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Test
This is my first blog post. I plan to use this blog for stuff relating to wikinews. We'll see if i stick to it or not.
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Wikinews js and IE
So i happened to be browsing Wikinews in internet explorer the other day (*shudder*), and apparently there was an error in some of the site JS (relating to the comments namespace) making some of the js...
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Go wikinews!
Today (Sept 12) Wikinews had a record day of 20 articles [permalink] published in a single day. This is record (while a record since we started requiring all articles be peer reviewed. we had one day...
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Wikinews gets a new Main Page!
Wikinews's Main page has finally been updated to ShakataGaNai's redesign. (The delay was due to me not being avaliable to make the automated lead generator work with the new main page. I was a little...
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Introducing Wiktionary lookup. Now for blogs
At the urging of Amgine, I've been developing a gadget for Wikimedia projects that looks up a word you double click in Wiktioary. (It is based on a gadget from french Wikinews by User:Conrad.Irwin and...
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Quick update on WiktLookup
Wiktionary Lookup is a tool that allows you to double click on a word, and have a little popup with its definition from Wiktionary. (Its enabled on this blog, and several wikis). So far it is...
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new bottom mode on wiktionary lookup gadget
Just wanted to mention, I've added some new options to wiktionary lookup gadget. One of them is to display it as a bar at the bottom instead of as a tooltip. (This idea comes from...
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Wikinews Writing Contest begins!
The 2010 Wikinews writing contest is off to a good start, with Blood Red Sandman submitting the first article. Good luck to all the competitors.P.S. Want to sign up? Its not to late, see...
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forging the lqt signature
Today I discovered the little known fact that you can override the automatic signature in liquid thread.(from [[Comments:Red Shirts cause state of emergency in Thai capital]])This ought to be fun...
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mediawiki update brings new goodies for wikinews
Now that Wikimedia got updated, we get to have all the cool new features, which is exciting! I always love software updates. Furthermore, almost none of the javascript broke (well one minor thing we...
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restyling the reader feedback
Recently at Wikinews we've been trying to give a more inviting look to the reader feedback extension. This extension adds a little box at the bottom inviting readers to rate the article. Many people...
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image metadata
I thought I'd write a blog post about my google summer of code project. I've never been much of a blogger, but I see lots of my fellow gsoc'ers blogging, so I thought I'd write a post. My project is to...
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Extension:PageInCat
I haven't blogged recently (or really ever), so I thought I'd make a rambley post about an extension I'm currently writing.Recently, at Amgine's suggestion, I have been working on a new MediaWiki...
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