Wikinews:Featured articles
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Here are a few "best of" Wikinews articles, chosen by the community. See the Featured Article Candidates page for nominations and discussions of candidate articles for this page.
[edit] Criteria
Featured articles should, at a minimum:
- Be formatted correctly (including sources)
- Have pictures (they should make a good visual impression)
- Be well-written - see the Wikinews:Style guide
- Cover the news event comprehensively without rambling
In addition, we should try to choose articles that were worked on by several editors, to highlight the collaborative nature of Wikinews. We should also make an effort to find the best examples of original reporting: scoops exclusive to Wikinews, extensive coverage, and excellent research.
[edit] Current featured articles
- 29 April 2009: Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
- 2 February 2009: Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
- 22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
- 10 October 2008: Global markets plunge
- 21 May 2008: UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
- 16 May 2008: Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
- 23 April 2008: Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
- 18 April 2008: YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
- 13 April 2008: Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
- 26 March 2008: Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
- 3 December 2007: Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
- 30 September 2007: Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
- 2 August 2007: Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
- 29 June 2007: Chris Benoit mystery editor confesses: claims "terrible coincidence"
- 14 May 2007: Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
- 6 May 2007: Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
- 12 April 2007: Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
- 22 March 2007: Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
- 8 March 2007: DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
- 6 March 2007: Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
- 23 February 2007: Virgin Train crashes in England
- 7 February 2007: Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
- 3 November 2006: U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
- 13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
- 8 February 2006: Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
- 13 January 2006: Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
- 12 December 2005: Major explosions at UK oil depot
- 19 November 2005: Australian man to be executed in Singapore
- 11 July 2005: Pope John Paul II dies
- 8 July 2005: Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
- 2 July 2005: Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car
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