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* '''Wiktionary''' is a free, multilingual dictionary with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations. It's the "lexical companion" to Wikipedia. It's common at Wikipedia to move (''transwiki'') articles to Wiktionary because they're essentially definitions.

* '''Wikinews''' and Wikipedia clearly overlap. A story in the national news (Hurricane Katrina, for example) is likely to show up on both. Unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews includes articles that are original writing, but the vast majority are sourced. Because of the overlap between the two, Wikinews has struggled to attract editors. Given a choice, most editors chose to work with Wikipedia articles, which are more widely viewed.

* '''Wikisource''' is an archive of "free artistic and intellectual works created throughout history." Except for annotation and translation, these are essentially historical documeXxxxxxxxxx cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cxxxxxx ntsdocuments (fiction as well as nonfiction) that are in the public ___domain or whose copyright has expired.

=== Policy: What Wikipedia is Not ===