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I think we should remove the line about the spelling test. After criticising the flawed methodology of the paper it's discussing, the article actually says that the report comes to no firm conclusion. --Dweller (talk) 10:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Four hours without dissent - perhaps it wouldn't be the wrong side of bold if I just removed it. Will do. --Dweller (talk) 14:15, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiPekela.nl is another example of a wiki dedicated to a single town, Pekela in the Netherlands, though not a WMF project. It is not updated any longer because the person who did most work to maintain the site died (he was also a Dutch Wikipedian BTW). S_peakF_ree ^(talk)_(contribs) 15:28, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are a number of towns and cities which have wikis about them (sometimes more than one). Jackiespeel (talk) 16:00, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Vatican and WP

There was a brief mention in the news of the Vatican updating some of its entries on Cardinals and putting in material copied from WP, which was subsequently replaced: is there anything more on this? Jackiespeel (talk) 16:00, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is mentioned in the current (13 January) issue of The Week. Jackiespeel (talk) 23:22, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo plans to black out wikipedia over sopa

Just seconds ago I saw a talking head on CNN say that Jimbo plans to black out wikipedia (similar to what reddit did) in protest of SOPA. Dunno if the talking head got that quote right. –OneLeafKnowsAutumn (talk) 04:44, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]