Wikipedia:Wikizine
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 | Wikizine merged with the Signpost in 2013. Wikizine distinguished itself from other news sources by way of snappiness and an especial focus on movement-wide instead of just en-wiki-wide coverage, but it was always written by one editor, and when after several years he was no longer to maintain the project it fell in disuse. The Signpost as it exists today maintains a strong focus on movement-wide coverage in its core mission, and so for present coverage refer there. |
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- Wikizine is a (nearly) weekly news letter. It attempts to bring the most important news from the global Wikimedia family for everybody involved with Wikimedia.
- The concept of Wikizine:
- Wikizine is short so it does not take long to read it
- If possible every topic is only a very brief summary with the URLs to more information about it
- Technical news is considered the most important news
- News is mostly only included if it is relevant or interesting for the larger Wikimedia community and not only for a specific wiki
- The target audience are sysops and higher, ambassadors, board members of the chapters
- It is written in English but it is for readers from many languages
- It is hoped that the readers will spread the news that is relevant for their home-wiki to their local community and that they report news back upstream so it can be shared with the rest of the Wikimedia community
- It is POV. The POV of the editor-in-chief
- Wikizine is small in the number of staff members and readers
- Wikizine will never ever knowingly report lies
- Wikizine makes no guarantee of validity
- Wikizine considers itself an independent publication
- Wikizine is not a publication of the Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikizine is ugly and proud of it. Plain text only, distribution by email
- Wikizine is available under the GNU Free Documentation License
- If you like to show your support for Wikizine you can put a banner on your userpage.
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| Publisher: Walter - Website: http://www.wikizine.org[dead link] AtomFeed[dead link] |