Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode49



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 * Participants:


 * Andrew Lih aka User:Fuzheado
 * Tawker
 * Danny Wool
 * GerardM
 * Chad Horohoe

Rundown

 * The Foundation board reorganization and Wikicouncil passed on for now
 * Simple version - from blog
 * Official version - longer
 * Wikicouncil - Lodewijk and others chime in
 * Starting a Projects council - Be bold, and do it :)
 * Stable versions on German Wikipedia, already 7% of articles have it?
 * Graph of which ones have been sighted - http://toolserver.org/~aka/cgi-bin/reviewcnt.cgi
 * Bugrequest/Idea for feature - stable version link - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14001
 * Lawsuits thing (from the news)
 * WorldNetDaily and porn and FBI? Verifiable?
 * http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=63722
 * Scorpions cover. Encyclopedic or pornographic?
 * Lawsuit for Section 230
 * Erik thing
 * Valleywag article and associated commentary
 * First article
 * Valleywag article about "Greek" wrong, should retract
 * Coverage: Mashable, Cyde , Danny , Andrew , Wikip
 * Foundation-L moderation
 * de publishes wiki http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/wikipedia-to-be-published-controversy-ensues.html
 * Bertelsmann deal
 * Lawsuit http://www.out-law.com/page-9095
 * The case against the Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed on 7/1/08.
 * Jimmy Interview from last week
 * 1) Erasing obvious vandalism from database
 * 2) BLP - Brian Peppers and limiting article sizes
 * 3) “Arbcom” equivalent for content
 * GerardM - ISO and languages, Commons

Top 100

 * Wikirage - Top 100 most edited


 * Again at the end, call for new people


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