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Double trouble

The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

In the media

The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia

What's hot in the media this month.

Special report

Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine

War diary (Part 2)

"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

Technology report

8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer

Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

Featured content

Wikipedia's best content from March

We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

In focus

Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia

A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

Gallery

A voyage around the world with WLM winners

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

Interview

On a war and a map

How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serendipity

Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers

Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

Traffic report

Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion

Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Recent research

Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images

And other new research findings

News from the WMF

How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?

The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

Essay

The problem with elegant variation

An elegant Wikipedia essay.

Humour

Really huge message boxes

A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

From the archives

Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization

A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

The Signpost is looking for new talent.

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