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The Signpost
: 28 August 2013
In the media:
Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'
Recent research:
WikiSym 2013 retrospective
WikiProject report:
Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks
Traffic report:
Reddit creep
Featured content:
WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland
News and notes:
Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments
Technology report:
Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia
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The Signpost
: 04 September 2013
In the media:
Manning "put back in the closet"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia
News and notes:
Privacy policy debate gears up
Traffic report:
No accounting for the wisdom of crowds
Discussion report:
Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more
Featured content:
Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt
WikiProject report:
Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia
Arbitration report:
Manning naming dispute
case opens;
Tea Party
case closes ;
Infoboxes
nears completion
Technology report:
Making Wikipedia more accessible
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The Signpost
: 11 September 2013
In the media:
Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a "right to reply" box?
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Indonesia
Featured content:
Tintin goes featured
News and notes:
As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas
Traffic report:
Syria, celebrities, and association football: oh my!
Arbitration report:
Workshop phase opens in
Manning naming dispute
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Infoboxes
case closes
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The Signpost
: 18 September 2013
News and notes:
Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests
WikiProject report:
18,464 Good Articles on the wall
Featured content:
Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh
Technology report:
What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?
Traffic report:
Twerking, tragedy and TV
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The Signpost
: 25 September 2013
Op-ed:
Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia
Traffic report:
Look on Walter's works
In the media:
Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia
News and notes:
Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor
WikiProject report:
Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!
Featured content:
Wikipedia takes the stage
Recent research:
Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?
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06:09, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 02 October 2013
Op-ed:
Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership
Discussion report:
References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more
News and notes:
WMF signals new grantmaking priorities
Featured content:
Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia
Arbitration report:
Infoboxes: After the war
WikiProject report:
U2 Too
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The Signpost
: 09 October 2013
Traffic report:
Shutdown shenanigans
WikiProject report:
Australian Roads
Featured content:
Under the sea
News and notes:
Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed
In the media:
College credit for editing Wikipedia
Arbitration report:
Manning naming dispute
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Ebionites 3
cases continue; third arbitrator resigns
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The Signpost
: 16 October 2013
News and notes:
Vice
on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin
Traffic report:
Peaceful potpourri
WikiProject report:
Heraldry and Vexillology
Featured content:
That's a lot of pictures
Arbitration report:
Manning naming dispute
case closes
Discussion report:
Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more
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The Signpost
: 23 October 2013
News and notes:
Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community
Traffic report:
Your average week ... and a fish
Featured content:
Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia
Discussion report:
More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more
In the media:
The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
Elements of the world
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The Signpost
: 30 October 2013
Traffic report:
200 miles in 200 years
In the media:
Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?
News and notes:
Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?
Featured content:
Wrestling with featured content
Recent research:
User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube
WikiProject report:
Special: Lessons from the dead and dying
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21:17, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 06 November 2013
News and notes:
Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban
Traffic report:
Danse Macabre
Featured content:
Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Accessibility
Arbitration report:
Ebionites 3
case closed
Discussion report:
Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more
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05:20, 9 November 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 13 November 2013
Traffic report:
Google Doodlebugs bust the block
Featured content:
1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent
Special report:
FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance
News and notes:
Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it
WikiProject report:
The world of soap operas
Discussion report:
Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more
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The Signpost
: 20 November 2013
From the editor:
The
Signpost
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Book review:
Peter Burke's
Social History of Knowledge
—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive
Featured content:
Rockin' the featured pictures
WikiProject report:
Score! American football on Wikipedia
News and notes:
Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting
Traffic report:
Ill Winds
Arbitration report:
WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators
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11:15, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 04 December 2013
Traffic report:
Kennedy shot
Who
Recent research:
Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia
Discussion report:
Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more
News and notes:
One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions
WikiProject report:
Electronic Apple Pie
Featured content:
F*&!
Arbitration report:
Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute
case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review
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06:31, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 11 December 2013
Traffic report:
Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list
In the media:
Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling
News and notes:
Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Wine
Interview:
Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion
Featured content:
Viewer discretion advised
Technology report:
MediaWiki 1.22 released
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04:07, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 18 December 2013
WikiProject report:
Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia
Traffic report:
Hopper to the top
Discussion report:
Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more
News and notes:
Nine new arbitrators announced
Featured content:
Triangulum, the most boring constellation in the universe
Technology report:
Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset
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06:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 25 December 2013
Recent research:
Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments
Featured content:
Drunken birds and treasonous kings
Discussion report:
Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings
WikiProject report:
More Great WikiProject Logos
News and notes:
IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions
Technology report:
OAuth: future of user designed tools
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The Signpost
: 01 January 2014
Traffic report:
A year stuck in traffic
Arbitration report:
Examining the Committee's year
In the media:
Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?
Book review:
Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia
News and notes:
The year in review
Discussion report:
Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer
WikiProject report:
Where Are They Now?
Fifth Edition
Featured content:
2013—the trends
Technology report:
Looking back on 2013
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The Signpost
: 08 January 2014
Public Domain Day:
Why the year 2019 is so significant
Traffic report:
Tragedy and television
Technology report:
Gearing up for the Architecture Summit
News and notes:
WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"
Op-ed:
WikiCup competition beginning a new year
WikiProject report:
Jumping into the television universe
Featured content:
A portal to the wonderful world of technology
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07:31, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 15 January 2014
News and notes:
German chapter asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?
Technology report:
Architecture Summit schedule published
Op-ed:
Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles
In the media:
Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the
New York Times
Traffic report:
The Hours are Ours
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Sociology
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The Signpost
: 22 January 2014
Book review:
Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse
News and notes:
Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom
Featured content:
Dr. Watson, I presume
Special report:
The few who write Wikipedia
Technology report:
Architecting the future of MediaWiki
In the media:
Wikipedia for robots; Wikipedia—a temperamental teenager
Traffic report:
No show for the Globes
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The Signpost
: 29 January 2014
Traffic report:
Six strikes out
WikiProject report:
Special report: Contesting contests
News and notes:
Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
Arbitration report:
Kafziel
case closed; Kww admonished by motion
Recent research:
Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years
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The Signpost
: 29 January 2014
Traffic report:
Six strikes out
WikiProject report:
Special report: Contesting contests
News and notes:
Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
Arbitration report:
Kafziel
case closed; Kww admonished by motion
Recent research:
Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years
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The Signpost
: 12 February 2014
In the media:
WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Technology report:
Left with no choice
News and notes:
WMF bites the bullet on affiliation and FDC funding, elevates Wikimedia user groups
Featured content:
Space selfie
Traffic report:
Sports Day
WikiProject report:
Game Time in Russia
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03:59, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 19 February 2014
News and notes:
Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge
Technology report:
ULS Comeback
WikiProject report:
Countering Systemic Bias
Featured content:
Holotype
Traffic report:
Chilly Valentines
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The Signpost
: 26 February 2014
Forum:
Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
Featured content:
Odin
salutes you
WikiProject report:
Racking brains with neuroscience
Special report:
Diary of a protester: Wikimedian perishes in Ukrainian unrest
News and notes:
Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy
Traffic report:
Snow big deal
Recent research:
CSCW '14 retrospective; the impact of SOPA on deletionism
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: 05 March 2014
Traffic report:
Brinksmen on the brink
Discussion report:
Four paragraph lead, indefinitely blocked IPs, editor reviews broken?
News and notes:
Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources
Featured content:
Full speed ahead for the WikiCup
WikiProject report:
Article Rescue Squadron
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04:48, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 12 March 2014
News and notes:
Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day, Women's History Month
Traffic report:
War and awards
Featured content:
Ukraine burns
WikiProject report:
Russian WikiProject Entomology
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04:45, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 19 March 2014
Forum:
Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects?
WikiProject report:
We have history
Interview:
Nate Ott: the writer behind 71 articles in the largest-ever good topic
Featured content:
Spot the bulldozer
News and notes:
Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny
Traffic report:
Into thin air
Technology report:
Wikimedia engineering report
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03:14, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 26 March 2014
Comment:
A foolish request
Traffic report:
Down to a simmer
Recent research:
Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates
News and notes:
Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced
Featured content:
Winter hath a beauty that is all his own
Op-ed:
Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia
Technology report:
Why will Wikipedia look like the
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WikiProject report:
From the peak
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08:18, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 02 April 2014
News and notes:
Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
WikiProject report:
Deutschland in English
Special report:
On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference
Featured content:
April Fools
Traffic report:
Regressing to the mean
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23:02, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 09 April 2014
News and notes:
Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Law
Special report:
Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz
Traffic report:
Conquest of the Couch Potatoes
Featured content:
Snow heater and Ash sweep
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04:05, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 23 April 2014
Special report:
2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?
Op-ed:
Five things a Wikipedian in residence can do
News and notes:
Wikimedian passes away
WikiProject_report:
To the altar—Catholicism
Wikimania:
Winning bid announced for 2015
Traffic report:
Reflecting in Gethsemane
Featured content:
There was I, waiting at the church
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03:40, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 30 April 2014
News and notes:
WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal
Traffic report:
Going to the Doggs
Breaking:
The Foundation's new executive director
WikiProject report:
Genetics
Interview:
Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum
Featured content:
Browsing behaviours
Recent research:
Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google
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15:24, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 07 May 2014
News and notes:
New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?
Traffic report:
TMZedia
In focus:
Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director
WikiCup:
2014 WikiCup enters round three
In the media:
Google and the flu; Adrianne
WikiProject report:
Singing with Eurovision
Featured content:
Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum
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19:56, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 14 May 2014
Investigative report:
Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity
WikiProject report:
Relaxing in Puerto Rico
News and notes:
'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia
Featured content:
On the rocks
Traffic report:
Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May
Technology report:
Technology report needs editor, Media Viewer offers a new look
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20:44, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 21 May 2014
News and notes:
"Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution
Featured content:
Staggering number of featured articles
Traffic report:
Doodles' dawn
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01:03, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 28 May 2014
News and notes:
The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video
Featured content:
Zombie fight in the saloon
Traffic report:
Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats
Recent research:
Predicting which article you will edit next
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The Signpost
: 04 June 2014
Special report:
IEG funding for women's stories: a new approach to the gender gap
News and notes:
Two new affiliate-selected trustees
Op-ed:
"Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA
Featured content:
Ye stately homes of England
In the media:
Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia
Traffic report:
Autumn in summer
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04:01, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 11 June 2014
News and notes:
PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia
Traffic report:
The week the wired went weird
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler
Special report:
Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees
Featured content:
Politics, ships, art, and cyclones
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12:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 18 June 2014
News and notes:
With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use
Featured content:
Worming our way to featured picture
Special report:
Wikimedia Bangladesh: a chapter's five-year journey
Traffic report:
You can't dethrone
Thrones
WikiProject report:
Visiting the city
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00:57, 22 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 25 June 2014
News and notes:
US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan
Traffic report:
Fake war, or real sport?
Exclusive:
"We need to be true to who we are": Foundation's new executive director speaks to the
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Discussion report:
Media Viewer, old HTML tags
Featured content:
Showing our
Wörth
WikiProject report:
The world where dreams come true
Recent research:
Power users and diversity in WikiProjects
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03:51, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 02 July 2014
In the media:
Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms
Traffic report:
The Cup runneth over... and over.
News and notes:
Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award
Featured content:
Ship-shape
WikiProject report:
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Technology report:
In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)
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04:23, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 09 July 2014
Special report:
Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?
Wikicup:
Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more
Wikimedia in education:
Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis
Featured content:
Three cheers for featured pictures!
News and notes:
Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative
Traffic report:
World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week
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04:53, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 16 July 2014
Special report:
$10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile
Traffic report:
World Cup dominates for another week
Wikimedia in education:
Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic
Featured content:
The Island with the Golden Gun
News and notes:
Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the
Wall Street Journal
, push Cebuano over one million articles
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18:25, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 23 July 2014
Wikimedia in education:
Education program gaining momentum in Israel
Traffic report:
The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it
News and notes:
Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier
Forum:
Did you know?—good idea, needs reform
Featured content:
Why, they're plum identical!
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02:30, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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The Signpost
: 30 July 2014
Book review:
Knowledge or unreality?
Recent research:
Shifting values in the paid content debate
News and notes:
How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
Wikimedia in education:
Success in Egypt and the Arab World
Traffic report:
Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit
Featured content:
Skeletons and Skeltons
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The Signpost
: 06 August 2014
Technology report:
A technologist's Wikimania preview
Traffic report:
Ebola
Featured content:
Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them
Wikimedia in education:
Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico
News and notes:
"History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results
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The Signpost
: 13 August 2014
Special report:
Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia
Traffic report:
Disease, decimation and distraction
Wikimedia in education:
Global
Education: WMF's Perspective
Wikimania:
Promised the moon, settled for the stars
News and notes:
Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
Op-ed:
Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia
In the media:
Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
Featured content:
Cambridge got a lot of attention this week
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Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
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Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue
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The American Heartland
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Students' use and perception of Wikipedia
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Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes
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Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire
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WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"
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NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct
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Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?
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Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy
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How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization
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A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude
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Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014
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Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests
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When music was confined to a ribbon of rust
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How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition
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An election has consequences
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Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe
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Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time
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A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars
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Great Dane hits 150
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Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia
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Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia
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2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced
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Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
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Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing
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WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee
Arbitration report:
Second Arbitration Enforcement case concludes as another case is suspended
Featured content:
The post-Christmas edition
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The Force we expected
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The top ten Wikipedia stories of 2015
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Wikipedia plagued by a "Basket of Deception"
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The Signpost
: 06 January 2016
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The WMF's age of discontent
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Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE
Arbitration report:
Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided
Featured content:
Featured menagerie
Recent research:
Teaching Wikipedia, Does advertising the gender gap help or hurt Wikipedia?
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Try-ing to become informed - WikiProject Rugby League
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The Signpost
: 13 January 2016
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War and peace; WMF board changes; Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedias
Community view:
Battle for the soul of the WMF
Editorial:
We need a culture of verification
In focus:
The Crisis at New Montgomery Street
Op-ed:
Transparency
Traffic report:
Pattern recognition: Third annual Traffic Report
Special report:
Wikipedia community celebrates Public Domain Day 2016
News and notes:
Community objections to new Board trustee
Blog:
Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia
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This Week's Featured Content
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Interview: outgoing and incumbent arbitrators 2016
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The Signpost
: 20 January 2016
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Vote of no confidence; WMF trustee speaks out
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Not a pretty picture: Thoughts on the "monkey selfie" debacle
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15th anniversary news round-up
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Danse Macabre
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Fifteen years ago, Wikipedia was a very different place
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The Signpost
: 27 January 2016
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Lila Tretikov: the WMF needs your input in developing our strategy
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Geshuri steps down from the Board
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Media coverage of the Arnnon Geshuri no-confidence vote
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Death and taxes
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The Signpost
: 03 February 2016
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Board chair and new trustee speak with the
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The Knight Foundation grant: a timeline and an email to the board
Op-ed:
So, what’s a knowledge engine anyway?
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Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background
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Catching up on arbitration
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Bowled
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: 10 February 2016
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Another WMF departure
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Jeb Bush swings at Wikipedia and connects
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A river of revilement
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Wikimedia Foundation removes
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The Signpost
: 17 February 2016
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Search and destroy: the Knowledge Engine and the undoing of Lila Tretikov
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Shit I cannot believe we had to fucking write this month
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Super Bowling
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Antonin Scalia and the editor tracking his legacy
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The Signpost
: 24 February 2016
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WMF in limbo as decision on Tretikov nears
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Backward the Foundation
Traffic report:
Of Dead Pools and Dead Judges
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Wiki Loves Africa brings the continent’s fashion to the world
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Arbitration motion regarding CheckUser & Oversight inactivity
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: 02 March 2016
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Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition
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Brawling
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Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is "verifiable"?
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The Signpost
: 09 March 2016
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Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted
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Wikipedian is break-out star of International Women's Day; dinosaur art; Wikipedia's new iOS app and its fight for market share
Op-ed:
A modest proposal for Wikimedia’s future
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Five articles, four lists, a topic, and five images were promoted this week.
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Wikimedia wikis will temporarily go into read-only mode on several occasions in the coming weeks
WikiCup report:
First round of the WikiCup finishes
Blog:
The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists
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The Signpost
: 16 March 2016
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Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
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Wales at SXSW; lawsuit over Wikipedia PR editing
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Hard work needed to address Wikimedia’s leadership challenges
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Is an interim WMF executive director inherently notable?
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Watchlists, watchlists, watchlists!
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Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States
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Podcast #119: The Foundation and the departure of Lila Tretikov
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It “revolutionized the way German-speaking people inform themselves about the world”: Fifteen years of the German Wikipedia
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: 23 March 2016
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Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks
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Angolan file sharers cause trouble for Wikipedia Zero; the 3D printer edit war; a culture based on change and turmoil
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Be weary on the Ides of March
Editorial:
"God damn it, you've got to be kind."
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Watch out! A slave trader, a live mascot and a crested serpent awaits!
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Palestine-Israel article 3 case amended
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Podcast #120: Status of Wikimania 2016
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: 1 April 2016
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Trump/Wales 2016
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Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality
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Why should the Devil have all the good music? An interview with WikiProject Christian music
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Donald v Daredevil
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A slow, slow week
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Browse Wikipedia in safety? Use Telnet!
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Podcast #121: How April Fools went down
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Growing hashtags: Expanding outreach on Wikipedia
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The Signpost
: 14 April 2016
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Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia?
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Denny Vrandečić resigns from Wikimedia Foundation board
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Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright case; Tex Watson; AI assistants; David Jolly biography
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A welcome return to pop culture and death
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The first case of 2016—Wikicology
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: 24 April 2016
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Lunar project; steering group formed to search for next executive director
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Knowledge Engine and the Wales–Heilman emails
Special report:
Update on EranBot, our new copyright violation detection bot
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Two for the price of one
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The double-sized edition
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Amendments made to the Race and intelligence case
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: 2 May 2016
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Wikimedia Switzerland's board and paid-editing firm; passing of Ed Dravecky
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Wikipedia Zero piracy in Bangladesh; bureaucracy; chilling effects; too few cooks; translation gaps
Traffic report:
Purple
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The best ... from the past two weeks
Arbitration report:
Two editors unbanned; Wikicology case enters workshop phase; Gamaliel restricted from Gamergate at his own request
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: 17 May 2016
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Affiliates' nomination of WMF trustees announced; FDC's straight talking to WMF
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Swiss chapter in turmoil
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Wikimedia's Dario Taraborelli quoted on Google's Knowledge Graph in
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Featured content:
Two weeks for the prize of one
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Oh behave, Beyhive / Underdogs
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"Wikicology" ends in site ban; evidence and workshop phases concluded for "Gamaliel and others"
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That's it for WikiCup Round 2!
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: 28 May 2016
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Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting
Special report:
Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director
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The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax
Featured content:
Eight articles, three lists and five pictures
Op-ed:
Journey of a Wikipedian
Arbitration report:
Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee
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English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies
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Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride
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Freely licensed magic at Eurovision
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: 05 June 2016
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WMF cuts budget for 2016-17 as scope tightens
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Jimmy Wales on net neutrality—"It's complicated"—and his $100m fundraising challenge
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Overwhelmed ... by pictures
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Pop goes the culture, again.
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ArbCom case "Gamaliel and others" concludes
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WikiProject Video Games
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The Signpost
: 15 June 2016
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Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
Special report:
Wikiversity Journal—A new user group
Featured content:
From the crème de la crème
In the media:
Biography disputes; Craig Newmark donation; PR editing
Op-ed:
Commons Picture of the Year; Wikidata licensing
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Another one with sports; Knockout, brief candle
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Why I proofread poetry at Wikisource
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: 04 July 2016
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Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
Op-ed:
Two policies in conflict?
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Terrorism database cites Wikipedia as a source
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Triple fun of featured content
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Goalposts; Oy vexit
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Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year
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: 21 July 2016
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Board faces diversity and skill-base issues in new FDC appointments
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Busy month for discussions
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Women in science editathon gets national press; Wikipedia "shockingly biased"
Featured content:
A wide variety from the best
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Sports and esports
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Script writers appointed for clerks
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The Signpost
: 04 August 2016
Editorial:
Wikipedia policy suppresses sharing of information
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Foundation presents results of harassment research, plans for automated identification; Wikiconference submissions open
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Paid editing service announced; Commercial exploitation of free images; Wikipedia as a crystal ball; Librarians to counter systemic bias
Obituary:
Kevin Gorman, who took on Wikipedia's gender gap and undisclosed paid advocacy, dies at 24
Traffic report:
Summer of Pokémon, Trump, and Hillary
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Women and Hawaii
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Easier navigation via better wikilinks
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All-new notifications page helps Wikimedians focus on what matters most
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User script report (January to July 2016, part 1)
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: 18 August 2016
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
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Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
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The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
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Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
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Olympic views
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User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
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The Michael Hardy case
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: 06 September 2016
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AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
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Olympics readership depended on language
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Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage
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Watching Wikipedia
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Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
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From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
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Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them
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Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
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Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway
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29 September 2016
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Wikipedia Education Program case study published; and a longtime Wikimedian has made his final edit
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Wikipedia in the news
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Three weeks in the land of featured content
Arbitration report:
Arbcom looking for new checkusers and oversight appointees while another case opens
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From Gene Wilder to JonBenét
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Category sorting and template parameters
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14 October 2016
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Fundraising, flora and fauna
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Cultivating leadership: Wikimedia Foundation seeks input
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A news columnist on the frustrations of tweaking his Wikipedia bio
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Upcoming tech projects for 2017
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Variety is the spice of life
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The Signpost
: 4 November 2016
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Finally, a new CTO; trustee joins Quora; copyright upgrade impending
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Washington Post
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WikiCup winners
Discussion report:
What's on
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New guideline for technical collaboration; citation templates now flag open access content
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Cream of the crop
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Un-presidential politics
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Recapping October's activities
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Why women edit less, and where they are overrepresented; article importance and quality; predicting elections from Wikipedia
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: 4 November 2016
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Arbitration Committee elections commence
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Roundup of news related to U.S. presidential election and more
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The top fifteen winning photos from Wiki Loves Earth
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Around the world with Wiki Loves Monuments 2016
Featured content:
Featured mix
Special report:
Taking stock of the Good Article backlog
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Fundraising data should be more transparent
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President-elect Trump
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The Signpost
: 22 December 2016
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Strategic planning update; English ArbCom election results
Special report:
German ArbCom implodes
In focus:
Active user page filter prevents vandalism and harassment
Op-ed:
Operation successful, patient dead: Outreach workshops in Namibia
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In brief: Coverage of gender gap initiatives, banner fundraising, and more
Featured content:
The Christmas edition
Technology report:
Labs improvements impact 2016 Tool Labs survey results
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Post-election traffic blues
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Wiki Loves Monuments contest winners announced
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The Signpost
: 17 January 2017
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Surge in RFA promotions—a sign of lasting change?
Interview:
What is it like to edit Wikipedia when you're blind?
In the media:
Year-end roundups, Wikipedia's 16th birthday, and more
Featured content:
One year ends, and another begins
Arbitration report:
Concluding 2016 and covering 2017's first two cases
Traffic report:
Out with the old, in with the new
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Tech present, past, and future
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Female Wikipedians aren't more likely to edit women biographies; Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia
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The Signpost
: 6 February 2017
Arbitration report:
WMF Legal and ArbCom weigh in on tension between disclosure requirements and user privacy
Special report:
Wolves nip at Wikipedia's heels: A perspective on the cost of paid editing
News and notes:
Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds
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WMF strategy consultant brings background in crisis reputation management; Team behind popular WMF software put "on pause"
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For the birds!
Op-ed:
How to make editing workshops useful, even if participants don't stick around
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Presidential politics, periodic table, and our periodic roundup of updates
Technology report:
Better PDFs, backup plans, and birthday wishes
Traffic report:
Cool It Now
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Three weeks dominated by articles
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Productive collaboration around coordinated protest marches; Media and political personalities comment on Wikipedia at its 16th birthday celebration
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The Signpost
: 27 February 2017
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Results from our poll on subscription and delivery, and a new RSS feed
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Special issue: Wikipedia in education
Technology report:
Responsive content on desktop; Offline content in Android app
In the media:
The
Daily Mail
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Gallery:
A Met montage
Special report:
Peer review – a history and call for reviewers
Op-ed:
Wikipedia has cancer
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The dominance of articles continues
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Love, football, and politics
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WikiIndaba 2017: A continent gathers to chart a path forward
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