Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode37

Episode 37: An Inconvenient Edit Released: December 12, 2007

WikipediaWeekly Episode 37.

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Participants:

• Andrew Lih
• Tawker
• Witty lama
• The Placebo Effect
• Messedrocker

News

• Durova case, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Durova/Proposed decision
• Arbcom elections: candidates must be 18 years old
• New Executive Director Sue Gardner
• German lawsuit comes... and goes [1]
  • "A Left Party politician filed charges with police against online encyclopedia Wikipedia's German language site for featuring banned Nazi symbols, only to bow to pressure from her party and withdraw the case."
• Rafael Robb issue, what is Wikipedia's relationship with news?
• Update on Vancouver mascots, why is Miga not there, but the other two are Quatchi, Sumi?
• Should students use Wikipedia? Jimbo chimes in... [2]

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