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Monthly Archives: May 2011

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 22 – 30 May 2011

News and notes: ArbCom referendum goes live; US National Archives residency; financial planning; brief news In the news: Collaboration with academia; world heritage; xkcd; eG8 summit; ISP subpoena; brief news WikiProject report: The Royal Railway Featured content: Whipping fantasies, American–British naval rivalry, and a medieval mix of purity and eroticism Arbitration report: Update – injunction [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 21 – 23 May 2011

News and notes: GLAM workshop; legal policies; brief news In the news: Death of the expert?; superinjunctions saga continues; World Heritage status petitioned and debated; brief news WikiProject report: WikiProject Formula One Featured content: The best of the week Arbitration report: Injunction – preliminary protection levels for BLP articles when removing PC Technology report: Bugs, [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 20 – 16 May 2011

News and notes: Geographical distribution of Wikipedia edits; Sue Gardner interviewed; brief news In the news: Education minister’s speech copied from Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales interviewed; brief news WikiProject report: Back to Life: Reviving WikiProjects Features and admins: The best of the week Arbitration report: Motions – hyphens and dashes dispute Technology report: Berlin Hackathon; April [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 19 – 9 May 2011

News and notes: More research on newbie editors; Baidu plagiarism; bin Laden coverage; brief news In the news: Billionaire trying to sue Wikipedians; “Critical Point of View” book published; World Bank contest; brief news WikiProject report: Game Night at WikiProject Board and Table Games Features and admins: Featured articles bounce back Arbitration report: AEsh case [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 18 – 2 May 2011

News and notes: Picture of the Year voting begins; Internet culture covered in Sweden and consulted in Russia; brief news In the news: Wikipedia users name “superinjunction celebrities”; brief news WikiProject report: The Physics of a WikiProject: WikiProject Physics Features and admins: The best of the week Arbitration report: Two new cases open – including [...]