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Wikinews is a proposed project, with the goal to collaboratively report and write about the news on a wide variety of subjects, unbiased and in detail.
Wikinews editors will be doing a lot of the things that professional journalists do, and we may even find ways to pay them for it. The key differences are NPOV, collaborative rather than hierarchical editing, no space limits, no topic limits, direct connections to background articles, and of course, open content.
This is a draft proposal for the project, laying out policies and procedures. As Wikinews actually begins operation, permanent policies will evolve with experience. The policies here, once approved, will provide a starting point.
Editorial policy
Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews will be a primary information source. That means we that this project will present original material, and report new information, not just compile and summarize information found elsewhere. This project has immense potential for information exchange. It will also create new challenges for Wikimedia, especially with respect to credibility and responsibility.
Wikipedia's editorial policy is based on verifiability and NPOV. The second will remain an important part of the Wikinews editorial policy, but the first is rooted in Wikipedia's nature as a secondary source. It must be replaced with an equivalent policy, appropriate to Wikinews, that will similarly help us maintain credibility.
Attribution
A strict policy of citing sources will serve this purpose. We can build credibility by making the reader aware of where the information we present comes from. When we are summarizing material elsewhere, we make that clear, and cite or link to the source material. When we are presenting original reporting, we cite the Wikimedia reporter who contributed the information. When original reporting and secondary reporting are mixed, we make it clear which is which.
Citing individual Wikimedia participants will be a departure from Wikipedia's non-attribution policies. However, in Wikipedia it doesn't matter who contributed information, because anyone can (in theory) check it. If people are to trust Wikinews as a primary (and hence difficult to verify) source, individual reporters will need to build a reputation for trustworthiness. In a way, this is similar to the NPOV concept; instead of Wikinews reporting that X is fact because Wikimedian Y said so, Wikinews merely reports that Wikimedian Y said that X is true.
To facilitate this, users will be required to provide their real name. This will add to professionalism and credibility. Also, each Wikinews participant will have a comments subpage on their user page, where others can leave feedback about their reporting. This comments page should be prominently linked to from any page containing their original reporting. This provides a way for a casual reader to find out how trusted a particular reporter is.
Inclusion of original reporting
Obviously, allowing just anyone to claim anything would result in Babel. Hence, two policies will determine when to include original reporting.
First, original reporting will only be used when we have a credible source of information. Reporting should come from someone with access to insider information, from first-hand investigation, or from a reporter on the scene. If we have no such source, it is enough to simply report what is being said in other news.
Second, the default will always be not to include any given original reporting. If there is no consensus to publish a claim, it is not included in the final report. Any contributor may add a claim, but these claims will be removed if other editors are not yet comfortable with them. Talk pages will remain open forums where new editors can build the trust needed to begin their own reporting.
See the discussion page for more information.
July 1, 2004
Logotipo do Wikinotícias


O Wikinotícias em língua portuguesa utrapassou as 20 mil notícias, ocupando agora a 5ª colocação em número de notícias. O projeto em português também possui o segundo maior número de publicações diárias, apenas atrás da versão russa.

A versão em português do Wikinotícias inicou em 19 de fevereiro de 2005. Este projeto-irmão da  surgiu com a missão de criar uma fonte de notícias, onde cada ser humano pode contribuir com reportagens sobre qualquer tipo de evento.

O conteúdo do Wikinotícias também está sob a licença  Attribution 2.5 (CC BY 2.5), ou seja, qualquer pessoa pode copiá-lo e distribuí-lo, desde que indique a fonte.

Atualmente, o Wikinotícias está disponível em 34 idiomas e soma mais de 600 mil notícias. Listamos a baixo as cinco principais versões:






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 1

 Russo

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  //ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listusers 42238

  //ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers 101

  //ru.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:FileList 22



 2

 Sérvio

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  //sr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listadmins 9

  //sr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listusers 6081

  //sr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers 12

 



 3

 Francês

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  //fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listadmins 15

  //fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listusers 43792

  //fr.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers 39

 



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 Inglês

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  //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listadmins 19

  //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Listusers 2820972

  //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:ActiveUsers 165

  //en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:FileList 4748



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 Português

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