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Volume 16, Issue 01
, 27 January 2020
From the editor:
Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
News and notes:
Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
Special report:
The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
In the media:
Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?
Arbitration report:
Three cases at ArbCom
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2019
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners
News from the WMF:
Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
Community view:
Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
In focus:
Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!
Recent research:
How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?
From the archives:
A decade of
The Signpost
, 2005-2015
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
Humour:
Predicting the 6,000,000th article
Obituary:
Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton
March
Volume 16, Issue 02
, 1 March 2020
From the editor:
The ball is in your court
News and notes:
Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
Special report:
More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
In the media:
Mapping IP editors, Smithsonian open-access, and coronavirus disinformation
Discussion report:
Do you prefer M or P?
Arbitration report:
Two prominent administrators removed
By the numbers:
How many actions by administrators does it take to clean up spam?
Community view:
The Incredible Invisible Woman
In focus:
History of
The Signpost
, 2015–2019
Recent research:
Wikipedia generates $50 billion/year consumer surplus in the US alone
From the archives:
Is Wikipedia for sale?
Traffic report:
February articles, floating in the dark
Gallery:
Feel the love
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Op-Ed:
What I learned as Wikimedia UK Communications Coordinator
Opinion:
Wikipedia is another country
Humour:
The Wilhelm scream
Volume 16, Issue 03
, 29 March 2020
From the editors:
The bad and the good
News and notes:
2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
WikiProject report:
WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
Special report:
Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
In the media:
Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
Discussion report:
Rethinking draft space
Arbitration report:
Unfinished business
In focus:
"I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
Community view:
Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
Recent research:
Disease outbreak uncertainties, AfD forecasting, auto-updating Wikipedia
From the archives:
Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
Traffic report:
The only thing that matters in the world
Gallery:
Visible Women on Wikipedia
News from the WMF:
Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
April
Volume 16, Issue 04
, 26 April 2020
News and notes:
Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
In the media:
Coronavirus, again and again
Discussion report:
Redesigning Wikipedia, bit by bit
Featured content:
Featured content returns
Arbitration report:
Two difficult cases
Traffic report:
Disease the Rhythm of the Night
Gallery:
Roy is doing fine and sending more photos
Recent research:
Trending topics across languages; auto-detecting bias
Essay:
Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing
By the numbers:
Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic
Opinion:
Trusting Everybody to Work Together
On the bright side:
What's making you happy this month?
Interview:
Health and RfA's: An interview with Guy Macon
In focus:
Multilingual Wikipedia
WikiProject report:
The Guild of Copy Editors
May
Volume 16, Issue 05
, 31 May 2020
From the editor:
Meltdown May?
News and notes:
2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
In the media:
CBS on COVID-19, Sanger on bias, false noses, and five prolific editors
Discussion report:
WMF's Universal Code of Conduct
Special report:
The sum of human knowledge? Not in one Wikipedia language edition
Featured content:
Weathering the storm
Arbitration report:
Board member receives editing restriction
Traffic report:
Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam
Op-Ed:
Where Is Political Bias Taking Us?
Gallery:
Wildlife photos by the book
News from the WMF:
WMF Board announces Community Culture Statement
Recent research:
Automatic detection of covert paid editing; Wiki Workshop 2020
Community view:
Transit routes and mapping during stay-at-home order downtime
On video:
COVID-19 spurs innovations in Wikimedia video and virtual programming
WikiProject report:
Revitalizing good articles
On the bright side:
500,000 articles in the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
Obituaries:
Dmitrismirnov, Kattenkruid, Muidlatif, Ronhjones, Tsirel
June
Volume 16, Issue 06
, 28 June 2020
News and notes:
Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine
Community view:
Community open letter on renaming
Gallery:
After the killing of George Floyd
In the media:
Part collaboration and part combat
Discussion report:
Community reacts to WMF rebranding proposals
Featured content:
Sports are returning, with a rainbow
Arbitration report:
Anti-harassment RfC and a checkuser revocation
Traffic report:
The pandemic, alleged murder, a massacre, and other deaths
News from the WMF:
We stand for racial justice
Recent research:
Wikipedia and COVID-19; automated Wikipedia-based fact-checking
Interview:
What is wrong with rebranding to "Wikipedia Foundation"?
Humour:
Cherchez une femme
Opinion:
Trying to find COI or paid editors? Just read the news
On the bright side:
For what are you grateful this month?
In focus:
Edit Loud, Edit Proud: LGBTIQ+ Wikimedians and Global Information Activism
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Black Lives Matter
August
Volume 16, Issue 07
, 2 August 2020
Special report:
Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
COI and paid editing:
Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
News and notes:
Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
In the media:
Dog days gone bad
Discussion report:
Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
Featured content:
Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
Traffic report:
Now for something completely different
Gallery:
Photos of threatened species from iNaturalist
News from the WMF:
New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
Recent research:
Receiving thanks increases retention, but not the time contributed to Wikipedia
Essay:
Not compatible with a collaborative project
Obituaries:
Hasteur and Brian McNeil
In focus:
WikiLoop DoubleCheck, reviewing edits made easy
Volume 16, Issue 08
, 30 August 2020
News and notes:
The high road and the low road
In the media:
Storytelling large and small
Featured content:
Going for the goal
Special report:
Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
Op-Ed:
The longest-running hoax
Traffic report:
Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
News from the WMF:
Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
Recent research:
Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
Arbitration report:
A slow couple of months
From the archives:
Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
Obituaries:
Marcus Sherman, Jerome West, and Pauline van Till
September
Volume 16, Issue 09
, 27 September 2020
Special report:
Paid editing with political connections
News and notes:
More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
In the media:
WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
Featured content:
Life finds a Way
Arbitration report:
Clarifications and requests
Traffic report:
Is there no justice?
Recent research:
Wikipedia's flood biases
November
Volume 16, Issue 10
, 1 November 2020
News and notes:
Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking
In the media:
Murder, politics, religion, health and books
Book review:
Review of
Wikipedia @ 20
Op-Ed:
Anti-vandalism with masked IPs: the steps forward
Discussion report:
Proposal to change board composition,
In The News
dumps Trump story
Featured content:
The "Green Terror" is neither green nor sufficiently terrifying. Worst Hallowe'en ever.
Traffic report:
Jump back, what's that sound?
Interview:
Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner
News from the WMF:
Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
Recent research:
OpenSym 2020: Deletions and gender, masses vs. elites, edit filters
In focus:
The many (reported) deaths of Wikipedia
Volume 16, Issue 11
, 29 November 2020
News and notes:
Jimmy Wales "shouldn't be kicked out before he's ready"
Op-Ed:
Re-righting Wikipedia
Opinion:
How billionaires re-write Wikipedia
In the media:
Relying on Wikipedia: voters, scientists, and a Canadian border guard
Featured content:
Frontonia
sp. is thankful for delicious cyanobacteria
Traffic report:
007 with Borat, the Queen, and an election
News from Wiki Education:
An assignment that changed a life: Kasey Baker
GLAM plus:
West Coast New Zealand's Wikipedian at Large
Wikicup report:
Lee Vilenski wins the 2020 WikiCup
Recent research:
Wikipedia's Shoah coverage succeeds where libraries fail
Essay:
Writing about women
December
Volume 16, Issue 12
, 28 December 2020
News and notes:
Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent
In the media:
Concealment, data journalism, a non-pig farmer, and some Bluetick Hounds
Arbitration report:
2020 election results
Opinion:
How to make your factory's safety and labor issues disappear
Featured content:
Very nearly ringing in the New Year with "Blank Space" – but we got there in time.
Traffic report:
2020 wraps up
News from the WMF:
What Wikipedia saw during election week in the U.S., and what we’re doing next
Recent research:
Predicting the next move in Wikipedia discussions
Essay:
Subjective importance
Op-Ed:
An unforgettable year we might wish to forget
Gallery:
Angels in the architecture
Humour:
'Twas the Night Before Wikimas
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