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Cons, cons, cons

The first ever Wikidata conference was a con we wanted. Problematic paid editing while in a position of trust: not so much.

Arbitration report

Administrator desysoped; How to deal with crosswiki issues; Mister Wiki case likely

Arbitration matters from October and November.

Technology report

Searching and surveying

A new advanced search interface; the Community Wishlist Survey is back.

Interview

A featured article centurion

Brianboulton talks about featured articles on his 100th promotion.

WikiProject report

Recommendations for WikiProjects

A novel approach to recruit members for your project!

In the media

Open knowledge platform as a media institution

Wikipedia seen as flawed but important; conservative think-tank fellow wants his say; volunteer in Madison wants to close the gender gap.

Traffic report

Strange and inappropriate

Readers intrigued by the Netflix show Stranger Things, and by sexual assault allegations.

Featured content

We will remember them

War memorials, soldiers, extinct species, and devastating hurricanes are some of the most recently promoted featured content.

Recent research

Who wrote this? New dataset on the provenance of Wikipedia text

And other new research publications.

Humour

Good faith (but still incomprehensible)

The entertainment value of Wikipedia.

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