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5 August 2017

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News and notes
Non-English special edition! 99% no news about English-based wiki communities!
Wikimania in Montreal, lawsuit in Sweden, challenges in France

Recent research
Wikipedia can increase local tourism by +9%; predicting article quality with deep learning; recent behavior predicts quality
Local tourism gains +9% when Wikipedia articles are improved; significant improvements in predicting article quality with deep learning; recent editor behavior is a strong predictor of content quality

WikiProject report
Comic relief
An interview with a project that is centered around comics.

In the media
Wikipedia used to judge death penalty, arms smuggling, Indonesian governance, and HOTTEST celebrity
Wikipedia and reliable sources of information continue to define each other

Traffic report
Swedish countess tops the list
Plus plenty of sports, film, and television

Blog
Canadian Supreme Court rules against Google in favor of worldwide court orders
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that Google must remove search results worldwide, dismissing concerns that this may impede freedom of expression for people outside of Canada or inspire other countries to censor speech.

Special report
Sharing Wikipedia offline medical information in the Dominican Republic
Wikimedia contributors support each other's projects in many unexpected ways

Featured content
Everywhere in the lead
Recently promoted articles, lists and pictures – with a very heavy one in the mix

Technology report
Introducing TechCom
The Architecture Committee adopts a new charter and name; and the latest in script, bot, and tech news

Humour
WWASOHs and ETCSSs
An elite squad of highly insightful editors can lead the way for other editors who may need to retrain their faces into forming a smile.

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