Tuesday, November 29, 2011
News and notes: Arb’s resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar In the news: The closed, unfriendly world of Wikipedia, fundraiser fun and games, and chemists vs pornstars Recent research: Quantifying quality collaboration patterns, systemic bias, POV pushing, the impact of news events, and editors’ reputation WikiProject report: [...]
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
News and notes: Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London In the news: Indian wikiconference heralds expansion, fundraiser in Silicon Valley major donor coup, import of Wikipedia reconsidered Discussion report: Much ado about censorship WikiProject report: Working on a term paper with WikiProject Academic Journals Featured content: The best of the [...]
Monday, November 14, 2011
News and notes: ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released In the news: Fundraising vs ads redux, WikiConference India nigh, a world lit up with articles WikiProject report: Having a Conference with WikiProject India Featured content: Writing featured content: Advice from Sturmvogel 66; Sports, sports, sports! Arbitration report: Abortion [...]
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Special report: A post-mortem on the Indian Education Program pilot News and notes: Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised In the news: The Economist assays the encyclopaedia’s challenges, Jimbo speaks on net future, and an inclusionist alternative emerges. Discussion report: Special report on the ArbCom Elections steering RfC WikiProject report: [...]
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Opinion essay: The monster under the rug Recent research: WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia’s search engine ranking justified News and notes: German Wikipedia continues image filter protest In the news: Citizendium on the rocks, Shankbone celebrated, and the week in vandalism Discussion report: Proposal to return this section [...]