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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 43 – 24 October 2011

From the editors: A call for contributors Opinion essay: There is a deadline Interview: Contracting for the Foundation In the news: Are Wikipedians reluctant journalists?; Wikipedia:The Musical WikiProject report: Great WikiProject Logos Featured content: The best of the week Arbitration report: Abortion; request for amendment on Climate Change case Technology report: WMF launches coding challenge, [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 42 – 17 October 2011

News and notes: Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized In the news: Why Wikipedia survives while others haven’t; Wikipedia as an emerging social model; Jimbo speaks out WikiProject report: History in your neighborhood: WikiProject NRHP Featured content: Brazil’s boom-time dreams of naval power: The ed17 explains the background to [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 42 – 17 October 2011

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 41 – 10 October 2011

Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, ‘Terms of use’ heavily revised In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia’s doctor-evangelist WikiProject report: The World’s Oldest People Featured content: The weird and the disgusting Arbitration [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 7, Issue 40 – 3 October 2011

News and notes: Italian Wikipedia threatens site shutdown over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy In the news: QRpedia launches to acclaim, Jimbo talks social media, Wikipedia attracts funghi, terriers and Greeks bearing gifts WikiProject report: Kia ora WikiProject New Zealand Featured content: Reviewers praise new featured [...]