A Newsroom Anyone Can Edit Screensaver
The A Newsroom Anyone Can Edit screensaver shows live edits to Wikinews, key-less from the MediaWiki API. Wikinews carries the hardest constraint of any sister project — an encyclopaedia article can be improved forever, but a news story is stale within a day. The result is an edit rate far lower and far spikier than Wikipedia's: long quiet stretches, then a burst around one story. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the A Newsroom Anyone Can Edit screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Live edits to Wikinews, key-less from the MediaWiki API. Wikinews carries the hardest constraint of any sister project — an encyclopaedia article can be improved forever, but a news story is stale within a day. The result is an edit rate far lower and far spikier than Wikipedia's: long quiet stretches, then a burst around one story.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
A worked example
Live edits to Wikinews, key-less from the MediaWiki API. Wikinews carries the hardest constraint of any sister project — an encyclopaedia article can be improved forever, but a news story is stale within a day. The result is an edit rate far lower and far spikier than Wikipedia's: long quiet stretches, then a burst around one story.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.