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Episode 5: ArbCom, Wikipedia 0.5, and Saying "Wiki"
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;Transcript
A partial transcript will be available here. Please help by copyediting or adding to it!
The Panel
;Main hosts
;Guest hosts
;Guests
Overview
=News=
- Viruses found in Wikipedia
- :Hackers in the German Wikipedia place links to a supposed fix for a worm. Instead, the site contains a virus.
- Arbitration Committee elections begin
- : As of recording there are 26 candidates signed up. Former member Kelly Martin comes to talk with us.
- Growth slowing?
- :David Cannon reports October the lowest number of new articles in a year. See Wikipedia:Announcements
- [http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2006/11/13/chinese-wikipedias-surge-in-growth/ Growth rising in Chinese Wikipedia]
- :The rate of registering users in the Chinese wikipedia have more than doubled, since it was unblocked on November 9.
- Wikipedia 0.5
- :The article review process has ended for this release of Wikipedia on CD. Martin Walker comes to talk about the upcoming release.
- How do you say "Wikipedia"?
- :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=
- ''[http://wikipediaweekly.com/2006/11/05/wikipedia-weekly-4-advertising-on-wikipedia/#comment-47 Long comment about Advertisements]
- :In response to Episode 4, "Isaac" leaves a long comment giving many ideas on how advertisements could possibly be placed into Wikipedia.
- Uploading the podcast to Wikimedia Commons
- :Pfctdayelise suggests uploading the podcast to Commons, in Ogg form.
- Transcribing Wikipedia Weekly
- :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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