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News and notes

Upcoming Wikimedia conferences in the US and India; May Metrics and Activities Meeting

Dates and venues for WikiCon USA 2016, WikiCon India 2016, 2016 Glam Boot Camp and 2016 Wikimedia Diversity Conference

Special report

Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director

Sue Gardner appears to be earning more money as the WMF's special advisor than she did as its executive director

In the media

The perils of Wikipedia's monopoly; Wikipedians' fragility; Street Sharks hoax

Not everything you read online is fact

Featured content

Eight articles, three lists and five pictures

Another eight featured articles, three featured lists and five featured pictures

Op-ed

Journey of a Wikipedian

Mental health carries a powerful stigma. The more we are open about it, the less that weighs all of us down

Arbitration report

Gamaliel resigns from the arbitration committee

Gamaliel and others case nears its end, and there are new 30/500 rules

Recent research

English as Wikipedia's Lingua Franca; deletion rationales; schizophrenia controversies

Round-up of recent Wikipedia research

Traffic report

Splitting (musical) airs / Slow Ride

We've recently come into possession of a new tool.

Blog

Freely licensed magic at Eurovision

Albin Olsson has been right there with them, capturing dramatic images of singers from around the world.

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