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On May 4, 2026, all editions of Wikinews were marked read-only by the Wikimedia Foundation, marking an end to over two decades of wiki-based citizen journalism.
Wikinews was a sister project to well-known websites such as Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and the Wikimedia Commons, all of which support spreading free culture across various kinds of knowledge. The future prospects of the project were brought up for consideration in late 2025 and after a period of public comment, the Board announced in March 2026 that they were locking the 31 active editions of Wikinews, keeping them in read-only mode indefinitely.
Wikinews launched in November 2004.
