English Wikinews publishes 10000th article

September 7, 2007 

The English Wikinews, a collaborative citizen journalism site, published its 10,000th news story today at around 06:56, 7 September 2007 UTC. The 10000th story was entitled "Australian comedians "could have been shot" during APEC prank", a follow-up story on "Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security; 11 charged". The article was created by accredited Wikinews reporter Nathan Carter from Bathurst, Australia, under his username . 
The countdown by Wikinews members has been happening for several weeks, and the site administrators thanked all contributors with the message "Thanks for supporting Wikinews for 10,000 articles and counting!", which displays on top of all pages. 
The closest other Wikinews projects are the German Wikinews, with approximately 6383 articles, and the Polish Wikinews with 5211 articles. Wikinews has projects in 22 different languages, which totals 40,897 articles.
English Wikinews publishes 10000th article September 7 , 2007 The English Wikinews , a collaborative citizen journalism site , published its 10,000th news story today at around 06:56 , 7 September 2007 UTC . The 10000th story was entitled " Australian comedians " could have been shot " during APEC prank " , a follow - up story on " Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security ; 11 charged " . The article was created by accredited Wikinews reporter Nathan Carter from Bathurst , Australia , under his username . The countdown by Wikinews members has been happening for several weeks , and the site administrators thanked all contributors with the message " Thanks for supporting Wikinews for 10,000 articles and counting ! " , which displays on top of all pages . The closest other Wikinews projects are the German Wikinews , with approximately 6383 articles , and the Polish Wikinews with 5211 articles . Wikinews has projects in 22 different languages , which totals 40,897 articles .
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