Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-10-10

• Opinion essay: The conservatism of Wikimedians
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• News and notes: Largest ever donation to WMF, final findings of editor survey released, 'Terms of use' heavily revised
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• In the news: Uproar over Italian shutdown, the varying reception of BLP mischief, and Wikipedia's doctor-evangelist
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• WikiProject report: The World's Oldest People
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• Featured content: The weird and the disgusting
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• Arbitration report: Senkaku Islands closes; administrators authorized to place articles on discretionary sanctions
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• Technology report: 1.18 deployment and HTTPS switchover completed, but developer help now needed with new projects
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