Wikinews logo (draft version) Wikinews is a free content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikinews allows anybody to report news on a wide variety of subjects. Its mission, as stated on the main page, is to "create a diverse environment where citizen journalists can independently report the news on a wide variety of current events".
History
In November 2004, a demonstration wiki was established to show that a collaborative news site is possible. It is a subproject of Wikimedia Foundation, and has been endorsed by its Board of Trustees. In December 2004, the site was moved out of the demo stage and into the beta stage. A German language edition was launched at the same time. In January and February, editions in Dutch, French, Spanish, Swedish, and Bulgarian were set up.
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