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AffCom still grappling with WMF Board's criteria for new chapters
The Board’s two-year moratorium on new chapters and thematic organisations has expired; presentation of new criteria is reigniting smoldering controversies and introducing new ones
Special report
Olympics readership depended on language
A comparison of the 15 most-read articles related to the Olympics, in seven language editions of Wikipedia
In the media
Librarians, Wikipedians, and a library of Wikipedia coverage
Wikipedia gaining ground in credibility among librarians; and a healthy helping of media coverage
WikiProject report
Watching Wikipedia
An interview with WikiProject TV member CAWylie
Featured content
Entertainment, sport, and something else in-between
Twelve articles, eight lists and four pictures were promoted
Traffic report
From Phelps to Bolt to Reddit
An update on two weeks of Wikipedia traffic, based on a new and improved tracking tool
Recent research
Ethics of machine-created articles and fighting vandalism
One study encounters critique of its ethics from Wikipedians; another critiques the ethics employed by Wikipedia
Blog
Upload of free photos from Swiss library underway
Switzerland's largest public science library is uploading 134k photos