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> Wikinews forked
thekohser
post Fri 16th September 2011, 2:08pm
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Apparently enough Wikinews participants were upset enough with the (lack of) support from the Wikimedia Foundation, that they spun off to build a new wiki news site.

One intrepid reporter is already using the site to break important media-industry news.
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post Fri 16th September 2011, 4:37pm
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The new OpenGlobe, once it had me on the editorial staff, seemed to attract the likes of Poetlister and Mr. Suarez.

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thekohser   Wikinews forked   Fri 16th September 2011, 2:08pm
melloden   Apparently enough Wikinews participants were upse...   Fri 16th September 2011, 2:45pm
anthony   Wikinews shouldn't be hard to be beat, right ...   Fri 16th September 2011, 5:31pm
melloden   [quote name='melloden' post='284628' date='Fri 16...   Fri 16th September 2011, 9:48pm
EricBarbour   I seem to remember a period last year when some h...   Sat 17th September 2011, 4:10am
Michaeldsuarez   Apparently enough Wikinews participants were upse...   Fri 16th September 2011, 2:46pm
carbuncle   [quote name='thekohser' post='284627' date='Fri 1...   Fri 16th September 2011, 4:22pm

 

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