January 9, 2008 The free-content news source that you can write! Page 1 Top Stories Featured story Wikimedia leak: Will the Foundation "run on Sun"? recent financial, technical, and Julian Lemoine - known as traffic history, outlines near-term speedblue - once wrote a search forecasts for all three, and makes routine styled after the Google suggestions for slightly longer "suggest" tool; a design intended horizons as well. By itself the to give a result based, in part, on document led to several inter- how many incoming links an article connected news stories. had. The routine might, he hoped, help the wiki software be used as a Wikipedia Current Events thinking tool, helping people follow The Supreme Court of the United their thoughts and inter-related States hears arguments on topics through the rapidly Shimon Peres discusses the whether execution by lethal developing English and French future of Israel with Wikinews injection is a violation of the Wikipedia projects. He called it Constitution's ban on "cruel and "Wikipedia suggest". Canupa Gluha Mani speaks unusual punishment." An internal Wikimedia about Lakota Oyate, Lakota •The war crimes trial of former communiqué was leaked over the freedom Liberian President Charles Taylor weekend. Like many e-mails, the Wikinews interviewed Canupa resumes at The Hague, document is a chain of forwards, Gluha Mani, a Netherlands. longtime activist and replies, and attachments. The the central figure of •A warehouse fire in Icheon, attached Portable Document the Lakota South Korea, kills at least 40. Format (PDF) file was from a PowerPoint presentation, entitled movement, about the •Portions of Eastern Australia are "Wikimedia Foundation: Past, movement and affected by the worst floods in Present, and Future". The Lakota Oyate. the last 20 years. presentation is watermarked •Two United States Navy F/A-18 confidential, do not distribute, and Featured story Super Hornets, a F/A-18E and details the Foundation's recent two-seat F/A-18F, flying off the Wikimedia leak: Will the financial, technical, and traffic aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Foundation "run on Sun"? history, outlines near-term Truman, crash in the Persian An internal Wikimedia forecasts for all three, and makes Gulf. The aviators were safely communiqué was leaked over the suggestions for slightly longer recovered. There was no weekend. Like many e-mails, the horizons as well. By itself the indication of hostile fire. document is a chain of forwards, document led to several inter- connected news stories. replies, and attachments. The •Louisiana State University attached Portable Document defeats Ohio State University to Wikimedia Foundation approaches Format (PDF) file was from a win the NCAA BCS National donors PowerPoint presentation, entitled Championship Game. "Wikimedia Foundation: Past, Sue Gardner was, in part, hired to •The government of Tanzania Present, and Future". The find innovative routes to secure cannot account for Sh$260 presentation is watermarked funding for the Foundation. What million (approx US$200,000) in confidential, do not distribute, is interesting in this case is who aid from the Global Fund and details the Foundation's she approached, and with whom. initiative to fight AIDS and HIV. If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit en .wikinews.org Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Wikinews Page 2 This presentation was used during Collaborative video editing is Kaltura's extension for MediaWiki a meeting with Sun Microsystems. currently in testing, and is is an early demonstration, and will Sun has long been a supporter of expected to deploy initially not be used on Wikimedia's web Wikimedia, and has previously perhaps in October 2008 sites." offered hardware and financial support. A loan of a Niagara Other technologies were also Flagged revisions machine allowed performance shown in the presentation, but Other projects have been initiated testing, which showed that these specific examples show from within the Wikimedia hardware and software setup was some of the types of projects and communities. The Flagged not suitable for the Wikimedia their ambitious initial completion Revisions extension developed environment which existed at the dates. from the German Wikipedia time, but both Wikimedia's community's desire to have an environment and Sun's hardware Kaltura collaborative video approved version of an article and software have changed since Some of these technologies are being the default view, with those tests. joint ventures with commercial registered editors able to choose entities, such as the "Kaltura whether to see the default view or Ms Gardner's delegation included widget"extension designed to the most recent revision. The code Roger McNamee, a technology support collaborative video on the is primarily developed and financier with Elevation Partners Mediawiki platform. The code for maintained by Aaron Schulz and among other connections to Silicon this project is promised to be open Joerg Baach on Wikimedia's SVN Valley's investors and visionaries. sourced, and the main page of the server. Quality.wikimedia.org and Kaltura site has a link to the external site wikixp.org/qa are The document does not explain the sourceforge, but the involved in testing the extension details of the meeting, but http://sourceforge.net/projects/kal and the concept implementation. mentions donation proposals for tura/ cvs is currently empty short term and long term. "In though it is marked to be GPL. An Flagged revisions allow the general, I don't want to have a inquiry into the current output of community to display versions of conversation with the media (even the extension finds it is embeding an article which have not been friendly media!) about meetings a flash object into the output. The vandalised and do not contain we have with other organizations, special page allowing video editing misinformation. It is a part of until and unless there is something was not operational after creating several efforts to improve the worth talking about," Ms Gardner a user account (8 Jan 2008). The quality of Wikipedia articles, replied to an e-mail inquiry Wikimedia Foundation is expected spearheaded by the German regarding the presentation. to release an announcement Wikipedia. The German model is regarding this project on January two-tiered, with a subset of users Mediawiki technology 14, however the current Kaltura being able to select a "sighted The software which underpins the extension, which requires version" or a "validated version". Foundation's projects is constantly proprietary flash and Kaltura's The former have been examined being developed, both from within proprietary server, won't be used primarily for vandalism and simple and from third parties. Mediawiki on Wikimedia sites. accuracy, while the latter would is an open source software involve an in-depth review of the package, one with a significant "The Wikimedia Foundation is article's content and quality. share in its market; efforts to add strongly committed to open functionality often have their own source, open formats, The initial 1.0 release of the development projects and sustainability, and privacy," said extension was in the first half of timelines. The presentation Brion Vibber|, Wikimedia 2007, and it continues under outlined some of these efforts and Foundations Chief Technical active development as testing at their respective timelines. Officer. "We're excited to see the beta stages goes forward. Wiki-to-print is currently in Kaltura working towards making Community models for its testing, and is expected to deploy their collaborative video editing implementation have not yet been February to March, 2008 system open source and more finalized, and they would be Flagged revisions is currently in compatible with the open world, needed for every project and testing, and is expected to deploy and look forward to further work in language. before June, 2008 that area. The initial version of If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit www.wikinews.org Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Wikinews Page 3 Forecasts and financials open shortly after takeoff. The crashes confirmed to have been In addition to discussing technical plane crashed into frigid waters a caused by open forward cargo forecasts, future expenditures short distance from the runway, hatches. In April 1990 a were given general forecasts and a killing six of the ten on board, compartment opened during breakdown of salary growth were including the pilot, and leaving the takeoff from Deadnight; this presented based on pre-audit other four hospitalized. caused separation of an engine details. cover which proceeded to strike The US National Transportation and damage the horizontal Costs between June 2007 and June Safety Board (NTSB) is stabilizer. No-one was injured. 2008 were predicted to double, investigating the accident, and from US$2,650,000 to US NTSB investigator Clint Johnson It was discovered that a vital $5,700,000 (normalized). The said "There have been some spring designed to exert pressure largest growth is expected in incidents and accidents that did and thus keep the door shut was salaries as the Foundation result from the door coming open. missing; the operator had undergoes re-organization and fills We don't know yet if there are improvised its own device to shut long-vacant positions, tripling the similarities." He refused to the door without correctly locking 2007 payroll. speculate on accident cause, it. pointing out that a full Florence Nibart-Devouard, current investigation would take some The second crash occurred in May Chair of the Board of Trustees of time to complete. 1996. A Cape Smythe Air Services the Wikimedia Foundation, owned-and-operated aircraft expressed pleasure at discovering The remains of the fuselage have attempting takeoff at Point Hope the projections. "We have not been laid out in a maintenance had its forward door unexpectedly [had] a complete financial picture hangar close to the Kodiak Island open as the nose lifted off.