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Monthly Archives: May 2012

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 8, Issue 22 – 28 May 2012

News and notes: Wikimedia endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends Recent research: Supporting interlanguage collaboration; detecting reverts; Wikipedia’s discourse, semantic and leadership networks, and Google’s Knowledge Graph WikiProject report: Experts and enthusiasts at WikiProject Geology Featured content: Featured content cuts the cheese Arbitration report: Fæ and GoodDay requests for arbitration, [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 8, Issue 21 – 21 May 2012

From the editor: New editor-in-chief News and notes: Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues WikiProject report: Trouble in a Galaxy Far, Far Away…. Featured content: Lemurbaby moves it with Madagascar: Featured content for the week Arbitration report: No open arbitration cases pending Technology report: On the indestructibility of Wikimedia contentSingle [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 8, Issue 20 – 14 May 2012

Special report: Wikimedia and the “seismic shift” towards open-access research publication News and notes: Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic WikiProject report: Welcome to Wikipedia with a cup of tea and all your questions answered – at the Teahouse Featured content: Featured content is red hot this week Arbitration report: [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 8, Issue 19 – 07 May 2012

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Communicator: Phil Gomes News and notes: Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013 In the news: What does Wikipedia call an expert; and untruths in biographies … again. WikiProject report: Say What?: WikiProject Languages Featured content: This week at featured content: How much wood would a Wood Duck chuck if a [...]

Wikipedia Signpost – Volume 8, Issue 18 – 30 April 2012

Paid editing: Does Wikipedia Pay? The Consultant: Pete Forsyth News and notes: Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities Recent research: Barnstars work; Wiktionary assessed; cleanup tags counted; finding expert admins; discussion peaks; Wikipedia citations in academic publications; and more Discussion report: ‘ReferenceTooltips’ by default WikiProject report: The Cartographers of WikiProject Maps Featured [...]