Wikipedia Weekly: 14

We’re back with another episode of Wikipedia Weekly. In this edition:

• We wrap up the Essjay affair, as the famous Wikipedian cuts ties to the online encyclopedia.
• A look at the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Competition, which finished earlier this week. In addition, all the Featured Pictures of 2006 are available as a bittorrent download.
• The new “Username Usurpation” feature at the English Wikipedia.
• Jimmy Wales travels to India for the recent Indian WikiCamp, and narrowly survives an attack of ninja monkeys.
• One thousand Featured Articles at the German Wikipedia.
• 300 Spartans.

See the full show notes for a more detailed rundown.

 

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2 Comments »

1. …the feed is still broken in Amarok *sigh*… and I have no idea if the new version of Amarok can handle it because it’s *still* not in Debian yet.

   Comment by WWWWolf — March 11, 2007 @ 7:46 pm

2. Considering cultural differences between Wikipedias, there is an older, but well written essay from User:Elian about the differences between the German and the English Wikipedia:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Elian/comparison

   Comment by nd — March 13, 2007 @ 3:35 pm

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