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News and notes: AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters

The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones

Special report: Olympics readership depended on language

A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia

In the media: Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage

Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage

WikiProject report: Watching Wikipedia

An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie

Featured content: Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between

Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted

Traffic report: From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit

An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool

Technology report: Wikimedia mobile sites now don't load images if the user doesn't see them

New scripts and technical news

Recent research: Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism

One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia

Blog: Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway

Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos