Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode5


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The Panel

 * Main hosts
 * Fuzheado | Talk


 * Guest hosts
 * Daveydweeb
 * Zero1328 Talk?


 * Guests
 * Kelly Martin
 * Martin Walker
 * CableModem

News

 * 1) Viruses found in Wikipedia
 * Hackers in the German Wikipedia place links to a supposed fix for a worm. Instead, the site contains a virus.
 * 1) Arbitration Committee elections begin
 * As of recording there are 26 candidates signed up. Former member Kelly Martin comes to talk with us.
 * 1) Growth slowing?
 * David Cannon reports October the lowest number of new articles in a year. See Announcements
 * 1) Growth rising in Chinese Wikipedia
 * The rate of registering users in the Chinese wikipedia have more than doubled, since it was unblocked on November 9.
 * 1) Wikipedia 0.5
 * The article review process has ended for this release of Wikipedia on CD. Martin Walker comes to talk about the upcoming release.
 * 1) How do you say "Wikipedia"?
 * The pronunciation of the Hawaiian word "Wiki" is different compared to how most people say it. Local Hawaiian CableModem comes to talk about the proper pronunciation.

Feedback Discussion

 * 1) ''Long comment about Advertisements
 * In response to Episode 4, "Isaac" leaves a long comment giving many ideas on how advertisements could possibly be placed into Wikipedia.
 * 1) Uploading the podcast to Wikimedia Commons
 * Pfctdayelise suggests uploading the podcast to Commons, in Ogg form.
 * 1) Transcribing Wikipedia Weekly
 * Many comments were put forward about transcribing Wikipedia for the deaf and translating them for non-english speakers.

The World According to Wikipedia
A quick, light-hearted discussion of any funny or unusual page-rankings currently seen on The Top 100 pages at Wikipedia.


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