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Recent research WP governance informal; community as social network; efficiency of recruitment and content production; Rorschach news
2012-10-29
A paper in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, coming from the social control perspective and employing the repertory grid technique, has contributed interesting observations about the governance of Wikipedia.
News and notes Wikimedians get serious about women in science
2012-10-22
It is well known that women are underrepresented in the sciences, and that high-achieving female scientists have often been excluded from authorship lists and passed over for awards and honours solely on the basis of gender. Also significant has been the underplaying in the academic literature, news reporting, and online, of women's current and historical contributions to science.
In the media Wikipedia's language nerds hit the front page
2012-10-15
This week saw a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal on editorial debates in Wikipedia. The story focused on the title-naming dispute surrounding the Beatles article, and specifically the RfC on whether the 'the' in the band's name should be capitalized or not.
Recent research "Rise and decline" of Wikipedia participation, new literature overviews, a look back at WikiSym 2012
2012-09-24
A paper to appear in a special issue of American Behavioral Scientist describes how "several changes that the Wikipedia community made to manage quality and consistency in the face of a massive growth in participation have led to a more restrictive environment for newcomers" and points to three factors contributing to the increasingly "restrictive environment" they face.
Board elections Time to vote
2011-06-06
Objectionable material Board resolution on offensive content
2010-06-28
News and notes Wikimedians at Maker Faire, brief news
2010-05-31
News and notes Backstage at the British Museum
2010-05-17
News and notes Public Policy and Books for All
2010-05-10
Commons deletions Porn madness
2010-05-10
Sister projects Milestones, Openings, and Wikinews contest
2010-04-26
2009 in review 2009 in Review
2010-01-11
News and notes Fundraiser update, milestones and more
2009-12-21
In the news The Decline of Wikipedia, and more
2009-11-23
News and notes Ant images, public outreach, and more
2009-11-09
Multimedia usability Multimedia usability meeting concludes in Paris
2009-11-09
In the news In the news for this week
2009-11-02
Conference report WikiSym features research on Wikipedia
2009-11-02
News and notes New WMF hire, new stats, and more
2009-10-12
Bing search Bing launches Wikipedia search
2009-10-12
Technology report Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
2009-10-05
News and notes Grant structure, and more
2009-09-14
News and notes $2 million grant, new board members
2009-08-31
News and notes Jackson's death, new data center, more
2009-06-29
License update results Licensing vote results announced, resolution passed
2009-05-25
Technology report Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
2009-04-20
License vote Licensing vote begins
2009-04-13
News and notes Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
2009-04-06
License update Community weighs license update
2009-03-30
News and notes Commons, conferences, and more
2009-03-09
News and notes Stewards, Wikimania bids, and more
2009-03-02
Books extension Books extension enabled
2009-03-02
Wikimedia events Wikimedia Events Roundup
2008-11-17
Wikimania 2008 Wikimania 2008 wrap-up
2008-07-28
Wikimania2007 Update on Wikimania 2007
2007-05-07



       

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