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January

Volume 1, Issue 1, 10 January 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Welcome to the Signpost!
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• Portal: Wikipedia website changed to multilingual portal
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• Credibility: Broadsheets and blogs debate over Wikipedia
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• Features: Articles on major disasters fall short of featured status
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• Instapundit: Blog sets off edit war, gets itself protected
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• Fundraiser: Foundation fundraising drive postponed
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• QuakeAID: Wikipedians fight possible earthquake aid scam
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• Upgrade: Work continues to fix MediaWiki upgrade
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• Top 100: Wikipedia moves into top 100 websites
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• AMA election: AMA begins plans for new election
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• Speedy deletion: Expansion of speedy deletion up for vote
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Volume 1, Issue 2, 17 January 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Help wanted
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• Server order: New servers to deal with performance issues
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• Writing contest: International Wikipedia writing contest proposed
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• Country infoboxes: Template debate engulfs country articles
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Fvw: Fvw granted adminship with record support
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• Celebrities: Policy on celebrity impersonators revisited
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• Features: Featured article candidates on controversial topics struggle
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• In the media: Media still probing Wikipedia credibility debate
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Volume 1, Issue 3, 24 January 2005

• Mediation Committee: Mediation Committee adds members, new chair nominated
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• Nofollow tag: Wikipedia ponders joining search engines in fight against spam
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• Taiwan Encyclopedia: Taiwan government models project after Wikipedia
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• News and notes: News and notes: Features and contests, new administrators
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Rave Awards: Jimmy Wales nominated for Rave Award
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• Performance improvements: Developers work on servers, speed picks up again
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• Speedy deletion expanded: Speedy deletion criteria officially expanded
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• Veja: Brazilian magazine commits vandalism, writes about it
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Volume 1, Issue 4, 31 January 2005

• Webcred conference: Blogosphere reacts to Wikipedia after Harvard conference
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• Policy proposals: Enforcement against personal attacks proposed
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• Tangshan earthquake: Indian Ocean quake inspires collaboration targeting Tangshan
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Block wars: Administrators fight over two controversial blocks
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• Heavy metal umlaut: Heavy metal umlaut made into blog movie
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• Tim Starling: Developer Tim Starling leaves Wikipedia
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• New features: Given extra time, Cambodia becomes featured article
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February

Volume 1, Issue 5, 7 February 2005

• Main page protection: Main page locked down after major vandalism
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• 500 featured articles: Featured articles pass 500 mark
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• Proxies: Effort to block proxies via bot aborted
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Encarta: Microsoft challenges Wikipedia with Encarta giveaway
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• Advocacy groups: Outside groups targeting Wikipedia spur fears about bias
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• Three-revert rule: Three-revert rule enforcement practices debated
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Volume 1, Issue 6, 14 February 2005

• Google hosting: Wikimedia Board considers proposal for Google to help host content
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• Wikipedia portal redesign: Redesign of Wikipedia portal site still being discussed after poll closes
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• Music recordings: New project begins to add music recordings to Wikipedia
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Misinformation on Wikipedia: Wikipedia accused of being source for Washington Post error
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• Budget and contract: Wikimedia takes over bandwidth contract, sets quarterly budget
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• Wikiportals: Subject Wikiportals introduced to the English Wikipedia
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• Article hoax: Attempt to foist false article on Wikipedia revealed
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Volume 1, Issue 7, 21 February 2005

• Wired feature: Jimmy Wales misses out on Rave Award, settles for magazine article instead
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• Feature storm: Perfect storm: article created, then featured after only two weeks
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• NPR: Significance of Wikipedia growth explored on NPR
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Gdansk or Danzig: New push to resolve Gdansk
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• Googlepedia column: Media speculation and debate about Google and Wikipedia continues
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• Fundraising drive: Fundraising drive off to successful start
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• Harvard coverage: Wikipedia gets double coverage at Harvard
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Volume 1, Issue 8, 28 February 2005

• Power outage: Power outage halts editing for a day, but not donations
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Criticism and reaction: Critiques of Wikipedia remain hot topic, both outside and in
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• Vertical search: Wikipedia seen as possible competitor in vertical search
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March

Volume 1, Issue 9, 7 March 2005

• Fundraiser ended: Wikimedia fundraiser exceeds target, ends early
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• FOSDEM: Jimmy Wales asks for more developers at FOSDEM
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• Wikipedia citations: Student use of Wikipedia citations debated
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• NY Times archive: New York Times moving closer to competing on Wikipedia turf
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Peer review and FAC: Peer review boosts featured article output to new record
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• Gdansk or Danzig: Vote on Gdansk
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• Block war and desysoping: Block war leads to group being de-sysoped temporarily
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• Yahoo anniversary: Yahoo! features Wikipedia in its anniversary celebration
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Volume 1, Issue 10, 14 March 2005

• Page moves: Page moves restricted as part of fight against vandalism
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• Recycling Troll: Suspicion of banned user's return prompts block war until Jimbo steps in
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• Dispute resolution changes: Changes to dispute resolution lead to controversy
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Power outage redux: Another power outage briefly knocks out website
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• In the news: In the media: Prolific editors featured, German magazine plagiarizes
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• Guanaco adminship: Reinstatement of adminship requested for Guanaco
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Volume 1, Issue 11, 21 March 2005

• Half-million articles: Wikipedia reaches milestone with half-million English articles
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• Quarto: Second issue of Wikimedia Quarto released in five languages, more to come
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• Conference and expo: Wikipedia represented at tech conference and major computer expo
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Best or worst: Wikipedia described as best or worst of the Web, depending on the source
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• Database disk space: Overloaded database server forces Wikipedia to shut off editing temporarily
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• CC-Wiki license: Creative Commons unveils new license for wikis
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• Top admin leaves: Ta bu shi da yu leaves the building
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Volume 1, Issue 12, 28 March 2005

• London meetup: London meetup spurs efforts to start UK Wikimedia chapter
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• MediaWiki progress: MediaWiki 1.4 released, preparations move forward for version 1.5
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Return of stats: Wikipedia statistics updated for first time in months
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• Wikiwax index: Outside sites build more indexes and links to Wikipedia
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• Prosecution and de-adminship: Proposed new processes for prosecution, de-adminship provoke uproar
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April

Volume 1, Issue 13, 4 April 2005

• April Fool's Day: Hoax articles on April Fool's rub some the wrong way
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• Arbitration policy revote: Revote on arbitration policy amendments ends in failure
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• Proxy list: New list used to block open proxies
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Syntax standardization: Wiki syntax standardization project proposed
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• In the news: News outlets note Wikipedia's rapid updates, jokes
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• Plagiarism and comedy: Wikipedia figures in blog's story of student plagiarism
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Volume 1, Issue 14, 11 April 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Help needed during upcoming vacation
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• Yahoo support: Yahoo! announces support for the Wikimedia Foundation
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• Speed feature: New article races to featured status but falls short of record
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• DVD releases: Media covers German Wikipedia DVD, plans for English
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Privacy policy: Privacy policy officially adopted
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• Encarta editing: Microsoft Encarta announces new editing facilities
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• Dot-org boom: Wikimedia Foundation part of "dot-org boom" festival
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Volume 1, Issue 15, 18 April 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: New features and plans during vacation
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• Andrea Dworkin death: Wikipedia breaks the news of Andrea Dworkin's death
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• Lucene search: Internal search function returns to service
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• Encarta elaborates: Encarta makes subtle digs at Wikipedia
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• Features and admins: News and notes: Features and new administrators
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Tax exempt status: Wikimedia Foundation granted tax exemption in US
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• Spoken Wikipedia: Project to record spoken Wikipedia articles is launched
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• Template standardisation: Template dispute leads to design contest
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• In the news: Press covers Wikipedia after being beaten to the punch
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Volume 1, Issue 16, 25 April 2005

• From the editor: From the editor
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• Papal scoop: New Pope sparks wave of edits to Wikipedia
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• Writing contest: International writing contest results announced
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• In the news: Encarta pseudo-wiki debate continues
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• The Sanger memoirs: Larry Sanger publishes memoirs
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Features and admins: News and notes: Features and new administrators
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May

Volume 1, Issue 17, 2 May 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: New feature ideas
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• Commons donation: 10,000 art images donated to Wikimedia Commons
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• Wikipedia in print: Directmedia announces plans to print Wikipedia content
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Features and admins: News and notes: Features and new administrators
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• In the news: Press coverage this week
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• Wikimedia elections: Wikimedia Board elections underway
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Volume 1, Issue 18, 9 May 2005

• From the editor: From the editor
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• Features and admins: News and notes: Features and new administrators
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• In the news: Press coverage this week
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• Brockhaus plagiarism suspected: Brockhaus plagiarism suspected
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• Meetings and events: Recent meetings and events
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Volume 1, Issue 19, 16 May 2005

• From the editor: From the editor
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• Board meeting: Board meeting and elections this week
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• In the news: Press coverage this week
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• MediaWiki 1.5: MediaWiki 1.5 is released, undergoes testing
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• Image uploading: New software for finding and uploading images
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• Other news sources: Wikipedia news sources flourish
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• Features and admins: Recent features and new administrators
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• Skanwiki proposal: New Norwegian language policy settled
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Volume 1, Issue 20, 23 May 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Happy to be back
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• Noncommercial images: Ban on images with restrictive licenses announced
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• Radio show: New radio show records pilot episode about Wikipedia
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• Proceedings of Wikitech-l: MediaWiki nominated for prize, new database dumps available
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• In the news: In the news: Wikipedia serves as supplement to science, BBC
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• German scandal: Political scandal engulfs German Wikipedia
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• Dating system: Debate over designation of years yields inconclusive result
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• Librarians project: Invasion of librarians spawns new WikiProject
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• Traffic growth: Traffic growth in US second only to baseball
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• Wikijunior needs you!: Wikijunior project appeals for help
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Volume 1, Issue 21, 30 May 2005

• Foundation official positions: Wikimedia names seven to official positions
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• Laotian Rock Rat: Rapid response to rock rat revelations
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• Features and admins: Featured article citation rules discussed, featured lists invented
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• Substubs and templates: Substubs deprecated, templates standardized
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• In the news: Wikipedia featured in Time Magazine
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• Wikimedia Board election: Start of election delayed again
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• Vandal fighter: Recent changes patrol adds new tools against vandalism
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• Free software trophy: MediaWiki wins free software trophy
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June

Volume 1, Issue 22, 6 June 2005

• Global downtime: Downtime scheduled Tuesday for server relocation
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• Content arbitration: Content arbitration, reform of mediation process discussed
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• Features and admins: Debate over whether all content has feature potential
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Password security: Password security upgraded after Slashdot furor
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• Wales meets Brockhaus: Wales and Brockhaus CEO meet the press together
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• Lists and rankings: Wikipedia named one of 2005's best products
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• In the news: Press coverage this week
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Volume 1, Issue 23, 13 June 2005

• Server status: Main server cluster relocated, more machines coming online
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• Features, removal, admins: Process for removing featured articles debated
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• In the news: Wikipedia inspires fight against disease, newspaper "wikitorials"
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Apple and reputations: Apple-Intel fallout both good and bad for Wikipedia
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• ESA meeting: Wikimedia representatives to meet with European Space Agency
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• New syntax draft: Initial draft of revised wiki syntax floated
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Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 June 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: A new feature
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• Wikitorials and Wikipedia: Abortive wikitorial project sparks more debate on Wikipedia's merits
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• Features and admins: Featured status removal still being discussed as license policy hits images
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• Wikimedia elections: Technical change in voter eligibility announced while candidates trickle in
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• 100 times 100: 100 Wikipedias have 100 articles
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• Podcasting problems: Biased editing on podcasting turns into public spat
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• In the news: Media focus on collaboration includes Wikipedia
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Volume 1, Issue 25, 27 June 2005

• MediaWiki 1.5: Wikipedia upgraded to MediaWiki 1.5
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• Article blocking: Blocking users by article pondered after block triggers admin's departure
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• Animation contest: Contest held to produce history-animation tool
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• KDE integration: Wikipedia integration into KDE desktop announced
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Directed donations: Earmarking of donations considered, trustees election starts
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• University Challenge: Wikipedia is answer to TV quiz show question
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• Features and admins: Featured picture process tweaked, changes to adminship debated
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• Spoken article feed: Spoken Wikipedia project moves into podcasting
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July

Volume 1, Issue 26, 4 July 2005

• Bugs break watchlists: Work proceeds on bugs in MediaWiki upgrade as watchlists break
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• Mailing list moderation: Mailing list moderation efforts hiked
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• Features and cricket: Cricket Wikiproject turns out extensive featured material in June
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Admin milestones, debate: Admin milestones reached, process debated
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• In the news: Media turn to experts for evaluation of Wikipedia
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• Games on Wikipedia: Squabble over propriety of games on Wikipedia
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• News and notes: News and notes: Quarto, German award, meetup
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Volume 1, Issue 27, 11 July 2005

• London bombings article: Bombings article tracks breaking news with record editing pace
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• Access, traffic statistics: Statistics indicate where Wikipedia is most popular
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• Mixed blog reactions: Wikipedia prompts compliments, analysis, and call to action from blogs
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Speedy deletion changes proposed: New effort to overhaul deletion being voted on
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• Award and press citations: Even without London events, Wikipedia draws media coverage, award
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• Features and admins: Changes in displaying featured pictures discussed
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• News and notes: News and notes: Possible main page redesign
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Volume 1, Issue 28, 18 July 2005

• Wikimedia board elections: Trustees re-elected, but exact results delayed
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• Features and admins: Picture of the day debuts on main page
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• Folksonomy and GNAA: Two articles draw crowds on votes for deletion
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• In the news: Media praises, pans Wikipedia, uses it for corrections
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• Harry Potter: Harry Potter book boiled down for article
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• News and notes: News and notes: Page rank drops
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• German Wikipedia bounties: German Wikipedia introduces incentive scheme
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Volume 1, Issue 29, 25 July 2005

• Market share report: Wikipedia earns top market share for reference sites
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• Britannica editorial board: Britannica announces new editorial board
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• In the news: Wikipedia praised in media, including by competitor of sorts
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• Theory of Wikipedia: Theoretical underpinnings of Wikipedia explored
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Speedy deletion expansion: Criteria for speedy deletion expanded
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• Joke turned rumor: Wikipedia-inspired joke turns into blog rumor
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• LinuxFund donation: New source of funding added
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• News and notes: News and notes: Features, admins, etc.
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August

Volume 1, Issue 30, 1 August 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Help wanted with Wikimania coverage
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• Featured content: Outside sources monitoring featured articles
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• In the news: Wikipedia becomes authoritative source on film profanity
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Votes for deletion: Deletion process gets noticed by media
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Volume 1, Issue 31, 8 August 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Suspending operations
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• Deletion deletion: Deletion of Votes for Deletion shocks system
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• Hype over no announcement: Media hypes Wikimania announcement that wasn't
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• Wales blogs for Lessig: Jimmy Wales blogs for Lawrence Lessig
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• Greenlighting Cyrus Farivar: Hoax exposé prompts attempt to delete author
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• In the news: Press cautious, but notes breadth of detail on Wikipedia
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• Features and admins: Attempt to feature notorious article causes controversy
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 32, 15 August 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Operations continued with temporary editor
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• Slate vfd watch: Slate again generates VfD controversy
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• News and notes: News and notes: Deletion reform and milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia citations abound; Wikimania article published
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• Features and admins: Twelve new admins mark a week of records
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 33, 22 August 2005

• Wikiproject decency vfd: VfD spurs controversy, record vote count
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• G4 and Jamie Kane: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
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• Experimental deletion process 2: New "Experimental Deletion" process started
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• News and notes: News and notes: Funding drive, procedural changes, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: New features proposed, record number of articles promoted
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 34, 29 August 2005

• Roll with the changes: Procedural changes this week
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• Vandals resurface: Vandals surface again, disrupting Wikipedia
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• Portal namespace: Portal namespace created
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Rare request for bureaucratship receives vast support
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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• Errors and omissions: Errors and omissions
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September

Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 September 2005

• Statistics released: Delayed Wikipedia statistics released
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Bureaucratship comes to the fore
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 36, 12 September 2005

• New user log: New user log created
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• Anti-vandal tools: New vandalism-fighting tools released
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• File upload selector: New licensing selector for file uploads
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Funding drive, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 37, 19 September 2005

• CSD criteria: New image CSD criterion added
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• ArbCom election: A look at the upcoming Arbitration Committee elections
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• Esperanza group: New group aims to promote Wiki-Love
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Wikimeetup, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 38, 26 September 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Proposed Signpost Redesign
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• Wikimedia hire: Wikimedia adds second full-time employee
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• Esquire article: Wikipedia edits Esquire
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• Wikipedia applications: Wikipedia used in new applications
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Jimbo on C-SPAN, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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October

Volume 1, Issue 39, 3 October 2005

• Speedy copyvios: New speedy deletion criteria added
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom resignation: ArbCom member resigns
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• 2006 Wikimania bids: Official Wikimania host bids identified, two finalists chosen
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Mediation changes, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 40, 10 October 2005

• Breaking news: BREAKING NEWS: Two new arbitrators appointed
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• Article quality criticisms: Quality of Wikipedia writing questioned
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• Candidate statements: Candidates join the race for ArbCom
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• News and notes: News and Notes: French contributor dies, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 41, 17 October 2005

• Wikipedia growth: Report shows Wikipedia audience growth over past year
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom update: Two arbitrators appointed as more candidates join race
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• Conflict of interest: Edit warrior traced back to airline
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Checkuser proposal, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins: Twenty new admins created
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 42, 24 October 2005

• Answers.com partnership: Wikipedia extends partnership with Answers.com
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom update: Jimbo outlines new elections process
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• China block: Wikipedia access from China blocked again
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• Checkuser controversy: Checkuser proposal causes controversy
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• Multilingual redirects: Replacing old links with multilingual pages debated
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• Take two: Outside discussion of Wikipedia quality goes another round
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• Wikimania: Wikimania 2006 to be held in Boston
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• Esperanza election: First Esperanza Advisory Committee election concludes
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• News and notes: News and Notes: PageRank, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 43, 31 October 2005

• China block: New developments in response to China block
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom update: Candidates join, withdraw in face of uncertainty
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• Image storage: Technical improvements to image storage planned
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• Guardian rates articles: Selected articles get expert ratings
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• Tim Starling Day: Wikipedia celebrates Tim Starling Day
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Encarta article, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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November

Volume 1, Issue 44, 7 November 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: Newsroom changes
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom update: ArbCom member resigns
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• News and notes: News and Notes: 800,000th article, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 45, 14 November 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: New features
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• CheckUser: CheckUser granted to five ArbCom members
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee Elections
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• ArbCom update: ArbCom member announces that she will not run in December
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• Unbanning and mentorship: Two users unbanned and assigned mentors
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• Article evaluations: Evaluations of articles proliferate
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• Search changes: Search function modified
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Swiss Wikipedia meeting, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 46, 21 November 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: New weekly series
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• CC compatibility: Creative Commons floats move toward compatibility with GFDL
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• ArbCom update: ArbCom elections poll continues during week of little activity
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Wikimania 2006 dates, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 47, 28 November 2005

• New languages: Committee proposed to screen new Wikipedia languages
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee elections
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• ArbCom update: Community input continues on ArbCom
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• Board activity: Board plans fundraiser, seeks Wikimania organizer
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Article validation, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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December

Volume 1, Issue 48, 5 December 2005

• Page creation restrictions: Article creation restricted to logged-in editors
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee elections
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• ArbCom update: ArbCom election update
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• Seigenthaler: Retired journalist complains about false biography
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• DDR copyright: Large-scale copyright infringement found on German Wikipedia
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• Curry and podcasting: Adam Curry challenged when podcasting edits discovered
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Fundraiser pushed back, milestones
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• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
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• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
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Volume 1, Issue 49, 12 December 2005

• From the editor: From the editor: RSS feed
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• Media circus: Media flurry leads to identifying writer of Seigenthaler "prank"
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• ArbCom update: ArbCom election update
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• News and notes: News and Notes: Wikipedia traffic skyrockets, milestones
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• Features and admins: Features and admins
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• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
  .

• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
  .

Volume 1, Issue 50, 19 December 2005

• Semi-protection: Semi-protection policy passes
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• ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee elections
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• Nature study: Nature study measures Wikipedia against Britannica
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• Steward elections: Steward elections set to begin
  .

• News and notes: News and Notes: Fundraiser begins, milestones
  .

• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
  .

• Features and admins: Features and admins
  .

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
  .

• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
  .

Volume 1, Issue 51, 26 December 2005

• Semi-protection: Semi-protection policy enabled
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• ArbCom update: Community planning starts on ArbCom elections
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• Steward elections: Steward elections continue
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• Wiki tools: Wiki tools make editing easier
  .

• News and notes: News and Notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
  .

• In the news: Wikipedia in the news
  .

• Features and admins: Features and admins
  .

• Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
  .

• Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
  .