Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode14
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Wikipedia Weekly Episode 14
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The Panel
[edit]Using Skype to record the conversation - can handle up to 10 people simultaniously. Hosts
Panelists
Content
[edit]News
[edit]- Wrap-up of Essjay affair since Episode 12.
- Plan to require proof of credentials for future interviewees, and for anyone who uses their credentials in editing debates - slashdot.
- Commons Picture of the Year results
- Nick Moreau: "The site now has 1.22 million free license pictures/sound files/videos in the database, almost a quarter of a million more than it did 30 November 2006. (the 1m marker) They also launched the Mayflower search engine... http://tools.wikimedia.de/~tangotango/mayflower/index.php [1]"
- Check out the Bittorrent download of all Featured Pictures of 2006.
- Usurping usernames
- Indian WikiCamp event attracts media, hundreds of Wikimedians
- "WikiCamp India", held on February 25 at Tidel Park in Chennai, India, attracted over 300 participants from throughout the country, including administrators Bhadani, Ganeshk, and Sundar. The event was covered by multiple Indian press sources, including the Indian Express ([1]), and is expected to have raised Wikipedia's profile within the country significantly.
- German Wikipedia reaches 1,000 featured articles
- The German Wikipedia reached 1,000 Exzellente Artikel this week with Pamir (Schiff) (English: Pamir (ship)), becoming the second language to reach that milestone. With 1,002 articles, about 1 in 550 articles are featured in the German Wikipedia, compared to about 1 in 1310 articles on the English Wikipedia.