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Op-ed
An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
Wikipedia has a long, daresay storied history with hoaxes; our internal list documents 198 of the largest ones we have caught as of 4 January 2013. Why?
Featured content
A lousy week
Six articles, one list, and fourteen pictures were promoted to "featured" states this week on the English Wikipedia.
WikiProject report
Just the Facts
This week, we got the details on WikiProject Infoboxes.
In the media
Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute
Foreign Policy has published a report on editing of the Wikipedia articles on the Senkaku Islands and Senkaku Islands dispute. The uninhabited islands are under the control of Japan, but China and Taiwan are asserting rival territorial claims. Tensions have risen of late—and not just in the waters surrounding the actual islands.
News and notes
UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year
Wikimedia UK, the non-profit organization devoted to furthering the goals of the Wikimedia movement in the United Kingdom, has published the findings of a governance review conducted by Compass Partnership.
Discussion report
WebCite proposal
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Technology report
Wikidata client rollout stutters
The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week.