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Wikinews:Spread Wikinews
From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!
Vaguely inspired by Spread Firefox, this is a place to share and develop ideas for promoting Wikinews. Help get those stats up!
Feel free to jump in with any ideas or comments.
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Reply to blogs
Keep an eye on Feedster, BlogPulse and Technorati. Reply to any posts about Wikinews - explain the site, reply to criticism etc.
If the comments section asks for a 'URL', be sure to put in http://www.wikinews.org!
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Propagate stories
Since Wikinews content is in the public domain, it can be used very easily on any other site. Submit links to Wikinews or the complete story. See Wikinews:Story propagation for a systematic approach to this. Of course, posting links on your blogs or in comments is also a good way to get people interested in the site. Don't forget that beyond the web, there are also mailing lists and Usenet discussion groups. But very few things have as much impact as a successful story submission to Slashdot.
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Link to Wikinews on Wikipedia
Keep an eye on Wikipedia Current Events on the WP main page and articles relevant to recent Wikinews stories. Link to Wikinews using the template:{{wikinews|Insert article name}}.
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Make and distribute merchandising
There's a Cafepress shop for all Wikimedia projects at http://www.cafepress.com/wikimedia. It is currently maintained by Daniel Mayer . It doesn't presently have Wikinews designs, so please create such designs and submit them to Daniel for inclusion in the shop. Buy your own products or give them away at special occasions.
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Print us out!
Grab a print ion, print out a load, and leave it places such as common rooms, canteens etc!
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Broadcast us!
There is an audio version of Wikinews which, like all other Wikinews content, is free for anyone to use. Put it into your Podcasts, broadcast it live, or send it to your friends.
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Recruit citizen journalists!
Instead of messing around on student newspaper, students could be spending their time writing real news. This letter can be used to persuade them of the benefits of doing journalism citizen-style.
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Email signatures
Simple and effective. Add a link to Wikinews to your email signature to attract everyone you write to onto Wikinews.
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