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31 January 2024
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News and notes
Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Wikipedia changes admin rules
Bri
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Opinion
Until it happens to you
A stream of consciousness about plagiarism on Wikipedia from the perspective of a user who directly witnessed it.
Cory Doctorow
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Disinformation report
How paid editors squeeze you dry
And how you can stop them!
Daniel M Horowitz
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In the media
Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
Another wobble, more Ackman, our usual pathological optimist, and football in dirty pants!
The Horseman
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In focus
The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
Everything you really wanted to know about writing featured articles.
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Recent research
Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
And other new research publications.
Punch
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Comix
We've all got to start somewhere
Writing a good subheading for a one-sentence joke is basically like writing an entire second joke so I'm not going to do it.
John Sutton
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Traffic report
DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Job changes, death, sex, murder, suicide and a vacation!
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