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Wikinews

Summary

Wikinews is a Wikimedia content project[1]. Wikinews draws 3,160 Wikipedia views per month (wikimedia_content_project category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wikinews authored Wikimedia community[3].
  • Wikinews's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia content project[4].
  • Wikinews's instance of is recorded as online newspaper[5].
  • Wikinews's instance of is recorded as abandoned project[6].
  • Wikinews's instance of is recorded as website[7].
  • Wikinews's instance of is recorded as Q141255096[8].
  • Wikinews's founder is recorded as Daniel Alston[9].
  • Wikinews's founder is recorded as Jimmy Wales[10].
  • Wikinews is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[11].
  • Wikinews is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[12].
  • Wikinews's headquarters location is recorded as Tampa[13].
  • Wikinews's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic[14].
  • Wikinews's Commons category is recorded as Wikinews[15].
  • Wikinews's software engine is recorded as Q83[16].
  • Wikinews's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Wikinews comprises Russian Wikinews[18].
  • Wikinews comprises English Wikinews[19].
  • Wikinews comprises Dutch Wikinews[20].
  • Wikinews comprises Spanish Wikinews[21].
  • Wikinews comprises Esperanto Wikinews[22].
  • Wikinews comprises French Wikinews[23].
  • Wikinews comprises German Wikinews[24].
  • Wikinews comprises Japanese Wikinews[25].
  • Wikinews comprises Hebrew Wikinews[26].
  • Wikinews comprises Serbian Wikinews[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Wikinews authored Wikimedia community[3].

Subject and Themes

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

Why It Matters

Wikinews draws 3,160 Wikipedia views per month (wikimedia_content_project category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] Wikinews has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Wikinews is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wikinews_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wikinews}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wikinews}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Johshh · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Wikimedia content project, online newspaper, abandoned project +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q141255096]]"
  2. 8w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → logos:Wikinews
    Wikiapiary farm → 1522
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: Wikinews, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/f4a5df54f6c|details]])"
  3. 9w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alternativeto software id → wikinews
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9618]]: wikinews, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/162211013|Wikinews (#162211013)]] for {{P|9618}}"
  4. 10w ago · Infovarius · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → write protection
    Instance of → Wikimedia content project, online newspaper, abandoned project +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q35127]]"
  5. 10w ago · Midleading · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Location → —
    Instance of → Wikimedia content project, online newspaper, abandoned project +2
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-remove:1||3 */ [[Property:P276]]"
  6. 18w ago · Waldyrious · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Wikimedia content project, online newspaper, abandoned project +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q33120876]]"
  7. 21w ago · Koavf · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Daniel Alston, Jimmy Wales
    Owned by → —
    Aliases → —
    Headquarters → —
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P2572]]: ウィキニュース"
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