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  Volume 14 Issue 7 29 June 2018 

From the editor The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking A Wiki not so Simple, a mayor motivating an editathon, a Marshall Plan, and a Wikimania under a cloud of criticism (continued→)

Special report NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage? Further developments on New Page Review and Articles for Creation work sharing (continued→)

Op-ed What do admins do? Admins volunteer to be abused – or so it seems (continued→)

Opinion Google isn't responsible for Wikipedia's mistakes So it shouldn't get credit for our work, either. (continued→)

<div class="plainlinks" style="-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;page-break-inside: avoid;break-inside: avoid;clear:both; padding:7px 0;"><div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, serif; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; margin-bottom:5px; font-size:140%; line-height:1.4;"><span style="text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px #EEE; color:#777; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:55%;">News and notes Money, milestones, and Wikimania Major grants announced, a new milestone for Afrikaans Wikipedia, a nWMF technical engagement team, an effort to start up a new library, two new admins - or maybe three fewer depending on your math. (continued→)

<div class="plainlinks" style="-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;page-break-inside: avoid;break-inside: avoid;clear:both; padding:7px 0;"><div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, serif; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; margin-bottom:5px; font-size:140%; line-height:1.4;"><span style="text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px #EEE; color:#777; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:55%;">In the media Much wikilove from the Mayor of London, less from Paekākāriki or a certain candidate for U.S. Congress Several online battles are juxtaposed with stories about cooperation and good deeds, Arbcom hovering over it all; notwithstanding, a good action movie script is not necessarily found here. (continued→)

<div class="plainlinks" style="-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;page-break-inside: avoid;break-inside: avoid;clear:both; padding:7px 0;"><div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, serif; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; margin-bottom:5px; font-size:140%; line-height:1.4;"><span style="text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px #EEE; color:#777; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:55%;">Discussion report Deletion, page moves, and an update to the main page Community discussions include style updates to project-wide icons and the main page, procedural questions on royal names and jettisoning unsuitable drafts, and deeper questions of compliance with European privacy laws and the perennial issue of shrinking admin corps. (continued→)

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<div class="plainlinks" style="-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;page-break-inside: avoid;break-inside: avoid;clear:both; padding:7px 0;"><div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, serif; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; margin-bottom:5px; font-size:140%; line-height:1.4;"><span style="text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px #EEE; color:#777; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:55%;">Traffic report Endgame Two celebrities hang themselves, and the FIFA World Cup is underway (continued→)

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<div class="plainlinks" style="-webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;page-break-inside: avoid;break-inside: avoid;clear:both; padding:7px 0;"><div style="font-family:Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, serif; border-bottom:1px solid #AAA; margin-bottom:5px; font-size:140%; line-height:1.4;"><span style="text-shadow: 0px -1px 0px #EEE; color:#777; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold; font-size:55%;">Recent research WMF Research Studying ourselves: 'driven by a sense of mission' according to researchers. (continued→)

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