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Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings

The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.

In focus

Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff

Working with leadership and the community, taking on both operational and strategic responsibilities

In the media

Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism

And the media report it all

Discussion report

Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users

Can we survive without IP addresses?

Traffic report

Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes

And some summer flicks with the usual heroes and villains

Op-Ed

We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored

Should we break the law or publish the truth?

Opinion

The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia

Or how to make a concentration camp disappear?

Community view

Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong

From streets to Wikipedia - What are editors from Hong Kong facing?

News from the WMF

Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year

Emna Mizouni was named the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year.

Recent research

Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research

A roundup of many recent publications examining Wikpedia's gender gaps in participation and content, and their possible reasons

On the bright side

What's making you happy this month?

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse

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