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19 November 2014
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To Canaan via Jordan
Two articles, five lists, and twenty-six featured pictures are noted in this week's report, along with disclosures about many movies that our correspondent hasn't seen.
In the media
Who Killed Wikipedia?; NCAA editing
In the American magazine
Pacific Standard
, commentator Virginia Postrel asks "Who Killed Wikipedia?" (November 17). She details problems that have been plaguing the encyclopedia in recent years, beginning with the decline in the number of active editors. She concludes by noting that Wikipedia has survived for twelve years or so, meaning that those who argued it would prove unsustainable relatively quickly have been wrong. But, she asks, "the perils of adolescence were one thing. What about middle age?"
WikiProject report
The interesting world of urban planning
According to the WHO, 54% of the world's population now lives in urban areas. Chances are that you are one of them. Many Wikipedians contribute to articles relating to where they live or have visited. But have you ever thought a little beyond that and written about concepts of the cities, the towns, the areas themselves? If not, don't worry! There's a project for that, and they are the subject of the WikiProject Report this week.
Traffic report
Interstellar traffic
The film
Interstellar
and Europe's
Philae
spacecraft feature in this report, along with events like Thanksgiving and Armistace Day.
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