Event infoboxes]] removing DPL and replacing it with static lists. It's time-consuming and I alone won't get through all infoboxes, before the project is marked read-only and DPL likely is disabled. 

All admin are encouraged to help. See the edit histories of the following as examples of how I do it:

[[Template:2005 London bombing infobox]]&lt;br&gt;
[[Template:2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict]]&lt;br&gt;
[[Template:2006EuropeanChampionshipsAthletics]]&lt;br&gt;
[[Template:2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel]]&lt;br&gt;
[[Template:2007 Taipei 101 Run Up]]&lt;br&gt;
[[Template:2007 Taipei IT Month]]

We'll need to do similar work on normal infoboxes, which are more complicated, as well as the Main page, etc.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:40, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

:I was going to suggest raw HTML or even [[:mw:subst:|subst:]] the templates. How were you doing it, Michael? Are you looking at the web page's code and copy/pasting the HTML? —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 15:30, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
::Some of the infoboxes are not admin-protected, so I will help with replacing the DPL with static lists where I can. I just did that for [[Template:War in Georgia (2008)]]. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:55, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
:: Using subst might be a much better solution...[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:26, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:: {{tq|Are you looking at the web page's code and copy/pasting the HTML?}}
:: Yes, that is essentially what I'm doing. Several categories of infoboxes are 'cookie-cutter' in that they are set up the same. For example, most of the [[:Category:Country infoboxes]] are set up the same, so it's relatively easy to rebuild them slightly and copy/paste the DPL output as a static list using wikitext. I linked to two examples [[#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260413171000-Country_Infoboxes|below]] and have since done several in the same manner. It is more pragmatic than ideal, and better alternatives are welcome. 
:: We still have roughly {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension}} pages using DPL—most of them are likely articles with infoboxes that use DPL. So there is less work than actually having to touch that many individual pages.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:16, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:Courtesy link: [[:Category:Infoboxes]]. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 16:05, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
:::I have also done the following:
:::[[Template:WDSC2007]]&lt;br&gt;
:::[[Template:Tour de France 2007]]
:::So I recommend that the admins focus on the protected templates and leave the unprotected templates for editors like me to handle. Each template takes only a few minutes to edit. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 16:07, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: Much appreciated and I'll start focussing only on protected first.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:27, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
*{{ping|Michael.C.Wright}} Is there a reason not to keep using [[Template:Infosection]] in these infoboxes, rather than replacing it with &lt;nowiki&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background: #bce1ff; color: #202122; padding: 2px; text-align: center; style; font-size: normal;&quot;&gt;...&lt;/nowiki&gt;? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 16:10, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
**Also, I notice that the underlying articles linked from [[Template:WDSC2007]] are displaying the updated infobox (see [[2007 World Deaf Swimming Championships Day 5: A fantastic ending]], for example), but those from [[Template:Tour de France 2007]] and [[Template:War in Georgia (2008)]] are not (see [[Tour de France: Alberto Contador wins the grand tour]], for example). I'm not sure what the difference is. (The updated infoboxes use the correct dates for the underlying articles, rather than dating everything 17 February 2025.) --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 16:42, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
**: The 17 February 2025 date was the result of work we did with the license upgrade and is therefore going to be incorrect according to the publish date, unfortunately. As I've removed DPLs, I have not been adding a date. Just a bulleted list that I copied and pasted.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:25, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
**::I knew about the 17 February 2025 problem from before. My point was that if I edit the dates in the infobox to be the correct date instead of 17 February 2025, I expect that if the infobox is displayed on other articles, it should be the corrected infobox rather than the uncorrected version. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 12:54, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
**::: Ahh, sorry. I read it wrong.
::::: I just tested and do see that some of the changes aren't propagating as expected. I tested with [[Tour de France: Alberto Contador wins the grand tour]] and tried to purge that page using &lt;code&gt;?action=purge&lt;/code&gt; on the end of the URL and that didn't pull in the changes. However, when I used &lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;{{subst:Tour de France 2007}}&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt; at that article, it did indeed pull in the changes. So I imagine (hope?) that we can carry on and eventually the changes will propagate. I have seen in the past, notably when I created categories such as [[:Category:Peer reviewed/Passed (exception)/Michael.C.Wright]], that it took days for the categories to be populated as expected. 
::::: Unless of course someone else knows what's going on under the hood and knows a better approach.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:12, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
::::: See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423512. It is possible that our [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#Limit the FlaggedRevs extension to the article namespace?|disabling FlaggedRevs in the template namespace]] affected how pages transclude templates that were previously controlled by FlaggedRevs (which was what reviewers use to &quot;sight&quot; stable versions). 
::::: The work-around for the Main page was to recreate the templates, which is not feasible here given the number of templates we're updating.
::::: I've updated the Phabricator ticket with this information in hopes that a more systemic solution is available, considering pending closure, DPL being disabled, etc., etc.,[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:28, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
** I don't know of any and you're right, it might be better to simply replace the DPL.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:26, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
* I believe all that is left in [[:Category:Event infoboxes]] are infoboxes that call {{tl|Infobox}}, which utilizes [[:Template:Infobox/p2]] to generate DPLs. If someone has any ideas on how to tackle that, it would be a huge help in reducing the number of pages using DPL. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:49, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:Courtesy link to all pages using DPL (note that pages in the main and category namespaces have it transcluded from a template): [[:Category:Pages using the DynamicPageList extension]]. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 17:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

=== State infoboxes ===
I am now rebuilding [[:Category:State infoboxes]] to be static. See the following, completed examples:
 
* [[:Template:Alabama]]
* [[:Template:Alaska]]
 
I'm working in alphabetical order. Feel free to start at the bottom and work upwards if you'd like to lend a hand. The first two were fully protected, so this may be a job only for admins, unfortunately.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:49, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
: {{done}} The states infoboxes are now converted from DPL to static[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:55, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

=== Country Infoboxes ===
I am now rebuilding [[:Category:Country infoboxes]] to be static, following the same process as done for State infoboxes. See the following, completed examples:

* [[:Template:Afghanistan]]
* [[:Template:Albania]]

One was protected, one was not. Feel free to jump in where you can. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:10, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
: Infoboxes in sections J, K, and L of [[:Category:Country infoboxes]] are completed. I'll continue down the list from M later today or tomorrow (Pacific Time), unless someone else gets there first.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:02, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
: I will add that should we migrate and are able to continue our use of DPL ([[m:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260413211700-RhinosF1-20260413201600|which remains unclear]]) these changes should be easily revert-able. Most of my updates to these infoboxes were a single edit.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 21:28, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:: The good news is that [[m:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts#c-RhinosF1-20260414062300-Michael.C.Wright-20260413211700|Miraheze would support our DPL ]]should we fork to them. &lt;br&gt; The bad news is we don't know if WMF NY is going to assume stewardship of the project (we ''need'' a parent, 501(C)(3) to operate), if the WMF is going to relinquish the name and logo, or when those decisions are even expected to be made. &lt;br&gt; Therefore, I think we should continue our work winding things down. The older pages using DPL can remain static long-term or even permanently if we do migrate and the newer pages/templates can have DPL restored easily by reverting the changes.  &lt;br&gt; I think later today I'll try to set up a project page to track and document what we've done to wind-down the project.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:32, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
: I have created the following page to ID and track work we want to do before the project is marked read-only: 
: 
::[[Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews]]
: 
: This work '''assumes no migration will be done.''' If we migrate, some or even all of the work may need to be reverted. See [[m:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]] for any updates on a potential migration.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:54, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

== Imminent migration tasks ==

Hello, 

I stopped reviewing for next few weeks to allocate resources for migration. I am requesting you to please let me know what I can do to help. Link to the migration discussion &quot;[[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]&quot;, and I would like to invite you to participate. For now there is one possible venue with joined Miraheze and Wikimedia NYC hosting but their communication appears to be happening off-wiki as far as I know and I do not know their possible result nor the timing of that discussion. I am grateful for anything that you may do to help.

If the migration is completed I am willing to commit to reviewing more timely and to build an infrastructure and workflow that results in reasonably accurate and fresh stories being published and to help the group grow.

I refused to help with article archival, because I do not wish to be involved in quality checks at this stage. '''If there are specific non-controversial tasks related to migration that you would like my help with, please let me know.'''

Many thanks.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:12, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

== Star walker ==

User:Star walker troll sockpuppet of AnotherWikipedian @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 11:39, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

:Anohthterwikipedian @[[User:Anohthterwikipedian|Anohthterwikipedian]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 11:41, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:: I am not a CheckUser and therefore I can not check for sock accounts. 
:: We now use global check user services (through Stewards), which you are welcome to request here: [[m:SRCU]]. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:30, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

== abuse filter mismatch for Adding email addresses to articles ==

I received a warning for an edit to [[Wikinews closes after 21 years]] regarding the abuse rule &quot;Adding email addresses to articles&quot;. This pertained to the addition of a {{tl|verify}} link to [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/ the Wikimedia-l posting in which Victoria Doronina announced the closure of Wikinews]. I'm posting here because the abuse filter warning says, &quot;Please send us a note if you received this message in error&quot; (with &quot;send us a note&quot; linked to [[Wikinews:Admin action alerts]]. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:05, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
*Note that it may not be necessary to do anything about this before Wikinews closes. However, if the same abuse filter is used on other Wikimedia sites, it may be desirable to review it at a later date. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:23, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
*: It triggered because you have fewer than 1,000 edits and the URL essentially contains an email address &quot;wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org.&quot;
:: I updated the filter in an attempt to permit similar URLs. Do you mind testing it again? Thanks. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:46, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
:::I did try it again just now, but again the edit was blocked. As I said before, with Wikinews about to close, this isn't necessarily something that needs to be dealt with this week before the closure. If the article can get reviewed without that source being tagged with {{tl|verify}}, that's fine. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:10, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: {{tq|As I said before, with Wikinews about to close, this isn't necessarily something that needs to be dealt with this week before the closure.}}
:::: I understood that. I was just curious if I could fix the problem. 
:::: When I [[Special:AbuseFilter/test/16|tested]] the changes, it indicated the edits would not match the filter. But this is my first time working with the abuse filter. I could have tested it incorrectly and not know it. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:54, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

== Delete files ==

Somebody should probably delete all the files in [[:Category:Media files on Wikimedia Commons]], as well as check if any other files should be moved and deleted.
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*Volunteer editors write ''Wikinews'' and the non-profit [[:wmf:|Wikimedia Foundation]] hosts it.
*'''Lost?''' For a site map, see [[Wikinews:Contents]].
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== What is special about Wikinews? ==
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Anyone can contribute, and articles are written collaboratively for a global audience. We strive at all times to meet the policy of writing and reporting from a [[WN:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]], ensuring our reporting is as fair as possible.

Furthermore, everything we write is [[WN:Cite sources|cited]], to maintain the highest standards of reliability.

Our policy is to omit opinion and commentary in our articles—if you want to tell the world what you think, try blogging.

Wikinews, like its big sister Wikipedia, is run and funded by volunteers donating their time and money, and has no advertising. Decisions are made collectively, and we like to negotiate. Discussion is encouraged, and there are plenty of people around to learn from.

Everything that's done on the wiki can be undone, so it's very friendly to new users. The interface is designed to be easy to use and easy to learn.

==What Wikinews articles are==
Wikinews has two main types of article:
*The most common is the '''synthesis article'''. These draw on media reports from many other sources (always fully [[WN:Cite sources|cited]]). It is rare for other media stories to contain all the available facts, so we provide a more rounded and detailed report. We can also strip out any bias and present a neutral point of view.

*The other type of articles is '''original reporting'''. These are first-hand news reports written by Wikinews contributors. You can read more about this type of reporting at [[Wikinews:Original reporting]].

What exactly Wikinews covers is explained by the [[WN:Content guide|content guide]]. Some examples are available at [[Wikinews:Featured articles]].

== Where do I start? ==

=== Learn to edit MediaWiki ===

Some essentials are needed by anyone who would like to work on articles. For one thing, you will need to know [[WN:How to edit a page|how to edit a page]]. However, don't concern yourself too much with that. There are plenty of people willing to help you if you need help in that area. You can also try our [[WN:Sandbox|wiki sandbox]], which lets you try the code however you want.

===What you can edit===
In virtually all circumstances, anyone can edit an article not yet published (see the [[#Review|Review]] section below) and talk pages (see the [[#Talk pages|Talk pages]] section below). After an article is published, you frequently cannot edit it if you don't have an account or your account is less than four days old, and, at least a week after publication (ordinarily), articles are [[WN:Archive conventions|archived]] so only [[WN:Administrators|administrators]] can edit them. You can request an edit be made using {{tl|editprotected}} on the talk page. Note the archive conventions' restrictions on post-publish edits.

=== Start reading, start writing===

Published articles appear on the [[Main Page]]. You could start off by reading some of those: you might find errors to correct, and get an idea of what others are writing here.

Articles which need work appear at [[Wikinews:Newsroom]]. You can find out how to write new articles [[WN:Writing an article|here]].

== Like to know more? ==

=== Review ===
All articles must go through independent [[WN:Reviewing articles|review]] prior to the &quot;publish&quot; stage.

=== Wikinews' Style guide ===

Like most publications, Wikinews has its own [[WN:Style guide|style guide]], which helps its contributors make their efforts blend in harmony to produce a finished look. The style guide also contains a lot of tips and grammar guides. But you can pick up 99% of what you need to know just by looking at existing articles.

=== Research using Wikinews' Research desk ===

If you need to research something for an article, you'll find plenty of resources on our [[Wikinews:Research Desk]]. There is also a {{w|Wikipedia:News sources|page}} on Wikipedia that organises news sources by region.

=== Communicating with other Wikinews users ===

A number of facilities exist in order to communicate your intentions, suggestions and questions, with other Wikinews users.

==== Talk pages ====

Click on the 'Collaboration' link at the top of any article to go to its associated talk page. By editing the Talk page, you can leave comments for other readers. Each user who has edited Wikinews before also has a Talk page for their username, where you can leave comments for that user.

==== Article flags ====

[[Wikinews:Article flags]] invite people to work on certain aspects of an article or inform them about the state of the article, including a number of common problems which arise.

==== Water cooler ====

The [[Wikinews:Water cooler]] is the place to discuss general Wikinews issues.

==== Live chat via IRC ====

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel #wikinews and #wikinews-en on irc://irc.libera.chat. You will not even need an IRC client if you use the {{IRC|web interface}}.

== Still confused? ==

If you're lost, try [[Wikinews:Contents]].

Not quite sure if Wikinews is for you? Or if you are doing the right thing?

Try these:
*[[Wikinews:Mission statement]]
*[[Wikinews:What Wikinews is]]
*[[Wikinews:What Wikinews is not]]
*[[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines]]

Or ask someone at the [[WN:Welcommittee|Wikinews Welcommittee]]!

== Disputes ==

Disputes are inevitable. We are all very friendly here at Wikinews, but it is a little chaotic, and no one can see the whole of Wikinews all at once. We are not mind-readers, and as nifty as Wikinews is, even this is not a perfect communication medium.

Please be [[WN:Etiquette|patient and polite]] when you have a dispute.

Tips for resolving serious disputes are at [[Wikinews:Dispute resolution]].

== Reviewers and administrators ==

Wikinews, like all wikis, tries to be non-hierarchical, to the extent possible for the tasks we perform. Individual differences between users are more recognized here than on many wikis, with attention paid to individual [[WN:Never assume|accumulated reputations]]. Some technical tasks have to be reserved for trusted users, and for these we have reviewers and admins.

==See also==

* [[Wikinews:Writing an article]]
* [[Wikinews:Code of Ethics]]
* [[Wikinews:Policies and guidelines]]
* [[Wikinews:Contents]]
* [[Wikinews:Contact us]]

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      <text bytes="12735" sha1="faix69wu9ocilczhhkxrur66qur2aps" xml:space="preserve">== Regional editions? ==

Are there &quot;regional editions&quot; of Wikinews?  For example, would a person see a different version depending on whether they access Wikinews from, say, the USA, Canada, or England?  I'm asking this because I'm surprised at how much of what I see here seems to be from my area.  Thanks.  [[User:Wanderer57|Wanderer57]] ([[User talk:Wanderer57|talk]]) 16:45, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
:No, we don't have regional editions. The reason that we have so many articles from certain regions is because contributors like to write about there own area. [[User:Anonymous101|Anonymous101]]&lt;sup&gt;[[User Talk:Anonymous101|talk]]&lt;/sup&gt; 16:54, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks.  Presumably then there are a disproportionate number of contributors from my region.  Is there a table of the number of contributors from various regions?  [[User:Wanderer57|Wanderer57]] ([[User talk:Wanderer57|talk]]) 18:33, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
:no [[User:Eavea|Eavea]] ([[User talk:Eavea|talk]]) 15:49, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
::Explain please? @[[User:Eavea|Eavea]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:06, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

== Task force ==

Is there something similar to  (other Mediawiki) Wikiprojects or Taskforces in Wikinews?. --[[User:Diamondland|Diamondland]] ([[User talk:Diamondland|talk]]) 11:15, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
* Nope. Just me, BloodRedSandman, and Pi Zero cracking the whip and beating news articles out of you. ;-) --[[User:Brian McNeil|''Brian McNeil'']] / &lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Brian McNeil|''talk'']]&lt;/sup&gt; 19:38, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
*:''Whip!'' Task forces/WikiProjects don't really tend to work on WN, where we collectively tend to write whatever stories grab our attention at the time. Obviously, there are clear trends in each individual's reporting but for the most part we never tie ourselves to coverage of any specific area. There was an Australian project that worked well for a while, but it eventually became inactive. [[User:Blood Red Sandman|&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;'''Blood Red Sandman'''&lt;/font&gt;]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:Blood Red Sandman|&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;(Talk)&lt;/font&gt;]]  [[Special:Contributions/Blood Red Sandman|&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;(Contribs)&lt;/font&gt;]]&lt;/sup&gt; 17:43, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

== Good point people for Wikinews to help new users? ==

Hi everyone. I'm looking to gather 1-3 contacts for Wikinews who would be interested in serving as point people for new editors from Wikipedia. I don't expect that it'll be too time consuming, but, just in case we have a new editor stop by the [[w:en:Wikipedia:Teahouse|Teahouse]] who expresses interest in participating in media contributions and you can be friendly and welcome them and perhaps direct them to an area that might interest them. You're welcome to respond here, or even better, on my talk page if you're interested in being added to [[:w:en:Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host_lounge/Project_contacts#Sister_projects|this list]]. Thanks :D [[User:SarahStierch|SarahStierch]] ([[User talk:SarahStierch|talk]]) 15:58, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

== Non-hierarchical ==

I believe any changes made to the section that describes admins' authority should be specific, explicitly outlining their privileges.

I believe the version proposed by Pi zero is vague enough to be abused as in &quot;I think I am right because I am me/an admin and you are wrong because you are you/not an admin, so I can voice negative opinions about you freely but you are engaging in misconduct if you reciprocate.&quot; It could be abused to exclude people based on disagreements rather than on policy.  &quot;I have three friends and we say we matter and you don't.&quot; This is based on my own experience here on Wikinews.

I highly, highly recommend that actual changes to Wikinews policy wait until after the global pandemic has passed, though I encourage Pi zero and anyone else who wants to to prepare their ideas in Wikinews essays and propose them for use as guidelines a few months down the line. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 15:47, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

: There's no change to policy involved here.  The policies exist.  This page is merely offering a few explanations.  (Now that you've drawn my attention to it, I see there are a few other bits that ought to be updated; some things have changed since a bunch of this was written.) --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|talk]]) 16:08, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
::I disagree that the changes you are making are not substantive.  They are substantive and the should be discussed first.  Changing the wording from making no mention of &quot;reputation&quot; to adding the undefined and vague term &quot;reputation,&quot; which can be abused, is a substantive change.
::If the community believes that these policies are out of date, then we should all work out a wording ahead of time.
::You're allowed to be WN:BOLD for changes that you sincerely believe no one will mind, but I'm telling you that I mind.
::That's two reverts.  I don't plan another one for the immediate future, per our policies.  However, consider this: You'll probably get your way.  If you make a formal proposal, how many people will support you just because it's you doing it?  Then you will have the satisfaction of knowing you went about it in the right way, and probably some improvements from me along the way. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 17:34, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
===Vague terms===
The introduction of the word &quot;reputation&quot; concerns me.  It is clearly important to the proposer, but I feel that unless it is defined very strictly (it would take more than a link to WN:NEVERASSUME, which the proposer did think to provide), it could be abused.  Anyone could accuse anyone of anything by interpreting that word in a different way each time.  Although it would be my preference to leave the word out entirely, if it goes in, WN:REPUTATION should be clearly and concretely defined first. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 17:39, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
:{{u|Darkfrog24}}, already documented, see the link and [[Wikinews:Code of Ethics]]&gt; please do not edit war or you may be blocked [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 17:50, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
::Your comment about edit warring is unnecessary.
::You've linked to the page on ethics, which does not contain the word &quot;reputation.&quot; [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 18:37, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
:::Reputation is defined as &quot;what somebody is known for&quot;; this supports &quot;never assume&quot; by encouraging the contributors to only draw conclusion based on what they saw and know, rather than by making unnecessary assumptions. 
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:::Example: Seeing someone is competent at reading a Spanish source in one place and report accurately from them and consistently for some time, that person can be deemed competent in reading Spanish sources. This is their reputation and is what they are known for.
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:::Another example: someone is not a native English speaker and misunderstood a source. This was explained to them and they didn't make this mistake again, but in their next article they made another mistake because of a vocabulary barrier. This person gains reputation as a foreigner who is starting to expose themselves to a new language. If it becomes known what is their native language, this becomes added to the reputation, and other people speaking the same language may be able to assist further.
:::
:::This is why the link is there. I do not think this should unnecessarily bother anyone; it is simply a statement saying that a person is known for what they visibly do on here, something glaringly obvious and I simply do not see how else it should work. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 18:49, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
::::Yes but known by whom?  And where is the line between something that is true/known and merely believed?  People can be wrong.
::::I think the thing to do is to create an essay [[WN:REPUTATION]] to define all this.  If I asked &quot;Do you think drafters should have to address someone of higher 'reputation' as 'Enlightened Master'?&quot; you'd probably say no, but the question &quot;Do admins get to call drafters 'ignorant'?&quot; came up today, and you clearly think they do.  I'm feeling an undercurrent of &quot;If you're a reviewer/admin,&quot; then you are by definition never wrong and anyone who says you are wrong is committing misconduct&quot; and I don't think that would be good for the site. [[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] ([[User talk:Darkfrog24|talk]]) 18:57, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
{{od}} You were not called an ignorant, Darkfrog24.  Stop deliberately misrepresenting that.  Your decision to not know the truth and call my admin action an abuse of the rights is dripping with ignorance, for which you have shown no interest knowing what the truth is.  Anyone who comments about something they don't even know about is indeed ignorant about that topic.  This is not a place to put your questions.  Please do so at the appropriate place.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 19:08, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

== Wikinews ==

Do you know (oh! You didn't)
Well, i let you know that WIKINEWS is too special
Why special?
It can be used for so many ways like this,

Writing an article
Article outline
Editing help

Article tags
Infoboxes
Article decorations

Policies and guidelines
Neutral point of view
Content guide
Cite sources
Style guide
Naming conventions
Original reporting
Contents

Contact us
Administrators
Wikinews chatroom
Water cooler

These are the special thing that you have to know and understand about wikinews
Learn, understand and do it by your own way, i hope you like it .
Practice lng😁 [[User:Achilles c|Achilles c]] ([[User talk:Achilles c|talk]]) 01:46, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

== Significant edit ==
I've just made a quite significant update to this, including adding the &quot;What you can edit&quot; and &quot;Review&quot; sections so this page acknowledges review and archive conventions. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 23:52, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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== Can't revert ==

This revert [[Special:Contributions/240D:F:7A0:4400:B8D6:7C9B:8297:284A|240D:F:7A0:4400:B8D6:7C9B:8297:284A]] ([[User talk:240D:F:7A0:4400:B8D6:7C9B:8297:284A|talk]]) 04:40, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

== Africa News ==

Lets explore Africa's top stories. Any breaking news around the continent. [[User:NdiNEO.STUDIOS|NdiNEO.STUDIOS]] ([[User talk:NdiNEO.STUDIOS|talk]]) 16:34, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

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You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously.
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== Wind down and migration activities ==

Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities:
#Local wind-down priorities
#Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all)
#What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]])

As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::k. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
: I am requesting a WikiOasis wiki. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

== Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration ==

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'''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''.
You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. 

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-- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)</text>
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You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously.
__toc__
----

== Wind down and migration activities ==

Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities:
#Local wind-down priorities
#Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all)
#What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]])

As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::k. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
: I am requesting a WikiOasis wiki. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::im on it thanks @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

== Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration ==

Hello English Wikinews community, '''A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms''', if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations.

'''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''.
You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. 

(This notification does not advocate for any specific decision, including whether communities should pursue migration.)

-- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)</text>
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You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously.
__toc__
----

== Wind down and migration activities ==

Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities:
#Local wind-down priorities
#Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all)
#What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]])

As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::k. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
: I am requesting a WikiOasis wiki. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::im on it thanks @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::: Never mind the above. A wiki was already created while I was in the process of requesting. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

== Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration ==

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'''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''.
You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]], under the section for your respective language edition. 

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-- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)</text>
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You may wish to check the [[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy/Archive|archives]] to see if a subject has been raised previously.
__toc__
----

== Wind down and migration activities ==

Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities:
#Local wind-down priorities
#Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all)
#What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see [[:m:Wikinews Pulse]])

As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:Justin, i created a new wiki. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:: Which available wiki? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::: I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::k. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
:The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. Note this was also proposed earlier at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article]], lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
: I am requesting a WikiOasis wiki. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::im on it thanks @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::: Never mind the above. A wiki was already created while I was in the process of requesting. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::::gotcha Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:40, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

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'''This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively'''.
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-- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== Limit the FlaggedRevs extension to the article namespace? ==

Regarding the FlaggedRevs extension in this project, I would like to propose both of the following:
# We limit the namespace to only 0 (article namespace), since other namespaces are not considered to be reader material.
# Set &lt;code&gt;$wgFlaggedRevsHandleIncludes&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;code&gt;$wgFlaggedRevsHandleIncludes = 0&lt;/code&gt;), which should no longer allow FlaggedRevs to detect the stable version of templates in articles, if available.
I have done [[:b:en:Wikibooks:Reading room/Proposals#Limit some namespaces on this project's FlaggedRevs extension?|a similar proposal]] months ago on English Wikibooks. Thoughts? [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 06:07, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
: I like the idea. I'd like to see what other, more technical folks have to say before officially supporting it. We may also benefit from waiting until en.WB completes their change to see what issues they run into in the process.
: We would need to organize a small project team to go through all templates and deal with unsighted changes before the config change, to ensure unsighted changes aren't either lost or auto-sighted, depending on how the process handles unsighted changes. 
: We also are waiting for the WMF Board to announce their decision on the recommendation to close all Wikinews. There would be no sense in doing the work if they are closing the project.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:23, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
::If there is a plan to migrate the wiki to new hosting, then any last minute changes would also be migrated. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:22, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
:: Wikibooks has already done this. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Yeah and what was their motivation? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:24, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
::::On English Wikibooks, we wanted to limit FlaggedRevs to article content namespaces, and it worked, but not before we also had to implement &lt;code&gt;$wgFlaggedRevsHandleIncludes = 0&lt;/code&gt; too. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 19:09, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::I did not understand why. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 16:40, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::In the context of article content namespaces, that would be the mainspace, Cookbook, and Wikijunior. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 18:29, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] In short, because otherwise banners like [[phab:F69801009]] would have been irremovably present on pages transcluding a template that (a) had once been reviewed, &amp; (b) hadn't yet had its most recent version reviewed. This is probably a bug in FlaggedRevs itself ([[phab:T411328]]), but given the extension's [[phab:T185664|current maintenance situation]], I wouldn't personally expect it to necessarily be fixed anytime soon. (In case you're interested, I left a bit of a longer explanation on phab at [[phab:T408110#11370668]] &amp; on en.wikibooks in [[b:en:special:gotocomment/c-A_smart_kitten-20251115215100-Codename_Noreste-20251115190500|this comment]].) Best, [[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]] ([[user talk:a smart kitten|talk]]) 13:04, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::(Oh, I just realised that you might not have been asking about why enwikibooks also set &lt;code&gt;$wgFlaggedRevsHandleIncludes&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;. Apologies if so :p) [[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]] ([[user talk:a smart kitten|talk]]) 13:05, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:Hi [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]], what is the motivation for these two proposed changes? What would they improve? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:21, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I replied above. I saw the [[Wikinews:Reviewing articles|article review policy]] about the following: {{tq|Please note that only users who have the reviewer permission should review and publish articles.}} Because of that, I think it would make sense to only limit FlaggedRevs to just the article namespace only. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 00:23, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::The current setup allows anyone to edit a template and it would only become visible on other pages after a reviewer approves the edit. So, the change that is being proposed, would make it harder for non-reviewer users to make minor changes to templates and other non-(Main) pages: instead of just clicking 'edit' they would need to go to talk page and request a change there. On the plus side however, it would relieve reviewers from ''that'' (non-Main) backlog. I am fine either way; I am neutral on this issue. If needed, I can help with the implementation of a change if it was desired. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:01, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::: {{tq|The current setup allows anyone to edit a template}}
:::: This is not true. Many are edit-protected to one degree or another. For example, no one but administrators can edit [[Template:Source]] and only an admin+reviewer can sight the change. 
:::: {{tq|the change that is being proposed, would make it harder for non-reviewer users to make minor changes to templates'}}
:::: Disabling Flagged Revs would not make it harder to make changes to templates. It would make changes immediately visible everywhere the template is transcluded.
:::: {{tq|instead of just clicking 'edit' they would need to go to talk page and request a change there.'}}
:::: What you are describing here is edit protection, not flagged revs. When templates use flagged revs, changes made by ''anyone'' must be sighted or approved by a reviewer. If the template is protected such as template:source to admin-only level, we need someone who is both reviewer ''and'' admin to make and sight the change. 
:::: {{tq|On the plus side however, it would relieve reviewers from ''that'' (non-Main) backlog.'}}
:::: Removing flagged revs would reduce the number of changes that need to be approved, but currently only by 14%. The remaining 195 changes still need to be processed. 
:::: Removing flagged revs from templates will not only make it easier to maintain our templates, it will also reduce our risk if something should go wrong with the flagged revs.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:44, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::1. OK, make it harder to edit ''some'' templates. (Not all are edit protected.)
:::::2. It would make it harder for editing ''some'' templates - those that are not edit protected.
:::::3. Not really interested in that scenario; interested in those that are not edit protected. Those that are edit protected, it is correct that they require an admin and a reviewer with current setup, and only a admin with proposed setup. But that was not the point that I was raising. 
:::::3a. Setting &lt;pre&gt;$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['review'] = true; //allow administrators to review revisions&lt;/pre&gt; could be an option, if needed. A request would need to be made that sysops only work outside of main namespace, and possibly only with cosmetic edits to main namespace. That too would reduce reviewers backlog as they would not need to sight changes where a vandal did something and it was undone back identical to previous revision, or minor formatting and punctuation edits.
:::::4. Ok, fine. By 14% is still helpful.
:::::2, 4. It is not called &quot;removing / disabling flaggedrevs&quot;, it is called &quot;disabling flaggedrevs on namespaces that are not main&quot;. Removing it implies removing the extension from the wiki altogether, and is not a part of this proposal. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 18:38, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::: {{tq|make it harder to edit ''some'' templates}}
:::::: Disabling flagged revs in template space won't make it harder to edit ''any'' templates. It will allow for changes to be immediately transcluded, without requiring changes to be sighted (approved). 
:::::: Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are trying to say here. But since you are neutral on the change, maybe it also doesn't matter that I can't make sense of it.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:09, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::as I said earlier, if those templates that are under flaggedrevs control now will become protected, they will become harder for non-(privleged) users to edit. I am assuming that they will be protected. there was no consensus here on making them free for anyone to edit. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:07, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:* {{support}}: I do think it would be a better idea to limit it to the main namespace only. As I understand it, the primary focus of the Reviewers user group is to review and evaluate articles and publish them, along with related changes. This would certainly reduce the additional, less important pending changes burden in other namespaces. But, before implementing this as Michael.C.Wright suggests, all current non mainspace changes should be sighted first. Besides that, I do not currently have any other points against this in mind. 
:-- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:22, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::Pinging [[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]] to my FlaggedRevs proposal here, as they might know a little bit more about this extension than we do. I'll probably file a task for this today, given that some are in favor of this change. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 15:18, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::2 yes and 1 neutral. I would suggest wait a bit more before filing task. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 18:57, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::To be clear, I wouldn't say I'm an expert on FlaggedRevs by any means :p - I just know a bit that I looked into while working on [[phab:T408110]] :) 
:::I left a note re &lt;code&gt;$wgFlaggedRevsHandleIncludes&lt;/code&gt; [[#c-A_smart_kitten-20260218130400-Gryllida-20260111164000|above]], but feel free to ping me if there are any other questions about the proposal from a technical perspective. Best, [[user:a smart kitten|a smart kitten]] ([[user talk:a smart kitten|talk]]) 13:09, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
: {{Support}} Since I didn't make that explicit...apologies.
: I should have time later today to work through the pending changes to templates if someone doesn't get to them sooner.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:01, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
: &lt;strike&gt;Aside from the one above waiting on [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]],&lt;/strike&gt; we have all pending changes to templates done. I can keep an eye on them and sight them as a priority until we get the flagged revs disabled for template namespace.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:59, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
: The Phabricator ticket for the request has been closed as 'resolved.'[https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418066]
: I checked [[Template:Source]] and [[Template:Date]] to test, and verified that I no longer have the option to ''Submit changes'' as opposed to ''Save changes'' and there is no option to &quot;Mark this version as reviewed&quot; as expected if FlaggedRevs were disabled for templates.  
: I think we should leave this discussion open for a week or two longer, just in case we run across any issues. Thank you @[[User:Pppery|Pppery]], @[[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]], and @[[User:A smart kitten|A smart kitten]]![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 00:23, 25 March 2026 (UTC)
=== Protecting templates ===
: I am working through the pending changes to templates now. I think it would be wise to protect all templates to 'auto-confirm' accounts as a minimum, not changing any existing protection levels. A lot of the pending changes so far include reverted vandalism (this is good, it is being found and reverted quickly). Many of the vandals are IP/temp accounts, which presumably haven't yet been auto-confirmed. 
: That could be a lot of tedious work to do up front, but may pay off in the long run. 
: Any thoughts/objections?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:35, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::Do you have a few examples? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 18:48, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::: Feel free to look through the edit history/recent changes. I was typically descriptive using 'vandalism undone.'[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:49, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::: I just hit this one, so here's an example: [[Template:TScope/ex/doc]]. 
::: Feel free to take action on it.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:51, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Hi
::::Ah yes. Those were not edit protected, and anyone could edit them. For when nobody looking, that backlog is pretty tame... 
::::#I personally would think that edit protect them makes sense only if the proposed change was to go ahead -
::::# but then, I would suggest to make them &quot;reviewer or admin only&quot; as is more similar to like the current setup, where the intent is for the edit to be checked by a privileged user. Relying on recent change patrolling may not work well on a small wiki that is news focused.
::::# In any case of protection I would suggest to work on making it easier to request an edit. Clicking &quot;talk&quot; and leaving a message is pretty hard For a newbie. 
::::# Could the software show a banner at top of all edit protected pages with a big fat &quot;request edit&quot; button that takes to new section at talk with relevant &quot;edit protected request&quot; or whatever template already filled in with a space to describe proposed edit and reason. This banner should only show for users who do not have the privilege to edit the page. 
::::# If needed i can write a js that protects page, places a banner at page top, and sights the edit.
::::- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:10, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::::: &gt; ''I would suggest to make them &quot;reviewer or admin only&quot; as is more similar to like the current setup, where the intent is for the edit to be checked by a privileged user.''
::::: We can't set &quot;reviewer&quot; as a level of protection. It's not available in the protection menu (I'm not sure if we can somehow enable it). 
::::: Also, protecting to admin-only would put too much burden on a group that is already underserved and over-taxed. It is further frustrated by the fact that one of our two interface admins ([[User:Asked42|Asked42]]) is neither a reviewer nor an admin and therefore they would not be able make ''any'' changes to templates if we protected them all to reviewer (if we are able) or admin. 
::::: A good portion of the changes I sighted were indeed made by Asked42.
::::: I think auto-confirmed as the minimum baseline, with some fully protected (as they already are) is a good compromise/happy medium.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:23, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::yes we can add a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictionLevels $wgRestrictionLevels], i guess 'sysop or reviewer or interface admin' could work [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:06, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::This would require initiating a separate proposal to add &lt;code&gt;editautoreviewprotected&lt;/code&gt; as a protection level and user right (autoreviewed users, reviewers, and administrators). Protection for interface administrators is currently not possible, as regular administrators cannot edit site CSS/JS pages, or CSS and JS pages in any user's userspace (except for their own). [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 21:10, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::: Based on this, I think we should protect all templates to a minimum 'auto-confirmed' level, then increase it on an as-needed basis, with the understanding that over-protection impedes regular maintenance. &lt;br&gt;Protecting all templates to reviewer + admin is in my opinion overkill and prevents our single, active, interface admin from being able to make any changes to any templates. &lt;br&gt;Very few of our templates are used on published articles, which is arguably our most sensitive namespace as far as vandalism is concerned. &lt;br&gt;This also requires no changes be made to the overall config. &lt;br&gt;So to be clear, I would support the following (&lt;del&gt;assuming&lt;/del&gt; &lt;ins&gt;I assume&lt;/ins&gt; we also do it in the following order):
:::::::: 
::::::::* Protecting all templates to a minimum of auto-confirmed users
::::::::* Remove/disable flagged revs in the Template namespace
:::::::: [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 23:01, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::that risks all sysops (who may be awol at times) missing an edit an autoconfirmed user made, whereas protecting would prevent this. i think on a small wiki it is better to reduce risk of an edit being made inadvertedly and then being missed. this is not wikipedia where good faith is assumed and infinite resources are available for post-edit page patrol. that would be a low activity backlog anyway seeing that you handled all pending revisions within less than a day - and they were accumulated over course of a few years i believed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:09, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Whatever user right, it should be granted based on consensus or a sysop decision, not &quot;this user was on wiki for 3 days therefore not spammer&quot; (whatever that was named), in my view. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:22, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::: I {{oppose}} applying reviewer and/or admin-only protection to all templates. It will make general maintenance too difficult. &lt;br&gt;I {{support}} applying auto-confirm protection to all templates that are not currently protected, or:&lt;br&gt;I {{support}} not changing template protection broadly at this time. I don't think this decision should impede the original proposal since it was added later.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:11, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

::I initiated [[phab:T418066]]. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 20:58, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
: Note that we recently had an issue with our Main page not transcluding updates to the lead article templates and the cause is suspected to be the disabling of FlaggedRevs in the template namespace. 
: See [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#Main page leads not updating properly]] for details. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423512 for more details.
: If you see similar issues with templates not displaying, please notify everyone at [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#Main page leads not updating properly]]. 
: Thanks![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:30, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

==== Options how to protect ====
For templates which are current in control by flagged revs, a reviewer has to sight an edit for it to be approved and become included in other pages. With the flagged revs being disabled for them. There is a need to make a decision what to do to prevent vandalism and other unwanted edits.

* Option 1: do nothing; the templates become available for anyone to edit. Another user can undo that. There is a risk that an edit is done wrong; any user can monitor and undo.
* Option 2: protect on 'auto-confirmed' level. Accounts with the 'autoconfirmed' privilege can edit. Another 'autoconfirmed' user can undo if needed. There is a risk that an edit is done wrong; an 'autoconfirmed' user or users need to check recent changes and monitor. This inconveniences users who are not 'autoconfirmed' because they havve to open a new section at talk page to request an edit. Work load on 'auto-confirmed' is increased because they have to monitor such requests and recent changes.
* Option 3: protect on 'some new privilege name here' level. The privilege is given out to any user who was doing something constructive and is provided by request without needing to do a full vote. A vote may be held to remove it if needed or an admin can remove that privilege if it was misused. Another 'some new privilege name here' user can undo if needed. There is a risk that an edit is done wrong; an 'some new privilege name here' user or users need to check recent changes and monitor. This inconveniences users who are not a'some new privilege name here' because now they have to manually request new edits at the talk page. Work load on 'some new privilege name here' is increased because they have to monitor such requests and recent changes.
* Option 4: protect on 'reviewer or sysop or interface admin' level. Accounts with 'reviewer or sysop or interface admin' privilege can edit, and another user with that privilege can undo if needed. There is a risk that an edit is done wrong, however, the pool of users was hand selected and voted on and the risk was reduced. This inconveniences users who are not a 'reviewer or sysop or interface admin' because now they have to manually request new edits at the talk page. Work load on 'reviewer or sysop or interface admin' is increased because they have to monitor such requests and recent changes.
* Option 5: protect on 'sysop' level. Accounts with sysop (Administrator) privilege can edit, and another user with that privilege can undo if needed. There is a risk that an edit is done wrong, however, the pool of users was hand selected and voted on and the risk was reduced. This inconveniences users who are not a Administrator because now they have to manually request new edits at the talk page. Work load on 'Administrator' is increased because they have to monitor such requests and recent changes.
Let me know if I missed something. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:01, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Comments and discussion

* I have stronger support for 5 than 4 than 3 than 2. The amount of such changes made in template namespace was tiny and I propose to reduce load on 'contributors, users, reviewers, and interface admins', as they best work on news. Solving vandalism or 'hey lets change this because thats how i did it somewhere else and i thought that is good here' or 'i am confused' issues is a sysop job (ignoring that sysops have huge backlog because I am here and I don't even know that these tasks exist, but still. sysop handle mitigations of abuse and approvals of legit edits, in my view. I do not want to bring up question of sysop backlog size or lack of prior involvement in such issues before as it is not directly relevant to my argument). [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:50, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

== Proposal to ban usage of AI at Wikinews ==

From [[Wikinews:Deletion_requests#c-Michael.C.Wright-20260107193100-Israeli_naval_ships_intercept_Gaza-bound_Global_Sumud_Flotilla]] there is a note from @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] &quot;I would even go so far as to propose that we block all AI articles on this wiki.&quot;. I agree with this proposal in short term. In long term I think it would be good to allow it after some reliable workflow is developed. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] may be interested in this discussion. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:51, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

=== Votes ===
* {{support}} noting this is for short term only and further effort could be undertaken to see what went wrong and how it could be addressed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:51, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
*:I'm unsure about this right now [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:05, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
*::{{oppose}} greatly, [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:21, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
*::Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] what would you think of requirement 'ai involved articles are in beta phrase, and are only allowed to be written for events which happened on first day of the month'? or some other random blanket rule that leads to effort managing ai generated content as a beta stage only and not every day. then maybe some understanding could be reached how to use ai more efficiently. please let me know, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
*:::im just so used to using AI I personally enjoy it and I think it helps in some ways to news stories. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:27, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
*:Yes, short term. When AI gets better or we have more manpower etc., we of course gonna use it. But not for now [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 04:45, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
*::Hi @[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]], what would you think of requirement 'ai involved articles are in beta phrase, and are only allowed to be written for events which happened on first day of the month'? or some other random blanket rule that leads to effort managing ai generated content as a beta stage only and not every day. then maybe some understanding could be reached how to use ai more efficiently. please let me know, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
* {{support}} a ban on AI generated news pieces. I'm not seeing how it provides value since anyone can ask AI to summarize a news article. Plus, the AI model appears to hallucinate and includes false information or bad sources, so it seems like it creates unnecessary work. [[User:Ternera|Ternera]] ([[User talk:Ternera|talk]]) 21:55, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
*: I used AI to help with the following published articles, for just a few examples:
::
::* [[U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan overnight]]
::* [[NASA revises asteroid 2024 YR4 threat, near-zero chance of Earth impact]]
::* [[United States sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East, extends ''Truman'' deployment]]
::* [[Oregon court rules voter-approved gun law constitutional]]
::* [[US Navy Secretary nominee Phelan outlines readiness, cost-cutting reforms in Senate hearing]]
:: 
:: I believe they all benefitted from it. I'm not saying they're perfect, but I think they benefitted from AI assistance.  
:: I also use it to check neutrality and balance during reviews and I find it's very helpful in that regard.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]] what would you think of requirement 'ai involved articles are in beta phrase, and are only allowed to be written for events which happened on first day of the month'? or some other random blanket rule that leads to effort managing ai generated content as a beta stage only and not every day. then maybe some understanding could be reached how to use ai more efficiently. please let me know, thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:27, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
* {{oppose}} Each instance of AI hallucinations slipping through was either 1. A violation of [[WN:AI]] or 2. Should have been caught by the review process, or both. Maybe if we de-flagged reviewers after three AI slip-ups in published articles, we'd catch more of them sooner. &lt;br&gt;I think AI should be treated no different than a human editor. That means any hallucinations, which are simply inaccuracies or unsupported statements by another name, are catchable in the review process (but should be caught in the development process). I would imagine if we ban it, we will simply drive its use &quot;underground.&quot; &lt;br&gt;And to be clear; I'm not advocating for AI-generated articles, but AI-assisted articles. &lt;br&gt;I'd prefer that we enforce the full and complete review process. Pseudo-reviews that skip the verification process predictably lead to more corrections and retractions.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:38, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
::I think we have yet to update [[Wikinews:The use of AI in generating content]] then approve it either as a policy or a guideline. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 22:41, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
::: I agree. The proposed guideline variously states that humans are responsible for the state of the article. 
::: 
:::* &quot;these drafts must always be critically reviewed and fact-checked by human contributors before submission.&quot;
:::* &quot;the final decisions on wording and style remain human-led.&quot;
:::* &quot;any interpretation or conclusions drawn must be reviewed by human contributors.&quot;
:::* &quot;The editorial process, including pre-reviews and final reviews, must always be carried out by human contributors.&quot;
::: [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:52, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
::::AI makes stuff up and this is quite dangerous. I asked it about a snow hazard in Switzerland and provided list of 3 sources; it told me the date  13 months off. If AI assistance is to be kept, I would suggest requiring that the author(s) provide a list of prompts to their AI tool on the talk page. This could help to improve quality of reports. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:09, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
::::: &gt; ''AI makes stuff up and this is quite dangerous.''
::::: However, those facts must be present in the listed sources to be included in our article. Bogus facts provided by AI won't be in the listed sources. &lt;br&gt;A full and complete review will catch that. That's how they were caught in both recent cases where a retraction was proposed. Someone read the article and tried to verify every statement against the sources.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 03:06, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::I was told Grok AI gave information on underage kids pornography so strong delete@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:55, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::::https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/05/elon-musk-grok-ai-digitally-undress-images-of-women-children [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)
::&quot;Maybe if we de-flagged reviewers after three AI slip-ups in published articles, we'd catch more of them sooner.&quot; Should the authors be penalised in any way, if they repeatedly fail to catch AI's hallucinations? I'd like to know your opinion on this, @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]]. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:20, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::: Authors are responsible for accuracy. But reviewers bear final accountability for published content because review is a permission granted by the community to publish on its behalf. In these cases, the failure was not the existence of errors, but their approval through incomplete review.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:56, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Hi @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]]
::::1. I ask to approach both reviewer and author in these cases as they both need to change their approach to ensure issues don't happen again and again. I asked you and you said 'Yeah, except reviewers were elected.' Yeah, sure, but my point still stands. I'm speaking of both.
::::2. Doesn't answer my question how to handle users who repeatedly insert same kind of issues into articles. That is not even always visible as the review feedback of failed articles gets deleted along with their talk page. I try to at least post a copy of it onto talk page via 'custom message' feature of ezpr2. Make that an official policy, would you? I'm sure you would be interested in this as it would allow to keep track of issues in articles submitted by that user in one spot, and provide a path towards figuring out why they happen and how to solve them, and improve 'article quality'.
::::3. And the same could go to posting feedback to a reviewer's talk page about post-publish retractions etc. I believe I didn't even ''get'' a talk page message about that retraction request; yet I did get an insinuation here. The note that a particular reviewer is being dodgy sits in your mind and doesn't sit on their talk page. I think that's inefficient. The concern about your mentioning of de-flagging lies in unnecessary escalation; the general civil thing to do has been to leave a message at a talk page before taking further action.
::::Hope it helps. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 16:14, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] see [[:w:Hallucination (artificial intelligence)]] for your reference in case you didn't know, regards [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:28, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::: Since hallucinations are inaccuracies, they won't be in the linked sources. So a full and proper [[WN:REV]] would catch them. Just as they were caught in the previously mentioned articles ''once a full and proper review was performed.''
::: &lt;blockquote&gt;The reviewer should check that all information in the article is fully sourced,&lt;/blockquote&gt;
::: Seems like we already have the solution; perform full and proper reviews.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:21, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Seems like incomplete solution since users don't fix anything fast. I have seen it tried for 15 years. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:50, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
*&lt;s&gt;{{Support}}&lt;/s&gt;I don't think we are on the right side of history. But current experience shows that editers and reviewers can not determine if theres any content in an AI generated article. And we &quot;cannot edit after it published&quot;, so no remedies can be made. I also believe we should issue an announcement after disabling AI, which would show that we are a responsible media outlet.

Of course, I maintain the stance discussed earlier that, ideally, editors should consciously strive to discern, and reviewers should ensure everything meets the standards, such as accuracy. If the review process can achieve this, it doesn't matter whether the article is written by a human, Shakespeare's monkey, or AI, nor is explicit labeling necessary, because we ultimately get a good article.

I'm not saying people can't achieve this, but it requires too much effort, which is clearly not cost-effective. And if we implement policies similar to this now instead of banning AI, it will lead to situations where submissions written with AI cannot be published due to insufficient and timely review, which is obviously not in our favor.

I apologize for the mistakes in an article I participated in editing. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 04:03, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
: &gt; ''editers and reviewers can not determine if theres any content in an AI generated article.''&lt;br&gt;If that were true, how was it identified for the proposed retraction?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:32, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
::I'm just coming to this now and have no idea what this question is asking. Is there some background somewhere about a proposed retraction that isn't immediately clear in this thread? What is that phrase referring to? [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 04:13, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Yes, the proposed deletion linked in the first sentence of this section. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:19, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Hi @[[User:Tduk|Tduk]] fyi 
:::* for last few months now, partly due to my medical issues and partly due to my preference, i have been publishing articles checking only the basics (5Ws and H) and not checking each sentence thoroughly. i read through sources and ensure that what i have read does not have serious npov issues or contradictions that immediately strike my mind, but don't check fully.
:::* i believe @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] has made it clear that he is here to uphold the standards to highest thresholds and now this is taking the form of him doing a full review of an article at time of archival. i disagree with this approach as i think it is taking away his valuable time from reviewing stories which are actually fresh. i do not believe anyone ever did a full review of an article at time of archival. this process previously only involved checking for red links, issues anyone previously flagged at a talk page, etc.
:::* this in some cases results in him finding a full bucket of issues that he does not wish to write a 'correction' for because it would require a complete article rewrite. as i am one of the active (and lazy) reviewers here i should normally reply to these requests but i lack the energy to do this as my current state for last few months results in my energy levels being extremely low, at around 40% of what an average person has got. cause is unknown. 
:::* yet i keep reviewing articles and keep ignoring these requests to retract articles because it is even harder to reply to those than to one full review in the first place (need to articulate why some of the points being nitpicked were utter bullshit, as i find that i do disagree with some of them). 
:::* this leads to me becoming more exhausted and circles back to me not participating properly
:::* there is an ondoing discussion of it in [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals#Proposed change to review process by Gryllida Version 202512|this section (on the very same 'proposals' subpage of water cooler)]]
:::hope this helps you to get an idea of the situation at least qualitatively. 
:::regards [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:36, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
:Hi @[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]], i liked that thought, that catching AI hallucinations is time consuming and may lead to delays in publishing.   [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:25, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
: {{q|[A]t the time of publication, a news article must be solidly fact-checked and as objective as possible.|30px|30px|[[m:Wikinews|''Wikinews''' mission statement at Meta]]}}
: To make sure I understand the position being advanced here, I see the following claims and implications:
: 
:* That, for an extended period[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:Competitive_local_elections_held_in_England#Review_of_revision_4855230_%5BNot_ready%5D], reviews have been intentionally conducted without full verification, despite policy requiring it.
:* That multiple proposals have been made to relax or redefine review expectations[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2024/November#c-Gryllida-20241020021900-Michael.C.Wright-20241014152800],[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2025/June#'5W_Brief'_format] to align with this reduced, 5W-only level of scrutiny, but without community consensus.
:* That, following retractions triggered by full verification after publication, the proposed remedy is to restrict or ban AI use rather than to restore compliance with existing review standards.
:* That AI-assisted content is treated as uniquely suspect, while comparable human errors from incomplete review are framed as understandable due to fatigue.
:* That thorough verification during review is characterized as counterproductive because it increases post-publication workload, rather than being recognized as work that belongs in the review process.
: 
: I disagree with those priorities.
: You previously articulated the risk clearly yourself, noting that becoming more liberal in approvals in order to increase output is “disastrous,”[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#c-Gryllida-2013-08-28T21:28:00.000Z-Wikiwide-2013-08-28T12:57:00.000Z] and that pursuing readership through speed leads to biased, lower-quality journalism. That analysis remains sound and is manifest here in the number of resultant retractions.
: Applying full verification after publication did create additional work, but only because required checks were knowingly deferred during review. The remedy is not to restrict tools, but to align review practice with policy.
: The underlying issue is not that policy was followed, but that it was repeatedly and unilaterally dismissed.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:42, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::This is too long, but I will answer each point anyway.
::* That, for an extended period[4], reviews have been intentionally conducted without full verification, despite policy requiring it.
::** Yes. I try to do full verification to a degree, but not to each letter. The motivation here is to verify key details and publish while article is still fresh.
::* That multiple proposals have been made to relax or redefine review expectations[5],[6] to align with this reduced, 5W-only level of scrutiny, but without community consensus.
::** That discussion is still open.
::* That, following retractions triggered by full verification after publication, the proposed remedy is to restrict or ban AI use rather than to restore compliance with existing review standards.
::** This is an overloaded sentence for me. For once, it's not only 'review' standards at the plate, it's also the 'write up' standards on the plate.
::* That AI-assisted content is treated as uniquely suspect, while comparable human errors from incomplete review are framed as understandable due to fatigue.
::** I do not know where this came from; please try phrasing it again. I lack resource to attempt to read this more than once.
::* That thorough verification during review is characterized as counterproductive because it increases post-publication workload, rather than being recognized as work that belongs in the review process.
::** I do not know where this came from; please try phrasing it again. I lack resource to attempt to read this more than once.
::* Pursuing readership through speed leads to biased, lower-quality journalism
::** I do not care about readership. I do not know why you think I care of ''that''.
::* &quot;Applying full verification after publication did create additional work, but only because required checks were knowingly deferred during review. The remedy is not to restrict tools, but to align review practice with policy.&quot; is missing a 'In my view' note.
::* &quot;The underlying issue is not that policy was followed, but that it was repeatedly and unilaterally dismissed.&quot; 
::** I do not agree with this statement. I do not think the current policy requires 100% coverage of fact check.
::Hope this helps. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:57, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::: &gt; ''I do not think the current policy requires 100% coverage of fact check.''
::: It is explicit: &quot;The reviewer should check that all information in the article is fully sourced...&quot;
::: It's been a part of the policy since its inception, [[Special:Diff/672352|eighteen years ago]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:04, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Thanks for that. Posted below. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 16:35, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::{{Comment}} My understanding is that, for a fair amount of time:
::* There has been a lack of humans, writing articles, editing articles and reviewing them, making it difficult to publish even one article a week;
::* That for a fair amount of articles &quot;written&quot; with usage of AI, the quality problems were significant - not only in style of writing, but even in &quot;facts&quot; mentioned in the article;
::* That we currently have a tool to discourage blatant plagiarism from sources - which therefore encourages &quot;lazy&quot; (or tired, or whatever) contributors to use AI as text generator;
::* AI assisted content is not treated as uniquely suspect. Rather, where text is written by humans, humans are much less likely to generate hallucinations, and much more likely to follow guidelines for writing articles. AI assisted content doesn't know Wikinews guidelines, and even if it were provided with them, it would still be likely to hallucinate;
::The proposals in this thread have included:
::* Temporarily banning AI usage for writing of text in Wikinews articles - which I tend to agree with, though I would prefer a constructive discussion on positive and negative examples of AI generated contributions to Wikinews;
::* Removing reviewer duties from people who have missed AI hallucinations in articles they have published - which I absolutely disagree with. We need more people in Wikinews, not less.
::I would like to add the following proposals:
::* Possibly, add a tool to detect AI hallucinations - numbers (10 or ten or dozens - format doesn't matter), places, people which are not mentioned in the sources;
::* Or even better, write a Wikinews-specific (AI-powered? I don't like AI, but if you do, go ahead, contribute to development and testing) tool to generate text based on the provided links to sources;
::* Remember that having duties of being a reviewer doesn't deprive you of rights of being an editor. If an article needs improvement and editors are not showing up, feel free to improve it yourself - with caveat that you will have to find another reviewer to publish it afterwards.
::Reviewers don't have to be perfect. Reviewers need to be there, active and helping. But they don't have to be perfect. They just have to do their best. And discouraging writers and reviewers, penalizing them for their mistakes, can kill the project. This isn't school where kids have to go, whether they want to or not. This is a project based on volunteers. So instead of wasting their time with these heated opinionated threads and further dividing the community, get out there and do what you can. /AI will not write Wikinews for us./ [[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] ([[User talk:Wikiwide|talk]]) 07:48, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
::: &gt; ''Reviewers don't have to be perfect. Reviewers need to be there, active and helping. But they don't have to be perfect. They just have to do their best.''
:::: We hold contributors accountable under our policies and guidelines, and the same applies to reviewers. '''Publishing inaccurate, biased, or plagiarized content due to incomplete review should not be acceptable.''' Reviewers volunteer for the role with an understanding of its requirements. Unilaterally choosing to disregard core policy for convenience undermines that responsibility, creates more work for others, and damages the project's reputation. 
::: 
::: 
:::: If reviewers knowingly accept inaccuracies, bias, or plagiarism for reasons of convenience, it raises a fundamental question about the purpose of the reviewer role itself. The review function exists precisely to prevent those failures, not to normalize them.
::: [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:49, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
::: &gt; ''Removing reviewer duties from people who have missed AI hallucinations''&lt;br&gt;That was not proposed. I forwarded a thought experiment by saying &quot;'''Maybe''' [emphasis added] if we de-flagged reviewers after three AI slip-ups in published articles, we'd catch more of them sooner.&quot;&lt;br&gt;There used to be the notion of &quot;easy-come, easy-go&quot; for the reviewer bit. There is a very brief discussion [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous/archives/2010/June#%7B%7BUser Wikinews reviewer%7D%7D|here]] between Pi zero and Brian McNeil, two contributors who were instrumental in developing the modern review process. That discussion illustrates the level of attention to detail they hoped for from reviewers. Our current policies and guidelines still largely reflect that expectation. &lt;br&gt;My point is that this is not the way to go about policy change. What has occurred is one reviewer has unilaterally disregarded policy for personal convenience (as stated), and that has resulted in the publication of inaccuracies, bias, and/or plagiarism. &lt;br&gt;If [[WN:IAR]] is used as a justification (and it has not been, so far), even that requires the action to ''improve'' the project.&lt;br&gt;Reviewing as if a policy change has occurred, when it has not, predictably increases post-publication errors and workload. It then becomes circular to cite those downstream burdens as justification for lowering the standard that would have prevented them.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:42, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
::::I don't think there was disregard from one reviewer, that's why I opened RFC below. I believe that doing 100% verification was not common practice. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Do we have consensus? @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:58, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::Not before a few other contributors weigh in. This may take a few weeks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:58, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
*{{support}} At this time. Let's see what the future holds, though. Maybe let's revisit this next year?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:19, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
*'''Support''' a ban on unsupervised use of genAI for article creation or expansion, {{Oppose}} a blanket ban. Part of why I oppose the &quot;nuclear option&quot; is because it's nearly impossible to definitively know whether a certain sentence was purely AI-generated or merely the signature of a more formal human writing. As long as it's used responsibly, genAI can be a very handy tool for writing [[WN:Breaking news|breaking news articles]], seeking feedback on the quality of an almost complete article, correcting the grammar, translating content, and other purposes. For example, when I wrote &quot;[[Bangladeshi interim leader Muhammad Yunus returns home after four-day visit to London]]&quot; and &quot;[https://web.archive.org/web/20250707221334/https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia%27s_truth_commission_finds_genocide_against_Aboriginal_Victorians,_suggests_practical_remedies Australia's truth commission finds genocide against Aboriginal Victorians, suggests practical remedies]&quot; (which was [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=delete&amp;user=&amp;page=Australia%27s+truth+commission+finds+genocide+against+Aboriginal+Victorians%2C+suggests+practical+remedies&amp;excludetempacct=1&amp;wpdate=&amp;tagfilter=&amp;wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist deleted] due to staleness), I asked ChatGPT very simple prompts such as &quot;Please assess that article&quot; and &quot;Is my article good?&quot;, and it gave me some rather useful advice (in retrospect, I admit that I should perhaps have disclosed it on the talk pages). Of course, it's a double-edged sword, and I discarded the recommendations which seemed very nitpicky or would run against P&amp;Gs such as [[WN:NPOV|NPOV]]. I think a responsible (if imperfect) approach would be to give a hard &quot;Not Ready&quot; verdict on articles that look entirely AI-generated from the beginning to the end, grant a bit of leeway for those where only a specific section or paragraph is AI-generated, add one or more sections at [[Help:AI]] for guidance on rewriting these sorts of articles, and direct contributors to both that help page and [[WN:The use of AI in generating content]]. [[User:Redireditor|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#6C2E92&quot;&gt;Redir&lt;/span&gt;]][[Special:Contributions/Redireditor|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#1245BC&quot;&gt;editor&lt;/span&gt;]] ('''[[User talk:Redireditor|talk]]''') 01:36, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
{{comment}} In light of a recent [[User talk:Michael.C.Wright#c-Gryllida-20260224194500-BigKrow-20260224180300|suggestion to use AI tools to evaluate or fact-check AI-generated material]], and a [[Talk:Moreton Bay illegally evicted homeless campers, Queensland Supreme Court rules#AI usage declaration|recent declaration of AI use in generating a published article]], it would be helpful to clarify the scope of this proposal.

If the use of AI in some capacity is considered acceptable by the original poster, then the concern being addressed here may be narrower than originally framed. If that is the case, should the proposal be revised or withdrawn so the discussion reflects that distinction more clearly? [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 02:36, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

:I agree that clarification is needed. AI can be used for many things while writing an article without actually creating the wikinews-authored article text itself. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 15:28, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=== Consensus assessment and possible next steps ===
My read of the consensus to this point is:

* Support: 3
* Oppose: 2
* Support Retracted: 1
* No stated position: 3

Support remains conditional and temporary in framing, not a blanket permanent ban.

With only one-vote separation and multiple participants explicitly calling for further discussion, this still does not meet a strong consensus threshold.

The thread shows more agreement on process deficiencies (review standards, workload) than on prohibition itself.

Based on that, and keeping in mind that consensus is not determined by simple vote totals but by working toward a solution that reasonably addresses the main concerns raised on all sides, I suggest the following be considered for further community discussion:

* Transition [[WN:AI]] from a draft guideline into a proposed policy, so its requirements and enforcement expectations are clearer.
* We carefully monitor AI usage to ensure it is 1. transparent, 2. accurate, 3. NPOV. See [[:Category:AI usage declared]] as just one tool towards this end.
* For a limited trial period (for example, three months), apply a standardized disclosure notice on newly published articles that involve AI assistance. (&lt;del&gt;someone else&lt;/del&gt; &lt;ins&gt;[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]]&lt;/ins&gt; proposed this elsewhere[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals/archives/2025/November#Thinking_-_asking_-_wondering]). See [[:Template:AI disclosure]] as a proposed draft.
* Reassess outcomes after the trial period to determine whether current practices are improving article quality and review reliability.

Comments welcome on whether this approach reasonably addresses the concerns raised so far.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:05, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:Agreed. Works for me. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:26, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
: I have tweaked [[WN:AI]] to reflect that it is a proposed policy rather than a proposed guideline.
: If we are considering a reader-facing disclaimer placed directly on articles, as I understand [[Wikinews:Water cooler/proposals/archives/2025/November#c-Bddpaux-20251104213100-Thinking_-asking-_wondering|this suggestion]], I think it should first have clear and explicit consensus.
: Please comment below indicating {{tl|support}} or {{tl|oppose}} for '''using [[Template:AI disclosure]] directly on articles for a three-month trial period'''. You may also provide specific suggestions regarding the reader-facing template. If opposing, please include a brief rationale.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:58, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
::I did not understand what change is proposed. I am already following that linked guideline and the software is already prompting to declare AI usage at submission. What would &quot;support&quot; change here? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:07, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
: An interesting read at Slashdot, that may be informative to this discussion: [https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/05/2119210/will-ai-assisted-journalists-bring-errors-and-retractions Will 'AI-Assisted' Journalists Bring Errors and Retractions?]. Original article is [https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/an-ai-upheaval-is-coming-for-media-this-journalist-is-already-all-in/ar-AA1ZuM7j here].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 11:00, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
::[[:m:Requests for comment/Artificial intelligence policy]] [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 06:42, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
::: That just got posted elsewhere as well. Interesting developments indeed. Our proposed policy largely mirrored the proposed global policy. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:29, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

== Should we reconsider our stance on wikilinking ==

Our [[Wikinews:Style_guide#Wikilinking_an_article|Style guide states]] &quot;Do not over-wikify articles. Link only particularly relevant background material.&quot;

I believe the reasoning can be found in [[Wikinews:Categories#Wikilinks_and_redirects|this essay]], which states &quot;Don't use wikilinks for basic information: a news article should stand on its own, understandable without consulting some other page along the way.&quot;

As a community, I believe we have strayed from this practice considerably. A drift towards more wikilinking, in my opinion, is part of our broader drift from being a journalism project first to a wiki project first and a journalism project second. 

While over-wikilinking has not been an impediment to publication (that I'm aware of), it is something we should either be actively addressing (reducing) or something we should remove from our policies and guidelines. 

Please comment below how you feel about over-wikilinking and if you feel we should keep,  remove, or update the recommendation. Justifying your response would be most helpful, but a simple !vote might suffice.  [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Some useful polling templates might be:

*{{remove}} {{tl|remove}}
*{{keep}} {{tl|keep}}
*{{weak delete}} {{tl|weak delete}}
*{{weak keep}} {{tl|weak keep}}

=== Comments ===

* {{keep}} especially for the lede. A link away from ''Wikinews'' is an invitation to stop reading our content and start reading someone else's. I also agree that the quality of our articles should be high enough that readers can fully understand the topic without going elsewhere for additional information.
[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
*{{weak keep}} I am unsure if I have a passionate opinion here, but I will agree that the wikilinking has gotten a bit out of control. In the very least: most of our wikilinking should simply point to a new place at WN. This isn't Wikipedia. And: I '''2000% agree''' that we've lost our 'scope' of journalism first, wiki second. That is not even mentioning the 3,000 people involved with WMF that can only view us as a wiki ONLY. That has been a never ending war. Even some of us here: Admins etc. etc. -- we (including myself) sometimes get lost in the weeds on what is happening at this place: get the news, write the news, submit the news.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:32, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
*:Just commenting what I see in this...
*:* Obvious words like &quot;cat&quot; or &quot;dog&quot; are not supposed to be wikilinked. Not to point of wikilinking every second word in a page.
*:* More complex names (for me it includes name of ''any'' US state, for instance, i never knew where they are and am not going to try to build a US map in my head, and many readers are overseas) that are not understood by foreigner or by someone new to that topic, could and should be wikilinked.
*:* Adding a brief note to a thing is good. At some point I added a note like &quot;, a state in east coast of United States,&quot; for something, for that reason.
*:* Sport articles, for example, suffer a lot from lack of explanations. :S
*:* Also this approach gave advantage that items that ''are'' wikilinked do, eventually in an utopic world when news writing is an everyday thing, become wikilinks to local categories about that event series or place or topic in ''news'' context, with a feed for that. For example there is no category &quot;Dog&quot;. Or [[court]]. Or something.
*:* If I removed a wikilink, I should probably feel compelled to either add a brief note or add a local news-feed (category) link.
*:* A reviewer can do such minor chanhe if needed.
*:* And I personally do not see any reason to change that policy in its current version.
*:[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:00, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
*{{weak delete}} Admittedly, having too many wikilinks looks bad. But we should not discourage Wikinews writers from including ''useful'' links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is our sister project, not a competitor. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 05:31, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

*'''comment''' - There are two quotes that were mentioned, the style guide, which says &quot;''&quot;Do not over-wikify articles. Link only particularly relevant background material.&quot;''&quot;, and an under construction essay called &quot;'''Categories'''&quot;, abandoned in 2021, which for reasons I can't quite figure out mentions wikilinks. When being asked &quot;''Please comment below how you feel about over-wikilinking and if you feel we should keep, remove, or update the recommendation.''&quot;, it's not entirely clear what &quot;the recommendation&quot; is. Maybe I seem like I'm being obtuse but I'm having trouble interpreting all the !votes and figuring out where I stand on an issue presented as a simply yes/no question but that lacks the needed clarity. If just a comment is being sought, I can provide that of course. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 03:47, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

== Suggestion for [[Wikinews:Writing an article]] ==

At [[Wikinews:Writing an article#Starting out]], it says:

:If the story has not been started, you can begin it by entering an appropriate title below and clicking &quot;Create article&quot;.
:Here are ''Wikinews'' [[Wikinews:Style guide#Headlines|article title rules and guidelines]].

I suggest that we add something like this to the above: &quot;The article title should '''identify the news event''' that the article is about. A person's name alone, or a company name alone, should not be an article title.&quot; 

I am assuming that some people are indeed creating articles by starting from [[Wikinews:Writing an article]] but not reading the linked article title rules and guidelines (this assumption might be incorrect). That seems to be how we get such soon-to-be-deleted drafts as [[Rumi Von-Clarke]], [[Daud Muhammed]], and [[Zakariah gmb services]], all of which were tagged for speedy deletion on their second edits. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 14:13, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

:I support this. That seems like a reasonable assumption. This might pull in a few contributors who get discouraged at first. I don't really follow them; what is the typical path a new editor who creates one of those articles takes? Do they stop editing? Silently? [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 14:39, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::I'm cool with that. I just hope new reporters read it. The '''event''' is the thing.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:52, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:Works for me. This could be a draft title, and when the user is ready to submit it for review, they can choose a better, more representative title if it is not already set. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:57, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

== The future ==

I'll try to be quick here: We are a small village. There is a kind of poison that works its way in here at times -- people can (and do) begin treating this place as a general wiki, after they've been here for about 6 months.
&lt;br&gt;I am writing these words as encouragement, not to scold -- please note that. I am going to (for the remainder of 2026) focus very much on Reviewing and encouraging new reporters. This is a news site. We have policies and guidelines. I will try very hard to adhere to those -- and I ask all other people here to focus on that very thing. Good things ahead. [[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:19, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

== New tool for inline comments: DynamicMarking. ==

Hello, a new tool is now available that enables reviewers to attach inline comments to specific phrases in a draft article. This means phrases can be marked by a reviewer to highlight issues without actually editing the article.

Phrases that have been marked will appear highlighted in yellow. Non-reviewers can view them, but they will not be able to edit or remove the attached comments or markings. However, users can mark a specific highlight as &quot;resolved&quot;.

This gadget allows users to quickly identify the exact text in an article that needs modification or changes. Reviewers using the EzPR2025 gadget for review will find the &quot;Dynamic Marking&quot; feature integrated into it. However, the tool can also be used independently of EzPR2025.

Full documentation is available at: [[Wikinews:Easy Peer Review (2025 version)/DynamicMarking|WN:EzPR2025/Dynamic Marking]]. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 08:07, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

== Review que ==

there are currently nibe articles in review que going stale. I cannot review ''any'' of them because I either wrote them or they're original research. Can someone please get going on a review? This site must publish one article per day to remain a viable destination. Also, I am not going to be able to volunteer any more time writing articles here if everything I wrote this week goes stale for no good reason. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 10:41, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
: For me, the deeper issue is a difference in what level of quality we are trying to achieve. Our Policies and Guidelines were written by a generation aiming for a much higher standard than what the current generation, broadly speaking, appears willing or able to sustain. The way we are collectively navigating that gap is creating friction (to put it politely) and, in practice, a status quo of low output.
: We need to resolve that tension. Either we reform our PaGs to reflect a more achievable standard, or we raise the quality of our work to meet them.
: Given the ongoing friction, I find myself looking for other ways to contribute here, if at all. I know at least one other reviewer has expressed a similar view.
: I believe this quality–output tension is a central factor behind the SPTF’s recommendation to close Wikinews. I understand the logic behind that recommendation: we have not yet demonstrated that a citizen journalism model can reliably and consistently sustain high output, high quality, and a meaningful wiki process all at the same time.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:04, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
::If there is a problem regarding the quality of my contributions to this project, then nobody has said anything about that to me whatsoever. I submit my articles in the best shape possible and I still feel like I have to make a scene just to get someone to even look at my submissions. This is starting to look like what I assumed was going to happen if I started reviewing -- me being expected to pick up the entire review workload -- because literally nothing will get published orherwise -- while my own submissions are just forgotten and left to rot in the review que, and hours of my personal time are just wasted. I believe this project has potential but I dont know how to proceed if nothing else is being done to fix the problem that multiple users have been bitching about for months'''. This project will be shut down if the status quo continues. ''' [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:41, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
::: There was no specific target in my earlier comment. I was speaking more generally about what feels like a broader tension on the project.
::: To clarify: it seems we may not all be applying the same review standard in practice. I’m not referring to you or anyone else ''specifically''. There appears to be some preference, broadly speaking, for getting articles published once they are “good enough,” even if not every statement has been explicitly checked against a source or clearly attributed, with the expectation that the wiki process can refine things later.
::: On the other hand, our existing policies and guidelines lean toward a stricter approach, where each statement is expected to be supported or removed before publication. That gap — between what the standards say and what is realistically being applied — is where I see a lot of the friction coming from.
::: I may be misreading that, but that’s the issue I was trying to point to.
::: On the concern about you being expected to carry the review workload, I’m not sure the recent activity reflects that. Publishing has been shared among a small group of reviewers, and you’ve been a significant part of that (thank you!), but not the sole contributor.[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=review&amp;user=&amp;page=&amp;excludetempacct=1&amp;wpdate=&amp;tagfilter=&amp;wpfilters%5B%5D=newusers&amp;wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:12, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I understand enforcing the rigorous policies for quality control, I just feel there have been too many times where a reviewer has requested revisions after an article I authored has been submitted, the requested changes are promptly made, but the reviewer just goes radio silent immediately afterward and the articles just goes stale waiting for review. It's hard to really feel motivated to make revisions to or gatwick articles I write because they have mostly just been getting left to rot these past few months. I'm not sure the community understands how much human labor power is actually just being wasted due to this failed process. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:58, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::i published one, others to follow during the week if i manage [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 13:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::it was noted elsewhere that 'a few' reviewers are required for the site to work. like i woukd say around 2-3 is a bare minimum 💀 when only 1 or 2, then, very hard to get things moving. I will also try to write one during the week for you to review! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 13:05, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:11, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
:hi @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] what is the issue with reviewing OR? Do you have scoop access? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 13:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
::I dont know how to verify sources with original research. How am I supposed to review an event or interview I did not attend? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:08, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
:::you can cross check it against reporters notes. They are shared privately with scoop, an address that accredited reporters and reviewers can read. If you do not have a wn-reporters account, please email me with your desired username, and i will email you the login instructions. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 14:32, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
::::If it helps any, I have two stories currently waiting that are OR. [[Musique Libre Femmes plays for Women's History Month at Tompkins Square Library in New York City]] requires scoop access but I tried deliberately to make [[The Performance Space in New York City holds its annual gala honoring three artists]] verifiable using only the pictures I provided in the article and a few of the pre-event sources. This is even easier now, as since I wrote the material (immediately after it happened), some genuine sources have come out which also corroborate my OR (which I added).. So that one shouldn't be too difficult. I also made it deliberately short so we could publish it fast... [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 20:35, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::Are we able to publish OR ten days after the focal point event? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:45, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::: Generally, yes.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:31, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::::How long do we have? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:40, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::::: Unfortunately, this is one of the many areas where there is no hard-and-fast rule. [[WN:Fresh]] merely states:
:::::::: &lt;blockquote&gt;Exclusive content has the potential to extend our freshness horizon by days or even weeks, depending on the nature of the original material. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
:::::::: Somewhere there is a relatively recent discussion that involved MeDaWikipedian I believe, in which some consensus formed around eight weeks as a max limit. I'll find it but it might take some time.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:50, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::::: Not much of a consensus for 8 weeks, but it may still be useful to cite as recent precedent when defending publication of material up to that age:  [[Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance/archives/2024/September#Photo exhibition “Ethnic features of the world people” took place in the Crimean capital]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 02:14, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::::: If you'd like some advice on it, let me know what article you are talking about and what you're thinking as far as why it is still publishable. If you'd rather do it quietly, feel free to use wikimail or email.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 02:17, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

== Proposal to auto-&quot;stale&quot; from review queue ==

If an article was submitted for review on day N, then on day N+8 could it automatically mark itself as stale? This could help clear out the queue from the old end. I picked number 8 because usually an article does not get published about events over seven days old; I may be deluded there so please adjust the number of days as needed.

Alternatively, the &quot;review&quot; template could change to &quot;abandoned&quot; after 7 days.

I am suggesting to get this decided and implemented some time soon. It would reduce the load on reviewers and sysops, in my opinion. Something similar was done for another template before, but I do not remember which.

-- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 08:59, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

== Improving review visibility and collaboration for draft articles ==

I propose increasing visibility and collaboration around drafts and their talk pages so more users can contribute to review and copyediting. That could help authors who aren’t keeping up with reviewer requests and would be more like a scientific journal process where at least two people check a page before publication. Since the software supports pre-reviews, we could encourage everyone to pre-review more broadly.

Proposed actions:

1. Add a friendly site notice inviting users to join a “newsroom” and review at least one article per day. Link to a Newsroom guide explaining categories:

Drafts = need pre-review, expand, submit for review

Queue = possibly ready; check carefully and flag issues

Disputed = issues found; fix and resubmit

That page like [[Wikinews:Newsroom]] but a mini-version: with only one paragraph intro linking to key policies; three lists (draft, review, disputed) one paragraph before each; one list (published in last three days) also one para explaining process of improving or cross checking those. That could be more user friendly for newbies than the current &quot;everything and a kitchen sink&quot; current version.

2. On submission, automatically leave the user a message with a request to pre-review at least two pages from the Newsroom, again linking to its over simplified version, perhaps even transcluding it to the user's talk page (via subst, so only then-current version is included in the message) as then they do not need to open the Newsroom link to see the topics being written about in the new drafts.

These steps should speed feedback to authors and surface more issues before publishing, and bring more hands to fix them. 

Hope this is helpful. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:10, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

3. At submission, present user a button &quot;pre-review my own article&quot; which is like pre-review process they do for article they just submitted.

2a. Example: [[User:Gryllida/MiniNewsroom]]

--[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:31, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

:4. Add button &quot;mark as stale&quot; to the develop template. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:32, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

== Online workshop for training new reviewers ==

Hello everyone, to help increase the number of active reviewers on English Wikinews and support interested contributors in understanding the review process, I would like to propose organizing a structured, documentation-based online workshop.
Given that live video sessions may not be feasible for many participants, this workshop would primarily be text-based and hosted on-wiki (with optional use of chat platforms for discussion). However, if any experienced reviewer is interested in contributing via a presentation or live session, that would certainly be welcome.

The workshop would be divided into 4-5 sections, each focusing on a specific aspect of the reviewing process. These may include:
* Introduction to the role and responsibilities of a reviewer
* Core review criteria (newsworthiness, neutrality, verifiability, freshness, copyvio)
* Source verification and common issues in articles
* The review workflow (from submission to publication)
* Post-publication review and maintenance

Each section would include short explanatory materials (text, slides, or diagrams), followed by practical tasks. These tasks could include answering questions, identifying issues in sample articles, or performing a simulated review.

Participants who complete the workshop should gain a clearer understanding of how reviewing works in practice. Rather than replacing the existing reviewer nomination process, the workshop could serve as a preparation pathway, helping participants build the skills and confidence needed before being nominated.
Additionally, participants who demonstrate strong understanding during the workshop could be encouraged or mentored further as potential reviewer candidates.

To keep the workshop effective, participation may be limited to a small group. We would likely need at least 2-3 experienced reviewers to help guide discussions, review responses, and provide feedback. I would be happy to help prepare materials such as slides, flowcharts, and example articles.

I would appreciate the community's thoughts on this idea: Would such a workshop be useful? Would any reviewers be interested in helping organize or mentor participants? Are there improvements or alternative approaches we should consider? Thank you. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:12, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

:*'''Support''' I would've started reviewing much sooner of there was something like this in place. Why there doesn't already exist something similar to this is beyond me.
:[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:05, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
:* I can also assist in creating JS-based interactive quizzes, annotation projects, a peer review comment writing playground, and other interactive tools for the workshop, which I think will make it more engaging and fun. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 17:37, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
:*:That seems good but is being hindered by needing to process [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews the hosting change]. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

== The last Wikinews article ==

Since the site will be frozen after May 4, I would like to suggest that we plan to have the top headline on the last day be something along the lines of &quot;Wikinews closes after 21 years; community moves to Miraheze&quot; or something like that. If the top headline is going to be permanently in place after that, it ought to be something that commemorates the ending of Wikinews. I wouldn't want the headline that the site has to live with permanently to be something like &quot;Small town car accident results in nearly $200 in damage, no injuries&quot;.

Of course, this presumes that we can have an article commemorating the site's closure ready and approved on May 3, but it will also require the cooperation of reviewers not to put something else in the lead headline position at the last minute. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 14:13, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:{{Support}}: I think this could be some type of original report. Even if a full article is not possible, I do think we should leave a message on the main page. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:{{support}} I proposed the same elsewhere (after you did). —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:[[Wikinews closes after 21 years]]. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 00:24, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:{{Support}} But: it will a long time before I come back here. Not being ugly about it. Maybe Michael can publish it. I'm about to sign out.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 02:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:{{Neutral}} Don't care. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:24, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Not sure if we 100% are moving to other host, though we should prep the article already, and post by May 3 -- should there be any changes, we do it before the project is RO (read-only).  If someone is up for writing it -- I shall be there to review it.  PS: please come to IRC, if you all can.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 09:37, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::: I think the article would greatly benefit from someone from the previous generation of contributors to write about how the modern review process came about, the various journalism schools/classes we worked with at the time, etc. That time was our peak in regards to readership and activity and is therefore the most consequential for us as a project. 
::: I know @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] has links to external sites which praised the work of en.WN during those periods. Those could/should be used as sources, quoted, etc. 
::: See: [[Wikinews closes after 21 years]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 06:48, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

== Future stewardship of Wikinews ==

As per [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#c-Sj-20260401032800-Victoria-20260330090000 this comment] by @[[User:Sj|Sj]], Wikimedia NYC and task force members are discussing the possible stewardship of Wikinews by [[meta:Wikimedia New York City]]. Also ping: @[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:56, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

== Proposal to cease publishing after around April 14 ==

Hello, as resources are required for migration, I am proposing to set a date after which articles will not be published. Maybe around mid-April. Then, a week later, clear the review queue and finish any maintenance tasks and walk away. Then this would leave around two weeks to setup a new site. Otherwise, I am concerned migration will be under-resourced. cc @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] who quite rightfully in my opinion wrote [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ASupreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_a_landmark_ruling&amp;diff=5003903&amp;oldid=5003259 that]. Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 08:06, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
*If there is time to get new articles published during the second half of April, I think it should be allowed. The migration may be a more important priority, but not all the admins will necessarily be involved with that nor will it necessarily take up all their time. We are still getting submissions, albeit not many good ones. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 17:23, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
* {{oppose}} I agree with [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] above. We could continue developing and publishing articles that reflect what we aimed to achieve: accurate, neutral reporting, provided reviewers are willing to perform full and complete reviews. More psuedo-reviews would be [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#Supreme Court of Finland convicts individuals and institutions involved in writing and publishing pamphlet for inciting hatred against gays and lesbians|counterproductive]].
: That said, it is already April 13 and there have been no substantive updates on migration, use of the name or logo, or related decisions. If the community waits for those before preparing for read-only, there will likely not be enough time (or community will) to complete the work. For that reason, some of us have already started shutting the lights down. See the following discussions:
: 
:* [[Wikinews:Admin action alerts#Administrative matters for the closure]]
:* [[Wikinews:Admin action alerts#In anticipation of DPL being disabled]]
:* [[#The last Wikinews article]]  (discussion above, article located [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Wikinews closes after 21 years|here]])
: 
: Currently I am prioritizing admin/maintenance/shut-down work but am also willing to do reviewer work if no other reviewers are willing. I am also prepared to review and publish the [[Wikinews:Story preparation/Wikinews closes after 21 years|last article]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:03, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:'''Oppose''' - I'm not sure what this would change in practice anyway. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 02:50, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
::I stopped reviewing anyway, as I cannot allocate resources for the &quot;shut lights down&quot; activities AND for reviewing AND for migration. For any non-reviewing tasks, I am happy to help. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:15, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

== Proposal to unblock bot for final DPL cleanup ==

I would like to unblock [[User talk:Dexbot]], to be used by @[[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]] to complete our DPL conversion to static lists prior to [[Wikinews:Water cooler/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. 

The bot was blocked almost twelve years ago by Pi for  being operated &quot;without authorization in violation of project policy, and operated with an effective bot flag without local control as well as without authorization.&quot;[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:Dexbot#Unauthorized_bot]

Ladsgroup has used the bot already on other language projects for this exact use; to remove DPL prior to ''Wikinews'' being closed. See [[phab:T421796#11851688]]. 

There are [[Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|just shy of 3,500 pages remaining with DPL]]. I believe a vast majority are the [[Wikinews:Archives]].

I propose the following pages and their sub-pages and transcluded templates not be touched by the bot (most are protected any way). These should be manually converted at the last minute (target: April 30) for maximum usage before closure:

* [[Main page]]
* [[Newsroom]]
* [[Wikinews:Water cooler]]

I do not believe admin rights will be necessary for the bot (and it doesn't look like they were utilized on other language projects), as the archives appear to be protected only to auto-confirmed, if at all. Flood might be needed, and if a local bureaucrat can't  assign that and it's needed, I will request that a Steward assign that flag. 

I will make myself available to change protection on a page-by-page basis, as needed to reduce our DPL usage.

This should be a community decision, so all input is welcome.

Also pinging all admin: {{ping|Acagastya|Bawolff|Bddpaux|Chaetodipus|Cromium|Gryllida|Koavf|Leaderboard|Leaderbot|LivelyRatification|Michael.C.Wright|Microchip08|RockerballAustralia|SVTCobra|Tom Morris|Tyrol5|William S. Saturn}}

'''Are there any objections to me unblocking this bot and allowing it to perform the action of replacing DPL with static lists?''' [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:21, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

:@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] I don't think there's any reason to keep a 12-year-old block, and on that basis alone I've unblocked the bot. A local bureaucrat should be able to assign flood (or bot). [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 16:24, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
:Great. Thanks. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 16:27, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
*I see no problem with using a bot to replace the DPL lists. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:28, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

== Welcoming policy and cleanup proposal ==

So we're busy cleaning up Russian Wikinews, and I noticed that our total number of pages is about to drop below what you guys currently have. This was surprising, so I checked and apparently there are 2978k pages, and 2765k of them are user talk pages created by [[User:Wikinews Welcome]]. And it keeps creating them. I was shocked to learn that English Wikinews sends a welcome message to every user ever.

Now I'm not part of the local community, but I do think that it would be in the interest of Wikinews as a whole (even in read-only state) to trim the fat as much as possible. Thus my suggestions are 1) that [[:meta:Welcoming policy]] be adopted and 2) that all pages which don't follow this policy be deleted (that is, if a user didn't create their account here, never made an edit here, and their talk page was never used by anyone else, it's up for deletion). In my estimation, about 100k user talk pages will remain if this is done.

I imagine that the technical staff (like @[[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]]) would be interested in having this go through. [[User:AtUkr|AtUkr]] ([[User talk:AtUkr|talk]]) 18:33, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

:{{support}} This is one of the lowest priorities I can imagine, but if someone can do this in an automated fashion, sure. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 18:54, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
:{{support}} Absolutely agree. Especially with the better Meta welcoming, I would support this even if the project wasn't closing, and since it is, this could tremendously help archiving. [[User:Johnson524|Johnson524]] ([[User talk:Johnson524|talk]]) 22:54, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
:Once this is decided, I think I can do the deletions server-side with a maint script. [[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]] ([[User talk:Ladsgroup|talk]]) 00:07, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
: {{Neutral}} I'm not sure how the project benefits from removing these pages or suffers from having them. If removal can be accomplished without neglecting [[Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|other priorities]], then I see no harm. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:50, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
::It will be done after the closure for sure. It will drastically reduce the database footprint of the wiki. [[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]] ([[User talk:Ladsgroup|talk]]) 18:14, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

== [[Wikinews closes after 21 years]] -- need review ==

As discussed above at [[#The last Wikinews article]], there is indeed an article titled [[Wikinews closes after 21 years]] pending review. If any reviewers would like to take a look at it so it can be approved to become the final Wikinews article on May 3, I would appreciate it. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews ==

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Following [[:m:Public consultation about Wikinews|extended discussions]] within the Wikimedia movement about the Wikinews long-term sustainability, levels of community activity, and the availability of reliable news coverage on other platforms, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has [[:m:Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|approved the closure]] of Wikinews.

Following this decision, all Wikinews editions will transition to read-only mode one month after this announcement, on 4 May. From that date onward, pages on Wikinews will remain publicly accessible for reading, reference and dump downloading, but editing and new content creation will no longer be possible.

Further information about the technical transition to read-only mode and the preservation of existing content will be shared in the coming weeks.

We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement, and we understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn’t able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias. We hope the Wikinews editors will continue contributing to the other Wikimedia projects or free knowledge projects.&lt;section end=&quot;message&quot;/&gt;

[[User:Victoria|Victoria]], Affiliate and Community Liaison to the Board, 09:59, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
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::Pinging editors: @[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] @[[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998AEOS]], @[[User:Ternera|Ternera]], @[[User:Monsieur2137|Monsieur2137]] @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]], @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]], @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]]. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], @[[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]], @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]], @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]], @[[User:Tduk|Tduk]], @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]], @[[User:Microchip08|Microchip08]], @[[User:RockerballAustralia|RockerballAustralia]], @[[User:SVTCobra|SVTCobra]], @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]], @[[User:Cromium|Cromium]], @[[User:William S. Saturn|William S. Saturn]] --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:13, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Received, thank you. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 11:25, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Gutwrenching. Oh well. It was a good run. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Im going to make a Fandom for Wikinews. Thoughts? @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 12:22, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::I won't do anything to stop you but if the project can't meet its goals on this platform then I highly doubt it can elsewhere, where articles will get far fewer readers than they will here. I'm convinced the only reason anybody even knows tgis project exists is because its WMF. We had our chance and we blew it, dude. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:24, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::I guess Miraheze is are only hope.
::::::@[[User:Victoria|Victoria]] @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 12:47, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::::How many users from Wikinews do you think will actually migrate somewhere else? I'm thinking it might just be time for me to move on. I'm lowkey extremely pissed that five '''good''' articles I wrote last week went stale and unreviewed. It's a waste of fucking time. I'm not getting my hopes up just for the same thing to happen elsewhere. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Then write less. Sorry mate. Five a week is a bit too much for me to even read, not to mention review. I was thinking it would help if on whatever new platform, users could cluster themselves by interests and geographical location; for a decade I have not found any approachable and readily available user from my continent. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:::☹️☹️☹️ [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 00:24, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
:Related discussion: [[Wikinews talk:Migration]]. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:13, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:Aww [[User:Maroontruths|Maroontruths]] ([[User talk:Maroontruths|talk]]) 20:11, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
::Note that migration is a possibility and a link to discussion page is provided above. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:29, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

== wn-reporters.org mail + staying in contact ==

Pinging those who have access to wn-reporters.org mail @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]] (self) @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] @[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] (deceased &lt;/3) @[[User:RockerballAustralia|RockerballAustralia]] @[[User:William S. Saturn|William S. Saturn]] @[[User:Kitabc12345|Kitabc12345]] @[[User:LivelyRatification|LivelyRatification]] @Thibauld scelles (not sure what is their username -- @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] -- do you happen to know?) @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] @[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] @[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] @[[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] @[[User:Asheiou|Asheiou]] @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] @[[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]].

I have been maintaining wn-reporters.org mail server since @[[User:Brian McNeil|Brian McNeil]] passed away around July 4, 2020 -- Wow, it's been almost 6 years, that aches my heart.  Wikinews was part of my entire college life -- it is going to be 11 years on enwn this May 1, but after Pi zero's death, and writing his obituary, it became very difficult for me to come back here.  I will talk about this later.  But for now, I would request you all to individually back up your own mailboxes.  (I think if you log in via thunderbird, you would see an option to export the mails).  I am not pulling the plug on the server yet.  So you will have the access to mailboxes for the time being.  Though should we move to some other host, we would have to see how we deal with the accredited requests and access to the mailboxes.  For that, I will be lurking on Libera Chat, (OFTC, Slashnet, and tilde) on IRC as &quot;acagastya&quot;.  Additionally, I have my own IRC server irc.firebyagni.net:6667/6697 where I exist as &quot;firebyagni&quot;.

Ages ago, I had created a discord server for wikinews, but noone came, apart from @[[User:Athozus|AirSThib]].  Should anyone want to come, for the old times sake as the wikinews diaspora, please feel free to join here: https://discord.gg/cCEzC8d.

I have had some amazing people who mentored me.  I probably won't remember many of the people, but I am forever grateful to this wonderful community.  Wikinews was wikinews for me because of pizero and without him, neither would I have been on enwn, nor would I have known anyone of you.  @[[User:Abhinav619|Abhinav619]] @[[User:ImprovedWikiImprovment|ImprovedWikiImprovment]] @[[User:Tom Morris|Tom Morris]] @[[User:Chaetodipus|Chaetodipus]] @[[User:Microchip08|Microchip08]] @[[User:SVTCobra|SVTCobra]] @[[User:Tyrol5|Tyrol5]] @[[User:Cirt|Cirt]] @[[User:Darkfrog24|Darkfrog24]] @[[User:Amgine|Amgine]] @[[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] @[[User:ShakataGaNai|ShakataGaNai]] @[[User:Blood Red Sandman|Blood Red Sandman]] @[[User:TUFKAAP|TUFKAAP]] @[[User:Skenmy|Skenmy]] @[[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] @[[User:Cspurrier|Cspurrier]] @[[User:Hawkeye7|Hawkeye7]] @[[User:LauraHale|LauraHale]] @[[User:Crtew|Crtew]] @[[User:Ezarate|Ezarate]] @[[User:DARIO SEVERI|DARIO SEVERI]] @[[User:AlvaroMolina|AlvaroMolina]] @[[User:Gopher65|Gopher65]] @[[User:Bluerasberry|Bluerasberry]] @[[User:Henrymyman|Henrymyman]] @[[User:Xbspiro|Xbspiro]] @[[User:Alextejthompson|Rubbish computer]] @[[User:Edu!|Edu!]] @[[User:Revi C.|-revi]] @[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] @[[User:Tempodivalse|Tempodivalse]] @[[User:Numbermaniac|Numbermaniac]] @[[User:George Ho|George Ho]] @[[User:Cassiopeia|Cassiopeia]] @[[User:Handraulic|Handraulic]] @[[User:AZOperator|AZOperator]] @[[User:Yngvadottir|Yngvadottir]] @[[User:Cognitive137|Cognitive137]] and many more whom I forgot to ping -- thanks for being part of my mid-to-late teenage life.  enwn reminds me when I had just finished the school, wrote my first article which failed the review, the first article that passed the review -- the college days, me leaving the first college, going to Bangalore, buying scratch cards of internet data pack to write articles, hand-writing the articles, IRC bouncers and IRC bots, telegram bridges; figuring out how to do OR, and BR, ComicCons, then media interviews and what not?  When I think about it, it has been quite a journey.  Including those days when I fought with pizero -- and I hated that.  I have learnt a lot here, and I will be missing this community, which I cared in various degrees of capacity.  No matter how little we might have interacted, your allegiance to enwn was something I respected!

If you feel like being in contact, please feel free to reach out to me.  It really saddens me.  And I think I will get a big bottle of beer on May 4, after the READONLY kicks in, and drink and cry.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 11:08, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you for all your contributions to wikinews, @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]]. I did not have many opportunities to collaborate with you, and I wish I had. I also have spent much of my college life contributing to Wikinews, and I guess that will end with it. Thank you again, and take care. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 18:47, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Also BTW, there is a [https://t.me/WikinewsComm Telegram group for Wikinews]. It has been active for quite a while, and many users are present there, although I do not know their corresponding usernames. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 18:58, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:Actually, there is a discord server [https://discord.gg/dvBt5mxw here] already, there is more than 2 users on it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:09, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:It has been so nice working with you, @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]]!!! 
:I think some issue with Wikinews are that it lacks social media exposure. Centralised 'one wiki somewhere' model can be confusing. Most real news papers pay someone to deliver their output to multiple channels (youtube, paper delivery to homes, newsletters to email, rss). These were not leveraged here. Even though things like Mastodon existed.
:I think one open source project had encouraged everyone to have a fork of it in GitHub, so they can experiment and merge later if their changes were substantial and successful. Perhaps someone could provide web hosting and ask everyone to create a fork if they wanted to maintain it and implement some ideas how to setup the workflow. These could possibly go into subdomains like 'Username-copy.wikinews.org' or 'Something-region-Username.wikinews.org'. Someone would need to go around and collect content from forks into their own fork. This could increase innovation for software and/or activate regional groups. While also making it more fragmented -- or not really, since content licence allows derivative works and re distribution, so someone could play around with how to present the same content to users differently. I think this could be inevitable.
:Connections with universities did not start beyond one university. This could be improved.
:Just a few thoughts on perspective in light of what you wrote above.
:(Wikinews helped me pass IELTS and TOEFL reading/writing components to 100%, and get a visa to Australia and cope with English language content in first year at uni. That was my impression.)
:Have a great day. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:20, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

== Tech News: 2026-15 ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/15|Translations]] are available.

'''Updates for editors'''

* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CampaignEvents|CampaignEvents extension]] now includes a new group goal-setting feature, enabling organizers to set and track event goals such as the number of articles created and participating contributors in real time. Similarly, participants can work toward shared targets and see their collective impact as the event unfolds. The feature is now available on all Wikimedia wikis. Learn more in [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CampaignEvents/Registration/Collaborative contributions#Goal setting|the documentation]].
* [[File:Maki-gift-15.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Wishlist item]] The new [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watchlist labels|watchlist labels]] feature (announced in [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/07|Tech News 2026-07]]) is now available via VisualEditor, the source editor, and the 'watchstar' (or watch link, for skins that don't have a star icon). Previously it was only possible to assign labels via [[Special:EditWatchlist|EditWatchlist]]. In all three places it is a new field following the expiry field.
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'''Updates for technical contributors'''
* The [[m:Special:MyLanguage/WMDE Technical Wishes/Sub-referencing|sub-referencing feature]], which lets editors add details to an existing reference without duplicating it, will be gradually rolled out to [[phab:T414094|more wikis]] later this year. Wikis using the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reference Tooltips|Reference Tooltips]] gadget are encouraged to update their version (typically at [[m:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js|MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js]] as shown [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1344408362 here]) to ensure compatibility. Other reference-related gadgets may also be affected. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416304]
* All Wikinews editions will be closed and switched to read-only mode on 4 May 2026. Content will remain accessible, but no new edits or articles can be added. This closure was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation following extended discussions. [[m:Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|Read more]].
* The [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Action API|Action API]] has had several formats for requested output. One of them, &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;format=php&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt;, is being removed soon. Please ensure your scripts or bots use the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/API:Data formats#Output|JSON format]]. This removal should affect very few scripts and bots. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T118538]
* The [[Special:NamespaceInfo|Special:NamespaceInfo]] page now includes namespace aliases. For example &quot;WP&quot; for the &quot;Project&quot; (&quot;Wikipedia&quot;) namespace on the German Wikipedia. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T381455]
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] Detailed code updates later this week: [[mw:MediaWiki 1.46/wmf.23|MediaWiki]]

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== Tech News: 2026-16 ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/16|Translations]] are available.

'''Weekly highlight'''
* Experienced editors are invited to [https://b24e11a4f1.catalyst.wmcloud.org/wiki/Main_Page test] the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Article guidance|Article guidance]] feature, designed to help less-experienced editors create well-structured, policy-compliant Wikipedia articles. Testing instructions are [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Article guidance/Test feature guide|available]]. Also, after reviewing [https://b24e11a4f1.catalyst.wmcloud.org/wiki/Category:Pages_using_article_guidance the outlines], please provide feedback on the [[mw:Talk:Article guidance|project talk page]]. Based on your input, the feature will be refined and transferred to the pilot Wikipedias to translate and adapt. Check out [[c:File:Article Guidance workflow demo - April 2026.webm|the video]] explaining the feature.
'''Updates for editors'''
* On most wikis, all autoconfirmed users can now use [[Special:ChangeContentModel|Special:ChangeContentModel]] page to [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:ChangeContentModel|create new pages with custom content models]], such as mass message lists, making custom page formats more accessible. Check [[Special:ListGroupRights|Special:ListGroupRights]] for the status of your wiki. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248294]
* The Growth team has launched an [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Contributors/Account_Creation_Experiments|account creation experiment]] to evaluate whether adding an account creation button to the mobile web header increases new account registrations and encourages more mobile users to contribute to the wikis. The experiment is currently live on Hindi, Indonesian, Bengali, Thai, and Hebrew Wikipedia, and targets 10% of logged-out mobile web users.
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] View all {{formatnum:30}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:30|task|tasks}} that were [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks|resolved last week]]. For example, an issue where VisualEditor could get stuck loading on Windows devices with animations turned off, has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T382856]

'''Updates for technical contributors'''
* Starting later this week, {{int:group-abusefilter}} who have the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror|{{int:codemirror-beta-feature-title}}]] beta feature enabled will have [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeMirror|CodeMirror]] instead of [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeEditor|CodeEditor]] as the editor at [[Special:AbuseFilter|Special:AbuseFilter]]. This is part of the broader effort to make the user experience more consistent across all editors. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T399673][https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419332]
* Tools and bots that access the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Notifications/API|Notifications API]] (&lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;action=query&amp;meta=notifications&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt;) will need to update their OAuth or BotPassword grants to also include access to private notifications. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421991]
* Due to a library upgrade, listings on category pages may be displayed out of order starting on Monday, 20th April. A migration script will be run to correct this, and will take hours to days depending on the size of the wiki (up to a week for English Wikipedia). [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T422544]
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] Detailed code updates later this week: [[mw:MediaWiki 1.46/wmf.24|MediaWiki]]

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== Tech News: 2026-17 ==

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'''Weekly highlight'''
* After two years of development, [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror|{{int:codemirror-beta-feature-title}}]], also known as [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeMirror|CodeMirror 6]], is to be promoted out of beta on Tuesday, April 21. It brings better code and wikitext readability, reduction in typing errors, and other [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror|benefits]] to all users of the standard syntax highlighter. A huge thank you to volunteer [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/p/Bhsd/ Bhsd] who developed many of the new features, including [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror#Code folding|code folding]], [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror#Autocompletion|autocompletion]], and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror#Linting|linting]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259059]
* A major update to the Wikipedia app for iOS is now rolling out, redesigning the interface to align with Apple's latest &quot;Liquid Glass&quot; visual design. [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238 Download the latest version] and explore the update.

'''Updates for editors'''
* [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Experience/WE3.3.4 Reading lists|Reading lists]] is a feature which allows readers to save articles to a list for reading later. This feature is now in beta on Arabic, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Chinese Wikipedias and by default for all new accounts on all Wikipedias.
* An experiment which explores extending [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Growth/Mobile page previews|Page Previews to mobile web]] will be launched in the week of April 20 on Arabic, English, French, Italian, Polish, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. Page Previews are pop-ups that display a thumbnail, lead paragraph, and a link to open the full article of a blue link, thereby improving content discovery. The feature is already available on desktop and in the apps. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/List of experiments in Product and Technology#Template|Read more about this experiment and others]].
* On several wikis, logged-in editors who haven't [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Email confirmation|confirmed their email addresses]] can now see a banner encouraging them to do so. Having the email address confirmed allows a user to restore access to the account if they lose it. [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Product Safety and Integrity/Account Security#Encouraging users to confirm their email addresses|Learn more]]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421366]
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] View all {{formatnum:15}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:15|task|tasks}} that were [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks|resolved last week]]. For example, an issue where editing very large wiki pages in the 2017 wikitext editor caused slow loading, preview and scrolling lag, and performance issues when selecting, cutting, or pasting content, has now been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T184857]

'''Updates for technical contributors'''
* As part of the promotion of [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:CodeMirror|CodeMirror]] from a beta feature, all users will use [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeMirror|CodeMirror]] instead of [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:CodeEditor|CodeEditor]] for syntax highlighting when editing JavaScript, CSS, JSON, Vue and Lua content pages. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T419332]
* The &lt;code&gt;mirrors.wikimedia.org&lt;/code&gt; service for Debian and Ubuntu users will sunset and stop working on May 15. The resources for the service will be replaced with new and better options. Some users may need to switch to a different server which should take about a minute. [https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/LJYRIS4WB66HIRCAO4GIDTXCMDVZRBMA/ You can read more]. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T416707]
* The &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;image&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; and &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;oldimage&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; table will be removed from [[wikitech:Help:Wiki Replicas|wikireplicas]]. If your tools or queries access &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;image&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; or &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;oldimage&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; directly, please update them to use the &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;file&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; and &lt;bdi lang=&quot;zxx&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;filerevision&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/bdi&gt; table before 28 May. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T28741]
* Following the recent implementation of global API rate limits on unidentified traffic, the Wikimedia Foundation will continue efforts to ensure [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki Product Insights/Responsible Reuse|fair use of infrastructure]] by applying global limits to identified API traffic beginning the last week of April. These limits are intentionally set as high as possible to minimise impact on the community. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more information, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits|Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits]] and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]].
* The [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Attribution API|Attribution API]] is now available as a [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia APIs/Stability policy|beta]]. The API fetches information for crediting Wikimedia articles and media files wherever they are used. Reference documentation is available through the REST Sandbox special page available on all Wikimedia wikis (such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?api=attribution.v0-beta&amp;title=Special%3ARestSandbox REST sandbox on English Wikipedia]). Share your feedback on the [[mw:Talk:Attribution API|project talk page]].
* There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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== Tech News: 2026-18 ==

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Latest '''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/18|Translations]] are available.

'''Updates for editors'''
* There is a change in how new users are autoconfirmed that will improve anti-vandalism protection. Currently, users who have had an account for a few days and made a few edits are automatically added to the [[{{int:grouppage-autoconfirmed/{{CONTENTLANGUAGE}}}}|{{int:group-autoconfirmed}}]] group. This configuration tends to be exploited by some vandals, who create accounts and start to use them only after some time. To mitigate this, the configuration will be updated next week so that – for the purpose of becoming autoconfirmed – the account age will be counted from their first edit, instead of registration date. The numeric value of the age threshold will remain the same. This change will be deployed only to wikis which require at least one edit as part of the autoconfirmation conditions. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418484]
* All Wikipedia users with new accounts and those who activated the &quot;automatically enable most beta features&quot; option in their preference can now use the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Readers/Reader Experience/WE3.3.4 Reading lists|reading lists]] beta feature to save articles for later reading. This helps organize reading interests in one place for convenient access. 
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] View all {{formatnum:30}} community-submitted {{PLURAL:30|task|tasks}} that were [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks|resolved last week]]. For example, the issue where infobox images have huge padding in Firefox, has been fixed. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T423676]

'''Updates for technical contributors'''
* As a reminder, the global API rate limits will be applied this week to identified API traffic. This is to help ensure [[mw:MediaWiki Product Insights/Responsible Reuse|fair use of infrastructure]]. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more information, including the actual rate limits, see [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits|Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits]] and [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits/FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]].
* [[File:Reload icon with two arrows.svg|12px|link=|class=skin-invert|Recurrent item]] Detailed code updates later this week: [[mw:MediaWiki 1.46/wmf.26|MediaWiki]]

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-- 04:13, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

== How are you? ==

Hi there. @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:45, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
*Fine, thanks. And you? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 12:59, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
*:Good, glad to hear, Do you think you will start news articles here anytime soon? Thanks @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:40, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
*::I already have one pending and waiting for review. I'm not going to start any additional ones until the first one has been reviewed. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:12, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
*:::Oh I was away for a week, were there any recent developments about this? Has anyone accepted the proposal? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 01:54, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

==Review Reformation==
Thank you for your comment at [[Talk:Warrington Hudlin honored at 2025 Queens World Film Festival]]. I have been posting in various places because in the time I've been here, every single non-original reporting article I've written has become stale - in one case, because it was not reviewed in a timely manner, I was asked to update it, and then THAT was not reviewed in a timely manner, so again it was marked stale. I've seen this happen to other peoples' articles as well. I don't think this is a good look, and I also think it's a waste of peoples' effort and serves no purpose. Anyway, if you'd like to see my attempts at reform of this process that is not working at all, I've made a few scattered comments at [[https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals]] and a thread at [[Wikinews talk:Newsworthiness]] if you'd be interested in participating. Thanks! [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 14:00, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
*I have commented in the thread at [[Wikinews talk:Newsworthiness]]. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

== Reviews 'Sandhani' article ==

Please see my comments on the Talk page of that article. You are new here, and we are glad you've taken an interest in this project. 'Freshness' is important here. We focus on discreet news events -- sometimes things go stale and I hate that. But, we are an imperfect project -- always trying to get better. I say (a bit whimsically, so take it as such), &quot;Don't fall in love with your articles.&quot; I have felt the sting of working hard on an article, and then it goes stale before it is published. I can respect the annoyance. Get the news, write the news, submit the news -- and, move on.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:57, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
*To be clear, I certainly didn't &quot;fall in love&quot; with [[ShSMC Sandhani unit opens registration for 2023-24]], an article which I didn't create and which has some significant editing issues. But I think that the people who take the time to write articles ought to receive timely reviews of those articles. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:06, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
*:I'd counter &quot;don't fall in love with your articles&quot; with &quot;don't fall in love with your policies&quot; that don't seem to be working to make a news site (or anything useful). I was asked here to investigate and maybe help reform things, but I am not sure where to turn. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 04:28, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

== Hudlin article ==

Please see my remarks at that Talk page.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:14, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

== Top article for October ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}}, 2025. The article has at least 3,032 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}} of 2025.

As a relatively new contributor, this is great! Thanks for all your help!

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:25, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

== Shooting article ==

Sorry -- brain glitch -- what is the AI-generated bit?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:56, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
*The last section of the talk page at [[Talk:Shooting at Benihana restaurant in Maple Grove, Minnesota leaves one injured]] has the heading &quot;Eye witness notes ai&quot; which I interpreted to mean that AI was used to generate the information there. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
*:AI notes I didn't use all AI I think... @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:31, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
*::In any event, though, the actual source should be cited in the article's Sources section unless the article is based on original reporting. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 14:55, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
*:::As @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] said [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Crowds_gather_for_35th_Tompkins_Square_Halloween_Dog_Parade_amid_car_incident&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4889835] here, &quot;''We need to be extremely cautious when incorporating information from AI or large language models.''&quot;, when the last set of AI notes like this had some blatantly false information. What is the purpose of that section anyway? [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 15:12, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Hi, could you please install [[User:Asked42/Taglet]] now to help triage new pages by marking them with event dates? this would greatly speed up page review, thanks! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:38, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, once it installed, at [[Special:TagletReport]], scroll down and tag untagged pages with event dates, could you please do this every day for 2-3 minutes, thanks! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:06, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 14) ==
{{Notify_review/passed|article=Football: Nottingham Forest beat FC Utrecht 2-1|author=Metropolitan90|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:58, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 14) ==
{{Notify_review/passed|article=Battery explosion triggers fatal office fire in Jakarta’s Kemayoran district|author=Metropolitan90|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 00:40, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in November! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}}, 2025. The article has at least 2,218 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[India wins 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}} of 2025.

Thank you for contributing to articles and helping to make sure they are publishable!

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:50, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 16) ==
Stale story. Sorry. Event: Dec09. Submitted for review: Dec13. :'-( Please submit article for review earlier. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:28, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
*{{ping|Gryllida}} What article are you referring to? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 14:45, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
*:Sorry,
*:https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_International_Airport_man_dies_after_being_struck_by_snowplow
*:Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:57, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
**That one wasn't mine. Yes, I made edits to that article, but I make edits to a high percentage of articles nowadays. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 05:15, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
**:Yeah this note was sent to all users who edited the story. Sorry, that this was not clear, I will make it clearer in future messages. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 11:47, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot]] (December 26) ==
Hello,

This message is being sent to you as you contributed to the article at some point.

The article was published. Congratulations.

For your reference, as a part of my review, the article required several minor edits. Some of these changes may be related to your edits, while others may be related to edits made by other users. The list of minor edits is provided below.

1) Specified date in first paragraph more clearly, as it is a Friday today, my local time anyway, but event was last week.

2) Cleaned up a messy paragraph at the end of the page

The following review comments were added:

1) The article presents a nearly stale event on Dec19 which was written up on Dec21 and submitted for review on Dec24. &lt;mark&gt;Please do not delay submitting for review. Please submit for review as early as possible. THIS IS IMPORTANT.&lt;/mark&gt;

2) The article contains the following paragraph:

''Officers responded to a 911 call around 10:15 p.m. after a man reported that his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and might have a gun ��. When officers arrived and located Davis at the side of the house, he immediately pulled out a handgun and opened fire at close range, striking two officers and the 911 caller ��. One officer was shot multiple times in the upper body but was protected by his ballistic vest and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, while the second officer was shot in the upper body and required surgery, leaving him in critical but stable condition ��.Davis fled the scene and was found minutes later at the intersection of Arnett Boulevard and Thurston Road �. When ordered to stop by a third officer, Davis opened fire again, shooting the officer once in the upper body ��. That officer and others returned fire, striking Davis multiple times and killing him at the scene ��.Casualties and ConditionsAll three wounded officers were treated at Strong Memorial Hospital and received life-saving treatment �. The 911 caller, who had exchanged gunfire with Davis and was shot multiple times, was also hospitalized in serious but non-life-threatening condition ��. Police Chief David Smith noted that each of the injured officers had fewer than 10 years on the force �.Background on the SuspectDavis had an active arrest warrant for aggravated harassment from an October incident and had previously threatened the victim in July, telling her he would &quot;put a bullet in her head,&quot; which led to her obtaining an order of protection �. He was convicted of third-degree burglary in 2005 and was illegally possessing a .40-caliber Glock handgun at the time of the shooting, which he fired until it was empty �. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans called the incident &quot;people's Exhibit A on what domestic violence can do,&quot; noting that the police department receives more than 6,000 domestic violence calls annually ��.''

This is garbage because:

a) It is too long

b) it has &quot; ��&quot; in between sentences

c) It has incomplete sentences like &quot;Background on the SuspectDavis had an active arrest warrant ...&quot;

&lt;mark&gt;Please do not submit crappy paragraphs for review. This delays publishing. The only thing a reviewer can do is delete the whole paragraph, or clean it up; which is time consuming and disrespectful because you could have done the same too before submitting article for review and because it is not publishable in current form. PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT COMPLETED ARTICLES. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.&lt;/mark&gt;

Thank you. Have a great day. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:25, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center]] (December 26) ==
The article has been published. Congratulations.

The following edits were made by reviewer:

1) Article body written in past tense

2) External links moved to a section called 'External links'

3) Rearranged to specify the date in the first paragraph, see [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]]

Please keep these comments in mind when writing or editing articles in the future.

The following notes were left by reviewer:

1) The previous review raised concern about bias in words such as 'many' in 'many commenters' or 'illegal in many ways', it was disappointing that this was not addressed at time of submitting for review.

2) Article was written on time and submitted on Dec22, which is not excellent for a Dec19 event, but is good. It is on the edge of being stale now, as is is already Dec25, and I am making the decision to pass.

3) Please write article about what happened, whether the rename was approved by authorities. Has there been any recent updates?

Please consider revising more thoroughly before re-submitting for review; writing up a story and submitting for review sooner and closer to the event date; and also consider writing a article about updates, if any updates were available, immediately after these updates occurred.

Many thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

:Also, the image licensing is unclear. It should be revised in Wikimedia Commons, as it is not 'Own work' unless you took the photo. It is likely that the image will need to be re-uploaded locally at Wikinews, via [[Special:Upload]], as Wikimedia Commons does not allow uploads of 'fair use' images. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:52, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years]] (December 29) ==
Published. Congratulations.

Reviewer left following comment:

1) MINOR EDIT REQUESTED: Article is, while written as objectively as possible, dominated by points of view of the opposition. I strongly recommend adding point of view of the current ruling party about this event. Please do so within next 12 hours or less, and mention my nick in the edit summary so that I can sight the edit.

Thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:42, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Keyboardist-guitarist of English rock band The Cure dies aged 65]] (January 3) ==
Event over 7 days old. 

Passing as exception in context of following factors
* nobody was around on holidays anyway (I am being lenient) 
* the article is well written 
* it is obituary about a person's whole life so it is still slightly newsy for a while

Please do not consider this as precedent for future articles.

Thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:42, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Residents shelter in place for hours after gas leak outside of Los Angeles]] (January 3) ==
Published. Congratulations, and thank you for starting, or revising, the article.

Notes from reviewer:

1) This is on the edge of being old and no longer 'news', but still acceptable.

2) If AI/LLM was used, please leave a note on the article talk page immediately. This is required.

Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:06, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Kyiv street to be named for former Ukrainian parliament chairman Andriy Parubiy, killed in Lviv]] (January 6) ==
Published with comment

1) Delightful news, thank you for writing about it. I just added street name and 'and on Facebook' in the first paragraph; if this is incorrect, please let me know now. Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:27, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Grateful Dead bassist Bob Weir dies, aged 78]] (January 16) ==
i spelled out group name assuming meant to be 'the Grateful Dead' where says 'the Dead': please correct this now if this is not correct. thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:58, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
*Those changes were accurate. That said, at least in more casual writing it would have been fine to leave it as &quot;the Dead&quot;, though. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:34, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
*:See {{w|Deadhead}}... :) [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 03:51, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

== Top article in December ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}}, 2025. The article has at least 3,042 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Raccoon found passed out in liquor store after drunken rampage]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}} of 2025.


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== Published: [[Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father]] (January 20) ==
{{Notify_review/passed|article=Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father|author=Metropolitan90|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Bruce Gallanter interviews Elliott Sharp, Joe Fonda at Downtown Music Gallery event]] (January 22) ==
{{Notify_review/passed|article=Bruce Gallanter interviews Elliott Sharp, Joe Fonda at Downtown Music Gallery event|author=Metropolitan90|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:31, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

== Become a reviewer ==

Are you interested in becoming a reviewer here? You routinely contribute not only to article content but also in talk space to help others improve articles, which is a big part of the reviewer role. You also clearly understand we desperately need more reviewers. 

I am willing to nominate and support your request for privileges and help you get up and running as a reviewer if the community accepts.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:04, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks, I would consider it in the future but I am not ready to take on the position right now. At this point I haven't even managed to start one article that wound up being published. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 17:25, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
::We need reviewers desperately though, @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:27, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
:: Understood. If you are interested, then I recommend working deliberately in that direction by continuing to support the community as you have been and also working to get a few of your own articles published. 
:: You could also help the community by doing [[template:Pre-review|pre-reviews]] if you wanted. I did several and then used them as part of my reviewer request, to demonstrate abilities.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 21:30, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[&quot;Media and Tenkil&quot; exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany]] (February 10) ==
Hello,

Sending this message to all contributors to the article...

Article has been published.

0) I changed headline and added image attribution for first image.

1) I removed two sentences, as the sources do not have them. Please feel free to re-add with a comment or added source.

A. The exhibition seeks public confrontation and healing through these displays.

B. The Tenkil Museum, operating as a non-profit with no permanent venue, has previously held exhibitions in Brussels, the  European Parliament, Kassel, and  Frankfurt.

2) Name of museum is confusing. Is it Tenkil Museum? Museum of Repression? Please check this immediately and comment.

3) Would be good to add one or two comments from some public who visited.

4) Would be good to clarify what &quot;Gülenist&quot; means and/or wikilink.

Please make the above edits and comments now, ideally within less than 12 hours.

Thank you! -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:35, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Poets gather for reading at Ray's Pizza in New York City]] (February 12) ==
Sending this message to all users who edited the page ...

Published.

Krinkle says copyright of photos is ok.

Suggest to add how long it took, one hour, two hours, or whatever. Suggest to add utc time in parentheses. Minor changes. Can be done in 24hr or less from now.

A bit old. Better to write about it on the day, not a week after. OR kind of makes an exception. But this should be considered in future, to write news straight on the day.

Thank you! -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 11:14, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

== [[Sanae Takaichi leads LDP to victory in 2026 Japanese election]] ==

Hi, you might want to make the same changes you made at my article over at [[Template:Election results]], which is where I copied the format from. Thanks, [[User:HKLionel|&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Montserrat;background-image:linear-gradient(90deg,#EE1C25,#BA8E23);color:transparent;background-clip:text&quot;&gt;HKLionel&lt;/span&gt;]] [[User talk:HKLionel|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#EE1C25;font-size:60%&quot;&gt;TALK&lt;/span&gt;]] 11:54, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

== Review notification ==

Hello, @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]]: As you may have noticed on your talk page, you have received a couple of review related notification messages for articles you created or contributed to. First of all, thank you for your contributions. I wanted to ask whether you find these notifications on your talk page helpful throughout the article development lifecycle. Also, do you have any suggestions regarding the way or frequency these notifications are posted?
I have been considering adding a preference option that would allow users to choose whether they want to receive notifications only for articles they created, articles they significantly contributed to, or not receive such messages at all. What are your thoughts on this before I proceed with implementing such a preferences option? -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 16:47, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

== thank you ==

for your help on mlb story, i submitted it for review for feedback because I think it's to short of length for right now. Thanks again! I wanted to write something more positive! @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 12:53, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Musical performance presented by Striped Light in Long Island City, New York showcases four performers]] (February 28) ==
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== Published: [[Caloundra wins first game in Australian soccer's Football Queensland Premier League 2 competition]] (March 3) ==
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== Published: [[Caloundra lose round 2 game in Australian soccer's Football Queensland Premier League 2 competition]] (March 11) ==
Results check out. Quoted Comment assumed ok as it was in previous report. Thank you, a great game and report!

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I saw your comment and fixed it. 

The template tries to ensure it only outputs text if the article is a draft, in order to avoid it rendering text in a published article if it is left behind by accident. It was not configured to detect {{tl|Quick review}}, which isn't often used. I fixed that so you can now see the output.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:54, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
*Thanks! --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 22:56, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[&quot;One Battle After Another&quot; wins 6 Oscars including Best Picture]] (March 21) ==
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== Published: [[South Korean military halts small firearms drills after stray bullet strikes young girl on playground]] (March 22) ==
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:That was a weird bug: I specified an empty custom comment, as my clipboard was borked.
:Here is a copy...
:A few remarks:
:1. Having checked sources, I needed to make some changes, such as &quot;near the neck&quot; and not &quot;in the neck&quot;, and the bombing incident was last year (not two years ago). Please check the edit history carefully and let me know if any of my changes were incorrect.
:2. I am trying to push towards more exclusive content or more closer follow ups here. Could you please either think of the questions to ask the South Korean Army, or, write a follow up report when the investigations completed and drills resumed?
:3. Barely newsworthy as this is nearly 5 days old but I think this is fine to publish.
:4. For npov balance, recommend including responses from other sources, i.e., from someone who is not a part of the South Korean Army. This may be done up to 24 hours after the story is published.
:Overall, this looks great, I appreciate the report!!! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:38, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

== Regarding your move of my article ==

Hello, Metropolitan901! I think my article is best located at [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts Päivi Räsänen and Juhana Pohjola of crimes against humanity]] rather than [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts Päivi Räsänen and Juhana Pohjola of inciting hatred]] because the actual charge, the actual crime, and the actual conviction all fall under the section of the {{w|Criminal Code of Finland}} that concerns {{w|crimes against humanity}}. Moreover, there is a particular focus from several sources on the fact that Räsänen and Pohjola were convicted under the section of the Criminal Code of Finland that concerns crimes against humanity. [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 00:56, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
*I would note that one of the cited sources, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/26/finnish-mp-paivi-rasanen-convicted-homosexuality-developmental-disorder this article from The Guardian], begins with the sentence, &quot;A Finnish member of parliament has been found guilty by the country’s supreme court of inciting hatred after claiming that homosexuality was a 'developmental disorder', in a conviction that prompted criticism from far-right government ministers.&quot; That source doesn't even mention the term &quot;crimes against humanity&quot; at all. Another cited article from [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paivi-rasanen-homosexuality-supreme-court-finland-b2946208.html The Independent] doesn't mention &quot;crimes against humanity&quot;, either. I am also concerned that the use of the term &quot;{{w|crimes against humanity}}&quot; may be considered misleading as to the nature of the charges involved notwithstanding how the term is used in the Finnish Criminal Code which few English Wikinews readers may be familiar with. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:09, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
**[[Talk:Supreme Court of Finland convicts Christians of crimes against the humanity of gays and lesbians in landmark ruling#Headline question|This discussion was continued here]]. --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 18:39, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Supreme Court of Finland makes crimes against humanity convictions in landmark ruling]] (April 6) ==
Hi, all, I am sending this message to all contributors to the article.

News is over a week old but I am publishing. The headline could be better but there is so much controversy about how to put it properly that I am content with the current revision.

Overall as a piece of feedback, it is necessary to be more factual and as much as possible insert facts rather than qualitative characterizations. I believe this has substantially improved in the last few days as the article has been revised. Thank you.

I have read the talk page and I believe the concerns there have been satisfactorily addressed in the recent edits and in the resulting current revision.

Copyright check passed flagging only the quote(s) included in the text.

'''I am recommending to add a sentence about expected consequence (fine, jail time) or if it is unknown then, when is this expected to be determined. If you could please make this change within 24 hours, then it could be sighted and be included in the report.'''

Thanks a lot.

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== Hello 🤗👋 ==

i have a news wiki you might be interested in. [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-23805-52|&amp;#126;2026-23805-52]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-23805-52|talk]]) 15:26, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

:sorry I didn't sign in that's me BTW @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 15:28, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
::{{ping|BigKrow}} What is it? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:30, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
:::newswikien.fandom.com it's a work in progress thanks @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 15:32, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
::::I suggest posting about it in the discussion at [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts#English Wikinews]] which is the central page for discussing this sort of thing. The people who are most concerned about migrating the Wikinews community are likely to be active there. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:36, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::come join mine? It needs help @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 15:38, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::I am going to wait and see what happens with the &quot;replacement&quot; wikis before getting actively involved with any of them. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 04:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Pope Leo XIV visits four nations in Africa]] (April 24) ==
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== LinkedIn ==

Are we sure I can’t use LinkedIn as a source, just because you can’t access it without an account? I’m severely limited in my Sirr article to what can be gathered from a profile which was last updated a decade ago. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 18:00, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
:No, that is not why we can't use it.  LinkedIn hides things behind paywall, and that is what is discouraged and well, we need to find other ways to investigate.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 18:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
::That ''is true'', however: Once a reporter is accredited, when they document (Talk page or via Scoop or whatever) that they saw/heard/read something, that '''is''' the verification. So, even something that is paywall'd, does NOT automatically disqualify it as a decent source. Now, historically, we want our readers to be able to visit/use/go to that source, sure.....but paywall doesn't NOT automatically make it non-usable. Just for the record. Of course, we require 2 sources.....so, if EVERYTHING in the article is just what the reporter says they saw/heard/read, that doesn't quite cut the mustard. It is a critical distinction.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:15, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:::Could I have another admin's word on this? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 17:24, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
::::It has nothing to do with admins.  Please do not confuse between admins and reviewers.  But no, whatever they hear is not verification, it is evidence.  And that needs to be verified by the reviewer.  And if a reviewer cannot verify the notes, records or recordings about an alleged incident, that is not considered okay.  I had given the example before and i say it again, if i claim to have seen a message sent by Leo Messi and I write an OR about it; if I cannot back my claims, in pizero's own words, &quot;there is no reason to consider those trustworthy.&quot;  Our trust in ARs is for their notes, not for the facts they found.  After all, they are looking for facts, not Joseph Smith's golden tablets.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/117.198.177.144|117.198.177.144]] ([[User talk:117.198.177.144|talk]]) 17:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:Not sure who wrote that, but as is often the case, things are merely being re-worded here for the sake of talk. Yes: things must be verified. You bet. Yep. Sure thing. I (as an accredited reporter here) watched live stream/live feeds of things, etc. I wrote down '''word-for-word''' what was happening or being said. My notes were placed on the talk page. Those notes were approved by the late Pi Zero (or whomever) as source material. Why? Because I have been vetted as a trustworthy person. That is how I became an accredited reporter. My notes, taken in real-time, serve to back my claims, because the community here has stamped me as 'approved'. In the spirit, we shouldn't get too wrapped up with paywalled sources, because all of that can be problematic. My notes ARE the evidence. Reading the notes is THE ACT of verifying the notes. This is also why we need 2 sources. If I saw Joe drop his spoon on the floor, and photographed it and made notes about it, if there is no other 'source material' to back up the basics of what I'm writing, then it probably wasn't/isn't newsworthy.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:14, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:::: You being vetted as trustworthy does not absolve you from requiring to provide evidence.  When reviewing your notes, I am trusting the source you used and your memory.  Writing about something from a paywalled source and publishing it requires to put my faith in something I cannot myself see, let alone verify.  And that is unacceptable.  Gaining access to something which the reviewer is barred, and people generally are barred, is inadmissible.  The reporter is trying to report without bias in an ideal case, factual; however, the info they provide is still dependent on the source they see.  And paywall is a strict no.  You want to go ahead and consider it by putting trust in it; go ahead.  But I won't consider it verified should the information not be accessible to me.  And that is precisely why we avoid the situation of ARs using &quot;Oh believe me, I saw it&quot; situation when they report something that cannot be verified from sources.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/117.198.177.144|117.198.177.144]] ([[User talk:117.198.177.144|talk]]) 19:32, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:As I've ''tried'' to make clear, I'm not a big fan of paywalled sources, here or anywhere for that matter. But let's make it simple:before today, have we had any policies that specifically address the topic in terms of guidance for sources?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:24, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
::Unfortunate, considering that seems to be the most complete source of his work history. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 20:12, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
::While I'm here, I'd like to give you a heads-up, there's another OR coming pretty soon (interview on Thursday, probably will start writing it later that day), and I don't want there to be too much of a backlog, so if you could put the Sirr article further up your priority queue that'd be great. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 20:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

== Remind me ==

.....it's fuzzy: What is the proper way to Wikilink stuff in an article? The syntax, I mean.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:27, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:You should be using {{tl|w}} for wikilinking.  {{tl|wikt}} if you want to link to wiktionary.  &amp;#123;{w|Foo}} will create a wikilink to Wikipedia page foo, if &amp;#91;[Foo]] does not exist.  If it does, it will link to local page.  &amp;#123;{w|Foo|Bar}} will create a link to foo, but the display text will be Bar.  &amp;#123;{w|Foo|anchor=SomeSection}} will like to the subsection &quot;SomeSection&quot; of the page foo.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 04:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
::I get it now. Thanks. And: that new 'Revision Slider' thing is cool! I don't know who made it, but I like it!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:07, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
:::I have never figured out its use, and quite frankly, it just slows up the page so I don't use that.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 16:08, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

== When you get a moment.......... ==

Could you ask Gryllida to check her Talk page....I requested a 'Crat take action and it appears we currently only have one.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:39, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
:She's been around here recently, but seemingly no action taken re: the RfP stuff. I contacted ''at least'' 4 Stewards at Meta, and only 1 replied. They wouldn't take action because we have a 'crat. But: well.........whatevs.......I guess we just wait......for who knows how long?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:09, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
::She said she will look soon.  However, if you do want to message her in real time, consider [https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/ joining IRC].  Use irc.libera.chat as server, and use a username bddpaux and then type &quot;/j #wn-reporters&quot;.  Depending on the time, you will find LivelyRatification, gry, mikemoral and me there.  Mike is on #wikinews and #wikinews-en too.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 15:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
::CC {{re|Bddpaux}}.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 15:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

== Please review my article ==

Please review [[Floods in central China kill 25]] when you can. [[User:Pizza0614|Pizza0614]] ([[User talk:Pizza0614|talk]]) 00:54, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thanks for changing the categories for my user cat! —[[User:Chaetodipus|chaetodipus]] ([[User talk:chaetodipus|talk]] &amp;middot; [[Special:Contributions/Chaetodipus|contribs]]) 01:09, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
:Moving the cats was easy.  Wikifying and fixing the sources was the annoying part.  In case if you use pywikibot, the command is: `python3 pwb.py category move -from:&quot;Mikemoral (Wikinewsie)&quot; -to:&quot;Chaetodipus (Wikinewsie)&quot; -pt:0`.  Make sure you use [[special:BotPasswords]] and enable editing protected pages.  They need to be manually sighted.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 04:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

== OK....... ==

Go here: [[Wikinews:Credential verification]] Why is my email address wrong, but yours isn't?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:47, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Bddpaux}} [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Credential_verification&amp;diff=4629964&amp;oldid=4589431 it was manually changed].&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/103.48.105.64|103.48.105.64]] ([[User talk:103.48.105.64|talk]]) 01:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

== IRC ==

Could you get on to complete accreditation? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:03, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

== Are you......... ==

.....still reviewing that COVID article? I might be able to finish it, but I'd need to hear from you in the next 20 minutes, or so. Very busy with work right now.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:09, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
:I am having trouble finding some things, maybe because of rapid fact changes?  Maybe if you can have a look, that would be better -- but the numbers seem ot be off.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 15:11, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
::OK....I will; always a pet peeve of mine when source organizations don't actually create NEW articles......they just endlessly tweak a standing article.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:15, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
:::Honestly: sources weren't too bad. I massage'd it a bit more than I care to, but it was a good submission.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:27, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
::::It isn't bad, but they had fluctuating numbers.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 15:28, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

== Bureaucrat ==

Gry did respond, indicating she'd voted (I couldn't see where, though).....but was a wee bit vague on when she might take ''action'' on the action for 'Crats. Any ideas on your end?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

== To make sure I understand.......... ==

Once an article is reviewed/published, the article is to be Protected. Auto-confirmed users can edit/add/take away (those changes must be sighted), but only Admins. can actually MOVE articles, right?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:34, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Bddpaux}} yes, that is correct.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/103.48.104.72|103.48.104.72]] ([[User talk:103.48.104.72|talk]]) 01:06, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

== Abuse filter? ==

Is that a bot? If so, how does it work?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:37, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Bddpaux}} it is an extension.  If an edit matches a specified patter, those edits can be classified and further automated actions can be taken.  More about it is [[m:extension:AbuseFilter|here]].
::From a clean-up perspective, can you teach me how to do blocks? I should know how to do those.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:57, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
:::{{re|Bddpaux}} Do you mean blocking accounts whose edits were caught in the filter?  Or blocking accounts in general?&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 17:04, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

== Protect?? ==

Please make sure I did protection correctly on that Australia article I just published.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:49, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

== Let's try this again........... ==

What is the proper syntax for wikilinking (and why?) Why is the 'bad' way the bad way? '''Pandemic''' in that article took the reader straight to the Wikipedia article for the word 'pandemic'.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 01:48, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Bddpaux}} {{tl|w}}.  [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:Acagastya#Remind_me or you can scroll up, it was mentioned there].&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/103.48.106.234|103.48.106.234]] ([[User talk:103.48.106.234|talk]]) 01:58, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
::OK. So the way pandemic was wikilink'd took the reader straight to Wikipedia. Is that good or bad? Are we (by using any links) hoping to ONLY link them to Cat pages here at WN? I'm sort of trying to figure out what the 'crime' is here, ''so-to-speak''.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:00, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
:::I feel linking to pandemic was redundant.  Not like they don't ''know'' what pandemic is -- {{tl|wikt}} would suit betteer for that purpose if we really want audience to know what pandemic means.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 03:16, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

== Category:Catred ==

Re:[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Catred&amp;diff=4635213&amp;oldid=4635140 this edit], I’ve seen how other wikis do this and it does not involve the ordinary REDIRECT magic word. They use a table but that is easily replaced by existing templates we already use, e.g. {{tl|ombox}}. Very little of what I added matches other wikis word got word but there are obvious limits. Licensing differences don’t mean we cannot use wiki code. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 15:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
:Licensing difference also means we cannot use wiki code as it is as under the license -- but I don't understand why we need to make it look like other wikis?  We should *NOT* have category -&gt; category redirects, after all.  So it makes it a very rare thing to begin with.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 15:23, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
::The licensing differences do not apply to wiki code unless there is wholesale copying. For example, as far as I know, there is only one way of putting in a condition like &lt;code&gt;{{#ifeq:{{PAGESINCAT:{{PAGENAME}}}}|0||&lt;/code&gt;. It would be impossible to do that in my own words because those are the words needed for it to work. I agree we should not copy things wholesale but this is a snippet for an unavoidable thing. I’m not trying to make it look like other wikis except to improve wherever possible. As for whether to have category redirects, I have seen several categories which we don’t need because there are more relevant categories e.g. [[:Category:Missing citations]] has not been used in a long time because we use the Sources template. I’ve redirected it to [[:Category:Sources]]. Then there is [[:Category:OTRS]] which needed to be moved to [[:Category:VRT]] but we shouldn’t delete the old category because it might still be linked to from elsewhere. Finally I’ve moved [[:Category:Interview]] to [[:Category:Interviews]] which wouldn’t work well if I’d deleted the original category. So I’d say we need a redirect template to clarify to other users. To be fair, you must have had a reason to create the template in 2018. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:13, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
:::Yeah, of course, those things are too simple to be copyrighted, I assumed we both had that in the back of our mind.  When I created it, pi said we won't really require it, because cat-&gt;cat redirect is highly discouraged.  But he didn't delete it, and it is sitting there, without any good use.  Don't know what to do, but yes, your edits seem all right!  Cheers!&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 17:31, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

== Team categories ==

Not so much encyclopedic as trying to bear in mind the unresolved discussion at [[:Category talk:Cristiano Ronaldo]]. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 09:45, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

== IRC ==

I've tried to reach out multiple times on IRC, so I'll do so here as well. Could we arrange a time to do the review process, or, if necessary, expedite the process to another reviewer? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 22:13, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

I ask again, could we find a time? --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 19:59, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

And once again, could we find a time? {{re|Acagastya}} --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 17:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

And yet again. --[[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 20:42, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

== Switching accounts ==

Hello, it's ICameHereForNews. I am now using this account because I have decided that I would like to use this account as my global account. Could you please move [[User:ICameHereForNews|my old userpage]] to [[User:CheatCodes4ever|my new userpage]]? [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 21:23, 4 October 2021 (UTC) &lt;br&gt;
Also, please do the same thing with my talk page. [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 21:25, 4 October 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|CheatCodes4ever}} I think you should put {{tl|doppelganger|CheatCodes4ever}} on [[user:ICameHereForNews]] and [[user talk:ICameHereForNews]].  Moving seems to be something I am not sure about; because the account wasn't renamed.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/103.48.105.78|103.48.105.78]] ([[User talk:103.48.105.78|talk]]) 07:51, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
The reason I would like it moved is because I would like to have the history and content of my userpage. [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 20:16, 5 October 2021 (UTC) &lt;br&gt;
Never mind, I'm going to use a global userpage now. Could you please delete my userpage? [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 00:49, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

== [[:File:61417197c2766.image.jpg]] copyright violation ==

{{ping|Henrymyman}} and {{ping|LivelyRatification}} as well; This file, in use on [[Inter-Korean communication lines restored]], is a copyright violation. As has been repeatedly established in various deletion discussions on Commons ([[Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kim Jong Un Gives Guidance to Nuclear Weaponization (hydrogen bomb) - 2017.jpg|example]]), images from the Korean Central News Agency are not available under a license compatible with Commons requirements. I recommend immediate removal of this file from this news story. Best regards, --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 12:38, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|Hammersoft}} It'll be replaced then. [[User:Henrymyman|Henrymyman]] ([[User talk:Henrymyman|talk]]) 12:49, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
:: Thank you. --[[User:Hammersoft|Hammersoft]] ([[User talk:Hammersoft|talk]]) 12:50, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
::Per archival policy, we can't replace the photo post-24-hour mark.  We need commons admin to delete it ({{ping|Cromium}}) and then we can mark that file as {{tl|missing image}}. [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 13:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)


== Recent attacks in Afghanistan ==
Hello Acagastya, how are you doing? 

Please see [[d:Q108905779]] - as on some other Wikinews versions, both the recent attacks may be  &quot;wrapped&quot; into one single article (to keep the topic &quot;fresh&quot; at the moment it is published, in line with your policy here). [[User:De Wikischim|De Wikischim]] ([[User talk:De Wikischim|talk]]) 22:18, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

:{{re|De Wikischim}} hi.  If someone could translate and write it here (English sources would be greatly appreciated; as we don't have fr/nl speaking reviewers), maybe one of us could review.  I can't promise anything, since I am pre-occupied for my exams. [[Special:Contributions/103.48.104.51|103.48.104.51]] ([[User talk:103.48.104.51|talk]]) 04:45, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

== Thank you ==
{{ping|Acagastya}}, I just started working on Wikinews and I do not have enough experience. Thank you for help. [[User:Miladtayan|Miladtayan]] ([[User talk:Miladtayan|talk]]) 08:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

== Award of Journalistic Magnificence ==

[[File:Award of Journalistic Magnificence.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The Award of Journalistic Magnificence is given to writers who complete a substantive body of work or series of articles, primarily focused on matters of national and/or political significance for any given nation. This extremely overdue award is being given for [[:Category:Acagastya (Wikinewsie)|two particular groups of articles]]: match reports for football (soccer) and interviews with scientists, which you’ve been writing for a number of years. The award is also to recognise your reviewing work and admin tasks. Thank you very much for your efforts and I hope you will continue to do so well into the future. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 15:06, 29 November 2021 (UTC)]]
:Thanks, {{re|Cromium}}.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 11:19, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
{{clear}}

== Do you enjoy blocking accounts? ==

Does blocking accounts make you horny? Oh baby! Does it make you feel good at night? Is it better than porn for you? You know you want to rub oil on the people who you block. You filthy pervert. The only reason you were made an admin is because you can't give a decent bedroom performance. I recommend that you spend some time at the gym and eat something healthy (maybe an apple) instead of Kentucky Fried Chicken.--[[User:10s and Thunders|10s and Thunders]] ([[User talk:10s and Thunders|talk]]) 02:44, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|10s and Thunders}} jokes on you, I am vegan.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/103.48.104.14|103.48.104.14]] ([[User talk:103.48.104.14|talk]]) 03:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

== Suggestions Wanted!! ==

In [[WHO classifies new South African variant of COVID-19 'Omicron' as 'Variant of Concern']] a new section can be added which would include recent updates about the news. For e.g. ==Recent Developments== &lt;br&gt;Is it okay to add it? [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 16:15, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|2006nishan178713}} news articles don't do &quot;recent developments&quot; -- that is encyclopædic.  News articles are snapshot in time and therefore should be focused around that.  If you feel there was a recent development about the new variant -- there should be a separate article discussing just that.  See these articles for example [[Pakistan's National Assembly passes bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas]], [[Pakistani President signs bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 05:45, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

== Question ==

I didn't understand this. Can you please explain?? https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_President_Putin_visits_India,_signs_major_trade_and_arms_deal&amp;diff=4652547&amp;oldid=4652546&amp;diffmode=source[[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 05:25, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
:Understood [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 06:21, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
::{{re|2006nishan178713}} which dollar is it -- better to specify.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 11:19, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

== Request deletion ==

Please delete - 
*[[Gameshow producer spoke out about &quot;will divorce his wife if he doesn't have a son&quot;]] (Exact copyvio of https://nld.com.vn/giai-tri/nha-san-xuat-gameshow-len-tieng-vu-se-ly-hon-vo-neu-khong-de-con-trai-20211203162830872.htm)
*[[December 3: There were 13,670 cases of COVID-19 in 59 provinces and cities; Hanoi has a record high of 791 cases]] (Machine translation to english of https://moh.gov.vn/tin-lien-quan/-/asset_publisher/vjYyM7O9aWnX/content/ngay-3-12-co-13-670-ca-covid-19-tai-59-tinh-thanh-pho-ha-noi-cao-ky-luc-voi-791-ca-mac) [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 06:22, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
:{{re|2006nishan178713}} consider tagging for {{tl|speedy}}.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 11:20, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

== Delete ==

This article is to be deleted today
[[Killamarsh, UK quadruple murder suspect also charged with rape]] [[User:2006nishan178713|2006nishan178713]] ([[User talk:2006nishan178713|talk]]) 05:41, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

== 'Chess engine' article ==

This article has been floating, unpublished for quite some time. Do you plan to take some action on it soon? Perhaps move it into a Sandbox maybe?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:44, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

== My status ==

Hi ... long time ... sorry. Unfortunately I cannot commit enough time nor be reliable enough to be a bureaucrat. I will try to check in often enough so that I can remain an emergency sysop. I hope all is well with you. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 03:11, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

== Wikinewsie ==

https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Cloud_VPS_2021_Purge#wikinewsie

You know better than me on whether that's still in use. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 12:08, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

==A request==
Could you please delete [[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|my talk page]]? I would like to use my old talk page instead, but then move it. [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 22:39, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
:Which one? You have quite a history. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 02:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
::The one I linked to. [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 07:04, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
:::I guess I should clarify as I know what page you want deleted, but what is the talk page you want to move to that space? Also, this is a highly unusual procedure. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 12:09, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
:{{ping|SVTCobra}} Sorry for the late reply, but I would like [[User talk:ICameHereForNews]] renamed to [[User talk:CheatCodes4ever]]. [[User:CheatCodes4ever|CheatCodes4ever]] ([[User talk:CheatCodes4ever|talk]]) 04:49, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

== Abuse filter ==

Hi, I think [[Special:AbuseLog/15502]] is a false positive for the cs-spam rule. Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 17:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
:It happened again. [[Special:AbuseLog/15503]]. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
::You may wish to consider excluding talk /ns:1 from the filter. — [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:smaller&quot;&gt;[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]&lt;/span&gt;'' 23:18, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

== [[special:abusefilter/38]] ==

Hi.  I have removed all the complex string matches in the second half of the filter, and that didn't trigger the false positives when retested, though did let through one of two positives.  Probably better to restart building those sort of straight string matches anew as they are always a little hit and miss. Also noting that that sort of spamming for /38 has stopped for a while now. — [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:smaller&quot;&gt;[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]&lt;/span&gt;'' 23:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

== How we will see unregistered users ==

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Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin '''will still be able to access the IP'''. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Improving tools|better tools]] to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|read more on Meta]]. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|subscribe]] to [[m:Tech/News|the weekly technical newsletter]].

We have [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation#IP Masking Implementation Approaches (FAQ)|two suggested ways]] this identity could work. '''We would appreciate your feedback''' on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can [[m:Talk:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|let us know on the talk page]]. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. 
/[[m:User:Johan (WMF)|Johan (WMF)]]&lt;section end=content/&gt;

18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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== Unused files ==

Hello. Doing some background admin stuff and saw these files you uploaded a few years ago. They are not in use anywhere and seem to all be marked as fair use although they also have free licenses from yourself. Can I ask what you intend to do with them?
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Cheers. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 18:56, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
:To be moved to commons, {{re|Cromium}}.  Just that I was going to use either pywikibot, or the APIs, but that is stalled.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 09:01, 24 January 2022 (UTC)
::Understood. No worries. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 09:48, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

== Test page ==

Where can I put the Test page or sandbox?--[[Special:Contributions/47.234.198.142|47.234.198.142]] ([[User talk:47.234.198.142|talk]]) 23:20, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
:We have the [[:Wikinews:Sandbox]] if you want to test something. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 00:28, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

== Temporary change to article length ==
Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4659525|proposal]]. The minimum requirements for [[:WN:LENGTH|article length]] will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:20, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

== Abuse filter ==

Hi. Any ideas for how we can improve the spam filters to stop this wave of phone number spam? Cheers, --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 16:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
:{{re|SVTCobra}} I have added a rather loose rule in #37, which I hope should work?  If it does not, ping me here and I will check?&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 16:24, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

== Archiving ==

Uff. You have just gone and done what Cromimum and I were avoiding. See [[User talk:Cromium#Archiving]]. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 06:57, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
:It is 10 or a week, as pi used to put it.  But if we are sticking to 12, let's put out two quickly, then!&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 07:32, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
::We were experimenting with trying to fill the whitespace on the front page without a hard and fast number. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 14:38, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
:::That depends on the size of the lede.  It grows and shrinks -- so that is going to be a rather difficult task for rather trivial problem -- white-spaces will depend on screen-resolution, browser CSS and what not.  Is there something more to it, or are we just trying to minimise the white-space?&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 10:30, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
::::It was mainly to eliminate whitespace for aesthetics and evolve Pi zero's philosophy of keeping the list longer than the policy strictly proscribes. Cromimum was viewing on a phone and I on a computer, and things lined up. But I can see that things do change a bit when I use the zoom feature on my browser. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 16:04, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
:::::The white space is going to be enoromous on phone, (it is not visible if you use m.wikinews as compared to desktop site), if you change skins, or have custom CSS (I have zoomed in, and large fonts for better reading), that will be affected too.  Ten + few should be okay, but more than 15, that starts getting too long, imo. [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 16:43, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

== Requested edit ==

Please edit [[User:Acagastya/popup.js]] to remove the redlink &quot;[[:Category:X1]]&quot; example. —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 16:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
:Should be done now.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 18:14, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

== Re: accreditation ==

Thinking of going out—wondering whether I can be forwarded a final copy of my WN press pass. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 15:52, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
:Also, I got a new phone, and now no longer have access to Authenticator for WN login, which means I cannot review OR articles (cc {{re|LivelyRatification}}) or make any e-mails. Please can we coordinate a time for troubleshooting. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 05:52, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
::{{re|JJLiu112}} Feel free to send me any alternative email if you have one to forward on the correspondence to. [[User:LivelyRatification|LivelyRatification]] ([[User talk:LivelyRatification|talk]]) 05:56, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
:::Please forward to jjliu112@yahoo.com. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:06, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
::::{{re|LivelyRatification}} [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:17, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
:::::{{re|JJLiu112}} Hi, sorry I didn't get to this, was busy all day yesterday. Given the election has happened already, I think the article would be stale, but I've forwarded it on. [[User:LivelyRatification|LivelyRatification]] ([[User talk:LivelyRatification|talk]]) 19:58, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
:{{re|JJLiu112}} I am hoping your phone number hasn't changed since (I don't remember our discussion of the blood group, so sending one with and without one -- you can fill up at your own leisure if you like) -- please check your email which I will send shortly.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 06:19, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
::{{re|JJLiu112}} please PING me on IRC (acagastya@libera.chat) in about 12 hours from now?  (Regarding the email problem.)  [https://time-convertor.toolforge.org/1653070920 That should be around 1:30 PM in US/Central?]&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 06:24, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
:::I've school tomorrow. Does 22:00 work (08:30 New Delhi time)? [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:56, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
::::22:30 or 23:00 would still be better, yes.  [https://time-convertor.toolforge.org/1653105600 TC link.] [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 07:06, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
::I have downloaded the images. Thank you very much. [[User:JJLiu112|JJLiu112]] ([[User talk:JJLiu112|talk]]) 06:57, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

== Temporary change to freshness ==
Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current [[:Special:Diff/4682800|proposal]]. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 17:40, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

== WN-reporters ==

I can log in to my email account at wn-reporters.org, but can't actually send an email. How is the status of things there?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 22:20, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

== Calendar updates ... ==

Is that you or a bot? I know some people want your input on things. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 07:16, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

== [[200 in New Delhi, India drink cow urine to fight off COVID-19]] and [[:Category:Wackynews]] ==

Hello, long time since we interacted! Good to see you!
Anyway, Pi zero and I debated Wackynews in the past. He convinced me it is best left unused. It is far too subjective what is &quot;wacky&quot;. Is drinking cow urine bizarre? I don't know, but it '''is''' unusual and may not make sense to other people. Doesn't every religion have something that ''most'' other people would consider bizarre or wacky? ''&quot;Wacky Muslims walk in a circle around a stone block in the desert&quot;'' or perhaps ''&quot;Wacky Christians think Jesus came back from the dead&quot;''.
Also, the use of Wackynews could be seen as personally disrespectful. If a person died in a freak accident (and 'freak' is a loaded term, too) which was highly unlikely, is that Wackynews? I wouldn't want to read about a relative of mine dying in an unusual manner being consider wacky.
I do not know where there are archives of these discussions, but the idea was to keep the category because it has so many old stories and even subcategories, but to stop using it in new articles.
I am certainly open to more input on this topic, especially since Pi zero is no longer with us. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 04:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

== Are you OK? ==

Hi, haven't seen you for a while. Are you alright? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:50, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

== Protection Request ==

I notice that you are one of the more active Admins on this project. Would you be able to semi-protect my Talk page to only allow autoconfirmed users to edit it? LTA IP accounts are spamming me and also repeatedly trying to hack into my account (multiple failed login emails). [[User:Xania|Xania]] ([[User talk:Xania|talk]]) 04:44, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

:{{done}} -- [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 11:23, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

==維基新聞2022 ==  供您採取行動：https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/News/Cloud_VPS_2022_Purge#wikinewsie [[使用者：Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[使用者談話：Leaderboard|talk]]) 2023年1月3日15:13（UTC）

== Are you be right? ==

How are You? My friend. I hope to reach some plans and cooperation from various wikinews language programs... But I'm surprised to find that you haven't appeared for a long time. Are you okay? Greetings, happy New Year, I wish you good health and peace...--[[User:Kitabc12345|Kitabc12345]] ([[User talk:Kitabc12345|talk]]) 05:54, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

:Sorry, I seem to have made an error in the above post. Sorry, I didn't mean to. QwQ [[User:Kitabc12345|Kitabc12345]] ([[User talk:Kitabc12345|talk]]) 05:57, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

== [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2023]] ==

Hello. We've created [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2023]], which will start on February 1 and end on May 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 and 2013 contests. As a reviewer and accredited reporter who has recently been inactive, it would be a great time for you to rejoin. If you are interested in signing up, please do so at [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2023#Entrants]] and [[Wikinews:Writing contest 2023#Point scoring|create a category for the articles you submit]]. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 04:00, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

== Happy ==

So happy to see you log in. I've been struggling to keep up with the spam. How are you? [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 06:52, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

== Email..... ==

What is the state of our WN Reporters email account? Is it still active? I am having trouble logging into my account.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:01, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

:Hi, I'd like to also reset my password to wn-reporters email please. Alas, I lost a hard drive last year with my wn-reporters email and ssh access info. (Note: in this instance 'lost' means I still have possession of it; it's bricked as a part of the laptop melted.) Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:36, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
::I guess too late to bring you all in a ping, but I can look into it tonight.  Sorry for being AWOL, folks.&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/115.242.145.126|115.242.145.126]] ([[User talk:115.242.145.126|talk]]) 11:20, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
:::Glad you're still alive! What is the status? I need a password re-set for my email account.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:41, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
:Just checking in... I need to access my email... as do many other people.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:45, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
::For some reason, I am locked out of IRC, {{ping|Bddpaux|Gryllida}}, how can I connect with you guys to get back the access? [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 06:19, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
:::did you get back onto irc? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 16:26, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
I don't know. I don't really mess around in the IRC world.....sorry. Can you contact me via email to give me my wikinewsie email log-in credentials? --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:50, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
:::Got your email... thanks. The re-set didn't work, though.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:28, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
:And, furthermore: I would be glad to help you with the co$t of maintaining that space/service.... just tell me how I can do that.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:53, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
::{{ping|Bddpaux}} what do you mean the reset didn't work?  It was supposed to be done at &quot;https://mail.wn-reporters.org/&quot; -- and just put the username (that is, if your email was foo@wn-reporters.org, just enter foo there, then the current password.  Then the new password.)&lt;br&gt;[[Special:Contributions/2401:4900:1F29:4263:4C15:9A2C:3D72:6BE2|2401:4900:1F29:4263:4C15:9A2C:3D72:6BE2]] ([[User talk:2401:4900:1F29:4263:4C15:9A2C:3D72:6BE2|talk]]) 14:42, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
:::{{ping|Acagastya}}Yeah, well: it appears I've lost my old password. Can I get a fresh re-set, please?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:02, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
::::{{ping|Acagastya}} Hello?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

== Need your input on a policy impacting gadgets and UserJS ==

&lt;div lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; class=&quot;mw-content-ltr&quot;&gt;
Dear interface administrator, 

This is Samuel from the Security team and I hope my message finds you well.

There is an [[m:Talk:Third-party resources policy|ongoing discussion]] on a proposed policy governing the use of external resources in gadgets and UserJS. The proposed [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Third-party resources policy|Third-party resources policy]] aims at making the UserJS and Gadgets landscape a bit safer by encouraging best practices around external resources. After an initial non-public conversation with a small number of interface admins and staff, we've launched a much larger, public consultation to get a wider pool of feedback for improving the policy proposal. Based on the ideas received so far, the proposed policy now includes some of the risks related to user scripts and gadgets loading third-party resources, best practices for gadgets and UserJS developers, and exemptions requirements such as code transparency and inspectability.

As an interface administrator, your feedback and suggestions are warmly welcome until July 17, 2023 on the [[m:Talk:Third-party resources policy|policy talk page]].

Have a great day!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;bdi lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;[[m:User:Samuel (WMF)|Samuel (WMF)]], on behalf of the Foundation's Security team&lt;/bdi&gt; 23:02, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
&lt;!-- Message sent by User:Samuel (WMF)@metawiki using the list at https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Samuel_(WMF)/IAdmins_MassMessage_list_1&amp;oldid=25272788 --&gt;
:Why are you asking this here? Would the proposed policy change affect any of the gadgets at this wiki? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 16:27, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

== [[:File:2018 Bangalore ComicCon (media) 8.jpg]] ==
Hi! This file does not have a license. Perhaps you could add one? Also I'm thinking most of the ComicCon files should be moved to Commons. If they are free they can be used on other wikis. If they are derivative works then they should be deleted anyway. So there is no big risk moving unused files to Commons. As I understand it Commons allow most files now. It is mostly a problem if the photo show a mask. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 14:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
:[[User:MGA73|MGA73]]: It appears the organizers of that ComicCon forbade Acagastya from using media produced there anywhere but at ''Wikinews'', yet Acagastya said above they had planned to export all those to Commons. Well, I don't know how that'd be compatible with the restrictions given. At any rate, I've copied over the licensing used on other files in that cat to this one. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 18:02, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
::[[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] according to [[:c:Commons:Non-copyright_restrictions#&quot;House_rules&quot;]] that is no problem for Commons. However it could perhaps limit the future access to making good photos if the organizers of that ComicCon find out and is upset about it. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 15:35, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

== DEFAULTSORT and EzPR ==
Can I ask why you did [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3AGadget-easyPeerReview.js&amp;diff=4577164&amp;oldid=4293058 this]? It seems to me we'd ''want'' to keep DEFAULTSORT, especially as the DPLs think an article was published on the day DEFAULTSORT was added, so adding it after the day of publication creates problems &amp;mdash; I've seen admins add DEFAULTSORT to archived articles like your [['Rock and roll never dies': Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years]], pushing them to the top of the DPLs (which is why WN:ARCHIVE says not to). [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 18:42, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

== Please take some time out of your busy schedule ==

Dear Acagastya,

Hello and I hope you and your family are doing well.

* I'm getting digital ocean failed payment receipts
* Lacking access to wn-reporters, either via 
** ssh or 
** scoop email,
:as my previous laptop melted and hard drive died

Could you please take around 10 minutes out of your busy work or family schedule and investigate.

1) For ssh access my new pubkey is included below.

 ssh-rsa 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 ADUNSW+z3480510@L-B2HDRG3

2) For digital ocean payments I will require my own digital ocean account to be added to the list of people who can pay bills for wn-reporters. My digital ocean ID is &quot;svetlana.tkachenko@fastmail.com&quot; and it may or may not work. Testing may be necessary to see how this will work. (This may require additional time from you at around the time the invoice is due, or repeated follow ups in case it doesn't work and requires support from DigitalOcean.)

3) For scoop email I believe that I require a password reset, ...

3a) ...and instructions how to set and reset passwords for other users such as new reviewers.

Many many thanks and I hope to hear from you soon. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:08, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
:[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], did you try Acagastya's [https://mail.wn-reporters.org/ link for a password reset]? [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 05:29, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
::Don't have my current passphrase. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:00, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
:::I had emailed you, do you require a new one? [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 12:53, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
:The SSH key was added (for the `gry` account, not the `svetlana_tkachenko`.)  You can check groups(1) for both. [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 12:58, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

== Freshness on this interview ==
Hi, I was wondering if you could advise, when you have a chance, on your assessment of [['Creativity is boundless': Wikinews interviews science fiction artist Artnoob100|this interview]]'s freshness; it was conducted (by a newbie) on August 25. With the not-ready-revise-resubmit cycle (which included another reviewer judging it stale on September 26 but then agreeing with my disagreement with that assessment, after which I left it untouched for a while because it'd seemed they were going to re-review it) and myself getting distracted with other reviews (prominently, [[Wikinews attends Animeleague's summer 2023 Birmingham, UK Anime &amp; Gaming Con|this]]), the first month or so in which I'd be comfortable with the freshness for its sort based on precedent vanished. And, now, even if the author is able to respond immediately to my latest query on the talk page, I don't feel comfortable with it. :S [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 16:33, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
:{{ping|Heavy Water}} a quick glance at the interview, it doesn't pass the [[WN:SG]], and it looks more like a promo, tbrh.  I am not comfortable with the tone.  But given there isn't an immediate expiry of freshness, should those problems be addressed, I don't see why it can't be moved forward.&lt;Br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 04:27, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
::OK, thanks. I'll take that into account if and when I do a full review on it. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 05:08, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

== Use of geocats on cats ==
Sorry to occupy your time with this. I think [[Category talk:News articles by person|these 2019 discussions]] were where I got that notion from. Pi zero said therein, &quot;[G]eocats themselves usually only belong to the next category up the ladder: Category:Boston, Massachusetts belongs to Category:Massachusetts, but not to Category:United States nor to Category:North America; which is done that way to avoid cluttering up the list of subcategories of the larger geocats.&quot; ({{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Category:Guam|action=history}}|here}}, the same principle is treated as not just usual, but SOP). Later in the same discussion, he extended it to categorization of other cats: &quot;Re geocats, as I already noted, the category relations don't get transitive closure: if he's [Robert Dziekański, beaten to death by police in Vancouver] in Vancouver, he wouldn't be in British Columbia, nor Canada, nor North America; we'd choose ''one'' of those.&quot; (For what it's worth, I agree these shouldn't be categorized into geocats higher than the lowest-level to minimize clutter. It seems to me that's a main reason we would subcategorize within the tree, instead of their existence being simply for collating articles for and providing more specific reader-facing DPLs.) [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 19:14, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
:For categories, yes, it should be just one higher-up, but we even had discussions for country-level, because states will be many a times empty, other than a few popular places.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 04:43, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
::Sorry, so you're saying a geocat's only parent geocat would be next-level, while, say, the Delhi Sealing Drive cat's would be the Delhi NCT and even India? [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 18:54, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
:::No, that was my mistake. [[Special:Contributions/2401:4900:1CC4:C3FB:88FD:55C0:33ED:D599|2401:4900:1CC4:C3FB:88FD:55C0:33ED:D599]] ([[User talk:2401:4900:1CC4:C3FB:88FD:55C0:33ED:D599|talk]]) 19:22, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

== Question about DR and comment about bot ==
Hi!

There is not much action on either [[Wikinews:Bots#Requests]] or [[Wikinews:Deletion_requests#825_sxw-files]]. With no active crats I will try to ask a steward on Meta about the bot flag.

Is there any chance you could have a look and decide what to do with the DR? If I'm granted a bot flag it would be nice to know if the sxw-files are to be deleted or not. If they are deleted I will skip them. If they are to be kept I will fix them with my bot.

The background info is now located at [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August]].

Thanks a lot --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 14:39, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

== Source of files ==
Hi! You have uploaded some photos in [[:Category:Acagastya (Wikinewsie)]]. You have not added a source. Are you the photographer? If yes perhaps you could chose a free license instead of fair use? --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 09:49, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
:If [[User:MGA73|you]]'re referring to the Tippu Express images (which are the only source-less images I see in there), they are credited to &quot;Mysore Division, South Western Railway&quot; by the relevant articles. But I also note [[Talk:Wikinews discusses International Women's Day celebration with Mysore Divisional Railway Manager#Media files|this]]. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 04:51, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
:: Thank you [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]]. Yes it was those. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 12:12, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
::: [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] and Acagastya, I fixed [[:File:All-women crew steers Tippu Express (1).jpg]]. You are welcome to check. Can copy to other files once checked. [[Template:GODL-India]] does not exist here on Wikinews so I made a link instead. But I think we should have the license here too. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 19:12, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

== social media ==

Hi, [[Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#social_media_for_reviewers_and_authors_and_developers]] may be of interest to you as a reviewer, thanks and regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:52, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

== [[:Category:CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 IN]] ==
Hi! Any chance you would relicense those photos and remove the NC and ND? If not they need a fair use rationale. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 10:49, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

== Requesting a review ==

Hello @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]], I'm new to Wikinews and have been looking for someone to review my first article, submitted on Saturday [[Three world records surprisingly set at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships|here]]. Unfortunately there are few active reviewers, so I am trying to reach out to see if it can be reviewed before it goes stale and gets deleted.

I'm interested in sticking around and contributing more, so I would be happy to review one of your future articles in return if I can become a reviewer in the coming months. If you aren't available, I was wondering you could approve [[Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Asheiou|Asheiou's RfP]] so that they might be able to review it?

Thank you, --[[User:Habst|Habst]] ([[User talk:Habst|talk]]) 19:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

== LTA ==
Hi. It's been asked at AAA that a certain LTA be CUed to impose a rangeblock or have a filter configured to prevent their actions. Pretty much every day, they create a new account &amp;mdash; although I just now saw them editing as an IP [[Special:Contributions/168.9.212.208|here]] &amp;mdash; and begin harassing users on their talk pages and on [[Talk:National Rugby League Women in League Round celebrates sons|this article talk page]]. Notably, these are the same few strings of text every time. Could you, when you have time, look into this? I ask since you're the more active CU. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 17:07, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
:{{ping|Heavy Water}} looks like /24 didnt give anything useful.  Could you share diffs of their abuse ptterna for the filter?  Also; maybe a global crat  mightbe able to tackle that too?  I have blocked this IP for now.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 04:54, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
::These are the typical signatures I've seen: [[Special:Diff/4773126]], [[Special:Diff/4772138]], [[Special:Diff/4772093]]. Sometimes I've seen &quot;You deserve to fucking die faggot&quot; as a variation on the second one. Often they'll also request adminship, like [[Special:Diff/4773127|here]]. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 04:38, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] I believe this is the [[meta:User:Leonidlednev/LTAs/ACV|Australian childish vandal]]. Since their IP range changes a lot, a range block would be considered ineffective. Page protection would be a better option though. However, recently they deliberately trigger the edit filter so their accounts would get blocked automatically anyway. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:3FA3:8020:FC39:D0A0:DA2:93D2|2600:1700:3FA3:8020:FC39:D0A0:DA2:93D2]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:3FA3:8020:FC39:D0A0:DA2:93D2|talk]]) 02:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

== [[Ramkripalyadavg]]  ==

Hello, can you delete the news article? The article was created by a user who spams across wikis. He has made articles on Indonesian Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Esperanto Wikipedia, Catalan Wikipedia and others [[User:Badak Jawa|Badak Jawa]] ([[User talk:Badak Jawa|talk]]) 12:03, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

:Wikidata items will not be deleted if the article on English Wikinews has not been deleted by one of the English Wikinews administrators [[User:Badak Jawa|Badak Jawa]] ([[User talk:Badak Jawa|talk]]) 12:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

== I should know this...... ==

....and am slightly embarrassed that I don't! But: What the heck is a CheckUser? What does the job actually entail?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

== You have email ==

I just sent you an email via the &quot;Email this user&quot; function here at Wikinews. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 21:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

== CU request ==

I have posted [[Wikinews:Requests_for_CheckUser#Suspected_lock_evasion|a new request for CheckUser]]. Thanks, [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

== Accredited reporters ==

Hello. Hope you're well. Just added User:Asheiou to [[:Wikinews:Credential verification]]. How do we generate the reporter ID? Cheers. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 23:54, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

:[https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec/en.wikinews.org/Asheiou X's tools] is what I have been using.  It should be &quot;2,863,687&quot;.  {{ping|Asheiou}}. {{unsigned|Acagastya|06:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)}}
::@[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] ^^ [[User:Asheiou|A.S. Thawley]] ([[User talk:Asheiou|talk]]) ([https://asheiou.uk/calendar calendar]) 21:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

== Wikinewsie email account ==

We tried to deal with this last Summer, but the convo sort of fell apart. I need to access my Wikinewsie email account. I have lost my password, so I need a fresh re-set. Can you shoot that over to my yahoo email, please?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] I am in office, atm.  If you have the SSH access, can you change the UNIX pass for bddpaux's reporter mail, and send that to them.  @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] once you have received it, you will have to reset it via mail.wn-reporters.org.  {{unsigned|Acagastya|06:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)}}

::Ok, thanks..... should I look for that notice in my Yahoo email account??--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:04, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
:::This is still a problem. Can you take some action, please?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:22, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
::::While we're on the subject, I think my wn-reporters account never did get added to scoop. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 05:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::Ping {{ping|Gryllida}} again to look at this. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 05:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
::::::I noted elsewhere I lost ssh access. I provided Acagastya with my current ssh pubkey on August 29 and he did not add it to my account yet still. (I also do not have access to the email currently for months now.)
::::::The causes involved one hardware failure and my absent backups for ssh pubkeys. I will try to improve on this after regaining the access. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:18, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
::::::I will do it tonight along with MCW's mail.&lt;br&gt; [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 10:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
:::::::(@[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] already got password reset for his wn-reporters account. I sent him an email. I am awaiting his reply confirming he was able to log in.) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:01, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
:I have changed my email. It appears things aren't flowing, however.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:45, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
::Please clarify? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:06, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
::I am happy to '''connect with you with screen sharing''', see https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/gryllidawn2024 but I will need your note first, so I can go to a device with audio. Or email me '''a screenshot of error message'''? Or write text of error here. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

== Help ==

Hi

Hope you are doing well.

Here are submitted for peer review:

* [[Photo exhibition “Ethnic features of the world people” took place in the Crimean capital]]
* [[On the campaign trail in the USA, June 2024]]
*[[&quot;Machu Picchu, and not only...&quot;, a new photo exhibition by Viktor Pinchuk was held in Crimea]]

Could you please review? Even a little edit or just one review would help a lot. (I don't require a commitment to review every day from now on.)

Would you like to get notified of new drafts submitted for review? If so, please tell me which topics (or any topic) and where (email, wiki messages, push notification on smart phone, notification in wiki Notifications, or somewhere else).

Would you find a [[WN:RNA]] page for reviewers useful, it would be similar to [[WN:AAA]] but intended for reviewers to discuss reviewing and related software.

Would you be interested other communications off-wiki to create audio or video contact with other reviewers? I think this online gathering could be an essential part to deduce how to make article authoring and review easier. It could be just 30 minutes a month, and you don't have to participate every time. I would write a meeting minutes note after each session and publish it on-wiki if desired.

Thanks!

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:22, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

== Still wondering........ ==

@[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]] I still need access/log-in to my Wikinewsie email account, please.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:13, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

:Hi, {{ping|Gryllida}} should be able to assist you with password reset. [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 06:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
::Yup I sent you an email to your personal account, Bddpaux [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:25, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] Please see my remarks below. There was a web mail situation way back (which filled me with joy)... not sure if that situation has indigestion right now or what.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 23:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

== Well........ ==

This appears to be live: wn-reporters.org Great. Good. Super. And, if I'm literate, it appears that what Grylidda did functioned to help me change my password -- sort of, I think, '''maybe''' -- however, the webmail seems to be down (I think). I don't swim in the world of email 'clients'...sorry. There is email and ''not'' email in my world. I really need to see/get/read things that flow via Scoop. Maybe I need some help, in the way one helps a German Shepherd........--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 23:24, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] what is your Operating System? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:29, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
:(Mac or Windows or Linux?) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:29, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
:Install {{W|Thunderbird}}, it has a very easy wizard to add a new account. It will ask for your full name, email (paul[[File:At sign.svg|15px|@|link=]]wn-reporters.org), and password - and I hope it will do everything else for you. Please let me know how it goes? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:18, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
::Windows--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]])

== How........ ==

is Me Da Wikipedian still able to post on this project if they received an indef. block?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 00:17, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

:Only at their personal talk page, currently. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:19, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]] and @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] do you think they still need talk page access or does it need to be revoked? Revoking talk page access is an option if this is needed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:14, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
::I don't know. Let me think about it a bit. It was just such a BIZARRE thing to do. --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:41, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] Their talk page has already been revoked after a final warning by @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]. Nothing more to do here. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 05:13, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

== Review Help Needed - Update 1 (April 15, 2025) ==

Hello!

This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now:

{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
! Event Date !! Link
!Did I edit substantially?
|-
| April 6 Sunday ||
* [[Deadly attack on gold miners in Papua leaves multiple casualties and sparks security response]]
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|-
|April 9 Wednesday
|
* [[Prison confession and police interrogation video of Delphi bridge murderer made public for first time]]
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|-
|April 9 Wednesday
|
* [[Helicopter crash in South Africa blamed on 'unsecured' penguin]]
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|-
|April 10 Thursday
|
* [[Authorities identify Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney CBD, Australia]]
|YES
|-
|April 10 Thursday
|
* [[US Health Secretary vows to determine cause of autism by September]]
|YES
|-
|April 12 Saturday
|
* [[Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman]]
|
|-
|April 13 Sunday
|
* [[Nobel laureate writer from Peru, Vargas Llosa dies]]
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|-
|April 14 Monday
|
* [[President Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported U.S. man, confounding U.S. Supreme Court order]]
|
|-
|April 14 Monday
|
* [[Pop singer Katy Perry safely returns to Earth from outer space]]
|
|}

Suggested action:

* Start to review from the top of the list.
* As the list may be out of date, please check the '''[[WN:Newsroom]]''' at your earliest convenience.

I'm planning to send this reminder twice a week. To unsubscribe, please visit [[User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review]] and inquire at the talk page. '''If you wish, I can narrow it down to only notify you of new stories in your preferred region or topic. Please let me know if you are interested in this option.'''

Please let me know if you require assistance or would like to connect with me to do a few reviews together before you proceed to do them fully on your own.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida]] 11:44, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
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== Review Help Needed - Update 2 (April 21, 2025) - 17 articles awaiting review ==

Hello! :-)

This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request your assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now:

{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
|+ Caption
! Event Date !! Link
!Did I edit substantially?
|-
|April 9 Wednesday
|
* [[Prison confession and police interrogation video of Delphi bridge murderer made public for first time]]
|
|-
|April 10 Thursday
|
* [[US Health Secretary vows to determine cause of autism by September]]
|YES
|-
|
|[[Suspect taken into custody and charged after Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is forced to evacuate gubernatorial mansion with family following suspected arson attack]]
|
|-
|April 12 Saturday
|[[Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman]]
|
|-
|
|[[Weezer performs at Coachella music festival with bassist Scott Shriner four days after his wife was shot by Los Angeles police, charged with attempted murder]]
|
|-
|April 13 Sunday
|[[Sumy, Ukraine hit with two missiles by Russia]]
|
|-
|April 14 Monday
|
* [[President Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported U.S. man, confounding U.S. Supreme Court order]]
|
|-
|April 14 Monday
|[[Pop singer Katy Perry safely returns to Earth from outer space]]
|
|-
|
|[[Thousands hospitalised in Iraq due to sandstorm]]
|
|-
|
|[[Teen's murder of both parents was part of larger plot to assassinate Donald Trump and overthrow US government, newly-released FBI affidavit says]] [[Teen's murder of both parents was part of larger plot to assassinate Donald Trump and overthrow US government, newly-released FBI affidavit says|(Date TBC)]]
|
|-
|April 15 Tuesday
|[[New rape and sexual assault charges trial for Harvey Weinstein in Manhattan]]
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|-
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|[[Protester tasered and arrested at town hall hosted by US Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene]]
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|-
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|[[Several suspects dead in South Africa after shootout results in the rescue of abducted US pastor]]
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|-
|
|[[16 year old Torquay boy arrested after stealing Lexus in Exeter]]
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|-
|
|
|
|-
|April 16 Wednesday
|[[Rwandan government releases Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey]]
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|-
|
|[[German prosecutors charge doctor with murder of over a dozen patients via anaesthetic drugs, arson]]  [[German prosecutors charge doctor with murder of over a dozen patients via anaesthetic drugs, arson|Date TBC]]
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|-
|April 17 Thursday
|[[Four dead in cable car crash in area south of Naples]]
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|-
|April 18 Friday
|[[Ryan Gosling cast in upcoming Star Wars film]]
|
|-
|
|[[Cincinnati Reds win against Baltimore Orioles]]
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|-
|
|
|
|}

Suggested action:

* Start to review, perhaps from the top of the list. 
* Please, aim to review at least one article a fortnight, if able. We currently have less than 50% activity among reviewers, with many '''not having made an edit within last two years'''. If there is something that can help you with coming back, please let me know. I'm happy to chat with you at IRC, wiki, audio, or any preferred platform and do several reviews together. If there is some other motivator, I'm eager to know what it is and get it done as soon as possible.
* As the list may be out of date, please check the '''[[WN:Newsroom]]''' at your earliest convenience.

I'm planning to send this reminder twice a week. To unsubscribe, please visit [[User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review]] and inquire at the talk page. '''If you wish, I can narrow it down to only notify you of new stories in your preferred region or topic. Please let me know if you are interested in this option.'''

Please let me know if you require assistance or would like to connect with me to do a few reviews together before you proceed to do them fully on your own.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 06:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
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== Welcome back ==

[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:10, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

== Review Help Requested - Update 3 (April 26, 2025) - 2 articles awaiting review ==

Hello :-) This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request your assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now: 

* [[Tesla reports 71% profit loss in 25Q1 vs 24Q1, Elon Musk to reduce government work commitment]] TUESDAY April 22 (Gryllida did a major edit, and cannot review) - '''4 days ago'''
* [[Lion mauls, kills teenage girl in Kenya]] SATURDAY April 19 - '''7 days ago''' LAST DAY TO REVIEW IS TODAY

Please review urgently. 

As the list may be out of date, please check the '''[[WN:Newsroom]]''' at your earliest convenience.

You're welcome to join [[WN:IRC|the live chat]] for real time collaboration.

(I'm planning to send this reminder approximately twice a week. To unsubscribe, please visit [[User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review]] and inquire at the talk page. '''If you wish, I can narrow it down to only notify you of new stories in your preferred region or topic. Please let me know if you are interested in this option.''')

Please let me know if you require assistance or would like to connect with me to do a few reviews together before you proceed to do them fully on your own.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
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== Review Help Requested - Update 4 (May 24, 2025) - 18 articles awaiting review ==

Hello, legendary Wikinews Reviewer :-)

Please review any of the below now. This is a sortable table. Please check [[Wikinews:Newsroom]] for the latest revision.

{| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;
|+
!
!
!
!
|-
|[[Rock musician, Tommy Lee and wife split after 6 years of marriage]]
|16??
|
|
|-
|[[Orleans Parish facility maintenance worker charged with allegedly helping inmates escape prison]]
|20
|
|
|-
|[[Wikipedia administrators are being arrested in Belarus]]
|17
|original reporting!
|
|-
|[[Australian Nationals leave Coalition with Liberal Party]]
|20
|
|
|-
|[[Ukrainian ex-top official shot dead outside Madrid school]]
|21
|
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|-
|[[Trump claims there is a 'genocide' in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers dispute that assertion]]
|21
|
|
|-
|[[Suicide bomber attacks Mogadishu military base]]
|18
|7 days ago!
|
|-
|[[Explosion near reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California]]
|17
|8 days ago!
|
|-
|[[Interpol facilitates arrest of Peruvian organised crime suspect in Medellin, Colombia]]
|15
|10 days ago!
|
|-
|[[Shooting at CIA headquarters in Virginia]]
|22
|
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|-
|[[End confirmed for the American penny]]
|22
|
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|-
|[[Inaugural Khelo India Beach Games concludes early]]
|23
|
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|-
|[[GeoGuessr cancels participation in Esports World Cup in response to controversy over Saudi Arabia hosting the event]]
|22nd May
|short article easy?
|
|-
|[[Sound Talent Group employees among casualties in private plane crash at San Diego, California]]
|22
|
|
|-
|[[Nepal Supreme Court upholds custody of Rabi Lamichhane in cooperative fraud case]]
|23
|
|
|-
|[[Police activity on Interstate 80 in Berkeley near University Avenue]]
|23
|
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|-
|[[High-Speed RV Chase Ends in Fatal Crash – Albuquerque]]
|18
|
|
|-
|[[Donald Trump wants Golden Dome missile defense system]]
|20
|
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|}

You're welcome to join [[WN:IRC|the live chat]] for real time collaboration.

To unsubscribe, see [[User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review]] or reply to this message and ping Gryllida.

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== Wikinews closure formally recommended ==

The Task Force has released a report that formally recommends closing Wikinews. The public consultation is here: [[m:Public consultation about Wikinews]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:57, 26 June 2025 (UTC)
: A community response to the Task Force is underway and I believe it's critical that we show clear support from contributors, reviewers, and administrators if we want Wikinews to remain open.
: If you believe Wikinews still has potential for revitalization and should remain active, I ask that you:
: 
:* Review and help improve the draft community response, and/or
:* Add your endorsement once you're comfortable with the language
: 
: The goal is to finalize the draft before the [[m:Event:Community_consultation_on_Wikispore/Wikinews,_call_1|July 16 Task Force call]], so our response is ready for consideration.
: You can find the draft here:&lt;br&gt;👉 [[Wikinews:Response to Proposal for Closing Wikinews]] 
: Thanks for considering.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:32, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

== Haven't seen your around here in a bit..... ==

You OK these days?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

== CU Request emailed ==

I have emailed a CU request to both you and [[User:Cromium|Cromium]]. I have also posted the request here: [[Wikinews:Requests for CheckUser#New request sent via email]][[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:25, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
: You can disregard this request. I misinterpreted the registered account's actions. Sorry for the confusion.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:21, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

== [[Wikinews:2026 streak competition|NEWS STREAK idea proposal]] ==

Hi Acagastya, 

[[Wikinews:2026 streak competition|NEWS STREAK idea proposal]]

would you like to sign up? It hasn't started yet, but I am collecting interest, and you can '''add your nick to the page'''. If you're not doing content edits frequently you could choose another streak period for your news content participation - for example, once each two months rather than once each two weeks.

----

It is being proposed to setup [[:w:streak]] goals over a 12 week period: for example, 

* &quot;write one story each two weeks, and [[:wikt:babysit|babysit]] it until it is published&quot;

This could be either authoring a completely new article or this could be taking over someone else's article and doing focused editing on it with active collaboration with others until it is published. It is like a [[:wikt:day shift|day shift]] as you are expected to remain available '[[:wikt:on call|on call]]' to address concerns from another user or reviewer.

The aim of this is to build a habit of participation with [[:wikt:outburst|outburst]]s of eyeballing the page to collaborate with others -- but not every day, to have breaks and reduce [[:wikt:burnout|burnout]]. Could you please check out at '''[[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Streak_themed_competition_proposal|this section]]''' and let me know what you think? Parameters are subject to discussion e.g.

* 'once every two weeks' or 'once a week' or 'once a month'
* should this be same for all or each person decides for themselves
* how long total comp running for, 12 weeks or 24 weeks or some other time
* some other ideas how to modify this

i would appreciate if you could reply '''by end of this week''', it would be helpful

please note if you are interested you may signup in [[Wikinews:2026 streak competition]] at page bottom and you will be notified at your talk page if there are any updates or progress of this idea

thanks a lot

----

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 01:24, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

== formatting error ==

Just FYI your helpful comment has some type of (I think) formatting error.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy&amp;curid=30609&amp;diff=4994387&amp;oldid=4994379] ... [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 15:53, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

== Could you review an article? ==

{{ping|Acagastya}}: At [[Talk:Wikinews closes after 21 years]] you mentioned that you would keep an eye on the article so it could be published on May 3. Are you available to review the article? [[User:Michael.C.Wright]] said [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews_closes_after_21_years&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=5023155 here] that he is very busy and can't guarantee that he will have time to review it.

Thanks! -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:17, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

:Yeah, will do. [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 06:35, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== Published: [[Supreme Court of Finland makes crimes against humanity convictions in landmark ruling]] (April 6) ==

Hi, all, I am sending this message to all contributors to the article.

News is over a week old but I am publishing. The headline could be better but there is so much controversy about how to put it properly that I am content with the current revision.

Overall as a piece of feedback, it is necessary to be more factual and as much as possible insert facts rather than qualitative characterizations. I believe this has substantially improved in the last few days as the article has been revised. Thank you.

I have read the talk page and I believe the concerns there have been satisfactorily addressed in the recent edits and in the resulting current revision.

Copyright check passed flagging only the quote(s) included in the text.

'''I am recommending to add a sentence about expected consequence (fine, jail time) or if it is unknown then, when is this expected to be determined. If you could please make this change within 24 hours, then it could be sighted and be included in the report.'''

Thanks a lot.

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This is an automated review notification. You can change your message preferences, including receiving notices only for articles you created or majorly contributed to, or disabling them entirely, at [[WN:EzPR 2025/NP|EzPR 2025/NP]]. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:33, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

== I probably won't contribute to news wikis anymore ==

I believe in civilian journalism but I just don't think news wikis work in practice as far as current events go. Perhaps they can amend their original research guidelines at ENWP to allow interviews? The project should be merged with Wikipedia. You should get your account unblocked over there and get involved. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 14:00, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

:they won't unblock me long term abuse Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 15:49, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::How did you do long term abuse? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:57, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::i have many socks on Wikipedia Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:07, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::::from years ago. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:08, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::it all started with maoririder years ago in my teens. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:12, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::Maoririder was an editor on English Wikipedia and Wikinews who was active primarily during the mid-2000s. While not a household name, the account is notable in Wikipedia history for being one of the early subjects of a Request for Arbitration (ArbCom), which is the site's highest level of dispute resolution.
::::::​Key Details and Wikipedia History
::::::​Active Period: The user was most active between 2004 and 2006.
::::::​Arbitration Case: In late 2005, a case was brought against Maoririder (formally titled Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Maoririder). The case centered on issues regarding behavioral standards and editing disputes.
::::::​Outcome: The Arbitration Committee eventually ordered mentorship for the user rather than an outright ban, a common practice at the time intended to help editors align with community norms.
::::::​Wikinews Involvement: The user was also an early contributor to Wikinews, participating in discussions and article edits during the platform's inaugural years (circa 2005).
::::::​Why the Name Appears in Research
::::::​If you are coming across this name in academic papers or legal journals (such as the Emory Law Journal), it is usually cited as a case study in online self-governance. Researchers often use the Maoririder arbitration case to illustrate how Wikipedia developed its internal &quot;legal&quot; system to handle conflict and enforce community policies without traditional corporate oversight.
::::::​Today, the account is largely inactive, and the user page serves mostly as a historical record of those early administrative proceedings. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:27, 27 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== [[Court ruling upholds TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells stake]] ==

Hi,

@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] published the story. Congratulations.

Please review the article history and talk page for feedback from the reviewer.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:58, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

== [[Suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fled New York City by bus, police say]] ==

Hi,

I published the story. Congratulations. 🎉

Please review the article history and talk page for feedback.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:33, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

:thanks!! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:35, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

== [[Manslaughter charges against Daniel Perry dismissed following jury deadlock]] ==

Published. :-) Please read notes on the talk page. 

Have a great day. 

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:51, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

== Re: cathedral re-opening ==

Hello,

Published. :-) Please check notes on the article talk page. A copy is included below for your reference:

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There are important, but not critically essential details missing, for example:

* time of day in local time and UTC
* that they planned to do speech outdoors but did it indoors because of a storm
* (is it needed to write '2024' in first paragraph as we already have publish date further up the page)

I could not verify one part:

* Sunday 'morning' mass (source 1 says Sunday, source 2 does not say, or something) -- replaced 'Sunday morning' with 'Sunday'

The above items can be addressed within 24 hours after publication.

The image credit was missing and I added it as a minor edit as a part of the review process. It is required due to the licence requirements.

I recommend the author to also become involved in editing others' submissions -- those of them that are newsworthy, at least -- in the [[Newsroom]], if desired. This may help improve their quality and their chances of publication, and provide experience with proofreading and fact checking in addition to writing and authoring efforts.

Thank you and keep up the great work.

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Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

== Pace ==

Hi Lofi Gurl, there are not many reviewers available, and I think the current queue may take a couple days to be processed. (I am mostly outdoors and away on weekend.) My apologies, and thank you for reading and writing entertaining and specific stories. :-) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:06, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:No problem, take your time and enjoy your weekend! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:08, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

== Revisit articles in review queue ==

While waiting for articles I've authored to be reviewed, I often revisit them as long as they aren't under review and 'tighten' them up by making sure they conform to the style guide, that facts are correct, I've chosen good images with useful descriptions (and attributed every image), etc. 

I see that there are style issues in some of your articles currently awaiting review. Please see what you can do to help make the review of these articles easier/quicker.

Consider using {{tl|verify}} to point to exactly what source is used for all information so reviewers who verify information can find it easier. This helps tremendously.  

Thanks. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:Are you able to specify the style issues present in the article as a reviewer, or is it my job to figure that out as the reporter? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
:I haven't checked the article talk pages yet so sorry if this ends up being a pointless question [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
::It is the author's responsibility to know our policies and guidelilnes, to include the [[WN:Style|style guide]]. Reviewers can and often do correct style issues before publishing but they are not required to. It takes more of a reviewers time to correct for style along with everything else they must check before publishing. See [[Wikinews:Reviewing articles]] to understand all the work that goes into reviewing an article. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

== Great job ==

You are doing a great job here thank you. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:25, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you, friend!
:[[File:Red Wine Toast GIF Animation.gif]] [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:29, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

== I have a question! ==

{{tl|helpme}} Say an articles goes stale, or fails review for whatever reason. Am I allowed to splice old material and sources from &quot;rejected&quot; articles and use them in future articles, so long as the subject of the article stays fresh, and new developments keep coming in? Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:36, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:Yes, that's fine. They are released under the creative commons licence indicated in the footer, and you can reuse them at any news articles here or any other place where the licence of content is compatible. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 21:54, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

== [[Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails]] ==

Hi Lofi Gurl :-)

Could you please [[WN:Attribution|attribute]] the &quot;''Political unrest and nationwide protests were expected in response to the axing of the impeachment.''&quot; sentence? Who said this? This would help the sentence to not read as a speculation made on behalf of ''Wikinews''. 

Let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 21:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:From the Associated Press article:
:{{quote|The vote’s defeat is likely to fuel nationwide protests and escalate political turmoil, and opposition parties could introduce a new impeachment motion when parliament reconvenes next Wednesday.}} [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:56, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

:This is amazing:
:* [[South Korean Constitutional Court upholds impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol]]
:Thank you so much for writing about this topic. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:15, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
::Pretty cool we have four articles of coverage spanning the scandal from start to finish! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 10:02, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

== Wizard of oz slippers story ==

Hi Lofi Gurl

* Missing currency, both in first paragraph and in headline?
* Missing specified location where the auction took place.

Hope you can assist. Let me know if any questions. Thank you. :-)

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

:I've found the location and left a note about it at the article talk page. I cannot add it and remain available to review. Could you please check and make the edit? Thank you!!! Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
::I went to sleep before seeing all these. I'm so sorry! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:20, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Hi [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] :-)
:::What is your time zone?  
:::Do you receive notifications in right top corner of the page while you are logged in?
:::Please note on talk page of the slippers story there is a new message &quot;''@Michael.C.Wright - You can add it and I can review? Please confirm within the next hour, or @Lofi Gurl please add it within next hour. Failing that, I'll add it myself and will require another reviewer to publish. Thanks.''&quot;
:::Have a great day.
:::Thanks, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Yeah, and I need to get better at clearing my inbox, apparently. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::I'm eastern standard time I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:38, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Left you a '''[[Talk:Slippers_worn_by_American_actress_Judy_Garland_in_1939_film_The_Wizard_of_Oz_break_sales_record,_sold_for_US$28_million_at_auction#Why_the_slippers_were_so_expensive|new message]]''' Hope it helps :-) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:25, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::[[Slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction]] now published, congratulations. :-) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::thank you :) [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

== Coffee::Who ==

Hi Lofi Gurl, I've left you a new message '''[[Talk:Coffee_prices_surge_to_record_highs_due_to_droughts_in_Brazil,_Vietnam#Who|here]]'''. Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:31, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

:added a new message now again [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:10, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

== Chess article ==

Please see the talk page at that article.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:44, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

== damascus story ==

i made a few edits. in one sentence needs clarification, i marked it in bold. please check? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:03, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

:Hi!! To answer the quesion/comment/footnote you left in the article -- I found a mention of &quot;Saydnaya prison complex&quot; in the BBC source but they don't specify if that was the prison Timmerman escaped from. It was just mentioned that {{w|the White Helmets}} were storming looking for survivors. Hope this helps! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:Also, I think he left prison the same day the city fell on Monday, which was mentioned in the second paragraph. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:49, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

== minor edit &amp; thanks ==

hi, i have rejected [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_chess_grandmaster_Gukesh_Dommaraju,_18,_becomes_youngest_world_chess_champion_of_all_time&amp;diff=4809824&amp;oldid=prev&amp;unhide=1 this edit] as this wikilink was already included in a previous paragraph. please let me know if i am incorrect!

thanks for the other edits to the story. they have made it so much nicer and are timely. i appreciate it and approved the other edits.

have a great day, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 07:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

:oops didn't see the other link, thanks [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 08:47, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

== Edits after publication  ==

Please note that our [[WN:Archive]] conventions generally prevent edits to articles 24 hours after publication. Articles are meant to be a snapshot in time. 

Edits within the 24 hours after publication should be limited to only correcting any errors not caught in the review process. 

It is better to have an article fully button-down and ready for publication before requesting review. 

You are more than welcome, even encouraged to help improve other articles. But please focus that energy on articles in the developing queue and review queue unless the article is actively ''under'' review. That way we catch more errors before review and definitely before publication. 

Thanks again for joining and contributing! I can't remember the last time I saw ten articles in the review queue. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:46, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

:[[image:Symbol thumbs up green.png]] [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:04, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

== Requested article  ==

hey, {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} https://abc3340.com/news/local/alabama-talladega-county-sheriffs-office

I added this story to requested articles but im not up to starting the article myself... If you can do anything for this would be helpful? Thanks! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

:Hi, I'm happy to start articles you bring to me, I'm just not sure this story meets the site's notability guidelines.. I'd have to double check though. Thank you though [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
::It does and is '''developing''', not much data so far I suppose.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:03, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
::We also need a second source. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:04, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
:::we'll play it by ear. This South Korea story is taking way longer than I thought [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Let's please focus on it being published! My request can always wait, thanks. {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

== please vote ==

Hi Lofi Gurl :-)

'''[[Wikinews:Requests_for_permissions|This page]]''' has a handful of requests open. Could you please cast a vote and/or add a comment, ideally for each of them, at your earliest convenience?

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:19, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

== hi here is a news tip about malware ==

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ultralytics-ai-model-hijacked-to-infect-thousands-with-cryptominer/ -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:04, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

== [[Hundreds of North Korean troops killed fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia]] ==
Hi. Please see my not-ready review comments on the talk page. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 22:19, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

== Why? ==

Are you making more work for editors? Im not angry just confused.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 02:50, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

:I don't know what you're talking about? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::You keep abandoning articles mostly you created, why? {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:What specifically do you mean &quot;making more work for editors&quot;? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::more work to clean up after you... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:01, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I'd just delete them if I was able to. Why are you mad? I'm abandoning the articles. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:02, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::not mad, just confused.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::You were acting fine before, what happened? {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Stop &quot;RIPing&quot; because it's seen as disruptive behavior, sorry but it seems like it. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::That's fine I'm done writing here anyway. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Suit yourself..... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Then what was your point? Wasting peoples' time? Sad sorry. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:07, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::I'm genuinely confused now. What do you mean &quot;wasting peoples time&quot;? What are you talking about? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:08, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::The project is to work together with one another not to abandon because theres not much activity right now. I won't argue with you anymore.. Sorry... {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:14, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::::: '''I didn't do anything wrong.''' [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:16, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

== En.wn ==
Hi. Thanks for, well, contributing here, I guess. So really, if you want to write fast and write prolifically, maybe Wikipedia is a better fit for you than en.wn in its present state. The project couldn't handle a mass influx of even people highly skilled at writing for it (overwhelms the review process, reporters get demoralized). I'm tempted to say that you overestimated the project and what you could do, but that sounds wrong. I don't know why I'm saying all this. You probably already know it. Of what's left, we are overwhelmingly nice people, for what it's worth, and care deeply about en.wn. Just don't, I guess, overinvest yourself in it. One of our colleagues here likes to say &quot;don't get married to your article&quot;, so perhaps likewise with the concept and future of the project. Then again, a late editor literally saw himself as embarking on a mission to save human civilization from intellectual ruin and mundanity by making something great out of this project. But he was executing a long term plan, that did transform the project. I don't know what this sounds like. I hope it doesn't sound condescending. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 06:27, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

:Just to let both of you know I wasn't trying to attack {{ping|Lofi Gurl}}. {{Ping|Heavy Water}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
:Thanks for taking the time to write this (it didn't come off as condescending). I'll keep it in mind while contributing to the project in the future. Sorry for taking a few days to reply. Been trying to limit internet time. Have a good rest of your weekend! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 05:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

== Lofi Gurl  ==

I was really being a dink to you, apologies. Feel free to continue to write articles here! {{Ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:48, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

:Consider it forgiven. It happens. Onward! [[file:FPClogogif.gif]] [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you for creating new news articles you go as fast as you please {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
:::I'm trying to slow down and try to average maybe three per week. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:03, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Please write as much as you like and thanks {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:05, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

== Welcome back  ==

[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:45, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:Good to be back. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:47, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
::😊 [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:47, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
::Welcome back Lofi Gurl [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:58, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
:::thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 08:16, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

== Crash Philadelphia story ==

Hi I copyedited some misspelled words for the article. Hope your well, thanks. {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:51, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

:thanks. I'm on my mom's laptop at the moment and she has her shit set up weird, and I can't spellcheck very easily at all right now. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:57, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
::It's ok, do your best. {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

== Paywalled ==

Can't you work around it? {{Ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:10, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

:It's gonna be easier to rewrite the entire article at this point, with like 2-3 sources. The project just kept getting bigger and bigger and I shot myself in the foot (or gave my foot the firing squad, if you will). Using this article's content for Wikipedia. Going to focus on my WashingtonDC/suicide/cop article I have started here. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:19, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

== Re: revitalising Wikinews ==

Hi, I'm reaching out to you as you indicated support for revitalising Wikinews. Here are a few ways to help out, in no particular order:

# write new articles by [[WN:SG|style guide]] and [[WN:CG|content guide]]
# find news which happened today and share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:REQ|a news tip page]]
# read drafts in [[Newsroom]], especially those submitted for review, and edit them to make them more comprehensive or more current
# read drafts in [[Newsroom]], especially those that failed review recently, and address reviewer's comments quickly and re-submit for review
# chat with new authors (of articles in Newsroom) and help them understand the key concepts
# subscribe at [[Wikinews:Water cooler]] (there are 5 subforums, open each and click 'Subscribe' link at top - then keep a close eye on your Echo notifications) to help newcomers and help with editing articles when someone requests assistance
# chat on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and help newcomers and reviewers with their review process
# help with software development for authoring or reviewing articles, perhaps for the mobile platforms
# chat with other contributors on audio or video chat
# present notes about how Wikinews works at various conferences via audio and video communucations [as we don't have funds for travel at present] this can be linux, programming, journalistical, or wikimedia themed conferences
# figure out how to get someone to do any of the above through a grant, sometimes google summer of code
# find high school and university educators who would like to teach their class journalism by asking them to write articles for Wikinews (was done with [[Category:UoW|University of Wollongong]] in the past, and we have extension installed for marking students)
# collaborate with [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] on getting more news coverage of the New York City and adjacent areas
# proofread, or read, Wikinews articles out loud for Audio Wikinews
# make English Wikinews accounts on various social media like twitter, facebook, blue sky app (sp?), others [in consultation with someone on-wiki first] ensuring you're posting new news articles there with appropriate tags, moderate comments, and setup multiple moderators if possible and document which contributor is in charge of which social network account for Wikinews and how articles are being posted there

Please let me know which of these points you're most comfortable with, and/or would like to learn.

'''''Which points would you like to contribute?''''' Please name up to 3-5 points, if you like. Or suggest your own. :-)

I'm happy to connect with you and guide you in any of the above areas.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

:I like alot of these! 
:#7. I've been meaning to start using IRC for a while. Maybe today's the day.
:#8. Not sure what I can do to help with software development but I have a bunch of friends who know code. 
:#12. I know a few university professors in the history field.
:#14. I've never heard of Audio Wikinews. Sounds self-explanatory. How many articles have audio with them?
:Thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

== This is terribly overdue! ==

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|style=&quot;font-size: x-large; padding: 2; vertical-align: middle; height: .4em;&quot; | '''The Order of the Humble Pencil'''
&lt;br&gt; For completing ''5 edits''.
|-
|style=&quot;vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;&quot; | Great work! Keep it up! --[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:12, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
|}

== Stuff ==

Some of your (recent) contributions have gone stale. Sorry -- keep at it!!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:27, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

== Darn it! ==

That execution article ROCKED! Is there a snowball's change you could gatwick it? I'll help -- for realz!!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:39, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for the kind words! I don't think I can gatwick it -- it went stale on Friday, and there have not been any new developments that I'm aware of. I shot myself in the foot by relying too heavily on a source that I later discovered had an apparent paywall (only the first two days were free I guess). On the bright side, I was able to use alot of it for the Wikipedia article, but I wish I could have gotten it published here! It would have been a good one. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:49, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

== You ok??? ==

Hope your good???? {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:01, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:I've been borderline kind of freaking out lately. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:38, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
::Well, take a few breaths -- back up -- '''re-calibrate the mechanism''' -- and come back soon!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 12:31, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

== You've AT LEAST earned this!! ==

[[File:Wikinews WikiNoob.png|210px|left|This [[Wikinews:Contributing Reporter Awards|award]] is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.]] Keep at it!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 12:33, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

:Ahh thank you!! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:08, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
:congrats [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:57, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
::thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 12:58, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

== Articles ==

Your clogging up the queue, please resort to 1 possibly 2 articles at a time. I don't want to see you blocked..... Many of your articles will most likely go stale, or you will abandon them. Sorry for so harsh but its facts... @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:19, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

:I've also put a good amount of effort into helping your articles.... Your stressing me out badly.... @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:21, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
::Will you please stop needlessly punctuating ''every sentence'' with &quot;...........&quot;? Because it comes off as needlessly shitty to everyone you talk to and that really isn't something I need to be dealing with. No matter the topic it just sets a negative tone right off the bat. Sorry, &quot;but it's facts.&quot; [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
:Coming from a user who constantly abandons articles lol [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:22, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
::It's not funny brah, i should report you! But i wont, your harassing me and wikinews!!! °½&lt;½½½&lt;&lt;½½½;½½ @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:32, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
::your a sock or troll.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
:I found these stubs useful and was pleased. Expanded one yesterday. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:17, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

== Interest in notifications for new drafts ==

Hi Lofi Gurl

I'd like to invite you to edit drafts created by other contributors to improve their quality and reduce reviewer load on them, so that more reviewers can review articles written by you. Would you be interested in notifications of the current drafts in the Newsroom, compiled with a note of what the event date and link to article? 

I can make something like [[User:Gryllida/Newsroom]]. If you're interested, would you like to get notified when article '''is created as a new draft''' ([[:Category:Developing]]) or when it is '''submitted for review''' ([[:Category:Review]])? 

Many thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:12, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

:Yes, I would love that. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:16, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
::Awesome thanks. Which option would you prefer, articles created in Developing or in Review category? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:28, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Definitely developing. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:29, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
::::Would you like to get notifications 'instantly' for each new draft, or weekly?
::::Would you be OK if these notifications were delivered to your personal talk page? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:35, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::Instantly would be great. Yeah, my talk page would be fine starting out, but if we could find a way for them to only show up in my notifications inbox, that would be good too. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:50, 15 April 2025 (UTC)
::::::great thanks i will try to figure out how to make this work [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:55, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
::May I ask about your devices: how many, what OS, have you used an RSS feed reader before? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:08, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
:::I mainly edit on my laptop using Windows 10. No I've never used an RSS feed reader before. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:20, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

== idaho police story ==

published after an edit to write in active voice, great writeup thanks heaps [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:54, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

== Don't edit my articles ==

Thanks [[Special:Contributions/64.39.81.71|64.39.81.71]] ([[User talk:64.39.81.71|talk]]) 17:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC) @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]]

:Why not? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:34, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
::Sorry got ahead of myself [[Special:Contributions/64.39.81.71|64.39.81.71]] ([[User talk:64.39.81.71|talk]]) 18:32, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
:Anyone can edit anyone's article. This is not bbc nor a blog. Articles belong to Wikinews, not to individual authors. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

== [[Suspect taken into custody and charged after Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is forced to evacuate gubernatorial mansion with family following suspected arson attack]][ ==

is there a court date scheduled for this? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:37, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

:Ill look into it when i ge5 home [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

== Hello ==

I just wanted to say hi. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:57, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

:Hey BigKrow! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:47, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::I seem to have an imposter, a pain in my side, @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:BigKrow2|BigKrow2]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:49, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Also @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:Gryllida2|Gryllida2]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:50, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], notified. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:50, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::I really hope this is just some random child that doesn't know the actual severity of what they're doing here. But that is clearly someone who has been kicked from the project multiple times. Just ignore the humanoid. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:58, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

== BigKrow2 ==

Please tell me your really not me @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]],

I wouldn't be superised. 

Also @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] and @[[User:Gryllida2|Gryllida2]]

@[[User:MeDaWikipedian|MeDaWikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:03, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

:You're accusing me of being that guy who impersonated Bddpaux last year? Is that what you're saying? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::Honestly I think you are. Trying to sneak back in .... @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:08, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Why? What basis do you have for that? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:09, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:That shit happened before I created my account, but I saw it happen. Is every new user here going to be accused of being that person then? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:08, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::Prove your innocence then, @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:10, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::How? You have to open a sockpuppet investigation into me I guess. Why are you making baseless accusations? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:12, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::::I'm just checking but you might be a sock puppet account you changed the article fucks to some other story suspicious. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:13, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::Why is that suspicious? I turned a vandalism article into a stub. You're being silly. Your baseless accusations are disruptive. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:20, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::::::Prove your innocence, @[[User:MeDaWikipedian|MeDaWikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:22, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::Once again -- ''how?'' [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:22, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::::::I can't check user you right now but, I'm always watching you.... @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::::Why? Why do you think I am this user? Why do you want to checkuser me? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:30, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
::::::::I have my suspicions. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:33, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::So it's just conjecture? I'm not Me Da Wikipedian. Why are you suspecting me of sockpuppetry? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:40, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

== I suffer from bad mental health issues ==

I know my behavior has been negative to you, so by taking responsibility for my words towards you, I just don't want to be blocked from editing Wiki news. And thinking you are a sock is wrong of me. Lofi Gurl you don't have to accept my apology but I do hope you understand where I'm coming from about my mental health. Thank you for listening. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:14, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

:Okay? I am never afforded understanding or forgiveness when my mental health issues cause problems in relationships. I'm just frankly tired of this crap. Youve been making me not want to log in [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:18, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
::You can only make your own decisions, I say you keep working get past this and move forward @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
:::Agreed. This was a waste of time. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:17, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

== Thank you for not retiring ==

Thank you for sticking around! Your well needed here. Thanks. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:24, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:🙂🥳👍⚡️ [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 17:22, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

== Sources fill ✍️ ==

Hi, at my personal talk page at Wikipedia there is a user script, which may be copy pasted to [[Special:MyPage/common.js]], that adds a new button in the editor: it prompts for an URL, generates a filled source template for it, and copies it to clipboard. It reliably inserts the source title at least 🤣 In many, but not all, cases it also gets the publisher and date -- though not always in the right &quot;April 22, 2025&quot; format -- properly, too. Then, if in the visual editing mode, I double click the pasted source to fix if needed. Perhaps this could help you save time.  [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 17:45, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:Yes I was actually going to ask if we could program something like that, because en.wp has it. Thank you! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
::Is it working for you? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:31, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Do you have a link to the script? I tried to access the script from your Wikipedia talk page from the section titled &quot;Script&quot; but it just lead me to a deleted page. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:36, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
::::[[User:Gryllida/common.js]] -&gt; 
::::&lt;pre&gt;importScript('User:Gryllida/js/add-source-in-visual-editor.js');&lt;/pre&gt;
::::[[User:Gryllida/js/add-source-in-visual-editor.js]]
::::Works in 'Source editing' mode if it is the same toolbar as Visual Editor.
::::It adds a star icon. Clicking it prompts for the news URL, and then a few seconds alter it adds the filled source template at cursor position.
::::Note that date may be missing. Authors usually are missing. Publisher name isn't always correct (needs to be such that you can wikilink to wikipedia). So you need to check what it generated. But at least it gets title and date right 90% of the time for me and it makes writing easier.
::::Hope it helps. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 06:11, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

== Minor edit urgent please? ==

Hi Lofi Gurl

I think it is best of someone adds a source and attribution about the '51' number of injuries.

The article was already published, so this needs to be done immediately, so that the approval of the edit can be done within less than 24 hours.

Please see [[Talk:Kamikaze_drone_attacks_bus_near_Dnipropetrovsk,_Ukraine,_allegedly_war_crime|this page]] for more details.

BigKrow refused to do it, now I have the request for your help as my last hope.

Looks like nobody else currently active at the wiki this weekend.

Thanks heaps, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:54, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

:Hey! Let me know what you think of my revision. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:56, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you for the edit. 
::If you click the image of the bus, in description, it links to a few sources. One of them is a telegram post by someone, possibly military official from Ukraine. I think it could be added as source and in article text the '51' figure could be attributed to that source specifying their name and whatever role is associated with their nick in telegram. If you can do this soon, I can approve it. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:31, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

== Saying hi ==

@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], how are you? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:05, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

:Taking it one day at a time. Thanks for asking. How are you doing friend? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:15, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
::I'm living heh, glad to hear your doing okay. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:17, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

== Yo BigKrow ==

@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] Can I ask a favor? Can you go on the Lady Gaga article and fill out the sources, and then submit for a review? I'm heading into the city to attend a concert at the moment. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:49, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], I got you! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:16, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

== How are you? ==

@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:47, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

:Kinda hungover. Didnt get great sleep last night. Slept in my car because I didnt want to risk a DUI after the concert. Im excited to hopefully feel better tomorrow. How are you? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:16, 11 May 2025 (UTC)
::Well I'm here for you my friend. I'm doing alright. Take it easy! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:40, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
:::Appreciate it! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:50, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

== You ok? ==

@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:15, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:yeah, i'm fine. thanks [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:28, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

== Hi, how do you read me ==

Hi, I included you at your request into the &quot;pingrr&quot; list recently. You'd've received a few dozens of &quot;RR&quot; echo notifications in the last two weeks. Did they arrive? Could you please tell me what is preventing you from responding to them?

Revision requests are an essential part of the collaboration process, and your participation is vitally important. Please provide me with the feedback, it would help me a lot with making this process more efficient and easier for you to use.

Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:24, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry, its currently busy season at work. I work in lawn care. I try to make revisions when I can, and I certainly respond more than at least 80% of the people who are pinged. Im sorry my volunteer time is limited at the moment. Several of my articles went stale waiting for review priod to my involuntary wikibreak. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:13, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
::No problem. I just wanted to check the setup is working. Ping me if you have a news story in mind but no time to write of it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:26, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in April! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Original author for the top article published in April, 2025. The article has at least 1,754 views, the highest for year so far!]] Thank you for starting the article titled &quot;[[Streaming platform Twitch bans rapper Kanye West seven minutes into first stream for performing &quot;Nazi salute&quot;]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in April of 2025, and the highest so far of 2025! Bam! 💥 

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Thank you for your continued efforts at not only starting new articles but contributing to others as well. Your collaborative efforts are greatly appreciated. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 12:54, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

:Awesome! I can't wait to get back to writing. I have some merciless &quot;{{w|adulting}}&quot; to attend to in my personal life at the moment. When I'm back writing, you'll all know it. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:52, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
::Totally understand. Take care of what you need to, and we’ll be glad to see you back when the time’s right. Looking forward to it! —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:55, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

== Come back please ==

Wikinews needs you, @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:47, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

:Hey. I heard about what's going on. Im going to try to find some free time this week to get some articles written to try to help save the project. Sorry for the radio silence [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:20, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], thanks for sticking around! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:28, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

== Your stories are stale ==

Sorry, @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:09, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

:Are you sure? The gambling story happened Friday and the Beyonce story happened last night, from what I can tell. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
::You need stories to be '''&quot;fresh&quot;''' even a day old is stale. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:19, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
:::Ideally yeah, but it's not stale until seven days have passed since the focal point of the story. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
::::Ok [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:20, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

== Hello from Gryllida ==

Hi @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]]

Would you be interested in joining as a reviewer? If you were, I or another reviewer of your interest would be doing it together with you for the first several months to assist.

Similarly, would you be interested in helping with page deletions and blocking users, and removing vandalism. Is this something you have done before and do you have an interest?

Are there any changes to the workflow that you would consider helpful?

Are you on any IM platform such as Discord, Linphone (SIP), Matrix, where we could exchange messages, screenshots, and sometimes audio calls?

Regards, - [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

:Hey! That sounds like a good offer. Definitely curious to see what I can bring as a reviewer. I have no expirience blocking users or deleting pages. Give me a few days to sleep on it. Thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:02, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
::Hey Lofi Gurl, and are you on any of the IM platforms? Maybe Telegram? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
:::I plan on creating a discord account for my Wiki stuff. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:07, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
::::any luck? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

== Community response to SPTF's recommendation to close ''Wikinews'' ==

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF) has issued a [[m:Public consultation about Wikinews|recommendation to close Wikinews]]. A community response to the Task Force is underway and I believe it's critical that we show clear support from contributors, reviewers, and administrators if we want Wikinews to remain open.

If you believe Wikinews still has potential for revitalization and should remain active, I ask that you:

* Review and help improve the draft community response, and/or
* Add your endorsement once you're comfortable with the language

The goal is to finalize the draft before the [[m:Event:Community_consultation_on_Wikispore/Wikinews,_call_1|July 16 Task Force call]], so our response is ready for consideration.

You can find the draft here:
👉 [[Wikinews:Response to Proposal for Closing Wikinews]] 

Thanks for considering. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:49, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

== Thank you my friend! ==

Good work on la explosion [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:12, 18 July 2025 (UTC) @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]]

:Thanks for bringing the story! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:13, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
::We need to block those ips. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:41, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
:::I reported them, all I can do. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:47, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
::::I know.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:47, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

== Nigerian abductors article ==

If you can find an image to add (even just a file photo or whatever) -- I think we might be able to get that one published. It could use ''maybe'' one more sentence while you're at it too?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:39, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah I'll take a look at it. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:44, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in July! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in July, 2025. The article has at least 3,583 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[20-year-old astrophotographer captures rare solar eclipse on Saturn]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in July of 2025.

This is your second barn star for top article! Thanks for your continued, hard work!

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== [[Talk:Several people hospitalized after thousands of hotdogs spill following collision on interstate in Pennsylvania]] ==

i published article, please check talk page for feedback thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:51, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

== Live chat software trial ==

Live chat software trial (August-September 2025)

Hi, i am running a software to make live chat easier to use. It requires installation of QuasselDroid on Android, Quassel Client on Windows or Mac or Linux, and I don't know what on iOS (let me know if this is your main platform). The software would connect you to the official IRC channel for Wikinews and stay connected including all chat history, including when you closed the app. I am achieving this by hosting it on my Quassel Core on my server. If you are interested in trying this option, please install the Quassel Client software, and after this is done (not before), ensure you have a working email in your [[Special:Preferences]] so i can email you login credentials, and specify your desired IRC nickname. Please note this is open source software with low bandwidth usage and the communication is only via text, so it is not privacy invasive. This platform is older than the web, irc existed since 1980s. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:03, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, please install the Quassel Client, it is free/open source, low bandwidth, low RAM and CPU usage
:and tell me your desired nickname
:I would greatly appreciated if you could use it for a few weeks and then leave me some feedback. This chat platform has 3 reviewers on it, and yourself being sitting in chat all 24/7 via this software could make collaboration much easier as then others could send messages to the group while your device is offline, and you could get notifications on mobile. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:07, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
::I will install this when I get home from the city today. Thanks [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:40, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
:::👍 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:42, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
::::I got them downloaded for both Windows and Android. My name can just be Lofi Gurl on there. Thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:03, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

== Train derails article ==

Sad event. Excellent coverage, though.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:21, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:15, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

== Re: [[EasyJet pilot dismissed after being allegedly spotted naked and intoxicated in 5-star hotel, reports say]] ==

Hi Lofi Gurl

* please refocus on a recent event with [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]] and re submit @ [[Talk:EasyJet pilot dismissed after being allegedly spotted naked and intoxicated in 5-star hotel, reports say]]

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:19, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

== Re: [[Stunt performer set ablaze for cover artwork of Pink Floyd album dies aged 88]] ==

can you please try to find a photo of the person in 12h to add to story thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:23, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

:The only one I have of him is from Wikipedia and it's fair use only. I don't know how to obtain permission to use that here. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:32, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

== Thank you!!! ==

For your help with the church shooting article! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:25, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

:No prob! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:06, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

== Thank you ==

For the help on shark story! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:27, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

:No, thank you for getting the story! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:33, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

== Top article for August! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Original author for the top article published in August, 2025. The article has at least 2,685 views.]] Thank you for starting the article titled &quot;[[Several people hospitalized after thousands of hotdogs spill following collision on interstate in Pennsylvania]].&quot; As of today, the article has the highest number of page-views of all articles published in August of 2025.

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Hot diggity dog, you nailed it![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:30, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

:Congrats for your article! Attracting that amount of readers to a story about a local hot dog spill is not small feat. [[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998]][[Special:Contributions/Dsuke1998AEOS|AEOS]] ('''[[User talk:Dsuke1998AEOS|talk]]''') 01:09, 16 September 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks guys! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 14:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

== How are you? ==

hi pal @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:51, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

:Im okay. Moving this weekend. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 10:51, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

== Hi friend ==

How you doing? @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:13, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

== Reviewing ==
Hi - I'm new here, trying to help out (recruited from elsewiki). I see you've been contributing here a while - is it possible you are ready to become a reviewer? Would that interest you? I'm still learning what's going on here. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 21:26, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

:I actually have an open request for reviewership open somewhere haha! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:33, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
::I'm trying to get some reform going to save this cite, maybe you have some input. I posted at [[Wikinews talk:Newsworthiness]]... [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 22:40, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
::Reviewer permission granted. Congratulations, Lofi Gurl! Just reviewing one story a week would be more than sufficient, I think doing more than that is a risk of burnout. Up to you. :) Let me know if any questions. Thanks, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:40, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
:::This is awesome news! Yeah, one review per week sounds good to me. Thank you! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:03, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
:::: Congratulations! I'll help out however I can. My availability will be short and sporadic likely for the next week. But the goal is not to just hand you the reviewer role and let you learn it on your own (that happened to me). 
:::: First step is ensuring you now see the &quot;Review&quot; action in the top-right of your browser when you view articles in the review queue. Once you click on &quot;Review&quot; for an article, you should now see an interface that allows you to select options via drop-down menus for the five areas we review. All of those drop-downs must be &quot;pass&quot; for the article to pass. Otherwise the gadget will label the article 'not ready.'
:::: Have a look at the following for other advice and info:
:::: 
::::* [[User:Michael.C.Wright/Review process study/Reviewer lane|Michael.C.Wright/Review process study/Reviewer lane]] (brief overview of full, reviewer workflow)
::::* [[Wikinews:Review checklist|Review checklist]] (process of reviewing)
::::* [[Wikinews:Tips on reviewing articles|Tips on reviewing articles]] (old essay representing the intent of the 'modern review process')
::::* [[Wikinews:Publish checklist|Publish checklist]] (additional steps needed once an article passes review)
:::: [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:21, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
:::::Congratulations @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] on becoming a new reviewer! I also think new reviewers might benefit from [[Wikinews:Gadgets and Tools/easyPeerReview|documentation on how to use the easyPeerReview]] gadget (this is the gadget that shows the &quot;Review&quot; option in the top-right tools menu and opens the review template with dropdown options). If any reviewer is interested, perhaps a short guide for the gadget would be helpful. Although, I am not sure if there's already any documentation available for the easyPeerReview gadget. [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:07, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
:::::: After some digging I found [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Template:Peer_reviewed#Use_.5BUsing_Easy_Peer_Review.5D this] but it could use expanding. That's something I can do, possibly within the next few weeks if someone else doesn't get to it beforehand.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:22, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
::Hey - I saw your post elsewhere where once again you expressed your frustration at what is going on in this site. I'm sorry if my attempts to get _some_ change going in time to make a difference bothered you, and definitely not happy that no change happened and that people obfuscated the issue on the talk page to the point where nothing was clear. That all speaks to the problems here. There is so much disrespect floating around on this site currently, I do tend to think that there isn't much to be done as it is right now. I fully understand your frustration, and seeing it was part of what motivated me to seek change. This site was in a state of emergency and no one acted to fix it. Anyway maybe I'll bump into you on en.wikipedia proper, I'm sure if you want to you'll find something to contribute; or if not there, who knows where else? [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 15:18, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the message. Your efforts did not bother me at all. It wasn't like this when I first joined. Some of my articles would go stale waiting for review, but it was rare. My previous 8-9 articles over the last few months, and not a single one got reviewed. It is what it is. Yeah, you'll probably see me over at the current events articles on ENWP in the future. At least there you can work at your own pace. Why feel pressure to write fresh content if it can't get reviewed on time anyway? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:30, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::::Exactly - and the fact that no one was doing the reviews certainly puts out the message - whether true or not - that the reviewers care less about this project than the ones submitting the articles. This is made worse by the fact that there may be more reviewers than article contributors at this point. Regardless, we really needed a short term solution here, and no one was interested (actually, some WERE interested, but it got obfuscated away. Some people even claimed you supported the status quo!) So it goes! At least personally I met a few nice wiki folks I would not have found otherwise. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 16:57, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::It could be argued that I was more in a position to make an impact here since I was nade reviwer, but truthfully I just dont really know what I'm doing. I definitely didnt support the status quo, I just was not interested in loosening the site's guidelines. I just cant help but wonder how this looks to the outside -- all these articles getting neglected and trashed while dozens are calling for the whole thing to be shut down. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::: With EzPR 2025, we can do partial reviews. So you could start a review and when you get to a point where you want help, you can save the partial review and tag another reviewer for a hand (I'd be happy to help). 
:::::: Also, if the review process is daunting enough to keep you from doing the review, I think it would help everyone if you could articulate what is holding you back. It could be that the same thing is impacting other reviewers and it should therefore be changed.
:::::: You have fresh eyes on the review process and may see things differently than those who have done it for some time.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:06, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::That sounds like it might be worth a try. How do I access EzPR 2025? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:44, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::: It should show up in the Tools menu, the same place EzPR shows up (for me, they are stacked on top of each other in the right-hand sidebar). If you view an article [[Raccoon found passed out in liquor store after drunken rampage|marked for review]], you should see &quot;Review (EPRv2)&quot; in your Tools. That's it.
:::::::: If you'd like to start with the [[Raccoon found passed out in liquor store after drunken rampage|Racoon story]], I'll step away from it. Initially to me it looks like a relatively solid article and is light-hearted, with little risk of serious ramifications of libel or defamation if we get it wrong (as opposed to an interview with a prominent figure, for example).[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:10, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::The EzPR 2025 will not show up automatically like the old one. EzPR is enabled by default for all reviewers as a gadget, while EzPR 2025 is not currently a gadget.
:::::::::So @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], if you want to use it, let me know and I can enable/install it for you. After that, you will find &quot;Review (EPRv2)&quot; in your Tools menu. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:21, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::: Ahhh, sorry. I thought it was now in testing by all reviewers.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:22, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::::I can enable it for all reviewers by default, so they don't have to manually install it. But I chose not to do that initially because it seems a bit bold to me. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:31, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
::::::::: @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], I went ahead and published the raccoon story. But feel free to jump into the next story you feel comfortable with.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:24, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

{{outdent|11}}Sometimes bold is good. ツ I think you've been very careful so far and personally trust that you won't blow anything up. But its your call. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:41, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in September! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in September, 2025. The article has at least 4,083 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Shark attack kills Australian surfer off Long Reef Beach, Sydney]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in September of 2025.

Your name keeps popping up as a contributor or original author in the monthly top article. Thank you for your continued effort! This was also the highest number of page-views yet this year.

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== welcome back  ==

Hi friend glad to have you back @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:01, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks. Good to finally have internet again. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:10, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Saw your story about Sam Rivers. Unfortunately I am away and cannot review until around mid November.

Please check [[Newsroom]] and [[WN:IRC|live chat]] to help with editing other reports as this may help publish yours sooner.

Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:09, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

:Heard. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:23, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

== Scoop access ==

As a reviewer, you should have access to Scoop so that you can receive OR material. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] manages the email server and should be able to set up an account for you. If you haven't done so already, you should reach out and request an account. It might be a while before you're comfortable reviewing OR, and that's okay. It is a bit of a different beast. But you should have access to Scoop now so you can see the material and otherwise use it to assist with developing OR and getting it closer to a publishable state.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:22, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

:For scoop account username: it is not the same as your wiki login; unfortunately the email server was not setup for OAuth login. Usually, but not always, it's the legal first name and last name, to make the request more professional in the case you might need to contact one of the OR involved parties to confirm some information; one of the reviewers uses just their first name only for the username and one used their wiki nick. '''Please tell me what username for scoop email you would like.''' Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 18:51, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

== Using EasyPeerReview ==

Hey there, I finally got around to starting a help page for EasyPeerReview at [[Help:EasyPeerReview]]. Verify you have access to EzPR (you see the Review link in Actions when viewing an article marked with {{tl|Review}}) and have a look at the help page. Let me know if the page is actually helpful. 

Let me know if you want to jump into a review together or if you have any questions about the process, where to find things, etc.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:42, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

:Hi. Sorry for disappearing. I recently moved out of my parents' house and I am working three jobs now. I have not had time for wiki projects unfortunately. I can't lose monentum towards getting my shit together in real life. I hope to have a new laptop this winter and hope to be back going strong around that time. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:06, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
:: Get yer shit together, why don't ya? ツ
:: No worries. It sounds like you are making the right priorities. 👍[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:24, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Thank you for understanding. I just went down from three jobs to two, so I am hoping I can at least start helping out with pre-reviews more regularly. I'm nervous about doing full reviews by myself though. I'm so sorry for falling off the grid. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:16, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

== You still with us? ==

Haven't heard from you in awhile. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:33, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

:I'm not really able to contribute in any meaningful way with the amount of free time I currently have. Sorry. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:50, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
:Thank you for checking in though homie, the last two months in particular have been pretty challenging for me. But I'm getting through it. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:25, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
::Sending good vibes! You got this! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 02:44, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
::Please consider to try [[User:Asked42/Taglet]] it is a 5 min a day commitment to a triage process of new drafts, that helps other users a lot. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:55, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

== Welcome back  ==

Hi friend @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

:Good to see ya [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:Happy turkey day [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:41, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

== My attacks on you as a person ==

It might sound like the same old thing, but I do in fact apologize to you for my negative attacking of you. You can choose to accept or decline my attempted apologize, thank you again. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:33, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

:Its fine, no hard feelings. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:42, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::Same [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

== Never give up my Friend  ==

I will never lose Faith in you. We have had our spats but positivity is good for us. Hope life gets better. Talk soon? @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:05, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah, you'll see me around. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:02, 8 December 2025 (UTC)
:Sorry for the profane edit summaries today [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

== Wasn't expecting ==

Hey thanks so much for helping the drug bust story. I wasn't expecting anyone to help it out. My bad abandoning habits. Anyways thank you! You did a great job by the way! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 02:02, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks dude [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:18, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

== Well done ==

Great job @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:47, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

:thanks. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:50, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

== Starting a review ==

Hi, hope you Are doing well. From [[Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Lofi Gurl|your comment]], it appears you were struggling to start a review on an article as you mentioned you couldn't find any buttons. For your convenience, I've prepared a Review Launcher. 

Just [[Wikinews:Easy Peer Review (2025 version)#Review launcher widget|visit the page]], enter the article name you want to review, and click the &quot;Start Review&quot; button. That's it. After clicking Start Review, you will be redirected to the article page, wait for 1-2 seconds and the peer-review form should open for you. Use that form to submit your review result. I hope this isn't too complicated. If at any point you feel lost, just let me know. 

I understand that you may not be interested in reviewing at the moment, but if the reason is simply not knowing how to start the review, this approach might be helpful. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:31, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

:A detailed documentation on how to use the peer-review form is [[Wikinews:Easy Peer Review (2025 version)|available here]]. If you still need more assistance, I can share some screenshots with you via email showing how to use the form. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 15:33, 21 December 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:44, 21 December 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you so much. I will keep this in mind once I get my head clear. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:12, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Barnes and noble stabbing]] (December 26) ==
Rewrite is requested

1) Please add a note about whether the victim died. This is essential to clarify this, even if the article mentions &quot;murder&quot;; specify whether the victim died on the scene or in an ambulance or in a hospital. 

Please fix this issue and re-submit for review. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:14, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

:Please also move the page. The headline should contain a verb. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:16, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[United States, Florida: A man fatally stabs a Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore shopper, claims 'no cause' to police]] (December 26) ==
hello,

this message is sent to all contributors to the article. some of the comments below may or may not be useful to you, please check them carefully for your future edits or for helping to revise after another user.

i did this

1) renamed to clearer headline

2) copyedited second paragraph to replace 'She' with 'The victim'

i am requesting further edits:

1) specify source for '9:22pm'

2) add a photo of a barnes and noble book store

please do these changes now, and i will sight the edits

thank you -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:31, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Keyboardist-guitarist of English rock band The Cure dies aged 65]] (January 3) ==
Event over 7 days old. 

Passing as exception in context of following factors
* nobody was around on holidays anyway (I am being lenient) 
* the article is well written 
* it is obituary about a person's whole life so it is still slightly newsy for a while

Please do not consider this as precedent for future articles.

Thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:42, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Pile up involving dozens of cars on Japan highway kills two]] (January 3) ==
comment left by reviewer 

1) event dec26 not new anymore see [[WN:Freshness]] 

action requested

1) please report a newer &quot;more current&quot; event not this old one

thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:57, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Residents shelter in place for hours after gas leak outside of Los Angeles]] (January 3) ==
Published. Congratulations, and thank you for starting, or revising, the article.

Notes from reviewer:

1) This is on the edge of being old and no longer 'news', but still acceptable.

2) If AI/LLM was used, please leave a note on the article talk page immediately. This is required.

Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:06, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Welcome back ==

Hi [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]]

* Follow these instructions [[Wikinews:Easy_Peer_Review_(2025_version)#Getting_Started|get started]] says &quot;''To use it, go to any article that you want to review (make sure it has the {{tl|review}} template). You will find a &quot;Review (EPRv2)&quot; option in your &quot;Actions&quot; menu (in the Vector 2022 skin) or the &quot;More&quot; menu (in the Vector 2010 skin). After clicking this option, a form will appear at the top of the article.''&quot;. are you seeing this button?
Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 15:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

:no, I am not seeing either of these buttons on articles submitted for review. Im only seeing an option to prevreview. I use the 2010 skin. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:03, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
:Nevermind, I FINALLY found it. It was under the &quot;More&quot; tab. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:06, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father]] (January 19) ==
{{Notify_review/notready|article=Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father|author=Lofi Gurl|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:53, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father]] (January 20) ==
{{Notify_review/passed|article=Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father|author=Lofi Gurl|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

:Credit truly goes to [[User:Gryllida]] and [[User:BigKrow]]. All I did was &quot;get&quot; this story. Thanks for running with it! I will attempt to review some articles this week. I will be forced to wing it. Perfectist anxiety is the only thing holding me back at this point. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:59, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Hi @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] you still around? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

:Hi. Good to see ya. My heart is not in current events at the moment. I plan to resume involvement here when I am convinced I can make more meaningful contributions. It doesn't look like there has been much activity here. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:32, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] I agree with you that activity has been a bit hit and miss. Could you please let me know what is the criteria for this? What would convince you that the activity level is adequate? Knowing this could help to reach and maintain activity sooner. 😊 Thank you. Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:43, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I just think at this point many editors are reluctant to write new articles due to lack of active reviewers, many articles went stale while waiting for review this year. I overestimated what I was able to accomplish as a reviewer, I just don't have the time or focus right now and I'd review articles if I wasn't so concerned about publicly making a mistake. But I think Wikinews needs to be publishing at least one article per day to remain a viable destination for readers and to encourage more participation. I would have done way more these past four months if I didn't have so much crap going on in my personal life related to living situations, employment, transportation and mental health. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:20, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
::::got it thanks it sounds reasonable. one article per day is a goal i saw mentioned more than once.  😊 Thank you. Regards [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:03, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

== streak proposal ==

Hi, I am proposing to setup [[:w:streak]] goals over a 12 week period: for example, 

* &quot;write one story each two weeks, and [[:wikt:babysit|babysit]] it until it is published&quot;

This could be either authoring a completely new article or this could be taking over someone else's article and doing focused editing on it with active collaboration with others until it is published. It is like a [[:wikt:day shift|day shift]] as you are expected to remain available '[[:wikt:on call|on call]]' to address concerns from another user or reviewer.

The aim of this is to build a habit of participation with [[:wikt:outburst|outburst]]s of eyeballing the page to collaborate with others -- but not every day, to have breaks and reduce [[:wikt:burnout|burnout]]. Could you please check out at '''[[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Streak_themed_competition_proposal|this section]]''' and let me know what you think? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:15, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

== Here&amp;comma; hold this ==

&lt;div style=&quot;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;text-align:center;flex-wrap:wrap;margin:2em 0&quot;&gt;[[File:Rainbow trout transparent.png|175px|link=wikipediawikipedia:Trout|alt=a rainbow trout fish]]&lt;div style=&quot;width:280px&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 225%; color: Red;&quot;&gt;'''''Whack!'''''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-size: 115%;&quot;&gt;''You've been [[:wikipediawikipedia:Whacking with a wet trout|whacked with a wet trout]].''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;small&gt;{{{1|Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.}}}&lt;/small&gt;&lt;!--Template:Trout--&gt;
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An award for all your edits made while under the in&amp;fllig;uence&amp;period;
[[User:Anohthterwikipedian|Anohthterwikipedian]] ([[User talk:Anohthterwikipedian|talk]]) 00:47, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:Thank you very much. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:49, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
::dont feed into them @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 02:09, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

== srry ==

brah i saw your user page srry. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 17:53, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:I went to the BMV in person and they gave me the steps to get it reinstated so it's all good hopefully. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:11, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

== queue ==

Just noting there are around 5 stories in queue which were created or substantially expanded by me and I would appreciate if you could have a look! I have none I can publish thus far as I was involved in editing. Thank you! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:alright, I'll take a look! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:08, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
::well done! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:16, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Thanks! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:22, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

== Reviewing and publishing ==

Thank you for stepping into the review queue. Reviewing can be thought of as a two-part process:

1. [[Wikinews:Review checklist|Review]]&lt;br&gt;
2. [[Wikinews:Publish checklist|Publish]]

The publishing process involves updating our Main page with the new article. The easiest way to do this is to use [[User:Asked42/LeadManager]], which you'll need to install using the instructions [[User:Asked42/LeadManager#Installation|provided on the tool's page]]. As long as all of the reviewers publish articles immediately after reviewing them, the 5 leads will stay up-to-date. 

Let me know if you need help with anything, or if any part of the checklists is unclear. Much of the review and publishing process becomes second nature to experienced reviewers, and it is easy to forget how overwhelming it can feel in the beginning.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:15, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:thank you! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 13:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

== The sources section can be the third rail for reviewers ==

Reviewers aren't supposed to add or remove sources as part of the review process. Any source listed is assumed to have been used to directly support statements of fact in the article (because that is what is required of authors). 

When reviewers come across paywalled sources in the sources list, they need to stop the review process and ask the contributors to remove it and any statements supported solely by it. This delays publishing, but helps to ensure accuracy, which is more important than rapid publishing.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
: And to be clear, this isn't meant to be a criticism, but hopefully helpful 'on-boarding.'[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:53, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Heard, thanks a bunch [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:35, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:FWIW, while I agree that what described above is one option (and is better than removing the problematic source and leaving content unchanged), it is my position that, if a reviewer had time to remove ''both'' the problematic source and the information that came from it, while remaining confident that all remaining information is verifiable, then, that reviewer is allowed to complete the review and publish the page. I believe that the process I have described reduces delay waiting for author to revise, and does not compromise quality of the review process. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:25, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Woman charged with attempted homicide after allegedly firing shots at Barbadian pop singer Rihanna's house]] (March 13) ==
Hi all...

I would lile to request a major rewrite:

1) LA Times is paywalled. Please replace, and ensure new content is fully verifiable; then re-submit for review.

Please let me know if this is in error, or any questions or request assistance.

Thanks!

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This is an automated review notification. You can change your message preferences, including receiving notices only for articles you created or majorly contributed to, or disabling them entirely, at [[WN:EzPR 2025/NP|EzPR 2025/NP]]. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:I dont understand why these sites let me read it and then paywall the article later. Probably so some free news source can't use it as a source for their own article. :P [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:28, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Maybe they let you read the first 2-3 pages and then after a few pages, start to demand subscription. :-( [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:15, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:::lets take a deep breath and continue on. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:17, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
::::It should be an easy fix. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

== Front page headlines ==

Hi, do you know why [[Australian Minister for Energy lowers fuel standards for 60 days amid rising oil prices, panic buying]] did not show up as one of the front page lead articles after it was published? This has been a recurring problem as discussed at [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#Improper 'circle']] and [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical#The lead articles need to be changed]]. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:33, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

:I have no idea honestly. Sometimes when I publish an article, there's a button asking me I want to post it to the front page, sometimes there isn't. I don't think hitting the button has really done anything though, at least for me. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:37, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:: You can still use Lead Manager independently of EZPR 2025. If, for some reason you aren't prompted to update the leads after a successful review or you leave the page without clicking the button, you can still do so by going to [[User:Asked42/LeadManager]]. It will allow you to update the leads individually, serially, or in a custom fashion. 
:: By default, LM pulls in the last five articles into the &quot;title&quot; drop-down field. If you just click in the title field, you will be presented with a clickable list of the last five published articles. You can simply select the target article, &quot;fetch automatically&quot; the first two sentences, tweak the imported text and image if you'd like, then &quot;Start update&quot; will make the changes. 
:: To get used to the tools and processes, you can likely skip the 'additional options' area and just publish a single article after a successful review.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:28, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], Let me know if you want me to install the LeadManager script for you, so that you can just start using it. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 16:38, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
: I have updated the leads to include the article.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[South Korean military halts small firearms drills after stray bullet strikes young girl on playground]] (March 22) ==
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Hi Lofi Gurl! Thank you for your submission!
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Your article '''[[South Korean military halts small firearms drills after stray bullet strikes young girl on playground]]''' has been reviewed by '''{{User|Gryllida}}''', and it has been accepted and published. '''Congratulations! 🎉'''

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The reviewer's comments and decision are available on the [[Talk:South Korean military halts small firearms drills after stray bullet strikes young girl on playground|article's talk page]].
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Excellent work, please keep it up! We hope you will continue contributing to Wikinews. If you have some time, consider taking a look at other articles currently [[:Category:Developing|under development]] or [[:Category:Review|awaiting review]]. Your help in improving or reviewing them would be greatly appreciated.
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:That was a weird bug: I specified an empty custom comment, as my clipboard was borked.
:Here is a copy...
:A few remarks:
:1. Having checked sources, I needed to make some changes, such as &quot;near the neck&quot; and not &quot;in the neck&quot;, and the bombing incident was last year (not two years ago). Please check the edit history carefully and let me know if any of my changes were incorrect.
:2. I am trying to push towards more exclusive content or more closer follow ups here. Could you please either think of the questions to ask the South Korean Army, or, write a follow up report when the investigations completed and drills resumed?
:3. Barely newsworthy as this is nearly 5 days old but I think this is fine to publish.
:4. For npov balance, recommend including responses from other sources, i.e., from someone who is not a part of the South Korean Army. This may be done up to 24 hours after the story is published.
:Overall, this looks great, I appreciate the report!!! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:37, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[7-ton meteor traverses sky over Ohio and several other US states]] (March 27) ==
Sorry, this report went stale.

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== Revision requested: [[AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young admitted to hospital in Buenos Aires, spokesperson says]] (March 27) ==
Sorry, this report went stale.

Did he survive?

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== Might write some today possibly later ==

thanks @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:07, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'll try to do a few reviews before I go out tonight. I'm going to focus on reviews since it's a fair assumption now that nobody will even look at the articles I submit. It's the only way I can try to fix this project's problems at this point. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:13, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

== Regarding your move of my article ==

Hello, Lofi Gurl! I think my article is best located at [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts Christians of crimes against the humanity of gays and lesbians in landmark ruling]] rather than [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts politicians of crimes against the humanity of gays and lesbians in landmark ruling]], because, of the four defendants convicted in the case, only one is a politician. The other individual is a bishop. The other two defendants are institutions. The only thing that the four defendants, consisting of two individuals and two institutions, have in common is that they are all Christian. [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 19:09, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

:okay, sorry for the overreaction. I despise religious fundamentalism and bigotry but I just wanted to make sure the title wasn't going after Christians as some sort of ethnic group or something. But then,  Christianity is a {{w|universal religion}}, so I'm not sure the same principles apply anyway. No idea why I'm saying this. I have {{w|religious trauma}} from my Protestant upbringing and I listen to Satanic {{w|death metal}} every day of my life, and idk I guess I just didn't want thst influence creeping into my writing and creating a potential conflict of interest. Thanks for the message. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 19:40, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

::Thank you for letting me know. I actually went to great lengths to balance the article, get perspectives from all sides, sources from all sides, strongly ground the article in the sources, provide perspectives from all sides, and stay neutral and stick to the facts. This is my very first ever Wikinews article. Since you seem to care about both factuality and neutrality, would you mind reviewing the article? I think it is ready for publication. What do you think? --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 20:27, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Yes absolutely. I should have some time to review stuff while dogsitting tonight. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:24, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Thank you for your review. I appreciate most of your edits, but in [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_convicts_Christians_of_crimes_against_the_humanity_of_gays_and_lesbians_in_landmark_ruling&amp;diff=5002549&amp;oldid=5002548 this edit] you removed the global scientific consensus regarding homosexuality saying that it is &quot;emotional language&quot;, but it is scientific language that all scientific, medical, psychological, psychiatric, and pediatric associations, institutions, and organisations use to describe homosexuality, especially against false claims such those made in the pamphlet. I used the World Medical Association as a source, but there are thousands of more sources that use that language. The World Medical Association itself is an international federation of over a hundred national medical associations. Attributing that scientific language to the World Medical Association alone would give readers the incorrect impression that only the World Medical Association holds that position, when in fact it is the common position of all scientific, medical, psychological, psychiatric, and pediatric associations, institutions, and organisations in the whole world. Obviously, it would be impractical to cite every single one of thousands of scientific, medical, psychological, psychiatric, and pediatric associations, institutions, and organisations in the world, which is I cited the World Medical Association, which itself is an international federation of over a hundred national medical associations. Is your review complete? Is the article ready for publication? This is my very first ever Wikinews article, so I'm not entirely familiar with process here. Thank you for your help. [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 17:49, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::We can just say &quot;according to scientific consensus&quot; then. I mostly just thought the passage was really wordy with way too many adjectives. It's close to being ready for publication. I cleaned it up the best I could without making major revisions and all I need to do now is verify all the claims and check for copyright violations. I'll likely do it later tonight. I was severely hungover yesterday and had to go to sleep early, but I'm good now. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:31, 29 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::I'll leave it in your capable hands then! I'm looking forward to the publication of my very first Wikinews article! [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 23:11, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Lofi Gurl! I appreciate your edits and your review, but I think that changing the title made it too vague, and the previous title was more specific. You said that [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Supreme_Court_of_Finland_makes_crimes_against_humanity_convictions_in_landmark_ruling&amp;diff=5002876&amp;oldid=5002875 &quot;Don wanted this title changed I think&quot;], but I actually couldn't find a comment from Don saying that he wanted the title changed. Are you done reviewing the article? Can we publish the article now? --[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 20:28, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm concerned I may have made too substantial of changes to the article to remain an uninvolved reviewer. They just announced today Wikinews is closing and I am gutted. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:04, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Your edits seem to be only related to getting the article ready for publication, so that should not be a problem, right? Also, oh no! That's awful! Why are they closing Wikinews? I really put in a lot of work into that article, so is it possible to get it published before? [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 21:10, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::The project is being closed due to low user engagement. The &quot;current events&quot; module on the front page of Wikipedia does a better job at reporting current events than Wikinews. It is much more timely on Wikipedia, and edits can be published faster because i'm pretty sure that project is not subject to the same libel regulations as this project, as wikipedia is not a news publication. By contrast,  Wikinews has a rigorous review process to ensure quality, which sounds good on paper, but ultimately fails when the existing reviewers are either unable or unwilling to perform a review in time to get it published. Most articles that did manage to get published on this site were usually posted 4-5 days after the fact, when the news cycle has effectively moved on. Ive had an extremely difficult time getting anyone to even look at anything I've written these last six months here on the project. This is an experience shared by [[User:Tduk]]. There were a few successful publications during that time. But lets be real. Wikinews is a failed experiment. The Wikimedia Foundation doesn't want to pay for the server costs to host this project. They want to focus on Wikipedia. I thought I could help get things moving in the right direction and help save the project from closure, but the truth is I simply overestimated this project abd overestimated what I was able to realistically do. Adderall is one hell of a drug. Anyway, for what its worth, I did deeply care about this project, I thought the concept was so cool, I guess some things just dont work in practice. That pretty much sums it up, let me know if you have any further questions. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:47, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
::::Disappointing to say the least. [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 20:48, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

== Just a check-in ==

....the India article? Still reviewing that one? Didn't want to mess with it if you are.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:58, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

== Please don't bite my head off ==

Just a heads up Im starting a Miraheze here about English Wikinews, thanks.

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/78142 Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:54, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm not going to bite your head off haha. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:09, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::thnx Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:12, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::I guess pinging is getting me in trouble with some people so I'll make it quick, https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:22, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:22, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Someone will need to discuss and decide on new name. I asked whether trademarked word 'Wikinews' can be used, and have not got an answer to that, yet. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:32, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

== Negativity ==

You've been a pretty solid contributor and I hope that you don't let the negativity and hypocrisy surrounding this site get to you too much. At least, I've noted how you've been trying to move things more than many others here. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 02:14, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:It's fine. Don't worry. I kind of knew this project was a dead end job and wasn't really worth the effort I was putting in trying to save it. I just kept getting sucked back in every time I tried to quit, so in a way I'm kind of glad the project is closing. It was probably going to devolve to a thing where I assumed most of the workload while the more experienced editors scaled back their involvement with the project, per tradition. Oh well. When one door closes, another one opens. I try to remember [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:Lofi_Gurl#En.wn this conversation] when I feel shitty regarding my contributions to this project. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 02:20, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::I've still got one fresh and one fresh-ish (thanks to you know who) article pending review if you get inspired to try to do something. The most recent one has some pretty unique original reporting in my opinion. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 16:20, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
:::I have nothing left to give this project, unfortunately. Those messages that admin left us, then bailing on the project completely... Lets just say that if I had a single shit left to give, it is definitely gone now. I might still take a look at the article but I cant promise anything. I'm completely demoralized. Do you contribute at English Wikipedia and/or Wikiquote? Thats where you will usually find me moving forward. Let me know if I can be of any assistance on those projects. 
:::RIP Wikinews, let the record show I believed in you up until the end. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:35, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
::::Yes, I'm a long time contributor to other wiki projects, in fact I'm seen you editing some metal pages that are on my watchlist! I was asked to come on here last year to see if I could do anything to make it start to function, but you saw how that went. Anyway it's up to you if you want to review those articles, I'm not expecting anything. I think there are other things going on here. [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 00:17, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::Hell yeah! I have made substantial contributions to various extreme metal-related topics on enwp that I am immensely proud of. If you ever need help in regards to improving those articles, you can always drop a message on my talk page over there. I have also been creating articles for niche subgenres of jazz over there. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:11, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::You might get a kick out of reading [[Experimental vocalists perform at Downtown Music Gallery]] before it gets deleted... [[User:Tduk|Tduk]] ([[User talk:Tduk|talk]]) 16:32, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

== Interested? ==

I created a news wiki on Fandom, i have one contributor so far. Please let me know it could use your help! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:15, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

:https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:16, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
:Sure, why not. I created an account and tried to create a discussion post, but it says I have to have an account for four days before I can contribute. Here's the story I was trying to share: [https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/atlanta-gucci-mane-kidnapped-robbed-dallas-pooh-shiesty-big30/] [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:24, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
::OK cool, could you please create a userpage like on Wikinews? Also, I don't know what that glitch could be on the article creation? For now, I will start the article if you're ok with that? Thanks a million! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:39, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
::On my end it says you have not registered (joined). Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:42, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Unlike Wikinews Fandom needs you to have a email address. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 00:05, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/Gucci_Mane_kidnapped,_robbed_at_gunpoint_in_Dallas
::@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 00:20, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
:::I confirmed my email address so I don't know why it won't let me. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:34, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::::https://www.fandom.com/ try again @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:39, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Supreme Court of Finland makes crimes against humanity convictions in landmark ruling]] (April 6) ==
Hi, all, I am sending this message to all contributors to the article.

News is over a week old but I am publishing. The headline could be better but there is so much controversy about how to put it properly that I am content with the current revision.

Overall as a piece of feedback, it is necessary to be more factual and as much as possible insert facts rather than qualitative characterizations. I believe this has substantially improved in the last few days as the article has been revised. Thank you.

I have read the talk page and I believe the concerns there have been satisfactorily addressed in the recent edits and in the resulting current revision.

Copyright check passed flagging only the quote(s) included in the text.

'''I am recommending to add a sentence about expected consequence (fine, jail time) or if it is unknown then, when is this expected to be determined. If you could please make this change within 24 hours, then it could be sighted and be included in the report.'''

Thanks a lot.

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== Hit me up over at my Fandom ==

Thanks @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 00:26, 12 April 2026 (UTC)

:https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Community Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 00:27, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
::I sent you a message on there today! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:48, 12 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Please when you have time come back, miss ya. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:13, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::::Have you considered getting involved in current events related articles at Wikipedia? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:18, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::::I think you would be a great asset in regards to keeping articles related to sports teams, leagues and athletes up to date. I'm starting to think current events topics on Wikipedia are the closest we will get to a functioning Wikinews. That project has way more reviewers than this project does. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:22, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::Im blocked on Wikipedia lol I was a bad boy.... Im sticking to NewsWikiEN on Fandom thanks though. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:34, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::Actually just checked I don't think I'm blocked, ah well still going to hopefully make the Fandom Wiki better, hopefully with you? @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:38, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::::The account ‪BigKrow‬ has been partially blocked by ‪Abecedare‬ for the following reason(s):
:::::::reinstate indef page creation block lost due to short term block for sock puppetry; see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BigKrow&amp;oldid=1293597156#Blocked_from_creating_new_pages
:::::::This block will not expire. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:43, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::::They don't like me over there unfortunately. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:44, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

== Request status ==

Hi, Do you still request your reviewing privelege to be removed or do you wish to withdraw the request? Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:12, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

:I thought I withdrew the request. I ended up conducting maybe a dozen reviews with my privs, resulting in five published articles I think. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:14, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
::Ok [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:18, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
:The only reason it took me so long to review articles was because that's how long it took for me to find a button that even allowed me to start a review. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 20:18, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

== Help my news wiki on fandom please  ==

@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:28, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

:ai 
:Wikinews: They are an active member of the Wikinews community. Beyond just editing, BigKrow is known for welcoming new users and providing feedback on article drafts. In March 2026, they were seen engaging with new contributors to help them navigate the publication and review process. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:33, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::How does this help me? AI is fucking terrible. I was having way too much fun having Google AI write me pop-punk songs written from the perspective of Jar Jar Binks a few weeks ago. Then I realized I'm killing the environment and stealing from artists by doing this, so I stopped. We can't be opening Pandora's box like this, dude. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:40, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::I love AI though. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:41, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::::Okay, using AI is acceptable sometimes but there is definitely nuance. The way you are using it is totally reckless and irresponsible. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:45, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::Bro u starting shit again? Thats me Maoririder the original sock, wow @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:47, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
::::::No, I am not &quot;starting shit again&quot;. I probably won't be involved at the Fandom site. I've lost faith in the format of the news wiki in general. We need to focus on Wikipedia, which is why I'm trying to help you get unblocked at that project. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:47, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::::OK fine you take the time and helping me out. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:49, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::::I posted on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
:::::::Augusta Maine Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 16:50, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

== I still don't hate u ==

i dont you have done nothing wrong to me ever. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] i assault you all the time and you still take the time to talk to me. That says alot. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:06, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

:No harm no foul. I would hardly classify those incidents as &quot;assaults&quot; anyway. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:10, 28 April 2026 (UTC)
::left you a message on https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/Special:SocialActivity @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 23:50, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

== I think we found one. ==

WikiOasis now has a media-based news wiki. Thanks @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:53, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== Tagging articles as abandoned ==

Hi. When tagging articles as abandoned, it should be done with a date parameter. This can most easily be achieved by using {{tl|subst:aband}}. It will automatically resolve the current date and start the two day countdown. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 14:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

:Much appreciated, thank you! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
:@[[User:SVTCobra|SVTCobra]] {{tl|abandoned|December 26, 2023|}}
i guess working now, it was a red link so i didn't think it would work. Thanks. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

== [[Turkey attacks northern Iraq, and Syria after 12 people killed]] ==

Yes, tagging with author request is good enough unless other editors have worked on it. It was an interesting event which I had not seen at the top of my news headlines, so I was a bit disappointed you chose this route. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 00:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

:I have a bad habit of deleting I'm sorry.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

== Tagging for speedy deletion ==

Hi BigKrow, a couple of comments. First, there is no need to tag abandoned articles for speedy, even if it's been a couple of days since the countdown has run out. They already appear in a tracking category for Sysops to see as needing deletion. Second, in other cases where {{tl|speedy}} or {{tl|delete}} (they are the same, by the way) is appropriate, please give a valid reason. The list of valid reasons can be seen [[:Template:Delete|here]]. Thanks, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 22:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
:Related is [[NIETians shine at Smart India Hackthon 2023]] which you sought to have speedied because the user was blocked. The user was blocked because the name suggested representing [https://www.niet.co.in/ National Institute of Engineering &amp; Technology] at {{w|Greater Noida}}. It is not permitted for institutions to have an account which can be used by anybody there. If they want to contribute, the accounts need to represent a single individual. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 03:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
::I understand. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
:::{{re|64.39.81.54}} The above is what I mean. You claimed you understood. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 00:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
::::Let's move on, ok? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
:::::Please state a reason when you use {{tl|delete}} or {{tl|speedy}}. Thank you. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 13:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

== Accounts ==

Hi BigKrow. You can also go to [[M:Steward requests/Username changes]] and request that they usurp and merge all of your accounts into BigKrow. This will prevent you from being accused of [[m:Sock puppetry|sock puppetry]] on other projects. I am only an administrator on Wikinews, nowhere else. [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 20:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

:Thanks but no thanks.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
::And [[User:CactusJack8310]] is also you, yes? [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 19:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:SVTCobra|SVTCobra]], yes, also one more I can think of is @[[User:MissedJetliner|MissedJetliner]], If I think of any more I will post them! Thank you. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
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:Sorry, I have changed the block settings. The default for a block is to block the IP as well, and I simply forgot to uncheck the box. You should be all set now. --[[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 23:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you very much! I'll try to create a new story! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

== [[Nammo has signed an agreement with Sweden to support Ukraine with ammunition]] ==

I reviewed this, but it did not pass. My review comments are firm in their wording, but I was not intending to insult you. I write here to make sure you don't take it the wrong way.&lt;br&gt;You start a lot of articles but very few are fully developed and very few get published. The topics of your articles are so varied (from global news to hyper-local news), it almost seems like you pick them at random. While the aim of Wikinews is to have broad coverage of news from all over the world, this may not be the best way to approach article creation. In my experience, the best articles are written when the author really cares about the subject and wants to tell that story. If you are not a soccer fan, you may not be the best person to write about Lazio v Roma.&lt;br&gt;So, I hope you can think on this. What really peaks your interest when you read the news? Is it politics? Science? Crime? Economics? Find something you care about and really get into it. Learn about it. Get sources; not just the latest but maybe something for background. Cheers, [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 02:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

:I read your whole message, thank you for just letting me be here. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
::Again, I feel like you chose a topic at random when you wrote [[Birds fly to Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu]]. Are you into [[w:birdwatching|birdwatching]]? [[User:SVTCobra|'''SVT''']][[User Talk:SVTCobra|''Cobra'']] 14:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
:::I like birds, yes I do. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

== When reporting users to [[WN:AAA]] or anywhere else ==

Please remember that the reporter is expected to explain the issues by themselves. The same manner is expected at almost all Wikimedia projects. In future, please avoid reports like [[special:diff/4769886]]. Thank you for your responses to unhelpful edits. [[User:MathXplore|MathXplore]] ([[User talk:MathXplore|talk]]) 01:06, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you, and I will be more careful next time. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

== Massachusetts article ==

This is looking fairly good... are you ready to submit for publication?--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

:Hey thanks for letting me know, I think it's somewhat good but needs more information to meet the requirements??? I'll try to add more before it goes stale! Thanks again! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
:Let's give it a go! All I can do is learn from my mistakes. Submitted. Thanks again! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
::Allright.... I will give it a look over.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
:::Published. Keep it up! Good work!!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

== Award....you're terribly past due for this! ==

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:Well done! [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you all!!!! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

== Not to mention! ==

....you are horribly past due for this as well!
[[File:Wikinews WikiNoob.png|110px|left|This [[Wikinews:Contributing Reporter Awards|award]] is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.]] 
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:Thank you [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

== You might consider...... ==

.....posting those awards on your User page.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

:Thank you but I will have to pass, it's on my talk page so people can view it here. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

== Wikinewsie category ==

I created your wikinewsie category for you. I hope you don't mind. It's a hidden category, not visible in article space.

[[:Category:BigKrow_(Wikinewsie)]]

Feel free to edit the verbiage on the category however you like. Check out what other users have on theirs for inspiration. Just be sure to preserve the &lt;nowiki&gt;__HIDDENCAT__&lt;/nowiki&gt; line. 

You can link to it from your user page and/or signature so others can see a list of articles you've gotten published. You can also link to it from off-wiki, if you have a blog, or social media page, etc for your journalism work. 

I typically add the category to articles once they're published, not before. I already added it to [[Islamic_State_Khorasan_Province_responsible_for_more_than_60_people_killed_including_children_and_hundreds_injured_at_Krasnogorsk,_Russia_concert_at_Crocus_City_Hall|Islamic_State_Khorasan_Province_responsible_for_more_than_60_people_killed_including_children_and_hundreds_injured_at_Krasnogorsk,_Russia_concert_at_Crocus_City_Hall]].

[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

== [[This April 1st Marks The 79th Anniversary of the Okinawa Landings]] ==

This is not a joke, please read [[:w:Battle of Okinawa]]. [[User:MathXplore|MathXplore]] ([[User talk:MathXplore|talk]]) 07:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

:I thought it was because it mentioned April fools day, I know the landings were real. Thank you. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 07:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

== File:Bob Ely.jpg ==

Hi! Someone added a source for this file [[:File:Bob Ely.jpg]]. Why did you remove it? [[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] it had a negative caption sorry I thought it was a bad edit, apologies. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] |Description = See below.
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:|Source = https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2012/01/08/jerk-running-for-president/49775037007/ [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] they used the word '''&quot;jerk&quot;''' I thought it was saying he was one? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

::: Oh, I did not notice that word. But the article says that &quot;Bob Ely calls himself “a jerk,” and he's running for president.&quot;. So yeah the word is used but I don't think it is used in a bad way. --[[User:MGA73|MGA73]] ([[User talk:MGA73|talk]]) 07:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

== Arizona police article..... ==

Sorry: It went stale. [[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

:I know it's fine, thank you for trying! @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

== Asia is not a part of Russia ==

Still, part of Russia is in Asia, so maybe it makes sense, but if anything Russia (and frankly the majority of the population isn't) in Asia. Referring to edits on [[Russian President Vladimir Putin ready for ceasefire talks with Ukraine]] [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 23:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

:Fair enough, do what you think is best for the article, thanks not going to overly ping you by the way! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
::I removed it since Moscow, Putin, the advisors, Ukraine, the war, and most of Russia isn't in Asia.@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 00:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
:::Ok. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
::::Yeah, using only Category:Europe and not Category:Asia seems appropriate here. But if it were, say, an article about the Russian presidential election, even if nothing in Asian Russia was specifically mentioned, it would make sense to put it in both; Category:Russia also goes in both. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 21:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

== [[:United States gives Ukraine permission to strike inside Russian territory near Kharkiv]] ==

A couple of issues:
* The copyvio detector gives a 53% match. Mostly it is due to extensive quotes. I would suggest breaking up Macron's comment, which currently runs to six lines. It's simply too long to read in one breath.
* The second sentence in the second paragraph doesn't actually say anything. I suggest either removing it or expanding it.
* Some minor grammar such as the last sentence, which is missing the word &quot;policy&quot; before the quote marks?
* The article needs rrnaming. I suggest: &quot;Ukraine allowed to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv with US weapons&quot;.
Otherwise looks good to go. I thought I'd point these things out here rather than putting on a negative review, so you can quickly fix them. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 09:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

== Staleness ==

I just thought I'd share my thoughts on this because you seem to be very attentive to this issue. Our normal route is to wait until four days have passed without edits (or talkpage discussion) and then tag with subst:aband. Then if there are no edits for another two days, it would be deleted. I have been thinking of a proposal to reduce this from 4+2 days to 3+1 days or even 2+1 days to encourage more publishing, especially given last year we increased the window of freshness from 2-3 days to 5-7 days and reduced the minimum length to 100 words. What would you think of a shrinking of the subst:aband route? ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 19:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

:I'm for it, @[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
::Shrinking? I would've thought, if anything, we'd lengthen it to 8+2 days, since the current window was designed for compatibility with the old freshness window. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 20:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]], @[[User:Cromium|Cromium]], ok sorry I jumped to conclusions feel free to make your own decisions, thanks. I'll go with the consensus.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
::::I have started a section at [[:Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Staleness]]. I am open to suggestions for increasing the timeframe too. I just feel that changing these kinds of things may be a way of improving our workflow. BigKrow, your opinion is just as valid as ours, so feel free to chime in. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 21:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
:::::Thanks, I just did! Not much to say just want to get back on track! @[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

== Don't Do That Again ==

BigKrow, whatever you did on [[Severe weather ravages portions of Texas|that Texas article]], don’t do it again. You kind of broke the article. Use the [[Wikinews:Sandbox|sandbox]] next time. Thanks to {{ping|Heavy Water}} for cleaning it all up. [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 21:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]], please don't '''Badger''' i know I screwed up kay. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:58, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::me [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:59, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
:::Okay, I wasn't trying to badger you, just let you know in case you didn't [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::::I don't want to argue.... @[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
:::::But... [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
:::???? [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::::The way you came across I didn't appreciate it. @[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
:::::I am sorry, I didn't meant to. [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 22:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::::::Remember I'm mentally disabled... Time my friend. @[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:05, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::::::Sorry but im miserable today i don't know why..... Apologies my friend @[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:08, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
{{outdent}} Don't worry, I think I've fixed it. This is one situation in which you should ask for admin help. Only the power of deletion sorts out histories that get mixed up. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 22:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

:Ah...good old blowing things up...@[[User:Cromium|Cromium]] [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 22:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Cromium|Cromium]], @[[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]], we all need to stop the bickering things happen, moving on.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
:thanks Big krow [[User:Lelethu Gceba|Lelethu Gceba]] ([[User talk:Lelethu Gceba|talk]]) 21:04, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

== Foo ==

Is essentially shorthand for 'Wiki Foo' the weird little text/symbols/parameters we use in all wikis to make things happen (and I am '''always''' learning right vs. wrong in that department!) e.g. &quot;I would fix it, but I can't remember the foo right now.&quot; It was just a prompt to 'Enter your signature', but... '''your way looks better!'''--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 21:54, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

:Thanks? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

== Please Explain ==

You put the pre-review template on an article that you made completetly blank. [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 17:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

:huh? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
::What was the purpose of placing that pre-review template.
::1.You wrote nothing in it, you conducted no pre-review
::2.Since it isn't an official process ([[Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#Feedback on Pre-Review process|yet]]), you shouldn't put it on the article
::3.You shouldn't pre-review your own article
::I could go on. Why did you that?@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] [[User:Me Da Wikipedian|Me Da Wikipedian]] ([[User talk:Me Da Wikipedian|talk]]) 19:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
:::becuz i did leave me alone... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

== [[:Category:Bollywood]] ==

Good try but I'm going to delete it because it is very unlikely to be populated at the moment. The article which is tagged as being in the category - well, it isn't really about Bollywood. For it to be a viable category, it would need at least three relevant articles i.e. about Bollywood in general rather than actors or movies which happen to be part of Bollywood. The only example I can find is [[:Bollywood cricket victory in Yorkshire charity match]], which involves a sports team representing the industry. ['''[[:User:Cromium|&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;Cr]]''']['''[[:User talk:Cromium|talk]]'''] 19:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

:Ok, thanks. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

== JA story ==

&quot;in a ? that will free him from his being in prison in Britain and will let him go home to [[Australia]],&quot; 

Can you please replace question mark with something? I think it cannot be published with question mark mid text. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:14, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

:also &quot;fought off talks of sexual offenses in [[Sweden]], while fighting ? to the U.S., where he had 18 criminal charges against him&quot; has a question mark in it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
:&quot;WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was bailed out of a UK prison on Monday&quot; is there a way to write this in active voice? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
:&quot;He pleaded guilty to a [[US]] espionage crime.&quot; when did this happen? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

== Small thanks ==

Thanks for maintaining my talk page by reverting a weird edit. I may not be active, but it's nice to have my contributions preserved. --[[User:James Pain|James Pain]] ([[User talk:James Pain|talk]]) 20:30, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

:No problem James. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

== When tagging pages for deletion ==

I recommend you use TwinkleGlobal, and check the option to automatically notify the requests page on Meta-Wiki. That essentially pings the global sysops to delete the page. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 16:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

== Following topics ==

Hi BigKrow

Hope you're doing well.

What is your preferred continent or country for reading and editing news? And what topic?

 Africa • Asia • South / Central / North America • Europe • Middle East • Oceania • Antarctica

 Crime and law • Culture and entertainment • Disasters and accidents • Economy and business • Education • Environment • Health • Obituaries • Politics and conflicts • Science and technology • Sports • Wackynews • Weather

If you are interested, I can send you notifications -- tell me how, by email, by wiki talk page, or on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] -- when a new draft within your selected topics is available.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:21, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

== [[SpaceX will return stranded astronauts in February 2025, NASA announces]] ==

Hi BigKrow, thank you for renaming the page early in the editing process. (It got renamed again.) Congratulations, it is now published. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

:Could you please advise what are your favourite news topics or a next recent event you found interesting? I'd like to write something together again, if you wouldn't mind and if you're available. Thank you in advance! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
::Police news usually. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], thanks! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
:::Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] is the school shooting news a &quot;police news&quot;?
:::[[4 killed in Apalachee High School shooting]]
:::Please let me know. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

== [[Tropical Storm Debby effects Florida, going up coast]] ==

Hi BigKrow, deleted the above story as stale, sorry, I wasn't around when it was written. It would be a pleasure for me to edit and review a similar story if the event recurs (I find weather events comprehensible to review). Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

== [[Thousands of pagers explode in Lebanon killing twelve people and injuring thousands]] ==

Please fact check. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:28, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

== How to follow newer drafts ==

Hi BigKrow [[File:Smiley.svg|16px]]

Some people read the &quot;recent changes&quot; page constantly. Some others refresh &quot;Newsroom&quot; a few times a day. 

There is an easier alternative to follow latest drafts: visit [[Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance]], either manually once a week, or click &quot;Subscribe&quot; button at right top. It will Notify or Email (depending on configuration) when a new topic is added to the page. Then you can see what to edit and what are main requests for help with it, without spending too much time on the site. 

Editing other drafts -- and answering questions at the water cooler linked above, which is the less time consuming version -- may help reviewers spend less time on these other drafts, and review your articles faster.

Hope it helps. Please let me know if you have any questions. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:47, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I'm sporadic sorry. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I started a new article though. Thanks. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:20, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
::Thanks for your help with the Canada PM story, appreciate you checking on it. :-) It got published now. Have a great weekend. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 19:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

== subscription technical question ==

Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] :-)

I am asking for some technical information when you have a moment:

# You wrote the page [[Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested]]
# When you open [[Talk:Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested]]. At right top. Does it say 'Subscribe' or 'Ubsubscribe'? I.e., are you already automatically subscribed to receive notifications of new messages on the talk page or not?

There is no urgency in my new message on the talk page - just want to check how the wiki is configured on your account (I will ask several other contributors also) as this may affect communication with authors.

Thank you so much. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 23:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

:It's usually up there I didn't see it last checked. Thanks @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
::Were you already subscribed automatically? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

== Courthouse article ==

Terribly sorry that went stale. A bunch of work stuff jumped up on me and I just couldn't make it happen. Please try to gatwick that article and re-submit. [[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:19, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

:Unfortunately I don't know how to Gatwick an article. @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]], thank you. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:20, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
::Well, the trick is: don't over complicate it. Think of it like this: Most ''big'' new stories have '''all kinds of stuff''' happening around them. So, we are a bit stale on the actual event itself. But: maybe there has been some courtroom stuff surrounding the guy, and you could use 70% of what is currently in ''this'' article, to build that article. See? That is the general spirit of gatwicking. This didn't make it, but there are (maybe) articles where his Mom said something or his priest said something, or the police searched his home or a storage unit. Then (considering 'inverted pyramid' style), you can put almost all of this near the bottom of THAT article. That is a 48-second intro to gatwicking.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
:::Ok thank you but if an article goes stale won't it be eventually deleted? @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
::::Well, yes. However: There is time for you to grab the text of this article, throw it into a sandbox -- then use that to build a ''fresh'' article. It takes a knack, but you can catch onto it -- I promise! And: if you gatwick this, I '''100% promise that I will review that article in a timely manner.'''--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
:@[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]], I think it's dead in the water just saying we tried though thanks. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
:Hi BigKrow [[File:Smiley.svg|20px]]
:Sorry about the article being stale and now marked as abandoned. The main issue was a quote unverified. 
:@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] in the interests of publishing while article is still fresh, you can remove material which is not verifiable, I believe? Please let me know if you're okay with this. :-)
:@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] 
:* Could you please write another story this week and leave me a message? I'm happy to help you with getting it published. Please try to find something that happened on the same day.
:* Please consider joining [[WN:IRC|live chat]] -- hang around there 24/7, don't close the  chat window -- as then communication can happen more quickly and such questions can be answered way before the article becomes stale.
:Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 04:33, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
::If you are referring to the quote of Van de Camp, I did remove it.[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=California,_United_States:_Suspect_throws_improvised_explosive_device_into_courthouse_on_day_of_arraignment_for_firearms_violations&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4799991] 
::I was ready to publish the article based on my   [[Talk:California,_United_States:_Suspect_throws_improvised_explosive_device_into_courthouse_on_day_of_arraignment_for_firearms_violations#Pre-review|pre-review of it]], which was technically a formal review[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=California,_United_States:_Suspect_throws_improvised_explosive_device_into_courthouse_on_day_of_arraignment_for_firearms_violations&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4799984] with the results reported using {{tl|pre-review}}. —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] that looked good thanks. [[File:Smiley.svg|20px]] It was five days after the event. I guess there can be some time limit, e.g. if 12 hours after a pre review nobody complained then you can publish. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 07:01, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
::::I assumed I would let it sit 24 hours. It went under review again less than an hour after I took it out from under my review.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[:Category:Michael.C.Wright_(Wikinewsie)|Published]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

== Greetings ==

I am looking for help with news writing:

* Please write about something that happened today. Aim for tiny report with two sources and less than 150 words.
* I will share feedback and do my best to help you with it getting published.
* Repeat the same each three days for two weeks.

Then in two weeks we can come back and think what to do next.

It is a '''20-30 minutes each 3 days''' commitment. Are you interested? If so, please ping me or leave me a message when a story is ready for me to look at.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 07:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

== Date ==

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_engineers_tap_access_to_battery-less_desalination_of_more_groundwater_than_ever_before&amp;curid=3002133&amp;diff=4801321&amp;oldid=4801029

Why did you take the date out? If this is because a new week started, then please insert absolute date? It is part of [[WN:5W]]?

Thanks, 🙂 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:56, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

:Sorry, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:19, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

== placement of infobox ==

[https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Qantas_Australian_airline_employees_strike_for_better_wages&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=4802734] seems to have made article a lot longer and infobox starts at the end. Possibly typo? Thanks heaps for your help. :-) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

:Hmm I thought shorter huh.... but thanks @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:20, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
::ok👍 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

== headline ==

[[Man raped woman in Jersey seven times, found guilty]] -- many people do not know what country jersey is -- avoid passive voice -- suggest 'Jersey XYZ Court finds man guilty of seven counts of rape' -- replace xyz with name of the court. -- Happy to look at other options. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
== Also, sorry for the edit conflicts on the Boston article yesterday ==

Title says all. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

:It's ok no problem thank you {{ping|Lofi Gurl}} [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:23, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

== Coffee article ==

Hey!! Hope you're having a good Sunday. I tried to work with the coffee article, freshen it up, but the specifics are just getting too fluid and I may have just dug the article's grave deeper honestly. I might be able to splice the info into some Wikipedia article down the line if all else fails. I'm just not experienced enough to write something this &quot;timely&quot; at this point unfortunately. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:10, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

== Kinda drunk ==

I worked outside in the cold and rain today. I can't write the news tonight. I'm gonna wrap myself up in blankets and watch {{w|true crime}} stuff on YouTube. I implore you to try to find last-minute edits for the 11 articles in the review que (..if you want). Crappy Monday! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:47, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

== In the beginning ==

For starters: Please don't take this harshly -- as it isn't meant to be such. Historically, when I start articles, they are often pell-mell slap-dash bits of who-knows-what... but I often work fairly quickly to get them orderly (to some degree). I've noticed a few things (in recent weeks). You tend to start articles with a few sentences and then just move on. Are you working some type of plan there? Also (and this is just a personal chuckle --- you ''are not'' remotely the worst of them) -- it makes me laugh when people write 39 words in an article and '''I see &lt;u&gt;5 sources at the bottom of the page&lt;/u&gt;'''. What's up with that? We're all just volunteers here -- so: just asking.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

:{{ping|Bddpaux}}, Im sckitzophrenic among other mental illnesses. Sorry, apologies. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
::Understood. I'm a social worker, so: no worries. Heck: You show up around here -- which means a lot!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 18:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Thank you, I try my best! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

== Sorry for being so chatty ==

I smoked marijuana earlier and I was deep thinking about ethics in the press. There's maybe a better page on this project to discuss such things. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

:agreed. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 03:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

== Why do you keep interwikis? ==

Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}} hope you fine. Why do you keep these [[special:diff/4836230|interwikis]]? --[[User:Mohanad|Mohanad]] ([[User talk:Mohanad|talk]]) 02:55, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in January! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in January, 2025. The article has at least 1,558 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled &quot;[[US President Trump orders government recognize male, female as only sexes]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in January of 2025. 

Thank you for your continued contributions! —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
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== Re: revitalising Wikinews ==

Hi, I'm reaching out to you as you indicated support for revitalising Wikinews. Here are a few ways to help out, in no particular order:

# write new articles by [[WN:SG|style guide]] and [[WN:CG|content guide]]
# find news which happened today and share it on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] or [[WN:REQ|a news tip page]]
# read drafts in [[Newsroom]], especially those submitted for review, and edit them to make them more comprehensive or more current
# read drafts in [[Newsroom]], especially those that failed review recently, and address reviewer's comments quickly and re-submit for review
# chat with new authors (of articles in Newsroom) and help them understand the key concepts
# subscribe at [[Wikinews:Water cooler]] (there are 5 subforums, open each and click 'Subscribe' link at top - then keep a close eye on your Echo notifications) to help newcomers and help with editing articles when someone requests assistance
# chat on [[WN:IRC|live chat]] and help newcomers and reviewers with their review process
# help with software development for authoring or reviewing articles, perhaps for the mobile platforms
# chat with other contributors on audio or video chat
# present notes about how Wikinews works at various conferences via audio and video communucations [as we don't have funds for travel at present] this can be linux, programming, journalistical, or wikimedia themed conferences
# figure out how to get someone to do any of the above through a grant, sometimes google summer of code
# find high school and university educators who would like to teach their class journalism by asking them to write articles for Wikinews (was done with [[Category:UoW|University of Wollongong]] in the past, and we have extension installed for marking students)
# collaborate with [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] on getting more news coverage of the New York City and adjacent areas
# proofread, or read, Wikinews articles out loud for Audio Wikinews
# make English Wikinews accounts on various social media like twitter, facebook, blue sky app (sp?), others [in consultation with someone on-wiki first] ensuring you're posting new news articles there with appropriate tags, moderate comments, and setup multiple moderators if possible and document which contributor is in charge of which social network account for Wikinews and how articles are being posted there

Please let me know which of these points you're most comfortable with, and/or would like to learn.

'''''Which points would you like to contribute?''''' Please name up to 3-5 points, if you like. Or suggest your own. :-)

I'm happy to connect with you and guide you in any of the above areas.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in February! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Original author for the top article published in February, 2025. The article has at least 1,237 views!]] Thank you for starting the article titled &quot;[[Gunman enters Pennsylvania hospital ICU, kills officer before police fatally shoot him]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in February of 2025. 

Two months in a row for top article! Thank you for sticking with articles to make sure they get published! 

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As the original author, you can also use the following userbox on your user page: 

{{userbox
| id = [[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025-mini.png|40px]]
| info = ''This user was the original author of the [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/Monthly top article|top article]] for February, 2025''
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—[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:16, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

== Working my rear off!!! ==

Putting effort in!!! All around....

Admins please take note.

{{ping|Leaderboard}}
{{ping|Michael.C.Wright}}
{{ping|Bddpaux}}
{{ping|Lofi Gurl}}

Thanks. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:52, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry for RC flooding by the way!!!!! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

== Connect ==

If you don't mind, I would like to connect with you to chat about news. Do you have any of the following: {{W|jami (software)}}, {{W|linphone}}, {{W|tox (protocol)|tox}}, {{W|discord}}, {{W|viber}}, {{W|telegram (software)|telegram}}? Thanks, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, please see above? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
::No sorry [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:46, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

== Edit conflicts ==

Hi, if you'd like to make an edit while I'm busy writing up an article, please consult the talk page. I just lost a bunch of work due to an edit conflict. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

:Ok srry [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:51, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
::It's all good, don't worry about it [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

== Mass shooting article....... ==

Unfortunately: This appears to've gone stale. Sorry about that. Keep at it!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

== Please check article talk ==

...of the horse story. I added two small requests for your consideration. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:26, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

== thank you ==

[[File:Chocolate cupcakes.jpg|thumb|Thank you so much for your lightning-fast and no-nonsense approach to vandalism/trolling. Sorry, I took a bite out of one of these cupcakes. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 17:03, 11 April 2025 (UTC)]]

:Thank you I try.... [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:06, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

== If I stop writing, it's probably because I died in a work-related accident to no fault of my own ==

I just got a new lawn care job but there are has been like zero regard for the safety of the crew, myself, and others on the road. I'm the only one who wears their seatbeats. I raised concern that wheelbarrows were not getting strapped down properly, and they might fly out of the trailer going 70mph on the interstate and kill someone, and I got ignored. The foreman texts and drives. I'm borderline about to blow my top. I was 7 minutes late this morning and the owner was like &quot;dude wtf you're late&quot; and I just wanted to be like &quot;oh my fucking god dude.&quot; Sorry for the &quot;shock image&quot; over at the talk page for the horse article. I maybe perhaps take my dark sense of humor for granted, and forget that other people just don't see the world the way that I do. Rock on, BigKrow. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:31, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

:You're definitely an odd duck metaphorically speaking, you definitely have dark humor. Moving on!!!! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:33, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
:Your not going to die don't talk like that focus on wikinews. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:34, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
::Let's not make this into a forum, kk? @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:35, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
:::How can I get involved in IRC? Do you know how? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:38, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
::::Ask an admin. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:40, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

== It's not the end of the world if something goes stale ==

They said something like &quot;don't get married to your article&quot; when I first started here. I like having lots of little projects I can chip away at throughout the day. That's how I like to work. Also, if I bring the stories to the site, alot of the time other users pick them up and run with them. Pretty sure I had very little to do with the last few stories that were published. I just brought the links, I guess. I literally woke up this morning and was delighted to see that two more stories got published. Sometimes starting a stub article is what prompts someone to take a story and run with it. I'm just planting seeds here. This is what revitalizing Wikinews looks like to me. Like I said before, anything that goes stale or gets abandoned can probably get used for Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia or Wikiquote. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry, but im done with this war between us.... @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:34, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
::Me too. I never knew things were bad between us? But oh well. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:41, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in March! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in March, 2025. The article has at least 1,450 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Wildfires wreak havoc across parts of Texas]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in March of 2025. 

This makes three months in a row you've either started or contributed to the top article of the month! Bam! 💥 —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

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== You were right. ==

I got ahead of myself last week. Nobody is around to review stuff. I thought that by creating a bunch of stub articles, I would incentivize collaboration and get a community going. I expanded the articles, but now stuff is gonna go stale. You were right. I am sorry for everything. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 22:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], your fine remember move forward! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
::I suppose everything here can either be watwicked into a mega article or converted into Wikipedia or Wikiquote content. I just wonder where is everybody?? Sometimes it feels as if Wikinews has broken up with me and doesn't want to be friends :( [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:41, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
:Hi @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] I think several contributors expanded the stubs, and some of them were successfully published. This looks like constructive approach, to me. Many thanks for doing it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 06:52, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

== Re: mental health issues ==

Is that something you'd like to be approached privately about to offer support? I'd [[Special:EmailUser|email]], as that's the only private messaging feature available on-wiki, but your account doesn't have an email set. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 06:53, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

:I have a therapist, but thanks! @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:19, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

== About noise from other users ==

Hello BigKrow,

When someone is being a fool, unlike Wikipedia, at Wikinews there is no response needed. There is no 'assume good faith' policy. Instead, there is 'never assume'. If someone did one stupid edit, it is seen as stupid, there is no 'maybe this was a good faith edit by a confused newcomer' and a polite conversation. This isn't necessary.

It is also not necessary to approach the user and ask 'hey why did you do this?'.

The motivation for this is that waste of time is not constructive to a journalistic site. Distractions are ignored as much as possible.

Think this may spare you some time and effort. Seeing that there are a few more new users recently and alas not all of them are constructive.

I will of course continue to actively clean up and try to reduce vandalism as much as possible. (This process is necessary at either wiki.)

Hope it helps. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 00:57, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:Understood, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:03, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
::👍 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 03:07, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

== Nothing useful ==

Hi, Bigkrow, just looking for friends in wikis you know, having friends you can chart with if you have a problem, any thing or something. Anyway nothing useful and just use {{[[CURRENTDAYNAME]]}} {{[[CURRENTDAY]]}} {{[[CURRENTMONTHNAME]]}} {{[[CURRENTYEAR]]}}; {{[[CURRENTTIME]]}} UTC, don't worry bout the links just copy the trick. You know I'm crazy, telling someone with 1 year of experience Vs me with 23 days of experience. Anyway let's be friends. Oh I almost forgot, a three year old boy was found in a dam after despairing for four days, 3 police officers were found in a dam after they despaired in a gas station along with their car, I don't know why I'm telling you, but I'm telling you. Are you a female or male, I'm confusedミ●﹏☉ミ &lt;span style=&quot;color:blue&quot;&gt;'''''⟨⟨'''''&lt;/span&gt;[[User:BeastBoy-X|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#0000aa&quot;&gt;'''''Beastboy-𝕏'''''&lt;/span&gt;]][[User talk:BeastBoy-X|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#0000aa&quot;&gt;'''''-Talk!'''''&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:blue&quot;&gt;'''''⟩⟩'''''&lt;/span&gt; 20:37, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

:Nice to meet you, i'am a person lol @[[User:BeastBoy-X|BeastBoy-X]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:41, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

== stale is over 7 days ago ==

that csiro story still had 1 day to stale. would you agree? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:04, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:ok. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

== Re : [[Helicopter flights ArmyNear Washington airport pausing after close calls]] ==

Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]]

Are you OK?

The headline and content missed my brain.

I do not understand even, what happened.

-- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 11:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

== Hi, how do you read me ==

Hi, I included you at your request into the &quot;pingrr&quot; list recently. You'd've received a few dozens of &quot;RR&quot; echo notifications in the last two weeks. Did they arrive? Could you please tell me what is preventing you from responding to them?

Revision requests are an essential part of the collaboration process, and your participation is vitally important. Please provide me with the feedback, it would help me a lot with making this process more efficient and easier for you to use.

Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 05:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], yes I received them, I think. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 08:10, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
::ok thanks, and is there anything that would make it easier for you to participate? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
:::No I'm fine. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

== [[Trainmen and engineers go on statewide strike in New Jersey, first time in 42 years]] ==

Published. Please check page history and talk page. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 12:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], thank you so much! [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:57, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

== Paste ==

Hi BigKrow

In the article there was a published paste from source,

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Emergency_landing_by_Alaska_Airlines_at_Portland_International_Airport&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4858559

&gt; Flight and maintenance crews determined it was safe to continue the approximately two-hour flight to Portland.

This is '''terrible''' as it is illegal, and other users who will edit the page '''will not even know'''.

May I suggest to 

1. Paste in seoarate paragraph only, not add to existing paragraph

2. Mark pasted content:

* in visual editor: mark it in italic

* in source editor: add a &quot;&gt;&quot; before, or enclose in single quotation marks twice to indicate it was pasted, or write &quot;Pasted: &quot; before it

''like this''

Importantly, I believe '''saving''' a pasted text which is not freely licensed is '''illegal (copyright violation)''', and may result in legal action being taken against you, by the original author. This includes copyrighted text in page history, as the prior revisions are also under the same licence as Wikinews itself. So I would suggest '''leaving the article open in edit mode until you have written it in your own words and deleted the quote.'''

So I would envision you coming up with a content like this:


-----

Pasted: Flight and maintenance crews determined it was safe to continue the approximately two-hour flight to Portland.

The airline staff assessed the situation during takeoff, and considered it safe to proceed with the two-hour flight.

-----

(Then the &quot;pasted&quot; paragraph can be deleted, and the edit can be saved.)

I wrote this page for news draft writing, which is saved to localStorage in your browser. Alas, it does not allow you to save on-wiki yet; you would need to transfer the content over manually.

https://gryllida.neocities.org/news/writer/v2/

The load and save buttons load from localStorage and save to localStorage, they do not save to wiki.

Please let me know if this is helpful.

Thanks, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 22:18, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry to inform you but I wrote the article in my own words. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
::How come the diff included a copy paste, then? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:57, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
:::I don't know you can delete it if you think that's best. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
::::I am proposing that in the future you know better. When pasting, always put it in quotation marks or otherwise mark it. '''''It is dangerous to publish pasted material as this may cause the external source to file a lawsuit against you (not against WMF)'''''. It shouldn't be only reviewer's job to clean up copyright violations. It's yours. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in April! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in April, 2025. The article has at least 1,754 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Streaming platform Twitch bans rapper Kanye West seven minutes into first stream for performing &quot;Nazi salute&quot;]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in April of 2025 and currently the most views of the year. 

You are on a streak! You have either contributed to or started the top article ''every month'' so far! Thank you bigly for your hard work and collabortion! 

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;

—[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

:Congratulations, BigKrow. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 20:31, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]], @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] thank you both. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Baseball: Detroit Tigers sweep San Francisco Giants, making their fourth win in a row]] ==

Published. Thank you for sharing the story. Are you closely following baseball? Is this your favourite sport?

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]], [[WN:IRC|live chat]]) 11:12, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

:I love all sports! @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
::I think sport articles are a more entertaining topic than most crime news. Could you please add more? 🙂 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]], [[WN:IRC|live chat]]) 11:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
:::I'll surely try! Thanks. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

== RE: Crime and law ==

Where do you get the news from? What is your RSS feed? I am wondering as this may help me devise a news reading strategy that works better. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:12, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:16, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Bing news and an ai app most usually. Hope it helps. Also major news outlets like Fox News cbs ABC NBC etc BBC. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

:Which AI app? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
::I don't want to say because wikinews doesn't support it. I don't want to be blocked. Sorry @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
:::Why do you say so? As far as I know, usage of AI is allowed, to get news as well as to write page content. I do not know of AI app being banned here. If I missed something, let me know! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:31, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
:How do you check the major outlets? Do you open them in separate tabs or do you have a feed reader or an app? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
::Separate tags @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:23, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
:::👍 [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 17:31, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

== Vandal IP changing your comment ==

I've manually reverted them because they changing your comment. Thank you for dealing with them!&lt;span id=&quot;Raayaan9911:1749504149534:User_talkFTTCLNBigKrow&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Raayaan9911|Raayaan9911]] ([[User talk:Raayaan9911|talk]]) 21:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;

== [c] ==

Please do not post plagiarism reports on talk pages of articles, if there is no issue that requires revision. If requires revision, please include a note about which part requires revision, such as &quot;The third sentence in the second paragraph was plagiarised and requires revision&quot;. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 11:02, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry hope your not too mad at me. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:24, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
::No worries. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 11:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

== Top article in May! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in May, 2025. The article has at least 1,768 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Authorities arrest Belarusian Wikipedia sysop and only bureaucrat Maksim Lepushenka]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in May of 2025.

Keep up the great work!

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;
 [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 21:15, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] thank you [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

== submitted ==

I submitted the Beyonce story for review. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:36, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

:Ok [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:19, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

== Help ==

Hi! 👋

This is Neeraj. I’ve submitted a biographical article on Indian football coach Ravi Kumar Punia for review on English Wikinews.

The article is fully sourced from reputable outlets (AIFF, Khel Now, Sportskeeda, I-League.org, Sportstar) and includes a Wikimedia Commons image. It’s neutral, factual, and follows Wikinews style guidelines.

You have put it on delete can you please help in correcting it it will be very helpful
Here’s the link to the article: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Punia:_From_national_footballer_to_one_of_India%E2%80%99s_rising_coaches_in_women%E2%80%99s_football

Thanks in advance! [[User:Neeraj7sharma|Neeraj7sharma]] ([[User talk:Neeraj7sharma|talk]]) 17:15, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

== Why ==

Hello,

This article summarizes recent and ongoing coaching achievements of Ravi Kumar Punia, including:
– Appointment as head coach of Uttar Pradesh in 2025
– 2024 Senior Women's NFC bronze medal (May)
– February 2024 interviews in Khel Now and Sportskeeda

These events are within the past few months and reflect an ongoing public coaching career. The article includes timely sources and is part of documenting the evolution of women’s football in India.

Kindly reconsider deletion. Happy to revise formatting or update language to meet style guidelines.

Thank you,
Neeraj [[User:Neeraj7sharma|Neeraj7sharma]] ([[User talk:Neeraj7sharma|talk]]) 17:18, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

== Hello from Gryllida ==

Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]]

From time to time several weeks ago your submissions were not completed, have style and formatting and grammar issues; and yet were being submitted for review. This does not appear to happen recently. Was there a reason for this? How did you resolve this?

Regards, - [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:07, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] what do you exactly mean by this? [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:40, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

== Top article for June! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in June, 2025. The article has at least 3,666 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Boeing 787 crashes into Indian medical school, killing hundreds]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in June of 2025.

The article set a new, high bar for page views!

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt; —[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
== July 2025 ==

:I will not stop!--[[Special:Contributions/2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4]] ([[User talk:2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|talk]]) 22:15, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
::I reported you [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:18, 18 July 2025 (UTC) @
:::I will NEVER stop til YOU stop!--[[Special:Contributions/2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4]] ([[User talk:2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|talk]]) 22:41, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
::::I'm not supporting a vandal. @ [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:42, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
:::::There is NO way to stop me!--[[Special:Contributions/2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4]] ([[User talk:2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4|talk]]) 22:48, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
::::::Eventually [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:49, 18 July 2025 (UTC)
:::::::I will forever be a vandal!--[[Special:Contributions/2601:243:D01:1F20:D4F4:83F4:3395:72BD|2601:243:D01:1F20:D4F4:83F4:3395:72BD]] ([[User talk:2601:243:D01:1F20:D4F4:83F4:3395:72BD|talk]]) 16:37, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

MERCI beaucoup.. [[Special:Contributions/105.158.78.151|105.158.78.151]] ([[User talk:105.158.78.151|talk]]) 12:18, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
:I've done a 24-hour block on this user. We'll see if they can learn some manners -- this being their 2nd block.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 14:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:00, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

== wow ==

BBC is paywalled now, apparently. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 03:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
== Live chat software trial (August-September 2025) ==

Live chat software trial (August-September 2025)

Hi, i am running a software to make live chat easier to use. It requires installation of QuasselDroid on Android, Quassel Client on Windows or Mac or Linux, and I don't know what on iOS (let me know if this is your main platform). The software would connect you to the official IRC channel for Wikinews and stay connected including all chat history, including when you closed the app. I am achieving this by hosting it on my Quassel Core on my server. If you are interested in trying this option, please install the Quassel Client software, and after this is done (not before), ensure you have a working email in your [[Special:Preferences]] so i can email you login credentials, and specify your desired IRC nickname. Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:59, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, please install the Quassel Client, it is free/open source, low bandwidth, low RAM and CPU usage
:and tell me your desired nickname
:I would greatly appreciated if you could use it for a few weeks and then leave me some feedback. This chat platform has 3 reviewers on it, and could make collaboration much easier. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:01, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

== Are you OK? ==

Hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]]

No replies in 

[[Talk:Alabama state contractor arrested after toddler dies in hot car while in her care, police say]]

No replies in section above

Are you going ok? Is there some issue? I am happy to talk if you need. You are welcome to send me an email [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:38, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

:I am just full of kinks and gears meaning I'm all over the place sorry gry @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:43, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
::Is there a way i can help you with this? May i re-iterate that the above live chat software is in plain text only and does not give away your photo or mobile number nor it tracking you? This is like Echo, but better, because replying to messages is easier and more visible. Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:58, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
== Re: [[Three car crash in New Hampshire on Frederick E. Everett Turnpike]] ==

Hello,

* would be good to add a map or a photo of the highway and to make paragraph structure more clear not one sentence per paragraph. these changes may be made within next 24 hours. thanks

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:30, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you for the publish! @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 02:38, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
::Hello,
::It was not answered, and is important, so I will ask again:
::Are you able to revise please based on the feedback, immediately, and finish the revision within less than 12 hours after it was published?
::Please confirm. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:57, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

== Re: [[US President Donald Trump says Putin possibly doesn't want 'to make deal']] ==

Hello,

* date unspecified in first paragraph, please see [[WN:5W]] and [[WN:IP|IP]]

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

:Please see above. If you are not available, please drop a &quot;no, i will not be available&quot; note so someone else can work on it. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:58, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
:Hello,
:Requested further revision:
:* 1. Date is not specified in first paragraph. This was noted by a reviewer previously.
:* 2. Sources are listed without dates.
:Please note that [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=US_President_Donald_Trump_says_Putin_possibly_doesn%27t_want_%27to_make_deal%27&amp;diff=4874750&amp;oldid=4874705 this diff] does '''not''' resolve the issue with date request in first paragraph. :-(
:Please fix these issues and re-submit.
:Thank you. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 14:34, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

== Re: [[Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead]] ==

Hello,

* please specify date in first paragraph this is required, and optionally add an image if available

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:35, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

:Please see above. If you are not available, please drop a &quot;no, i will not be available&quot; note so someone else can work on it. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:58, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
:Hello,
:Published with request to revise:
:* 1. &quot;Pakistan-administered&quot; Kashmir or &quot;India-controlled&quot; (depends on which source you read) Kashmir was affected, but is not mentioned in the report.
:* 2. Last paragraph was probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual.
:Please revise within next 12 hours, to allow time for a reviewer to approve your edit.
:Please advise if you're not planning to be available, then someone else can volunteer to do the edits.
:Many thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 14:31, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
== Hello there. ==

How are you doing? &gt;^[[User:CreativeLibrary460|&lt;span style=&quot;background-color:#ADD8E6; color:navy&quot;&gt;'''CreativeLibrary460'''&lt;/span&gt;]] /[[User talk:CreativeLibrary460|&lt;sup&gt;access the library&lt;/sup&gt;]] [[Special:Contributions/CreativeLibrary460|&lt;sup&gt;revision&lt;/sup&gt;]]\ 17:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

:Good you? @[[User:CreativeLibrary460|CreativeLibrary460]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:11, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
::I'm doing fine right now. &gt;^[[User:CreativeLibrary460|&lt;span style=&quot;background-color:#ADD8E6; color:navy&quot;&gt;'''CreativeLibrary460'''&lt;/span&gt;]] /[[User talk:CreativeLibrary460|&lt;sup&gt;access the library&lt;/sup&gt;]] [[Special:Contributions/CreativeLibrary460|&lt;sup&gt;revision&lt;/sup&gt;]]\ 20:14, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
:::Try to write a news article I will try to help. @[[User:CreativeLibrary460|CreativeLibrary460]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:15, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
== What was the purpose? ==

Hi! What was the purpose for these two edits? [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake_strikes_eastern_Afghanistan&amp;curid=3021338&amp;diff=4876621&amp;oldid=4876620] [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake_strikes_eastern_Afghanistan&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4876620] [[User:Affe2011|Affe2011]] ([[User talk:Affe2011|talk]]) 17:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

:I was lazy but edited for copyviolation [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC) @[[User:Affe2011|Affe2011]]
::Oh, ok. [[User:Affe2011|Affe2011]] ([[User talk:Affe2011|talk]]) 17:17, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
== Archive ==

Could one of you please archive my talk page? I still am using it but just wanted archive due to clutter. Thanks @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:15, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
: You can use the following code at the top of your talk page and it will automatically archive conversations after they have been inactive for 30 days:
: &lt;syntaxhighlight lang=&quot;wikitext&quot;&gt;
{{User:MiszaBot/config
|archive = User talk:BigKrow/Archive %(counter)d
|algo = old(30d)
|counter = 1
|maxarchivesize = 192K
|minthreadstoarchive = 1
|minthreadsleft = 0
|archiveheader = {{talkarchivenav}}
}}&lt;/syntaxhighlight&gt;
: You'll have to manually create links to the archive pages if you want to provide those. The first archive it creates will be &lt;nowiki&gt;[[User talk:BigKrow/Archive_1]]&lt;/nowiki&gt;.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:57, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
::It won't work @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
: The bot only runs once every 24h I believe. So leave the config in place and let's see what happens by this time tomorrow. 👍[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 23:13, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
::Worked, thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:33, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
== Just a question... ==

Do you monitor my contributions? You've been thanking [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Log?page=User%3ADsuke1998AEOS&amp;type=thanks a lot of my edits] recently, even those to obscure places such as [[User:Dsuke1998AEOS/common.js|my common.js subpage]]. To be clear, I'm not bothered by the thanks, and I even enjoy them occasionally. Rgrds, [[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998]][[Special:Contributions/Dsuke1998AEOS|AEOS]] ('''[[User talk:Dsuke1998AEOS|talk]]''') 01:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

:I do this for most good users, I'll tone it down thanks! @[[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998AEOS]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:32, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
::{{Reply to |1=BigKrow}} No need to tone it down (at least in my case). I have received more thanks from you than I received from others in my entire life, lol. [[User:Dsuke1998AEOS|Dsuke1998]][[Special:Contributions/Dsuke1998AEOS|AEOS]] ('''[[User talk:Dsuke1998AEOS|talk]]''') 10:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
:::BigKrow is filled with graditude. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:41, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

== fwiw ==

Sometimes I am able to take the content/sources from articles on here that go stale or otherwise don't get published, and use them to expand Wikipedia articles. Sometimes it takes some converting regarding style but it's not too hard. I expanded the {{w|Taco Bell}} artical yesterday actually with the stale drive-thru story. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:43, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
== Request for revision ==

Hi,

&quot;WOMA. SHOT IN FACE&quot; article requires revision. Please check talk page.

Regards, [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:08, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
== Top article for August ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in August, 2025. The article has at least 2,685 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Several people hospitalized after thousands of hotdogs spill following collision on interstate in Pennsylvania]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in August of 2025.

That article was relished by all. Truly top dog work! 🤣

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== thank you for copyediting ==

I was writing &quot;on the go&quot;. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:50, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
== Hello ==

Hello, thanks for your message on my talk page. Do you know if these types of original research (e.g.https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250919-the-truth-about-caffeine-and-scary-dreams) is allowed?
Thanks,
RailwayEnthusiast2025 —[[User:RailwayEnthusiast2025|&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana; color:#008000; text-shadow:gray 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;RailwayEnthusiast2025&lt;/span&gt;]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:RailwayEnthusiast2025|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#59a53f&quot;&gt;''talk with me!''&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/sup&gt; 07:52, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

:Read this to start a new story. Thanks https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Newsroom
:@[[User:RailwayEnthusiast2025|RailwayEnthusiast2025]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 11:12, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
::Is this type of original research allowed? as independent study and explanation to people? Thanks. —[[User:RailwayEnthusiast2025|&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana; color:#008000; text-shadow:gray 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;&quot;&gt;RailwayEnthusiast2025&lt;/span&gt;]] &lt;sup&gt;[[User talk:RailwayEnthusiast2025|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#59a53f&quot;&gt;''talk with me!''&lt;/span&gt;]]&lt;/sup&gt; 14:32, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
:::Original reporting and regular news article are both fine here! @[[User:RailwayEnthusiast2025|RailwayEnthusiast2025]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 15:33, 22 September 2025 (UTC)
== Please hold off ==

Please hold off on marking &quot;[[Dancer Yoshiko Chuma performs at the Children’s Magical Garden in New York City]]&quot; as stale. It is OR and the author is actively working on it. OR typically gets some leeway on [[WN:Freshness]]. Thanks.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 02:08, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
== [[User talk:KrinkleSock]] ==

You should not be reverting people adding categories to their userpage. It is clearly a legitimate account and your behaviour is going to have you end up blocked. --[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] ([[User talk:Ferien|talk]]) 23:37, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thanks for the warning srry @[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
::Why you have to be so strict? @[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:39, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
:::Because Krinkle communicated the issue clearly and politely to you and you didn't get it the first time. If you took one look at the userpage you would have known it is for testing. It took a message from him, two reverts and a stricter message from me to get you to stop. If anyone else had vandalised userpages they would usually be blocked straight away. If you had even looked at the user page, this wouldn't have been any issue at all. As a long-term community member you should know that once multiple warnings are given that's when you start to move onto blocks. --[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] ([[User talk:Ferien|talk]]) 23:44, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
::::Ok I give up sorry @[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:45, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
:::::I should have never messed with it anyway.
:::::I see the word '''&quot;sock&quot;''' it goes ding ding in my head for vandalism @[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:47, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
::::::I understand, but please take greater care! Best, [[User:Ferien|Ferien]] ([[User talk:Ferien|talk]]) 16:42, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
:::::::Will do, appreciate you! @[[User:Ferien|Ferien]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:44, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
== Anyone alive out there? ==

Your are only hope, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:48, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
== Hi BigKrow ==

I am trying to understand why so many articles are deleted as stale. I made the page [[Wikinews:ReviewLog]] and looked at one. The issue was you revised article and I didn't see the notification about that. (I was busy moving house. Logging in to wiki was not suitable, but I would still check my messages on phone.) Apparently, one way to possibly solve this is to help you chase me if I went away. Can you please provide me your Telegram or Discord or Linphone or Matrix username, either here on wiki or via [[Special:EmailUser]], I would like to connect. Then you can ping me at one of these platforms to attract my attension and avoid delays. I hope this is OK with you. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:15, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], you can email me at noobie008@outlook.com [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:17, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
::Ok, I sent you an email, thanks! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 01:32, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
:::No problem! @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:33, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
:::I responded back to you over email, I hope you got it, thanks @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:43, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
::::i did, thank you :) [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 01:48, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

== FYI - Hurricane story ==

https://g.co/gemini/share/6d125aee8c58

I asked ChatGPT to fix the grammar and it did a reasonable job. Please view the '''prompt content''' (what i asked chatgpt to do)

Please check the article content and '''submit for review''' when you think it is ready

Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:00, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you for doing this, for now I'm ok though. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 02:04, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
::i edited and submitted for review
::sorry i couldn't verify 'into a powerful Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 90 mph and gusts reaching up to 115 mph as', couldn't see it in sources -if it's there please let me know [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:10, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
== Top article for September! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Original author for the top article published in September, 2025. The article has at least 4,803 views.]] Thank you for starting the article titled &quot;[[Shark attack kills Australian surfer off Long Reef Beach, Sydney]].&quot; As of today, the article has the highest number of page-views of all articles published in September of 2025.

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This is the highest number of page-views of all top articles in 2025! Whapow![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you very much! @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:37, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
== Hello ==

saw your story about Detroit.

Unfortunately I am away and cannot review until around mid November.

Please check [[Newsroom]] and [[WN:IRC|live chat]] to help with editing other reports as this may help publish yours sooner.

Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:10, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

:aww shucks! Get back soon? @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:20, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
::Break needed to recharge, will try as scheduled. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 09:32, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

== Archive ==

Could one of you possibly be able to archive my talk page? I did it once but now I forgot. Thanks. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]], @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:23, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

:It is [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:BigKrow&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4890207 working fine], reduce 30 days to 14 days at the top of this page if you wish. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 06:50, 21 October 2025 (UTC)
== I'm currently blocked for Open proxy. ==

Sorry I didn't realize I had a vpn on.... You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.

The block was made by ‪AmandaNP‬. The reason given is No open proxies .

Start of block: 07:08, 7 October 2023
Expiry of block: 07:08, 7 October 2025
Your current IP address is 54.38.78.132. The blocked range is 54.38.0.0/16.

Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

{{Unblock-no|Tyrol5|No block against the account existed}}[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
:If you've turned off the VPN, you shouldn't be blocked now. It isn't a block on your account. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 18:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
::[[Special:Diff/4758442|Well, clearly you turned it off.]] So there shouldn't be any further action needed. [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
:::Ok thank you. If something comes up I will let you know. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
:::Thanks for the ping. I am procedurally declining the request, since there was technically no block to review, to remove it from the queue. On a related point, BigKrow, please do just be careful about the use of multiple accounts. Appears you've had a half dozen or so just in the past few months. If you are actively using/editing/switching between them, it is best practice to disclose as much on the respective user pages, to avoid confusion. Thanks much. [[User:Tyrol5|Tyrol5]] ([[User talk:Tyrol5|talk]]) 22:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
::::For what it's worth, as far as I can tell they're not used simultaneously (although [[Special:Contributions/64.39.81.54|the IP]] is). [[User:Heavy Water|Heavy Water]] ([[User talk:Heavy Water|talk]]) 00:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
:::::IP is used if I forgotten to log in, Apologies. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
::::Im aware thank you. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
== About Travler Interview ==

Hi, Dear BigKrow, could you give me an explaination on why is &quot;incomplete&quot; article?
From the consensus we made in discussion page, this article is just waiting for publish. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 00:40, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry, please revert my edits. Thank you for the message.
:@[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 14:09, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
::Alright, and thank you for your attention to my work. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 01:02, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
::&quot;BigKrow, you’ve really been doing a lot of work for Wikinews recently, and I feel like you’re almost always online. Please make sure to rest and remember to have some tea or coffee. By the way, you might consider sharing your thoughts on [[:w:m:Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps]] as an active contributor.&quot;:) ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 04:14, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
== Advice ==

How about helping with rewriting articles and helping them be published, not marking them as stale?
The article was edited recently, how come you mark it as abandoned?
Before that you marked article about a recent event, that was written the next day after it occured, as stale. Why? Are you sure you are right? [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 21:51, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

:I have been on wikinews long enough it is stale been. @[[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:56, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
::&quot;I have been on wikinews long enough it is stale been.&quot; I am not sure whether you are trying to say that article was long enough or you have been on Wikinews long enough. 
::I ask you to refrain from editing the articles that I created if you don't know what you are doing, please.
::You marked article about propagandist Markov as stale, though it wasn't. Now you are marking article that I am saying is not abandoned as abandoned. [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 22:15, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]], dont tell me what to do. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Sorry but I'm just in a bad mood, it's not just you. Sorry about your article but @[[User:Wikiwide|Wikiwide]] tagged it. @[[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:17, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
::::Hey, friends -- we all have our moments! To be fair, &quot;Stale&quot; is often used as a tool for &quot;Nothing is happening here. We need to get rid of this.&quot; -- it isn't meant to be offensive. In the near term: I will try to (at leas) prompt the contributor with a quick message first -- to (potentially) prompt gatwicking (or whatever). I hope this adds some clarity. And: We're all just trying to flow along here!😁--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 16:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::I already gatwicked it several times, so I know about the option. [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 20:38, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

== Loevre article ==

There has been a MOUNTAIN OF ARTICLES on this topic in the past 10 days. In the mood to gatwick? 85% of a good article is already on the page -- with just a slight pivot on a newer focal event.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 19:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

:I am [[w:in the mood|in the mood]]. [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 20:26, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
::I love that tune!--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:44, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
== Mountains article ==

Please check my question on the Talk page.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 17:57, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
:See Talk page -- we may need a micro tweak on the math. Sorry, my operating system is slowing down at this late hour. Can't quite get the total of people figured out.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 20:57, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
== The article on Family Reunification regulations. ==

Thank you for your guidance and support. ¨¨¨¨ [[User:New mayo|New mayo]] ([[User talk:New mayo|talk]]) 22:22, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

:No problem you're very welcome! Enjoy your time here! @[[User:New mayo|New mayo]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:25, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
== Top article for October ==

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That's two months in a row as original author of the top article! 💥[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:19, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you again! @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 01:26, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
:: 👍 Thank ''you'' for sticking with it even when it frustrates you![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:28, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
::@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] Nice collaboration! ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 03:18, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
== Thank you ==

Hello BigKrow,
It's truly an honor to see my article at the top of the homepage. Thank you for your support and guidance. [[ Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead]] [[User:New mayo|New mayo]] ([[User talk:New mayo|talk]]) 11:16, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

:Your very welcome glad it got there @[[User:New mayo|New mayo]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
== Your userpage ==

I saw your userpage and it appeared to have revealed your IP address. Please remove it now because it can lead to doxxing. Thank you. [[User:Trash Taco|Trash Taco]] ([[User talk:Trash Taco|talk]]) 19:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

:who is gonna do that? @[[User:Trash Taco|Trash Taco]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
== Hi BigKrow ==

The [[Chicago L train, woman set on fire by man]] page is an example why it would be good if story was published on the day it was written (in the utopic when reviewers are all here every second of the day). Now it was rejected as by the time the reviewer started looking, there were significant new developments. Sorry.

Can you revise this within next 6 hours to inclued the new update

* outcome of complete investigation
* charges that were laid

If not, please let me know, i will ask someone else to do it. Please confirm immediately about your availability.

Many thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 01:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)


::These weird edits. Can we let them sit for a few days? I wonder if this is a WMF person doing some testing?—-[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 01:52, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::If this is shenanigans —- I will block this user. Lets give it a bit of time. —-[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 01:54, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::@[[User:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]], there is nothing you can do. [[Special:Contributions/74.195.77.161|74.195.77.161]] ([[User talk:74.195.77.161|talk]]) 01:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::I used {{tl|Test3}} for {{BASEPAGENAME}} because this user is making weird edits. [[Special:Contributions/74.195.77.161|74.195.77.161]] ([[User talk:74.195.77.161|talk]]) 01:57, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::::wdym bro [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 05:43, 23 November 2025 (UTC)


::What is the justification here? I suspect this user is using ‘vandalism warnings’ as vandalism!!!—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 02:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Correct. Would you think it is ok to just delete these vandalism edits, or leave that to BigKrow. I had vandalism edits to my talk page reverted in the past, by someone else. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::What I mean is: I think this person is using ‘Vandalism warnings’ as vandalism. 😳😳 Let’s give it about 12 hours please.—[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 02:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::I agree. I asked this person to stop. Maybe after 12 hours we can delete these warnings from here. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 02:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::::We should just delete it ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 05:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]]: I think this IP user should be blocked due to repeated vandalism, spamming other users' talk pages with unnecessary messages, and engaging in edit wars.
::::::And @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], you may want to consider removing those three topics from your talk page, as they are essentially just spam. Thanks. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::Please show me, @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
::::::::If you mean the spam messages by the IP user: [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:BigKrow#c-74.195.77.161-20251123014900-Vandalism_warning this one], [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:BigKrow#c-74.195.77.161-20251123015000-Warning_for_repeated_vandalism this one], and [https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:BigKrow#c-74.195.77.161-20251123021400-Extra_warning this one]. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 13:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::Thank you, @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:25, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::By the way, 92.238.193.33 talk is creating bad non news pages, thank you. @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:26, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
== invitation to edit stories 24/11 ==

Hi BigKrow

Based on Taglet report the following 3 stories would benefit from editing

* [[Midtown Manhattan Nightclub Shooting: One Killed, Shooter at Large]] expand submit for review, event nov-23
* [[3.2 earthquake hits near San Ramon, California]] submit it for review now mate Nov-20
* [[Dina Titus presses Nevada governor over dropped probe, fine against Musk’s Boring Co.]] minor editing for structure. check copyright of 3 large quotes. get info or comment from FD -- Nov-20 
* [[UN Security Council approves Trump peace plan for Gaza]] major news, too short. see [[WN:IP]]. only work on it if it can be refreshed. Nov-18

There are 5-10 others that can be refreshed with some effort, also, in the report.

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
== wdym ==

what do you mean &quot;slammed the cost&quot;


https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=New_CEO_of_Bureau_of_Meteorology,_Australia,_announces_AU$96.5M_website_upgrade_bill&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4932366


please elaborate

thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:32, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

:Denounce @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
::need specifics, otherwise it is bias [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:23, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
== Help merge? ==

Hi :-) Could you possibly merge [[A New Horizon for Uzbekistan's Science: TSUL's First Step in the Global Interdisciplinary Ranking]] into [[Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings recognize Tashkent State University of Law as 'Reporter' for the first time]] ... zzZZZZ here (mid night). Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:Sorry but I don't know how to merge. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:21, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:I tried... @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
::The first step is a copy paste, yes! Thanks! The next step is read what you added and make it better. The source is so bad. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:18, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

== FYI ==

Hi BigKrow, for [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Times_Higher_Education_Interdisciplinary_Science_Rankings_recognize_Tashkent_State_University_of_Law_as_%27Reporter%27_for_the_first_time&amp;diff=4932675&amp;oldid=4932631 that edit]. Could you please add URLs for those

* &quot;Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026&quot; — Times Higher Education, 2025
* &quot;Tashkent State University of Law Recognized in THE Rankings&quot; — Official TSUL announcement, November 2025
* &quot;Uzbekistan Higher Education Development Strategy to 2030&quot; — Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan
* &quot;About THE Rankings Methodology&quot; — Times Higher Education website Wikinews

Related essay: [[User:Gryllida/Sense of urgency]]

Regards, -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:05, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:I would rather not, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:20, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
::Ok, so what you need to do is, 1. copy paste the content 2. leave a note on article talk like 'i copy pasted content, links still need to be added, i will not do it myself. please work on it yourselves'. the step 2 is important. please consider it for future reference. i will work on this later today [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
== Dear BigKrow ==

You are so active, Please go and say something in the Wikinews relevant discussion on metawiki ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 23:39, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

:Link me please @[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::OK
::[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Sister_Projects_next_steps] [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 23:41, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::You are encouraged to share more opinions and vote according to your own views, even if it may not make much difference. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 00:45, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Hello, it seems your comment on metawiki was posted in the discussion section of Wikispore, which may have been a mistake. [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 22:36, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
== [[Woman in critical condition after being set on fire in Dublin, Ireland]] ==

why not in review queue yet ?? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 08:38, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

:Does it qualify yet, length etc? @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:27, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
::Don't you have a browser addon to count words? That would be very helpful. [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/word-count/ like this for Firefox], for example. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:09, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
== Hello ==

{{user:Bawolff/card|Thank you for your incredible level of activity and ever-flow enthusiasm over a long period of time. Best wishes!}} ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 10:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you I really try hard. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

:You are one of the best wiki contributors I've ever seen ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 22:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Appreciate it @[[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 06:17, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
:Concur with the comment above. You have been the most productive editor in this project this year (and probably the year before and so on). [[User:Redireditor|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#6C2E92&quot;&gt;Redir&lt;/span&gt;]][[Special:Contributions/Redireditor|&lt;span style=&quot;color:#1245BC&quot;&gt;editor&lt;/span&gt;]] ('''[[User talk:Redireditor|talk]]''') 01:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::Appreciate it very much, I just love news and trying to help make it a better place thanks again. @[[User:Redireditor|Redireditor]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 06:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 4) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Israeli military says five soldiers were injured in the Rafah area|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:36, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
== The project is dying ==

I shouldnt have called the project a joke. I was frusterated. That was like my eighth or ninth article in a row that went stale because nobody wanted to review it, or wasnt able to. I'm not writing anymore. I get that the process isn't perfect, but this is fucking ridiculous. The fact that the project has barely gotten anything published in light of that WMF discussion just shows me that this is a lost cause. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 14:17, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

:I can understand you, submitting an article on current enwn can be really frustrating… Many times I’ve also felt similarly impulsive thoughts. and Compared with other sister projects, the English version of Wikinews is relatively weak. Especially under such external pressures, it’s normal for ordinary volunteers to feel frustrated. But truly appreciate you and everyone’s contributions; we need to stay united. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 10:11, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:Writing more is not an effective solution, [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]]. There were 10 drafts needing attention and now there are 16, for example. Need two users in IRC simultaneously one flagging issues and one fixing them. How the hell to make that happen, I have no idea, I am open to ideas. I am mentally ready to pay a fortune to the first person to organise this irc session with a reviewer successfully ensuring both the person and the reviewer stayed glued to keyboard for its entire duration. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:34, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
::Having a wiki page with availabilities advertised including count downs could help. 
::Like this
::{{Tl|Countdown|Australia/Sydney|Tuesday|6pm}}
::Or something. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 12:36, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::I'm going to focus on revising other people's drafts I guess when I get on here. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 14:15, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
: This is a reply to no one in particular, just to the topic in general. 
: The WMF has announced no decision and taken no action yet. The state of en.WN is the result of what contributors here have chosen to do or not to do. We all have the choice to continue volunteering our time as we see fit, or to walk away. The project is impacted either way. 
: For the first time since June we had three reviewers who [[Wikinews:2025 Boost publication rate/November pub-rate report|published articles in November]]. We also published more articles than our monthly average in 2024 and had fewer days with 0 articles published than our monthly average in 2024.  This reverses a five month down-trend, by just adding one more publishing reviewer. 
: I believe if we could show to the WMF that with more active reviewers performing ''full and complete'' reviews, we can generate more interest in the project and begin the slow process of improving our policies and guidelines (which I believe are demonstrably counter-productive).[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:17, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 9) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=&quot;Breaking Bad on steroids&quot;: Thousands of pounds of drugs seized in historic Florida raid, suspect apprehended|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:27, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

== Hello ==

Hi, could you please install [[User:Asked42/Taglet]] now to help triage new pages by marking them with event dates? this would greatly speed up page review, thanks! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 11) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=10-man Preston North End draw with Coventry City in Championship fixture|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:22, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
== seasonal depression is awful ==

That is all [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:09, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

:I agree. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:21, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 14) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Football: Nottingham Forest beat FC Utrecht 2-1|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:58, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:53, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 14) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Battery explosion triggers fatal office fire in Jakarta’s Kemayoran district|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 00:40, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

:Great work as always @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:47, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 15) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=NBI seeks Interpol Red Notice for former lawmaker Zaldy Co|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:43, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

:Thank you and great job @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

== Top article for November! ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}}, 2025. The article has at least 2,218 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[India wins 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}} of 2025.

You consistently have contributed to the top articles all year! Thank you for your persistence!

{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:46, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

== Re: [[Top commander in Gaza killed]] ==

Add a name and add active voice, into the headline? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:08, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

:ill try when I get a chance or you could possibly help out? @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:13, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
::please go ahead if you have an idea. not a good topic to view on a desktop in an open office space [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Ohh oops sorry @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:10, 15 December 2025 (UTC)
== edit to user page ==

hi, your edit to [[User:Bruce Marshall Matters]] was reverted with comment that 'Matters is not Mathers' and 'this is not the real Eminem Bruce Marshall '''Mathers III''' Matters not Mathers' are &quot;I get it. But it isn't a reason to delete the user account or the content.&quot; (by Michael.C.Wright)

please refer to pages about deletion reasons, generally, users are welcome to do whatever they want to their user pages unless they are spamming or doing copyright violation, and a few other things. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:12, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 16) ==

Stale story. Sorry. Event: Dec09. Submitted for review: Dec13. :'-( Please submit article for review earlier. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 10:28, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
== Football (American) ==

I didn't understand [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Michigan_college_football_coach_formally_charged_with_home_invasion,_stalking&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4959305 this edit]. I am well aware of the difference between the NCAA (college) and NFL (professional). Why would an article about a U.S. college football coach not qualify for [[:Category:Football (American)]]? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:53, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

:You can retract my edit, sorry. @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 16:11, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 17) ==

RE: MI6 story

The last paragraph is too long. Did you write it yourself? Please see [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]] and rewrite.

Please add date when MI6 head started work.

Then resubmit for review. Please -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:07, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
== Your article submission for review (December 17) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=UK MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli warns of 'grey zone' warfare in first speech|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:25, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

== Your article submission for review (December 17) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Massive fire at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong: More than 120 dead, hundreds missing|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:57, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[House explosion in Salisbury]] (December 18) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=House explosion in Salisbury|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

== Stop engaging in the unnecessary edit wars (also stop stalking me) ==

Your engaging in unnecessary edit wars by undoing edits, also you are a Paper Mario, and a vandalism account [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-41780-18|&amp;#126;2025-41780-18]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-41780-18|talk]]) 00:42, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

:I am just doing my job @[[User:~2025-41780-18|~2025-41780-18]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:43, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
::will you stop reverting my edits? [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-41780-18|&amp;#126;2025-41780-18]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-41780-18|talk]]) 00:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Brown University, MIT suspect found dead by police]] (December 19) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Brown University, MIT suspect found dead by police|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:50, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
== [[Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents' deaths]] ==

Regarding the article now titled [[Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents' deaths]], I believe this title is ungrammatical again. One could say &quot;Nick Reiner charged with murder '''in''' parents' deaths&quot;, or &quot;Nick Reiner charged with murder '''for''' parents' deaths&quot;, or &quot;Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents&quot;, but not the current version, which implies that he is accused of killing his parents' ''deaths''. I already changed this title once previously (because &quot;debited&quot; is only a synonym of &quot;charged&quot; when talking about money or accounting, not when talking about crime), so I'm not going to change it again right now, but the current title is unsatisfactory. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 09:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
== hi ==

...you feeling better today? [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 14:06, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

:I am trying to cope with life. Thanks for asking. @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 18:51, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

== Don't be too hasty with {{tl|stale}} ==

This is particularly regarding [[Two shooters target Hannukah gathering at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia]]. The template {{tl|stale}} says that for a synthesis article, the underlying event must have happened within 10 days, and there must have been new details within the last 5 to 7 days. As I write this, it has not even been 7 days since the shooting occurred. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 22:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
== Hello ==

hi @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] I'm wondering if you or anyone else reading at this comment could look at my [[Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center|article]] article and see if it is ready for review to get published, Thank You for reading [[User:Atl28|Atl28]] ([[User talk:Atl28|talk]]) 18:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

== Vandalism warning ==

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[[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-42360-72|&amp;#126;2025-42360-72]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-42360-72|talk]]) 23:33, 21 December 2025 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center]] (December 24) ==

Hello,

Re: [[Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center]]

1. Date and 'who renamed it' are missing in first paragraph. [[WN:IP]]

2. Text includes some analysis words such as &quot;lots of&quot;, &quot;many&quot;, &quot;extremely likely&quot;, &quot;most people&quot;. This should be replaced with something more precise, or attributed. [[WN:Attribution]]

3. External links should be moved from article body to the sources section.

4. {{tl|image source}} should be specified in the image caption.

Please fix these issues and re-submit. Thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:06, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[House fire triggers explosion in Salisbury, North Carolina]] (December 24) ==

Hello,

This message is being sent to you as you contributed to the article at some point.

For your reference, as a part of my review, the article required several minor edits. Some of these changes may be related to your edits, while others may be related to edits made by other users. The list of minor edits is provided below.

1) The more recent/current information about health and return to work of firefighters was brought upwards to second paragraph [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]]

2) That sentence was edited for past tense.

3) Fresh source was listed at top of the list.

4) Request was made off-wiki to add a verb to the headline. This worked amazingly well.

5) A paragraph was reworded as it was too close to plagiarising a source.

6) Acronyms were removed as they were not used throughout the rest of the page.

Please keep these in mind when writing or revising articles in future. And, thank you for creating and revising this article, it is interesting that there was additional explosion; I hope there will be an update when the cause will be identified.

Have a great day. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
== Published: [[Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot]] (December 26) ==

Hello,

This message is being sent to you as you contributed to the article at some point.

The article was published. Congratulations.

For your reference, as a part of my review, the article required several minor edits. Some of these changes may be related to your edits, while others may be related to edits made by other users. The list of minor edits is provided below.

1) Specified date in first paragraph more clearly, as it is a Friday today, my local time anyway, but event was last week.

2) Cleaned up a messy paragraph at the end of the page

The following review comments were added:

1) The article presents a nearly stale event on Dec19 which was written up on Dec21 and submitted for review on Dec24. &lt;mark&gt;Please do not delay submitting for review. Please submit for review as early as possible. THIS IS IMPORTANT.&lt;/mark&gt;

2) The article contains the following paragraph:

''Officers responded to a 911 call around 10:15 p.m. after a man reported that his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend was attempting to break into her home and might have a gun ��. When officers arrived and located Davis at the side of the house, he immediately pulled out a handgun and opened fire at close range, striking two officers and the 911 caller ��. One officer was shot multiple times in the upper body but was protected by his ballistic vest and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, while the second officer was shot in the upper body and required surgery, leaving him in critical but stable condition ��.Davis fled the scene and was found minutes later at the intersection of Arnett Boulevard and Thurston Road �. When ordered to stop by a third officer, Davis opened fire again, shooting the officer once in the upper body ��. That officer and others returned fire, striking Davis multiple times and killing him at the scene ��.Casualties and ConditionsAll three wounded officers were treated at Strong Memorial Hospital and received life-saving treatment �. The 911 caller, who had exchanged gunfire with Davis and was shot multiple times, was also hospitalized in serious but non-life-threatening condition ��. Police Chief David Smith noted that each of the injured officers had fewer than 10 years on the force �.Background on the SuspectDavis had an active arrest warrant for aggravated harassment from an October incident and had previously threatened the victim in July, telling her he would &quot;put a bullet in her head,&quot; which led to her obtaining an order of protection �. He was convicted of third-degree burglary in 2005 and was illegally possessing a .40-caliber Glock handgun at the time of the shooting, which he fired until it was empty �. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans called the incident &quot;people's Exhibit A on what domestic violence can do,&quot; noting that the police department receives more than 6,000 domestic violence calls annually ��.''

This is garbage because:

a) It is too long

b) it has &quot; ��&quot; in between sentences

c) It has incomplete sentences like &quot;Background on the SuspectDavis had an active arrest warrant ...&quot;

&lt;mark&gt;Please do not submit crappy paragraphs for review. This delays publishing. The only thing a reviewer can do is delete the whole paragraph, or clean it up; which is time consuming and disrespectful because you could have done the same too before submitting article for review and because it is not publishable in current form. PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT COMPLETED ARTICLES. THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.&lt;/mark&gt;

Thank you. Have a great day. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:25, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Protests erupt in New Delhi, envoy summoned following lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh]] (December 26) ==

Requested major revision.

1) Minor edit: Please do not place two review templates on one page. This messes up the publish process. Please remove one of the two review templates from the page now.

2) Major edit: New York times source is paywalled. Please remote it now, and remove any information from it or find a replacement source for it. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:35, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center]] (December 26) ==

The article has been published. Congratulations.

The following edits were made by reviewer:

1) Article body written in past tense

2) External links moved to a section called 'External links'

3) Rearranged to specify the date in the first paragraph, see [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]]

Please keep these comments in mind when writing or editing articles in the future.

The following notes were left by reviewer:

1) The previous review raised concern about bias in words such as 'many' in 'many commenters' or 'illegal in many ways', it was disappointing that this was not addressed at time of submitting for review.

2) Article was written on time and submitted on Dec22, which is not excellent for a Dec19 event, but is good. It is on the edge of being stale now, as is is already Dec25, and I am making the decision to pass.

3) Please write article about what happened, whether the rename was approved by authorities. Has there been any recent updates?

Please consider revising more thoroughly before re-submitting for review; writing up a story and submitting for review sooner and closer to the event date; and also consider writing a article about updates, if any updates were available, immediately after these updates occurred.

Many thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

:Also, the image licensing is unclear. It should be revised in Wikimedia Commons, as it is not 'Own work' unless you took the photo. It is likely that the image will need to be re-uploaded locally at Wikinews, via [[Special:Upload]], as Wikimedia Commons does not allow uploads of 'fair use' images. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:52, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Baltimore Police Department detective hospitalized]] (December 26) ==

Congratulations, article has been published,

Following edits were made 

1) specified location of the state, which i should not have done, as it is nearly major edit that could disqualify me from reviewing

2) re-ordered sentences to say it was accidental crash after actually mentioning the crash

3) fixed some wikilinks

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf

following notes were left by reviewer

1) for location of MD please add the following source https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf and i will sight the edit, please do this now

2) please note for future reference to write slightly longer articles even when a information is not yet available in source, what i did was a rushed ugly hack

thank you for submitting the report, it is appreciated

have a great day -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 21:08, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[Protests erupt in New Delhi, envoy summoned following lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh]] (December 26) ==

thanks for the report, it has been published

reviewer needed to do the following minor edits

1) added note about possible breaching of the commission in first paragraph

2) added infobox

comments left by reviewer

1) event dec22 draft dec24 (2 days delay...??) submitted for review dec24 (good) - OK

2) recommend adding images if available in creative commons, within next 12 hours

thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:35, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Barnes and noble stabbing]] (December 26) ==

Rewrite is requested

1) Please add a note about whether the victim died. This is essential to clarify this, even if the article mentions &quot;murder&quot;; specify whether the victim died on the scene or in an ambulance or in a hospital. 

Please fix this issue and re-submit for review. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:14, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

:Please also move the page. The headline should contain a verb. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:15, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

== Published: [[United States, Florida: A man fatally stabs a Barnes &amp; Noble bookstore shopper, claims 'no cause' to police]] (December 26) ==

hello,

this message is sent to all contributors to the article. some of the comments below may or may not be useful to you, please check them carefully for your future edits or for helping to revise after another user.

i did this

1) renamed to clearer headline

2) copyedited second paragraph to replace 'She' with 'The victim'

i am requesting further edits:

1) specify source for '9:22pm'

2) add a photo of a barnes and noble book store

please do these changes now, and i will sight the edits

thank you -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:31, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
== Published: [[Knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan]] (December 27) ==

Congratulations, the article is published.

The following edits were made by reviewer:

1) Text needed restructure for [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]] in 2nd, 3rd, etc paragraphs. This is nearly a major edit which may disqualify me from reviewing. Please consider doing an additional edit like this yourself before submitting the report for review, in the future. 

Thanks.

Have a great day. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:19, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
== information about undid revision ==

hello, i saw that you removed [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Howdy/content&amp;oldid=4965109#unescaped_%22_line_20_column_169_&amp;_175_of_template_content_code my comment], but i don’t really understand why. sorry to bother you but why? is there a more appropriate place to report the issue in the template? again sorry if this isn’t the right way to go about any of this, and hope you have a good day [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-43154-46|&amp;#126;2025-43154-46]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-43154-46|talk]]) 14:11, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
== Published: [[Opposition leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years]] (December 29) ==

Published. Congratulations.

Reviewer left following comment:

1) MINOR EDIT REQUESTED: Article is, while written as objectively as possible, dominated by points of view of the opposition. I strongly recommend adding point of view of the current ruling party about this event. Please do so within next 12 hours or less, and mention my nick in the edit summary so that I can sight the edit.

Thanks. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:42, 28 December 2025 (UTC)
== [[Domestic call in Rochester, New York leads to three police officers being shot]] ==

In this article, the first name of the shooter is omitted. He is identified only as &quot;Davis&quot; with no first name. It turns out that his name was Eric Davis, but the sources cited don't even mention his last name. (See https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/12/25/ag-probes-fatal-rochester-police-shooting/ for an article which does give his full name.) I have commented to [[User:Michael.C.Wright]] to ask him to unprotect the page to allow this to be corrected. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 15:27, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
== Published: [[Keyboardist-guitarist of English rock band The Cure dies aged 65]] (January 3) ==

Event over 7 days old. 

Passing as exception in context of following factors
* nobody was around on holidays anyway (I am being lenient) 
* the article is well written 
* it is obituary about a person's whole life so it is still slightly newsy for a while

Please do not consider this as precedent for future articles.

Thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:42, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Pile up involving dozens of cars on Japan highway kills two]] (January 3) ==

comment left by reviewer 

1) event dec26 not new anymore see [[WN:Freshness]] 

action requested

1) please report a newer &quot;more current&quot; event not this old one

thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 04:57, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Residents shelter in place for hours after gas leak outside of Los Angeles]] (January 3) ==

Published. Congratulations, and thank you for starting, or revising, the article.

Notes from reviewer:

1) This is on the edge of being old and no longer 'news', but still acceptable.

2) If AI/LLM was used, please leave a note on the article talk page immediately. This is required.

Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:06, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
== Venezuela ==

I'm sure you've heard by now.... I wanna try to do the story but I think the facts are just moving too fast for us at this point. Hope all is well. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 21:58, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks for the message @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] I have been following this very closely by the way if you want to help out another IP user is writing about it right now. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 22:13, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
:i have tried to simply stick to the facts i got in two independent sources because it’s a bit overwhelming yes. specifically i don’t mention the developments, only the capture and a bit of context. i think the future ruling of Venezuela by the US needs it own article, or needs the fact to happen before being reported maybe [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-44160-09|&amp;#126;2025-44160-09]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-44160-09|talk]]) 22:48, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
: I just spent my time writing an article about it only to realize someone else had done so. You should review the article [[United States capture Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro]] just to make sure you don't want to be a reviewer (because we could really use another!). ツ
: If no one else gets to it by tomorrow morning Pacific Time, I should have time to review it.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 23:44, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
::Ok because I have no experience reviewing anything lol. Thanks @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 23:48, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
::: Sorry, that was a reply to (or meant to be a reply to) Lofi. My apologies. 
::: But you can do a {{tl|Pre-review}}. 👍[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 23:50, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
::::I think I'll pass lol sorry I just don't want to screw anything up. @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:00, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
::i read your article and i think the CNN source has a different perspective that could either add a lot to my article, or create another article [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2025-44160-09|&amp;#126;2025-44160-09]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2025-44160-09|talk]]) 00:07, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Ok [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 00:11, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[United States capture Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro]] (January 4) ==

Rewrite is requested:

1) Please specify date, and time zone, in first paragraph.

2) New York Times source is paywalled. Please remove it along with any information from it. If you wish to keep that information, please find another source for it.

3) Some sentences may require attribution. I was shocked to read the phrase &quot; conspiracy to commit narco‐terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine&quot;. Is it official accusation? The 'narco-terrorism' is a new word for me. If it was official accusation, then maybe it could be either wikilinked or taken into quotation marks.

4) Article body needs to be written in past tense.

5) Phrases like 'where Maduro was suspected to be located' and 'seizure of several oil tankers' are plagiarised and need to be written in your own words, if Earwig is to be believed.

6) Please double-check the chronology of writing corresponds to [[WN:IP|inverted pyramid]] to reduce revision required by reviewer at time of approval.

Please revise and re-submit for review NOW while the news is still fresh.

I will try to be available for next 12 hours to re-review.

Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 09:08, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[United States capture Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro]] (January 5) ==

reviewer left comments:

1) as discussed at the talk page I have had to restore a previous revision which contains the propaganda from both sides (US and the local countries in southern America)

2) i had to add attribution/source 'US President said that ...' to first paragraph to clarify where info came from in case it was fake.

i recommend &lt;mark&gt;following ADDITONAL edits&lt;/mark&gt; please do them immediately:

1) merge with the other page to be done within next 12 hours please

2) comment about the president wife having also been captured as i believe this is also the case but headline and first paragraph do not quite mention this i believe

Please note the following admin points:

* The article is now published, and further changes will require approval from a reviewer. 
* Changes may only be made for up to 24 hours after publishing. After this time period only minor style/appearance/admin edits are allowed. Content changes will not be allowed after that time.
* After a few more days the article will be archived, and will no longer be editable except by sysops.

thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:29, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

:here is the link
:[[U.S. says it detains Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro]]
:please merge its content into this page immediately as soon as you are available
:thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:36, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Tokayev: Owners of “murky” assets to invest 5 trillion tenge in Kazakhstan]] (January 5) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Tokayev: Owners of “murky” assets to invest 5 trillion tenge in Kazakhstan|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:18, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Late night crash police officer in Pittsburgh]] (January 6) ==

Change of workflow is requested! Please remember these following points in your future submissions:

1. please proofread before you submit for review

1a. do not submit article for review if it is with grammar errors and structure issues

1b. only submit for review when you think the article is ready to publish, '''not when it is incomplete'''

2. if you require someone to complete article for you, press the 'request assistance' button, not the 'submit for review' button

rewrite is requested:

1. phrases were copied from source please rewrite in your own words

{{SIH
| text1 = while searching for a domestic violence suspect who had fled from police
| issue1 = c
| text2 = the officer will undergo mandatory drug and alcohol testing as part of the bureau’s
| issue2 = c
| text3 = searching for a domestic violence suspect
| issue3 = c
}}

2. please separate the article into separate paragraphs see [[WN:IP]]

3. specify country in first paragraph

4. remove repeating sentences for example &quot;A late-night crash happened with a Pittsburgh police officer.&quot; and &quot;A Pittsburgh police officer was injured in a single‑vehicle crash&quot; are similar in meaning there is no need to say the same thing twice. similarly &quot;crash '''occurred shortly after midnight'''. A Pittsburgh police officer was injured in a single‑vehicle crash '''just after midnight''' &quot; there is no need to say it twice. please check it yourself by proofreading the text and ensuring it is not duplicated.

5. remove words like &quot;and was taken to a hospital in stable condition '''What happened'''The crash occurred early Monday morning (around midnight) at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Josephine Street&quot;

please fix these issues and re-submit for review

thanks -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:36, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

:Please ask AI &quot;check this text for grammar errors and repeated sentences. ensure first paragraph answers 5W (who what where when why how) next paragraphs provide newsworthy details and last paragraph provides background information. do not repeat same meaning twice.&quot; followed by article content ? This can be done for any article. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 19:39, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
== Request for clarification ==

For the [[Bay golf club]] I would like to request additional information.

1) What prompts did you use when chatting with a AI/LLM.

Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:23, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[French court sentences 10 people for claiming that Brigitte Macron was a man]] (January 7) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=French court sentences 10 people for claiming that Brigitte Macron was a man|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:32, 7 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Vehicle involved crash with horse and buggy closes road in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] (January 10) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Vehicle involved crash with horse and buggy closes road in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:40, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
== Re: [[User:Üç şəhid qardaşı]] ==

User pages are allowed to be in a foreign language here, aren't they? Is there some other issue? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 13:15, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
== Vandalism ==

Stop the Vandalism on articles @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]]. You are not a mod and this is non of your business. [[User:Kannotlogin|Kannotlogin]] ([[User talk:Kannotlogin|talk]]) 12:39, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

:it is my business @[[User:Kannotlogin|Kannotlogin]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:47, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
::How is it your business? I don't see an admin icon or smth [[User:Kannotlogin|Kannotlogin]] ([[User talk:Kannotlogin|talk]]) 12:52, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
:::your page will be removed soon. @[[User:Kannotlogin|Kannotlogin]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:53, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Roblox player exposes fraud to claim Guinness World Record]] (January 14) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Roblox player exposes fraud to claim Guinness World Record|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:48, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

== Published: [[Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record]] (January 14) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:17, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
== Top article in December ==

[[File:Wikinews-barnstar-2025.webp|thumb|left|alt=Award for highest monthly page-views.|Contributing author for the top article published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}}, 2025. The article has at least 3,042 views!]] Thank you for contributing to the article titled  &quot;[[Raccoon found passed out in liquor store after drunken rampage]].&quot; The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in {{#time:F|{{#time:Y-m-d|-1 month}}}} of 2025.


{{clear}}&lt;!--keep the template:clear so new sections are bumped up to wrap around image--&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:57, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father]] (January 19) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:53, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father]] (January 20) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 18:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
== About Kannotlogin ==

Hi, I'm letting you know that I filed a report with the global sysops at Meta. They can barely intervene in Wikinews without local sysops. Because of this action, [https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q137842979&amp;action=history half of the interwikis have disappeared].

For the other half, I've proceeded with {{tl|delete}} at those where there haven't been any edits unrelated to multi-accounting. We'll see if, in the process, it's reduced to only those that require community explanation. [[User:Taichi|Taichi]] ([[User talk:Taichi|talk]]) 05:59, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Shark kills 13-year-old boy in attack at Brazilian beach]] (February 5) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Shark kills 13-year-old boy in attack at Brazilian beach|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:43, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

== [[Prolonged vacancies and term limit violations on the Governing Board of South Carolina's Human Affairs Commission]] ==

I was not sure what you meant by [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Prolonged_vacancies_and_term_limit_violations_on_the_Governing_Board_of_South_Carolina%27s_Human_Affairs_Commission&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4982232 this edit] to the article, requesting speedy deletion because &quot;A Wikinews article published on February 1, 2026, reported that the Governing Board is currently dealing with: At least one prolonged vacancy ....&quot; There haven't been any Wikinews articles ''published'' on any topic since January 22, 2026, and nothing about this governing board since I became active on Wikinews a few months ago. This article certainly looks to be on the road to going stale or abandoned and being deleted, but the article creator has a few more days before that happens. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 17:40, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

:Grok AI says different. @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 17:43, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
::It sounds like Grok AI might have found this very article and claimed it as a duplicate of '''itself'''. See [[:Category:Published]]; not one article has been published on Wikinews since [[Bruce Gallanter interviews Elliott Sharp, Joe Fonda at Downtown Music Gallery event]] on January 22. --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:00, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
== [[Muhammad Qasim Observational case report on late-onset hair regrowth published, medical review invited]] ==

You asked for deletion of [[Muhammad Qasim Observational case report on late-onset hair regrowth published, medical review invited]] for a reason that begins, &quot;Yes, this appears to be actual current news based on recent publications and announcements. ...&quot; I don't understand. You want the article deleted because it '''is''' actual current news? Or was that Grok AI again? --[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:00, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

:grok @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 13:17, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
== Deletion request ==

I just noticed that I replied to your deletion request but the comment I replied to was not signed by you and therefore you may not have been alerted by echo about my reply. Please check [[Wikinews:Deletion requests#Roblox player uncovers cheating, awarded Guinness World Record|the request]] and comment there. The request needs evidence and a rationale from [[WN:DG]]. Thanks.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago exhibition opens in Berlin, Germany]] (February 11) ==

Sending to all authors...

Published.

Please check '''each diff''' in article history, in case i added inaccuracies or confusion.

Please check current revision. I edited it because it was not completely consistent with source, in the paragraph mentioning unesco.

Please if you are in Berlin, take a photo, even from outside building if inside is not allowed.

Edits may be made within next ~24 hours.

Thank you. -- [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 11:01, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Shohei Ohtani announces first signature collection with New Balance]] (February 18) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Shohei Ohtani announces first signature collection with New Balance|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Wildfires burn across parts of US states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas]] (February 20) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Wildfires burn across parts of US states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 02:06, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[Tarique Rahman forms new BNP government in Bangladesh]] (February 21) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=Tarique Rahman forms new BNP government in Bangladesh|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 16:46, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
== streak proposal ==

Hi, I am proposing to setup [[:w:streak]] goals over a 12 week period: for example, 

* &quot;write one story each two weeks, and [[:wikt:babysit|babysit]] it until it is published&quot;

This could be either authoring a completely new article or this could be taking over someone else's article and doing focused editing on it with active collaboration with others until it is published. It is like a [[:wikt:day shift|day shift]] as you are expected to remain available '[[:wikt:on call|on call]]' to address concerns from another user or reviewer.

The aim of this is to build a habit of participation with [[:wikt:outburst|outburst]]s of eyeballing the page to collaborate with others -- but not every day, to have breaks and reduce [[:wikt:burnout|burnout]]. Could you please check out at '''[[Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Streak_themed_competition_proposal|this section]]''' and let me know what you think? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 03:15, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:i would appreciate if you could please share your feedback in the page linked above, by end of this week, thanks! [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 23:16, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::I've honestly lost all hope for English wikinews I barely write anymore etc etc. You do what's right for the project sorry I have no input on this topic. @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 12:27, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
:::That is fine, please let me know what caused the lost hope. I am interested. Either here or in [[Special:EmailUser/Gryllida]] up to you where you wanted to put it. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:37, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

== copyright stuff ==

Sorry for the revert, but that content was indeed copyright infringement.[https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&amp;project=wikinews&amp;oldid=4988818&amp;action=search&amp;use_engine=1&amp;use_links=1]

Thanks as always for your anti-vandal work![[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:51, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
: This was about [[User talk:Moway334]], by the way.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 01:52, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
== a Why AI question ==

You noted on @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]]'s talk page

&quot;If AI usage gets taken away... I might have to leave the project...&quot;

Could you please clarify why you said that? Just explain the same thought in more words or rephrase. I did not fully understand it.

Thanks a lot. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:44, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[German film &quot;Yellow Letters&quot; wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival]] (February 26) ==

{{Notify_review/notready|article=German film &quot;Yellow Letters&quot; wins Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:29, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

== Review notification ==

Hello, @[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]]: As you may have noticed on your talk page, you have received a couple of review related notification messages for articles you created or contributed to. First of all, thank you for your contributions. I wanted to ask whether you find these notifications on your talk page helpful throughout the article development lifecycle. Also, do you have any suggestions regarding the way or frequency these notifications are posted?
I have been considering adding a preference option that would allow users to choose whether they want to receive notifications only for articles they created, articles they significantly contributed to, or not receive such messages at all. What are your thoughts on this before I proceed with implementing such a preferences option? -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 16:48, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[Musical performance presented by Striped Light in Long Island City, New York showcases four performers]] (February 28) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Musical performance presented by Striped Light in Long Island City, New York showcases four performers|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 15:57, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[MLB pitcher Max Scherzer comes to agreement on deal to return to Toronto Blue Jays says source]] (March 2) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=MLB pitcher Max Scherzer comes to agreement on deal to return to Toronto Blue Jays says source|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
== Published: [[Caloundra wins first game in Australian soccer's Football Queensland Premier League 2 competition]] (March 3) ==

{{Notify_review/passed|article=Caloundra wins first game in Australian soccer's Football Queensland Premier League 2 competition|author=BigKrow|reviewer=Michael.C.Wright|is_author=no}} -- [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 17:04, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
== Ugh ==

&quot;Anotherwikipedian&quot; is roasting me for my alcoholism now. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 00:54, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:i saw Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 02:04, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
== Why ==

OK&amp;comma; I&amp;CloseCurlyQuote;ve been trying to give you the benefit of the doubt&amp;comma; but why are you reverting my edits&amp;quest; What exactly is wrong with internal links as opposed to external ones&amp;quest; Also&amp;comma; why do you think I&amp;CloseCurlyQuote;m a vandalism only account&amp;quest;
[[User:Anohthterwikipedian|Anohthterwikipedian]] ([[User talk:Anohthterwikipedian|talk]]) 19:10, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

== [[Alleged sexual assault in Colorado]] ==

I moved this article to a new title because the fact that the suspect engaged in a shootout with police is more recent. The sexual assault he is also accused of was allegedly committed several weeks ago. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 01:17, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
== Published! ==

I reviewed and published [[Former Major League Baseball pitcher Julio Teherán retires]]! Thanks for the submission, review process was really smooth honestly. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 23:42, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:thanks so much! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:08, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:see the tools are working good for you congratulations @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:11, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:i know we have been through a lot over my time and yours here on wikinews so I would like to say I'm happy your doing a great job as reviewer never get yourself down my friend! @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:15, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::Appreciate it! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 01:23, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
== Something else I noticed ==

So that new user around here, I don't want to tag or mention them, but... I noticed their username is a misspelling of an [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Anotherwikipedian already-existing Wikipedia username], not unlike what Me Da Wikipedian did with the imposter account that got them banned. [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 18:49, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

:ive given up hope with them lol Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 19:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
::{{Reply to|BigKrow|Lofi Gurl}} I&amp;CloseCurlyQuote;m still here you know&amp;period; If either of you have another issue with me&amp;comma; you can tell it to me on my talk page&amp;period; Also&amp;comma; I have no relations to [[:w:User:Anotherwikipedian|User:Anotherwikipedian]]&amp;comma; I chose the misspelling only because the actual username was taken&amp;period;
::[[User:Anohthterwikipedian|Anohthterwikipedian]] ([[User talk:Anohthterwikipedian|talk]]) 19:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

== Got any more sports stories? ==

I'll try to review of you do [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 16:12, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

== Revision requested: [[Woman charged with attempted homicide after allegedly firing shots at Barbadian pop singer Rihanna's house]] (March 13) ==

Hi all...

I would lile to request a major rewrite:

1) LA Times is paywalled. Please replace, and ensure new content is fully verifiable; then re-submit for review.

Please let me know if this is in error, or any questions or request assistance.

Thanks!

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== [[A young boy got lost while he was going to school]] ==

I don't understand what happened with this article. First you tagged it as gibberish, then in [https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=A_young_boy_got_lost_while_he_was_going_to_school&amp;diff=next&amp;oldid=5000700 this edit] you added the text of a story, but it doesn't look anything like a news article. -- [[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]] ([[User talk:Metropolitan90|talk]]) 02:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

:Sorry. [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-18292-31|&amp;#126;2026-18292-31]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-18292-31|talk]]) 02:10, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
::oops Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 02:11, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
== Revision requested: [[7-ton meteor traverses sky over Ohio and several other US states]] (March 27) ==

Sorry, this report went stale.

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== Thank you for your welcome and your opinion on my first article ==

Hello, BigKrow! Thank you for [[User talk:Justthefacts#c-BigKrow-20260327230800-Welcome!!!|your warm welcome for me to Wikinews]]! What do you think about [[Supreme Court of Finland convicts Päivi Räsänen and Juhana Pohjola of crimes against humanity|my first article on Wikinews]]? Do you think it is ready for review and publication? [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 00:49, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

:It looks good! @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 00:56, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you! I just submitted it for review! Will you review it? [[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] ([[User talk:Justthefacts|talk]]) 01:07, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I don't review articles here, sorry but just be patient hopefully it will get published soon! Keep up the good work! @[[User:Justthefacts|Justthefacts]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:14, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
== I'm sorry for everything ==

Yo. I probably could have taken my user interactions more seriously during my time contributing to this project. For that I apologize. I know I've been a dick at various times on here and I'm sorry for that too. It looks like this is it -- I'm looking at Recent Changes and I'm seeing all sorts of &quot;wind-down&quot; activities, and I'm kinda choking up. It's really over. But, it's going to be okay. We wrote dozens and dozens of articles for this project during its waning years and for that I think we should be extremely proud. I'm not sure what my online life holds in store for me in the future, probably Wikipedia and YouTube and maybe Twitch again. Hope I'll see you around on other WMF projects! [[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]] ([[User talk:Lofi Gurl|talk]]) 15:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <text bytes="49441" sha1="3oky5bzczu6ktyjrfbvvw9jhcsp7wcb" xml:space="preserve">&lt;center&gt; &lt;big&gt; Please share your opinion regarding the migration on Meta at [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. &lt;/big&gt; &lt;/center&gt;

= 1. Name and geographical location of new hosting. =
I have no idea about this, please advise. How can this be done when half of users have slow internet and are geographically dispersed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:A Meta page has been created for discussion about the migration. Please share your votes and comments there. [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:57, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

=== Miraheze ===
:Maybe we could consider migrating to https://miraheze.org/. Their Meta page is here: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Miraheze_Meta.
:They provide free hosting, although I am not sure whether we would need to purchase our own domain name. They also do not run advertisements and operate entirely on donations.
:However, a major clarification is required: If Wikinews is closed, will the WMF also relinquish copyright to the name 'Wikinews' and its logo? If not, I'm not sure how we could proceed. Perhaps someone with legal knowledge, or someone from the WMF, could advise on this? -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:13, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::Is it easy to install our own mediawiki extensions there. Do they provide shell access. The name question is in section 5 below. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:52, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, almost all MediaWiki extensions are available there. There are also users with strong MediaWiki knowledge who can help us move forward technically. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: &quot;almost all MediaWiki extensions&quot; is an exaggeration. But it is true that Miraheze is significantly more willing to install new extensions than Wikimedia is: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions is an incomplete list. Miraheze, while they won't provide you shell access, will let you self-service many things that require shell access on Wikimedia, such as config changes - they have a fairly flexible https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/ManageWiki interface. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:53, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::True. What I mean is at least enough to support Wikinews or such that Wikinews is going to need. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Miraheze might be our last good option just saying. @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:55, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Also, everyone, the WMF board has '''not yet''' made a final decision, and the current community opinion is mostly in our favor, so please don't give up participating in various discussions on metawiki. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 01:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
::::They will close WikiNews tomorrow. All pages will be read-only. I can register the wiki at https://wikinews.miraheze.org, if you would like. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:24, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::To reiterate NotAracham’s comment in this thread, while Miraheze is very willing to provide hosting to Wikinews, we ask that the actual wiki request be submitted by a bureaucrat (or representative of WikiNYC if the WN community choses to pursue an arrangement with them). With all due respect, for the sake of clarify and not making things more confusing for the Wikinews community, we won’t be accepting one-off requests by users that don’t have the backing of the community’s consensus. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 21:26, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::I personally oppose the usage of Miraheze because it contains trackers that are hard for users to disable. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 16:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Hi @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]], what are they tracking and how does this work? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I forget the exact details because I wrote that message nearly 5 months ago, but I think that it's some sort of analytics ping that you need to block at the browser or DNS level. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 12:11, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::We collect minimal aggregate tracking data through cookies for cloudflare + matomo analytics as well as session persistence, @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] would be better positioned to answer this. Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy Privacy Policy] also covers our 'when and how' for usage of this data. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Now I wonder whether the whole Wikinews community will be able to migrate safely as a whole, or whether a ‘big split’ might happen due to differences like this. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:39, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
::If all other measures fail... we might have to try [[w:Fandom (website)|Fandom]]. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:59, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], Wikimedia is hosted in the US due to favorable freedom of speech and copyright laws. A [[w:Content delivery network]] can improve performance around the world, though that doesn't accelerate dynamic content served to users who are logged in. See [[m:Wikimedia servers]] for example.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267938397:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;

Hi folks, this is NotAracham, Director of Trust &amp; Safety at Miraheze. We've reviewed internally and are confident that we will be able to offer hosting (from both a policy and technical standpoint) should you choose to select us once things are worked out with the WMF. I and my colleagues are happy to answer any questions the WikiNews community might have towards reaching a decision. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:You are a life saver thank you @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:16, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I think we should wait until the final decision of the Board, and if it ultimately is about closing, then I have no objection to migrate. This would be the best second possibility after Wikinews is not getting closed. Thank you for your help. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 19:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Agreed, Miraheze can save us for backup plan @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I'm an Infrastructure engineer for Miraheze and am also watching this page. You can also find me on Libera.Chat (in both #wikinews and #miraheze) or Discord if you have questions. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], it would probably be a good idea to clarify whether you are talking about English Wikinews or all Wikinews language variants. Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with [[:w:en:Russian web brigades]] ?&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764272830948:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 19:47, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Agreed, we need to focus on English Wikinews. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:59, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Technically, I don't think any of them would be an issue. From a counter vandalism perspective, we would look to how we could support any wiki and make sure you have the tools available that you need. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 20:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::I'll defer to my tech colleagues on our technical capacity to host, though the general opinion seems that it would be well within possibility to host the full spectrum of languages if they choose to move to our service.  Regarding the counter-vandalism aspect, our service uses Cloudflare (for both default and custom domains) to mitigate DDoS attempts, which has proven unfortunately necessary with some past antagonists.  While we have an existing global CVT team to handle the more routine on-wiki trouble, we only have so many members with limited time to offer. It sounds like the Russian wikinews is one of the rare scenarios where it'd be prudent to assign some members of their moderation team [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/CheckUser#Permission delegated local CheckUser]. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 20:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], first let me declare that I don't know for sure how ruwikinews is doing currently. But you should be very careful before assigning CheckUser to anyone involved with Russian projects. The paper bear is certainly interested:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://fortune.com/europe/2023/04/14/moscow-court-fines-wikipedia-refusing-remove-russia-language-article-invasion-ukraine/ Moscow court fines Wikipedia for refusing to remove a Russian-language article about the invasion of Ukraine]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-threatens-fine-wikipedia-if-it-doesnt-delete-false-information-2022-04-05/ Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't delete 'false information']&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/23/a89531 Russian Court Fines Wikipedia Operator Nearly $40K Over ‘P***philia Propaganda’]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Just don't give CheckUser to the paper bear, as they could use it to prosecute dissenters. As for the current state of ruwikinews, some of the most recent articles:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:Необычный урок патриотизма провёл русский путешественник-экстремал, вернувшийся из Африки]] ([[:n:ru:Категория:Виктор Пинчук (1969)|author]] writing about himself)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:В Крыму, расположенном недалеко от района боевых действий, прошла «Ночь искусств»]]: a Chinese Wikimedian, Sheminghui.WU, interviewing that user. Perhaps something is getting lost in translation, because this is the end of the last answer according to Google translate:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;{{q|1=From my personal observations, the majority of Crimean residents (myself included) are ethnic Russians. Therefore, there has generally always been a negative attitude toward the imposed &quot;Ukrainianism&quot; here.&lt;br/&gt;I'm not familiar with cultural life in eastern Ukraine or in the towns located along the front lines, but here in Crimea, everything is peaceful. Enemy drones are being shot down by professionally trained specialists.&lt;br/&gt;We will win!&lt;br/&gt;Hakuna matata!&lt;br/&gt;No pasaran!|4=Виктор Пинчук|5=[https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%83,_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%C2%BB]}}&lt;br/&gt;derp I have to stop looking at this rabbit hole&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764284255586:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 22:57, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Ha, absolutely an area one could spend way too much time digging into, and a very fair point to bring up.  Local checkuser has not been given out in the history of Miraheze, and would absolutely be a last resort. While it's a thing we'd ''consider'' if proven necessary, any grants here would have a much higher degree of scrutiny than standard cases given the well-documented hostility of the national actor in question. 
::::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 23:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::As Russian Wikinews will also be closed, it will also need a new home. I will wait for their contributors to comment whether they want to do migration together and to the same host. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:04, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Correction: *may also be closed [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
::&quot;Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with w:en:Russian web brigades?&quot; How do you link those two things? [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 23:04, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Ruwikinews has 3x the number of content pages compared with the [https://communities.miraheze.org/wiki/List_of_wikis_by_article_count largest Miraheze wikis]. If they don't prune any pages, the wiki will consume lots of storage space in the database, though I don't expect too much impact on server load since server load is dominated by web traffic after the initial CPU spike in import. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 01:25, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]]] and @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] for following this page [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] Dear friend, will other language versions of Wikinews, especially ruwn and zhwn which have more views than enwn, can also be hosted? Thank you. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 02:48, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
::Yes, we are willing to provide hosting for all language flavors of wikinews should their communities choose to move to our service. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hi @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], thank you for your notes.
:1. Do you have a comment on @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]]'s concern about trackers? 
:2. Could you confirm that you do not require content obligations in return, such as, censorship of content or necessitating to include your news on our site? 
:3. What features do you provide for multilingual content? Currently there are different sysops in each language edition of Wikinews, as they are separate wikis.
:Apparently, move needs to happen before May 4 and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews after that date content will be left read-only, here]. I asked whether Wikinews trademark can be used. 
:Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::4. In Miraheze can users insert Wikimedia Commons images into new pages? In Wikinews it is possible with same syntax as if it was a local image. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, it is possible to both upload local images and use files from Wikimedia Commons. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:07, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::This is cool. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:08, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Cc @[[User:Pppery|Pppery]] thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::# I've asked Rhinos to weigh in on trackers, but generally we collect the minimum data required to operate our service.  Information collected in this way is used as described in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy our privacy policy] and is not sent/resold to outside parties.  If there are more specific concerns to be discussed, I defer to my tech colleague.
::# We do have some limits on what may be hosted on our service, outlined in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Content_Policy our content policy]. We also (as a non-profit) cannot host content specifically designed to achieve a political outcome, e.g. supporting a specific candidate or specific legislative action.  Beyond these two items, we do not impose any further restrictions on your speech nor will we mandate that specific stories be written.  However, it should be made clear, we cannot offer any form of legal cover should authored content result in legal action against the authors by a third party.
::# While we do have the Translate extension, the current structure is likely the cleanest way to continue operating.  We do support interwiki/interlanguage linking as well, which can ease connection between versions. 
::# Regarding licensing and/or permission for continued use of brand/trademark, that's something the WikiNews community will have to work out with the WMF, we do not negotiate in this way on behalf of our hosted projects.
::I think I've answered everything, but let me know if a question was missed.
::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:26, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Miraheze Tech here. To add to what NotAracham has said, we have [[miraheze:Help:How_to_support_multiple_languages_on_my_wiki|a multi-language guide]] which covers some of the options that are possible on Miraheze:
::# Separate wikis connected via interwiki language links.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are connected via interwiki language links by pointing interwiki links to the same wiki.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are synced with the translate extension.
::# Separate wikis connected via wikibase. I am not aware of any wiki that uses this option, but we do have wikibase available with a few hundred wikis that enabled the extension (whether they use it extensively is another story). I believe this option is what Wikinews uses right now. If there is enough interest, I can see if it is possible to replicate the wikinews setup on Miraheze's wikibase install.
::[[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:36, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::As for trackers, wiki bureaucrats can grant the &lt;code&gt;noanalytics&lt;/code&gt; right to everyone (&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;) with ManageWiki, which will exempt all users from our tracking software (Matomo). I tested it on [https://exttest.mirabeta.org/ Miraheze's extension testing wiki] and am no longer seeing Matomo-related requests for both logged-in and anonymous users.
::With that said, this will only happen on the local wiki. If the user clicks on a link to, for example, the Privacy Policy page which is hosted on Miraheze Meta, they will be subject to the tracker again since it is on a different wiki. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 23:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Question; would it be possible to mirrow this wiki, so when i make an edit here, it is also automatically made at Miraheze from my account; is it possible to allow users to login using OAuth so that they do not need to register a new account; what testing is required for a custom extension to be installed on site; where is it located geographically. Does it remain free of charge. how does this organization generate income. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:10, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

:# Going to consider this question moot as the WMF-hosted service will go read-only in near future.  As mentioned elsewhere, we can assist with attributing edits to the MH-equivalent users following migration where there's interest in doing so.
:# We utilize CentralAuth as our account infrastructure, users need only one account for any wiki hosted on our platform. Services can verify the MH account through OAuth as well.  We do not, however, support OAuth for Wikimedia project accounts on our platform, a Miraheze account will need to be created.
:# Custom extensions will need to go through our security review process, and will generally need to demonstrate some form of global usefulness to be considered for approval.
:# We are based out of the United States of America and incorporated in the state of Idaho, the majority of our hardware infrastructure is located in the Salt lake City, Utah area.
:# We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization, we do not and will not charge for our service, the majority of our funds come from individual user donations.  Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances are public information], as are our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget/2026 annual budgets].
:--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:44, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion, miraheze is the most viable path forwards for wikinews. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

IMO moving Wikinews to Miraheze is just swapping one centralized authority for another. You're not fixing the problem, you're relocating it. Instead of the Wikimedia Foundation, you end up under Miraheze's policies, infrastructure, and admins. Different host, same dependency. If Wikinews is supposed to be a truly independent, community-driven news platform, then it needs its own infrastructure and governance - not another host that can pull the plug or change the rules whenever it wants. We don't even know if Miraheze can reliably handle a project of this scale (enwikinews only? all active language versions?). What infrastructure do they actually have? What guarantees are there for long-term stability, performance, and uptime? Calling this a solution is just self-deception. [[User:BZPN|BZPN]] ([[User talk:BZPN|talk]]) 06:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

:The existing Wikinews community lacks the capability to do better than Miraheze or even come close. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:16, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:Loyal opposition here. Sorry your project is closing, I hope you perhaps consider my suggestion to transition to a more news-magazine inspired format on whatever your new host is. But I agree with Bawolff. To quote the former administrator of Earth: May I remind you that the alternative, if it can be called that, is total extinction? [[User:Dronebogus|Dronebogus]] ([[User talk:Dronebogus|talk]]) 13:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I predict there will be a big split. The anti-Miraheze faction simply won’t migrate there and may propose another path forward. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

No opinion on whether English (and others, except for ru) Wikinews should go to Miraheze, but certainly '''oppose migration of [[:ru:|ru.WN]] to Miraheze'''. Not exactly sure about conditions as of 2026, but the farm was long known to be dominated by English speakers and had zero representation of the Slavs in its establishment. Their staffers botched and failed import of Absurdopedia (the Russian Uncyclopedia), which eventually became self-hosted. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; had some ugly interactions with Mirahezeans, myself. Meanwhile it generally is a respectable farm and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hold specifically {{u|John F. Lewis}}, who made a good job, in respect. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:31, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:Ironic, given the controversies surrounding John (He has a history of abusing positions of trust and got himself office banned from all Wikimedia projects). Regardless, is there another serious offer on the table? Otherwise Miraheze wins by default. Like you've made some comments that imply you might be willing to offer hosting or at least work on this. Are you actually offering to host Wikinews? Does this offer come with strings or financial requirements? Unless other offers materialize with details, it kind of seems like the choice is Miraheze or nothing. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:14, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::What would the hardware requirements be for hosting WikiNews? Could the administrators WN provide some more specific information? [[User:Charmeleon69|Charmeleon69]] ([[User talk:Charmeleon69|talk]]) 06:53, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: Commented [[#hardware|here]] because this isn’t a proper thread. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=== WikiOasis ===
An alternative would be considering to switch to WikiOasis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 03:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

:miraheze [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|&amp;#126;2026-26625-68]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|talk]]) 14:50, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

= 2. Volunteers willing to pay for new hosting. This can be from charities, Wikimedia Charters, or personal expenses. =

I would volunteer towards hosting costs. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:This will not work in my opinion. After all, that's the approach taken for wn-reporters and email, and I think it's safe to say that it hasn't been successful. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 16:32, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::The lowest cost I am aware of would be 25 USD per month, so 300 USD per year. Though it sounds like Miraheze maybe free and I know a few Wikipedians are on their board. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:51, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
: If hosting is going to be paid for, I think a new, non-profit organization should be formed, to to handle funding and oversight. If hosting is paid for by one or more individuals who are not organized under a charter or governing structure, it creates obvious risks: lack of accountability, unclear ownership, and potential instability if those individuals step away or disagree.
: Forming a new non-profit may be a wise choice even if free hosting is used.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 10:48, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::Based on the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#c-Sj-20260401032800-Victoria-20260330090000 latest developments], it seems that Wikimedia New York City may take on the future stewardship of Wikinews. That would also mean it is managed by an organization and a non-profit. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 18:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: [[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[Wikinews talk:Migration#c-NotAracham-20260405165600-Sj-20260403011300|noted below]] {{tq|Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand.}}
::: That reduces immediate financial pressure on any new organization. It does not address the more fundamental issue. Without the structural oversight and constraints provided by the Wikimedia Foundation, I do not see a viable path forward for en.WN. In its current state, the project has not demonstrated the capacity for consistent and productive self-regulation.
::: If Wikimedia NYC is to assume “stewardship” of Wikinews, that role needs to be clearly defined before any decision to migrate. Specifically, the scope of its authority, responsibilities, and limits should be made explicit to the community. It is also unclear how this arrangement would differ in practice from the current relationship with the Wikimedia Foundation, given that Wikimedia NYC is an affiliated chapter.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 07:45, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

= 3. Volunteers willing to do budgeting and acounting: find out how much this will cost. =

*I would contribute towards budget efforts .[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
*I might be willing to make a small donation to these efforts, but in terms of time -- I'm not too sure. I intend to take this time to (mostly) step away from most News wiki activities and do a bit of introspection. It's been about 16 years. I want to take a careful look at time/priorities etc.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:45, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:51, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*I suggest opening a donation channel at that time; I can also contribute a spare change. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 06:18, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks Sheminghui [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 06:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*::Do you folks have an NGO yet? If you dont would recommend the USA as the location to be based as fund raising from their is easiest and becoming a 503(c) is not that hard. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 4. System administration to install software and work around security vulnerabilities =

I would contribute towards admin tasks including Linux system administration and MediaWiki [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:Can users use Wikipedia login on an externally hosted wiki? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:: In principle yes you could use OAuth for something like that. One example is at https://mdwiki.org, although in that case they only pre-approve accounts you could configure it differently. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anyway can use OAuth to log onto MDWiki with their Wikipedia user name, but you can only edit a couple of pages (your user page and a request for editing page) until you are granted editing privileges. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:46, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:In response to [[ru:User talk:Alexis Jazz#Hello]]: [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I have no strong ties to Wikinews. Also no knowledge of ru which seems to be the largest wikinews language. And I've always wondered how a news website in wiki form could realistically work as articles likely go stale before they can get improved through the magic of wiki. From the looks of it, this is still an issue.&lt;br style=&quot;margin-bottom:0.5em&quot;/&gt;Generally I'm happy to answer some questions, but actually coding for and maintaining a Wikinews successor would be a major undertaking which is not really for me.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267275161:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Okay thank you [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]]. What makes improving articles so difficult in wiki? What solution would you suggest? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:00, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], hire some paid editors to write and publish [[w:en:wp:stub|stubs]] for all major news stories throughout the day. That way the site becomes functional as a news source, and the bar to improve a stub is lower than the bar to create an article from scratch. But I don't know who'd be willing to pay for such a thing. Volunteers tend to only write about subjects they care about, and nobody cares about ''everything''. Combined with the presence of a [[w:en:Wikipedia:There is no deadline|deadline]], as news needs to be published before it turns into [[wikt:olds#Noun 2|olds]], it makes a general news wiki very difficult to maintain with just volunteers whose time and interests are limited.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764428567237:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 15:02, 29 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Maybe news companies could sponsor these editors, and then copy the finished products for their outlets? [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 15:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::i was thinking a tool could at least help with handling the markup if not picking the news events themselves [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; can do some Unix, SQL, HTTPd and MediaWiki job. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; am the technical director of cyclowiki.org for 4 years. IMHO using Wikimedia SULs on a non-Wikimedia site is a poor choice (not only technically, but in other respects too). [[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 09:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]], is it possible though? And what issues would it cause? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:38, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
:::It is possible. We at MDWiki do it and we are happy with the results. But than our work is fairly integrated into the Wikipedia work. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hereby remind of my four-months-old proposal, although am too busy specifically next several days to do anything of value. Give me a Unix shell or an SQL access and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; won’t fail you. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 15:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::: Incnis Mrsi is a highly qualified and helpful contributor who has been supporting cyclowiki.org for many years. He's always ready to help in difficult situations, even when many prefer to sit back or remain silent. He's always willing to engage with a wide range of participants and develop any constructive ideas. I think his proposal is worth supporting. [[User:Serebr|Serebr]] ([[User talk:Serebr|talk]]) 03:17, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
: I would be willing to help out with the MediaWiki configuration. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 19:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

= 5. Name =

No idea if same trademark can be used... [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] as you asked above, FYI there was fork of Wikinews in past, one was called OpenGlobe. If it is same people working on it then I do not mind, any name. For example [[:w:freenode]] moved to [[:w:Libera]] with a name change and successfully moved over 80% of tens thousands users to new site. It would be good to confirm that. Another aspect is in Question 4 whether users will need to register new account. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:54, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::I don't think Miraheze would allow IP's actually Miraheze is a '''wiki farm host'''. Sorry for the excessive pings, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:58, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website) [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:02, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anonymous editing can be enabled or disabled through ManageWiki on Miraheze which is normally open to all crats. ManageWiki is an easy to use extension we built so you can manage some config from on wiki. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::If we move forward with this migration, we will need a new name and logo.
::Any user from here will be able to create an account on the new Wikinews instance on Miraheze. But, there is no automatic way to transfer all existing users with us. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::If Miraheze is chosen, we will work with you guys to ensure you can claim imported edits and have them attributed to a future Miraheze accounts. Of course, you'll need to sign up again. We won't be able to transfer any user preferences or anything from Wikimedia. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: What happens with edits made by users who choose not to join the fork? If they are left as-is, are there processes in place to ensure those usernames are unavailable? For example, If I choose not to join the fork, are all of my current edits still attributed to my username and is that username essentially &quot;taken&quot; on Miraheze so that others can't register my name and claim my edits?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::They would show an interwiki link back to the archived wikinews. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 15:22, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::This is correct, while edit history can be 'attributed' to Miraheze accounts created following a migration, we don't have a way to reserve usernames/migrate wikimedia logins automatically - it will require individual registration. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: Have you tried implementing OAuth for wikimedia accounts? [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:We have asked Wikimedia what rules would have to be followed if a migration did take place with regard to trademarks. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you all @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::: Related: the broader Wikimedia community should weigh in on where to redirect Wikinews traffic. This is one of the strongest reasons to try something new at the current domains. I would hope the domain is put to use supporting an active community news effort, wherever it is hosted; historical pages can redirect. Unfortunately all of the news-related forks or comparables I know of also closed for lack of activity...  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
There are tools built into mediawiki ie [[Special:Import]] that allows the entire history from one wiki to be moved to another. Lower on [https://mdwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Gout&amp;action=history&amp;offset=&amp;limit=500 this page] you can see what it looks like. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:44, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 6. Other =

A small comment I'd like to make is that most interwiki-links on Wikinews (as far as I can see) are the same on Miraheze. (See: [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Interwiki Special:Interwiki]) As far as I can tell, this would not affect any of the Wikinews articles, when they are moved to Miraheze. [[User:Rodejong|Rodejong]] ([[User talk:Rodejong|talk]]) 11:50, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

= 7. Wikifarm requirements, classes of hosting =

One of the sticking points in discussions about the future of Wikinews was what level of hosting and customization was supported or expected; WMF having a high minimum bar for supporting production servers [and hosting all servers on shared infrastructure where a change to one site can throttle or take down others].  A number of community projects have indicated that, e.g., WM Cloud Services is not great for hosting an actively edited wikifarm.  But if a number of free knowledge projects need a wiki farm with good archival practices, it might make sense for this to change, or to have an official partnership b/t WMF or the WM affiliate network and such a group. 

To this end, defining the needed level of service provision (including multilingual support) would be a good step. [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:12, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:Would WMCloud be allowed here? WMCloud is supposed to be related to a wikimedia project, if Wikinews gets shutdown its no longer a wikinews project. That said, WM Cloud is probably sufficient to host a wiki the size of Wikinews even with active editing, but it would require sysadmins who know how to manage mediawiki. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:: This question came up in another thread; even if this is possible it would be good to know exactly what level of service is needed for a neutral wikifarm like Miraheze to host WN, what that costs, &amp;c.  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 01:13, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Having already done some discussions and sizing, while the larger news wikis would be substantial adds, none would surpass the larger projects already on our service and we have plenty of capacity to take the entire fleet of Wikinews language families should we be selected.  The Miraheze of 2026 is running on a much-improved infrastructure stack over what some might be familiar with from a few years back. 
:::Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand. :) Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances] and [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget budgets] are public for those interested.
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:56, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::::@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], just throwing it out there but any '''start date''' or url? Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:31, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

{{anchor|hardware}}Requirements depend on the fate of the old news. Minor requirements while Wikimedia keeps the archives, but Wikinews would need to maintain or rent a strong database management system if Wikimedia ejects all WN wikis (including the past content, especially of the Russian Wikinews) completely. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=[[MDWiki:Main_Page]]=
We forked health content to MDWiki a few years ago. With respect to cost each Wiki is about 25 to 40 USD/month and this includes updates, sys admin stuff, and security. One gets 10 GB of SDD space and then it is 1$ per GB after that. You get 100 GB of bandwidth after whic it is 0.05$ per GB. Specialied software work is about 100$ per hour but they have limited capacity for this work. 

With respect to using the name and logo, if you have consensus here to all go in the same direction, I would be supportive. If folks want to go in different directions than things would be a bit more complicated. 

Do you want to move all languages to a single wiki (less expensive) or keep each language in its own wiki? We use SkizNet which is USA based. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:38, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

:Do you have a comment how come Miraheze provides hosting for free, @[[User:Doc James|Doc James]]? Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:32, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: They are also volunteer-based and rely on donations from users to run their servers. See also: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/FAQ -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Like anything else, if you want to do something custom or boss people around you need to pay for it. Miraheze hosting is more similar to WMF hosting where its solid but they aren't going to suddenly bend to your whims if you dont like the existing choices. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:37, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

== Everyone please check this out! Thank you. ==

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/78142

I have requested a new English Wikinews. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:While I appreciate your interest in Miraheze. I do not think it is wise to make a unilateral move when the community is still weighing on the best hosting option. There is still more than a month of time to decide. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Sorry but im pretty sure they have decided. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], While I appreciate the enthusiasm for saving this project, I'll reiterate Petra - users ''should not'' request a wikinews fork at Miraheze on behalf of the project while discussion is ongoing and we are still waiting for WMF clearance on branding, especially if the person making the request isn't currently an administrator/crat on the wikinews project they're requesting it for.
:::While your intentions are good, this will be interpreted as hostile forking and will be declined/deleted. 
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 04:58, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:I agree with others. Things are still uncertain regarding the migration. When and how it will take place. The community is still discussing it, so please be patient. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:40, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

== How to get the entire enwn backed up? ==

CC @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]] -- Hi, does anyone know how I can get the backup of the entire enwn (along with history, local files, logs -- what have you) so that I can keep a copy of it on my local system, and perhaps run it via, say a docker setup?  I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 09:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 11:18, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Would you be able to guide me how to run it locally, perhaps? [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 12:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I don’t think the dumps page contains the data for logs or other non page info (may be wrong, if so I’d be glad for someone to correct me). There is probably a way to get this considering replica’s of the databases containing all information for a wiki are publicly accessible, but that may be more involved. I also don’t believe images are provided as an easy dump, but there are pieces of software that can create backups of all page content and images (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/WikiTeam being the main one). I intend to probably run a dump of the wikinewses closer to the read only date and have it uploaded to the Internet Archive, assuming WikiTeam or someone else doesn’t do so first. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 12:47, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Dumps server contains multiple files with a variety of data. I think the only thing really missing is user data and anything that has been deleted/oversighted. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:14, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:::What does user data mean?  I won't care about the IP logs, nor should that be publicly available -- but say the scripts that pizero worked on -- lack of that might break the functionality.  But does that mean the dumps can recreate the entire wiki?  And also, dumps.wm has nothing after 26.01 -- is it not updated monthly?  If so, will it be available post May 4.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 17:27, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::::It doesn't have your password, email,user preferences, that sort of thing. If its non-public information its not in the dumps. I'm not sure what the update frequency is. I think its slower than monthly. I imagine its documented somewhere. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

== Clarification: WM NYC and Miraheze joint bid and requests on Miraheze ==

Hello all, as mentioned [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts#Current_Updates on Meta-wiki], WM NYC and Miraheze representatives are in joint discussions with WMF on a potential bid for an approved revival of the Wikinews projects with permission to utilize the same name and branding. 

While the community's enthusiasm for saving the project is appreciated and understood (hell, I've saved a project from the Fandom memory-hole myself), Miraheze '''''will not approve any new project requests from individuals (especially those who are not admins or crats on the language-specific WN projects)''''' until we have clear and full signoff from the WMF. 

Thank you for your patience while discussions are ongoing. 

--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:40, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

= Coordination Group =
Should we create a Telegram group so everyone interested in continuing this project can gather there, or should we simply refresh this page periodically to stay updated on where we should migrate? [[User:Rtnf|Rtnf]] ([[User talk:Rtnf|talk]]) 04:34, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I tried to summarize all the current conversations [http://cyllchuesnconii.rf.gd/Main/Wikinews here].[[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 14:31, 7 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <text bytes="49582" sha1="1stof6v3skhz8kiafo76skb882w7wti" xml:space="preserve">&lt;center&gt; &lt;big&gt; Please share your opinion regarding the migration on Meta at [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. &lt;/big&gt; &lt;/center&gt;

= 1. Name and geographical location of new hosting. =
I have no idea about this, please advise. How can this be done when half of users have slow internet and are geographically dispersed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:A Meta page has been created for discussion about the migration. Please share your votes and comments there. [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:57, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

=== Miraheze ===
:Maybe we could consider migrating to https://miraheze.org/. Their Meta page is here: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Miraheze_Meta.
:They provide free hosting, although I am not sure whether we would need to purchase our own domain name. They also do not run advertisements and operate entirely on donations.
:However, a major clarification is required: If Wikinews is closed, will the WMF also relinquish copyright to the name 'Wikinews' and its logo? If not, I'm not sure how we could proceed. Perhaps someone with legal knowledge, or someone from the WMF, could advise on this? -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:13, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::Is it easy to install our own mediawiki extensions there. Do they provide shell access. The name question is in section 5 below. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:52, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, almost all MediaWiki extensions are available there. There are also users with strong MediaWiki knowledge who can help us move forward technically. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: &quot;almost all MediaWiki extensions&quot; is an exaggeration. But it is true that Miraheze is significantly more willing to install new extensions than Wikimedia is: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions is an incomplete list. Miraheze, while they won't provide you shell access, will let you self-service many things that require shell access on Wikimedia, such as config changes - they have a fairly flexible https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/ManageWiki interface. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:53, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::True. What I mean is at least enough to support Wikinews or such that Wikinews is going to need. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Miraheze might be our last good option just saying. @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:55, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Also, everyone, the WMF board has '''not yet''' made a final decision, and the current community opinion is mostly in our favor, so please don't give up participating in various discussions on metawiki. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 01:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
::::They will close WikiNews tomorrow. All pages will be read-only. I can register the wiki at https://wikinews.miraheze.org, if you would like. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:24, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::To reiterate NotAracham’s comment in this thread, while Miraheze is very willing to provide hosting to Wikinews, we ask that the actual wiki request be submitted by a bureaucrat (or representative of WikiNYC if the WN community choses to pursue an arrangement with them). With all due respect, for the sake of clarify and not making things more confusing for the Wikinews community, we won’t be accepting one-off requests by users that don’t have the backing of the community’s consensus. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 21:26, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::I personally oppose the usage of Miraheze because it contains trackers that are hard for users to disable. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 16:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Hi @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]], what are they tracking and how does this work? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I forget the exact details because I wrote that message nearly 5 months ago, but I think that it's some sort of analytics ping that you need to block at the browser or DNS level. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 12:11, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::We collect minimal aggregate tracking data through cookies for cloudflare + matomo analytics as well as session persistence, @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] would be better positioned to answer this. Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy Privacy Policy] also covers our 'when and how' for usage of this data. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Now I wonder whether the whole Wikinews community will be able to migrate safely as a whole, or whether a ‘big split’ might happen due to differences like this. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:39, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
::If all other measures fail... we might have to try [[w:Fandom (website)|Fandom]]. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:59, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], Wikimedia is hosted in the US due to favorable freedom of speech and copyright laws. A [[w:Content delivery network]] can improve performance around the world, though that doesn't accelerate dynamic content served to users who are logged in. See [[m:Wikimedia servers]] for example.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267938397:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;

Hi folks, this is NotAracham, Director of Trust &amp; Safety at Miraheze. We've reviewed internally and are confident that we will be able to offer hosting (from both a policy and technical standpoint) should you choose to select us once things are worked out with the WMF. I and my colleagues are happy to answer any questions the WikiNews community might have towards reaching a decision. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:You are a life saver thank you @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:16, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I think we should wait until the final decision of the Board, and if it ultimately is about closing, then I have no objection to migrate. This would be the best second possibility after Wikinews is not getting closed. Thank you for your help. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 19:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Agreed, Miraheze can save us for backup plan @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I'm an Infrastructure engineer for Miraheze and am also watching this page. You can also find me on Libera.Chat (in both #wikinews and #miraheze) or Discord if you have questions. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], it would probably be a good idea to clarify whether you are talking about English Wikinews or all Wikinews language variants. Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with [[:w:en:Russian web brigades]] ?&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764272830948:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 19:47, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Agreed, we need to focus on English Wikinews. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:59, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Technically, I don't think any of them would be an issue. From a counter vandalism perspective, we would look to how we could support any wiki and make sure you have the tools available that you need. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 20:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::I'll defer to my tech colleagues on our technical capacity to host, though the general opinion seems that it would be well within possibility to host the full spectrum of languages if they choose to move to our service.  Regarding the counter-vandalism aspect, our service uses Cloudflare (for both default and custom domains) to mitigate DDoS attempts, which has proven unfortunately necessary with some past antagonists.  While we have an existing global CVT team to handle the more routine on-wiki trouble, we only have so many members with limited time to offer. It sounds like the Russian wikinews is one of the rare scenarios where it'd be prudent to assign some members of their moderation team [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/CheckUser#Permission delegated local CheckUser]. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 20:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], first let me declare that I don't know for sure how ruwikinews is doing currently. But you should be very careful before assigning CheckUser to anyone involved with Russian projects. The paper bear is certainly interested:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://fortune.com/europe/2023/04/14/moscow-court-fines-wikipedia-refusing-remove-russia-language-article-invasion-ukraine/ Moscow court fines Wikipedia for refusing to remove a Russian-language article about the invasion of Ukraine]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-threatens-fine-wikipedia-if-it-doesnt-delete-false-information-2022-04-05/ Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't delete 'false information']&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/23/a89531 Russian Court Fines Wikipedia Operator Nearly $40K Over ‘P***philia Propaganda’]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Just don't give CheckUser to the paper bear, as they could use it to prosecute dissenters. As for the current state of ruwikinews, some of the most recent articles:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:Необычный урок патриотизма провёл русский путешественник-экстремал, вернувшийся из Африки]] ([[:n:ru:Категория:Виктор Пинчук (1969)|author]] writing about himself)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:В Крыму, расположенном недалеко от района боевых действий, прошла «Ночь искусств»]]: a Chinese Wikimedian, Sheminghui.WU, interviewing that user. Perhaps something is getting lost in translation, because this is the end of the last answer according to Google translate:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;{{q|1=From my personal observations, the majority of Crimean residents (myself included) are ethnic Russians. Therefore, there has generally always been a negative attitude toward the imposed &quot;Ukrainianism&quot; here.&lt;br/&gt;I'm not familiar with cultural life in eastern Ukraine or in the towns located along the front lines, but here in Crimea, everything is peaceful. Enemy drones are being shot down by professionally trained specialists.&lt;br/&gt;We will win!&lt;br/&gt;Hakuna matata!&lt;br/&gt;No pasaran!|4=Виктор Пинчук|5=[https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%83,_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%C2%BB]}}&lt;br/&gt;derp I have to stop looking at this rabbit hole&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764284255586:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 22:57, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Ha, absolutely an area one could spend way too much time digging into, and a very fair point to bring up.  Local checkuser has not been given out in the history of Miraheze, and would absolutely be a last resort. While it's a thing we'd ''consider'' if proven necessary, any grants here would have a much higher degree of scrutiny than standard cases given the well-documented hostility of the national actor in question. 
::::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 23:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::As Russian Wikinews will also be closed, it will also need a new home. I will wait for their contributors to comment whether they want to do migration together and to the same host. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:04, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Correction: *may also be closed [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
::&quot;Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with w:en:Russian web brigades?&quot; How do you link those two things? [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 23:04, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Ruwikinews has 3x the number of content pages compared with the [https://communities.miraheze.org/wiki/List_of_wikis_by_article_count largest Miraheze wikis]. If they don't prune any pages, the wiki will consume lots of storage space in the database, though I don't expect too much impact on server load since server load is dominated by web traffic after the initial CPU spike in import. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 01:25, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]]] and @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] for following this page [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] Dear friend, will other language versions of Wikinews, especially ruwn and zhwn which have more views than enwn, can also be hosted? Thank you. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 02:48, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
::Yes, we are willing to provide hosting for all language flavors of wikinews should their communities choose to move to our service. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hi @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], thank you for your notes.
:1. Do you have a comment on @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]]'s concern about trackers? 
:2. Could you confirm that you do not require content obligations in return, such as, censorship of content or necessitating to include your news on our site? 
:3. What features do you provide for multilingual content? Currently there are different sysops in each language edition of Wikinews, as they are separate wikis.
:Apparently, move needs to happen before May 4 and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews after that date content will be left read-only, here]. I asked whether Wikinews trademark can be used. 
:Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::4. In Miraheze can users insert Wikimedia Commons images into new pages? In Wikinews it is possible with same syntax as if it was a local image. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, it is possible to both upload local images and use files from Wikimedia Commons. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:07, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::This is cool. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:08, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Cc @[[User:Pppery|Pppery]] thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::# I've asked Rhinos to weigh in on trackers, but generally we collect the minimum data required to operate our service.  Information collected in this way is used as described in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy our privacy policy] and is not sent/resold to outside parties.  If there are more specific concerns to be discussed, I defer to my tech colleague.
::# We do have some limits on what may be hosted on our service, outlined in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Content_Policy our content policy]. We also (as a non-profit) cannot host content specifically designed to achieve a political outcome, e.g. supporting a specific candidate or specific legislative action.  Beyond these two items, we do not impose any further restrictions on your speech nor will we mandate that specific stories be written.  However, it should be made clear, we cannot offer any form of legal cover should authored content result in legal action against the authors by a third party.
::# While we do have the Translate extension, the current structure is likely the cleanest way to continue operating.  We do support interwiki/interlanguage linking as well, which can ease connection between versions. 
::# Regarding licensing and/or permission for continued use of brand/trademark, that's something the WikiNews community will have to work out with the WMF, we do not negotiate in this way on behalf of our hosted projects.
::I think I've answered everything, but let me know if a question was missed.
::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:26, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Miraheze Tech here. To add to what NotAracham has said, we have [[miraheze:Help:How_to_support_multiple_languages_on_my_wiki|a multi-language guide]] which covers some of the options that are possible on Miraheze:
::# Separate wikis connected via interwiki language links.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are connected via interwiki language links by pointing interwiki links to the same wiki.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are synced with the translate extension.
::# Separate wikis connected via wikibase. I am not aware of any wiki that uses this option, but we do have wikibase available with a few hundred wikis that enabled the extension (whether they use it extensively is another story). I believe this option is what Wikinews uses right now. If there is enough interest, I can see if it is possible to replicate the wikinews setup on Miraheze's wikibase install.
::[[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:36, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::As for trackers, wiki bureaucrats can grant the &lt;code&gt;noanalytics&lt;/code&gt; right to everyone (&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;) with ManageWiki, which will exempt all users from our tracking software (Matomo). I tested it on [https://exttest.mirabeta.org/ Miraheze's extension testing wiki] and am no longer seeing Matomo-related requests for both logged-in and anonymous users.
::With that said, this will only happen on the local wiki. If the user clicks on a link to, for example, the Privacy Policy page which is hosted on Miraheze Meta, they will be subject to the tracker again since it is on a different wiki. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 23:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Question; would it be possible to mirrow this wiki, so when i make an edit here, it is also automatically made at Miraheze from my account; is it possible to allow users to login using OAuth so that they do not need to register a new account; what testing is required for a custom extension to be installed on site; where is it located geographically. Does it remain free of charge. how does this organization generate income. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:10, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

:# Going to consider this question moot as the WMF-hosted service will go read-only in near future.  As mentioned elsewhere, we can assist with attributing edits to the MH-equivalent users following migration where there's interest in doing so.
:# We utilize CentralAuth as our account infrastructure, users need only one account for any wiki hosted on our platform. Services can verify the MH account through OAuth as well.  We do not, however, support OAuth for Wikimedia project accounts on our platform, a Miraheze account will need to be created.
:# Custom extensions will need to go through our security review process, and will generally need to demonstrate some form of global usefulness to be considered for approval.
:# We are based out of the United States of America and incorporated in the state of Idaho, the majority of our hardware infrastructure is located in the Salt lake City, Utah area.
:# We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization, we do not and will not charge for our service, the majority of our funds come from individual user donations.  Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances are public information], as are our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget/2026 annual budgets].
:--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:44, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion, miraheze is the most viable path forwards for wikinews. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

IMO moving Wikinews to Miraheze is just swapping one centralized authority for another. You're not fixing the problem, you're relocating it. Instead of the Wikimedia Foundation, you end up under Miraheze's policies, infrastructure, and admins. Different host, same dependency. If Wikinews is supposed to be a truly independent, community-driven news platform, then it needs its own infrastructure and governance - not another host that can pull the plug or change the rules whenever it wants. We don't even know if Miraheze can reliably handle a project of this scale (enwikinews only? all active language versions?). What infrastructure do they actually have? What guarantees are there for long-term stability, performance, and uptime? Calling this a solution is just self-deception. [[User:BZPN|BZPN]] ([[User talk:BZPN|talk]]) 06:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

:The existing Wikinews community lacks the capability to do better than Miraheze or even come close. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:16, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:Loyal opposition here. Sorry your project is closing, I hope you perhaps consider my suggestion to transition to a more news-magazine inspired format on whatever your new host is. But I agree with Bawolff. To quote the former administrator of Earth: May I remind you that the alternative, if it can be called that, is total extinction? [[User:Dronebogus|Dronebogus]] ([[User talk:Dronebogus|talk]]) 13:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I predict there will be a big split. The anti-Miraheze faction simply won’t migrate there and may propose another path forward. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

No opinion on whether English (and others, except for ru) Wikinews should go to Miraheze, but certainly '''oppose migration of [[:ru:|ru.WN]] to Miraheze'''. Not exactly sure about conditions as of 2026, but the farm was long known to be dominated by English speakers and had zero representation of the Slavs in its establishment. Their staffers botched and failed import of Absurdopedia (the Russian Uncyclopedia), which eventually became self-hosted. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; had some ugly interactions with Mirahezeans, myself. Meanwhile it generally is a respectable farm and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hold specifically {{u|John F. Lewis}}, who made a good job, in respect. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:31, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:Ironic, given the controversies surrounding John (He has a history of abusing positions of trust and got himself office banned from all Wikimedia projects). Regardless, is there another serious offer on the table? Otherwise Miraheze wins by default. Like you've made some comments that imply you might be willing to offer hosting or at least work on this. Are you actually offering to host Wikinews? Does this offer come with strings or financial requirements? Unless other offers materialize with details, it kind of seems like the choice is Miraheze or nothing. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:14, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::What would the hardware requirements be for hosting WikiNews? Could the administrators WN provide some more specific information? [[User:Charmeleon69|Charmeleon69]] ([[User talk:Charmeleon69|talk]]) 06:53, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: Commented [[#hardware|here]] because this isn’t a proper thread. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=== WikiOasis ===
An alternative would be considering to switch to WikiOasis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 03:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

:miraheze [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|&amp;#126;2026-26625-68]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|talk]]) 14:50, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
:: No. Miraheze is not recommended. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

= 2. Volunteers willing to pay for new hosting. This can be from charities, Wikimedia Charters, or personal expenses. =

I would volunteer towards hosting costs. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:This will not work in my opinion. After all, that's the approach taken for wn-reporters and email, and I think it's safe to say that it hasn't been successful. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 16:32, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::The lowest cost I am aware of would be 25 USD per month, so 300 USD per year. Though it sounds like Miraheze maybe free and I know a few Wikipedians are on their board. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:51, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
: If hosting is going to be paid for, I think a new, non-profit organization should be formed, to to handle funding and oversight. If hosting is paid for by one or more individuals who are not organized under a charter or governing structure, it creates obvious risks: lack of accountability, unclear ownership, and potential instability if those individuals step away or disagree.
: Forming a new non-profit may be a wise choice even if free hosting is used.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 10:48, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::Based on the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#c-Sj-20260401032800-Victoria-20260330090000 latest developments], it seems that Wikimedia New York City may take on the future stewardship of Wikinews. That would also mean it is managed by an organization and a non-profit. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 18:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: [[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[Wikinews talk:Migration#c-NotAracham-20260405165600-Sj-20260403011300|noted below]] {{tq|Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand.}}
::: That reduces immediate financial pressure on any new organization. It does not address the more fundamental issue. Without the structural oversight and constraints provided by the Wikimedia Foundation, I do not see a viable path forward for en.WN. In its current state, the project has not demonstrated the capacity for consistent and productive self-regulation.
::: If Wikimedia NYC is to assume “stewardship” of Wikinews, that role needs to be clearly defined before any decision to migrate. Specifically, the scope of its authority, responsibilities, and limits should be made explicit to the community. It is also unclear how this arrangement would differ in practice from the current relationship with the Wikimedia Foundation, given that Wikimedia NYC is an affiliated chapter.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 07:45, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

= 3. Volunteers willing to do budgeting and acounting: find out how much this will cost. =

*I would contribute towards budget efforts .[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
*I might be willing to make a small donation to these efforts, but in terms of time -- I'm not too sure. I intend to take this time to (mostly) step away from most News wiki activities and do a bit of introspection. It's been about 16 years. I want to take a careful look at time/priorities etc.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:45, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:51, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*I suggest opening a donation channel at that time; I can also contribute a spare change. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 06:18, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks Sheminghui [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 06:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*::Do you folks have an NGO yet? If you dont would recommend the USA as the location to be based as fund raising from their is easiest and becoming a 503(c) is not that hard. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 4. System administration to install software and work around security vulnerabilities =

I would contribute towards admin tasks including Linux system administration and MediaWiki [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:Can users use Wikipedia login on an externally hosted wiki? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:: In principle yes you could use OAuth for something like that. One example is at https://mdwiki.org, although in that case they only pre-approve accounts you could configure it differently. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anyway can use OAuth to log onto MDWiki with their Wikipedia user name, but you can only edit a couple of pages (your user page and a request for editing page) until you are granted editing privileges. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:46, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:In response to [[ru:User talk:Alexis Jazz#Hello]]: [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I have no strong ties to Wikinews. Also no knowledge of ru which seems to be the largest wikinews language. And I've always wondered how a news website in wiki form could realistically work as articles likely go stale before they can get improved through the magic of wiki. From the looks of it, this is still an issue.&lt;br style=&quot;margin-bottom:0.5em&quot;/&gt;Generally I'm happy to answer some questions, but actually coding for and maintaining a Wikinews successor would be a major undertaking which is not really for me.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267275161:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Okay thank you [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]]. What makes improving articles so difficult in wiki? What solution would you suggest? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:00, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], hire some paid editors to write and publish [[w:en:wp:stub|stubs]] for all major news stories throughout the day. That way the site becomes functional as a news source, and the bar to improve a stub is lower than the bar to create an article from scratch. But I don't know who'd be willing to pay for such a thing. Volunteers tend to only write about subjects they care about, and nobody cares about ''everything''. Combined with the presence of a [[w:en:Wikipedia:There is no deadline|deadline]], as news needs to be published before it turns into [[wikt:olds#Noun 2|olds]], it makes a general news wiki very difficult to maintain with just volunteers whose time and interests are limited.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764428567237:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 15:02, 29 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Maybe news companies could sponsor these editors, and then copy the finished products for their outlets? [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 15:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::i was thinking a tool could at least help with handling the markup if not picking the news events themselves [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; can do some Unix, SQL, HTTPd and MediaWiki job. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; am the technical director of cyclowiki.org for 4 years. IMHO using Wikimedia SULs on a non-Wikimedia site is a poor choice (not only technically, but in other respects too). [[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 09:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]], is it possible though? And what issues would it cause? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:38, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
:::It is possible. We at MDWiki do it and we are happy with the results. But than our work is fairly integrated into the Wikipedia work. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hereby remind of my four-months-old proposal, although am too busy specifically next several days to do anything of value. Give me a Unix shell or an SQL access and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; won’t fail you. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 15:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::: Incnis Mrsi is a highly qualified and helpful contributor who has been supporting cyclowiki.org for many years. He's always ready to help in difficult situations, even when many prefer to sit back or remain silent. He's always willing to engage with a wide range of participants and develop any constructive ideas. I think his proposal is worth supporting. [[User:Serebr|Serebr]] ([[User talk:Serebr|talk]]) 03:17, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
: I would be willing to help out with the MediaWiki configuration. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 19:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

= 5. Name =

No idea if same trademark can be used... [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] as you asked above, FYI there was fork of Wikinews in past, one was called OpenGlobe. If it is same people working on it then I do not mind, any name. For example [[:w:freenode]] moved to [[:w:Libera]] with a name change and successfully moved over 80% of tens thousands users to new site. It would be good to confirm that. Another aspect is in Question 4 whether users will need to register new account. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:54, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::I don't think Miraheze would allow IP's actually Miraheze is a '''wiki farm host'''. Sorry for the excessive pings, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:58, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website) [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:02, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anonymous editing can be enabled or disabled through ManageWiki on Miraheze which is normally open to all crats. ManageWiki is an easy to use extension we built so you can manage some config from on wiki. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::If we move forward with this migration, we will need a new name and logo.
::Any user from here will be able to create an account on the new Wikinews instance on Miraheze. But, there is no automatic way to transfer all existing users with us. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::If Miraheze is chosen, we will work with you guys to ensure you can claim imported edits and have them attributed to a future Miraheze accounts. Of course, you'll need to sign up again. We won't be able to transfer any user preferences or anything from Wikimedia. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: What happens with edits made by users who choose not to join the fork? If they are left as-is, are there processes in place to ensure those usernames are unavailable? For example, If I choose not to join the fork, are all of my current edits still attributed to my username and is that username essentially &quot;taken&quot; on Miraheze so that others can't register my name and claim my edits?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::They would show an interwiki link back to the archived wikinews. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 15:22, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::This is correct, while edit history can be 'attributed' to Miraheze accounts created following a migration, we don't have a way to reserve usernames/migrate wikimedia logins automatically - it will require individual registration. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: Have you tried implementing OAuth for wikimedia accounts? [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:We have asked Wikimedia what rules would have to be followed if a migration did take place with regard to trademarks. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you all @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::: Related: the broader Wikimedia community should weigh in on where to redirect Wikinews traffic. This is one of the strongest reasons to try something new at the current domains. I would hope the domain is put to use supporting an active community news effort, wherever it is hosted; historical pages can redirect. Unfortunately all of the news-related forks or comparables I know of also closed for lack of activity...  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
There are tools built into mediawiki ie [[Special:Import]] that allows the entire history from one wiki to be moved to another. Lower on [https://mdwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Gout&amp;action=history&amp;offset=&amp;limit=500 this page] you can see what it looks like. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:44, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 6. Other =

A small comment I'd like to make is that most interwiki-links on Wikinews (as far as I can see) are the same on Miraheze. (See: [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Interwiki Special:Interwiki]) As far as I can tell, this would not affect any of the Wikinews articles, when they are moved to Miraheze. [[User:Rodejong|Rodejong]] ([[User talk:Rodejong|talk]]) 11:50, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

= 7. Wikifarm requirements, classes of hosting =

One of the sticking points in discussions about the future of Wikinews was what level of hosting and customization was supported or expected; WMF having a high minimum bar for supporting production servers [and hosting all servers on shared infrastructure where a change to one site can throttle or take down others].  A number of community projects have indicated that, e.g., WM Cloud Services is not great for hosting an actively edited wikifarm.  But if a number of free knowledge projects need a wiki farm with good archival practices, it might make sense for this to change, or to have an official partnership b/t WMF or the WM affiliate network and such a group. 

To this end, defining the needed level of service provision (including multilingual support) would be a good step. [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:12, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:Would WMCloud be allowed here? WMCloud is supposed to be related to a wikimedia project, if Wikinews gets shutdown its no longer a wikinews project. That said, WM Cloud is probably sufficient to host a wiki the size of Wikinews even with active editing, but it would require sysadmins who know how to manage mediawiki. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:: This question came up in another thread; even if this is possible it would be good to know exactly what level of service is needed for a neutral wikifarm like Miraheze to host WN, what that costs, &amp;c.  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 01:13, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Having already done some discussions and sizing, while the larger news wikis would be substantial adds, none would surpass the larger projects already on our service and we have plenty of capacity to take the entire fleet of Wikinews language families should we be selected.  The Miraheze of 2026 is running on a much-improved infrastructure stack over what some might be familiar with from a few years back. 
:::Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand. :) Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances] and [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget budgets] are public for those interested.
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:56, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::::@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], just throwing it out there but any '''start date''' or url? Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:31, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

{{anchor|hardware}}Requirements depend on the fate of the old news. Minor requirements while Wikimedia keeps the archives, but Wikinews would need to maintain or rent a strong database management system if Wikimedia ejects all WN wikis (including the past content, especially of the Russian Wikinews) completely. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=[[MDWiki:Main_Page]]=
We forked health content to MDWiki a few years ago. With respect to cost each Wiki is about 25 to 40 USD/month and this includes updates, sys admin stuff, and security. One gets 10 GB of SDD space and then it is 1$ per GB after that. You get 100 GB of bandwidth after whic it is 0.05$ per GB. Specialied software work is about 100$ per hour but they have limited capacity for this work. 

With respect to using the name and logo, if you have consensus here to all go in the same direction, I would be supportive. If folks want to go in different directions than things would be a bit more complicated. 

Do you want to move all languages to a single wiki (less expensive) or keep each language in its own wiki? We use SkizNet which is USA based. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:38, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

:Do you have a comment how come Miraheze provides hosting for free, @[[User:Doc James|Doc James]]? Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:32, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: They are also volunteer-based and rely on donations from users to run their servers. See also: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/FAQ -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Like anything else, if you want to do something custom or boss people around you need to pay for it. Miraheze hosting is more similar to WMF hosting where its solid but they aren't going to suddenly bend to your whims if you dont like the existing choices. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:37, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

== Everyone please check this out! Thank you. ==

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/78142

I have requested a new English Wikinews. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:While I appreciate your interest in Miraheze. I do not think it is wise to make a unilateral move when the community is still weighing on the best hosting option. There is still more than a month of time to decide. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Sorry but im pretty sure they have decided. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], While I appreciate the enthusiasm for saving this project, I'll reiterate Petra - users ''should not'' request a wikinews fork at Miraheze on behalf of the project while discussion is ongoing and we are still waiting for WMF clearance on branding, especially if the person making the request isn't currently an administrator/crat on the wikinews project they're requesting it for.
:::While your intentions are good, this will be interpreted as hostile forking and will be declined/deleted. 
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 04:58, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:I agree with others. Things are still uncertain regarding the migration. When and how it will take place. The community is still discussing it, so please be patient. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:40, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

== How to get the entire enwn backed up? ==

CC @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]] -- Hi, does anyone know how I can get the backup of the entire enwn (along with history, local files, logs -- what have you) so that I can keep a copy of it on my local system, and perhaps run it via, say a docker setup?  I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 09:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 11:18, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Would you be able to guide me how to run it locally, perhaps? [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 12:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I don’t think the dumps page contains the data for logs or other non page info (may be wrong, if so I’d be glad for someone to correct me). There is probably a way to get this considering replica’s of the databases containing all information for a wiki are publicly accessible, but that may be more involved. I also don’t believe images are provided as an easy dump, but there are pieces of software that can create backups of all page content and images (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/WikiTeam being the main one). I intend to probably run a dump of the wikinewses closer to the read only date and have it uploaded to the Internet Archive, assuming WikiTeam or someone else doesn’t do so first. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 12:47, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Dumps server contains multiple files with a variety of data. I think the only thing really missing is user data and anything that has been deleted/oversighted. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:14, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:::What does user data mean?  I won't care about the IP logs, nor should that be publicly available -- but say the scripts that pizero worked on -- lack of that might break the functionality.  But does that mean the dumps can recreate the entire wiki?  And also, dumps.wm has nothing after 26.01 -- is it not updated monthly?  If so, will it be available post May 4.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 17:27, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::::It doesn't have your password, email,user preferences, that sort of thing. If its non-public information its not in the dumps. I'm not sure what the update frequency is. I think its slower than monthly. I imagine its documented somewhere. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

== Clarification: WM NYC and Miraheze joint bid and requests on Miraheze ==

Hello all, as mentioned [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts#Current_Updates on Meta-wiki], WM NYC and Miraheze representatives are in joint discussions with WMF on a potential bid for an approved revival of the Wikinews projects with permission to utilize the same name and branding. 

While the community's enthusiasm for saving the project is appreciated and understood (hell, I've saved a project from the Fandom memory-hole myself), Miraheze '''''will not approve any new project requests from individuals (especially those who are not admins or crats on the language-specific WN projects)''''' until we have clear and full signoff from the WMF. 

Thank you for your patience while discussions are ongoing. 

--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:40, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

= Coordination Group =
Should we create a Telegram group so everyone interested in continuing this project can gather there, or should we simply refresh this page periodically to stay updated on where we should migrate? [[User:Rtnf|Rtnf]] ([[User talk:Rtnf|talk]]) 04:34, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I tried to summarize all the current conversations [http://cyllchuesnconii.rf.gd/Main/Wikinews here].[[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 14:31, 7 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <text bytes="49903" sha1="dyca3i2gl5m4esgnis0bpb4ojcdyhk9" xml:space="preserve">&lt;center&gt; &lt;big&gt; Please share your opinion regarding the migration on Meta at [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. &lt;/big&gt; &lt;/center&gt;

= 1. Name and geographical location of new hosting. =
I have no idea about this, please advise. How can this be done when half of users have slow internet and are geographically dispersed. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:A Meta page has been created for discussion about the migration. Please share your votes and comments there. [[meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts]]. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:57, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

=== Miraheze ===
:Maybe we could consider migrating to https://miraheze.org/. Their Meta page is here: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Miraheze_Meta.
:They provide free hosting, although I am not sure whether we would need to purchase our own domain name. They also do not run advertisements and operate entirely on donations.
:However, a major clarification is required: If Wikinews is closed, will the WMF also relinquish copyright to the name 'Wikinews' and its logo? If not, I'm not sure how we could proceed. Perhaps someone with legal knowledge, or someone from the WMF, could advise on this? -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:13, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::Is it easy to install our own mediawiki extensions there. Do they provide shell access. The name question is in section 5 below. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:52, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, almost all MediaWiki extensions are available there. There are also users with strong MediaWiki knowledge who can help us move forward technically. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: &quot;almost all MediaWiki extensions&quot; is an exaggeration. But it is true that Miraheze is significantly more willing to install new extensions than Wikimedia is: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Extensions is an incomplete list. Miraheze, while they won't provide you shell access, will let you self-service many things that require shell access on Wikimedia, such as config changes - they have a fairly flexible https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/ManageWiki interface. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:53, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::True. What I mean is at least enough to support Wikinews or such that Wikinews is going to need. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 14:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Miraheze might be our last good option just saying. @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:55, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Also, everyone, the WMF board has '''not yet''' made a final decision, and the current community opinion is mostly in our favor, so please don't give up participating in various discussions on metawiki. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 01:02, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
::::They will close WikiNews tomorrow. All pages will be read-only. I can register the wiki at https://wikinews.miraheze.org, if you would like. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:24, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::::To reiterate NotAracham’s comment in this thread, while Miraheze is very willing to provide hosting to Wikinews, we ask that the actual wiki request be submitted by a bureaucrat (or representative of WikiNYC if the WN community choses to pursue an arrangement with them). With all due respect, for the sake of clarify and not making things more confusing for the Wikinews community, we won’t be accepting one-off requests by users that don’t have the backing of the community’s consensus. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 21:26, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::I personally oppose the usage of Miraheze because it contains trackers that are hard for users to disable. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 16:04, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Hi @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]], what are they tracking and how does this work? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I forget the exact details because I wrote that message nearly 5 months ago, but I think that it's some sort of analytics ping that you need to block at the browser or DNS level. [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 12:11, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::We collect minimal aggregate tracking data through cookies for cloudflare + matomo analytics as well as session persistence, @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] would be better positioned to answer this. Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy Privacy Policy] also covers our 'when and how' for usage of this data. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Now I wonder whether the whole Wikinews community will be able to migrate safely as a whole, or whether a ‘big split’ might happen due to differences like this. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:39, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
::If all other measures fail... we might have to try [[w:Fandom (website)|Fandom]]. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 19:59, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], Wikimedia is hosted in the US due to favorable freedom of speech and copyright laws. A [[w:Content delivery network]] can improve performance around the world, though that doesn't accelerate dynamic content served to users who are logged in. See [[m:Wikimedia servers]] for example.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267938397:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;

Hi folks, this is NotAracham, Director of Trust &amp; Safety at Miraheze. We've reviewed internally and are confident that we will be able to offer hosting (from both a policy and technical standpoint) should you choose to select us once things are worked out with the WMF. I and my colleagues are happy to answer any questions the WikiNews community might have towards reaching a decision. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:You are a life saver thank you @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:16, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I think we should wait until the final decision of the Board, and if it ultimately is about closing, then I have no objection to migrate. This would be the best second possibility after Wikinews is not getting closed. Thank you for your help. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 19:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Agreed, Miraheze can save us for backup plan @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:I'm an Infrastructure engineer for Miraheze and am also watching this page. You can also find me on Libera.Chat (in both #wikinews and #miraheze) or Discord if you have questions. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], it would probably be a good idea to clarify whether you are talking about English Wikinews or all Wikinews language variants. Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with [[:w:en:Russian web brigades]] ?&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764272830948:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 19:47, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Agreed, we need to focus on English Wikinews. [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:59, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Technically, I don't think any of them would be an issue. From a counter vandalism perspective, we would look to how we could support any wiki and make sure you have the tools available that you need. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 20:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::I'll defer to my tech colleagues on our technical capacity to host, though the general opinion seems that it would be well within possibility to host the full spectrum of languages if they choose to move to our service.  Regarding the counter-vandalism aspect, our service uses Cloudflare (for both default and custom domains) to mitigate DDoS attempts, which has proven unfortunately necessary with some past antagonists.  While we have an existing global CVT team to handle the more routine on-wiki trouble, we only have so many members with limited time to offer. It sounds like the Russian wikinews is one of the rare scenarios where it'd be prudent to assign some members of their moderation team [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/CheckUser#Permission delegated local CheckUser]. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 20:24, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], first let me declare that I don't know for sure how ruwikinews is doing currently. But you should be very careful before assigning CheckUser to anyone involved with Russian projects. The paper bear is certainly interested:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://fortune.com/europe/2023/04/14/moscow-court-fines-wikipedia-refusing-remove-russia-language-article-invasion-ukraine/ Moscow court fines Wikipedia for refusing to remove a Russian-language article about the invasion of Ukraine]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-threatens-fine-wikipedia-if-it-doesnt-delete-false-information-2022-04-05/ Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't delete 'false information']&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/23/a89531 Russian Court Fines Wikipedia Operator Nearly $40K Over ‘P***philia Propaganda’]&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Just don't give CheckUser to the paper bear, as they could use it to prosecute dissenters. As for the current state of ruwikinews, some of the most recent articles:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:Необычный урок патриотизма провёл русский путешественник-экстремал, вернувшийся из Африки]] ([[:n:ru:Категория:Виктор Пинчук (1969)|author]] writing about himself)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;[[:n:ru:В Крыму, расположенном недалеко от района боевых действий, прошла «Ночь искусств»]]: a Chinese Wikimedian, Sheminghui.WU, interviewing that user. Perhaps something is getting lost in translation, because this is the end of the last answer according to Google translate:&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;{{q|1=From my personal observations, the majority of Crimean residents (myself included) are ethnic Russians. Therefore, there has generally always been a negative attitude toward the imposed &quot;Ukrainianism&quot; here.&lt;br/&gt;I'm not familiar with cultural life in eastern Ukraine or in the towns located along the front lines, but here in Crimea, everything is peaceful. Enemy drones are being shot down by professionally trained specialists.&lt;br/&gt;We will win!&lt;br/&gt;Hakuna matata!&lt;br/&gt;No pasaran!|4=Виктор Пинчук|5=[https://ru.wikinews.org/wiki/%D0%92_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%83,_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D1%82_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%C2%BB]}}&lt;br/&gt;derp I have to stop looking at this rabbit hole&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764284255586:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 22:57, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Ha, absolutely an area one could spend way too much time digging into, and a very fair point to bring up.  Local checkuser has not been given out in the history of Miraheze, and would absolutely be a last resort. While it's a thing we'd ''consider'' if proven necessary, any grants here would have a much higher degree of scrutiny than standard cases given the well-documented hostility of the national actor in question. 
::::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 23:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::As Russian Wikinews will also be closed, it will also need a new home. I will wait for their contributors to comment whether they want to do migration together and to the same host. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:04, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Correction: *may also be closed [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
::&quot;Also note that ruwikinews has on the order of 1000x more articles than most other language editions. Can Miraheze deal with w:en:Russian web brigades?&quot; How do you link those two things? [[User:BilboBeggins|BilboBeggins]] ([[User talk:BilboBeggins|talk]]) 23:04, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Ruwikinews has 3x the number of content pages compared with the [https://communities.miraheze.org/wiki/List_of_wikis_by_article_count largest Miraheze wikis]. If they don't prune any pages, the wiki will consume lots of storage space in the database, though I don't expect too much impact on server load since server load is dominated by web traffic after the initial CPU spike in import. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 01:25, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]]] and @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] for following this page [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:05, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
:@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] Dear friend, will other language versions of Wikinews, especially ruwn and zhwn which have more views than enwn, can also be hosted? Thank you. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 02:48, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
::Yes, we are willing to provide hosting for all language flavors of wikinews should their communities choose to move to our service. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 18:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hi @[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], thank you for your notes.
:1. Do you have a comment on @[[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]]'s concern about trackers? 
:2. Could you confirm that you do not require content obligations in return, such as, censorship of content or necessitating to include your news on our site? 
:3. What features do you provide for multilingual content? Currently there are different sysops in each language edition of Wikinews, as they are separate wikis.
:Apparently, move needs to happen before May 4 and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews after that date content will be left read-only, here]. I asked whether Wikinews trademark can be used. 
:Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 09:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::4. In Miraheze can users insert Wikimedia Commons images into new pages? In Wikinews it is possible with same syntax as if it was a local image. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: Yes, it is possible to both upload local images and use files from Wikimedia Commons. --[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:07, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::::This is cool. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:08, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Cc @[[User:Pppery|Pppery]] thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:02, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::# I've asked Rhinos to weigh in on trackers, but generally we collect the minimum data required to operate our service.  Information collected in this way is used as described in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy our privacy policy] and is not sent/resold to outside parties.  If there are more specific concerns to be discussed, I defer to my tech colleague.
::# We do have some limits on what may be hosted on our service, outlined in [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Content_Policy our content policy]. We also (as a non-profit) cannot host content specifically designed to achieve a political outcome, e.g. supporting a specific candidate or specific legislative action.  Beyond these two items, we do not impose any further restrictions on your speech nor will we mandate that specific stories be written.  However, it should be made clear, we cannot offer any form of legal cover should authored content result in legal action against the authors by a third party.
::# While we do have the Translate extension, the current structure is likely the cleanest way to continue operating.  We do support interwiki/interlanguage linking as well, which can ease connection between versions. 
::# Regarding licensing and/or permission for continued use of brand/trademark, that's something the WikiNews community will have to work out with the WMF, we do not negotiate in this way on behalf of our hosted projects.
::I think I've answered everything, but let me know if a question was missed.
::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:26, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Miraheze Tech here. To add to what NotAracham has said, we have [[miraheze:Help:How_to_support_multiple_languages_on_my_wiki|a multi-language guide]] which covers some of the options that are possible on Miraheze:
::# Separate wikis connected via interwiki language links.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are connected via interwiki language links by pointing interwiki links to the same wiki.
::# Use the same wiki for all languages. Pages are synced with the translate extension.
::# Separate wikis connected via wikibase. I am not aware of any wiki that uses this option, but we do have wikibase available with a few hundred wikis that enabled the extension (whether they use it extensively is another story). I believe this option is what Wikinews uses right now. If there is enough interest, I can see if it is possible to replicate the wikinews setup on Miraheze's wikibase install.
::[[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:36, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::As for trackers, wiki bureaucrats can grant the &lt;code&gt;noanalytics&lt;/code&gt; right to everyone (&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;) with ManageWiki, which will exempt all users from our tracking software (Matomo). I tested it on [https://exttest.mirabeta.org/ Miraheze's extension testing wiki] and am no longer seeing Matomo-related requests for both logged-in and anonymous users.
::With that said, this will only happen on the local wiki. If the user clicks on a link to, for example, the Privacy Policy page which is hosted on Miraheze Meta, they will be subject to the tracker again since it is on a different wiki. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 23:17, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Question; would it be possible to mirrow this wiki, so when i make an edit here, it is also automatically made at Miraheze from my account; is it possible to allow users to login using OAuth so that they do not need to register a new account; what testing is required for a custom extension to be installed on site; where is it located geographically. Does it remain free of charge. how does this organization generate income. Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 05:10, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

:# Going to consider this question moot as the WMF-hosted service will go read-only in near future.  As mentioned elsewhere, we can assist with attributing edits to the MH-equivalent users following migration where there's interest in doing so.
:# We utilize CentralAuth as our account infrastructure, users need only one account for any wiki hosted on our platform. Services can verify the MH account through OAuth as well.  We do not, however, support OAuth for Wikimedia project accounts on our platform, a Miraheze account will need to be created.
:# Custom extensions will need to go through our security review process, and will generally need to demonstrate some form of global usefulness to be considered for approval.
:# We are based out of the United States of America and incorporated in the state of Idaho, the majority of our hardware infrastructure is located in the Salt lake City, Utah area.
:# We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization, we do not and will not charge for our service, the majority of our funds come from individual user donations.  Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances are public information], as are our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget/2026 annual budgets].
:--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:44, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion, miraheze is the most viable path forwards for wikinews. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

IMO moving Wikinews to Miraheze is just swapping one centralized authority for another. You're not fixing the problem, you're relocating it. Instead of the Wikimedia Foundation, you end up under Miraheze's policies, infrastructure, and admins. Different host, same dependency. If Wikinews is supposed to be a truly independent, community-driven news platform, then it needs its own infrastructure and governance - not another host that can pull the plug or change the rules whenever it wants. We don't even know if Miraheze can reliably handle a project of this scale (enwikinews only? all active language versions?). What infrastructure do they actually have? What guarantees are there for long-term stability, performance, and uptime? Calling this a solution is just self-deception. [[User:BZPN|BZPN]] ([[User talk:BZPN|talk]]) 06:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

:The existing Wikinews community lacks the capability to do better than Miraheze or even come close. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:16, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:Loyal opposition here. Sorry your project is closing, I hope you perhaps consider my suggestion to transition to a more news-magazine inspired format on whatever your new host is. But I agree with Bawolff. To quote the former administrator of Earth: May I remind you that the alternative, if it can be called that, is total extinction? [[User:Dronebogus|Dronebogus]] ([[User talk:Dronebogus|talk]]) 13:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I predict there will be a big split. The anti-Miraheze faction simply won’t migrate there and may propose another path forward. [[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 13:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

No opinion on whether English (and others, except for ru) Wikinews should go to Miraheze, but certainly '''oppose migration of [[:ru:|ru.WN]] to Miraheze'''. Not exactly sure about conditions as of 2026, but the farm was long known to be dominated by English speakers and had zero representation of the Slavs in its establishment. Their staffers botched and failed import of Absurdopedia (the Russian Uncyclopedia), which eventually became self-hosted. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; had some ugly interactions with Mirahezeans, myself. Meanwhile it generally is a respectable farm and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hold specifically {{u|John F. Lewis}}, who made a good job, in respect. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:31, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:Ironic, given the controversies surrounding John (He has a history of abusing positions of trust and got himself office banned from all Wikimedia projects). Regardless, is there another serious offer on the table? Otherwise Miraheze wins by default. Like you've made some comments that imply you might be willing to offer hosting or at least work on this. Are you actually offering to host Wikinews? Does this offer come with strings or financial requirements? Unless other offers materialize with details, it kind of seems like the choice is Miraheze or nothing. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 05:14, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::What would the hardware requirements be for hosting WikiNews? Could the administrators WN provide some more specific information? [[User:Charmeleon69|Charmeleon69]] ([[User talk:Charmeleon69|talk]]) 06:53, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: Commented [[#hardware|here]] because this isn’t a proper thread. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=== WikiOasis ===
An alternative would be considering to switch to WikiOasis. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 03:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

:miraheze [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|&amp;#126;2026-26625-68]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-26625-68|talk]]) 14:50, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
:: No. Miraheze is not recommended. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
::: @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]] @[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] A new wiki was created on WikiOasis: &lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[https://news.wikioasis.org news.wikioasis.org]&lt;/span&gt;. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 01:28, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

= 2. Volunteers willing to pay for new hosting. This can be from charities, Wikimedia Charters, or personal expenses. =

I would volunteer towards hosting costs. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:This will not work in my opinion. After all, that's the approach taken for wn-reporters and email, and I think it's safe to say that it hasn't been successful. [[User:Leaderboard|Leaderboard]] ([[User talk:Leaderboard|talk]]) 16:32, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::The lowest cost I am aware of would be 25 USD per month, so 300 USD per year. Though it sounds like Miraheze maybe free and I know a few Wikipedians are on their board. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:51, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
: If hosting is going to be paid for, I think a new, non-profit organization should be formed, to to handle funding and oversight. If hosting is paid for by one or more individuals who are not organized under a charter or governing structure, it creates obvious risks: lack of accountability, unclear ownership, and potential instability if those individuals step away or disagree.
: Forming a new non-profit may be a wise choice even if free hosting is used.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 10:48, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::Based on the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Public_consultation_about_Wikinews#c-Sj-20260401032800-Victoria-20260330090000 latest developments], it seems that Wikimedia New York City may take on the future stewardship of Wikinews. That would also mean it is managed by an organization and a non-profit. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 18:27, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
::: [[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] [[Wikinews talk:Migration#c-NotAracham-20260405165600-Sj-20260403011300|noted below]] {{tq|Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand.}}
::: That reduces immediate financial pressure on any new organization. It does not address the more fundamental issue. Without the structural oversight and constraints provided by the Wikimedia Foundation, I do not see a viable path forward for en.WN. In its current state, the project has not demonstrated the capacity for consistent and productive self-regulation.
::: If Wikimedia NYC is to assume “stewardship” of Wikinews, that role needs to be clearly defined before any decision to migrate. Specifically, the scope of its authority, responsibilities, and limits should be made explicit to the community. It is also unclear how this arrangement would differ in practice from the current relationship with the Wikimedia Foundation, given that Wikimedia NYC is an affiliated chapter.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 07:45, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

= 3. Volunteers willing to do budgeting and acounting: find out how much this will cost. =

*I would contribute towards budget efforts .[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
*I might be willing to make a small donation to these efforts, but in terms of time -- I'm not too sure. I intend to take this time to (mostly) step away from most News wiki activities and do a bit of introspection. It's been about 16 years. I want to take a careful look at time/priorities etc.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 15:45, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:51, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
*I suggest opening a donation channel at that time; I can also contribute a spare change. ~ [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 06:18, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*:Thanks Sheminghui [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 06:59, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
*::Do you folks have an NGO yet? If you dont would recommend the USA as the location to be based as fund raising from their is easiest and becoming a 503(c) is not that hard. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 4. System administration to install software and work around security vulnerabilities =

I would contribute towards admin tasks including Linux system administration and MediaWiki [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:Can users use Wikipedia login on an externally hosted wiki? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:: In principle yes you could use OAuth for something like that. One example is at https://mdwiki.org, although in that case they only pre-approve accounts you could configure it differently. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|&lt;sub style=&quot;color:#800000&quot;&gt;it has begun...&lt;/sub&gt;]] 03:55, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anyway can use OAuth to log onto MDWiki with their Wikipedia user name, but you can only edit a couple of pages (your user page and a request for editing page) until you are granted editing privileges. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:46, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:In response to [[ru:User talk:Alexis Jazz#Hello]]: [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], I have no strong ties to Wikinews. Also no knowledge of ru which seems to be the largest wikinews language. And I've always wondered how a news website in wiki form could realistically work as articles likely go stale before they can get improved through the magic of wiki. From the looks of it, this is still an issue.&lt;br style=&quot;margin-bottom:0.5em&quot;/&gt;Generally I'm happy to answer some questions, but actually coding for and maintaining a Wikinews successor would be a major undertaking which is not really for me.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764267275161:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 18:14, 27 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::Okay thank you [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]]. What makes improving articles so difficult in wiki? What solution would you suggest? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 07:00, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
:::[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]], hire some paid editors to write and publish [[w:en:wp:stub|stubs]] for all major news stories throughout the day. That way the site becomes functional as a news source, and the bar to improve a stub is lower than the bar to create an article from scratch. But I don't know who'd be willing to pay for such a thing. Volunteers tend to only write about subjects they care about, and nobody cares about ''everything''. Combined with the presence of a [[w:en:Wikipedia:There is no deadline|deadline]], as news needs to be published before it turns into [[wikt:olds#Noun 2|olds]], it makes a general news wiki very difficult to maintain with just volunteers whose time and interests are limited.&lt;span id=&quot;Alexis_Jazz:1764428567237:Wikinews_talkFTTCLNMigration&quot; class=&quot;FTTCmt&quot;&gt; —&amp;nbsp;[[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 15:02, 29 November 2025 (UTC)&lt;/span&gt;
::::Maybe news companies could sponsor these editors, and then copy the finished products for their outlets? [[User:GrinningIodize|GrinningIodize]] ([[User talk:GrinningIodize|talk]]) 15:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::i was thinking a tool could at least help with handling the markup if not picking the news events themselves [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; can do some Unix, SQL, HTTPd and MediaWiki job. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; am the technical director of cyclowiki.org for 4 years. IMHO using Wikimedia SULs on a non-Wikimedia site is a poor choice (not only technically, but in other respects too). [[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 09:08, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
::Hi @[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]], is it possible though? And what issues would it cause? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 00:38, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
:::It is possible. We at MDWiki do it and we are happy with the results. But than our work is fairly integrated into the Wikipedia work. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
:: &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; hereby remind of my four-months-old proposal, although am too busy specifically next several days to do anything of value. Give me a Unix shell or an SQL access and &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:serif&quot;&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; won’t fail you. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 15:33, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::: Incnis Mrsi is a highly qualified and helpful contributor who has been supporting cyclowiki.org for many years. He's always ready to help in difficult situations, even when many prefer to sit back or remain silent. He's always willing to engage with a wide range of participants and develop any constructive ideas. I think his proposal is worth supporting. [[User:Serebr|Serebr]] ([[User talk:Serebr|talk]]) 03:17, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
: I would be willing to help out with the MediaWiki configuration. [[User:Codename Noreste|Codename Noreste]] ([[User talk:Codename Noreste|talk]]) 19:55, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

= 5. Name =

No idea if same trademark can be used... [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 22:24, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

:@[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] as you asked above, FYI there was fork of Wikinews in past, one was called OpenGlobe. If it is same people working on it then I do not mind, any name. For example [[:w:freenode]] moved to [[:w:Libera]] with a name change and successfully moved over 80% of tens thousands users to new site. It would be good to confirm that. Another aspect is in Question 4 whether users will need to register new account. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] 20:54, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
::I don't think Miraheze would allow IP's actually Miraheze is a '''wiki farm host'''. Sorry for the excessive pings, @[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 20:58, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website) [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 21:02, 26 November 2025 (UTC)
:::Anonymous editing can be enabled or disabled through ManageWiki on Miraheze which is normally open to all crats. ManageWiki is an easy to use extension we built so you can manage some config from on wiki. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::If we move forward with this migration, we will need a new name and logo.
::Any user from here will be able to create an account on the new Wikinews instance on Miraheze. But, there is no automatic way to transfer all existing users with us. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 03:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::If Miraheze is chosen, we will work with you guys to ensure you can claim imported edits and have them attributed to a future Miraheze accounts. Of course, you'll need to sign up again. We won't be able to transfer any user preferences or anything from Wikimedia. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: What happens with edits made by users who choose not to join the fork? If they are left as-is, are there processes in place to ensure those usernames are unavailable? For example, If I choose not to join the fork, are all of my current edits still attributed to my username and is that username essentially &quot;taken&quot; on Miraheze so that others can't register my name and claim my edits?[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 13:47, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::::They would show an interwiki link back to the archived wikinews. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 15:22, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
:::This is correct, while edit history can be 'attributed' to Miraheze accounts created following a migration, we don't have a way to reserve usernames/migrate wikimedia logins automatically - it will require individual registration. --[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 19:31, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: Have you tried implementing OAuth for wikimedia accounts? [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:We have asked Wikimedia what rules would have to be followed if a migration did take place with regard to trademarks. [[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] ([[User talk:RhinosF1|talk]]) 19:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::Thank you all @[[User:RhinosF1|RhinosF1]] [[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]] ([[User talk:BigKrow|talk]]) 19:33, 27 November 2025 (UTC)
::: Related: the broader Wikimedia community should weigh in on where to redirect Wikinews traffic. This is one of the strongest reasons to try something new at the current domains. I would hope the domain is put to use supporting an active community news effort, wherever it is hosted; historical pages can redirect. Unfortunately all of the news-related forks or comparables I know of also closed for lack of activity...  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)
There are tools built into mediawiki ie [[Special:Import]] that allows the entire history from one wiki to be moved to another. Lower on [https://mdwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Gout&amp;action=history&amp;offset=&amp;limit=500 this page] you can see what it looks like. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:44, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

= 6. Other =

A small comment I'd like to make is that most interwiki-links on Wikinews (as far as I can see) are the same on Miraheze. (See: [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Interwiki Special:Interwiki]) As far as I can tell, this would not affect any of the Wikinews articles, when they are moved to Miraheze. [[User:Rodejong|Rodejong]] ([[User talk:Rodejong|talk]]) 11:50, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

= 7. Wikifarm requirements, classes of hosting =

One of the sticking points in discussions about the future of Wikinews was what level of hosting and customization was supported or expected; WMF having a high minimum bar for supporting production servers [and hosting all servers on shared infrastructure where a change to one site can throttle or take down others].  A number of community projects have indicated that, e.g., WM Cloud Services is not great for hosting an actively edited wikifarm.  But if a number of free knowledge projects need a wiki farm with good archival practices, it might make sense for this to change, or to have an official partnership b/t WMF or the WM affiliate network and such a group. 

To this end, defining the needed level of service provision (including multilingual support) would be a good step. [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 20:12, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

:Would WMCloud be allowed here? WMCloud is supposed to be related to a wikimedia project, if Wikinews gets shutdown its no longer a wikinews project. That said, WM Cloud is probably sufficient to host a wiki the size of Wikinews even with active editing, but it would require sysadmins who know how to manage mediawiki. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 22:21, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:: This question came up in another thread; even if this is possible it would be good to know exactly what level of service is needed for a neutral wikifarm like Miraheze to host WN, what that costs, &amp;c.  [[User:Sj|sj]] ([[User talk:Sj|talk]]) 01:13, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
:::Having already done some discussions and sizing, while the larger news wikis would be substantial adds, none would surpass the larger projects already on our service and we have plenty of capacity to take the entire fleet of Wikinews language families should we be selected.  The Miraheze of 2026 is running on a much-improved infrastructure stack over what some might be familiar with from a few years back. 
:::Miraheze would not impose a charge to act as host, but as a donor-driven platform, donations are always welcome to help us keep pace with expanding demand. :) Our [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Finance finances] and [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation/Budget budgets] are public for those interested.
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:56, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
::::@[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]], just throwing it out there but any '''start date''' or url? Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:31, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

{{anchor|hardware}}Requirements depend on the fate of the old news. Minor requirements while Wikimedia keeps the archives, but Wikinews would need to maintain or rent a strong database management system if Wikimedia ejects all WN wikis (including the past content, especially of the Russian Wikinews) completely. --[[User:Incnis Mrsi|Incnis Mrsi]] ([[User talk:Incnis Mrsi|talk]]) 17:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

=[[MDWiki:Main_Page]]=
We forked health content to MDWiki a few years ago. With respect to cost each Wiki is about 25 to 40 USD/month and this includes updates, sys admin stuff, and security. One gets 10 GB of SDD space and then it is 1$ per GB after that. You get 100 GB of bandwidth after whic it is 0.05$ per GB. Specialied software work is about 100$ per hour but they have limited capacity for this work. 

With respect to using the name and logo, if you have consensus here to all go in the same direction, I would be supportive. If folks want to go in different directions than things would be a bit more complicated. 

Do you want to move all languages to a single wiki (less expensive) or keep each language in its own wiki? We use SkizNet which is USA based. [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] ([[User talk:Doc James|talk]]) 23:38, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

:Do you have a comment how come Miraheze provides hosting for free, @[[User:Doc James|Doc James]]? Thanks. [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 10:32, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]]: They are also volunteer-based and rely on donations from users to run their servers. See also: https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/FAQ -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 10:35, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Like anything else, if you want to do something custom or boss people around you need to pay for it. Miraheze hosting is more similar to WMF hosting where its solid but they aren't going to suddenly bend to your whims if you dont like the existing choices. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 16:37, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

== Everyone please check this out! Thank you. ==

https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/78142

I have requested a new English Wikinews. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 21:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

:While I appreciate your interest in Miraheze. I do not think it is wise to make a unilateral move when the community is still weighing on the best hosting option. There is still more than a month of time to decide. [[User:PetraMagna|PetraMagna]] ([[User talk:PetraMagna|talk]]) 22:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
::Sorry but im pretty sure they have decided. Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 22:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:BigKrow|BigKrow]], While I appreciate the enthusiasm for saving this project, I'll reiterate Petra - users ''should not'' request a wikinews fork at Miraheze on behalf of the project while discussion is ongoing and we are still waiting for WMF clearance on branding, especially if the person making the request isn't currently an administrator/crat on the wikinews project they're requesting it for.
:::While your intentions are good, this will be interpreted as hostile forking and will be declined/deleted. 
:::--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 04:58, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:I agree with others. Things are still uncertain regarding the migration. When and how it will take place. The community is still discussing it, so please be patient. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:40, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

== How to get the entire enwn backed up? ==

CC @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]] @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]] @[[User:Koavf|Koavf]] -- Hi, does anyone know how I can get the backup of the entire enwn (along with history, local files, logs -- what have you) so that I can keep a copy of it on my local system, and perhaps run it via, say a docker setup?  I'd appreciate it if someone could help me with this.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 09:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

:https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 11:18, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Would you be able to guide me how to run it locally, perhaps? [[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 12:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:I don’t think the dumps page contains the data for logs or other non page info (may be wrong, if so I’d be glad for someone to correct me). There is probably a way to get this considering replica’s of the databases containing all information for a wiki are publicly accessible, but that may be more involved. I also don’t believe images are provided as an easy dump, but there are pieces of software that can create backups of all page content and images (https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/WikiTeam being the main one). I intend to probably run a dump of the wikinewses closer to the read only date and have it uploaded to the Internet Archive, assuming WikiTeam or someone else doesn’t do so first. [[User:PixDeVl|PixDeVl]] ([[User talk:PixDeVl|talk]]) 12:47, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::Dumps server contains multiple files with a variety of data. I think the only thing really missing is user data and anything that has been deleted/oversighted. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 17:14, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
:::What does user data mean?  I won't care about the IP logs, nor should that be publicly available -- but say the scripts that pizero worked on -- lack of that might break the functionality.  But does that mean the dumps can recreate the entire wiki?  And also, dumps.wm has nothing after 26.01 -- is it not updated monthly?  If so, will it be available post May 4.&lt;br&gt;[[User talk:Acagastya|&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000; box-shadow: 0 0 7px #5de; padding-left:2.5px; padding-right:2.5px; border-radius:10px;&quot;&gt;•&amp;ndash;•&lt;/span&gt;]] 17:27, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
::::It doesn't have your password, email,user preferences, that sort of thing. If its non-public information its not in the dumps. I'm not sure what the update frequency is. I think its slower than monthly. I imagine its documented somewhere. [[user:bawolff|Bawolff]] [[user talk:Bawolff|☺]][[User:Bawolff/Sandbox|☻]] 18:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

== Clarification: WM NYC and Miraheze joint bid and requests on Miraheze ==

Hello all, as mentioned [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts#Current_Updates on Meta-wiki], WM NYC and Miraheze representatives are in joint discussions with WMF on a potential bid for an approved revival of the Wikinews projects with permission to utilize the same name and branding. 

While the community's enthusiasm for saving the project is appreciated and understood (hell, I've saved a project from the Fandom memory-hole myself), Miraheze '''''will not approve any new project requests from individuals (especially those who are not admins or crats on the language-specific WN projects)''''' until we have clear and full signoff from the WMF. 

Thank you for your patience while discussions are ongoing. 

--[[User:NotAracham|NotAracham]] ([[User talk:NotAracham|talk]]) 16:40, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

= Coordination Group =
Should we create a Telegram group so everyone interested in continuing this project can gather there, or should we simply refresh this page periodically to stay updated on where we should migrate? [[User:Rtnf|Rtnf]] ([[User talk:Rtnf|talk]]) 04:34, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

I tried to summarize all the current conversations [http://cyllchuesnconii.rf.gd/Main/Wikinews here].[[User:Niryhpr|Niryhpr]] ([[User talk:Niryhpr|talk]]) 14:31, 7 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The [[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]] project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the Wikinews content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

Wikinews was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of Wikinews was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of Wikinews would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

Wikinews launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language Wikinews was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English Wikinews domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
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|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
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While many Wikinews articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of Israel; U.S. Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as Wikinews's first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

Wikinews received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher {{w|Andrew Lih}} commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to Wikinews was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to Wikinews were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of Wikinews was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;
==Sources==
*{{source
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|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}

*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}
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[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
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[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The [[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]] project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the Wikinews content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

Wikinews was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of Wikinews was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of Wikinews would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

Wikinews launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language Wikinews was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English Wikinews domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many Wikinews articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of Israel; U.S. Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as Wikinews's first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

Wikinews received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to Wikinews was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to Wikinews were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of Wikinews was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of Israel; U.S. Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
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|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
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|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
[[Category:Prepared stories]]</text>
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{{nb|This article is meant to be the last article published on Wikinews.}}
{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them might be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

== External links ==
*{{source
|url    = https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page 
|title  = Demo Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = May 2, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
[[Category:Prepared stories]]</text>
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June 2025, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March 2026 that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them may be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
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|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

== External links ==
*{{source
|url    = https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page 
|title  = Demo Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = May 2, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, 2026, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them may be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

== External links ==
*{{source
|url    = https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page 
|title  = Demo Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = May 2, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
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{{WikimediaMention}}
[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them may be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
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|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}

== External links ==
*{{source
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|title  = Demo Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = May 2, 2026 (date of access)
}}

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[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
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[[File:Wikinews-logo.png|right|220px|thumb|Logo of Wikinews, adopted by the community through a [[meta:Wikinews logo contest voting|logo contest]] held in January–February 2005. It replaced the [[:File:Wikinews logo.png|beta version]] logo.]]
The ''[[m:Wikinews|Wikinews]]'' project was scheduled to be closed on May&amp;nbsp;4, after the [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation/Board of Trustees|Board of Trustees]] of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] announced on March&amp;nbsp;30 its final decision to close all language editions of the project. Discussions regarding moving the ''Wikinews'' content and community to another website were ongoing at Wikimedia's [[w:Meta-Wiki|Meta-Wiki]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts}}

''Wikinews'' was a sister project of other Wikimedia initiatives, including [[m:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and [[w:Wikimedia Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], which support the dissemination of free knowledge and media. The future of ''Wikinews'' was raised for consideration in June, with a Wikimedia Foundation task force recommending the project's closure,{{verify|source1=https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/|source2=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews}} followed by [[meta:Public consultation about Wikinews|a period of public consultation about Wikinews]]. After this process, the Board announced in March that the 31 active editions of ''Wikinews'' would be placed in read-only mode indefinitely.

In the announcement message, trustee [[meta:User:Victoria|Victoria Doronina]] said, &quot;We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them may be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn't able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias.&quot;

''Wikinews'' launched in November 2004. It was first proposed by an anonymous contributor in January 2003&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikinews/Archive&amp;diff=prev&amp;oldid=4306 --&gt; and faced a community vote that ended 151 yea and 59 nay,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote}} leading to the first demo going live in October 2004.&lt;!-- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Vote --&gt; The English-language ''Wikinews'' was formally created December&amp;nbsp;2 of that year, with German following one day later.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}
&lt;!--Context of blogs, citizen journalism (e.g. Occupy, Indymedia, blogger's bill of rights)--&gt;

The project's early development followed a series of community discussions and milestones in late 2004 and early 2005. A [[meta:Wikinews/License straw poll|non-binding straw poll]] on content licensing began on October 26, 2004,{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll}} alongside discussions on the project's scope and policies. The initial demo site, hosted at ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117013229/http://demo.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page demo.wikinews.org]'', was later moved to the English ''Wikinews'' domain on December 2, 2004.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}}

Following the launch of the English and German editions in December 2004, additional language editions were created in early 2005, including Dutch, French, Swedish, Spanish, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, and Portuguese.{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#History}} The project also adopted a [[:m:Wikinews/Logo|logo]] in February 2005 through a [[:m:Wikinews logo contest voting|community voting process]].{{verify|source1=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews_logo_contest_voting}}
{{Quote_box
|width=45%
|align=right
|quote=&quot;Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old. It is founded on the belief that we can, together, build a great and unique resource which will enrich the media landscape… We seek to promote the idea of the citizen journalist, because we believe that everyone can make a useful contribution to painting the big picture of what is happening in the world around us.&quot;
|source=[[:m:Wikinews manifesto|Wikinews manifesto]], 2004
|}}

While many ''Wikinews'' articles were synthesized from other news sources, the project also posted original reporting, including interviews with people such as [[Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel|Shimon Peres]], then-president of [[Israel]]; [[U.S.]] Senator [[Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion|Sam Brownback]]; journalist [[Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life|Gay Talese]]; and voice actor [[Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life|Billy West]].{{verify|source1=https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php}} A 2005 article featuring original reporting, [[Unrest in Belize]], was cited by Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as ''Wikinews'''s first scoop.{{verify|source1=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070}}

''Wikinews'' received some criticism over the years for not achieving success comparable to its sister project Wikipedia. In a 2010 interview, researcher [[Andrew Lih]] commented, &quot;[I]t's not clear that the wiki process really gears itself towards deadlines and group narrative writing. ... And I think that is providing some kind of a tension in terms of getting Wikipedians to write for an organization such as Wikinews.&quot;{{verify|source1=https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/}} In 2013, a link to ''Wikinews'' was removed from the &quot;In the News&quot; section of the front page of Wikipedia,{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews}} and links to ''Wikinews'' were also removed from the Current Events portal in that year.{{verify|source1=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links}}

At the time that the closure of ''Wikinews'' was announced, there were reportedly only about 700 active editors among all 31 language editions combined.{{verify|source1=https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html}} 

&lt;!--Expansion of editions, original reporting, experiments with spoken/print editions, press coverage (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Press_coverage), licensing changes, expansion of sr.wn and ru.wn, creation of Wikinewsie group, launch of WikiTribune and Infobitt, dpl breaking, task force review/vote--&gt;
&lt;!--Get interviews with key Wikinewsies--&gt;
&lt;!--https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/06/27/community-consultation-about-the-wikispore-and-wikinews/--&gt;
&lt;!--Per talk:

History

Visualization of articles by
Overview of past research
Greatest hits (Some interviews and other facts from Wikinews and the broad range of featured and classic articles)

Wikinews investigates... Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff; Petition pressures City of Edinburgh
Wikinews interviews... Shimon Peres, Dr. Sara Seager, Jack Herrick, Trischa Zorn, Gary Johnson, 2000th featured WP article authors, DuckDuckGo, WWW co-inventor Robert Cailliau, Rick Falkvinge, Al Sharpton, Domas, ...
Past projects or services

Accreditation
Interview series
Education
Photo essays; POTY and spinoffs--&gt;

==Sources==

*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Migration_of_Wikinews_and_future_hosts
|title  = Migration of Wikinews and future hosts
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 26, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
|title  = Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = April 24, 2026 (date of access)
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.heise.de/en/news/Wikimedia-Foundation-is-shutting-down-news-project-Wikinews-11249432.html
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation is shutting down news project Wikinews
|author = Enrico Giardina
|pub    = Heise Online
|date   = April 8, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/
|title  = &amp;#91;Wikimedia-l&amp;#93; Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
|author = Victoria Doronina
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = March 30, 2026
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://thedesk.net/2025/07/wikimedia-foundation-closing-wikinews/
|title  = Wikimedia Foundation considers closing Wikinews
|author = Matthew Keys
|pub    = TheDesk.net
|date   = July 11, 2025
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-10/Op-ed#It's_time_to_stop_pretending_the_English-language_Wikinews_is_a_viable_project
|title  = It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project
|author = Adam Cuerden
|pub    = Wikipedia Signpost
|date   = July 10, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_talk:Current_events/Archive_7#Removal_of_Wikinews_links
|title  = Removal of Wikinews links
|author = Cenarium
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = July 6, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_176#Let.27s_remove_this_second.2C_non-specific.2C_prominent_link_to_Wikinews
|title  = Let's remove this second, non-specific, prominent link to Wikinews
|author = Tony
|pub    = Wikipedia
|date   = June 29, 2013
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/why-wikipedia-beats-wikinews-as-a-collaborative-journalism-project/
|title  = Why Wikipedia beats Wikinews as a collaborative journalism project
|author = Zachary M. Seward
|pub    = NiemanLab
|date   = February 8, 2010
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.cjr.org/on_the_job/the_wikinews_ace.php
|title  = The Wikinews Ace
|author = Adam Rose
|pub    = Columbia Journalism Review
|date   = January 27, 2009
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/the-unassociated-press.html
|title  = The Unassociated Press
|author = Aaron Weiss
|pub    = The New York Times
|date   = February 10, 2005
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090415232051/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/circuits/10wiki.html?ex=1177300800&amp;en=024e251d2c696137&amp;ei=5070
}}
*{{source
|url    = https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/License_straw_poll
|title  = Wikinews/License straw poll
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = October 26, 2004
}}

== External links ==
*{{source
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|title  = Demo Wikinews
|author = 
|pub    = Wikimedia Foundation
|date   = May 2, 2026 (date of access)
}}

[[Category:Wikinews]]
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Journalism]]
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      <text bytes="3495" sha1="oep6n8yqeyqbybu65jvt75d8liqtekc" xml:space="preserve">== Bot to convert DPL to static lists ==

@[[User:Koavf|Koavf]], thanks for [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421796#11825297 the link] to the Phabricator conversation. Are you comfortable running the bot mentioned by [[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]]? I've personally never used a bot. 

We'd also have to get bot+admin privileges, and possibly flood? That may take some time to get approved by the community and implemented by one of our 'crats (or a steward if neither respond). 

If its possible, we should get a manual test run as a proof-of-concept first, as it will impact nearly every single published article. 

Will it produce output of some sort, some where, so we can tell what pages were affected? I'd imagine we want to hold of on changing pages such as Main page, Newsroom, etc until the last minute if we could. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:29, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

:Tragically, I am too ignorant to run the bot, but to answer just one of your good questions, yes, anyone running it should have a flood flag. I'd recommend posting to Phab and asking if a user there is competent to run the bot. :/ —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 19:59, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
:: You may have seen my conversation with @[[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]] at the [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421796#11832371 Phab ticket]. I'm not quite sure of what they meant when they said this: &quot;I wouldn't go through the normal process of access bot rights and co. This is a technical change.&quot;
:: Do you?
:: I don't see how they ''won't'' need admin rights or flood rights, unless they throttle it to avoid flooding, but that doesn't address fully protected pages (which many are). 
:: We may still need the bot to handle the [[Wikinews:Archives]] if the bot is somehow able to convert the DPL output to clean, static output. See [[#Our Archives|convo below]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

== Our Archives ==

The archives at [[Wikinews:Archives]] are heavily dependent on DPL. I'm not sure how to handle that cleanly and quickly. {{tl|DateDPL}} is a key culprit. 

Any thoughts @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]], @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]], @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]]?

One idea is to create a new, static structure that is much less elegant, but at least somewhat effective at presenting the archives. But even that, I'm not sure how to accomplish.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:32, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

== Delete files ==
Somebody should probably delete all the files in [[:Category:Media files on Wikimedia Commons]], as well as check if any other files should be moved and deleted.
[[User:Star walker|Star walker]] ([[User talk:Star walker|talk]]) 10:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

== Disable welcome bot ==

Maybe it is time to disable the welcome bot to welcome all new users? It will fail as soon as this wiki gets closed anyway. --[[User:Zabe|Zabe]] ([[User talk:Zabe|talk]]) 20:07, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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@[[User:Koavf|Koavf]], thanks for [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421796#11825297 the link] to the Phabricator conversation. Are you comfortable running the bot mentioned by [[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]]? I've personally never used a bot. 

We'd also have to get bot+admin privileges, and possibly flood? That may take some time to get approved by the community and implemented by one of our 'crats (or a steward if neither respond). 

If its possible, we should get a manual test run as a proof-of-concept first, as it will impact nearly every single published article. 

Will it produce output of some sort, some where, so we can tell what pages were affected? I'd imagine we want to hold of on changing pages such as Main page, Newsroom, etc until the last minute if we could. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 19:29, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

:Tragically, I am too ignorant to run the bot, but to answer just one of your good questions, yes, anyone running it should have a flood flag. I'd recommend posting to Phab and asking if a user there is competent to run the bot. :/ —[[User:Koavf|Justin (&lt;span style=&quot;color:grey&quot;&gt;ko'''a'''vf&lt;/span&gt;)]]&lt;span style=&quot;color:red&quot;&gt;❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯&lt;/span&gt; 19:59, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
:: You may have seen my conversation with @[[User:Ladsgroup|Ladsgroup]] at the [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421796#11832371 Phab ticket]. I'm not quite sure of what they meant when they said this: &quot;I wouldn't go through the normal process of access bot rights and co. This is a technical change.&quot;
:: Do you?
:: I don't see how they ''won't'' need admin rights or flood rights, unless they throttle it to avoid flooding, but that doesn't address fully protected pages (which many are). 
:: We may still need the bot to handle the [[Wikinews:Archives]] if the bot is somehow able to convert the DPL output to clean, static output. See [[#Our Archives|convo below]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

== Our Archives ==

The archives at [[Wikinews:Archives]] are heavily dependent on DPL. I'm not sure how to handle that cleanly and quickly. {{tl|DateDPL}} is a key culprit. 

Any thoughts @[[User:Bawolff|Bawolff]], @[[User:Asked42|Asked42]], @[[User:Metropolitan90|Metropolitan90]], @[[User:Lofi Gurl|Lofi Gurl]], @[[User:Acagastya|Acagastya]]?

One idea is to create a new, static structure that is much less elegant, but at least somewhat effective at presenting the archives. But even that, I'm not sure how to accomplish.[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 14:32, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

== Delete files ==
Somebody should probably delete all the files in [[:Category:Media files on Wikimedia Commons]], as well as check if any other files should be moved and deleted.
[[User:Star walker|Star walker]] ([[User talk:Star walker|talk]]) 10:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

== Disable welcome bot ==

Maybe it is time to disable the welcome bot to welcome all new users? It will fail as soon as this wiki gets closed anyway. --[[User:Zabe|Zabe]] ([[User talk:Zabe|talk]]) 20:07, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
: It isn't a bot, but an extension. See also: [[Wikinews:Water cooler/technical/archives/2026/March#Wikinews Welcome and temporary accounts]]
: I think a phab request is needed for that. You might also inquire at [[phab: T421796]]. You may also propose there the cleanup of the existing welcome messages. [[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 22:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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== Where will specific reports go - to the WP discussion pages? ==

The [[m:Proposal for Closing Wikinews|&quot;Proposal for Closing Wikinews&quot;]] (&quot;Channelling the Community’s Efforts&quot;), &quot;by Wikimedia staff&quot;, states: ''&quot;People interested in curating newsworthy content might enjoy working with the curation of the Main Page on the various Wikipedias.&quot;'', and continues: ''&quot;The English Wikipedia [[w:en:Portal:Current events|news portal]] offers a feed that is categorized topic-wise and refers to articles on Wikipedia that have massive contributions.&quot;''. At first glance, this &quot;channeling the community’s efforts&quot; proposal seems to be in direct conflict with [[w:en:WP:NOTNEWS|this policy]]: ''&quot;Wikipedia is not a newspaper.&quot;''. Where will specific reports (not the ''topics'' to which the WP articles are devoted), and their discussions, go - to the WP discussion pages? [[User:Don Stroud|Don Stroud]] ([[User talk:Don Stroud|talk]]) 21:45, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

:I don’t think this necessarily violates that policy, because it’s just a metaphor for “don’t add articles about small stuff that isn’t notable/people notable for one thing only (with small exceptions).” The Current Events portal just advertises articles about current events which are already found to be notable enough. [[Special:Contributions/&amp;#126;2026-26352-42|&amp;#126;2026-26352-42]] ([[User talk:&amp;#126;2026-26352-42|talk]]) 14:39, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
:For the language edition of Wikipedia, there is the possibility of creating Wikinews as a separate namespace (see on [[m:Wikinews#Languages that use Wikipedia to serve their Wikinews|Meta]]) - is this what is meant? [[User:Don Stroud|Don Stroud]] ([[User talk:Don Stroud|talk]]) 17:49, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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{{date|April 28, 2026}}

[[Cyprus]] has defended its Non-Domicile (Non-Dom) tax regime as debates over European tax harmonisation intensify, with the government confirming the structure will remain in place for 2026. The move comes one year after Portugal closed its Non-Habitual Resident (NHR) scheme to new applicants, leaving Cyprus as one of the few remaining EU jurisdictions offering broad dividend tax exemptions for incoming residents.

== Background ==

The Cyprus Non-Dom regime exempts qualifying tax residents from Special Defence Contribution (SDC) on dividend and interest income for up to 17 years. Under the regime, dividends are subject only to a 2.65% General Healthcare System (GHS) contribution with no income tax applied. Cyprus also operates a 60-Day Rule, which allows tax residency with as few as 60 days of annual presence, making it accessible to internationally mobile professionals and entrepreneurs.

== European context ==

The European Commission has intensified efforts to reduce harmful tax competition within the EU, including through implementation of the OECD Pillar Two global minimum corporate tax of 15%. Portugal terminated its NHR scheme in January 2024 following domestic political pressure. Italy amended its flat-tax regime for foreign income in 2023. Greece's €100,000 flat-tax scheme for non-domiciled individuals remains active but has faced scrutiny from the European Commission.

== Cyprus position ==

The Cyprus Ministry of Finance has not indicated plans to modify the Non-Dom regime for 2026. Cyprus raised its corporate income tax rate from 12.5% to 15% in 2023 in compliance with the EU minimum tax directive, but kept individual taxation structures intact. The country continues to position itself as an EU-compliant low-tax jurisdiction for international business.

== Sources ==

* {{source 
|url=https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs
|title=Tax Policy and Customs Union
|pub=European Commission
|date=April 28, 2026 (date of access)
}}
* {{source
|url=https://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/TAX/taxdep.nsf/home_en/home_en?OpenDocument 
|title=Cyprus Tax Department 
|pub=Cyprus Ministry of Finance
|date=2026
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* {{source 
|url=https://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/ 
|title=BEPS and Pillar Two Global Minimum Tax 
|pub=OECD 
|date=April 28, 2026 (date of access)}}

== Related ==

* [https://cyprustaxlife.com/learn/non-dom Cyprus Non-Dom Status: Complete Guide for 2026]
* [https://cyprustaxlife.com/learn/60-day-rule Cyprus 60-Day Rule: Tax Residency Guide]

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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 12:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Alech4763</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023595</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T12:41:02Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 12:41, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:JoséFigueroaAlcorta</title>
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    <id>3095173</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023596</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T12:42:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 12:42, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Justino Kugele</title>
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    <id>3095174</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023597</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T12:46:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 12:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:KhangKnowledge</title>
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    <id>3095175</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023598</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T12:59:13Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 12:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Yarinatarina</title>
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    <id>3095176</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023599</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:00:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:00, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Hafiz Fakharudin qadri</title>
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    <id>3095177</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023600</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:03:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:03, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ghulam Hasan Awan</title>
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    <id>3095178</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023601</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:07:26Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:07, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ocafe1</title>
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    <id>3095179</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023602</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:18:20Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:18, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Abidashali</title>
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      <id>5023604</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:22:53Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>Rachmat04 moved page [[User talk:Abidashali]] to [[User talk:Hobingedits]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Abidashali|Abidashali]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Hobingedits|Hobingedits]]&quot;</comment>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ansiklopediokuyucusuyum</title>
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    <id>3095181</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023605</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:31:44Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:31, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:ალექსი87</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095182</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023606</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:32:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:32, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>4iy5du2tw8kduqcltm0ngrdclepvpwv</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Aymlj</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095183</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023607</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:41:46Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:41, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    </revision>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Karl Himmler</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095184</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023608</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:44:28Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:44, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Crusada53023</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095185</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023609</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:46:42Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:46, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>84etyavym7hu51bpxoc70z9zadzjtzm</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Wzrlsp</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095186</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023610</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:47:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023610</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:47, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>qv3l3bezvyegt1ibwcteaee1rwgnw3l</sha1>
    </revision>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Rsnnana</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095187</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023611</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T13:50:42Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 13:50, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>b7ri9r8yueq7er14uk5p3du8paxk0v4</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:GiftedIceCream</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095188</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023612</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:02:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Cherrymari</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095189</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023613</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:04:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023613</origin>
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      <text bytes="155" sha1="7hh7mieuxw8mmzuht2dwfhdj4v3x6pl" xml:space="preserve">{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=Cherrymari}}

-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>7hh7mieuxw8mmzuht2dwfhdj4v3x6pl</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Gavetheman555</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095190</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023614</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:10:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023614</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>ksulasf4xr8vhyhjvl4o83fqh3l7vt3</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Durfayusa</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095191</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023615</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:13:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>1an111ujo6vnenxk5g1ksk4u0apmsqy</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Abdullah Bright</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095192</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023616</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:14:31Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:14, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>eqe7blxhtpzyqsmkglt2ftb38swgvda</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Nguyen9999</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095193</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023617</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:19:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:19, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>a8itbmvt6vboyw856sxx8ddbefub68j</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:ArmenianRedDragonio123</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095194</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023619</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:22:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 14:22, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>am1ithugnmok4q35khridwjc9qyykzr</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Henrique Rotta</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095195</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023621</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T14:33:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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== So -- I guess this is it... ==

Some of you young ones hardly know that English WN and WMF federation have had an array of skirmishes for roughly the past 19 years or so -- but this battle is finally over. I've made some good memories here and engaged in a very righteous thing: Citizen journalism. I hope each of you will take good things away. For those who've offended me: All if forgiven.😁For those I've offended: I hope to be on the receiving end of the same courtesy. I've learned a lot here. I've engaged with some cool, smart people here too. If anyone intends to create a 'fork' of this project: Please let me know. Can't make any hard promises, but I wouldn't mind checking it out. Great wishes to one and all -- and here's to many good days ahead.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 01:02, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

:I have a wiki up on fandom, and one pending on miraheze @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 01:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::what wiki? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 02:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:::[[:w:Fandom (website)]], I guess [[User:Sheminghui.WU|Sheminghui.WU]] ([[User talk:Sheminghui.WU|talk]]) 03:14, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
:::https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki
:::@[[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] Don [[User:BigKrow|Don]] 12:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Hi, thanks for the link. Do they allow to rename wikis? The post-migration name was not decided yet and it might not be &quot;newswikien&quot; in the final version. I will check it out on the weekend. What advantages or disadvantages does this have compared with miraheze? Do they allow installing custom mediawiki extensions? [[User:Gryllida|Gryllida]] ([[User talk:Gryllida|talk]]) 01:30, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
:I guess they ultimately won. Thank you for all your time and work on this project over so many years, especially for your consistency. Many of our senior editors have become inactive over time (life happens); but you are one of the few who have continued to give your best. I truly appreciate all your help and advice during my time on Wikinews. Thank you again @[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]]. -- [[User:Asked42|Asked42]] ([[User talk:Asked42|talk]]) 07:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::I appreciate your generous words.--[[User:Bddpaux|Bddpaux]] ([[User talk:Bddpaux|talk]]) 12:50, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

== Excessive use of NSFW images in 1 RU WN article ==

I think [[:ru:Звездные мобильники: Ексей Пантелеев]] uses an excessive number of images. Since the uses makes these files '[[c:COM:INUSE|in use]]' and the project is due to be read-only in 1 month, now would be a good time to reduce the number of files included in it to a reasonable number. I don't speak Russian so I couldn't ask at the project or on the page's talk page. I think a smaller number of these files would be more appropriate and maybe people here could ask there and/or remove some of these files from the page if that's fine. [[User:Prototyperspective|Prototyperspective]] ([[User talk:Prototyperspective|talk]]) 15:32, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
: You can write in English at the RU forum. Anyways, those images are part of a [[commons:Category:Project &quot;Geekography&quot; by Exey Panteleev (nude portrayals of computer technology)|'Geekography']] photo set most of which isn't even in use, yet it remains. You could open a Commons RfD to take care of all of these photos, not just the ones used on that page. I imagine they'll be amenable there. [[User:AtUkr|AtUkr]] ([[User talk:AtUkr|talk]]) 20:54, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
::Somebody could move this thread there. For example, I don't know the right place at RU.WN.
::And @M.C.Wrigth For clarity, I'm not asking for WN to be censored – the emphasis of the title is on &quot;Excessive&quot;, not on &quot;NSFW&quot;; and the post says &quot;reduce&quot;, not 'eliminate'. [[User:Prototyperspective|Prototyperspective]] ([[User talk:Prototyperspective|talk]]) 11:33, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
: You'll need to raise that issue at ru.WN. 
: en.WN is [[WN:NOT|not censored]].[[User:Michael.C.Wright|Michael.C.Wright]] (&lt;sup&gt;[[User_talk:Michael.C.Wright|Talk]]&lt;/sup&gt;/&lt;sub&gt;[[User:Michael.C.Wright/reviewer|Reviewer]]&lt;/sub&gt;) 06:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Devil-of-Truth</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023647</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:04:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Evropeez</title>
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    <id>3095217</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023648</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:08:21Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:08, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Cphmit</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095218</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023649</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:10:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Erhawy</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095219</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023650</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:14:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:14, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Shig-rin</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095220</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023651</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:16:52Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:16, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Spaceflight lover</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095221</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023652</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:22:18Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:22, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Robinks082</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095222</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023653</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:27:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:27, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Rishabhss24</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095223</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023654</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:31:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:31, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Olives.17</title>
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    <id>3095224</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023655</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:47:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:47, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Gilles92901</title>
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    <id>3095225</id>
    <redirect title="User talk:StrangeWelcome" />
    <revision>
      <id>5023657</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:51:37Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Mfield moved page [[User talk:Gilles92901]] to [[User talk:StrangeWelcome]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Gilles92901|Gilles92901]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/StrangeWelcome|StrangeWelcome]]&quot;</comment>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:AntiHeroDwight</title>
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    <id>3095226</id>
    <redirect title="User talk:LanaiGuy" />
    <revision>
      <id>5023659</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:51:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Mfield moved page [[User talk:AntiHeroDwight]] to [[User talk:LanaiGuy]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/AntiHeroDwight|AntiHeroDwight]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/LanaiGuy|LanaiGuy]]&quot;</comment>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:SilentScholar.07</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095227</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023660</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T16:53:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 16:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Greenlamppp</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095228</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023661</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:00:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:00, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>t3bnz1u6kx70y8v89977npclyl5wgfs</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Raving Ragnorok</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095229</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023662</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:02:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>hehma7t9s8hjrrgahj9p7jm9y4rpjlq</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Фиаско</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095230</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023663</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:03:43Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:03, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>3qsx7pfoe3lmoe509qb71x01ti8fpi6</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:FineLineDigitizing7</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095231</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023664</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:06:13Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:06, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>alvbttv2r1iip8i8bc4okpf47wxhsql</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Emad1saleh1</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095232</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023665</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:08:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:08, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>nz9r967xsf3wrcgepinnzdpna1tl4r8</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:พลเรือโท ธีรวุฒิ คูณชัย</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095233</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023666</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:22:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:22, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>s4gikeygurft0zmwipsle9g71onxucf</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Nature Moon</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095235</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023668</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:24:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023668</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:24, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>fj69scly4galzv6vad95q42ob08y3uh</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Paolo Prato</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095236</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023670</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:31:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023670</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:31, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>nh3wp9ewg7274ru0ojqs283b9sn9c08</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Murtuzcuk</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095237</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023671</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:37:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023671</origin>
      <model>wikitext</model>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>r9tctyjq6zovjhvg03riqyglb94a9hj</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Mr IntelligentLeguy</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095239</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023673</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:39:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023673</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>le37h6oam0p9kcie8oww3aukbffbk7b</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Metela Jr</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095240</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023674</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:42:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023674</origin>
      <model>wikitext</model>
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      <text bytes="154" sha1="8b4617ja6e48ooeta29rhi91lm1v5lz" xml:space="preserve">{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=Metela Jr}}

-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:42, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>8b4617ja6e48ooeta29rhi91lm1v5lz</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Guimii78</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095241</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023675</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:44:05Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023675</origin>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:44, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T17:45:12Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 17:45, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:01:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:01, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Cochraa</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:09:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:09, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Kelvin blackoko</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:20:21Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:20, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Young Learner123</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:35:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:35, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Bernardpes</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:47:14Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:47, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Juutiju</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:49:17Z</timestamp>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:49, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:ShawnThomasSager</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:49:49Z</timestamp>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:49, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:M7MMEH</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:59:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:FireDragon157</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T18:59:58Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 18:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Alexandra Clergé</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023687</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:02:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:100fi</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:12:05Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:12, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:PeterCooperJr</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:13:00Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Enricovilla</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:13:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Bakhtiyor89</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023691</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:25:12Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:25, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ырысбек Амангельдиев</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T19:55:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 19:55, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Yamanawabi</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023693</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:04:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Shadreck Sikasote</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023695</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:16:12Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:16, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Brownisaac.sonais</title>
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    <id>3095260</id>
    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:27:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:27, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Antonio.grifo</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023697</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:39:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:39, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Amitdyn</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023698</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:41:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:41, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Hrushw</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023700</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:52:25Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:52, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ghostboyjules</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023701</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:52:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:52, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Pierrinobeal</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023702</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:53:32Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Gdlb1</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T20:53:34Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 20:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Joaquín 800</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:04:14Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:ProbLemme</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:08:23Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:08, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Missbrawlingbeauty</title>
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    <id>3095269</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023706</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:10:54Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:10, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:BrazilianOne8</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:23:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:23, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Dopunjavac</title>
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    <id>3095271</id>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:27:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:27, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Cpaqquette</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:43:55Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:43, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Runtako</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:43:59Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:43, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Vb1r</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T21:53:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 21:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Irishdrunkard17</title>
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    <id>3095275</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023713</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T22:03:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 22:03, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Warks foxile</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T22:16:52Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 22:16, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Basakjim</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023717</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T22:58:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 22:58, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:The Wine-Kid</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023718</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-01T23:11:02Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 23:11, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Renamed user 8a400cec2b311ab23f5b5d78d9594f74</title>
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    <id>3095279</id>
    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T23:28:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 23:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <comment>AccountVanishRequests moved page [[User talk:Flwey0]] to [[User talk:Renamed user 8a400cec2b311ab23f5b5d78d9594f74]] without leaving a redirect: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Flwey0|Flwey0]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Renamed user 8a400cec2b311ab23f5b5d78d9594f74|Renamed user 8a400cec2b311ab23f5b5d78d9594f74]]&quot;</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 23:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Mahmuoddanbara</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-01T23:55:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 23:55, 1 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:さばまりん</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T00:12:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 00:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:JoshuaWRHS2026</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023722</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T00:13:41Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 00:13, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Antonipatakuko</title>
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    <id>3095283</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023723</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T00:15:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 00:15, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Erews</title>
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    <id>3095284</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023724</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T00:30:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 00:30, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:ألفريدو</title>
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    <id>3095285</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023725</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T00:54:07Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 00:54, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Boyfents</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023726</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:02:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:02, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:TheoV 1083</title>
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    <id>3095287</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023727</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:04:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:04, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Foam2671</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023729</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:20:04Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:28:34Z</timestamp>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:28, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:31:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:31, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:HazelBay01</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T01:33:38Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 01:33, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T02:12:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 02:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Dubstepponwiki</title>
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      <id>5023743</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T02:26:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 02:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Jilali11</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T02:39:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 02:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Kaum Borneo Utara</title>
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      <id>5023745</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T02:41:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 02:41, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Vashudev krishna</title>
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      <id>5023746</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T02:51:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 02:51, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:MH.FAHRI</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:02:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:02, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Squiro</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:03:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Tfkautos</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023751</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:18:24Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:ChoudenjiGoma77</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023752</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:20:11Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:20, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Yuri930814</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:21:18Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Forestaryn</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T03:45:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 03:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:LadyArtanis</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T04:06:23Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:06, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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      <comment>Cabayi moved page [[User talk:Jrlafever]] to [[User talk:LadyArtanis]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Jrlafever|Jrlafever]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/LadyArtanis|LadyArtanis]]&quot;</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:06, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Abertura.brasil99</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T04:10:18Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:10, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Michael.l.joiner</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T04:46:53Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:46, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Yahia.lebsara</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T04:54:46Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:54, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Harry Magic Cuba</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023760</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T04:55:50Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 04:55, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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    <title>User talk:Adarshkoka</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:06:00Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:06, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Guy Thunder</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023762</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:07:09Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:07, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Ирина Эдуардовна Трофимова</title>
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    <revision>
      <id>5023763</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:18:37Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:S.jai.s.wai.s.jai.s.w.w.w.s.jai.s.wai.jai.s</title>
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      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Chhieng Vireak</title>
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    <revision>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:21:27Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Danielzata</title>
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    <id>3095313</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023766</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:32:05Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:32, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Rory996</title>
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    <id>3095314</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023767</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:39:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Boedefeld1990</title>
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    <id>3095315</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023768</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:45:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:RABBIT 3314</title>
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    <id>3095316</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023769</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:45:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Maik-marcel531981</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095317</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023770</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:48:27Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:48, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Jslings</title>
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    <id>3095318</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023771</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T05:55:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 05:55, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:B971018B</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095319</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023772</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:01:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:01, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Freeglider</title>
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    <id>3095320</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023773</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:02:37Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:02, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>bibukru9zgqua5qqkswkazsuixyg9nl</sha1>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Eric Lucien Tsai</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095321</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023774</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:18:03Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:18, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>52ko3j91o400w0kxol3ofw7dqpg2th6</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Banana Pathfinder</title>
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    <id>3095322</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023779</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:32:39Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:32, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>830xeztu75q3u5tftzwjxb97jgfwqjk</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Mask280368</title>
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    <id>3095323</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023781</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:35:10Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:35, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>bz4zazo2jcouojqr2zx3cu3y4hvixho</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:JdfBigBro</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095324</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023782</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:35:16Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:35, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>gciilrko22dkfox9u5nn7qzk59o98e5</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Niloy's</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095325</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023783</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:35:17Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:35, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>ts4ls98dh8p5nt806j65u1rlf8f8dtt</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:İno555bmw</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095326</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023786</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T06:39:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 06:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Jrlafever</title>
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    <redirect title="User talk:LadyArtanis" />
    <revision>
      <id>5023795</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:08:47Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Cabayi moved page [[User talk:Jrlafever]] to [[User talk:LadyArtanis]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Jrlafever|Jrlafever]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/LadyArtanis|LadyArtanis]]&quot;</comment>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Kwaksungjin</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095328</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023796</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:11:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:11, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Acetabuliformis</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095329</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023797</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:16:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:16, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>9nu10k8e0y64rg0utmb8fgcgidikomm</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Mayank019g</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095330</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023798</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:19:08Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:19, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>avals6d5kj24ljzzv4hggifn3d3qfi7</sha1>
    </revision>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Josua Goyetize</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095331</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023799</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:20:00Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:20, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>64ibam5b85k3hoycu3gukbzubbm8ceu</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:AK VT-OCT</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095332</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023800</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:22:48Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>8vum0lmdnfegd8lknkp2tnwabj55qqg</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Medinekya</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095333</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023801</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:29:22Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
      <origin>5023801</origin>
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      <text bytes="154" sha1="burpa9087gvn3qlgxszv7m1uk5edcqk" xml:space="preserve">{{Template:Welcome|realName=|name=Medinekya}}

-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:29, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>burpa9087gvn3qlgxszv7m1uk5edcqk</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Avisinha14</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095334</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023802</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:32:42Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:32, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>04gv8ubg91xxb2iwq1gom2ds21py8si</sha1>
    </revision>
  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Nekiiib</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095335</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023803</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T07:49:19Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 07:49, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Dagohoy1976</title>
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      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:13:33Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:13, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Will O'Gamer</title>
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    <id>3095337</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023805</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:15:35Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:15, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Kez-estrada</title>
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    <id>3095338</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023806</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:22:15Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Bartosz K. Kościołek</title>
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    <id>3095339</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023807</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:22:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Supakit prem</title>
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    <id>3095340</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023808</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:26:57Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:CEO18479</title>
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    <id>3095341</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023809</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:27:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
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      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:27, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:HVPSA</title>
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    <id>3095342</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023810</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:42:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:42, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:April203839</title>
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    <id>3095343</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023811</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:43:29Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:43, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Kevin Ray Hall Rejoice In Our Suffering</title>
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    <id>3095344</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023812</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:48:06Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:48, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Konto356</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095345</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023813</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T08:54:44Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 08:54, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Bonnefoy Michel</title>
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    <id>3095346</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023814</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:07:34Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:07, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:433fi</title>
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    <id>3095347</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023815</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:12:40Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Fernando Rambla</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095348</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023816</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:21:45Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Abkaraye</title>
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    <id>3095349</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023817</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:33:36Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:33, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Oworogo okombo</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095350</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023818</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:40:08Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:40, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Theoborttolotti</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095351</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023819</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:47:28Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:47, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Yayuyou</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095352</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023820</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:51:54Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:51, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
      <sha1>gyr7ix14nwxl1u78whc1ivlgd1r7aq1</sha1>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Peyretfr</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095353</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023822</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T09:54:49Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 09:54, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Prajapati khush</title>
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    <id>3095354</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023823</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:02:14Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 10:02, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Kincense</title>
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    <id>3095355</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023824</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:26:30Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 10:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:WalterBibliotecario</title>
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    <redirect title="User talk:Wox9000" />
    <revision>
      <id>5023826</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:34:18Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
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      <comment>Céréales Killer moved page [[User talk:WalterBibliotecario]] to [[User talk:Wox9000]]: Automatically moved page while renaming the user &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/WalterBibliotecario|WalterBibliotecario]]&quot; to &quot;[[Special:CentralAuth/Wox9000|Wox9000]]&quot;</comment>
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  </page>
  <page>
    <title>User talk:Pıton.81</title>
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    <id>3095357</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023827</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:52:13Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 10:52, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Wsaaaz21221</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095358</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023828</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:53:32Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 10:53, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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  <page>
    <title>User talk:Shalom67</title>
    <ns>3</ns>
    <id>3095359</id>
    <revision>
      <id>5023829</id>
      <timestamp>2026-05-02T10:58:01Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Wikinews Welcome</username>
        <id>183942</id>
      </contributor>
      <minor />
      <comment>Welcoming the newest member of the Wikinews community.</comment>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 11:31, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 11:40, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 11:49, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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-- [[User:Wikinews Welcome|Wikinews Welcome]] ([[User talk:Wikinews Welcome|talk]]) 11:51, 2 May 2026 (UTC)</text>
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