The Signpost

13 May 2013

WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list

The removal of administrator rights from all volunteers on the Wikimedia Foundation's official website sparked a highly emotional reaction on the Wikimedia-l mailing list—one of the largest off-wiki methods of communication for the Wikimedia movement.

WikiProject report

Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts

This week, we spent some time watching WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts, which was started in August 2005 and has grown to include 12 Good Articles and a Featured List.

Featured content

A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map

[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-05-13/Featured content|Fourteen articles, three lists, and three pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia, including Boletus luridus, seen above.]]

In the media

PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?

An article published on May 10 on Odwyerpr.com written by Greg Hazley documented a "spar" between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and public relations firm Qorvis partner Matt Lauer, who disputes Wikipedia's guideline discouraging public relations firms from editing articles on their clients.

Arbitration report

Race and politics opened; three open cases

The Race and politics case has been accepted for arbitration, and the evidence phase is now open. Two other cases remain open.

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