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14 August 2013
News and notes
"Beautifully smooth" Wikimania with few hitches
About a thousand Wikimedians journeyed to Hong Kong this week for the annual Wikimania conference, the annual gathering of the Wikimedia movement. Wikimania, which has been held since 2005, serves as the principal physical meetup for Wikimedians around the world.
In the media
Chinese censorship
One major story that came out of Wikimania was Jimmy Wales' statements at the conference that he would prefer to have Wikipedia banned entirely in mainland China than censored as it is currently.
Featured content
Wikipedia takes the cities
The week's newest featured content includes seven articles, four lists, and twelve pictures.
Special report
Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and its public face to most of the media, has declared that media organizations are missing out on the "opportunity of the century" by not conducting true investigative reporting into American surveillance practices, a debate kindled by information leaked by Edward Snowden.
Discussion report
Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS
Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
WikiProject report
For the love of stamps
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Arbitration report
Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds
case closes
The
Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds
case has closed, with a unanimous decision to desysop a Wikimedia Foundation employee and indefinitely ban another editor. The
Tea Party movement
case has stalled yet again, in the wake of a controversial proposal to ban 14 editors. A proposed decision in the
Infoboxes
case was scheduled to be posted on 14 August.
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