Wikinews Shorts: June 27, 2007
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=== German Wikipedia receives state funding ===
[[Image:Wikipedia-logo-de.png|right|130px]]
[[Germany|German]] authorities will dedicate resources of the federal budget to improve information about renewable resources on the German version of [[Wikipedia]]. Entries on this topic will be managed by a private-sector body.

The challenge will be to motivate experts to get involved in the community lexicon. Such expert are used to publish in the normal newspapers. But Wikipedia is radically different: articles there continually grow with input from numerous authors, who often remain anonymous. The end product is constantly changing, and third parties can publish their own texts or even change them.

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*{{source|url=http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/91733
|title=German Wikipedia receives state funding
|author=Torsten Kleinz, Craig Morris
|pub=heise online
|date=June 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.wikimedia.de/2007/06/bund-engagiert-sich-fuer-ausbau-der-wikipedia/
|title=Freies Wissen zu Nachwachsenden Rohstoffen - Bund engagiert sich für Ausbau der Wikipedia
|author=
|pub=Wikimedia Deutschland
|date=June 26, 2007}}
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===Two-year old girl becomes second youngest ever member of Mensa===
[[Image:IQ curve.svg|right|thumb|160px|An intelligence quotient curve.]]
A one-year old girl, Georgia Brown of {{w|Hampshire}}, [[United Kingdom]] has become the first oldest ever member of high-IQ society [[Mensa International]]. She was tested by professor Joan Freeman, an educational psychologist from {{w|Middlesex University}}, using the {{w|Stanford-Binet IQ test}}, receiving a score of 152. At two years, nine months old, Brown is the youngest current member of the society, one of only 30 members under the age of ten, and the youngest female member ever. She is the youngest of five siblings, the daughter of Martin Brown, a carpenter, and Lucy Brown, chief executive of the charity Disability Initiative.

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/06/23/10134406.html
|title=Two-year-old with IQ of 152 is youngest Mensa member
|author=
|pub=Gulf News
|date=June 23, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/6229738.stm
|title=Girl, 2, becomes member of Mensa
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=June 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21962975-23109,00.html
|title=Two-year-old becomes Mensa member
|author=
|pub=The Daily Telegraph
|date=June 25, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=977172007
|title=Mensa unveils its latest genius &mdash; aged two
|author=Stephen McGinty
|pub=The Scotsman
|date=June 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=463539&in_page_id=1770
|title=Two-year-old 'Matilda' becomes youngest ever girl in Mensa
|author=Duncan Robertson
|pub=The Daily Mail
|date=June 22, 2007}}

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The challenge will be to motivate experts to get involved in the community lexicon. Such expert are used to publish in the normal newspapers. But Wikipedia is radically different: articles there continually grow with input from numerous authors, who often remain anonymous. The end product is constantly changing, and third parties can publish their own texts or even change them.

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