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Wikinews Project Launched

Eloquence writes "The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia and other wiki-based projects, has just launched the English and German editions of Wikinews, a free news-source created collaboratively by volunteers around the planet. See my article Wikinews and the Growing Wikimedia Empire for more on this and other recent developments in the Wikimedia world."

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  1. Wikinews launched... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    more at 11.

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    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  2. WikiPedia by ReeprFlame · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wiki Project is evolving! That is awesome news. Heh News, mayber I should read some of that...

  3. Good luck by Mark+of+THE+CITY · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good luck, Wiki-folk. As long as it doesn't degenerate into a high-noise free-for-all, like, uh, Usenet or /. :)

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  4. Wiki-pedia, Wiki-quotes, Wiki-news, Wiki--- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am still waiting for Wikip0rn!

  5. Re:The problems with Wikinews by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . .alot of people are going to get frightened and panic before it noticed and removed.

    Flash! Aging Yippies have invaded Fort Knox. They claim they can turn gold into strawberry jam.

    Authorities say there is nothing they can do.

    KFG

  6. Save time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...just mirror Indymedia. They've even done all the hard work of attracting the troll community for you.

  7. Re:in the US by lawpoop · · Score: 1, Funny

    C'mon, you expect us to get our news from Europe?! Don't you know that's right next to France ?

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  8. Bryan v. McKinley by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny
    No one really cares whether William Jennings Bryan should've won the 1896 election

    Speak for yourself, goon! I'd say you're a closet McKinleyite if you're not willing to admit that the most important election of the 19th century was stolen by that blasted benevolent assimilationist! It's obvious the election was stolen using those new-fangled ink pen ballots manufactured by Ye Olde Diebold. At least one citizen understood that you can cast a vote with a piece of cold steel much more effectively than you can with a ballot!