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Episode 5: ArbCom, Wikipedia 0.5, and Saying "Wiki"


Released: 16 November, 2006

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  • [http://wikipediaweekly.com/podpress_trac/web/16/1/Wikipedia%20Weekly%20--%20Episode%205.ogg OGG]

;Transcript

A partial transcript will be available here. Please help by copyediting or adding to it!

The Panel

Overview

=News=

  1. Viruses found in Wikipedia
  2. :Hackers in the German Wikipedia place links to a supposed fix for a worm. Instead, the site contains a virus.
  3. Arbitration Committee elections begin
  4. : As of recording there are 26 candidates signed up. Former member Kelly Martin comes to talk with us.
  5. Growth slowing?
  6. :David Cannon reports October the lowest number of new articles in a year. See Wikipedia:Announcements
  7. [http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/11/13/chinese-wikipedias-surge-in-growth/ Growth rising in Chinese Wikipedia]
  8. :The rate of registering users in the Chinese wikipedia have more than doubled, since it was unblocked on November 9.
  9. Wikipedia 0.5
  10. :The article review process has ended for this release of Wikipedia on CD. Martin Walker comes to talk about the upcoming release.
  11. How do you say "Wikipedia"?
  12. :The pronunciation of the Hawaiian word "Wiki" is different compared to how most people say it. Local Hawaiian CableModem comes to talk about the proper pronunciation.

=Feedback Discussion=

  1. ''[http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/11/05/wikipedia-weekly-4-advertising-on-wikipedia/#comment-47 Long comment about Advertisements]
  2. :In response to Episode 4, "Isaac" leaves a long comment giving many ideas on how advertisements could possibly be placed into Wikipedia.
  3. Uploading the podcast to Wikimedia Commons
  4. :Pfctdayelise suggests uploading the podcast to Commons, in Ogg form.
  5. Transcribing Wikipedia Weekly
  6. :Many comments were put forward about transcribing Wikipedia for the deaf and translating them for non-english speakers.

=The World According to Wikipedia=

A quick, light-hearted discussion of any funny or unusual page-rankings currently seen on [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~leon/stats/wikicharts/?wiki=enwiki The Top 100 pages at Wikipedia].

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