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Volume 22
Issue 4
10 March 2026


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Jason Ekvidi – CC BY-SA 4.0
Interview
Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
Part 2.
Rob Hille – cc-by-sa-3.0
News and notes
Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
Dormant worm awakes; a sketchy archiving site struck; ether burns.
Grj23 – CC0
Special report
What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?
icon by Stifle (A), Sarang, final version by Bennylin – CC BY-SA 4.0
In the media
Indonesian government blocks Wikimedia logins; archive site scoured from Wikipedia after owner runs malware
As well as controversy over LLM translations.
AKibombo – CC-BY-SA 4.0
Recent research
To wiki, perchance to groki
Comparisons continue.
Kevin M. Gill – CC BY 2.0
Obituary
Madhav Gadgil, Fredrick Brennan, Mark Miller, Chip Berlet
Rest in peace.
Lgate74 – CC BY 3.0
Opinion
Interface administrators and trusting trust
Potential attacks are the logical consequence of giving a group of users unlimited control over JavaScript.
Nasanbuyn – cc-sa 4.0
Technology report
English Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
After the archive site launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started, with consensus to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times.
Mayopotato – CC BY-SA 4.0
Op-ed
Why is "Trypsin-sensitive photosynthetic activities in chloroplast membranes" cited in "List of tallest buildings in Chicago"?
The answer is slop.
Unknown/Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – pd
Essay
The pursuit of a button click
Volunteering for Wikipedia has its rewards. The thank-button, for example.
MichaelMaggs – CC BY-SA 4.0
In focus
Short descriptions: One year later
A discussion of the challenge set forth to the Wikipedia community one year ago!
Legaat van de heer S. Emmering, Amsterdam [Bequest of Mr. S. Emmering, Amsterdam] – Public Domain
WikiProject report
Unreferenced articles backlog drive
Unreferenced articles in English Wikipedia - help us in the backlog drive!
Pedro J Pacheco – CC-BY-SA 4.0
Community view
Speaking of planning ...
The WMF planning process is underway.
Sig Michele Giammarini – CC-BY-SA 4.0
Traffic report
Over the mountain, kissing silver inlaid clouds
Death and the Winter Olympics.
C.E. Graham & Co. – public domain
Crossword
"It will never happen"
Want to take a break?
Anon (Punch) – pd
Comix
BRIEn't
Or is it.
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