Wikinews

Summary

Wikinews is a MediaWiki wiki^[1]. Wikinews ranks in the top 3% of mediawiki_wiki entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,841 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wikinews authored Wikimedia community^[3].
• Wikinews's instance of is recorded as MediaWiki wiki^[4].
• Wikinews's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia project^[5].
• Wikinews's founder is recorded as Daniel Alston^[6].
• Wikinews's founder is recorded as Jimmy Wales^[7].
• Wikinews is owned by Wikimedia Foundation^[8].
• Wikinews is operated by Wikimedia Foundation^[9].
• Wikinews's headquarters location is recorded as Tampa^[10].
• Wikinews's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic^[11].
• Wikinews took place at Tampa^[12].
• The location of Wikinews was Amsterdam^[13].
• Wikinews took place at Seoul^[14].
• Wikinews is a type of online newspaper^[15].
• Wikinews's Commons category is recorded as Wikinews^[16].
• Wikinews's software engine is recorded as Q83^[17].
• Wikinews's country of origin is recorded as United States^[18].
• Wikinews comprises Russian Wikinews^[19].
• Wikinews comprises English Wikinews^[20].
• Wikinews comprises Dutch Wikinews^[21].
• Wikinews comprises Spanish Wikinews^[22].
• Wikinews comprises Esperanto Wikinews^[23].
• Wikinews comprises French Wikinews^[24].
• Wikinews comprises German Wikinews^[25].
• Wikinews comprises Japanese Wikinews^[26].
• Wikinews comprises Hebrew Wikinews^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Wikinews authored Wikimedia community^[3].

Subject and Themes

Wikinews's main subject is citizen journalism^[28].

Material and Period

Recorded location include Tampa^[12], Amsterdam^[13], and Seoul^[14].

Why It Matters

Wikinews ranks in the top 3% of mediawiki_wiki entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,841 views/month).^[2] Wikinews has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Wikinews is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]