Wikinews:Water cooler/policy
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Policies and guidelines and the Style guide contain or link to most of the current en.Wikinews policies and guidelines, however policy is based on the accepted practices of the day on Wikinews, often these might not be written down. This section of the Water cooler focuses on discussions regarding policy issues.
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Wind down and migration activities
Per the Board of Trustees, all versions of Wikinews are to be made read-only starting 2026-05-04. I'd like to get a sense of what the community thinks are needed actions for three distinct activities:
- Local wind-down priorities
- Migration activities (to the extent that there is an appetite to migrate at all)
- What, if any actions, the community wants to take to propose a renewed/reopened version of Wikinews (e.g. see m:Wikinews Pulse)
As for #1, I think that there should be some general wiki clean-up (deleting any old spam, marking pages as historical, connecting items to Wikidata properties, etc.) and I propose that the last article published here is about Wikinews closing. I would like to draft it and see if anyone wants to review it for publication immediately before closure. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:29, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
- Justin, i created a new wiki. Don Don 22:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
- Which available wiki? Codename Noreste (talk) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @Codename Noreste Don Don 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. Codename Noreste (talk) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- k. Don Don 21:51, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- I prefer MediaWiki style wikis. Codename Noreste (talk) 21:50, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- https://newswikien.fandom.com/wiki/NewsWikiEN_Wiki @Codename Noreste Don Don 21:47, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- Which available wiki? Codename Noreste (talk) 20:45, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
- The community must find a way to publish at least one article per day if it is ever to return to Wikimedia servers I think. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:04, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
- Wikimedia Foundation closes Wikinews after 21 years. Note this was also proposed earlier at Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#The_last_Wikinews_article, lest anyone think that I had an original idea or was trying to steal someone else's thunder. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC)
- I am requesting a WikiOasis wiki. Codename Noreste (talk) 01:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- im on it thanks @Codename Noreste Don Don 01:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Never mind the above. A wiki was already created while I was in the process of requesting. Codename Noreste (talk) 01:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- gotcha Don Don 01:40, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- Never mind the above. A wiki was already created while I was in the process of requesting. Codename Noreste (talk) 01:39, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
- im on it thanks @Codename Noreste Don Don 01:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
Join the central discussion on Wikinews future and migration
Hello English Wikinews community, A central discussion page has been created on Meta-Wiki to discuss the future of Wikinews and the possibility of migration to alternative hosting platforms, if communities across different language editions wish to pursue it. This includes discussions about potential hosting options, migration approaches, and related technical considerations.
This central page is intended to help continue discussions even after local Wikinews sites become read-only after May 4, and to bring together currently scattered discussions into one place so that communities can collaborate more effectively. You are invited to share your views in any preferred language on the page meta:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts, under the section for your respective language edition.
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