https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group/Newsletter/5 The Wikinewsie Group News Edition 5, November 8, 2013 Project news - The Wikinewsie Group/Local Wikinews policies<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikinewsie_Group/Local_Wiki… the start of a guide that explains local Wikinews project policies with the goal of making it easier to recognise credentials across project, build on accumulated reputation from one project to another and facilitate translation work. - Historical Czech Wikinews experiment<http://okinokynko.blogspot.cz/2013/10/historical-news-czech-experiment-with.html>is a blog entry by Okino <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Okino> that looks at the community impact of allowing writers to write Wikinews articles from a past perspective, IE writing a story about a historical battle as if you were a journalist writing that article the day after it happened. The purpose was to attempt to make Wikinews more collaborative in nature and avoid the time constraints of the immediacy of news reporting. Okino shows that while the reaction to the idea was positive, the true interest in writing the articles of this type was small as the vast majority of them were written by him. - A conversation is taking place on Wikinoticias about allowing CC-BY-NC images to be locally uploaded.[1]<https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinoticias:Caf%C3%A9#CC-BY-N… - A conversation is taking place on English Wikinews with a WMF staff member about the future of search and potential special search features for Wikinews projects.[2]<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler#New_Sear… Training materials <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/The_first_time_writing_for_Wikinews_good.ogv> A video for new reporters who lost their first article on English Wikinews - A one page guide<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avoid_Plagiarism_on_Wikinews.… a screencast<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plagiarizing_on_Wikinews… created that explain how to avoid plagiarism on Wikinews. Available data suggests this is somewhat of an issue for new and student reporters on English Wikinews, with roughly 10 to 20% of all submitted articles having some sort of copyright issue. - Training materials were created to better support new reporters wanting to produce photo essays. They can be found at Photo Essays for Wikinews<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_Essays_for_Wikinews.…df>, Photojournalist worksheet<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photojournalist_worksheet…df>, and Wikinews Photo Essay Formatting<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikinews_Photo_Essay_For…df>. Assistance is requested in translating these to other languages and localizing them to local project requirements. This would be very helpful ahead of the Sochi Paralympic Games, where there are expected to be a number of photo essays produced. - Given the difficulty of new reporters being unable to get their first article published on Wikinews, a video was created to encourage these writers to stick with it. It can be found at The first time writing for Wikinews good.ogv<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_first_time_writing_for…gv>. It is somewhat tongue in cheek, and tries to address the emotional implications of a not ready review. The problem of getting new reporters who are unsuccessful at getting their article published has been identified as a major area for work. It has a large impact on reporter retention. Of interest for journalists - Copyright's Role in a Free Press<http://copyrightalliance.org/2013/10/copyrights_role_free_press#.U… an article by Terry Hart of the copyright alliance on the issue of funding important investigative journalism. Education - Provisional Chairperson LauraHale<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>is made a presentation at the EduWiki Conference 2013<https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013>in Cardiff, Wales about educational efforts on English Wikinews. Findings she included that changes in reviewing practices between semester 1 and semester 2 for one university course saw similar improvements for new reporters. What is good for students is good for the whole community. - With the Education Extension[3]<https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EducationProgram>in… successfully on English Wikinews, a portal was started at WN:EDU [4] <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/WN:EDU> to encourage and provide training for educators to use Wikinews in their coursework. This is something The Wikinewsie Group is hoping to expand upon in the future, and plans to try to get translated into other languages. Plans are also underway to create a student portal to provide training for students. Many things to Sage Ross<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sage_Ross_%28WMF%29>for his assistance in setting up the educator portal. GLAM - The major GLAM work being done by a Wikinewsie at the moment is a Wikimedian in Residency with the Comité Paralímpico Español. A report was created this month for CPE based on interviews done in August. It can be found here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spanish_Swimmers_at_the_2013_I… . - Paralympic work being done with the US Olympic Committee is progressing. Original reporting - summary Between May 1 and October 31, when The Wikinewsie Group Newsletter<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meta:The_Wikinew… began tracking original reporting taking place across all projects, 227 stories have been published by 78 reporters 14 different language Wikinews projects. The projects with the greatest number of reporters engaged in original reporting were English with 15, Russian with 14, Polish with 13 and French with 10. Beyond these, original there were one or more journalists engaging in original reporting on Catalan, Chinese, Esperanto, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish and Ukrainian. The peak month for reporting across all projects was May with 52 articles. It was followed by June with 49, August with 44, September with 43 and July with 39. In the past four months, Spanish, Polish, French, Ukrainian, Russian and English have all produced over 20 total pieces of original reporting, with Russian Wikinews publishing 41 stories and English Wikinews publishing 60 stories. LauraHale <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>, RockerballAustralia<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ro…;redlink=1>, Antanana <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Antanana>, Agamitsudo<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Agamitsudo>do>, Dmitry Rozhkov <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dmitry_Rozhkov>, Plogi<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Plogi&action…;redlink=1>, Krassotkin <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Krassotkin>, Schekinov Alexey Victorovich<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Schekinov_Alexey_Victor…ch>, and MadriCR <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MadriCR> have each produced 5 or more pieces of original reporting in the past four months. Another group of users, Joan301009<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Joan301009>09>, Bddpaux <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bddpaux>, Computron<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Computron&am…;redlink=1>, Laslovarga <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Laslovarga>, Fed4ev<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fed4ev&acti… Yakudza <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Yakudza>, have produced four articles each. For September, only three pieces of 43 original reports produced were translated from one language to another. They were Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_specialists_on…ad>, Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_Dr_Thomas_Scotto_…ia>, Atlético de Madrid defeats Real Madrid 1-0 in 2013 derby<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_defeats_Real_… Tokio gana la sede de los Juegos Olímpicos 2020<https://es.wikinews.org/wiki/Tokio_gana_la_sede_de_los_Juegos_Ol%C3…20>. Original reporting is a major strength of Wikinews. It is one we should be playing to. The Wikinewsie Group would like to encourage everyone to assist translating Wikinews work into another language, or finding a local reporter to assist with translating a work from where it was originally published into that language. This will benefit all languages, promote more cooperation between projects, and expand news reach for our reporting which we can leverage to provide more opportunities for reporters. Original reporting output Ukrainian *See also: Авторський репортаж <https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B6>. The wiki uses nothing for the publish process.* - Легенди «Титаніка» в Україні<https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D… by OlgaKolomoets <https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:OlgaKolomoets>) 2013-10-21 - «Сокіл» Бортнянського в Дитячій академії мистецтв<https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%C2%AB%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96%… by A1 <https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:A1>) 2013-10-15 Spanish *See also: Wikinoticias:Reportajes originales sin notas <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Wikinoticias:Reportajes_originales_sin_notas>, Artículos publicados <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Art%C3%ADculos_publicados>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Deportivo Cali venció a La Equidad y se clasificó anticipadamente a los cuadrangulares finales<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Deportivo_Cali_venci%C3%B3_a_La_… by Remux <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Remux>) 2013-10-27 - Presidenta de Costa Rica queda "atrapada" en aeropuerto panameño por falla de Copa Airlines<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Presidenta_de_Costa_Rica_queda_… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-20 - Senado de Estados Unidos aprueba proyecto para reabrir el gobierno federal y elevar techo de la deuda<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Senado_de_Estados_Unidos_aprueba_p… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-17 - Terremoto de 7,1 grados sacude Filipinas y deja cuantiosos daños materiales<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Terremoto_de_7,1_grados_sacud… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-15 - Hackean el sitio de Google Costa Rica<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Hackean_el_sitio_de_Google_Costa_Ri… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-14 - Un inusual sismo de 4,5 se registra en la costa este de Estados Unidos<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Un_inusual_sismo_de_4,5_se_regist… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-08 - Candidato presidencial de Costa Rica regresa a la campaña política dos días después de haber presentado su renuncia<https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Candidato_presidencial_de_Costa… by MadriCR <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:MadriCR>) 2013-10-05 Russian *See also: Оригинальные репортажи <https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B8>, Опубликовано <https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%D0%9E%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Судьбу Ярославского музея-заповедника обсудили на Круглом столе<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B1%D1%… by PereslavlFoto <https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:PereslavlFoto>) 2013-10-28 - В проектах Викимедиа новый механизм уведомлений<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%92_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0… by Arbnos <https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Arbnos>) 2013-10-23 - Сборная Боснии и Герцеговины впервые в истории вышла в финальную часть чемпионатов мира по футболу<https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%A1%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D… by Brateevsky <https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Brateevsky>) 2013-10-17 French *See also: Reportage original <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Reportage_original>, Article publié <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Article_publi%C3%A9>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Arménie : la seconde wikiconférence organisée à Erevan se termine aujourd'hui<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Arm%C3%A9nie_:_la_second… by Agamitsudo <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Agamitsudo>) 2013-10-06 - Championnat de France de rugby 2008-2009 : les résultats de la première journée<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Championnat_de_France_de_rugby_2… by Grondin <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Grondin>) 2012-12-14 - Championnat de France de rugby 2008-2009 : Perpignan remporte le bouclier de Brennus<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Championnat_de_France_de_rugby_2… by Grondin <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Grondin>) 2012-12-14 - Championnat de France de rugby 2007-2008 : Toulouse remporte son dix-septième titre<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Championnat_de_France_de_rugby_200… by Grondin <https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Grondin>) 2012-12-14 Serbian *See also: Изворни извештај <https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%98>, Објављено <https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%99%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Позив за нове доприносиоце на техничким пројектима Викимедије<https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B… by Laslovarga <https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Laslovarga>) 2013-10-24 - ВикиПутовање има нови лого<https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%9F%D1%8… by Laslovarga <https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Laslovarga>) 2013-10-20 - Википедијин Едукативни програм се шири арапским светом<https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0… by Laslovarga <https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Laslovarga>) 2013-10-20 Chinese *See also: 原创报导 <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%E5%8E%9F%E5%88%9B%E6%8A%A5%E5%AF%BC>, 已发布 <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:%E5%B7%B2%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - 维基媒体项目用户个人信息可能泄漏<https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:%E7%BB%B4%E5%9F%BA%E5%A… by Aoke1989 <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Aoke1989>) 2013-10-05 Polish *See also: Materiały autorskie <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Materia%C5%82y_autorskie>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Otwarcie Nowych Ogrodów w Dobrzycy koło Koszalina - 27 września 2013 roku<https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Otwarcie_Nowych_Ogrod%C3%B3w_w_Dobr… by Hortulus <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Hortulus>) 2013-10-29 - Prelekcja w Związku Esperantystów na temat Światowego Kongresu Esperanto w Reykjavíku<https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Prelekcja_w_Zwi%C4%85zku_Espe… by Marek Mazurkiewicz <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Marek_Mazurkiewicz>) 2013-10-16 - Prelekcja w Związku Esperantystów na temat Izraela<https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Prelekcja_w_Zwi%C4%85zku_Esperan… by Marek Mazurkiewicz <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Marek_Mazurkiewicz>) 2013-10-08 - Międzynarodowe Targi Kolejowe TRAKO 2013 w Gdańsku<https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Mi%C4%99dzynarodowe_Targi_Kolejo… by Travelarz <https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Travelarz>) 2013-10-01 English *See also: Original reporting <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Original_reporting>, Published <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Published>. The wiki uses flagged revisions for the publish process.* - Slow start to winter 2013/2014 flu season in USA<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Slow_start_to_winter_2013/2014_flu_seas… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-27 - Controversy brews surrounding small Texas church<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Controversy_brews_surrounding_small_… by Bddpaux <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Bddpaux>) 2013-10-21 - Wikinews interviews Robert Sarvis, Libertarian Party nominee for Governor of Virginia<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_Robert_Sarvis,… by William S. Saturn <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:William_S._Saturn>) 2013-10-19 - Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_meteorological_e… by Computron <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Computron>) 2013-10-14 - 2013 Autumn Old and Antique Bookfair continues in Madrid<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/2013_Autumn_Old_and_Antique_Bookfair… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-11 - Australia has mixed OECD rankings for literacy and numeracy amongst adults<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia_has_mixed_OECD_rankings_fo… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-11 - Spain sits near the bottom of OECD rankings on adult literacy and numeracy<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Spain_sits_near_the_bottom_of_OECD… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-10 - Japanese adults rank high in literacy and numeracy in OECD survey<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Japanese_adults_rank_high_in_literac… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-09 - Wikinews interviews President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_President_of_… by Bddpaux <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Bddpaux>) 2013-10-09 - CFPB records fewer complaints in early days of US government shutdown<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/CFPB_records_fewer_complaints_in_e… by LauraHale <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:LauraHale>) 2013-10-08 - Wikinews interviews specialists on South Korea military parade<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews_interviews_specialists_on_S… by Computron <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Computron>) 2013-10-06 - Port Kembla, New South Wales residents keep faith in their region<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Port_Kembla,_New_South_Wales_residen… by Lbuow <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Lbuow>) (Not yet published) - Lousiana State University's coach Les Miles laments his team's recent loss to Ole Miss<https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Lousiana_State_University%27s_coach_Le… by Bddpaux <https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Bddpaux>) (Not yet published) German *See also: Wikinews:Originalbericht <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Wikinews:Originalbericht>, Veröffentlicht <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Category:Ver%C3%B6ffentlicht>. The wiki uses a category for the publish process.* - Münchner Trachtenlauf 2013<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:M%C3%BCnchner_Trachtenlauf_2013>… by Usien <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Usien>) 2013-10-13 - Oliver Sebrantke zum dritten Mal Sieger beim Marathon in Bremen<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Oliver_Sebrantke_zum_dritten_Mal_… by House1630 <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:House1630>) 2013-10-07 - Heidi K. zu fünfeinhalb Jahren verurteilt – Innenansichten einer Gerichtsverhandlung<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Heidi_K._zu_f%C3%BCn… by Itu <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:Itu>) 2013-10-05 - Der Winter kommt: Deutschlands Städte bieten mehr Hilfe für Obdachlose<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:Der_Winter_kommt:_Deutschland… by House1630 <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/n:User:House1630>) 2013-10-0 -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com