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News and notes Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
2023-09-16
News and notes You like RecentChanges?
2023-08-31
News and notes Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
2023-08-15
News and notes City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
2023-08-01
News and notes Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?
2023-07-17
News and notes Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter
2023-07-03
News and notes WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
2023-06-19
News and notes WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea
2023-06-05
News and notes Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation
2023-05-22
News and notes New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
2023-05-08
News and notes Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns
2023-04-26
News and notes Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI
2023-04-03
News and notes Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
2023-03-20
News and notes What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
2023-03-09
News and notes Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan
2023-02-20
News and notes Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
2023-02-04
News and notes Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
2023-01-16
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins
2023-01-01
News and notes English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners"
2022-11-28
News and notes Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
2022-10-31
News and notes Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab"
2022-09-30
News and notes Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere
2022-08-31
News and notes Information considered harmful
2022-08-01
News and notes WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks
2022-06-26
News and notes 2022 Wikimedia Board elections
2022-05-29
News and notes Double trouble
2022-04-24
News and notes Of safety and anonymity
2022-03-27
News and notes Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022-02-27
News and notes Feedback for Board of Trustees election
2022-01-30
News and notes Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements
2021-12-28
News and notes The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded
2021-10-31
News and notes New CEO, new board members, China bans
2021-09-26
News and notes Enough time left to vote! IP ban
2021-08-29
News and notes Wikimania and a million other news stories
2021-07-25
News and notes Elections, Wikimania, masking and more
2021-06-27
News and notes A future with a for-profit subsidiary?
2021-03-28
News and notes Maher stepping down
2021-02-28
News and notes 1,000,000,000 edits, board elections, virtual Wikimania 2021
2021-01-31
News and notes Year-end legal surprises cause concern, but Public Domain Day is imminent
2020-12-28
News and notes Jimmy Wales "shouldn't be kicked out before he's ready"
2020-11-29
News and notes Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking
2020-11-01
News and notes More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
2020-09-27
News and notes The high road and the low road
2020-08-30
News and notes Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
2020-08-02
News and notes Progress at Wikipedia Library and Wikijournal of Medicine
2020-06-28
News and notes 2019 Picture of the Year, 200 French paid editing accounts blocked, 10 years of Guild Copyediting
2020-05-31
News and notes Unbiased information from Ukraine's government?
2020-04-26
News and notes Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
2020-03-01
News and notes Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
2019-08-30
News and notes 1 Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising
2019-06-30
News and notes Wikimania and trustee elections
2019-05-31
News and notes An action-packed April
2019-04-30
News and notes Blackouts fail to stop EU Copyright Directive
2019-03-31
News and notes Front-page issues for the community
2019-02-28
News and notes WMF staff turntable continues to spin; Endowment gets more cash; RfA continues to be a pit of steely knives
2019-01-31
News and notes Some wishes do come true
2018-12-24
News and notes Reviewer of the year, WikiCup winner, and the 2019 Wikimedia Summit
2018-12-01
News and notes WMF gets a million bucks
2018-10-28
News and notes European copyright law moves forward
2018-10-01
News and notes Communication is key
2018-01-16
News and notes Money! WMF fundraising, Wikimedia strategy, WMF new office!
2017-10-23
News and notes Departments reorganized at Wikimedia Foundation, and a month without new RfAs (so far)
2017-06-23
News and notes Official WMF rebuke to Trump policy; WMF secures restricted funds
2017-02-06
News and notes Strategic planning update; English Wikipedia ArbCom election results
2016-12-22
News and notes Board unanimously appoints Katherine Maher as new WMF executive director; Wikimedia lawsuits in France and Germany
2016-07-04
News and notes Clarifications on status and compensation of outgoing executive directors Sue Gardner and Lila Tretikov
2016-06-15
News and notes Trump/Wales 2016
2016-04-01
News and notes Lila Tretikov a Young Global Leader; Wikipediocracy blog post sparks indefinite blocks
2016-03-23
News and notes Wikipedia Zero: Orange mobile partnership in Africa ends; the evolution of privacy loss in Wikipedia
2016-03-16
News and notes Katherine Maher named interim head of WMF; Wales email re-sparks Heilman controversy; draft WMF strategy posted
2016-03-09
News and notes Tretikov resigns, WMF in transition
2016-03-02
News and notes Another WMF departure
2016-02-10
News and notes Harassment survey 2015; Luis Villa to leave WMF; knowledge engine background
2016-02-03
News and notes Geshuri steps down from the Board
2016-01-27
News and notes Vote of no confidence; WMF trustees speak out
2016-01-20
News and notes Community objections to new Board trustee
2016-01-13
News and notes The WMF's age of discontent
2016-01-06
News and notes WMF Board dismisses community-elected trustee
2015-12-30
News and notes ArbCom election results announced
2015-12-09
News and notes Online harassment consultation; High voter turnout at ArbCom elections
2015-12-02
News and notes Fundraising update; FDC recommendations
2015-11-25
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation finances; Superprotect is gone
2015-11-04
News and notes English Wikipedia reaches five million articles
2015-10-28
News and notes Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed; Affiliates mailing list launched
2015-10-21
News and notes 2015–2016 Q1 fundraising update sparks mailing list debate
2015-10-14
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation fundraising report, Montreal to host 2017 Wikimania
2015-09-30
News and notes Flow placed on ice
2015-09-02
News and notes Re-imagining grants
2015-08-26
News and notes Superprotect, one year later; a contentious RfA
2015-08-12
News and notes VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief
2015-08-05
News and notes BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate
2015-07-29
News and notes Wikimanía 2015 in the books; Lightbreather ArbCom case
2015-07-22
News and notes The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania
2015-07-15
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief
2015-07-08
News and notes Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF
2015-07-01
News and notes Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments
2015-06-24
News and notes Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief
2015-06-17
News and notes Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief
2015-06-10
News and notes Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out
2015-06-03
News and notes WMF releases quarterly reports, annual plans
2015-05-27
News and notes A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes
2015-05-20
News and notes Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests
2015-05-13
News and notes "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced
2015-05-06
News and notes Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost
2015-04-29
News and notes Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections
2015-04-22
News and notes Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review
2015-04-15
News and notes Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes
2015-04-08
News and notes New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base
2015-04-01
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy
2015-03-25
News and notes SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation
2015-03-18
News and notes WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign
2015-03-11
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes
2015-03-04
News and notes Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm
2015-02-25
News and notes One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; another awarded $1 million
2015-02-11
News and notes No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia
2015-02-04
News and notes Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections
2015-01-21
News and notes Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community
2015-01-14
News and notes The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers
2014-12-31
News and notes Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education
2014-10-01
News and notes Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third
2014-09-17
News and notes Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
2014-08-27
News and notes Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
2014-08-13
News and notes "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results
2014-08-06
News and notes How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
2014-07-30
News and notes Institutional media uploads to Commons get a bit easier
2014-07-23
News and notes Bot-created Wikipedia articles covered in the Wall Street Journal, push Cebuano over one million articles
2014-07-16
News and notes Echoes of the past haunt new conflict over tech initiative
2014-07-09
News and notes Wikimedia Israel receives Roaring Lion award
2014-07-02
News and notes US National Archives enshrines Wikipedia in Open Government Plan, plans to upload all holdings to Commons
2014-06-25
News and notes With paid advocacy in its sights, the Wikimedia Foundation amends their terms of use
2014-06-18
News and notes PR agencies commit to ethical interactions with Wikipedia
2014-06-11
News and notes Two new affiliate-selected trustees
2014-06-04
News and notes The English Wikipedia's second featured-article centurion; wiki inventor interviewed on video
2014-05-28
News and notes "Crisis" over Wikimedia Germany's palace revolution
2014-05-21
News and notes 'Ask a librarian'—connecting Wikimedians with the National Library of Australia; watch 'Cracking Wikipedia'
2014-05-14
News and notes New system of discretionary sanctions; Buchenwald; is Pirelli 'Cracking Wikipedia'?
2014-05-07
News and notes WMF's draft annual plan turns indigestible as an FDC proposal
2014-04-30
News and notes Wikimedian passes away
2014-04-23
News and notes Round 2 of FDC funding open to public comments
2014-04-09
News and notes Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
2014-04-02
News and notes Commons Picture of the Year—winners announced
2014-03-26
News and notes Foundation-supported Wikipedian in residence faces scrutiny
2014-03-19
News and notes Wikimedians celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Month
2014-03-12
News and notes Wikipedia Library finding success in matching contributors with sources
2014-03-05
News and notes Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy
2014-02-26
News and notes Foundation takes aim at undisclosed paid editing; Greek Wikipedia editor faces down legal challenge
2014-02-19
News and notes WMF bites the bullet on affiliation and FDC funding, elevates Wikimedia user groups
2014-02-12
News and notes Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
2014-01-29
News and notes Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom
2014-01-22
News and notes Wikimedia Germany asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?
2014-01-15
News and notes WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"
2014-01-08
News and notes The year in review
2014-01-01
News and notes IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions
2013-12-25
News and notes Nine new arbitrators announced
2013-12-18
News and notes Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced
2013-12-11
News and notes One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions
2013-12-04
News and notes Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting
2013-11-20
News and notes Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it
2013-11-13
News and notes Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban
2013-11-06
News and notes Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?
2013-10-30
News and notes Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community
2013-10-23
News and notes Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin
2013-10-16
News and notes Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed
2013-10-09
News and notes WMF signals new grantmaking priorities
2013-10-02
News and notes Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor
2013-09-25
News and notes Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests
2013-09-18
News and notes As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas
2013-09-11
News and notes Privacy policy debate gears up
2013-09-04
News and notes Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments
2013-08-28
News and notes Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's coming out as transgender
2013-08-21
News and notes "Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches
2013-08-14
News and notes Chapters Association self-destructs
2013-08-07
News and notes Gearing up for Wikimania 2013
2013-07-31
News and notes Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India
2013-07-24
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced
2013-07-17
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south
2013-07-10
News and notes Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace
2013-07-03
News and notes Election results released
2013-06-26
News and notes Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?
2013-06-19
News and notes How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal
2013-06-12
News and notes "Cease and desist", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; could WikiLang be the next WMF project?
2013-06-05
News and notes First community election for FDC positions
2013-05-27
News and notes Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles
2013-05-20
News and notes WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list
2013-05-13
News and notes Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014
2013-05-06
News and notes Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp
2013-04-29
News and notes Milan conference a mixed bag
2013-04-22
News and notes Another admin reform attempt flops
2013-04-15
News and notes French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer
2013-04-08
News and notes Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions
2013-04-01
News and notes Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German-language Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews
2013-03-25
News and notes Resigning arbitrator slams Committee
2013-03-18
News and notes Finance committee updates
2013-03-11
News and notes Outing of editor causes firestorm
2013-03-04
News and notes "Very lucky" Picture of the Year
2013-02-25
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation declares "victory" in Wikivoyage lawsuit
2013-02-18
News and notes UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
2013-02-11
News and notes Article Feedback tool faces community resistance
2013-02-04
News and notes Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate
2013-01-28
News and notes Requests for adminship reform moves forward
2013-01-21
News and notes Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme
2013-01-14
News and notes 2012—the big year
2013-01-07
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser a success; Czech parliament releases photographs to chapter
2012-12-31
News and notes Debates on Meta sparking along—grants, new entities, and conflicts of interest
2012-12-24
News and notes Arbitrator election: stewards release the results
2012-12-17
News and notes Wobbly start to ArbCom election, but turnout beats last year's
2012-12-10
News and notes Wiki Loves Monuments announces 2012 winner
2012-12-03
News and notes Toolserver finance remains uncertain
2012-11-26
News and notes FDC's financial muscle kicks in
2012-11-19
News and notes Court ruling complicates the paid-editing debate
2012-11-12
News and notes Wikimedian photographic talent on display in national submissions to Wiki Loves Monuments
2012-11-05
News and notes First chickens come home to roost for FDC funding applicants; WMF board discusses governance issues and scope of programs
2012-10-29
News and notes Wikimedians get serious about women in science
2012-10-22
News and notes Chapters ask for big bucks
2012-10-15
News and notes Education Program faces community resistance
2012-10-08
News and notes Independent review of UK chapter governance; editor files motion against Wikitravel owners
2012-10-01
News and notes UK chapter rocked by Gibraltar scandal
2012-09-24
News and notes Tens of thousands of monuments loved; members of new funding body announced
2012-09-17
News and notes Researchers find that Simple English Wikipedia has "lost its focus"
2012-09-10
News and notes World's largest photo competition kicks off; WMF legal fees proposal
2012-09-03
News and notes Tough journey for new travel guide
2012-08-27
News and notes Core content competition in full swing; Wikinews fork taken offline
2012-08-20
News and notes Bangla-language survey suggests the challenges for small Wikipedias
2012-08-13
News and notes FDC portal launched
2012-08-06
News and notes Wikimedians and London 2012; WMF budget – staffing, engineering, editor retention effort, and the global South
2012-07-30
News and notes Chapter head speaks about the aftermath of Russian Wikipedia shutdown
2012-07-23
News and notes WMF enacts reforms at Wikimania; main page redesign; 4 millionth article milestone
2012-07-16
News and notes Russian Wikipedia shuts down to fight censorship threat; E3 team and new tools; Wikitravel proposal bogged down
2012-07-09
News and notes RfC on joining lobby group; JSTOR accounts for Wikipedians and the article feedback tool
2012-07-02
News and notes "Mystical" Picture of the Year; run-up to Wikimania DC; RfA reform 2012
2012-06-25
News and notes Ground shifts while chapters dither over new Association
2012-06-18
News and notes Foundation finance reformers wrestle with CoI
2012-06-11
News and notes Editors want most funding for technical areas, while widespread ignorance of WMF board elections and chapters persists; voting still live on Commons best picture
2012-06-04
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation endorses open-access petition to the White House; pending changes RfC ends
2012-05-28
News and notes Two new Wikimedia fellows to boost strategies for tackling major issues
2012-05-21
News and notes Finance debate drags on as editor survey finds Wikipedia too bureaucratic
2012-05-14
News and notes Hong Kong to host Wikimania 2013
2012-05-07
News and notes Showdown as featured article writer openly solicits commercial opportunities
2012-04-30
News and notes Help-space revamp, WikiTravel RfC, and Justin Knapp scores a million edits
2012-04-23
News and notes French language outreach, WikiTravel debate, and HighBeam reloaded
2012-04-16
News and notes Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
2012-04-09
News and notes Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
2012-04-02
News and notes Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
2012-03-26
News and notes Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
2012-03-19
News and notes Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
2012-03-12
News and notes Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
2012-03-05
News and notes Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
2012-02-27
News and notes Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
2012-02-20
News and notes Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
2012-02-13
News and notes The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
2012-02-06
News and notes Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
2012-01-30
News and notes SOPA blackout, Orange partnership
2012-01-23
News and notes WMF on the looming SOPA blackout, Wikipedia turns 11, and Commons passes 12 million files
2012-01-16
News and notes Fundraiser 2011 ends with a bang
2012-01-09
News and notes Things bubbling along as Wikimedians enjoy their holidays
2012-01-02
News and notes Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
2011-12-26
News and notes Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
2011-12-19
News and notes Research project banner ads run afoul of community
2011-12-12
News and notes Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
2011-12-05
News and notes Arb's resignation sparks lightning RfC, Fundraiser 2011 off to a strong start, GLAM in Qatar
2011-11-28
News and notes Last-minute candidates for ArbCom, the Sue Gardner European Tour hits London
2011-11-21
News and notes ArbCom nominations open, participation grants finalized, survey results on perceptions on Wikipedia released
2011-11-14
News and notes Wikimedia Norway awarded, Halloween on the Main Page, Wikimedia UK recognised
2011-11-07
News and notes German Wikipedia continues image filter protest
2011-10-31
News and notes Arabic Wikipedia gets video intros, Smithsonian gifts images, and WikiProject Conservatism scrutinized
2011-10-17
News and notes Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised
2011-10-10
News and notes Italian Wikipedia shuts down over new privacy law; Wikimedia Sverige produce short Wikipedia films, Sue Gardner calls for empathy
2011-10-03
News and notes WMF strikes down enwiki consensus on autoconfirmation trial
2011-09-26
News and notes Ushahidi research tool announced, Citizendium five years on: success or failure?, and Wikimedia DC officially recognised
2011-09-19
News and notes Foundation reports on research, Kenya trip, Mumbai Wikiconference; Canada, Hungary and Estonia; English Wikinews forked
2011-09-12
News and notes 24,000 votes later and community position on image filter still unclear; first index of editor satisfaction appears positive
2011-09-05
News and notes Abuse filter on all Wikimedia sites; Foundation's report for July; editor survey results
2011-08-29
News and notes Girl Geeks edit while they dine, candidates needed for forthcoming steward elections, image referendum opens
2011-08-22
News and notes Chapter funding and what skeptics and Latter Day Saints have in common
2011-08-15
News and notes Wikimania a success; board letter controversial; and evidence showing bitten newbies don't stay
2011-08-08
News and notes Wikimania; why Board of Trustees elections attract few votes; brief news
2011-08-01
News and notes Oral citations; the state of global development; a gentler Huggle; brief news
2011-07-25
News and notes WMF Annual plan; Article Feedback tool; university outreach; brief news
2011-07-18
News and notes Wikipedians' surfing habits explored, Sloan Foundation renews $3M grant
2011-07-11
News and notes Picture of the Year 2010; data challenge; brief news
2011-07-04
News and notes ArbCom database theft; WikiLove to roll out on the English Wikipedia; brief news
2011-06-27
News and notes WMF Board election results; Indian campus ambassadors gear up; Wikimedia UK plans; Malayalam Wikisource CD; brief news
2011-06-20
News and notes Wikipedians 90% male and largely altruist; 800 public policy students add 8.8 million bytes; brief news
2011-06-13
News and notes Board resolution on controversial content; WMF Summer of Research; indigenous workshop; brief news
2011-06-06
News and notes ArbCom referendum goes live; US National Archives residency; financial planning; brief news
2011-05-30
News and notes GLAM workshop; legal policies; brief news
2011-05-23
News and notes Geographical distribution of Wikipedia edits; Sue Gardner interviewed; brief news
2011-05-16
News and notes More research on newbie editors; Baidu plagiarism; bin Laden coverage; brief news
2011-05-09
News and notes Picture of the Year voting begins; Internet culture covered in Sweden and consulted in Russia; brief news
2011-05-02
News and notes Survey of French Wikipedians; first Wikipedian-in-Residence at Smithsonian; brief news
2011-04-25
News and notes Commons milestone; newbie contributions assessed; German community to decide on €200,000 budget; brief news
2011-04-18
News and notes Editor retention; Malayalam loves Wikimedia; Wikimedia reports; brief news
2011-04-11
News and notes 1 April activities; RIAA takedown notice; brief news
2011-04-04
News and notes Berlin conference highlights relation between chapters and Foundation; annual report; brief news
2011-03-28
News and notes NPG copyright irony; Citizendium's finances; Credo accounts donated; brief news
2011-03-21
News and notes Foundation reports editor trends, technology plans and communication changes; brief news
2011-03-14
News and notes Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
2011-03-07
News and notes Newbies and patrollers: "Every now and then a nun or a tourist wanders in front of the rifle sights"
2011-02-28
News and notes Gender gap and sexual images; India consultant; brief news
2011-02-21
News and notes Foundation report; gender statistics; DMCA takedowns; brief news
2011-02-14
News and notes New General Counsel hired; reuse of Google Art Project debated; GLAM newsletter started; news in brief
2011-02-07
News and notes Executive Director travels; DMCA takedowns; fellowship clarifications; brief news
2011-01-31
News and notes Wikimedia fellow working on cultural collaborations; video animation about Wikipedia; brief news
2011-01-24
News and notes Anniversary celebrations; Foundation reports; local language problems; brief news
2011-01-17
News and notes Anniversary preparations, new Community fellow, brief news
2011-01-10
News and notes Record fundraiser celebrated and debated; Board-appointed Trustees; brief news
2011-01-03
News and notes Director of Technical Operations hired; South Korean mayor sues; brief news
2010-12-27
News and notes Article Alerts back from the dead, plus news in brief
2010-12-20
News and notes Wikipedia articles expert-reviewed by Encyclopedia of Life, and more
2010-12-13
News and notes ArbCom tally pending; Pediapress renderer; fundraiser update; unreferenced BLP drive
2010-12-06
News and notes Backlog drive; youth and confidence among Wikipedians, brief news
2010-11-29
News and notes No further Bundesarchiv image donations; Dutch and German awards; anniversary preparations
2010-11-22
News and notes Fundraisers start for Wikipedia and Citizendium; controversial content and leadership
2010-11-15
News and notes Second Wikipedian in Residence, citation needed for sanity
2010-11-08
News and notes Foundation's finances, geodata milestone, interim counsel, museum conference
2010-11-01
News and notes Mike Godwin leaves the Foundation, ArbCom election announced
2010-10-25
News and notes Wikipedia fundraiser event, Frankfurt book fair, news in brief
2010-10-18
News and notes Board resolutions, fundraiser challenge, traffic report, ten thousand good articles, and more
2010-10-11
News and notes German chapter remodeled to meet Foundation requirements, and more
2010-10-04
News and notes French million, controversial content, Citizendium charter, Pending changes, and more
2010-09-27
News and notes Dutch National Archives donation, French photo raid, brief notes
2010-09-20
News and notes Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes
2010-09-13
News and notes Pending changes analyzed, Foundation report, Main page bias, brief news
2010-09-06
News and notes Most linked websites on Wikipedia, New York Wiki-Conference, and more
2010-08-30
News and notes Pending changes poll, Public policy classes, Payment schemes debate, and more
2010-08-23
News and notes Book publisher apologizes for plagiarizing photos by Wikipedians, brief news
2010-08-16
News and notes FBI requests takedown of seal, Public Policy advisors and ambassadors, Cary Bass leaving, new Research Committee
2010-08-09
News and notes Canadian political edits, Swedish royal wedding, Italian "right of reply" bill, Chapter reports
2010-08-02
News and notes New interwiki project improves biographies, and other news
2010-07-26
News and notes Politician defends editing own article, Google translation, Row about a small Wikipedia
2010-07-19
News and notes Board changes, Wikimania, Public Policy Initiative
2010-07-12
News and notes WMF expansion, community hires, award for MediaWiki, admin recall
2010-07-05
News and notes 2010–15 plan, Smithsonian outreach, Teaching Wikipedia, brief news
2010-06-28
News and notes Collaboration with the British Museum and in Serbia, Interaction with researchers, and more
2010-06-21
News and notes Pending changes goes live, first state-funded Wikipedia project concludes, brief news
2010-06-14
News and notes "Pending changes" trial, Chief hires, British Museum prizes, Interwiki debate, and more
2010-06-07
News and notes Wikimedians at Maker Faire, brief news
2010-05-31
News and notes New puzzle globe, feature for admins, Israel's "Wikipedia Bill", unsourced bios declining
2010-05-24
News and notes Backstage at the British Museum
2010-05-17
News and notes Public Policy and Books for All
2010-05-10
News and notes iPhone app update, Vector rollout for May 13, brief news
2010-05-03
News and notes Wikimedia announcements, Wikipedia advertising, and more!
2010-04-26
News and notes Berlin WikiConference, Brooklyn Museum & Google.org collaborations, review backlog removed, 1 billion edits
2010-04-19
News and notes Studying German flagged revisions, French library agreement, German court case
2010-04-12
News and notes New board member, rights elections, April 1st activities, videos
2010-04-05
News and notes Usability rollout, downtime, admin phishing, Wikimania scholarships and more
2010-03-29
News and notes Explicit image featured on Wikipedia's main page
2010-03-22
News and notes A Wikiversity controversy, Wikimedian-in-Residence, image donation, editing contest, WMF jobs
2010-03-15
News and notes Financial statements, discussions, milestones
2010-03-08
News and notes Usability, 15M articles, Vandalism research award, and more
2010-03-01
News and notes $2 Million donation, cybersquatting, comScore statistics and more
2010-02-22
News and notes New Georgia Encyclopedia, BLPs, Ombudsmen, and more
2010-02-15
News and notes Commons at 6 million, BLP taskforce, milestones and more
2010-02-08
News and notes New CTO, Britain Loves Wikipedia, Telefónica partnership, Multimedia and more
2010-02-01
News and notes Biographies galore, Wikinews competition, and more
2010-01-25
News and notes Statistics, disasters, Wikipedia's birthday and more
2010-01-18
News and notes Wikimania 2011, Flaggedrevs, Global sysops and more
2010-01-11
News and notes Fundraiser ends, content contests, image donation, and more
2010-01-04
News and notes Flagged revisions petitions, image donations, brief news
2009-12-28
News and notes Fundraiser update, milestones and more
2009-12-21
News and notes Mapping geotagged articles language, import sources enabled, and more
2009-12-14
News and notes Wikipedia's death report premature, fundraiser, usability, new CSD, noms, and more
2009-12-07
News and notes 35k donated, WikiProject for Wikipedia-Books, 2M rated articles, and more
2009-11-30
News and notes Government stubs, Suriname exhibit, milestones and more
2009-11-23
News and notes Kiswahili contest, new advisory board members, Foundation-l and more
2009-11-16
News and notes Ant images, public outreach, and more
2009-11-09
News and notes Strategic planning, November conference, brief news and milestones
2009-11-02
News and notes New hires, German Wikipedian dies, new book tool, and more
2009-10-26
News and notes WikiReader, Meetup in Pakistan, Audit committee elections, and more
2009-10-19
News and notes New WMF hire, new stats, and more
2009-10-12
News and notes Article Incubator, Wikipedians take Manhattan, new features in testing, and much more
2009-10-05
News and notes Vibber resigns, Staff office hours, Flagged Revs, new research and more
2009-09-28
News and notes Footnotes updated, WMF office and jobs, Strategic Planning and more
2009-09-21
News and notes Grant structure, and more
2009-09-14
News and notes Commons hits 5 million files, vandalism study, and more
2009-09-07
News and notes $2 million grant, new board members
2009-08-31
News and notes $500,000 grant, Wikimania, Wikipedia Loves Art winners
2009-08-24
News and notes Three million articles, Chen, Walsh and Klein win board election, and more
2009-08-17
News and notes Tech news, strategic planning, BLP task force, and more
2009-08-10
News and notes WMF elections, strategy wiki, museum partnerships, and much more
2009-08-03
News and notes Things that happened in the Wikimedia world
2009-07-27
News and notes New stats, elections extended, strategic planning staff and more
2009-07-20
News and notes WMF Elections, Annual Financial Plan, Google Image Search, and more
2009-07-13
News and notes Commons grant, license change, new chapters, usability and more
2009-07-06
News and notes Jackson's death, new data center, more
2009-06-29
News and notes Wikizine, video editing, milestones
2009-06-22
News and notes License update, Google Translate, GLAM conference, Paid editing
2009-06-15
News and notes Picture process turmoil, block patterns, and more
2009-06-08
News and notes Picture of the Year, Wikipedia's first logo, Board elections, and more
2009-06-01
News and notes New board member, flagged revisions, Eurovision interviews
2009-05-25
News and notes Wiki Loves Arts winners, Wikimania Conference Japan, and more
2009-05-18
News and notes Wikimania 2010, usability project, link rot, and more
2009-05-11
News and notes Strategic planning, Wikipedia and scientists and more
2009-05-04
News and notes Usability study, Wiki Loves Art, and more
2009-04-27
News and notes New program officer, survey results, and more
2009-04-20
News and notes WMF petitions Obama, longer AFDs, UK meeting, and more
2009-04-13
News and notes Statistics, Wikipedia research and more
2009-04-06
News and notes End of Encarta, flagged revisions poll, new image donation, and more
2009-03-30
News and notes Flaggedrevs, copyright project, fundraising reports, and more
2009-03-23
News and notes License update, Commons cartoons, films milestone, and more
2009-03-16
News and notes Commons, conferences, and more
2009-03-09
News and notes Stewards, Wikimania bids, and more
2009-03-02
News and notes Wikimania, usability, picture contest, milestones
2009-02-23
News and notes Flagged Revisions, historical image discovery, and more
2009-02-16
News and notes News and notes: Elections, licensing update, and more
2009-02-08
News and notes News and notes: Ogg support, Wikipedia Loves Art, Jimbo honored
2009-01-31
News and notes News and notes: New chapters, new jobs, new knight and more
2009-01-24
News and notes News and notes: New advisory board members, changes at ArbCom
2009-01-17
News and notes News and notes: Flagged Revisions and permissions proposals, hoax, milestones
2009-01-10
News and notes News and notes: Fundraising success and other developments
2009-01-03
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser, milestones
2008-11-24
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser, List Summary Service, milestones
2008-11-17
News and notes News and notes: Vietnamese Wiki Day
2008-11-10
News and notes News and notes: The Price is Right, milestones
2008-11-08
News and notes News and notes: New hires, milestones
2008-10-13
News and notes News and notes: Arbitrator resigns, milestones
2008-09-29
News and notes News and notes: Wikis Take Manhattan, milestones
2008-09-15
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian dies, milestones
2008-09-08
News and notes News and notes: Arbitrator resigns, milestones
2008-08-25
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian dies
2008-08-11
News and notes News and notes: Unblocked in China
2008-07-28
News and notes News and notes: New Board Chair, compromised sysop accounts
2008-07-21
News and notes News and notes: Adminbots, abuse filter, ArbCom, milestones
2008-07-07
News and notes News and notes: Board votes released, milestones
2008-06-30
News and notes News and notes: Foundation hires, milestones
2008-06-26
News and notes News and notes: Milestones
2008-06-23
News and notes News and notes: Military media mention, milestones
2008-06-09
News and notes News and notes: Wikimedia DE lawsuit, milestones
2008-05-26
News and notes News and notes: Russian passes Swedish, milestones
2008-05-19
News and notes News and notes: Autoconfirmed level, milestones
2008-05-12
News and notes News and notes: Board elections, milestones
2008-05-09
News and notes News and notes: Board elections, milestones
2008-05-02
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania security, German print Wikipedia, milestones
2008-04-21
News and notes News and notes: Board meeting, milestones
2008-04-14
News and notes News and notes: 100 x 5,000, milestones
2008-04-07
News and notes News and notes: 10M articles, $500k donation, milestones
2008-03-31
News and notes News and notes: $3,000,000 grant, milestones
2008-03-24
News and notes News and notes: Single-user login, election commission, milestones
2008-03-17
News and notes News and notes: New bureaucrat, Wikimania bids narrowed, milestones
2008-03-13
News and notes News and notes: Encyclopedia of Life, Wikipedian dies, milestones
2008-03-03
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania Call for Participation, milestones
2008-02-25
News and notes News and notes: Administrator desysopped, milestones
2008-02-18
News and notes News and notes: Working group, Wik-iPhone, milestones
2008-02-11
News and notes News and notes: Milestones
2008-02-04
News and notes News and notes: Estonian Wikipedia, Picture of the Year, milestones
2008-01-28
News and notes News and notes: Freely-licensed music, milestones
2008-01-21
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser ends, $500,000 donation, milestones
2008-01-14
News and notes News and notes: Stewards, fundraiser, milestones
2008-01-02
News and notes News and notes: Stewards, Senate testimony, milestones
2007-12-26
News and notes News and notes: Elections, Wikimania 2009, milestones
2007-12-17
News and notes News and notes: Elections, Wikimania 2009, milestones
2007-12-10
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian honored, fundraiser, milestones
2007-12-03
News and notes News and notes: Ombudsman commission, fundraiser, milestones
2007-11-26
News and notes News and notes: Page patrolling
2007-11-19
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser, elections galore, milestones
2007-11-12
News and notes News and notes: Grant money, fundraiser, milestones
2007-11-05
News and notes News and notes: Treasurer search, fundraiser, milestones
2007-10-29
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian Robert Braunwart dies
2007-10-22
News and notes News and notes: Historian dies, Wiki Wednesdays, milestones
2007-10-15
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania 2008, Flickr image tool, milestones
2007-10-08
News and notes News and notes: Commons uploaders, Wikimania 2008/2009, milestones
2007-10-01
News and notes News and notes: Times archives, conferences, milestones
2007-09-24
News and notes News and notes: Template standardization, editing patterns, milestones
2007-09-17
News and notes News and notes: 2,000,000, Finnish ArbCom, statistics, milestones
2007-09-10
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser, Wikimania 2008, milestones
2007-09-03
News and notes News and notes: Court case, BJAODN, milestones
2007-08-27
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania '08, 200 x 100, milestones
2007-08-20
News and notes News and notes: Meetup, milestones
2007-08-13
News and notes News and notes: Similpedia, milestones
2007-08-06
News and notes News and notes: "The Wikipedia Story", visa ruling, milestones
2007-07-23
News and notes News and notes: FA stats, top information site, milestones
2007-07-09
News and notes News and notes: Logo error, Norwegian chapter, milestones
2007-06-25
News and notes News and notes: Ontario error, no consensus RFA, milestones
2007-06-11
News and notes News and notes: Another Wikipedian dies, brand survey, milestones
2007-06-04
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian dies, Alexa rank, Jimbo/Colbert, milestones
2007-05-28
News and notes News and notes: LGBT project mention, milestones
2007-05-21
News and notes News and notes: Election volunteers, admin contest, milestones
2007-05-07
News and notes News and notes: Board resolutions, user studies, milestones
2007-04-30
News and notes News and notes: Unreferenced biographies, user studies, milestones
2007-04-23
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedia television mention makes news, milestones
2007-04-16
News and notes News and notes: Donation, Version 0.5, milestones
2007-04-09
News and notes News and notes: Alexa, Version 0.5, attribution poll
2007-04-02
News and notes News and notes: Board resolutions, milestones
2007-03-26
News and notes News and notes: Bad sin, milestones
2007-03-20
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania 2007, milestones
2007-03-12
News and notes News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones
2007-03-05
Essjay New Yorker correction dogs arbitrator into departure
2007-03-05
News and notes News and notes: New arbitrators appointed, milestones
2007-02-26
News and notes News and notes: Brief outage, milestones
2007-02-19
News and notes News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones
2007-02-12
News and notes News and notes: More legal citations, milestones
2007-02-05
Arbitration and IRC Group of arbitrators makes public statement about IRC
2007-02-05
News and notes News and notes: Investigation board deleted, milestones
2007-01-29
News and notes News and notes: Talk page template, milestones
2007-01-22
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
2007-01-15
2006 in review Special: 2006 in Review, Part II
2007-01-15
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
2007-01-08
2006 in review Special: 2006 in Review
2007-01-08
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
2007-01-02
News and notes News and notes: Stewards appointed, milestones
2006-12-26
News and notes News and notes: Steward elections conclude, milestones
2006-12-18
News and notes News and notes: Fundraiser plans, milestones
2006-12-11
News and notes News and notes: Steward elections continue, milestones
2006-12-04
News and notes News and notes: 1.5 million articles, milestones
2006-11-27
News and notes News and notes: Wikibooks donation, milestones
2006-11-20
News and notes News and notes: Board passes four resolutions, milestones
2006-11-13
News and notes News and notes: Foundation donation, milestones
2006-11-06
News and notes News and notes: Commemorative mosaic started, milestones
2006-10-30
News and notes News and notes: Donation currencies added, milestones
2006-10-23
News and notes News and notes: Logo votes begin, milestones
2006-10-16
News and notes News and notes
2006-10-09
News and notes News and notes
2006-10-02
News and notes News and notes
2006-09-25
News and notes News and notes
2006-09-18
News and notes News and notes
2006-09-11
Carnildo resysopped Carnildo resysopped
2006-09-11
Publicgirluk Explicit images spark debate
2006-09-05
News and notes News and notes
2006-09-05
Board update Voting begins in Board elections
2006-09-05
1000 Administrators The English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 administrators
2006-09-05
News and notes News and notes
2006-08-28
CFO resigns Wikimedia Foundation CFO resigns
2006-08-28
Board candidates Interviews with Board of Trustees candidates
2006-08-28
News and notes News and notes
2006-08-21
News and notes News and notes
2006-08-14
News and notes News and notes
2006-08-07
News and notes News and notes
2006-07-31
News and notes News and notes: Biographies of living persons, milestones
2006-07-24
News and notes News and notes: Blocking changes, single login
2006-07-17
News and notes News and notes: Blocking changes, milestones
2006-07-10
News and notes News and notes: Wiktionary milestone, privacy policy update
2006-07-03
News and notes News and notes: 100 × 1,000, milestones
2006-06-26
News and notes News and notes: Project logo discussions, milestones
2006-06-19
News and notes News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
2006-06-12
News and notes News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
2006-06-05
News and notes News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
2006-05-29
News and notes News and notes: Wikimedia chapters report, milestones
2006-05-22
News and notes News and notes: Time 100 gala, milestones
2006-05-15
News and notes News and notes: Milestones
2006-05-08
News and notes News and notes: 4 million articles, milestones
2006-05-01
News and notes News and notes: Alexa rank, milestones
2006-04-24
News and notes News and notes: Anti-vandalism tool, milestones
2006-04-17
News and notes News and notes: Wikimania papers due soon, milestones
2006-04-10
News and notes News and notes: French Wikiquote deleted, milestones
2006-04-03
News and notes News and notes: CheckUser rights, milestones
2006-03-27
News and notes News and notes: CheckUser rights, milestones
2006-03-20
News and notes News and notes: April Fool's Day, milestones
2006-03-13
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedian passes away, milestones
2006-03-06
News and notes News and notes: One million users, milestones
2006-02-27
News and notes News and notes: Proposed Main Page redesign, milestones
2006-02-20
News and notes News and notes: Wikipedia hits top 25 sites, milestones
2006-02-13
News and notes News and notes: Arbitrators granted CheckUser rights, milestones
2006-02-06
News and notes News and notes: German Wikipedia going to print, milestones
2006-01-30
News and notes News and notes: Arbitration Committee Clerk's Office, milestones
2006-01-23
News and notes News and notes: Requests for CheckUser, milestones
2006-01-16
News and notes News and notes: 900,000 articles, milestones
2006-01-09
News and notes News and notes: Appeal for donations, userboxes controversy
2006-01-02
News and notes News and Notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
2005-12-26
News and notes News and Notes: Fundraiser begins, milestones
2005-12-19
News and notes News and Notes: Wikipedia traffic skyrockets, milestones
2005-12-12
News and notes News and Notes: Fundraiser pushed back, milestones
2005-12-05
News and notes News and Notes: Article validation, milestones
2005-11-28
News and notes News and Notes: Wikimania 2006 dates, milestones
2005-11-21
News and notes News and Notes: Swiss Wikipedia meeting, milestones
2005-11-14
News and notes News and Notes: 800,000th article, milestones
2005-11-07
News and notes News and Notes: Encarta article, milestones
2005-10-31
News and notes News and Notes: PageRank, milestones
2005-10-24
News and notes News and Notes: Checkuser proposal, milestones
2005-10-17
News and notes News and Notes: French contributor dies, milestones
2005-10-10
News and notes News and Notes: Mediation changes, milestones
2005-10-03
News and notes News and Notes: Jimbo on C-SPAN, milestones
2005-09-26
News and notes News and Notes: Wikimeetup, milestones
2005-09-19
News and notes News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
2005-09-12
News and notes News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
2005-09-05
News and notes News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
2005-08-29
News and notes News and notes: Funding drive, procedural changes, milestones
2005-08-22
News and notes News and notes: Deletion reform and milestones
2005-08-15
News and notes News and notes: Features, admins, etc.
2005-07-25
News and notes News and notes: Page rank drops
2005-07-18
News and notes News and notes: Possible main page redesign
2005-07-11
News and notes News and notes: Quarto, German award, meetup
2005-07-04
Features and admins Recent features and new administrators
2005-05-16
Features and admins News and notes: Features and new administrators
2005-05-09
Features and admins News and notes: Features and new administrators
2005-05-02
Features and admins News and notes: Features and new administrators
2005-04-25
Features and admins News and notes: Features and new administrators
2005-04-18
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2005-01-24



       

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