{"id":30563,"date":"2026-05-13T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=30563"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:15:30","slug":"mediawikisitenotice-difference-between-revisions-wikinews-the-free-news-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=30563","title":{"rendered":"MediaWiki:Sitenotice: Difference between revisions &#8211; Wikinews, the free news source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"vector-body-before-content\">\n<p>From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div class=\"mw-diff-table-prefix\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"mw-diff-inline-legend-del\">Content deleted<\/span> <span class=\"mw-diff-inline-legend-ins\">Content added<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"diff diff-type-table diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace\" data-mw-interface=\"\">\n<col class=\"diff-marker\"\/>\n<col class=\"diff-content\"\/>\n<col class=\"diff-marker\"\/>\n<col class=\"diff-content\"\/>\n<tr class=\"diff-title\" lang=\"en\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-otitle diff-side-deleted\"\/>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-ntitle diff-side-added\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"?\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\">\n<div>\n<p>&#8221;&#8217;This wiki has been closed ([[m:Special:PermaLink\/30328679#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews|see announcement]]).&#8221;&#8217;<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><br \/>In the coming hours, vandalism requiring reverts before the site is permanently locked can be reported at [[m:Steward requests\/Miscellaneous]].<\/del><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\">\n<div>\n<p>&#8221;&#8217;This wiki has been closed ([[m:Special:PermaLink\/30328679#Board_of_Trustees_Approves_Closure_of_Wikinews|see announcement]]).&#8221;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty diff-side-deleted\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\"><a class=\"mw-diff-movedpara-right\" title=\"Paragraph was moved. 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Please see [[meta:Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|further details and discussions]] on Meta-Wiki.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty diff-side-added\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"?\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\">\n<div>\n<p>There are local [[Wikinews talk:Migration|ongoing discussions]] about migrating Wikinews, a [[:m:Migration of Wikinews and future hosts|centralized discussion for the future of Wikinews]], and a [[Wikinews:2026 Wind-down Wikinews|project page for organizing]] the closure process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty diff-side-added\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"?\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\">\n<div>|1=There are several [[:Category:Flag|flagged discussions]] that should be resolved ahead of the [[Wikinews:Water cooler\/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|pending closure of the project]]. <\/p>\n<p>Please review the discussions and contribute where you can to help close-out any outstanding issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty diff-side-added\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"?\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\">\n<p>|2=We\u2019re working on our final article before closure\u2014join in [[Wikimedia Foundation closes Wikinews after 21 years|here]]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-empty diff-side-added\"\/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"?\"\/>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\">\n<p>|3=Want to help wind-down the project [[Wikinews:Water cooler\/miscellaneous#Board of Trustees Approves Closure of Wikinews|before it closes]]? 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