Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2013-07-31

Op-ed

The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change

One of the narratives I've heard a lot is that Wikipedia is unable to change, that it's too stagnant, too poorly resourced, too inherently resistant to change. I don't believe that at all.

Recent research

Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

An ArXiv preprint titled "Highlighting entanglement of cultures via ranking of multilingual Wikipedia articles" is about the Wikipedia articles on individuals and their position in the hyperlink network of the articles in each Wikipedia language edition, considering the whole hyperlink network.

Traffic report

Bouncing Baby Brouhaha

Somewhat predictably, the birth of a new heir to the House of Windsor on 22 July led the English-speaking world to suddenly embrace Monarchism. In honour of this occasion, the Traffic report will be assiduously employing British spelling and dating conventions. Cheers.

WikiProject report

Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia

This week, we visited the Turkish Wikipedia for an interview with VikiProje Siyaset (WikiProject Politics). The project began in April 2010 and has sustained a small but enthusiastic group of editors focusing on both the domestic politics of Turkey and international politics. The basics for article quality and importance ratings have been determined, but tracking this data has not yet become widespread on the Turkish Wikipedia. The project maintains a portal, a variety of resources, and a rotating selection of images to spruce up the project's page.

News and notes

Gearing up for Wikimania 2013

The ninth annual Wikimania conference will open in just over a week at the Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wikimania is for people worldwide who have an interest in Wikimedia Foundation projects. It features presentations and discussions on those projects, on free knowledge and content, and on related social and technical issues.

Arbitration report

Race and politics case closes

The case Race and politics was closed, while three other cases remain open.

Featured content

Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!

Eight articles, five lists, seven pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia this week.

Discussion report

Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles

Current discussions on the English Wikipedia this week include...

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