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Saskatoon police delete Wikipedia content about police brutality
CBC News reports (March 31) that someone using a Saskatoon police computer blanked information on the infamous "starlight tours" from the article on the Saskatoon Police Service. The "starlight tours" involved "police taking aboriginal men and women to the edge of the city in the winter and abandoning them". The practice has been linked to several deaths; a report published in 2004 after a government inquiry advocated adding aboriginal officers to the force. The deletions (e.g., , ) were spotted by university student Addison Herman:

A Saskatoon police spokeswoman confirmed deletions were made from one of their computers, but said it would be impossible to identify the person who made the edits, as server logs are only kept for 30 days. The story has also been picked up by CTV News. 

In brief

 * Best deleted articles: Gawker's Ashley Feinberg has another round-up of "the best articles Wikipedia deleted this week". (March 31)
 * Gender gap: The Huffington Post and Verily Magazine cover the gender gap. (March 29, 31)
 * Wikipedia editing replaces "unappealing essays": Times Higher Education reports on University of Sydney assessments asking students to edit and write Wikipedia articles. (March 31)
 * Mustaine: Loudwire has the second second installment of its Dave Mustaine interview. (March 30)
 * Angola: The Angola Wikipedia Zero story (see detailed report in last week's "In the media") has attracted further coverage in Forbes, Tech Times, PC Magazine, Firstpost and Engadget. (March 27–30)