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Year: 2007 Week: 36 Number: 80
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An independent internal news bulletin
for the members of the Wikimedia community
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=== Technical news ===
[Map function] - A javascript plugin is created that can provide an interactive
map to an article and jump to other articles. This system is already in use on
several Wikipedias.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiMiniAtlas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument
=== Foundation ===
[Fundraiser] - A new fundraiser is coming. Like it looks now it will be from
September 23 to
November 22.
[Wikinews Foundation?] - A proposal has been raised on Foundation-l to found a
Wikinews foundation for the Wikinews project. This mostly to be able to provide
accreditation for wikinews reporters.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/19300
[Wikimania 2008] - Bidding for the location of next Wikimania opens formally ...
and is already closed by now.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids
=== Community ===
[Support Wikipedia] - A few Wikipedias show since long a small note to anonymous
users to suggest a donation to the WMF. One of those is the English language
Wikipedia. That notice has now grown a fair deal larger on that wiki. Also a
second, small, anon notice is included to draw attention of the visitors about
the way wikipedia differs from other websites and how one should use wikipedia.
Currently that is "Researching with Wikipedia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia
=== Media ===
[Wikiscanner] - has turned out as perfect topic for many newspapers around the
world to fill there paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-09-03/WikiSc…
[WikipediaWeekly] - A new edition reflecting about the last Wikimania and next
Wikimania
http://wikipediaweekly.org/2007/09/04/wikipedia-weekly-28/
=== Stats ===
[EN Wikinews] has written 10,000 news articles since its creation.
http://en.wikinews.org
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