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January
Volume 17, Issue 01
, 31 January 2021
News and notes:
1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
Special report:
Wiki reporting on the insurrection
In focus:
From Anarchy to Wikiality, Glaring Bias to Good Cop: Press Coverage of Wikipedia's First Two Decades
Opinion:
Wikipedia's war against scientific disinformation
In the media:
The world's press says "Happy Birthday!" with a few twists
Technology report:
The people who built Wikipedia, technically
Videos and podcasts:
Celebrating 20 years
News from the WMF:
Wikipedia celebrates 20 years of free, trusted information for the world
Recent research:
Students still have a better opinion of Wikipedia than teachers
Humour:
Dr. Seuss's Guide to Wikipedia
Featured content:
New Year, same Featured Content report!
Traffic report:
The most viewed articles of 2020
Obituary:
Flyer22 Frozen
February
Volume 17, Issue 02
, 28 February 2021
News and notes:
Maher stepping down
Disinformation report:
A "billionaire battle" on Wikipedia: Sex, lies, and video
Opinion:
The call for feedback on community seats is a distraction
In the media:
Corporate influence at OSM, Fox watching the hen house
News from the WMF:
Who tells your story on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Take an AI-generated flashcard quiz about Wikipedia; Wikipedia's anti-feudalism
Featured content:
A Love of Knowledge, for Valentine's Day
Traffic report:
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
Gallery:
What is Black history and culture?
March
Volume 17, Issue 03
, 28 March 2021
News and notes:
A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
Gallery:
Wiki Loves Monuments
In the media:
Wikimedia LLC and disinformation in Japan
News from the WMF:
Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
Recent research:
10%-30% of Wikipedia’s contributors have subject-matter expertise
From the archives:
Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes
Essay:
Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia
Obituary:
Yoninah
From the editor:
What else can we say?
Arbitration report:
Open letter to the Board of Trustees
Traffic report:
Wanda, Meghan, Liz, Phil and Zack
April
Volume 17, Issue 04
, 25 April 2021
From the editor:
A change is gonna come
Disinformation report:
The Trump Organization's paid editors
In the media:
Fernando, governance, and rugby
Opinion:
The (Universal) Code of Conduct
Op-Ed:
A Little Fun Goes A Long Way
Changing the world:
The reach of protest images on Wikipedia
Recent research:
Quality of aquatic and anatomical articles
Traffic report:
The verdict is guilty, guilty, guilty
News from Wiki Education:
Encouraging professional physicists to engage in outreach on Wikipedia
June
Volume 17, Issue 05
, 27 June 2021
News and notes:
Elections, Wikimania, masking and more
In the media:
Boris and Joe, reliability, love, and money
Disinformation report:
Croatian Wikipedia: capture and release
Recent research:
Feminist critique of Wikipedia's epistemology, Black Americans vastly underrepresented among editors, Wiki Workshop report
Traffic report:
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
News from the WMF:
Searching for Wikipedia
Humour:
Wikipedia's best articles on the world's strangest things
WikiProject report:
WikiProject on open proxies interview
Forum:
Is WMF fundraising abusive?
Discussion report:
Reliability of WikiLeaks discussed
Obituary:
SarahSV
July
Volume 17, Issue 06
, 25 July 2021
News and notes:
Wikimania and a million other news stories
Special report:
Hardball in Hong Kong
In the media:
Larry is at it again
Board of Trustees candidates:
See the candidates
Recent research:
Gender bias and statistical fallacies, disinformation and mutual intelligibility
Traffic report:
Football, tennis and marveling at Loki
News from the WMF:
Uncapping our growth potential – interview with James Baldwin, Finance and Administration Department
Humour:
A little verse
August
Volume 17, Issue 07
, 29 August 2021
News and notes:
Enough time left to vote! IP ban
In the media:
Vive la différence!
Wikimedians of the year:
Seven Wikimedians of the year
Gallery:
Our community in 20 graphs
News from Wiki Education:
Changing the face of Wikipedia
Recent research:
IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage
WikiProject report:
WikiProject Days of the Year Interview
Traffic report:
Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan
Community view:
Making Olympic history on Wikipedia
September
Volume 17, Issue 08
, 26 September 2021
News and notes:
New CEO, new board members, China bans
In the media:
The future of Wikipedia
Opinion:
Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned
Op-Ed:
I've been desysopped
Disinformation report:
Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages
Discussion report:
Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators
Recent research:
Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings
Community view:
Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?
Traffic report:
Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11
News from Diff:
Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund
WikiProject report:
The Random and the Beautiful
October
Volume 17, Issue 09
, 31 October 2021
From the editor:
Different stories, same place
News and notes:
The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded
In the media:
China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?
Opinion:
A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life
Discussion report:
Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process
Recent research:
Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention
Community view:
Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia
Traffic report:
James Bond and the Giant Squid Game
Technology report:
Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more
Serendipity:
How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp
Book review:
Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality
WikiProject report:
Redirection
Humour:
A very Wiki crossword
November
Volume 17, Issue 10
, 29 November 2021
In the media:
Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography
WikiCup report:
The WikiCup 2021
Deletion report:
What we lost, what we gained
From a Wikipedia reader:
What's Matt Amodio?
Arbitration report:
ArbCom in 2021
Discussion report:
On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent
Technology report:
What does it take to upload a file?
WikiProject report:
Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
Serendipity:
"Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot
News from Diff:
Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles
Traffic report:
Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if
Eternals
should fail
Recent research:
Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior
Humour:
A very new very Wiki crossword
December
Volume 17, Issue 11
, 28 December 2021
From the editor:
Here is the news
News and notes:
Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements
Serendipity:
Born three months before her brother?
In the media:
The past is not even past
Recent research:
STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph
Arbitration report:
A new crew for '22
By the numbers:
Four billion words and a few numbers
Deletion report:
We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus"
Gallery:
Wikicommons presents: 2021
Traffic report:
Spider-Man, football and the departed
Crossword:
Another Wiki crossword for one and all
Humour:
Buying Wikipedia
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