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'''[[:Category:Wikinews|Wikinews]]''' is a collection of [[wiki]] websites which present up-to-date, relevant, [[:Category:News|newsworthy]] and entertaining content; [[:Category:NPOV|without bias]], with content that is written by the volunteer [[Meta-Wiki:Wikinews|Wikinews]] editors. A project of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), all content is released under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution|Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License]], which makes the Wikinews content perpetually available for free redistribution and use. | '''[[:Category:Wikinews|Wikinews]]''' is a collection of [[wiki]] websites which present up-to-date, relevant, [[:Category:News|newsworthy]] and entertaining content; [[:Category:NPOV|without bias]], with content that is written by the volunteer [[Meta-Wiki:Wikinews|Wikinews]] editors. A project of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), all content is released under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution|Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License]], which makes the Wikinews content perpetually available for free redistribution and use. | ||
As of March 2013, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are [[Meta-Wiki:Wikinews#Wikinews Statistics|33 Wikinews versions]] in different [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]], with the [[Serbian Wikinews|Serbian]] version being the largest with over 70,000 articles, followed by the [[English Wikinews|English]] version just shy of 20,000 articles. New languages added when there is significant support for the language. Meta-Wiki historical article [[Meta-Wiki:New language pre-launch|new language pre-launch]] documents the evolution of some of the various language versions of Wikinews, and Meta-Wiki [[Meta-Wiki:Requests for new languages|requests for new languages]] illustrates the process for all Wikimedia Foundation projects. Just like the convention of other WMF projects such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], each Wikinews language version is a sub-domain under the wikinews.org domain. The [[Japanese Wikinews]], for example, is at http://ja.wikinews.org | As of March 2013, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are [[Meta-Wiki:Wikinews#Wikinews Statistics|33 Wikinews versions]] in different [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]], with the [[Serbian Wikinews|Serbian]] version being the largest with over 70,000 articles, followed by the [[English Wikinews|English]] version just shy of 20,000 articles. New languages added when there is significant support for the language. Meta-Wiki historical article [[Meta-Wiki:New language pre-launch|new language pre-launch]] documents the evolution of some of the various language versions of Wikinews, and Meta-Wiki [[Meta-Wiki:Requests for new languages|requests for new languages]] illustrates the process for all Wikimedia Foundation projects. Just like the convention of other WMF projects such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], each Wikinews language version is a sub-domain under the wikinews.org domain. The [[Japanese Wikinews]], for example, is at http://ja.wikinews.org [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews#Internationality] | ||
*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/Sitemap.htm Wikinews Statistics], from Wikimedia.org | *[http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikinews/EN/Sitemap.htm Wikinews Statistics], from Wikimedia.org | ||
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikimedia#Wikinews Wikinews Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net | *[http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikimedia#Wikinews Wikinews Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics.net | ||