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21 January 2015
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From the editor
Introducing your new editors-in-chief
A letter from departing
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editor-in-chief The ed17.
Anniversary
A decade of the
Signpost
Celebrating and remembering ten years of community journalism.
Interview
WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing
Over seventy years ago, the US destroyer
Mahan
was patrolling off Ponson Island in the Philippines when eleven Japanese kamikaze aircraft appeared over the horizon and attacked. George Pendergast, who edits Wikipedia with the username Pendright, was eighteen years old when he joined
Mahan
's crew in April 1944.
News and notes
Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
The municipality of Esino Lario in Italy will host Wikimania 2016.
Op-ed
Let's make WikiProjects better
Our contributor opines that WikiProjects are failing to live up to their potential. WikiProject X is a new project funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant that focuses on figuring out what makes some WikiProjects work and not others.
In the media
Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers
Quotes from Jimbo on Wikipedia in education; net neutrality; preserving musical heritage; Wikipedia in audio; a cheerful vandal credits high school with papal visitations.
Featured content
Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess
Nine articles, one list, and ten pictures were promoted.
Arbitration report
As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens
ArbCom's three open cases are
GamerGate
,
Wifione
, and
Christianity and sexuality
.
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