Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews
Victoria Doronina via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]>
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*Dear all,* Following extended discussions [1] within the Wikimedia movement about the Wikinews long-term sustainability, levels of community activity, and the availability of reliable news coverage on other platforms, the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has approved the closure of Wikinews. Following this decision, all Wikinews editions will transition to read-only mode one month after this announcement, on 4 May. From that date onward, pages on Wikinews will remain publicly accessible for reading, reference and dump downloading, but editing and new content creation will no longer be possible. We'll share more details about the technical transition to read-only mode and how we'll preserve existing content in the coming weeks. We thank all contributors who have participated in Wikinews over the years and helped build a unique experiment in collaborative journalism within the Wikimedia movement. We understand that some of them may be disappointed by this decision. To our regret, the project wasn’t able to fulfil its promise, and many of its functions were eclipsed by the notable news coverage in Wikipedias. We hope the Wikinews editors will continue contributing to the other Wikimedia projects or free knowledge projects. --- 1) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_consultation_about_Wikinews -- Kind regards, Victoria Victoria Doronina <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/dr-victoria-doronina/> (she/her), UTC Wikimedia Foundation Trustee Community and Affiliates Liaison Human Rights Liaison Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Please help us make it a reality." _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/XOP5OXEYO2XLQJNGFJHCYOPJT5LPTF7P/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave-RusutVdil2icGmH+5r0DM0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org