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265	Cola Wars (talk)	Add sources
7	McClusky, North Dakota (talk)	Add sources
762	Liquid-crystal display (talk)	Cleanup
256	Japheth (talk)	Cleanup
132	Suicide in the United States (talk)	Cleanup
17	Gametrak (talk)	Expand
31	Latin Psalters (talk)	Expand
161	Comic Book Guy (talk)	Expand
70	APBRmetrics (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
296	Division III (NCAA) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
711	American Indian Wars (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
264	Virtual world (talk)	Merge
1,956	Dijkstra's algorithm (talk)	Merge
262	Virtual retinal display (talk)	Merge
184	Roy Williams (coach) (talk)	Wikify
2,580	P-value (talk)	Wikify
94	Battle of Washita River (talk)	Wikify
11	Greece in 5th century BC (talk)	Orphan
3	Harry B. Brock, Jr. (talk)	Orphan
4	Capitan Tifus (talk)	Orphan
41	Image-based modeling and rendering (talk)	Stub
62	Miguel Ibarra (American soccer) (talk)	Stub
5	Quantum ergodicity (talk)	Stub
5	Frank Soos (talk)	Stub
60	Physics envy (talk)	Stub
3	Ideal, South Dakota (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Featured content: A bit fruity

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

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Books and Bytes - Issue 9

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 9, November-December 2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)

New donations, including real-paper-and-everything books, e-books, science journal databases, and more
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The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

Featured content: Kock up

Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

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7	Grenora, North Dakota (talk)	Add sources
12	Velva, North Dakota (talk)	Add sources
5	Fairmount, North Dakota (talk)	Add sources
165	Nokia Asha series (talk)	Add sources
98	Cave automatic virtual environment (talk)	Add sources
6	153rd Cavalry Regiment (talk)	Add sources
10	Singapore–Taiwan relations (talk)	Cleanup
44	Carson–Newman University (talk)	Cleanup
46	NeGcon (talk)	Cleanup
98	Camera resectioning (talk)	Expand
4	Agar, South Dakota (talk)	Expand
14	Walhalla, North Dakota (talk)	Expand
32	Mariko Okubo (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
84	Sports Illustrated cover jinx (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
54	Closed communion (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
51	Uniform-cost search (talk)	Merge
39	Brulé (talk)	Merge
64	Terminal and nonterminal symbols (talk)	Merge
77	Omnidirectional treadmill (talk)	Wikify
11	Marion, Wisconsin (talk)	Wikify
11	Barron, Wisconsin (talk)	Wikify
23	JanusVR (talk)	Orphan
1	Angamoozhi (talk)	Orphan
1	Alexander Breidvik (talk)	Orphan
2	McMillan (community), Wisconsin (talk)	Stub
5	Leiter, Wyoming (talk)	Stub
2	Mill Creek Community, Wisconsin (talk)	Stub
4	Heritage Hall (Valparaiso University) (talk)	Stub
2	Owen Park (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) (talk)	Stub
3	Mount Morris (community), Wisconsin (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

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News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Featured content: Citations are needed

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief

Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better

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Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess

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26	Content Discovery Platform (talk)	Add sources
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118	Tracking system (talk)	Add sources
189	Wheaton College (Illinois) (talk)	Add sources
452	FICO (talk)	Add sources
118	Simulated reality in fiction (talk)	Cleanup
549	2014–15 Russian financial crisis (talk)	Cleanup
34	Missile launch control center (talk)	Cleanup
570	Oculus VR (talk)	Expand
7	Dazey, North Dakota (talk)	Expand
133	All-star game (talk)	Expand
58	Fantasy tropes (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
902	Battle of Leyte Gulf (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
250	VRML (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
284	Rating scale (talk)	Merge
54	Similarity measure (talk)	Merge
1,331	Compiler (talk)	Merge
27	Dave Zirin (talk)	Wikify
20	Croatian science fiction (talk)	Wikify
17	Rural Metro (talk)	Wikify
19	Dextroscope (talk)	Orphan
3	Alfred Orda (talk)	Orphan
2	Alf Burnett (talk)	Orphan
729	Dongle (talk)	Stub
3	Reinhardt domain (talk)	Stub
3	Wyarno, Wyoming (talk)	Stub
2	Hunting, Wisconsin (talk)	Stub
4	Peter Thullen (talk)	Stub
5	Dipole graph (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Traffic report: A sea of faces

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

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Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Traffic report: The American Heartland

Featured content: It's raining men!

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

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Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

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Has WikiProject X changed the world yet? No.

We opened up shop last month and announced our existence to the world. Our first phase is the "research" phase, consisting mostly of reading and listening. We set up our landing page and started collecting stories. So far, 28 stories have been shared about WikiProjects, describing a variety of experiences across numerous WikiProjects. A recurring story involves a WikiProject that starts off strong but has trouble continuing to stay active. Most people describe using WikiProjects as a way to get feedback from other editors. Some quotes:

"Working on requested articles, utilising the reliable sources section, and having an active WikiProject to ask questions in really helped me learn how to edit Wikipedia and looking back I don't know how long I would have stayed editing without that project." – Sam Walton on WikiProject Video Games
"I believe that the main problem of the Wikiprojects is that they are complicated to use. There should be a a much simpler way to check what do do, what needs to be improved etc." – Tetra quark
"In the late 2000s, WikiProject Film tried to emulate WP:MILHIST in having coordinators and elections. Unfortunately, this was not sustainable and ultimately fell apart." – Erik

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12	Preference elicitation (talk)	Add sources
9	Science fiction opera (talk)	Add sources
3	Villieläin (talk)	Add sources
9	Product finder (talk)	Add sources
433	Poverty threshold (talk)	Add sources
428	Devils Tower (talk)	Add sources
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117	Optical head-mounted display (talk)	Cleanup
6	Index of South Dakota-related articles (talk)	Expand
2	Wyoming Highway 789 (talk)	Expand
17	Warren Robinett (talk)	Expand
114	Cybernetic revolt (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
8	Gregory Dix (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
357	Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
19	Reality–virtuality continuum (talk)	Merge
5	Pinedale, Arizona (talk)	Merge
174	Virginia Commonwealth University (talk)	Merge
541	Ohio State University (talk)	Wikify
156	Claremont McKenna College (talk)	Wikify
206	Wearable computer (talk)	Wikify
2	Robert T. Wagner (talk)	Orphan
4	Anup Baral (talk)	Orphan
2	AdoMet MTase (talk)	Orphan
1	DC True (talk)	Stub
4	SACLA (talk)	Stub
2	Afton, Prince Edward Island (talk)	Stub
1	Carnot, Wisconsin (talk)	Stub
1	LeRoy (community), Wisconsin (talk)	Stub
1	Ubet, Wisconsin (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Traffic report: Bowled over

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

Gallery: Feel the love

The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

Gallery: Darwin Day

Traffic report: February is for lovers

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

SF edit-a-thons on March 7 and 8

ArtAndFeminism (3/7) and International Women's Day (3/8)!

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In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the SF Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending!

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Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course!

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