Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2013-10-09

Traffic report

Shutdown shenanigans

If you're living in the United States, what did you do during the government shutdown? Well, it seems most people watched the final episode of Breaking Bad.

WikiProject report

Australian Roads

This week, we moved to the esoteric world of Australian roads.

Featured content

Under the sea

Seven articles, six lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.

News and notes

Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed

An investigation by the English Wikipedia community into suspicious edits and sockpuppet activity has led to astonishing revelations that Wiki-PR, a multi-million-dollar US-based company, has created, edited, or maintained several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients using a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts.

In the media

College credit for editing Wikipedia

The University of California, San Francisco attracted substantial media attention over its new course offering that will give credit to fourth year medical students for editing Wikipedia articles about medicine.

Arbitration report

Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns

A proposed decision has been posted in the Manning naming dispute. The workshop phase of the Ebionites 3 case closes 13 October. Arbitrator NuclearWarfare has resigned.

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