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Op-ed

Articles for creation needs you

Ever since the Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident in 2005 triggered the restriction against un-registered editors creating new pages, WikiProject Articles for creation (AfC) has stood in the breach. The WikiProject's purpose is to review draft submissions from IPs (and frequently new registered editors) to sort the wheat from the chaff.

WikiProject report

Articles for creation: the inside story

This anniversary issue, the WikiProject report is returning to WikiProject Articles for creation for one of our largest interviews ever. Last looked at in 2011, AfC is the method used by unregistered or new users to create articles, and provides an effective filtering system to remove all unsuitable or unsourced submissions to save them needing to be found and deleted later.

News and notes

Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

On the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of the English Wikipedia, the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has announced that its prestigious annual Erasmus Prize will be awarded to the worldwide community that has built Wikipedia.

In the media

Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Wikipedia turned 14 on January 15. A few media outlets took note of the anniversary.

Featured content

Citations are needed

Six featured articles, five featured lists, and sixteen featured pictures were promoted this week.

Traffic report

Wikipédia sommes Charlie

It's a grim certainty what topic most interested Wikipedia viewers this week. The horrific attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine have drawn anger and resolve from around the world, and also the attention of an English-speaking world that had previously never heard of it.

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