Wikinews demo up and running   Hi  Im writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Board of Trustees has approved the first stage of the Wikinews project Theres now a fully operational English demo site at demowikinewsorg This will be used for experimenting with various review models and basic policies before the site is launched officially in about a week demowikinewsorg will become the English version later   You voted for the Wikinews project so Im asking for your participation now Everything is open nothing is final What Wikinews will and can be depends in large part on you There already is a global Wikinews mailing list for discussing the project If you are interested at all please subscribe  coordination is of key importance Theres also an IRC channel wikinews on ircfreenodenet Realtime discussion can help to polish up articles   If youre looking for something to do check out the articles in development and articles in review Or start a new story in the Wikinews workspace or ignore the proposed review system  its up to you I hope youll join us soon in this exciting experiment