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BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

An RFC proposes to create a "Bureaucrats' Admin Review Committee" (BARC) composed of bureaucrats empowered to remove adminship rights.

Op-ed

My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Two years ago, I discovered that I was on the autism spectrum.

Recent research

Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

An article argues that Wikipedia displays some key characteristics of a collective intelligence process.

In the media

Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

"Editors representing rival political tribes [are] frequently attempting to impose their respective narratives as the official version of one or another cultural controversy."

Featured content

Even mammoths get the Blues

Five featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report

Namaste again, Reddit

For the first time since this list began, India-related topics have claimed both the top two slots.

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