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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 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>  The Open Globe fork ceased operations in August 2012><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-20/News_and_notes|title=Wikipedia Signpost News and Notes|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</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>  The Open Globe fork ceased operations in August 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-08-20/News_and_notes|title=Wikipedia Signpost News and Notes|date=20 August 2012|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref>

To fill the vacuum, several Wikipedia editors who were on bad terms with the leaders of the main Wikipedia project such as Laura Hale, assumed leadership roles on Wikinews and attempted to rebuild a volunteer base. On August 1, 2014, Wikinews had a global Alexa rating of 44,784.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikinews.org|title=wikinews.org Site Overview|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref>

To fill the vacuum, several Wikipedia editors who were on bad terms with the leaders of the main Wikipedia project such as Laura Hale, assumed leadership roles on Wikinews and attempted to rebuild a volunteer base. On August 1, 2014, Wikinews had a global Alexa rating of 44,784.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikinews.org|title=wikinews.org Site Overview|accessdate=August 1, 2014}}</ref>