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News and notes

WMF board elections and fundraising updates

Three new admins, but overall numbers still shrinking.

Rijksmuseum – CC0

Special report

Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board

Will we weather the storm?

MBH – CC BY-SA 4.0

In focus

How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators

Unbundling, automation, fighting spirit, and a bot named Reimu Hakurei.

chrisweger – CC-BY-SA 3

Discussion report

Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna

Debate unsettled after seventeen years.

SpokaneWilly – CC BY-SA 4.0

In the media

War and information in war and politics

Advocacy organizations, a journalist, mycophobes, conservatives, leftists, photographers, and a disinformation task force imagine themselves in Wikipedia.

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Sister projects

On editing Wikisource

A journey to a sister project.

Hyacinth – PD

Obituary

Hanif Al Husaini, Salazarov, Hyacinth, and PirjanovNurlan

Rest in peace.

TR1Iceman – CC BY 3.0

Opinion

Etika: a Pop Culture Champion

An article about Etika's appeal and legacy in pop culture.

Will Maupin – CC BY-SA 4.0

Gallery

Spokane Willy's photos

A virtual visit to the Inland Northwest.

Keith Bacongco – CC BY 2.0

Op-Ed

Why you should not vote in the 2024 WMF BoT elections

"Simply not good enough".

thebarrowboy – CC BY 2.0

Crossword

On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crossploughshares

How well do you know the main page (no peeking)?

Ann-Sophie Qvarnström – CC BY-SA 4.0

Humour

A joke

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Edmund J. Sullivan – PD

Cobwebs

Counting to a billion — manuscripts don't burn

Special:Diff/1 and related techno-trivia more complicated than you'd think.

Goodyear – PD

Recent research

Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps

And other new publications on systemic bias and other topics.

Pikawil – CC BY-SA 2.0

Traffic report

Talking about you and me, and the games people play

Elections, movies, sports.

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