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Volume 10, Issue 01
, 01 January 2014
News and notes:
The year in review
In the media:
Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?
Book review:
Common Knowledge: An Ethnography of Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
Where Are They Now?
Fifth Edition
Traffic report:
A year stuck in traffic
Arbitration report:
Examining the Committee's year
Discussion report:
Article incubator, dates and fractions, medical disclaimer
Featured content:
2013—the trends
Technology report:
Looking back on 2013
Volume 10, Issue 02
, 08 January 2014
News and notes:
WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"
Public Domain Day:
Why the year 2019 is so significant
Op-ed:
WikiCup competition beginning a new year
WikiProject report:
Jumping into the television universe
Traffic report:
Tragedy and television
Featured content:
A portal to the wonderful world of technology
Technology report:
Gearing up for the Architecture Summit
Volume 10, Issue 03
, 15 January 2014
Op-ed:
Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles
News and notes:
Wikimedia Germany asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?
In the media:
Is Google hurting Wikipedia traffic?; "Wikipedia-Mania" in the
New York Times
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Sociology
Traffic report:
The Hours are Ours
Technology report:
Architecture Summit schedule published
Volume 10, Issue 04
, 22 January 2014
Book review:
Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse
Special report:
The few who write Wikipedia
News and notes:
Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom
In the media:
Wikipedia for robots; Wikipedia—a temperamental teenager
Featured content:
Dr. Watson, I presume with the tramp
Traffic report:
No show for the Globes
Technology report:
Architecting the future of MediaWiki
Volume 10, Issue 05
, 29 January 2014
News and notes:
Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
Traffic report:
Six strikes out
WikiProject report:
Special report: Contesting contests
Arbitration report:
Kafziel
case closed; Kww admonished by motion
Recent research:
Translation assignments, weasel words, and Wikipedia's content in its later years
February
Volume 10, Issue 06
, 12 February 2014
News and notes:
WMF bites the bullet on affiliation and FDC funding, elevates Wikimedia user groups
In the media:
WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Featured content:
Space selfie
Traffic report:
Sports Day
WikiProject report:
Game Time in Russia
Technology report:
Left with no choice
Volume 10, Issue 7
, 19 February 2014
News and notes:
Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge
WikiProject report:
Countering Systemic Bias
Featured content:
Holotype
Traffic report:
Chilly Valentines
Technology report:
ULS Comeback
Volume 10, Issue 8
, 26 February 2014
Special report:
Diary of a protester—Wikimedian perishes in Ukrainian unrest
Forum:
Should Wikimedia modify its terms of use to require disclosure?
News and notes:
Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy
Traffic report:
Snow big deal
WikiProject report:
Racking brains with neuroscience
Featured content:
Odin
salutes you
Recent research:
CSCW '14 retrospective; the impact of SOPA on deletionism
March
Volume 10, Issue 9
, 05 March 2014
News and notes:
Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources
Traffic report:
Brinksmen on the brink
Discussion report:
Four paragraph lead, indefinitely blocked IPs, editor reviews broken?
WikiProject report:
Article Rescue Squadron
Featured content:
Full speed ahead for the WikiCup
Volume 10, Issue 10
, 12 March 2014
Traffic report:
War and awards
News and notes:
Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month
WikiProject report:
Examining the Russian Wikipedia's Entomology Project
Featured content:
Ukraine burns
Volume 10, Issue 11
, 19 March 2014
Interview:
Nate Ott—the writer behind 71 articles in the largest-ever good topic
Forum:
Wikimedia Commons mission: free media for the world or only Wikimedia projects?
News and notes:
Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny
Traffic report:
Into thin air
WikiProject report:
We have history
Featured content:
Spot the bulldozer
Technology report:
Wikimedia engineering report
Volume 10, Issue 12
, 26 March 2014
Op-ed:
Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia
Comment:
A foolish request
News and notes:
Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced
Traffic report:
Down to a simmer
WikiProject report:
From the peak
Featured content:
Winter hath a beauty that is all his own
Recent research:
Wikipedians' "encyclopedic identity" dominates even in Kosovo debates; analysis of "In the news" discussions; user hierarchy mapped
Technology report:
Why will Wikipedia look like the
Signpost
?
April
Volume 10, Issue 13
, 02 April 2014
Special report:
On the cusp of the Wikimedia Conference
News and notes:
Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
Traffic report:
Regressing to the mean
WikiProject report:
Deutschland in English
Featured content:
April Fools
Volume 10, Issue 14
, 09 April 2014
Special report:
Community mourns passing of Adrianne Wadewitz
News and notes:
Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments
Traffic report:
Conquest of the Couch Potatoes
WikiProject report:
Law
Featured content:
Snow heater and Ash sweep
Volume 10, Issue 15
, 23 April 2014
Special report:
2014 Wikimedia Conference—what is the impact?
Wikimania:
Winning bid announced for 2015
Op-ed:
Five things a Wikipedian in Residence can do
News and notes:
Wikimedian passes away
WikiProject report:
To the altar—Catholicism
Featured content:
There was I, waiting at the church
Traffic report:
Reflecting in Gethsemane
Volume 10, Issue 16
, 30 April 2014
Breaking:
Wikimedia Foundation selects new executive director
News and notes:
WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal
Interview:
Wikipedia in the Peabody Essex Museum
Featured content:
Browsing behaviours
WikiProject report:
Genetics
Traffic report:
Going to the Doggs
Recent research:
Wikipedia predicts flu more accurately than Google; 43% of academics have edited Wikipedia
May
Volume 10, Issue 17
, 07 May 2014
In focus:
Foundation announces long-awaited new executive director
News and notes:
New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?
WikiCup:
2014 WikiCup enters round three
In the media:
Google and the flu; Adrianne
WikiProject report:
Singing with Eurovision
Featured content:
Wikipedia at the Rijksmuseum
Traffic report:
TMZedia
Volume 10, Issue 18
, 14 May 2014
Investigative report:
Hong Kong's Wikimania 2013—failure to produce financial statement raises questions of probity
News and notes:
'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia; watch 'Cracking Wikipedia'
Featured content:
On the rocks
Traffic report:
Eurovision, Google Doodles, Mothers, and 5 May
WikiProject report:
Relaxing in Puerto Rico
Technology report:
Technology report needs editor; Media Viewer offers a new look
Volume 10, Issue 19
, 21 May 2014
News and notes:
"Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution
Traffic report:
Doodles' dawn
Featured content:
Staggering number of featured articles
Volume 10, Issue 20
, 28 May 2014
News and notes:
The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video
Recent research:
Predicting which article you will edit next; reader research
Featured content:
Zombie fight in the saloon
Traffic report:
Get fitted for flipflops and floppy hats
June
Volume 10, Issue 21
, 04 June 2014
Special report:
IEG funding for women's stories—a new approach to the gender gap
Op-ed:
"Hospitality, jerks, and what I learned"—the amazing keynote at WikiConference USA
News and notes:
Two new affiliate-selected trustees
In the media:
Reliable or not, doctors use Wikipedia
Traffic report:
Autumn in summer
Featured content:
Ye stately homes of England
Volume 10, Issue 22
, 11 June 2014
Paid editing:
Does Wikipedia Pay? The Moderator: William Beutler
Special report:
Questions raised over secret voting for WMF trustees
News and notes:
PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia
Traffic report:
The week the wired went weird
Featured content:
Politics, ships, art, and cyclones
Volume 10, Issue 23
, 18 June 2014
News and notes:
With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use
Special report:
Wikimedia Bangladesh—a chapter's five-year journey
Traffic report:
You can't dethrone
Thrones
WikiProject report:
Visiting the city
Featured content:
Worming our way to featured picture
Volume 10, Issue 24
, 25 June 2014
Exclusive:
"We need to be true to who we are"—Foundation's new executive director speaks to the
Signpost
News and notes:
US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan, plans to upload all holdings to Commons
Featured content:
Showing our
Wörth
WikiProject report:
The world where dreams come true
Discussion report:
Media Viewer, old HTML tags
Traffic report:
Fake war, or real sport?
Recent research:
Power users and diversity in WikiProjects; the "network of cultures" in multilingual Wikipedia biographies
July
Volume 10, Issue 25
, 02 July 2014
News and notes:
Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award
In the media:
Wiki Education; medical content; PR firms
WikiProject report:
Indigenous peoples of North America
Traffic report:
The Cup runneth over... and over.
Featured content:
Ship-shape
Technology report:
In memoriam: the Toolserver (2005–14)
Volume 10, Issue 26
, 09 July 2014
Special report:
Wikimania 2014—what will it cost?
Wikimedia in education:
Exploring the United States and Canada with LiAnna Davis
News and notes:
Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative
Wikicup:
Wikicup's third round sees money, space, battleships and more
Featured content:
Three cheers for featured pictures!
Traffic report:
World Cup, Tim Howard rule the week
Volume 10, Issue 27
, 16 July 2014
Special report:
$10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors withdrawn, but plaintiff intends to refile
Wikimedia in education:
Serbia takes the stage with Filip Maljkovic
News and notes:
Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the
Wall Street Journal
, push Cebuano over one million articles
Traffic report:
World Cup dominates for another week
Featured content:
The Island with the Golden Gun
Volume 10, Issue 28
, 23 July 2014
Forum:
Did you know?—good idea, needs reform
Wikimedia in education:
Education program gaining momentum in Israel
News and notes:
Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier
Traffic report:
The World Cup hangs on, though tragedies seek to replace it
Featured content:
Why, they're plum identical!
Volume 10, Issue 29
, 30 July 2014
News and notes:
How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
Book review:
Knowledge or unreality?
Wikimedia in education:
Success in Egypt and the Arab world
Featured content:
Skeletons and Skeltons
Traffic report:
Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit
Recent research:
Shifting values in the paid content debate; cross-language bot detection
August
Volume 10, Issue 30
, 06 August 2014
Wikimedia in education:
Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico
News and notes:
"History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results
Traffic report:
Ebola drives reader interest
Featured content:
Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them
Technology report:
A technologist's Wikimania preview
Volume 10, Issue 31
, 13 August 2014
Wikimania:
Promised the moon, settled for the stars
Op-ed:
Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia
Special report:
Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia
News and notes:
Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
Wikimedia in education:
Global
Education—WMF's Perspective
In the media:
Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
Featured content:
Cambridge got a lot of attention this week
Traffic report:
Disease, decimation and distraction
Volume 10, Issue 32
, 20 August 2014
Interview:
Improving the visibility of digital archival assets using Wikipedia
Op-ed:
A new metric for Wikimedia
Traffic report:
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
WikiProject report:
Bats and gloves
Featured content:
English Wikipedia departs for Japan
Volume 10, Issue 33
, 27 August 2014
Featured content:
Cheats at Featured Pictures!
In the media:
Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
News and notes:
Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
Traffic report:
Viral
September
Volume 10, Issue 34
, 03 September 2014
Op-ed:
Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial
WikiProject report:
Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)
Traffic report:
Holding Pattern
Featured content:
1882 × 6 in gold, and thruppence more
Arbitration report:
Media viewer
case is suspended
Recent research:
A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies
Volume 10, Issue 35
, 10 September 2014
Op-ed:
Media Viewer software is not ready
Featured content:
The louse and the fish's tongue
WikiProject report:
Checking that everything's all right
Traffic report:
Refuge in celebrity
Volume 10, Issue 36
, 17 September 2014
News and notes:
Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third
In the media:
Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics
WikiProject report:
A trip up north to Scotland
Featured content:
Which is not like the others?
Traffic report:
Tolstoy leads a varied pack
Volume 10, Issue 37
, 24 September 2014
In the media:
Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii
Featured content:
Oil paintings galore
Traffic report:
Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland
WikiProject report:
GAN reviewers take note: competition time
Arbitration report:
Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
Recent research:
99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary
October
Volume 10, Issue 38
, 01 October 2014
From the editor:
The
Signpost
needs your help
News and notes:
Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education
Dispatches:
Let's get serious about plagiarism
Featured content:
Brothers at War
Traffic report:
Shanah Tovah
WikiProject report:
Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture
Volume 10, Issue 39
, 08 October 2014
In the media:
Opposition research firm blocked; Australian brushfire
Featured content:
From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City
Traffic report:
Panic and denial
Technology report:
HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread
Volume 10, Issue 40
, 15 October 2014
Op-ed:
Ships—sexist or sexy?
In the media:
College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes
Traffic report:
Now introducing ... mobile data
Featured content:
Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace
Arbitration report:
One case closed and two opened
WikiProject report:
Signpost
reaches the Midwest
Technology report:
Attempting to parse wikitext
Volume 10, Issue 41
, 22 October 2014
In the media:
The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator
Featured content:
Admiral on deck—a modern Ada Lovelace
Op-ed:
Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest
WikiProject report:
De-orphanning articles - a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help
Traffic report:
Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV
Volume 10, Issue 42
, 29 October 2014
Featured content:
Go West, young man
(By the way, there is a monster at the end of this article)
In the media:
Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral
Maps tagathon:
Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend
Recent research:
Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories
Traffic report:
Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles
November
Volume 10, Issue 43
, 05 November 2014
In the media:
Predicting the flu; MH17 conspiracy theories
Traffic report:
Sweet dreams on Halloween
Volume 10, Issue 44
, 12 November 2014
In the media:
Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama;
Bluebeard's Castle
Featured content:
Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania
WikiProject report:
Talking hospitals
Traffic report:
Holidays, anyone?
Volume 10, Issue 45
, 19 November 2014
Featured content:
To Canaan via Jordan
In the media:
Who Killed Wikipedia?; NCAA editing
Traffic report:
Interstellar traffic
WikiProject report:
The interesting world of urban planning
Volume 10, Issue 46
, 26 November 2014
Featured content:
Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions
In the media:
A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism
Recent research:
Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures
Traffic report:
Big in Japan
WikiProject report:
Back with the military historians
December
Volume 10, Issue 47
, 03 December 2014
Op-ed:
Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?
In the media:
Embroidery and cheese
Featured content:
ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!
Traffic report:
Turkey and a movie
WikiProject report:
Today on the island
Volume 10, Issue 48
, 10 December 2014
Op-ed:
It's GLAM up North!
In the media:
Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"
Traffic report:
Dead Black Men and Science Fiction
Featured content:
Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.
Volume 10, Issue 49
, 17 December 2014
Arbitration report:
Arbitration Committee election results
Featured content:
Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!
In the media:
Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders
Traffic report:
A December Lull
Volume 10, Issue 50
, 24 December 2014
From the editor:
Looking for new editors-in-chief
In the media:
Wales on GamerGate
Featured content:
Still quoting
Iolanthe
, apparently.
WikiProject report:
Microsoft does
The Signpost
Traffic report:
North Korea is not pleased
Volume 10, Issue 51
, 31 December 2014
News and notes:
The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
Op-ed:
My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation
In the media:
Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap
Featured content:
A bit fruity
Traffic report:
Surfin' the Yuletide
Recent research:
Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting
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