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18 August 2016
News and notes
Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
Conference draws highly diverse and productive participation, and several years' advocacy pays off in a new government policy
Special report
Engaging diverse communities to profile women of Antarctica
Guest post recaps in-depth engagement of experts to address Wikipedia gender gap while improving coverage of their field
In the media
The ugly, the bad, the playful, and the promising
Wikipedia coverage ranged from sobering to playful in this issue's roundup
Featured content
Simply the best ... from the last two weeks
Eight articles, eleven lists, one topic and five pictures were promoted
Traffic report
Olympic views
Politics gives way to sports, TV and film
Technology report
User script report (January–July 2016, part 2)
A review of numerous useful Wikipedia customizations
Arbitration report
The Michael Hardy case
New case opened, and a reminder to administrators not to impose blocks based on private information
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