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The Signpost: 30 July 2014
- Book review: Knowledge or unreality?
- Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate
- News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
- Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World
- Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit
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Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share
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The Signpost: 06 August 2014
- Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview
- Traffic report: Ebola
- Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them
- Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico
The Signpost: 13 August 2014
- Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia
- Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction
- Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective
- Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars
- News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia
- In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
- Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week
Request for arbitration
Hi Timothy, would it be possible for you to arbitrate on this issue?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shudra#Scholarly_referenced_content_on_this_page_is_being_removed.
As you can see here I have made repeated requests to the editor not to use the offensive word "untouchable" to describe Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the man who drafted the Indian Constitution. The use of the derogatory and racist word -- which has no relevance to the article -- has been rationalized with some incredible "racist" logic. Also, every statement I have made in the article is backed by research evidence, some of which I had provided in the citation to the article, and some of which I have provided on the Talk:Shudra. But instead of discussing my edit my version has been repeatedly reverted and I have been given a 3 revert warning. Since I have taken the discussion to its logical conclusion it would be nice if the arbitrator could come in and resolve the matter.
This was my edit, with citations and hyperlinks, which was reverted to a "racist" and "biased" stub with no citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shudra&diff=next&oldid=621626375
I had posted this issue on the dispute resolution board (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Shudra) but the other editor had it closed saying, perhaps correctly, that dispute resolution, at that stage, was premature. I have tired to post there again but since my summary of dispute didn't show up after saving the page I thought I would ask you. If this dispute doesn't come under your purview I would appreciate it if you could guide me to the right place. Thanks. -Spark121212 (talk) 22:51, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 August 2014
- Traffic report: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero
- WikiProject report: Bats and gloves
- Op-ed: A new metric for Wikimedia
- Featured content: English Wikipedia departs for Japan
The Signpost: 27 August 2014
- In the media: Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
- News and notes: Media Viewer—Wikimedia's emotional roller-coaster
- Traffic report: Viral
- Featured content: Cheats at Featured Pictures!