Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2013-07-24

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Wikipedia flamewars

The Washington Post reported Tuesday on the most controversial articles on various language Wikipedias as determined by a cross-continental research group.

WikiProject report

WikiProject Religion

This week, the Signpost delved into the vast and complex areas of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that make up religion. WikiProject Religion has been around since 2005 and has a complex scope, in that it only takes articles that deal with religion in a non-sectarian sense, along with any articles that do not have a dedicated daughter project.

Discussion report

Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...

News and notes

Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India

Contributors to Wikivoyage, the sister project adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week. ... The Wikimedia Foundation has announced via press release that it has partnered with Aircel to provide free mobile access to Wikipedia.

Traffic report

Gleeless

Death hangs over the top 10 this week, as tragic deaths both past and present continued to cast their pall over an already troubled world. The death of Corey Monteith led to a spike in interest in the man himself, his girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele, and the show that made them both famous, Glee.

Featured content

Engineering and the arts

Twelve articles, seven lists, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

Arbitration report

Infoboxes case opens

The case Infoboxes was opened. The evidence phase continues in Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds. Voting on the proposed decision continues in the Tea Party movement case.

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