Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2015-05-13

Foundation elections

Board candidates share their views with the Signpost

Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May.

News and notes

Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests

This week has been a busy one for the Wikidata project, with nearly simultaneous Wikidata contests, both organized by Wikimedia Sweden, now underway.

Traffic report

Round Two

Casual viewers may think I've posted the same list twice. But no, readers just happen to be really interested in May 2's Big Fight. In fact, last week was just the weigh-in and the trash talk. This week, the numbers actually increased.

In the media

Grant Shapps story continues

Grant Shapps, who was the co-chairman of the UK's Conservative Party until this week, has been accused of maliciously editing the Wikipedia biographies of his party's rivals.

Op-ed

What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?

There is a public misconception of Wikipedia: that any anonymous editor can edit Wikipedia at any time, and cannot be tracked or identified.

Featured content

Four first-time featured article writers lead the way

Eight articles, one list, and five pictures were promoted to featured status on the English Wikipedia in a slow week.

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