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January
- Reporter plagiarizes Wikipedia: Wikipedia editors expose journalist's plagiarism
- ArbCom update: Arbitrator elections set to begin in a week
- News and notes: News and notes: Appeal for donations, userboxes controversy
- ArbCom candidates: ArbCom candidates
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Fundraiser ends: Fundraising drive concludes after reaching $380,000
- ArbCom election: Special Series: Arbitration Committee elections
- ArbCom update: ArbCom elections started
- Louis Braille: Google homage sparks work on Braille biography
- Steward elections: Steward elections continue
- News and notes: News and notes: 900,000 articles, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 3, 16 January 2006
- Look back: A look back at Wikipedia's fifth year
- Tim Ryan dismissed: Reporter who plagiarized Wikipedia gets dismissed
- Subjects defend Wikipedia: Victims of errors defend Wikipedia
- Tron dispute: Wikimedia Foundation reportedly facing privacy lawsuit
- Trademark registered: Wikipedia registered as a trademark
- Steward election: Nine stewards elected
- Wikipedia Day: Wikipedia celebrates fifth anniversary
- News and notes: News and notes: Requests for CheckUser, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 4, 23 January 2006
- ArbCom election: Jimbo Wales appoints 11 arbitrators, increases committee size
- Adminship debates: Issues surrounding adminship debated
- News and notes: News and notes: Arbitration Committee Clerk's Office, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 5, 30 January 2006
- Congressional astroturfing: U.S. congressional staffers' editing investigated
- ArbCom Clerks: Clerk's office begins work to assist arbitrators
- Errors remedied: Errors identified by Nature reportedly all fixed
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- News and notes: News and notes: German Wikipedia going to print, milestones
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
February
Volume 2, Issue 6, 6 February 2006
- From the editor: From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales
- Userbox warring: Five users de-sysopped by Jimbo Wales
- Password security: Blank passwords eliminated for security reasons
- ArbCom update: A chat with the elected Arbitrators
- Cartoon chaos: Controversial cartoon leads to fierce debate
- Politicians and Wikipedia: Reactions by politicians continue
- News and notes: News and notes: Arbitrators granted CheckUser rights, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 7, 13 February 2006
- From the editor: From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales
- Userbox warring: Userbox arbitration case closes
- Wikimedia committees: Wikimedia Foundation committees organizing, starting work
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikipedia hits top 25 sites, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 8, 20 February 2006
- Jimbo interview: An interview with Jimbo Wales
- Arbitrator resigns: Arbitrator Mackensen resigns
- China revisited: Access issues in China revisited by media
- Wikimedia UK: Wikimedia chapter incorporated for the UK
- News and notes: News and notes: Proposed Main Page redesign, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 9, 27 February 2006
- Millionth article preparations: Wikipedia preparing for millionth article this week
- Office actions: Interventions by Foundation have bumpy road
- News and notes: News and notes: One million users, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
March
- Millionth article: English Wikipedia hits one million articles
- Politicians citing Wikipedia: Politicians move from editing Wikipedia to citing it
- E-mail confirmations: E-mail confirmation enabled
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikipedian passes away, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Office actions: Office actions policy receives renewed debate
- News and notes: News and notes: April Fool's Day, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Office actions: Jack Thompson unprotected after office removal
- News and notes: News and notes: CheckUser rights, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Britannica: Britannica responds to Nature
- Community portal: Community Portal redesign in progress
- News and notes: News and notes: CheckUser rights, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
April
- Bureaucrats: Adminship processes debated, two bureaucrats resign
- April Fools: April Fools' jokes abound
- News and notes: News and notes: French Wikiquote deleted, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- From the editor: From the editor: New weekly series
- Power outage: Power outage shuts down site for six hours
- Wikimania report: Introduction to a series: Looking forward to Wikimania 2006
- Charity CD: Children's charity creates Wikipedia CD
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikimania papers due soon, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- From the editor: From the editor: Technical difficulties
- Focus comparison: BBC Focus renews encyclopedia comparisons
- Persistent hoax: Media coverage of Wikipedia hoax results in article
- News and notes: News and notes: Anti-vandalism tool, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Wikimania series: Meetups and Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Wikimania series: Meetups and Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Jay Robert Nash: Author threatens to sue, deemed unfit as source
- Job board: Proposal to pay editors for contributions
- News and notes: News and notes: Alexa rank, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
May
- Brilliant prose: Campaign manager resigns over Wikipedia edit
- Wikimania series: Meetups and Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Honors for Jimbo: Assorted honors for Jimmy Wales
- News and notes: News and notes: 4 million articles, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Rankings update: New worldwide rankings show Wikipedia strength outside US
- Wikimania series: Meetups and Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Tron appeal: German chapter prevails in Tron appeal
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Time 100 gala, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Statistics: Project statistics updated, except for Wikipedia
- Templates for deletion: Deletion of metadata icons debated
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikimedia chapters report, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Semi-protection: Semi-protection tweaks prompt debate over ideals
- Muddying Sandifer: Wikipedia administrator investigated after on-wiki dispute
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
June
- Oversight: New revision-hiding feature added
- Indianapolis Star: Paper profiles Wales, criticizes Wikipedia business coverage
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- External tools: New external tools
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- From the editor: From the editor: RSS returns
- Thousandth FA: English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 Featured Articles
- NSLE desysopped: Administrator desysopped after sockpuppeting incident
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikimedia board resolutions, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Times semi-protection: NY Times notices semi-protection policy
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Image undeletion: Undeletion of images now made possible
- News and notes: News and notes: Project logo discussions, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Fair use images: Quicker deletion of non-compliant images proposed
- News and notes: News and notes: 100 × 1,000, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
July
- Angela's resignation: Angela Beesley resigns as Wikimedia Foundation trustee
- Uploads with confirmation: Requiring confirmed email suggested for uploads
- Wikipedia cited by the England and Wales High Court: Wikipedia cited by the High Court of England and Wales
- Unblock mailing list: Unblock requests directed to new mailing list
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Wiktionary milestone, privacy policy update
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- More stable versions: Creating stable versions using existing software proposed
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Blocking changes, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Library of Congress: Library of Congress, Holocaust Museum negotiate with Wikimedia
- Self-deletion: Issue of article subjects requesting deletion taken up
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- News and notes: News and notes: Blocking changes, single login
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Country blocking: Another country reportedly blocks Wikipedia
- Skutt suit: School files suit against anonymous user(s)
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- New Yorker: Wikipedia featured in The New Yorker
- Election update: Election officials named to handle vote for board seat
- Interwiki report: Report from the German Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes: Biographies of living persons, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- The Onion: Onion riff prompts some to cry for change
- Wikimania series: Wikimania last-minute information
- Interwiki report: Report from the Polish Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
August
- Publicity photos: Guidance on publicity photos called dangerous
- Baseball biographies: False death information survives for a month in baseball biographies
- Wikiversity: Wikiversity officially announced by Wales
- Wikimania tech: Single-user login, stable versioning planned soon
- Wikimania announcements: Wales, others announce new projects at Wikimania
- Atlantic Monthly: Early history of Wikipedia reviewed
- Interwiki report: Report from the French Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Wikimercenaries: Editing for hire leads to intervention
- Wikimania series: Meetups And Newsworthy International Assemblages
- Interwiki report: Report from the Chinese Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- Board elections: Board of Trustees elections continue with call for candidates
- Interwiki report: Report from the Swedish Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
- From the editor: A note from the editor
- Board candidates: Interviews with Board of Trustees candidates
- CFO resigns: Wikimedia Foundation CFO resigns
- Wikimania series: Wikimania recap
- Interwiki report: Report from the Spanish Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
September
Volume 2, Issue 36, 5 September 2006
- Everyking desysopped: Everyking desysopped
- Publicgirluk: Explicit images spark debate
- Interwiki report: Report from the Italian Wikipedia
- 1000 Administrators: The English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 administrators
- Board update: Voting begins in Board elections
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- News and notes: News and notes
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report On Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 37, 11 September 2006
- Carnildo resysopped: Carnildo resysopped
- Interwiki report: Report from the Hungarian Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and International Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 38, 18 September 2006
- Citizendium: "Citizendium" project aims to rival Wikipedia
- Interwiki report: Report from the Simple English Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and International Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 39, 25 September 2006
- Board elections: Erik Möller declared winner in Board of Trustees election
- Wikimania Taipei: Wikimania 2007 to be held in Taipei
- Clerk resigns: Arbitration clerk Tony Sidaway resigns
- Interwiki report: Report from the Danish Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
October
- More CSD: New speedy deletion criteria added
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
- Eloquence interview: Interview with Board member Erik Möller
- Interwiki report: Report from the Portuguese Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 42, 16 October, 2006
- China unblock: Wikipedia partially unblocked in mainland China
- Copyright: $100 million copyright fund stems discussion
- Landis strategy: Floyd Landis adopts "the Wikipedia defense" as appeal strategy
- News and notes: News and notes: Logo votes begin, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 43, 23 October, 2006
- Interwiki report: Report from the Finnish Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes: Donation currencies added, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 44, 30 October, 2006
- Board reorganization: Wales resigns chair position as reorganization underway
- Wikipedia valuation: Hypothetical valuation of Wikipedia scrutinized
- Plagiarism cleanup: Work underway to purge plagiarized text from articles
- Librarian video: Librarian creates video course about Wikipedia
- Interwiki report: Report from the Japanese Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes: Commemorative mosaic started, milestones
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
November
Volume 2, Issue 45, 6 November, 2006
- Arbitration series: Arbitration election campaigns begin
- Search and Wikipedia: Blogger studies Wikipedia appearance in search results
- Intellipedia: Intelligence wiki receives media attention
- Interwiki report: Report from the German Wikipedia
- News and notes: News and notes: Foundation donation, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 46, 13 November, 2006
- Chinese Wikipedia: Full accessibility, dramatic growth reported for Chinese Wikipedia
- Arbitration series: ArbCom elections: Information on elections
- Visitors outside US: Report identifies Wikipedia as a leader in non-US traffic
- News and notes: News and notes: Board passes four resolutions, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 47, 20 November, 2006
- China reblock: One week later, Wikipedia reblocked in mainland China
- Contest winners: Military history dominates writing contest
- News and notes: News and notes: Wikibooks donation, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 48, 27 November, 2006
- Arbitration series: Arbitration Committee elections: Candidate profiles
- Steward elections: Steward elections begin
- News and notes: News and notes: 1.5 million articles, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
December
Volume 2, Issue 49, 4 December, 2006
- Arbitration series: Arbitration Committee elections open
- Seigenthaler revisited: The Seigenthaler incident: One year later
- One million uploads: Wikimedia celebrates Commons milestone, plans fundraiser
- International split: Wikipedia wins award in one country, reported blocked in another
- News and notes: News and notes: Steward elections continue, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 50, 11 December, 2006
- From the editor: From the editor: New feature
- Board expansion: Board of Trustees expanded as three new members are appointed
- Financial audit: Wikimedia Foundation releases financial audit
- Arbitration series: Arbitration Committee elections continue, extra seat available
- WikiChix: Female-only wiki mailing list draws fire
- WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Redshirt"
- News and notes: News and notes: Fundraiser plans, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the News
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 51, 18 December, 2006
- From the editor: From the editor: Holiday publication
- Arbitration series: Elections conclude, arbitrators to be chosen
- Fundraiser opens: Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser opens
- WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Dr. Seuss"
- News and notes: News and notes: Steward elections conclude, milestones
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation
Volume 2, Issue 52, 26 December, 2006
- Arbitration series: Seven arbitrators chosen
- Wikipedia and academia: Wikipedia classroom assignments on the rise
- WikiWorld: WikiWorld comic: "Molasses"
- News and notes: News and notes: Stewards appointed, milestones
- In the news: Wikipedia in the news
- Features and admins: Features and admins
- Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
- Arbitration report: The Report on Lengthy Litigation