Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode37

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Episode 37: An Inconvenient Edit


Released: December 12, 2007

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Participants:

News

  • Durova case, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova/Proposed decision
  • Arbcom elections: candidates must be 18 years old
  • New Executive Director [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Current_staff Sue Gardner]
  • German lawsuit comes... and goes [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2993196,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf]
  • "A Left Party politician filed charges with police against online encyclopedia Wikipedia's German language site for featuring banned Nazi symbols, only to bow to pressure from her party and withdraw the case."
  • Rafael Robb issue, what is Wikipedia's relationship with news?
  • Update on Vancouver mascots, why is Miga not there, but the other two are Quatchi, Sumi?
  • Should students use Wikipedia? Jimbo chimes in... [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=105508]

Top 100

  • [http://www.wikirage.com/top-edits/168/ Wikirage - Top 100 most edited]
  • [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~leon/stats/wikicharts/index.php?lang=en&wiki=enwiki&ns=articles&limit=100&month=11%2F2007&mode=view WikiCharts - Top 100 read]

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