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News and notes

New CEO, new board members, China bans

And one new admin!

In the media

The future of Wikipedia

And a bit about the past.

Opinion

Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned

But just disregarded the warnings.

Op-Ed

I've been desysopped

But not banned!

Disinformation report

Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages

Did German Wikipedia love parliaments a little too much? Plus fake-bacon and a ponzi scheme.

Discussion report

Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators

Emotional injury and rising standards against a backdrop of a dwindling sysop cadre: the 2021 Requests for adminship review grapples with tough issues.

Recent research

Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings

And other new research publications

Community view

Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?

Help us piece together WikiProject Craft!

Traffic report

Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11

Or is it Donda, Leylah Fernandez, and Flight 93?

News from Diff

Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund

$4.5 million for equity.

WikiProject report

The Random and the Beautiful

An interview with members of the Random Page Patrol.

The Signpost: doing it for free since 2005.

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