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Discussion report Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more
2022-05-29
We summarize the drama for you.
News and notes Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy
2015-03-25
Last week the WMF announced the release of its long-awaited open-access policy.
Arbitration report Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education
2014-09-24
Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education: Banning Policy finishes the workshop phase on 23 September. Parties have proposed findings of fact on the topics of the 3RR, the role of Jimbo Wales, and proxying for banned users. A request for arbitration was posted on 20 September about Landmark Worldwide.
News and notes Wikimedia chapters and communities challenge Commons' URAA policy
2014-02-26
Following a trend started by Wikimedia Israel, Wikimedia Argentina has published an open letter challenging the recent deletion of hundreds of images from the Commons under its policy on URAA-restored copyrights, relating to the United States' 1994 Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
News and notes Privacy policy debate gears up
2013-09-04
On September 3, the Wikimedia Foundation launched the second stage of the process to improve the privacy policy implemented on most Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia and its sister projects, by publishing a policy draft.
Discussion report Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more
2013-09-04
As mentioned in "In the news" on Wikipedia's main page, the Library of Birmingham in the United Kingdom has opened. This interior photo was taken a week before opening. The article reports that the library "has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe."
Discussion report Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more
2013-08-07
CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more: Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more
2013-07-24
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...
Discussion report Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator
2013-06-26
A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.
Recent research "Ignore all rules" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages
2013-03-25
A paper presented at last month's CSCW Conference observes that "Mass collaboration systems are often characterized as unstructured organizations lacking rule and order", yet Wikipedia has a well developed body of policies to support it as an organization.
Discussion report Image policy and guidelines; resysopping policy
2012-12-31
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...
Public Policy Initiative Experiments with article assessment
2010-09-13
Public Policy Initiative Introducing the Public Policy Initiative
2010-06-28
News and notes Public Policy and Books for All
2010-05-10
Sockpuppet scandal The Law affair
2009-10-05
Dispatches Dispatches: Reviewing free images
2008-08-11
News and notes News and notes: Bad sin, milestones
2007-03-20
Promotional photos Effort to modify fair use policy aborted
2007-01-02
Interwiki report Report from the Finnish Wikipedia
2006-10-23
Interwiki report Report from the Portuguese Wikipedia
2006-10-09
Times semi-protection NY Times notices semi-protection policy
2006-06-19
Wikimania series About Wikimania
2006-05-29
Semi-protection Semi-protection policy enabled
2005-12-26
In the news Wikipedia in the news
2005-12-26
Semi-protection Semi-protection policy passes
2005-12-19
Skanwiki proposal New Norwegian language policy settled
2005-05-16
Privacy policy Privacy policy officially adopted
2005-04-11
Arbitration policy revote Revote on arbitration policy amendments ends in failure
2005-04-04
Dispute resolution changes Changes to dispute resolution lead to controversy
2005-03-14
Speedy deletion Expansion of speedy deletion up for vote
2005-01-10