Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2013-09-25

Op-ed

Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia

Over the last year, there's been extensive debate about whether public relations professionals and other corporate representatives should participate on Wikipedia and, if so, to what extent and what kinds of rules should be followed.

Traffic report

Look on Walter's works

The saga of Walter White, chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin, as told in the critically adored television series Breaking Bad, has been a water-cooler necessity for years, and now, as it nears its end, audiences are feverishly following every plot thread to guess what the finale will reveal.

In the media

Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia

Fox News writer Perry Chiaramonte published an article detailing Wikipedia's alleged abandonment of its fight to remove pornography.

News and notes

Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor

On 30 September, Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), the Wikimedia community's global photo competition, will reach to the end of its submission period. The proceedings have been underway since the first of this month; national juries will start reviewing submissions for the first round of selections after it closes ... Community aggravation with one of the Wikimedia Foundation's signature initiatives, the VisualEditor, came to the fore again this week with the announcement and implementation of code blocking the tool.

WikiProject report

Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!

This week, we continued our exploration of other language editions of Wikipedia by visiting the Spanish Wikipedia's Wikiproyecto Fútbol (WikiProject Football).

Featured content

Wikipedia takes the stage

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

Recent research

Automatic detection of "infiltrating" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?

A conference paper makes a rather serious claim: "We find a surprisingly large number of editors who change their behavior and begin focusing more on a particular controversial topic once they are promoted to administrator status."

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