From the editor A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^2023-12-24
The debugging will continue until performance improves.
In the media Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill2017-06-23
The anatomy of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's chest area has been the talk of the month. But so have high-profile edits, hacked articles, and one particular newborn growing up.
In the media Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award2015-05-06
artnet and The Next Web report (May 6) that the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is releasing a hundred images of works in its collection under Creative Commons licences in conjunction with a May 19 editathon.
Recent research Military history, cricket, and Australia targeted in Wikipedia articles' popularity vs. quality; how copyright damages economy2015-04-29
Reader demand for some topics (e.g. LGBT topics or pages about countries) is poorly satisfied, whereas there is over-abundance of quality on topics of comparatively little interest, such as military history.
Op-ed How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization2015-03-25
Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.
In the media Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue2015-02-04
Media fallout continues from the January 29 decision in the mammoth Gamergate arbitration case.
Op-ed It's GLAM up North!2014-12-10
Highlights from the York Museums Trust's online collections.
Recent research Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and "cultural imperialism"; how PR people see Wikipedia2013-12-04
Wikipedia works on the efforts of unpaid volunteers who choose to donate their time to advance the cause of free knowledge. This phenomenon, as trivial as it may sound to those acquainted with Wikipedia inner workings, has always puzzled economists and social scientists alike, in that standard Economic theory would not predict that such enterprises would thrive without any form of remuneration.
Op-ed Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership2013-10-02
Medical images have transformed many aspects of modern medicine. Over the past two decades the increasing sophistication of MRI, CT-scanning, and X-ray techniques has made these technologies the cornerstone of diagnosing a range of conditions, replacing what used to be largely guesswork by doctors. They can be the difference between life and death for a patient, and their importance is underlined by the tens of billions of dollars spent on them annually just in North America. For Wikimedia Foundation projects, advanced images are now a powerful tool for describing and explaining, and educating our worldwide readership of medical articles.
Discussion report Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy2012-12-31
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...
Discussion report Image filter; HotCat; Syntax highlighting; and more2012-09-24
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Image placeholders, machine translations, Mediation Committee, de-adminship2012-08-13
Current proposals and requests for comments include a competition to redesign the main page ...
