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From the team — A new goose on the roost
Or maybe the spit -- only time will tell.

News and notes
Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet
News from Twitter, Commons and the WMF C-Suite.

News from the WMF
Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment
501(c)(3) application approved, Amazon donates another million.

In the media
Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias
Wading into several controversies.

Disinformation report
From Russia with WikiLove
I can has Kremlin sockfarms?

Recent research
Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors?
And other new research publications.

Interview
Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship
The newest sysop speaks on the process that got them there.

Featured content
Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com
Featured content from October.

Serendipity
We all make mistakes – don’t we?
The strength of Wikipedia is the peer review afterwards.

Traffic report
Mama, they're in love with a criminal
More serial killers than you can shake a stick at!

From the archives
Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver
What tales echo in these hallowed halls.

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