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'''Wikinews''' is a project of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] that seeks to report [[news]] from a "[[neutral point of view]]".
'''Wikinews''' is a project of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] that seeks to report [[news]] from a "[[neutral point of view]]". However, the people writing for the site are not trained journalist and are not screened for conflicts-of-interest. In a number of cases, non-journalist wanting greater access or preferred seating at events will attempt to gain press credentials for the event by claiming to be covering the event for Wikinews.
In May 2008, Wikinews drew some media attention by removing Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]]'s adminstrator privileges on that site.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:90SI9EoANokJ:gawker.com/392139/jimmy-wales-kicked-off-wikipedia-spinoff+wikinews+spinoff&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari|title=Jimmy Wales kicked off Wikipedia spinoff|date=May 20, 2008|work=Gawker|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref>
In September 2011, a "large portion" of the Wikinews user base announced that they were dissatisfied with the site and created a [[fork (software)|fork]] called OpenGlobe.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/wikipedia-isnt-journalism-but-are-wikipedians-reluctant-journalists290.html |title=Wikipedia Isn't Journalism, But Are Wikipedians Reluctant Journalists?| publisher= PBS| work=Idea Lab (blog)| date=October 20, 2011|first= Heather |last=Ford |quote=In September, a large portion of the Wikinews contributor base announced on the Foundation-l mailing list that they had forked the project and started OpenGlobe" after becoming deeply dissatisfied with Wikinews." |accessdate=April 27, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-September/068277.html | title= A Wikimedia project has forked | work= [Foundation-l] | date=September 12, 2011 | author= Tempodivalse | publisher= lists.wikimedia.org| quote= I thought the Wikimedia community should know that a large portion of Wikinews' contributor base has forked into its own project.| accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref>
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