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Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

The English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee has closed the colossal GamerGate arbitration case, whose size—involving 27 named parties—recalls large and complex cases of the past.

In the media

A murderous week for Wikipedia

A murder suspect edits Wikipedia, Russia is kidding when it says it wants to censor Wikipedia.

Forum

Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Does the committee facilitate stability... or is it a circus. Two users, two perspectives.

Traffic report

A sea of faces

It is pretty clear what the theme is this week: people.

Recent research

Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

A paper presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year presents an automated method to improve Wikipedia's coverage of theatre plays.

Special report

Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola

As with last year, music stars were the majority of celebrities on the list, as their frequent concerts and media appearances keep their flames alight longer than others of their stripe.

Featured content

Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

Ten featured articles, three featured lists, and 22 featured images were promoted this week.

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