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{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|3|2017-07-15|In the media|Concern about access and fairness, Foundation expenditures, and relationship to real-world politics and commerce}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|4|2017-07-15|Recent research|The chilling effect of surveillance on Wikipedia readers}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|5|2017-07-15|Op-ed|Why Task Forces are Dying in 2017}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|6|2017-07-15|Gallery|A mix of patterns}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|7|2017-07-15|Humour|The Infobox Game}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|8|2017-07-15|Traffic report|Film, television and Internet phenomena reign with some room left over for America's birthday}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|9|2017-07-15|Technology report|New features in development; more breaking changes for scripts}}
{{Signpost/item|{{{1}}}|10|2017-07-15|Wikicup|2017 WikiCup round 3 wrap-up}}
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===The French disconnection===
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There have been fresh developments in an ongoing controversy within the leadership of the [[wmfr:|Wikimedia France]] chapter (WMFR). At the centre is the management and governance of the chapter, including conflicts of interest, board resignations, resignations by volunteer project leaders, the dismissal of staff, and the expulsion of members. Some 70 members have [https://www.mathisbenguigui.eu/wikimedia-timeline/#AG-anticipée-70 signed] a call for an early general assembly, which is now being scheduled.
Threads on the [[w:fr:Wikipédia:Le_Bistro|Bistro]] (a central discussion point for editors) have raised related issues [[w:fr:Wikipédia:Le_Bistro/26_juin_2017#Avis_de_temp.C3.AAte_dans_le_chapter_Wmfr|on 26]] and [[w:fr:Wikipédia:Le_Bistro/27_juin_2017#.23wmfrgate|27 June]]; many further discussions regarding WMFR have occurred since 8 July. Several chapter members have developed a [https://www.mathisbenguigui.eu/wikimedia-timeline/ timeline] (in French, [https://www.mathisbenguigui.eu/wikimedia-timeline/indexEN.html English translation available]) of events dating back to 2013; the hashtag [https://twitter.com/hashtag/wmfrgate #wmfrgate] has been used on Twitter.
In an email, [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-July/088008.html forwarded to the Wikimedia-l mailing list] by Chris Keating, five of the seven WMFR board members describe their view of the situation. According to Keating:
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* How WMFR feels community members are "destabilising and denigrating" the chapter, and how Wikimedia France is responding by expelling some of those people from the organisation, threatening them with legal action, and temporarily closing its email discussion list
* Accusations that Christophe Henner has personally manipulated the FDC [<nowiki/>[[m:Grants:APG/Funds_Dissemination_Committee|Funds Dissemination Committee]]<nowiki/>] process to cut WMFR's funding
* Also, a statement from WMFR that the WMF is also considering withdrawing WMFR's chapter agreement
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The Wikimedia Foundation [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-July/088014.html has responded] to the email. Katy Love, Director of Resources, writes:
{{Signpost quote|We find many aspects of this public email disturbing and contrary to the values of the Wikimedia movement. ... The current situation with Wikimédia France is creating great strain on the French community, former and current staff of Wikimédia France, and concerned volunteers around the world. We recognize that the situation must be resolved soon, in the interests of the Wikimedia projects and vision.}}
WMF staff will conduct a [[m:Grants:APG/Policies/Site_visits|site visit]], which will involve "working with Wikimédia France to initiate an independent governance review". Funding to WMFR is conditional on such a site visit and governance review, as well as making progress against the resulting recommendations.
Wikimedia Foundation Communications Director, [[m:User:Jbarbara (WMF)|Juliet Barbara]], told the ''Signpost'':
{{Signpost inline quote|Allegations about the FDC process in Wikimédia France’s recent email to its membership have no merit. They were rejected by the Wikimedia Foundation Board, which strongly endorsed the results and independence of the FDC process and denied Wikimédia France’s appeal of that recommendation. Based on his past relationship with Wikimédia France, Christophe was not present during any FDC discussions related to WMFR at the Round 2 discussions held in May.<ref>https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2016-2017_round_2</ref> He also formally recused himself<ref>[https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_approval_of_FDC_recommendation_(2016-17,_Round_2) https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_approval_of_FDC_recommendation<wbr>_(2016-17,_Round_2])</ref> from the Board’s investigation and handling of Wikimedia France’s appeal and abstained from voting on the Wikimédia France section of the Board's resolution.
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===WMF team changes===
Following on from last month's changes (see previous [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-06-23/News_and_notes|''Signpost'' coverage]]), [[wmf:User:Trevor_Parscal_(WMF)|Trevor Parscal]] has [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2017-July/088414.html announced some further adjustments] on the Wikitech-l mailing list.
The Language and Collaboration teams merged to become the Global Collaboration team. Runa Bhattacharjee will manage the combined team. Meanwhile, [[wmf:User:Deskana_(WMF)|Dan Garry]] joined the team responsible for editing tools like VisualEditor, now renamed the Editing team. This allows [[wmf:User:Jdforrester_(WMF)|James Forrester]] to "step away from his 5-year stint as the Product Manager for VisualEditor and focus on leading product for Contributors".
===Brief notes===
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*'''New user-groups''': The [[meta:Affiliations Committee|Affiliations Committee]] announced the approval of this week's newest [[meta:Wikimedia movement affiliates|Wikimedia movement affiliates]], the [[m:Wikipedia Library User Group|Wikipedia Library User Group]] and the [[m:Hindi Wikimedians User Group|Hindi Wikimedians User Group]].
*'''New administrators''': ''The Signpost'' welcomes the English Wikipedia's newest administrator, [[User:GeneralizationsAreBad|GeneralizationsAreBad]].
*'''Milestones''': The following Wikipedia project reached milestones: 5,000 – [[:frr:|North Frisian]] (3 July 2017)
*'''Movement strategy update''': The summary of the [[m:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017|Wikimedia Movement Strategy]] Cycle 2 discussions is now [[m:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Sources/Cycle 2/Final summary|available on Meta]]. You can [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Strategy 2017|join the Cycle 3 discussions]] regarding identified challenges, which take place weekly until the end of July.
*'''Final annual plan''': The final version of the WMF's 2017/18 Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Trustees on June 16th, and has been [[m:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2017-2018/Final|published on Meta]].
*'''Wikimedia Conference Report''': The grant report for the [[m:Wikimedia Conference 2017|Wikimedia Conference 2017]] is [[m:Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Report|available on Meta]], along with [[m:Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Documentation|session documentation]].
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===Featured articles===
Fourteen [[WP:FA|featured article]]s were promoted this week.
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* The '''[[Inaccessible Island rail]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Inaccessible Island rail/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Sabine's Sunbird|Sabine's Sunbird]])''</small> is a small bird of the rail [[Family (biology)|family]], [[Rallidae]]. It is the [[Monotypic taxon|only species]] in the [[genus]] '''''Atlantisia'''''. [[Endemism|Endemic]] to [[Inaccessible Island]] in the [[Tristan da Cunha|Tristan Archipelago]] in the isolated south Atlantic, it is notable for being the smallest extant [[flightless bird]] in the world.
* '''[[Mother's Day (Rugrats)]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Mother's Day (Rugrats)/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Aoba47|Aoba47]])''</small> is the second episode of the fourth season of the American [[Animated series|animated]] television series ''[[Rugrats]]'' and the show's 67th episode overall. Released as a [[Mother's Day]] [[Television special|special]], it revolves around the holiday from the perspective of a group of babies as they attempt to find the perfect mother for Chuckie, while sharing their favorite memories about their moms. "Mother's Day" was praised by critics and has been the subject of several retrospective reviews for its treatment of the death of a parent.
* '''''[[The Million Second Quiz]]''''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Million Second Quiz/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Bcschneider53|Bcschneider53]])''</small> is an American [[game show]] that was hosted by [[Ryan Seacrest]] and broadcast by [[NBC]]. The series aired from September 9 to September 19, 2013. For a titular million seconds (11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds), contestants attempted to maintain control of a "money chair" by winning trivia matches against other contestants, earning money for every second they occupied the chair. The quiz was dubbed "The Olympics of quiz." Critics argued that the confusing format of ''The Million Second Quiz'', along with its lack of drama and technical issues with the show's app during the first days of the series, caused viewers to lose interest in watching it on air. Although peaking at 6.52 million viewers for its premiere, ratings steadily dropped during the show's run before rising again near the finale.
* The '''[[Illinois Centennial half dollar]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Illinois Centennial half dollar/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]])''</small> is a [[Early United States commemorative coins|commemorative]] [[Half dollar (United States coin)|fifty-cent piece]] struck by the [[United States Mint|United States Bureau of the Mint]] in 1918. The coins were minted in August 1918, and were sold to the public for $1 each. All sold, though many were held by a bank until 1933. Later writers have generally admired the coin, considering it one of the more handsome American commemoratives. The coin is valued in the hundreds of dollars today, though exceptional specimens may trade for more.
* '''[[Coalhouse Fort]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Coalhouse Fort/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Prioryman|Prioryman]])''</small> is an artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the lower [[Thames]] from seaborne attack. It stands at Coalhouse Point in [[Essex]] on the north bank of the river, at a location near [[East Tilbury]] that was vulnerable to raiders and invaders. Decommissioned in 1949, the fort was used for a time as a storehouse for a shoe factory before it was purchased by the local council. Since 1985 it has been leased to a voluntary preservation group, the Coalhouse Fort Project, which has been working to restore the fort and use it for heritage and educational purposes. Funding for its restoration has been provided in part by the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]] and the [[Warner Bros.]] film studio, which used the fort as a location for the opening scenes of the 2005 film ''[[Batman Begins]]''.
* The '''[[Guadeloupe amazon]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Guadeloupe amazon/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:FunkMonk|FunkMonk]])''</small> is a [[hypothetical extinct species]] of [[parrot]] that is thought to have been [[endemic]] to the [[Lesser Antillean]] island region of [[Guadeloupe]]. According to contemporary descriptions, the head, neck and underparts of the Guadeloupe amazon were mainly violet or slate in colour, mixed with green and black, the back was brownish green, and the wings were green, yellow and red. The bird fed on fruits and nuts, and the male and female took turns sitting on the nest. It was eaten by French settlers, who also destroyed its habitat. Rare by 1779, it appears to have become extinct by the end of the 18th century.
* The '''[[red-billed tropicbird]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Red-billed tropicbird/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:RileyBugz|RileyBugz]] and [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]])''</small> is a [[tropicbird]], one of three closely related species of [[seabird]] of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling a [[tern]] in appearance, it has mostly white plumage with some black markings on the wings and back, a black mask and, a red bill. This species ranges across the tropical [[Atlantic (ocean)|Atlantic]], eastern [[Pacific]], and [[Indian Ocean|Indian Oceans]]. Birds of all ages feed on fish and squid, catching them by diving from the air into the water. However, the red-billed tropicbird sometimes follows surface-feeding predators. The predators will drive the prey to the surface, which are then seized by the tropicbird.
* '''[[Death of Leelah Alcorn| Leelah Alcorn]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Death of Leelah Alcorn/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Midnightblueowl|Midnightblueowl]])''</small> was an American [[transgender]] girl whose suicide attracted international attention. Alcorn had posted a [[suicide note]] to her [[Tumblr]] blog, writing about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressing the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse and lack of support for transgender people. [[LGBT rights]] activists called attention to the incident as evidence of the problems faced by transgender youth, while vigils were held in her memory in the United States and United Kingdom.
* The '''[[250t-class torpedo boat]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/250t-class torpedo boat/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Peacemaker67|Peacemaker67]])''</small> were high-seas [[Torpedo boat|torpedo boats]] built for the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] between 1913 and 1916. A total of 27 boats were built by three shipbuilding companies, with the letter after the boat number indicating the manufacturer. All 27 boats saw service in [[World War I]], undertaking [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine operations]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]], [[shore bombardment]] missions along its Italian coastline, and [[convoy]], and escort and [[minesweeping]] tasks. Although widely used during the war, the class suffered no losses, despite taking hits during surface engagements and damage from accidents. By 1940, thirteen boats of the class had been lost or [[Ship breaking|scrapped]]
* The '''[[octopus]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Octopus/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Chiswick Chap|Chiswick Chap]], [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] and '' [[User:LittleJerry|LittleJerry]]'')''</small> is a soft-bodied, eight-[[Cephalopod limb|armed]] [[mollusc]] of the [[Order (biology)|order]] '''Octopoda'''. Around 300 [[species]] are recognised and the order is grouped within the [[Class (biology)|class]] [[Cephalopod|Cephalopoda]] with [[Squid|squids]], [[cuttlefish]] and [[Nautiloid|nautiloids]]. Octopuses have a complex nervous system and excellent sight, and are among the most intelligent and behaviourally diverse of all [[Invertebrate|invertebrates]]. The octopus is [[Symmetry in biology|bilaterally symmetric]] with two eyes and a [[Cephalopod beak|beak]], with its mouth at the centre point of the arms. Octopuses inhabit various regions of the [[ocean]], including [[coral reef]]s, [[pelagic]] waters, and the [[seabed]]; some live in the [[intertidal zone]] and others at [[Abyssal zone|abyssal depths]]. Most species grow fast, mature early and are short-lived.
* '''''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Czar|Czar]])''</small> is a 1986 [[side-scrolling]], [[platform video game]] developed and published by [[Nintendo]] as the first sequel to their 1985 bestseller ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''. The title is known for its intense difficulty, which contributes to its reputation as a [[black sheep]] in the franchise. Reviewers viewed ''The Lost Levels'' as an extension of the original release, especially its difficulty progression. ''The Lost Levels'' was the most popular game on the Disk System, for which it sold about 2.5 million copies. It is remembered among [[Nintendo hard|the most difficult games by Nintendo]] and in the video game medium, and among the least important games in the ''Mario'' series.
* '''''[[Boogeyman 2]]''''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Boogeyman 2/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:PanagiotisZois|PanagiotisZois]])''</small> is a 2007 American [[Supernatural fiction|supernatural]] [[horror film]] edited and directed by [[Jeff Betancourt]] and the [[sequel]] to the 2005 film ''[[Boogeyman (film)|Boogeyman]]''. It received mixed reviews from critics, although many of them considered it to be a general improvement over its predecessor. Attention was especially given to the human-like nature of the Boogeyman in the film, which reviewers felt was preferable to monsters in other contemporary [[Creature Features|creature features]], including the previous film. Despite a mediocre commercial performance, recouping slightly less than its budget, the film received a sequel, ''[[Boogeyman 3]]'', the following year.
* The decisive '''[[Battle of Kunersdorf]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Kunersdorf/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Auntieruth55|auntieruth]])''</small> occurred on 12 August 1759 near [[Kunowice|Kunersdorf (Kunowice)]], immediately east of [[Frankfurt (Oder)|Frankfurt an der Oder]]. Part of the [[Seven Years' War]], the battle involved over 100,000 men. An Allied army commanded by [[Pyotr Saltykov]] and [[Ernst Gideon von Laudon]] that included 41,000 [[Russian Empire|Russians]] and 18,500 [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrians]] defeated [[Frederick II of Prussia|Frederick the Great's]] army of 50,900 Prussians.
* '''[[Cyclone Ada]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Cyclone Ada/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Juliancolton|Juliancolton]])''</small> was a small but intense [[tropical cyclone]] that severely impacted the [[Whitsunday Region]] of [[Queensland]], [[Australia]], in January 1970. It has been described as a defining event in the history of the [[Whitsunday Islands]], and was the most damaging storm in the mainland town of [[Proserpine, Queensland|Proserpine]]'s history at the time. Ada devastated multiple resort islands in the Whitsundays, in some cases destroying virtually all facilities and guest cabins. Based on the severity of the damage, wind gusts were later estimated at 220 km/h (140 mph). As Ada moved ashore, most homes were damaged or destroyed in communities near the storm's [[Landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] point, including [[Cannonvale]], [[Airlie Beach]], and Shute Harbour. Extreme rainfall totals as high as 1.25 m (49 in) caused massive river flooding in coastal waterways between [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]] and Mackay. Ada killed a total of 14 people, and caused [[A$]]12 million in damage. The cyclone revealed inadequacies in the warning broadcast system, and served as the impetus for enhanced cyclone awareness programs that have been credited with saving lives in subsequent cyclones.
===Featured lists===
Six [[WP:FL|featured list]]s were promoted this week.
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* '''Northamptonshire''' is a county in the [[East Midlands]] of [[England]]. It has an area of 236,700 hectares (914 sq mi) and a population estimated in mid-2015 at 723,000. As of May 2017, there are '''[[List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire|18 Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Local Nature Reserves in Northamptonshire/archive1|nominated]] by [[User: Dudley Miles|Dudley Miles]])''</small>, and there is public access to all sites.
* The [[2016 Atlantic hurricane season]] was the costliest, as well as the first above-average, [[Atlantic hurricane season]] in [[2012 Atlantic hurricane season|four years]]. It featured the highest number of deaths since the [[2008 Atlantic hurricane season|2008 season]] and also yielded the highest number of [[Tropical cyclone naming|named storm]] [[Landfall|landfalls]] on the United States since that year. The season spanned from '''[[Timeline of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season|June 1 to November 30]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:TropicalAnalystwx13|TropicalAnalystwx13]])''</small>. A total of 16 [[Tropical cyclone#Tropical depression|tropical depressions]] were recorded, of which 15 further intensified into [[Tropical cyclone#Tropical storm|tropical storms]]. Of those 15, a total of 7 strengthened into [[Tropical cyclone#Hurricane or typhoon|hurricanes]], while 2 attained their peaks as [[Tropical cyclone scales#Atlantic.2C Eastern and Central Pacific|major hurricanes]].
* ''[[Madras (film)|Madras]]'' is a 2014 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Pa. Ranjith]]. Released on 26 September 2014, the film garnered generally positive reviews and was a commercial success at the box office, It was included in ''[[The Hindu]]'''s top 20 Tamil-language films of the year. The film won '''[[List of accolades received by Madras (film)|24 awards from 50 nominations]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Madras (film)/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Ssven2|Ssven2]])''</small>; its direction, screenplay, performances of the cast members, music, and cinematography have received the most attention from award groups.
* ''[[Paradesi (2013 film)|Paradesi]]'' (English: ''Vagabond'') is a 2013 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[Historical period drama|period drama]] film written, produced and directed by [[Bala (director)|Bala]]. ''Paradesi'' was made on a budget of ₹400 million and was released on 15 March 2013 to critical acclaim, but failed at the box office. The film won '''[[List of accolades received by Paradesi (2013 film)|34 awards from 56 nominations]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Paradesi (2013 film)/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Ssven2|Ssven2]])''</small>; its direction, performances of the cast members, music, cinematography, and costumes have received the most attention from award groups.
* The '''[[Premier League Asia Trophy]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Premier League Asia Trophy/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Bloom6132|Bloom6132]])''</small> is a pre-season [[association football]] [[Exhibition game#Club football|friendly]] tournament held in Asia every two years since its inception in 2003. It is "the only [[Premier League]]-affiliated competition".
* [[Valve Corporation]] is an American [[video game developer]] and [[Video game publisher|publisher]] founded in 1996 by [[Gabe Newell]] and [[Mike Harrington]]. Valve Corporation's first video game was was ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', a [[first-person shooter]] released in 1998. It received universal acclaim and sold over 9 million units in retail. Since then, Valve has released '''[[List of Valve Corporation video games|33 other video games]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Valve Corporation video games/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:The1337gamer|The1337gamer]])''</small>, also to much critical success.
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===Featured pictures===
Nine [[WP:FP|featured picture]]s were promoted this week, including the Pine Trees screens<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span lang="ja">[[Shōrin-zu byōbu]]</span><span style="display:none">,</span> <i>松林図 屏風</i>)</span> a pair of six-panel [[folding screen]]s (''[[byōbu]]'') by the Japanese artist [[Hasegawa Tōhaku]] {{small|1=''([[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shōrin-zu byōbu|nominated]] by [[User:Theramin|Theramin]])''}}.
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File:RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch.jpg|'''[[La Punt-Chamues-ch|La Punt - Chamues-ch]]''' is a railway station on the [[Rhaetian Railway#Engadin line .28Pontresina.E2.80.93Scuol-Tarasp.29|Engadin line]] ([[Pontresina]]–[[Scuol-Tarasp (Rhaetian Railway station)|Scuol-Tarasp]]) in the [[Engadin]] valley of the eastern [[Swiss Alps]] in southeastern Switzerland. <br/> {{small|1=''(created by [[User:Kabelleger|Kabelleger]] and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/La Punt-Chamues-ch railway station|nominated]] by [[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]])''}}
File:Longnose batfish.jpg|The '''[[Ogcocephalus corniger|longnose batfish]]''', a species of [[Ogcocephalidae|batfish]] found in the Atlantic Ocean <br/> {{small|1=''(created and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Longnose batfish.jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Atsme|Atsme]])''}}
File:Olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile.jpg|The '''[[Olive baboon]]''' is a species of baboon<br/> {{small|1=''(created by [[c:User:DmitriyGuryanov|DmitriyGuryanov]] [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Olive baboon with juvenile|nominated]] by [[User:Charlesjsharp|Charlesjsharp]])''}}
File:Suzzanna, c 1963, Tati Photo Studio.jpg|'''[[Suzzanna]]''' (1942–2008), an Indonesian actress<br/> {{small|1=''(created by Tati Photo Studios, Jakarta; restored and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Suzzanna|nominated]] by [[User:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]])''}}
File:Spotted Trunkfish.jpg|The '''[[spotted trunkfish]]''' is found in reefs throughout the Caribbean, as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. The species gets its name from the black spots it has covered over its yellow-golden body. <br/> {{small|1=''(created by Betty Willis and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/spotted trunkfish|nominated]] by [[User:Atsme|Atsme]])''}}
File:Savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis).JPG|The '''[[Savanna hawk]]''' is a large [[Bird of prey|raptor]] found in open [[savanna]] and [[swamp]] edges. It breeds from [[Panama]] and [[Trinidad]] south to [[Bolivia]], [[Uruguay]] and central [[Argentina]].<br/> {{small|1=''(created and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Savanna hawk|nominated]] by [[User:Charlesjsharp| Charlesjsharp]])''}}
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===Concerns about unimpeded access to Wikipedia continue===
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Free-of-charge access and free-of-interference access to Wikipedia were the subjects of articles in a number of outlets – the libertarian magazine ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'', Harvard University's ''[[Harvard Magazine]]'', the online magazine ''[[Slate.com]]'', and the Canadian cultural magazine ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. The ''Vice'' story provocatively suggested nullifying [[censorship of Wikipedia]] by disseminating Wikipedia via the [[dark web]], a venue more often associated with porn, terrorism, and Bitcoin-fueled drug transactions.
In ''Reason'', WMF's former legal counsel [[Mike Godwin]] wrote about how [http://reason.com/archives/2017/06/04/everyone-should-be-getting-wikipedia-for Everyone Should Be Getting Wikipedia for Free] (<small>June 4, 2017</small>). Libertarians are skeptical of interference with free markets. In some cases, Internet providers have been choosing to lower rates or charge zero for Wikipedia access over their networks like [[Wikipedia Zero]]. But some call this a violation of [[net neutrality]] to favor one website, even if it is the [[Wikipedia:Prime objective|global repository of ''the sum of all human knowledge'']]. Goodwin explains: "Internet providers should be able to experiment with giving subscribers free stuff, such as access to Wikipedia and other public information and services on their smartphones. Unfortunately, confusion about whether today's net neutrality regulations allow U.S. providers to make content available without it counting against your data plan—a practice called "zero-rating"—has discouraged many companies from doing so, even though zero-rating experiments are presumptively legal under today's net neutrality regulations."
The [[Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society]] at Harvard University has a project that monitors Wikipedia access from various countries around the globe.
''Harvard Magazine''{{'}}s Alisha Ukani [http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/06/wikipedia reports] (<small>June 29, 2017</small>) on the Center's findings on access in China, Iran, Thailand, Uzbekistan and eleven other countries in research conducted since 2014. The study concluded that since WMF's implementation of across-the-board encryption using [[HTTPS]], most countries faced with an all-or-nothing censorship decision have opted not to censor. The Center's director and a participant in the research said, "Wikipedia is one of the most prominent, and most important, sites out there," and states that it was the first, "complete empirical deep dive into incidents of the blocking of Wikipedia projects around the world".
A ''Slate'' blog post by Angelica Cabral titled [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/06/01/wikipedia_seems_to_be_winning_its_battle_against_government_censorship.html "Wikipedia Seems to Be Winning Its Battle Against Government Censorship"] (<small>June 1, 2017</small>) echoes the Berkman Klein Center findings at least in part. She says, "In Iran—as you might expect—internet content about women’s rights, sex, and religion are censored and filtered. Wikipedia articles on the topic used to be blocked," but this changed after mandatory HTTPS was implemented by the WMF in 2015.
Cristian Consonni is the former Wikimedia Italy vice-president. In ''Vice''{{'}}s ''Motherboard'' (<small>June 7, 2017</small>), Louise Matsakis [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wikipedians-want-to-to-put-wikipedia-on-the-dark-web analyzed] Consonni's proposal to bring up [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]]'s [[darknet]] as a Wikipedia platform. The ''Motherboard'' writer suggested, "It would be far more difficult for governments to censor or monitor Wikipedia's dark web version. But Consonni and like-minded editors aren't just concerned with surveillance. He hopes bringing Wikipedia to the dark web will also help improve Tor's reputation. The browser is often thought of as a tool for drug dealers and other criminals, instead of say, encyclopedia readers trying to avoid government surveillance." <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
==="[[Follow the money]]" leads to unexpected half mil of parting payments===
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Following Andreas Kolbe ([[User:Jayen466|Jayen466]])'s May 2016 [[WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-05-28/Special_report|''Signpost'' special report]] titled "Compensation paid to Sue Gardner increased by almost 50 percent after she stepped down as executive director",
[[executive compensation]] for [[Wikimedia Foundation]] staff who had been terminated (but possibly re-hired temporarily) was the subject of several off-wiki reports, many of whom used the phrase [[golden handshake]] to describe the situation. One report that [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/07/golden_handshakes_at_wikipedia/ appeared] in ''[[The Register]]'' (<small>7 June 2017</small>) was also written by Kolbe and reprised his analysis of the annual [[IRS Form 990|Form 990]] report, asking the rhetorical question "is this what donors giving $15 'to keep Wikipedia online and growing' had in mind?"
In ''[[International Business Times]]'', Mary-Ann Russon – noting the apparent largesse of the Foundation – likewise [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-does-wikipedia-keep-asking-money-when-execs-get-six-figure-golden-handshakes-1625437 asked] "why does the foundation keep saying the online encyclopedia is struggling to survive?" (<small>8 June 2017</small>) Her IBT column seems to answer its own question at the same time as Kolbe's with an internal sub-heading titled "Urgent appeals for donations don't ring true".
''[[Business Insider Australia]]'' [https://www.businessinsider.com.au/5-things-you-need-to-know-in-australian-tech-today-v6-2017-6 reported] on ''The Register''{{'}}s report (<small>June 8</small>), and a [https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/06/07/1431221/wikimedia-executives-receive-six-figure-golden-handshakes Slashdot News] story (<small>June 7</small>) on the same topic was also widely picked up by reposters.
The WMF declined to explain individual payments, saying it would "not be commenting on the specific nature of the severance payments or circumstances which may be related to them" (<small>[https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-May/087656.html wikimedia-l] 2017-05-24</small>).
Andreas Kolbe further clarified the Form 990 reporting cycle for ''Signpost'': "Forms 990 are supposed to be published 5 months after the end of the financial year (the WMF financial year ends on June 30), but organisations can request up to two three-month extensions, and the WMF generally does so. This is why its Form 990 is generally published in May, almost a full year after the end of the financial year. Unless the WMF does a quicker turnaround next year, the 2016-2017 Form 990 will become available in May 2018, and it will show Lila Tretikov's severance payment – more than two years after the event (because, as explained in the [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-May/087656.html email announcement], information related to key employees is published on a calendar-year rather than financial-year basis, with the 2016-2017 Form 990 covering the 2016 calendar year)." <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
===Wikipedia, how old is Calibri?'''===
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''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'', Pakistan's most widely read English-language newspaper, [https://www.dawn.com/news/1344685/ cited] Wikipedia <small>July 12</small> to establish the earliest date the [[Calibri]] font was available in Windows Vista, in an article about [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers corruption case]] with potentially forged official documents printed with the built-in font. A related edit war and [[WP:GOLDLOCK|gold lock]] were noted by various majors English language dailies in Pakistan like ''[https://tribune.com.pk/story/1456370/fontgate-wikipedia-halts-edits-page-microsofts-calibri-font/ The Express Tribune]'', ''[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/216047-Wikipedia-blocks-edits-on-Calibri-page The News International]'', [https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/07/11/wikipedia-takes-down-edit-option-for-calibri-wiki-after-pakistanis-try-changing-fonts-release-date/ Pakistan Today], [http://dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/12-Jul-17/wikipedia-locks-calibri-font-page-amid-controversy The Daily Times], [http://nation.com.pk/snippets/12-Jul-2017/people-make-unbelievable-updates-to-calibri-font-s-wikipedia-page-after-jit-report The Nation]. It was also discussed in various major TV talk shows.
''Dawn'' said: "There were indications that the Wikipedia entry for the Calibri font had also been changed repeatedly to reflect a similar claim till Wikipedia itself placed a hold on editing the page till July 18 'or till editing disputes are solved'." ''[[The Times of India]]'', the world's largest circulation English newspaper, ran [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistans-fontgate-wikipedia-temporarily-halts-edits-on-its-page-on-microsofts-calibri-font/articleshow/59560401.cms another story] on the edit war, as did [https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/12/microsoft-calibri-pakistan-fontgate/ Engadget] noting "someone did manage to squeeze in a reference to the corruption probe" prior to protection. [http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/1.801006 ''Haaretz''] noted "Wikipedia finds itself at center of the controversy because its entry on the font suggests a key document is fake." while [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/fontgate-microsoft-wikipedia-and-the-scandal-threatening-the-pakistani-pm ''The Guardian''] headline reads "'Fontgate': Microsoft, Wikipedia and the scandal threatening the Pakistani PM" and noted that "people praised Wikipedia for its quick response and said it was proof of the company’s integrity." [http://www.newsweek.com/brief-history-calibri-font-could-bring-down-pakistani-government-635794 ''Newsweek''] noted "Wikipedia is well known for not imposing restrictions on the editing process, and while it is possible to lock articles to avoid anonymous editing this usually reserved for controversial topics. But on July 12 Wikipedia administrators voted to lock the article on Calibri after the joint investigation team report was released." [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/fontgate-maryam-nawaz-accused-document-forgery-170713084436017.html Al Jazeera], [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-calibri-font-microsoft-prime-minister-nawaz-sharif-corruption-maryam-sharif-panama-papers-a7841381.html Independent], [http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-40571708 ''BBC''] and [http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/13/asia/maryam-nawaz-sharif-calibri-font-trnd/index.html CNN], [http://m.gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/calibri-controversy-how-calibri-font-exposed-wrongdoings-of-sharif-s-daughter-1.2057633 Gulf News], [https://www.ft.com/content/1866bc08-679e-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614 Financial Times], are all among the major International news outlets that noted the lockage of the Wikipedia page. [http://nation.com.pk/national/13-Jul-2017/if-nawaz-claims-wikipedia-involved-in-conspiracy-don-t-be-surprised-mazari The Nation] noted that Pakistani MP [[Shireen Mazari]] said "If [[Nawaz Sharif]] claims that Wikipedia is also involved in conspiracy against them, don’t be surprised.". <small>[[User:Saqib|S.]]</small>, <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
===In brief===
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*'''[[Alt-right]] wikis''': In counterpoint (or in concert?) to the free-information theme of lead story one, ''Wired'' carried a [https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-wikipedia-of-the-alt-right/ story] (<small>21 June</small>) about "the Wikipedia of the alt-right", which really should have been titled "the wikis built by the alt-right on the [[MediaWiki]] platform".
*'''Double standard for Latinas?''': A commentator in ''Huffington Post'' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wikipedia-deletes-index-of-latinas-in-mainstream-us_us_5935ae14e4b0c670a3ce6749 saw a double standard] (<small>5 June 2017</small>) when an "extensive list of U.S. Latinas working in mainstream newsrooms" was deleted, saying "The editors have not only deleted our extensive list of U.S. Latinas working in mainstream newsrooms but they've disabled the accounts where the lists were being compiled" and appealing to Jimbo Wales to look into matters.
*'''Doubled representation of female classical scholars''': Wikipedia doubled representation of female classical scholars since the first [[Wikipedia:Women's Classical Committee|Women’s Classical Committee]] editathon in London in January 2017, says [https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/how-we-doubled-representation-female-classical-scholars-wikipedia a study] (<small>11 June 2017</small>) in ''[[Times Higher Education]]'': "While reversing Wikipedia's gender skew may seem like an insurmountable task, breaking it down makes it much easier to achieve. The online activism of the Committee offers a good example of how real progress can be made by small groups or individuals without specialist knowledge or funds, just desire for change." The study noted English Wikipedia's relative dearth of women's biographies, and that existing biographies are usually written relative to men's accomplishments. At the same time it noted that Welsh Wikipedia has more women's biographies than men, and access in general is easy, cheap and fixing gaps is "about willpower".
*'''Wikipedia cited''': ''[[The Register]]'' says that a report cited Wikipedia to show that [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/01/trident_nuclear_deterrent_submarines_hackable_lol_no/ "Trident nuke subs are hackable"] (<small>1 June 2017</small>).
*'''Paid editing''': Again (and again and again...) but with a twist: is it paid editing if it's a free add-in to a commercial [[Search engine optimization|SEO]] deal? One provider [https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/296187 says] it isn't, according to ''[[Entrepreneur (magazine)|Entrepreneur]]'' (<small>6 July 2017</small>). <small>Actively discussed at [[WT:COI]] ([[Special:Diff/789355129|permlink]]).</small>
*'''Wikipedia: The Text Adventure''': [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/07/a-programmer-turned-wikipedia-into-a-classic-text-adventure/ A programmer turned Wikipedia into a classic text adventure], ''[[Ars Technica]]'' (developer [[Kevan Davis]]) (also in ''The Independent'' and thenextweb.com)
*'''Wikipedia has measurable effect on tourism''': "Wikipedia edits, on average, led to a 9% increase in [tourist] visits" to certain European cities, according to a 2014-2015 experiment reported in ''[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]'' [https://qz.com/1021932/it-pays-to-keep-your-online-presence-thoroughly-up-to-date/ "It pays to keep your online presence thoroughly up to date"] (<small>July 7</small>).
*'''South Africa: fixers and the dark arts of Wikipedia''': ''[[The Sowetan]]'' and South Africa's biggest Sunday newspaper, [[The Sunday Times (South Africa)|''The Sunday Times'']] printed [http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2017/07/10/bell-pottinger-and-the-dark-arts-of-wikipedia investigative] [https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-07-10-bell-pottingers-wicked-wiki-ways/ stories] by the same author (<small>July 10</small>). The stories describe "articles written exposing wrongdoing would [[Search engine optimization|feature lower down on the list of Google results]]‚ while the Wikipedia page would [[Reputation management|paint a rosy picture]]" of influential South Africans. The articles further show how leaked [[Bell Pottinger]] emails – containing draft text to burnish a client's image – are linked to a specific Wikipedia article and user account that added the content. (<small>See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-03-16/In_the_media|prior ''Signpost'' ITM]] and active COIN [[special:diff/789932339|discussion]].</small>)
*'''Australia's Northern Territory history on Wikipedia''': The [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-08/wiki-club-revives-forgotten-northern-territory-history/8690732 says] (<small>8 July 2017</small>) that [[m:Wikiclub NT|Wiki Club NT]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] has added 100 new pages on the history of the [[Northern Territory]], often at club nights.
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===Chilling effects: The impact of surveillance awareness on Wikipedia pageviews===
A paper in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal<ref>{{Cite journal| journal= Berkeley Tech. L.J.| last = Penney| first = Jon| title = Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use| date = 2016-06-01| url = http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/btlj/vol31/iss1/5|doi = 10.15779/Z38SS13}}</ref> finds that the traffic to privacy-sensitive articles on the English Wikipedia dropped significantly around June 2013, when the existence of the US government's [[PRISM (surveillance program)|PRISM online surveillance program]] was first [[Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)|revealed]] based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. As stated by the author, [https://blogs.harvard.edu/jonathon/ Jon Penney], the study "is among the first to evidence—using either Wikipedia data or web traffic data more generally—how government surveillance and similar actions may impact online activities, including access to information and knowledge online." It received wide media attention upon its release, as already [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-05-02/In_the_media#Chilling_effects|reported last year in the ''Signpost'']].
The paper is part of a growing body of literature that studies the effect of external events on [[m:Research:Page view|Wikipedia pagviews]] (for another example, see our previous issue: "[[m:Research:Newsletter/2017/March#How_does_unemployment_affect_reading_and_editing_Wikipedia_.3F_The_impact_of_the_Great_Recession|How does unemployment affect reading and editing Wikipedia ? The impact of the Great Recession]]"). The 66-page paper stands out for its methodological diligence, devoting much space to explaining and justifying its data selection and statistical approach, and to checking the robustness of the results. The framework was adapted from an earlier MIT study that had similarly examined the effect of the Snowden revelations on Google search traffic for sensitive terms, finding a statistically significant reduction of 5%. The author emphasizes the higher quality of the Wikipedia data: "unlike [[Google Trends]], the Wikimedia Foundation provides a wealth of data on key elements of its site, including article traffic data, which can provide a more accurate picture as to any impact or chilling effects identified."
To generate a list of Wikipedia articles that could be considered privacy sensitive in the context US government surveillance, the author used a (publicly available) set of terms that the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) specifies as related to terrorism. The corresponding Wikipedia articles (48 altogether) include [[dirty bomb]], [[suicide attack]], [[nuclear enrichment]] (a redirect) and [[eco-terrorism]]. To verify the assumption that these topics are indeed considered as privacy sensitive by Internet users, a survey among 415 [[Amazon Mechanical Turk|Mechanical Turk]] users asked them to rate each, e.g. on whether they would be likely to delete their browser history after accessing information about it.
To examine the impact on traffic, the paper examines the [[time series]] of monthly pageviews for the 48 articles (81 million views altogether, from January 2012 to August 2014). It is divided into the periods before and after the June 2013 exogeneous shock. As a first finding, the author notes that the average monthly views in the "after" period are lower - but points out that such considerations (which e.g. form part of the [[difference in differences]] approach in the paper on unemployment mentioned above) are too simplistic to show an actual effect, e.g. because this could merely be caused by an overall declining traffic trend. (Although not stated directly in the paper, this is indeed the case, as the study is only based on desktop pageviews, which have been [[:File:Wikimedia_monthly_pageviews_(desktop%2Bmobile),_2013-.png|gradually replaced by mobile views]] in recent years. The Wikimedia Foundation makes combined mobile/desktop pageview datasets available going back to 2015.)
The author then turns to a more sophisticated statistical method known as [[interrupted time series]] (ITS). It involved a "segmented regression analysis": [[Linear regression|linear trend lines]] are calculated separately for the timespans before and after June 2013, providing information both on the slope (growth/decrease rate) within each and on the size of the mismatch (if any) where the two segments intersect. This method indicates "an immediate drop-off of over 30% of overall views" following the June 2013 revelations.
To further exclude the possibility that the results for these terrorism-related articles "may simply reflect overall Wikipedia article view traffic trends", the author conducts an analogous ITS analysis for the pageviews to all Wikipedia articles.
The author points out the importance of the results for the Wikimedia Foundation's current [https://policy.wikimedia.org/stopsurveillance/ lawsuit] that challenges the constitutionality of the NSA surveillance of internet traffic.
''See also our review of a recent qualitative study that examined the privacy concerns of editors: [[m:Research:Newsletter/2016/November#.22Privacy.2C_anonymity.2C_and_perceived_risk_in_open_collaboration:_a_study_of_Tor_users_and_Wikipedians.22|"Privacy, anonymity, and perceived risk in open collaboration: a study of Tor users and Wikipedians"]]''
===Briefly===
====Conferences and events====
See the [[m:Research:Events|research events page on Meta-wiki]] for upcoming conferences and events, including submission deadlines.
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===Other recent publications===
''Other recent publications that could not be covered in time for this issue include the items listed below. [[m:Research:Newsletter#How to contribute|contributions are always welcome]] for reviewing or summarizing newly published research.''
*'''"Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles"'''<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.037| issn = 0006-3207| last1 = Roll| first1 = Uri| last2 = Mittermeier| first2 = John C.| last3 = Diaz| first3 = Gonzalo I.| last4 = Novosolov| first4 = Maria| last5 = Feldman| first5 = Anat| last6 = Itescu| first6 = Yuval| last7 = Meiri| first7 = Shai| last8 = Grenyer| first8 = Richard| title = Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles| journal = Biological Conservation| url = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716301240}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "We analysed all page views of reptile species viewed during 2014 in all of Wikipedia's language editions. We compared species' page view numbers across languages and in relationship to their spatial distribution, phylogeny, threat status and various other biological attributes. We found that the three species with most page views are shared across major language editions, beyond these, page view ranks of species tend to be specific to particular language editions. Interest within a language is mostly focused on reptiles found in the regions where the language is spoken. Overall, interest is greater for reptiles that are venomous, endangered, widely distributed, larger and that have been described earlier."(See also [http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-05-05-researchers-reveal-top-10-most-popular-reptiles-and-why-it-matters university news release] and [https://wikiedu.org/blog/2016/05/24/pygmy-goat-vs-reptile/ Wiki Edu blog post])
*'''"Gender Gap in Wikipedia Editing: A Cross Language Comparison"'''<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = 3/19/14| pages = 12| last1 = Massa| first1 = Paolo| last2 = Zelenkauskaite| first2 = Asta| title = Global Wikipedia: International and Cross-Cultural Issues in Online Collaboration| chapter = Gender Gap in Wikipedia Editing: A Cross Language Comparison| date = 2014-03-19| chapterurl = http://gnuband.org/files/papers/wikipedia_gender_paper/massa_zelenkauskaite_gender_gap_wikipedia_cross_language_comparison.pdf}}</ref> From the abstract and conclusions section: "This study is guided by two research questions: RQ1: What is the percentage of users who set their gender in different language editions of Wikipedia? RQ2: Among those who express gender, what percentages comprise female and male contributors? [... We] compared gender across 289 language editions of Wikipedia. [...] We conclude that the differences in the amount of users expressing their gender can be explained by the differences in the interfaces, both the visibility of gender and the incentive to express it, especially during the process of the new user-profile creation [... The] gender gap is not just present in the English Wikipedia but it is diffused across all language editions of Wikipedia. However, there are notable differences: in some Wikipedias (Slovenian, Estonian, Lithuanian) the percentage of women is close to 40 percent, in others (Bengali, Hindi) it is around 4 percent, while on the English Wikipedia, the chosen baseline given its international nature reaches 17 percent. Notably, languages whose editions of Wikipedia have larger shares of women tend to be spoken in countries with a larger participation of women in science." (See also [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/30/how-many-women-edit-wikipedia/#Other_data_sources_about_the_size_of_the_gender_gap these general notes] on the data source underlying the paper)
*'''"Research on Wikipedia Vandalism: a brief literature review"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = ACM| doi = 10.1145/2934732.2934748| last1 = Tramullas| first1 = Jesús| last2 = Garrido-Picazo| first2 = Piedad| last3 = Sánchez-Casabón| first3 = Ana I.| title =
Research on Wikipedia Vandalism: a brief literature review| booktitle = Proceedings of the 4th Spanish Conference on Information Retrieval CERI 2016| location = Granada, Spain |date = 2016| url = http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2934732.2934748}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "This paper performs a literature review on the subject, with the goal of identifying the main research topics and approaches, methods and techniques used. Results showed that the authorship of three-quarters of papers are from Computer Science researchers. Main topic is the detection of vandalism, although there is a increasing interest about content quality. The most commonly used technique is machine learning, based on feature analysis. It draws attention to the lack of research on information behavior of vandals."
*'''"Wikipedia and participatory culture: Why fans edit"'''<ref>{{Cite journal| issn = 1941-2258| volume = 22| issue = 0| last = Thomas| first = Paul| title = Wikipedia and participatory culture: Why fans edit| journal = Transformative Works and Cultures| date = 2016-09-15| url = http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/902 |doi= 10.3983/twc.2016.0902}}</ref> From the abstract: "Building on previous research, I argue that fans want to take part in the production of the media that they enjoy, that Wikipedia allows editors to create their own paratext (i.e., the Wikipedia article) in relation to a main text (e.g., a movie, a television show, a book series), and that this paratext may be heavily used by the general public. Such usage is a form of implicit approval that affirms the editors' knowledge and encourages them to make more edits. Thus, Wikipedia validates the fan editor's work in a way that other outlets for participatory culture (e.g., fan fiction, fan art, songwriting) cannot."
*'''"WikInfoboxer: A Tool to Create Wikipedia Infoboxes Using DBpedia"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain| pages = 4| last1 = Rodriguez-Hernandez| first1 = Ismael| last2 = Trillo-Lado| first2 = Raquel| last3 = Yus| first3 = Roberto| title = WikInfoboxer: A Tool to Create Wikipedia Infoboxes Using DBpedia| date = 2016| url = http://ra.cps.unizar.es:8080/PUBLICATIONS/attachedFiles/document/CEDI_2016_paper_128.pdf }}</ref> From the abstract: "... we present WikInfoboxer, a tool to help Wikipedia editors to create rich and accurate infoboxes. WikInfoboxer computes attributes that might be interesting for an article and suggests possible values for them after analyzing similar articles from [[DBpedia]]. To make the process easier for editors, WikInfoboxer presents this information in a friendly user interface." (See also a related [[m:Grants:IEG/WikInfoboxer|Wikimedia grant application]])
*'''"Answering End-User Questions, Queries and Searches on Wikipedia and its History"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = Bulletin of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Data Engineering| pages = 12| last1 = Atzori| first1 = Maurizio| last2 = Gao| first2 = Shi| last3 = Mazzeo| first3 = Giuseppe M.| last4 = Zaniolo| first4 = Carlo| title = Answering End-User Questions, Queries and Searches on Wikipedia and its History| date = 2016| url = http://sites.computer.org/debull/A16sept/p85.pdf}}</ref> From the abstract: "...we describe and compare two user-friendly systems that seek to make the universal knowledge of Web KBs [knowledge bases] available to users who neither know SPARQL, nor the internals of the KBs. ... the SWiPE ["Search Wikipedia by example"] system provides a wysiwyg interface that lets users specify powerful queries on the Infoboxes of Wikipedia pages in a query-by-example fashion." (See also earlier related coverage: [[m:Research:Newsletter/2012/April#cite_ref-22|"Searching by example"]], [[m:Research:Newsletter/2015/September#Wikipedia_Search_Isn.E2.80.99t_Necessarily_Third_BESt|"Wikipedia Search Isn’t Necessarily Third BESt"]])
*'''"Cultural Differences in the Understanding of History on Wikipedia"'''<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Springer International Publishing| isbn = 9783319426969| pages = 3-12| editors = Matthäus P. Zylka, Hauke Fuehres, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon, Peter A. Gloor (eds.)| last1 = Gieck| first1 = Robin| last2 = Kinnunen| first2 = Hanna-Mari| last3 = Li| first3 = Yuanyuan| last4 = Moghaddam| first4 = Mohsen| last5 = Pradel| first5 = Franziska| last6 = Gloor| first6 = Peter A.| last7 = Paasivaara| first7 = Maria| last8 = Zylka| first8 = Matthäus P.| title = Designing Networks for Innovation and Improvisation| chapter = Cultural Differences in the Understanding of History on Wikipedia| series = Springer Proceedings in Complexity| date = 2016| chapterurl = https://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319478791-c2.pdf}}</ref> From the abstract: "This paper sheds light on cultural differences in the understanding of historical military events between Chinese, English, French, German, and Swedish Wikipedia language editions. [...] We identified the most important historical events, mined cross-cultural relations, investigated word usage in war-related pages and performed network, complexity, and sentiment analysis. [...] Our findings suggest that World War I and World War II are the most important historical events within English, French, and German cultures and English Wikipedia contains more violence and war-related content, with a higher level of complexity than other language editions."
*'''"Predicting Importance of Historical Persons Using Wikipedia"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = ACM| doi = 10.1145/2983323.2983871| isbn = 9781450340731| pages = 1909–1912| last1 = Jatowt| first1 = Adam| last2 = Kawai| first2 = Daisuke| last3 = Tanaka| first3 = Katsumi| title = Predicting Importance of Historical Persons Using Wikipedia| booktitle = Proceedings of the 25th ACM International on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management| location = New York, NY, USA| series = CIKM '16| date = 2016| url = http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2983323.2983871}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "Based on the two well-known lists of the most important people in the last millennium, we look closely into factors that determine significance of historical persons. We predict person's importance using six classifiers equipped with features derived from link structure, visit logs and article content."
*'''"Semantic Stability in Wikipedia"'''<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Springer International Publishing| isbn = 9783319509006 | pages = 379–390| editors = Hocine Cherifi, Sabrina Gaito, Walter Quattrociocchi, Alessandra Sala (eds.)| last1 = Stanisavljevic| first1 = Darko| last2 = Hasani-Mavriqi| first2 = Ilire| last3 = Lex| first3 = Elisabeth| last4 = Strohmaier| first4 = Markus| last5 = Helic| first5 = Denis| title = Complex Networks & Their Applications V| chapter = Semantic Stability in Wikipedia| series = Studies in Computational Intelligence| date = 2016-11-30| chapterurl = http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-50901-3_31}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "In this paper we assess the semantic stability of Wikipedia by investigating the dynamics of Wikipedia articles’ revisions over time. In a semantically stable system, articles are infrequently edited, whereas in unstable systems, article content changes more frequently. In other words, in a stable system, the Wikipedia community has reached consensus on the majority of articles. [...] Our experimental results reveal that [...] there are differences on the velocity of the semantic stability process between small and large Wikipedia editions. Small editions exhibit faster and higher semantic stability than large ones. In particular, in large Wikipedia editions, a higher number of successive revisions is needed in order to reach a certain semantic stability level, whereas, in small Wikipedia editions, the number of needed successive revisions is much lower for the same level of semantic stability."
*'''"The Citizen IS the Journalist: Automatically Extracting News from the Swarm"'''<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Springer International Publishing| isbn = 9783319426969| pages = 141-150| editors = Matthäus P. Zylka, Hauke Fuehres, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon, Peter A. Gloor (eds.)| last1 = Oliveira| first1 = João Marcos de| last2 = Gloor| first2 = Peter A.| title = Designing Networks for Innovation and Improvisation| chapter = The Citizen IS the Journalist: Automatically Extracting News from the Swarm| series = Springer Proceedings in Complexity| date = 2016| chapterurl = http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-42697-6_14}} {{closed access}}"</ref> From the abstract: "... we describe SwarmPulse, a system that extracts news by combing through Wikipedia and Twitter to extract newsworthy items. We measured the accuracy of SwarmPulse comparing it against the Reuters and CNN RSS feeds and the Google News feed. We found precision of 83 % and recall of 15 % against these sources."
*'''"DePP: A System for Detecting Pages to Protect in Wikipedia"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = ACM| doi = 10.1145/2983323.2983914| isbn = 9781450340731| pages = 2081–2084| last1 = Suyehira| first1 = Kelsey| last2 = Spezzano| first2 = Francesca| title = DePP: A System for Detecting Pages to Protect in Wikipedia| booktitle = Proceedings of the 25th ACM International on Conference on Information and Knowledge Management| location = New York, NY, USA| series = CIKM '16| date = 2016| url = http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2983323.2983914}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "In this paper we consider for the first time the problem of deciding whether a page should be protected or not in a collaborative environment such as Wikipedia. We formulate the problem as a binary classification task and propose a novel set of features to decide which pages to protect based on (i) users page revision behavior and (ii) page categories. We tested our system, called DePP, on a new dataset we built consisting of 13.6K pages (half protected and half unprotected) and 1.9M edits. Experimental results show that DePP reaches 93.24% classification accuracy and significantly improves over baselines."
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*'''"Bring on Board New Enthusiasts! A Case Study of Impact of Wikipedia Art + Feminism Edit-A-Thon Events on Newcomers"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = Springer International Publishing| doi = 10.1007/978-3-319-47880-7_2| conference = SocInfo’16| volume = Part I, LNCS 10046, pp. 24–40, 2016| pages = 17| last1 = Farzan| first1 = Rosta| last2 = Savage| first2 = Saiph| last3 = Saviaga| first3 = Claudia Flores| title = Bring on Board New Enthusiasts! A Case Study of Impact of Wikipedia Art + Feminism Edit-A-Thon Events on Newcomers| date = 2016}} {{closed access}} ([https://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319478791-c2.pdf direct PDF download])</ref> From the abstract: "...our results shows that overall face-to-face edit-a-thons are very successful in attracting and recruiting a large number of newcomers who are more engaged than a random group of newcomers on Wikipedia; however, still a very small percentage of them stay engaged with Wikipedia after the event."
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Task Forces and subgroups play a vital role for their parent projects and ultimately, the encyclopedia itself. They do this by specifying and taking care of tasks that the parent projects may not have time for. The downside? With a less broad focus they can die out quickly if the task force cannot find or keep active members. For you readers who may not know what task forces or workgroups are, they're subgroups that focus on a certain "tasks" under their parent projects' scope. Many have their own organisation of members, roles, important tasks, and how to solve them.
==Examples==
===Rick Rioridan Task Force===
<div align=right><small>[[User:22mikpau|22m]]</small></div>
That's the case for the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Rick Riordan task force|Rick Riordan task force]] (RRTF) of WikiProject Novels, which focuses on articles related to author Rick Riordan. It has accomplished much considering it rarely (if ever) has more than twenty active members. For example, it has gotten six articles to Good Article status, fought back against "fan edits", and completed several drafts. However, it struggles with having enough active participants, despite having almost 50 pages in its scope. (It's worth noting about half are stub or start class.) In 2015 the Percy Jackson Task Force (the group's predecessor) died out completely if not for actions made by several editors renaming it and broadening its focus. But little improvement has been made. Today, RRTF still tries to remain an "active" task force. The group's remaining members knew they needed a new approach. The idea was an [[edit-a-thon]] about John Rocco, Riordan's illustrator, which is currently ongoing. Apparently the idea came from a lack of notable books published by Riordan during the summer months except Rocco's birthday. (Rocco was added to broaden the group's scope.) RRTF claims that the idea is working with boosting participation but if it's lasting, only time will tell. You can still participate in the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels/Rick Riordan task force#Rocco Edit-A-Thon|John Rocco edit-a-thon]] ongoing until August 1st.
===Webcomics work group===
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Another example is the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Webcomics work group|webcomics work group]]. The group was founded back in 2005 in order to improve coverage on [[webcomics]]. At the time, Wikipedia's [[WP:V|verifiability]] and [[WP:N|notability]] guidelines were much less strongly enforced, and web content was covered by very few reliable sources, so a lot of low-quality articles on webcomics were being produced at a rapid pace. When a lot of articles were subsequently deleted for not meeting notability guidelines, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080326223839/http://comixtalk.com/terrence_markswikipedia_and_you controversy ensued]. Properly sourcing webcomic articles has always remained difficult, and over the years, many webcomic enthusiasts left Wikipedia. By 2015, the work group was completely deserted. A new user tried to clean up the project's pages and create a few new ones, rebooting the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Webcomics work group/Requests|requests lists]], creating a [[Wikipedia:Webcomic sources|list of reliable sources]], and becoming active on the work group's talk page. Since then, a few other people have started doing regular work on webcomic articles as well, and the field has slowly been improving. There's still fairly little discussion, but it is believed that the cleaned-up resources trigger editors to get more engaged.
===Military History WikiProject===
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Well this is an odd case but I wanted to include it. Military History Wikiproject (milhist) has many "task forces". They really are only ways to sort topics and few actually have active members. They really only get together editers interested in a topic rather then organising work. It just documents what these editors have done. This is something I've found common among subgroups. The groups that work are narrow and intersect subjects. The group does have "long term collaborations" that are in codenames like [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Operation Majestic Titan|Operation Majestic Titan]] which is about battleships. However, this "Operation" is one of the only ones to have longlivity and good success but at least the others do direct work. Even this one relies on a core group. This is what our reporter from milhist said,
{{Blockquote| ..."My overall view on task forces (and special projects) is that you need a small core of committed members, a narrow focus, and achievable goals in the short term. You also need a wider group of editors willing to review the work at GAN and FA, something that WikiProject Military history excels at. WikiProject Military history has also really benefited from having formal assessment tiers like B-Class and A-Class, as well as a system of awards and recognition. These things help focus Military history members to support their fellow members by reviewing their work. I think task forces and special projects have a future on WP, but only if they have a narrow focus and modest initial goals."}}
==Are task forces needed?==
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I believe my opinion is clear, task forces are important for Wikipedia. Others don't agree. One editor told me,
{{Blockquote|"Most Wikipedians just want to fiddle with small things without commitment to any greater goal, not too many want to do the heavy lifting of extensive content writing, tedious maintenance work like fixing deadlink citations, etc. FWIW, I think it's not a good idea to create separate wiki pages for taskforces/subprojects until there is a substantial number of genuinely active contributors. If the number of active contributors is small, I'd say keep your conversations on the Talk page of a larger more active WikiProject (obviously one that is relevant) so people keep seeing the activity and possibly join in. If the conversations are taking place between a couple of folks in a subproject, nobody else is going to see it. I'd stay on the major project page until they kick you out."}}
So do we need to minimise the number of subprojects or even eliminate them? Or is there a different solution?
RRTF has said that while WP:NV didn't agree that the group was needed it "didn't interfere with the fledgling task force". However, while I was looking through WP:NV's talk archives, I saw little communication between the larger project and its subgroups.
===Conclusion===
So are task forces needed? Well it depends. I've heard users say "My group (or group's subject) is (or could be) influential for Wikipedia", and I agree with you, however subjects can be interesting to you but there may not be enough notable pages or active and interested users such as [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christianity in India|WikiProject Christianity in India]]. And that was a '''WikiProject!''' So maybe the problem of being to hard to keep members can appy to ANY project on the site. You may remember that ''The Signpost'' had a hiatus because of lack of editors. Maybe you can help a narrow subject more by just editing it instead of pouring energy into a dying task force. There has to be a middle ground between the views of destruction and saving of task forces. Anyway these are ideas on what to do with task force that I've found.
* Merge, or expand, existing subgroups for broader content roles
* Increase communication between parent and subgroups
* Have a member recruiting program
* Give members not helping out a reason to, like an edit-a-thon
*Eliminate unproductive subgroups
*Reimagine roles for task forces
*Make your project page cleaner and up to date so people know you are serious
*Remember regardless of your member list what your goal and job is: if you build it they will come
* Keep goals modest so as not to overwelm new members
*Create a core group of really active members and a larger group of less active members
I hope that one day we will have more healthy, productive task forces doing more of the good work they are doing today. By "more" that may mean fewer subgroups altogether. Whatever the case I hope you found this article interesting and useful.
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File:Child's Quilt, 'Hole in the Barn Door' LACMA M.91.352.13 (2 of 2).jpg|Child's Quilt, 'Hole in the Barn Door', United States circa 1880, [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]
File:Log Cabin, Multiple Barn Raising variation, Pennsylvania, 1930s - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - DSC02713.JPG|Log Cabin, Multiple Barn Raising variation, Pennsylvania, 1930s - [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]
File:Tunisie El Djem Mosaique 02.jpg|Tunisie El Djem Mosaique 2, {{ill|Musée archéologique d'El Jem|fr}}, [[El Djem]], Tunisia
File:Tunisie El Djem Mosaique 04.jpg|Tunisie El Djem Mosaique 4, Musée archéologique d'El Jem
File:Casaromana z08.jpg|Casa romana, [[Roman mosaic|mosaic]] pavement of the [[Domus#Interior architectural elements|alae]]
File:Parasol0073.jpg|Parasol at a temple in [[Kyoto]], Japan
File:Anthopleura xanthogrammica 2.jpg|''[[Anthopleura xanthogrammica]]'' (giant green anemone) at the [[Vancouver Aquarium]]
File:Zellengewölbe Albrechtsburg.JPG|[[Diamond vault]] in [[Albrechtsburg]], [[Meissen]], Germany
File:Electricsheep-19732.jpg|[[Fractal]] image generated by the [[en:Electric Sheep|Electric Sheep]] project
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| alt = isn't she lovely
| caption = everyone wants to be me
| native_name = Barbie (before age 8)
| native_name_lang = Michigan-ese
| pronunciation = βa-βa-ɻa pʷeɪj
| birth_name = Barbara PahTootey Falks<!-- only use if different from name above -->
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|06}}<!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per [[WP:DOB]]. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. -->
| birth_place = Upper Schlabutkeeville, Michigan
| baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered -->
| disappeared_date = you wish<!-- {{disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) -->
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| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
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| death_cause = premeditated murder
| body_discovered = envied by a top modelling agencies
| resting_place = there is no rest for the wicked
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| monuments = <s>hundreds</s> thousands(planned)
| residence = Wexford, Pennsylvania, US
| nationality = French, Canadian, English, Polish
| other_names = just expletives
| citizenship = world and galaxy
| education = self-taught
| alma_mater = Spring Arbor University
| occupation = Wikimedian
| years_active = ten
| era = common
| employer = me and I have two library cards
| organization = secret, there really is a cabal
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| known_for = making other editors crazy
| notable_works = [[Empathy in chickens]], [[English two-letter words]], [[Monarch butterfly migration]]<!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works" -->
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| salary = 4000k
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| television = nope, too busy writing WP articles and voting on new administrators
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| opponents = read my talk page
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Ah yes, the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes|infobox]]. I am a big fan. These boxes come in handy when I only have seven seconds to read an article. My absolute favorite parts of the infobox are the amazing parameters that can be included. For once, I would like to see each parameter filled in with each tiny fragment of information. So I made one about myself.
You are probably familiar with the infoboxes for entertainers, gaming, movies, cities, et cetera et cetera.
But '''DYK'''....that there are infoboxes for:
* ''[[Template:Robert_Muchamore|CHERUB]]'', a series of young adult spy novels by author Robert Muchamore, about how the British Security Service employs children, predominantly orphans, under the age of 17, as secret agents? There are actually 14 different infoboxes for this one author.<sup>[attention spam hunters]</sup>
* [[:Category:Dungeons & Dragons templates|Four different]] Dungeons and Dragons infoboxes for the classes of characters? (But what template do you use if an entity is a diety ''and'' a creature?)<!--{{Template:Infobox D&D character}}, {{Template:Infobox D&D character class}}, {{Template:Infobox D&D deity}} and {{Template:Infobox D&D creature}}-->
* [[Template:Infobox_Hill_of_Rome|Hill of Rome]] used [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Infobox_Hill_of_Rome|15 times]], but I thought there were only [[Seven hills of Rome | seven hills of Rome]]...?
* [[Template:Infobox_hut|Huts]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_heteroisoform|Heteroisoform]]? Which probably needs an article so we all can know what it might be.
* [[Template:Infobox_bullfighting_career|Bullfighters]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_yoga_school|Yoga schools]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_water_buffalo_breed|Water buffalo breed]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_Venus_crater|Craters on Venus]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_volcanic_hotspot|Volcanic hotspot]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_pandemic|Pandemic]]?
* [[Template:Infobox_artificial_fly|Artificial fly]] (not a fake bug)?
* [[Template:Infobox_telephone_area_code|Telephone area code]]?
and DYK...
* ...that the baseball biography infobox is used over 22,000 times?
* ...that the football (soccer) biography infobox is used over 100,000 times?
* ...that the cricketter biography infobox is used over 16,000 times?
I think infoboxes have a firm future because of our ever decreasing attention span. And it would take little effort to commercialize infoboxes by transforming them into [[Trading card|trading card]]s. Instead of detailed arguments about [[pogs]], we will hear:
"I'll give you one [[Joe Negri]] for a [[Phil Ochs]], a [[Melissa Greener]] and [[Caroll Spinney]]". I already have mine in a binder and inserted into those dandy plastic sleeves. I anticipate forming a massive collection. I can see my children at the estate sale after my death trying to unload my infobox/biography trading cards off on some clueless investor who trades in infobox [[Futures contract|futures]].
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=== Back to normal after low views last report ===
Things are back to normal, after [[Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/June 25 to July 1, 2017|a fairly slow week]] last week.<br>
As usual, movies featured prominently, occupying the #1, #6, #8, and #14 spots (''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', [[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|''Wonder Woman'' (2017 film)]], ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]'', and ''[[Baby Driver]]'' respectively). The popularity of ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'' has also led to boosts to [[Tom Holland (actor)]] (#12) and [[Stan Lee]] (#13). Fans can't wait for the upcoming release of [[Game of Thrones (Season 7)|''Game of Thrones'' (Season 7)]], and are heading to the page in droves, placing it at #11.
In the news, the [[G20]] summit (#4), the death of [[Stevie Ryan]] (#15), and the Canadian government compensating [[Omar Khadr]] (#3) were notable.
Countries drew popularity, specifically India, with both their [[Goods and Services Tax (India)]] (#9), and their prime minister's visit to [[Israel]] (#10) headlining; and the United States, with their [[Independence Day (United States)]] (#2), and Congress's [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6lgihn/til_that_every_month_all_members_of_the_united/ magazine reading] ''[[Hustler]]'' (#7).
For the week of July 2 to 8, 2017, the 15 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the [[WP:5000]] report were:
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!Page
!Image
!Views
!Class
!Description
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|1
|''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]''
|[[File:World premiere of Spider-Man Homecoming at TCL Chinese Theatre.jpg|100px]]
|1,286,802
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|The 2017 American [[superhero film]] was released last week, to generally positive reviews, and received sustained interest this week, boosted by large openings around the world.
|-
|2
|[[Independence Day (United States)]]
|[[File:Fourth of July fireworks behind the Washington Monument, 1986.jpg|100x100px]]
|1,087,915
|[[File: Symbol b class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|b Class]]
| The birthday of America drew interest as always, with this being the fifth year in a row the holiday has appeared in the top 25. Totals were slightly lower than last year, leaving the page just short – again – of first place.
|-
|3
|[[Omar Khadr]]
|[[File:Omar Khadr - PD-Family-released.jpg|100px]]
|892,465
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|The 30 year old Canadian received revived interest when the Canadian government apologized to him and agreed to pay a reported C$10.5 million in compensation for his interrogation in Guantanamo Bay. In a related action, Tabitha Speer, widow of Christopher Speer, filed an application to enforce a US$134 million Utah judgment in Canada.
|-
|4
|[[G20]]
|[[File:G20.svg|100px]]
|712,798
|[[File: Symbol b class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|b Class]]
|The meeting of the [[Government|governments]] and [[central bank]] governors from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Union drew attention as it does every year. Increased attention was largely due to [[Ivanka Trump]] briefly holding [[Donald Trump|her father's]] seat as he stepped away to meet other leaders, and [[2017 G20 Hamburg summit#Protests|riots and protests]] related to the summit continuing throughout the week.
|-
|5
|[[Deaths in 2017]]
|[[File:Skullclose.jpg|100px]]
|679,901
|[[File: Symbol list class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|list Class]]
|Views for this page are slightly down from normal, but still around 100,000 a day.
|-
|6
|[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|''Wonder Woman'' (2017 film)]]
|[[File:Wonder Woman statue at Athens Metro Mall.jpg|100px]]
|608,598
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|The film by Patty Jenkins continues to receive much attention (being viewed as a test of how female-led superhero films will do in the modern era), and continues to do very well. Grossing over 746 million dollars, and receiving generally good reviews, ''Wonder Woman'' has continued to deliver on high expectations. <!--if someone wants to re word this... PLEASE DO-->
|-
|7
|''[[Hustler]]''
|[[File:Hustler Booth AVN 2010.jpg|100px]]
|511,025
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|''Hustler''<nowiki/>'s appearance on this list is a [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6lgihn/til_that_every_month_all_members_of_the_united/ product of a July 5 thread] on the [[Reddit|Subreddit]], Today I Learned (TIL). Apparently, every month, copies of ''Hustler'' are mailed to all members of the U.S. Congress for free (perhaps this is why Congress is so ineffective?) ''Hustler'', like all print magazines, is a little before my time, so I tend to watch interviews of models online.<!--From [[WP:25]]-->
|-
|8
|''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]''
|[[File:Logo of Transformers.png|100px]]
|501,661
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|Interest continued in the most recent installment in the ''Transformers'' series. Despite getting truly rotten reviews, and lagging revenue, the film has still made well over its budget, and has two sequels slated for release.
|-
|9
|[[Goods and Services Tax (India)]]
|
|499,825
|[[File: Symbol start class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|start Class]]
|Despite facing some in-party opposition, "India's biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence" is still attracting much readership, though down from number three last week.
|-
|10
|[[Israel]]
|[[File:Flag of Israel.svg|100px]]
|495,779
|[[File: Symbol b class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|b Class]]
|The Middle-Eastern country found itself in the news again, when Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] traveled to Israel, becoming India's first PM ever to visit the country.
|-
|11
|[[Game of Thrones (season 7)|''Game of Thrones'' (season 7)]]
|[[File:Game of Thrones 2011 logo.svg|100px]]
|459,350
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|The upcoming release of the seventh series in this hugely popular [[fantasy]] [[television drama|drama]] has fans excited
|-
|12
|[[Tom Holland (actor)]]
|[[File:Tom Holland by Gage Skidmore.jpg|100px]]
|455,977
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|The starring actor in the very popular ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'' has himself seen increasing attention as a result of the recent popularity and acclaim surrounding the film.
|-
|13
|[[Stan Lee]]
|[[File:Stan Lee Excelsior by Gage Skidmore.jpg|100px]]
|437,188
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|c Class]]
|Whilst some of the views to his page are being driven by the success of his characters, a large amount of the increased traffic is probably due to the death of his wife, [[Joan Lee]].
|-
|14
|''[[Baby Driver]]''
|[[File:Edgar Wright by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|100px]]
|426,505
|61.05%
|The film's recent critical acclaim and relatively stable performance at the box office has led to sustained interest.
|-
|15
|[[Stevie Ryan]]
|
|422,603
|[[File: Symbol stub class.svg|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|stub Class]]
|The actress and YouTuber who starred in ''[[Stevie TV]]'' was found dead due to suicide late last week.
|}
* This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as [[wikipedia:Red link|redlinks]]), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.
* Per consensus, [[Lali Esposito]] & [[Earth]] are excluded.
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===The colour of wikitext===
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[[Syntax highlighting]] for wikitext is a much-sought feature to assist with editing. While userscripts can and have made syntax highlighting possible, a solution integrated into MediaWiki [[m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey/Result|ranked #6]] on the [[m:2016 Community Wishlist Survey|2016 Community Wishlist Survey]]. The WMF [[meta:Community Tech|Community Tech]] team has a version available for testing, as a [[testwiki:Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|Beta feature]] on the [[testwiki:|test Wikipedia]]. [https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barack_Obama&action=edit&oldid=273733 Barack Obama] is a suggested test article. Comments and questions should be directed to the [[meta:Talk:Community Tech/Wikitext editor syntax highlighting|project talk page on Meta]].
===Changes to Recent Changes===
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[[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Edit Review Improvements/New filters for edit review|New filters for edit review]] were recently added as an optional [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures|beta feature]]. This feature improves [[Special:RecentChanges]] and [[Special:RecentChangesLinked]] by adding [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:New filters for edit review/Highlighting function|highlighting]] and [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:New filters for edit review/Filtering|filtering]], including [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:New filters for edit review/Quality and Intent Filters|quality and intent filters]] using [[mw:ORES|ORES]]. Filters bookmarking is now available, to save the set filters, and more new features are planned: additional filters (for namespaces, tagged edits, categories and usernames), live updates, and a redesigned navigation. The Collaboration team also plans to make the interface clearer by hiding the [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext|links currently shown at the top of the page]]. Mockup screenshots are [[phab:T166919|available on Phabricator]], and feedback on the change can be [[mw:Topic:Tsl3kgtjno2v1gl5|given on the MediaWiki.org talk page]].
Users are also now able to choose whether they want to see Wikidata changes in the enhanced recent changes and watchlist. The enhanced mode is available in [[Special:Preferences|your preferences]], under the "Recent changes" tab, as the "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" option. This way you can see the changes that happened to data on Wikidata that is used in the Wikipedia pages. You might need to uncheck the "hide Wikidata" checkbox on the recent changes or watchlist page to see them.
===Breaking script changes===
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[[mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons|Accessible editing buttons]] ("big blue buttons") have been deployed to Meta-wiki and several large Wikipedias, and will soon be deployed elsewhere, including English Wikipedia. They are intended to be more accessible, and be consistent with the majority of the rest of the user interfaces provided in MediaWiki. Instructions for testing and fixing affected scripts are [[mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons#Fixing_scripts|available on MediaWiki.org]].
Another potentially breaking change is the upgrade of the [[jQuery]] library in MediaWiki from 1.x to 3.x (the current stable version). The [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_156#Timeline|timeline for deployment]] to production wikis was August 2017. An overview of the important changes, and advice on how to migrate code, is [https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/ available from jQuery]. In most cases migration involves fairly simple changes, such as using a different method name, or adding quotes in selectors. The vast majority of the added requirements and removed methods will be restored through the jQuery Migrate plugin with a deprecation warning in the console – as such, it is unlikely that code will require any immediate changes.
===In brief===
'''Fewer [[wikitech:Labs labs labs|labs labs labs]]'''
*"[[toollabs:|Tool Labs]]" will be renamed "Toolforge", and the OpenStack cluster "[[mw:Wikimedia_Labs|Labs]]" will change to "Cloud VPS", as the [[mw:Wikimedia Cloud Services team|Wikimedia Cloud Services team]] attempt to raise awareness of and reduce confusion around their products.
'''Newly approved [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]] tasks'''
*[[:User:TheMagikBOT|TheMagikBOT]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/TheMagikBOT 4|task 4]]) – Article importance assessment for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Thailand|WikiProject Thailand]]
*[[:User:RonBot|RonBot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RonBot |approval]]) – Revision delete the unused file versions and remove the "Orphaned non-free revisions" template from the files in [[:Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old]]
*[[:User:Guanabot|Guanabot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Guanabot |approval]]) – Assist with necessary cleanup as described at [[Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions]]
*[[:User:Merge bot|Merge bot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Merge bot 2|task 2]]) – History-merge categories which were moved by [[User:Cydebot|Cydebot]] between April 2006 and March 2015
*[[:User:Community Tech bot|Community Tech bot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Community Tech bot 4|task 4]]) – [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Top new page reviewers|Database report]] listing the top new page reviewers of mainspace pages (by number of reviews)
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=== Seventeen of thirty-two remaining contestants advance, with Cas Liber again leading the round ===
The [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Round 3|third round]] of the [[WP:WikiCup|WikiCup]] competition has finished in a flurry of last-minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. [[User:Coemgenus|Coemgenus]] and [[User:Freikorp|Freikorp]] tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic featured topic by [[User:MPJ-DK|MPJ-DK]] as well as five featured lists and 13 featured articles. [[User:PanagiotisZois|PanagiotisZois]] and [[User:SounderBruce|SounderBruce]] achieved their first ever featured articles. [[User:Carbrera|Carbrera]] led the GA score with 10, [[User:Tachs|Tachs]] achieved 17 DYKs and [[User:MBlaze Lightning|MBlaze Lightning]] 10 ''In the news'' items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall; this last figure exceeds the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people took part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
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File:Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta) with chick.jpg| <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Scotland.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Scotland|link=Scotland]]</span> [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Casliber|788211858|submissions}}) proved his dominance again, with the [[Red-billed tropicbird]] being one of his two FAs, and four GAs. He also pulled in points on DYK and GAR, with six and thirteen respectively.
File:Arlington, Washington - Olympic Avenue 01.jpg|Whilst [[Arlington, Washington]] was <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Cascadia.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Cascadia (independence movement)|link=Cascadia (independence movement)]]</span> [[User:SounderBruce|SounderBruce]]'s ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/SounderBruce|787988679|submissions}}) only FA, he had five GA's and eight DYK's propelling him to second.
File:Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat 81T NH 87683.tif| The [[250t-class torpedo boat]] was one of two FAs that pushed <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of South Australia.svg|23x15px|border |alt=South Australia|link=South Australia]]</span> [[User:Peacemaker67|Peacemaker67]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Peacemaker67|787862285|submissions}}) to third place.
File:Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg|Despite having no FAs in round three, <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Minnesota.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Minnesota|link=Minnesota]]</span> [[User:Carbrera|Carbrera]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Carbrera|787999390|submissions}}), with two [[Barbra Streisand]] related, and eight other GAs, as well as one FL was pushed into fourth place.
File:Cyclone Ada satellite 1970-01-17.png|[[Cyclone Ada]] was one of <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Key West, Florida.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Conch Republic|link=Conch Republic]]</span> [[User:Juliancolton|Juliancolton]]'s ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Juliancolton|787366788|submissions}}) two FA's, (and their only GA) that allowed them to finish in fifth place.
File:Rocky Romero 2015.JPG|[[Rocky Romero]] was one of three GA's for <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Denmark.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Denmark|link=Denmark]]</span> [[User:MPJ-DK|MPJ-DK]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/MPJ-DK|787297615|submissions}}) that helped them greatly. However, what really sealed the deal on their sixth place finish was ten points for each one of the twenty-six articles in a featured topic.
File:Rom 1600.png|[[Read-Only Memory (publisher)]] was one of [[File:BlackFlag.svg|22px|link=Anarchist symbolism|Anarchist symbolism]] [[User:Czar|Czar]]'s ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Czar|787508093|submissions}}) two GA's. An additional FA catapulted Czar from near the bottom to seventh place.
File:Anas platyrhynchos male female quadrat.jpg|[[The Mallard]] was one of four GA's that allowed <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of India.svg|23x15px|border |alt=India|link=India]]</span> [[User:Adityavagarwal|Adityavagarwal]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Adityavagarwal|787988726|submissions}}) to snag eighth place.
File:Miriam makeba 01.jpg|[[Miriam Makeba]] was one of <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|23x15px|border |alt=United Nations|link=United Nations]]</span> [[User:Vanamonde93|Vanamonde]]'s ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Vanamonde93|787807633|submissions}}) four GA's. In addition, they had seven DYK's, three ITN, and four GARs.
File:TSM350 - Jeff Gordon - Stierch 8.jpg| <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23x15px|border |alt=United States|link=United States]]</span> [[User:Bcschneider53|Bcschneider53]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Bcschneider53|787862220|submissions}}) had [[List of NASCAR race wins by Jeff Gordon| one FL]], one FA, two GA's, one DYK, and eight GARs leading them to tenth place.
File:Pagoda view.jpg|With [[Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery]] being one of two GA's, and having two FLs, and three DYKs, <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Canada.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Canada|link=Canada]]</span> [[User:Bloom6132|Bloom6132]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Bloom6132|788068608|submissions}}) took eleventh place quite smoothly.
File:18gatech.jpg|[[1918 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team]] was one of two GARs that, along with eight GAs, left <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|23x15px|border |alt=United States|link=United States]]</span> [[User:BU Rob13|BU Rob13]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/BU Rob13|788016307|submissions}}) in twelfth place.
File:Ali Larter with Heroes-Poster.jpg|[[Clear Rivers]] was the GA that, along with a FA allowed <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Germany|link=Germany]]</span> [[User:PanagiotisZois|PanagiotisZois]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/PanagiotisZois|787438304|submissions}}) to come in thirteenth.
File:Debby 02 sept 1988 2138.jpg|[[Hurricane Debby (1988)]] was one of the seven GA's that <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Florida.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Florida|link=Florida]]</span> [[User:12george1|12george1]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/12george1|787988701|submissions}}) received. Those largely kept them ahead of a lot of the pack, to finish in fourteenth place.
File:Clara1981091912GMS1IR.jpg|[[Typhoon Clara]], and four other GA's, as well as eight DYKs and nine GARs put <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Greece.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Greece|link=Greece]]</span> [[User:Yellow Evan|Yellow Evan]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Yellow Evan|788006727|submissions}}) in fifteenth place.
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg|A single FA for Swiss explorer and writer [[Isabelle Eberhardt]], along with two GARs, allowed <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Australia|link=Australia]]</span> [[User:Freikorp|Freikorp]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Freikorp|787924326|submissions}}) to narrowly make the next round, in fact tying for sixteenth place.
File:Seal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg| Getting the [[Philadelphia municipal election, 1951]] to featured status, and having two GAs is largely the reason that <span class="flagicon">[[File:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg|23x15px|border |alt=Pennsylvania|link=Pennsylvania]]</span> [[User:Coemgenus|Coemgenus]] ({{oldid|Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2017/Submissions/Coemgenus|787146875|submissions}}) managed to progress to the next round, tying for sixteenth place.
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This WikiCup has been a very high paced one, with 33 FAs, 216 GAs, 14 FLs, 26 FTs, 15 GTs, 499 DYKs, 71 ITN, and 377 GARs. In this section, we pay tribute to the leaders in every section, even if they are no longer competing.
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File:Banded Stilts Rottnest.jpg|[[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]] leads the FAs, with an incredible ten.
File:Richard Harris 1985.jpg|[[User:Carbrera|Carbrera]] has a staggering twenty six GAs.
File:2015 Góry Złote z Borówkowej 01.jpg|With four FLs, [[User:1989|1989]] still has the most.
File:Máscara Dorada CMLL World Welterweight Champion.jpg|[[User:MPJ-DK]] has the most (and only) FT articles at twenty six.
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg|[[User:Cameron11598|Cameron11598]] has eight GT articles.
File:G.shankarakurup.jpg|[[User:Vivvt]], with sixty six DYKs, has by far the most.
File:Adam West 1961.JPG|[[User:MBlaze Lightning|MBlaze Lightning]] made headlines with an incredible thirty two ITN's.
File:GL Karl v. Winterfeld.jpg|[[User:Krishna Chaitanya Velaga|Krishna Chaitanya Velaga]] had forty three GARs.
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[[File:Trophy.png|thumb|2016 WikiCup]]
The ten-month-long run of the tenth [[Wikipedia:WikiCup|WikiCup]] competition is finally over, and the winners have been announced. Having taken place annually since 2007, the WikiCup encourages editors to improve Wikipedia and engage in the various featured content processes (and the lesser ones such as good articles and In the News) through friendly competition and encouragement.
The top three [[Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2016|finalists]] were:
*First place – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Cas Liber}}
*Second place – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|MPJ-DK}}
*Third place – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Adam Cuerden}}
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top contestants and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to acknowledge participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
*Featured articles – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
*Good articles – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
*Featured lists – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Calvin999}} produced 2 FLs in R2
*Featured pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
*Featured portals – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|SSTflyer}} produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
*Featured topics – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Cyclonebiskit}} and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
*Good topics – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
*Did you know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
*In the news – {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Dharmadhyaksha}} and {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Muboshgu}}, each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
*Good article reviews – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.
Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 featured articles, 183 good articles, 8 featured lists, 87 featured pictures, 40 in the news items, and 321 good article reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.
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Each finalist produced some excellent work. We've included a representative sample.
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File:2008-08-22 Cortinarius violaceus (L.) Gray 18241.jpg|First place {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Cas Liber}} had two featured articles in the last round, and nine over the course of the competition – an impressive feat. The one shown is ''[[Cortinarius violaceus]]''
File:LuchaLibreObrera082.JPG|{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|MPJ-DK}} had a varied final round – a featured article, a featured list, a couple good articles, and a nine-article "good topic" on [[Los Espantos]] – but, given we're only allowed to use freely licensed material in ''The Signpost'', I've chosen [[Shocker (wrestler)]], one of his good articles, as the representative image for his work.
File:Margaret D. Foster, in Lab, 4 October 1919.jpg| [[Margaret D. Foster]] was the first female chemist to work for the [[United States Geological Survey]], inventing assaying tests, and her genius at this came in use when she was recruited to the [[Manhattan Project]]. This image of her was one of 14 featured pictures by third-place {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Adam Cuerden}} in the last round, and one of 71 featured pictures he restored over the course of the competition.
File:Alasdair Cochrane at the University of Manchester.JPG|Besides being one of the co-authors on the ''[[Cortinarius violaceus]]'' featured article – which we've already referenced – fourth-place {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|J Milburn}} created a good topic on political theorist and animal rights activist [[Alasdair Cochrane]].
File:Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg|{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|The C of E}} had three good articles and 21 "Did you know ...?" entries in the final round, an impressive amount of article creation and improvement. Pictured is the [[Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997)|flag of Hong Kong]] between 1959 and 1997, the article for which he raised to good article status.
File:Colin 2016-06-06 1620Z.jpg|{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|12george1}} is one of our "weather guys", working hard to keep major weather events well-covered on Wikipedia. Pictured is 2016's [[Tropical Storm Colin (2016)|Tropical Storm Colin]], which only happened in June, but is already a good article. Keep up the great work!
File:King William King Street.jpg|Given this list is visual, though his good articles are, indeed, quite good, I'm going to ignore them in favour of one of the "Did you know...?" contributions by {{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Worm That Turned}}: The [[King William Ale House]] in [[Bristol, England]].
File:Downtown-paterson-nj2.jpg|{{Wikipedia:WikiCup/Participant7|Wugapodes}} wasn't actually able to contribute in the last round, but they did excellent work earlier in the competition – hence why they were in the last round. Pictured is the city of [[Paterson, New Jersey]], defendant in the [[United States Supreme Court]] case ''[[Heffernan v. City of Paterson]]'', which they raised to good article status.
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{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2|image=File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2950-15A, Russland, Panzer im Einsatz.jpg|caption=[[German tanks in World War II|German tanks]] during [[Battle of Kursk|Operation Citadel]]<hr>}}
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{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2|image=File:Smog obscures view of Chrysler Building from Empire State Building.jpg|caption=A view of the [[Chrysler Building]] from the Empire State Building on November 20, 1953.<hr>}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Filler image-v2|image=File:Hurricane Katrina August 28 2005 NASA.jpg|caption=This image shows [[Hurricane Katrina]]. Studies regarding the [[name-letter effect]] have shown that people with a name beginning in K especially donated to the relief effort.<hr>}}
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*'''[[Heathenry (new religious movement)]]''' <small>([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Heathenry (new religious movement)/archive2|nominated]] by [[User:Midnightblueowl|Midnightblueowl]]) </small> also termed '''Heathenism''' or '''Germanic Neopaganism''', is a [[Modern Paganism|modern Pagan]] religion. Classified as a [[new religious movement]], its practitioners model their faith on the [[Germanic paganism|pre-Christian belief systems]] adhered to by the [[Germanic peoples]] of [[Iron Age Europe|Iron Age]] and [[Early Middle Ages|Early Medieval Europe]]. Scholarly estimates put the number of Heathens at no more than 20,000 worldwide, with communities of practitioners active in Europe, North America, and Australasia.
* '''''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Final Fantasy VII/archive3|nominated]] by [[User:ProtoDrake|ProtoDrake]])''</small> is a [[role-playing video game]] developed by [[Square (company)|Square]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] console. Released in 1997, it is the seventh main installment in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. Published in Japan by Square, it was released in the West by [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]], the first in the series to be released in Europe. The game's story follows [[Cloud Strife]], a mercenary who joins an [[Eco-terrorism|eco-terrorist]] organization to stop the world-controlling [[megacorporation]], Shinra, from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Assisted by a large pre-release promotional campaign, ''Final Fantasy VII'' received widespread commercial and critical success upon release, and is still widely regarded as a landmark title and one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest games of all time]]. It was acknowledged for boosting the sales of the PlayStation and popularizing [[Japanese role-playing game|Japanese role-playing games]] worldwide.
*The '''[[Kragujevac massacre]]''' <small>([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kragujevac massacre/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Peacemaker67|Peacemaker67]])</small> was the [[mass murder]] of between 2,778 and 2,794 mostly [[Serbs|Serb]] men and boys in the city of [[Kragujevac]] by [[Nazi Germany|German]] soldiers on 21 October 1941. It occurred in the [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|German-occupied territory of Serbia]] during [[World War II]], and came in [[reprisal]] for insurgent attacks in the [[Gornji Milanovac]] district that resulted in the deaths of 10 German soldiers and the wounding of 26 others.
*The '''[[grey-necked wood rail]]''' <small>([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Grey-necked wood rail/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:RileyBugz|RileyBugz ]])</small> (''Aramides cajaneus'') is a species of [[bird]] in the family [[Rallidae]], the rails. It lives primarily in the forests, mangroves, and swamps of Central and South America. The species is usually found at elevations from sea level to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), although some have been found above that. The rail has both a grey head and gray neck. In the nominate, the back of the head has a brown patch. The <dfn>[[Glossary of bird terms#upperparts|upperparts]]</dfn> are olive-green to dark brown. The chest and flanks are a rufous colour, with the belly, rump, and tail being black. The legs are coral-red, the bill is a bright greenish-yellow, and the eyes are red. This rail rail feeds on a wide range of foods, from [[Mollusc|molluscs]] to seeds. It is also known to feed on the feces of [[Giant otter|giant otters]].
*'''[[No. 1 Aircraft Depot RAAF]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/No. 1 Aircraft Depot RAAF/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]])</small> (No. 1 AD) was a maintenance unit of the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF). Formed in July 1921 at [[RAAF Williams#RAAF Williams Point Cook Base|RAAF Point Cook]], Victoria, it relocated to the nearby [[RAAF Williams#RAAF Williams Laverton Base|RAAF Laverton]] in March 1926. As well as servicing aircraft and other equipment, in its early years the depot supported survey flights in Australia and the Pacific region. It was also responsible for training maintenance staff. No. 1 AD was disbanded in December 1994, its functions having been taken over by other units and private contractors. At the time of its disbandment, it was the oldest RAAF unit in continuous operation.
*'''[[Dire wolf]]'''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:William Harris|William Hariss]])</small> (''Canis dirus'', "fearsome dog") is an [[Extinction|extinct]] [[species]] of the [[genus]] ''[[Canis]]''. It is one of the most famous prehistoric [[carnivores]] in North America along with its extinct competitor, the sabre-toothed cat ''[[Smilodon|Smilodon fatalis]]''. The dire wolf lived in the [[Americas]] during the [[Late Pleistocene]] epoch (125,000–10,000 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found. The dire wolf was about the same size as the largest modern [[Gray wolf|gray wolves]] (''Canis lupus''), the [[Yukon wolf]] and the [[northwestern wolf]]. ''C. d. guildayi'' weighed on average 60 kg (130 lb) and ''C. d. dirus'' on average 68 kg (150 lb). Its teeth were larger with greater shearing ability than ''C. Lupis'' and its bite force at the [[canine tooth]] was the strongest of any known ''Canis'' species. The dire wolf is thought to have been a pack hunter, and the latest dire wolf remains have been dated to 9,440 years ago.
*'''''[[Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.]]'''''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co./archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]])</small> is a leading case in [[United States tort law|American tort law]] on the question of liability to an unforeseeable [[plaintiff]]. The case was heard by the [[New York Court of Appeals]], the highest state court in [[New York (state)|New York]]; its opinion was written by Chief Judge [[Benjamin Cardozo]], a leading figure in the development of American [[common law]]. The plaintiff, Helen Palsgraf, was taking her daughters to the beach on an August day in 1924. As two men attempted to board a train before hers, one (aided by railroad employees) dropped a package that exploded, causing a large coin-operated scale on the platform to hit her. She subsequently sued the railroad, arguing that its employees had been negligent. After multiple appeals, the Court of Appeals, in a 4:3 decision decided that there was no negligence because the employees, in helping the man board, did not have a [[duty of care]] to Palsgraf as injury to her was not a foreseeable harm from aiding a man with a package. The precedent set by this case that tort liability only occurs when a defendant breaches a duty of care that they owe to a plaintiff, causing the injury sued for, has been widely accepted in American law.
*'''[[Eve (2003 TV series)|''Eve'' (2003 TV series)]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Eve (2003 TV series)/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Aoba47|Aoba47]])</small> is an American television [[sitcom]], created by Meg DeLoatch, which originally aired for three seasons on [[United Paramount Network]] (UPN) from September 15, 2003, to May 11, 2006. Featuring an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]], [[Jason George]], [[Ali Landry]], [[Natalie Desselle-Reid]], [[Brian Hooks]], and [[Sean Maguire]], the show revolves around two sets of male and female friends attempting to navigate relationships with the opposite sex. The series was produced by [[The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio|The Greenblatt-Janollari Studio]], Mega Diva Inc., and [[Warner Bros. Television]]; the [[Executive producer|executive producers]] were [[Robert Greenblatt]] and David Janollari.
*'''[[Pacific blue-eye]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pacific blue-eye/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Casliber|Cas Liber]])</small> (''Pseudomugil signifer'') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Pseudomugilidae]] native to eastern Australia. First described by Austrian naturalist [[Rudolf Kner]] in 1866, it is a common fish of rivers and [[Estuary|estuaries]] along the eastern seaboard from [[Cape York Peninsula|Cape York]] in north [[Queensland]] to southern [[New South Wales]], the [[Burdekin Gap]] in central-north Queensland dividing the ranges of the two subspecies. A small silvery fish averaging around 3–3.5 cm (1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub>–1 <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> in) in [[Fish measurement|total length]], the Pacific blue-eye is recognisable by its blue eye ring and two dorsal fins. It forms loose [[Shoaling and schooling|schools]] of tens to thousands of individuals. It eats water-borne insects as well as flying insects that land on the water's surface, foraging for them by sight. The Pacific blue-eye adapts readily to captivity.
*'''[[Norwich War Memorial]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Norwich War Memorial/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:HJ Mitchell|HJ Mitchell]])</small> (also known as '''Norwich City War Memorial''' or '''Norwich Cenotaph''') is a [[First World War memorial]] in [[Norwich]] in Eastern England. It was designed by [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]], the last of his eight [[Cenotaph|cenotaphs]] to be erected in England. The monument is is today a grade II* [[listed building]]. In 2015, it became part of a "national collection" of Lutyens' war memorials.
* The '''[[Kalākaua coinage]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kalākaua coinage/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]])</small> was a set of silver coins of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] dated 1883, authorized to boost Hawaiian pride by giving the kingdom its own money. They were designed by [[Charles E. Barber]], [[Chief Engraver]] of the [[United States Mint|United States Bureau of the Mint]], and were struck at the [[San Francisco Mint]]. The issued coins are a dime (ten-cent piece), quarter dollar, half dollar, and dollar. The coins met a hostile reception from the business community in Honolulu, who feared inflation of the currency in a time of recession. After legal maneuvering, the government agreed to use over half of the coinage as backing for paper currency, and this continued until better economic times began in 1885. After that, the coins were more eagerly accepted in circulation. They remained in the flow of commerce on the islands until withdrawn in 1903, after Hawaii had become a US territory.
*The '''[[Battle of Prokhorovka]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of Prokhorovka/archive2|nominated]] by [[User:EyeTruth|Eye Truth]])</small> (12 July 1943), one of the largest tank battles in history, was fought between {{lang|de|[[Waffen-SS]]}} units of [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Red Army]] units of the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[Second World War]] in the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]. It was the climax of the German offensive, [[Operation Citadel]], and occurred when the [[Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army]] intercepted the [[II SS-Panzer Corps]] of the German {{lang|de|[[Wehrmacht]]}} near [[Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast|Prokhorovka]]. The 5th Guards Tank Army was decimated in the attack, but succeeded in preventing the {{lang|de|Wehrmacht}} from capturing Prokhorovka and breaking through the last heavily fortified Soviet defensive belt. With the Germans unable to accomplish their objective for Operation Citadel, they cancelled it and began redeploying their forces to deal with new pressing developments elsewhere. The failure of the operation marked the first time in the war that a major German offensive was halted before it could break through enemy defences and penetrate into their operational or [[strategic depth]]s. The Soviet Union thus permanently gained the strategic initiative, while Germany permanently lost the capacity to launch offensives of such scale on the Eastern Front.
*'''''[[Adventure Time]]'''''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Gen. Quon|Gen. Quon]])</small> is an American [[List of animated television series|animated television series]] created by [[Pendleton Ward]] for [[Cartoon Network]]. It follows the adventures of a boy named [[Finn the Human|Finn]] (voiced by [[Jeremy Shada]]) and his best friend and adoptive brother [[Jake the Dog|Jake]] ([[John DiMaggio]])—a dog with the magical power to change shape and size at will as they travel through the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. ''Adventure Time'' has been a ratings success for Cartoon Network and some episodes have attracted over 3 million viewers; despite being aimed primarily at children, it has developed a following among teenagers and adults. The show has received positive reviews from critics and won awards including: six [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy Awards]], a [[Peabody Award]], three [[Annie Award|Annie Awards]], two [[British Academy Children's Awards]], a [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Motion Picture Sound Editors Award]], a Pixel Award, and a [[Kerrang! Awards|''Kerrang!'' Award]].
*'''[[Arlington, Washington]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Arlington, Washington/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:SounderBruce|Sounder Bruce ]])</small> is a city in northern [[Snohomish County, Washington]], United States, part of the [[Seattle metropolitan area]]. The city lies on the [[Stillaguamish River]] in the western foothills of the [[Cascade Range]], adjacent to the city of [[Marysville, Washington|Marysville]]. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], the [[county seat]], and 40 miles (64 km) north of [[Seattle]], the region's largest city. As of the [[2010 United States Census]], Arlington has a population of 17,926.
*'''[[Jerome, Arizona]]'''<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jerome, Arizona/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Finetooth|Finetooth]])</small> is a town in the [[Black Hills (Yavapai County)|Black Hills]] of [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arizona]]. Founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the [[Verde Valley]], it is more than 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level. It is about 100 miles (160 km) north of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] along [[Arizona State Route 89A|State Route 89A]] between [[Sedona, Arizona|Sedona]] and [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]]. Supported in its heyday by rich copper mines, it was home to more than 10,000 people in the 1920s. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 444. Jerome made news in 1917, when strikes involving the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW) led to the expulsion at gunpoint of about 60 IWW members, who were loaded on a cattle car and shipped west. Production at the mines, always subject to fluctuations, boomed during [[World War I]], fell thereafter, rose again, then fell again during and after the [[Great Depression]]. As the ore deposits ran out, the mines closed, and the population dwindled to fewer than 100 by the mid-1950s. Efforts to save the town from oblivion succeeded when residents turned to tourism and retail sales. Jerome became a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1967. In the early 21st century, Jerome has art galleries, coffee houses, restaurants, and a state park and local museum devoted to mining history.
*[[Evita (1996 film)|'''''Evita'' (1996 film)''']]<small> ([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Evita (1996 film)/archive1|nominated]] by [[User: FrankRizzo2006|FrankRizzo]])</small> is a 1996 American [[Musical film|musical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] based on the 1976 [[Evita (album)|concept album of the same name]] produced by [[Tim Rice]] and [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], which also inspired a [[Evita (musical)|1978 musical]]. The film depicts the life of [[Eva Perón]], detailing her beginnings, rise to fame, political career and death at the age of 33. Directed by [[Alan Parker]], and written by Parker and [[Oliver Stone]], ''Evita'' stars [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] as Eva, [[Jonathan Pryce]] as Eva's husband [[Juan Perón]], and [[Antonio Banderas]] as Ché, an [[everyman]] who acts as the film's narrator. The film had a [[limited release]] on December 25, 1996, before opening [[Wide release|nationwide]] on January 10, 1997. It grossed over $141 million worldwide. The film received a mixed critical response; reviewers praised Madonna's performance, the music, costume designs and cinematography, while criticism was aimed at the pacing and direction. ''Evita'' received many awards and nominations, including the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] ("You Must Love Me"), and three [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe Awards]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Picture – Comedy or Musical]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ("You Must Love Me") and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress – Comedy or Musical]] (Madonna).
*'''''[[Fallout 4: Far Harbor]]'''''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Anarchyte|Anarchyte]])</small> is an [[expansion pack]] for the 2015 video game ''[[Fallout 4]]'', developed by [[Bethesda Game Studios]] and published by [[Bethesda Softworks]]. ''Far Harbor'' was released on May 19, 2016 for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 4]], and [[Xbox One]] as [[downloadable content]] (DLC). The game is set in the year 2287, in the aftermath of a [[nuclear war]] that destroys most of the United States. In the game, the [[player character]] is recruited by a detective agency to investigate the disappearance of a young girl living in a remote area. ''Far Harbor''<nowiki/>'s announcement was made three months after the release of ''Fallout 4''. The expansion was influenced by player feedback on the base game's [[Dialog tree|dialogue system]], which was not considered to be as successful as the other game mechanics. The development team also noticed the players' interest in releases that added large amounts of explorable territory. The price of ''Fallout 4''<nowiki/>'s [[Season ticket|season pass]] was increased because of the expansion's size. The expansion received generally favorable reviews from critics.
*'''[[Louis Leblanc]]'''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Kaiser matias|Kaiser matias]])</small> born January 26, 1991) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] retired professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]]. Leblanc spent three seasons with the Canadiens (beginning in 2011), mainly playing for their [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliates, before being traded in 2014 to the [[Anaheim Ducks]], who kept him in the AHL. In 2015, Leblanc moved to Europe, joining [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL), though he only played seven games for them before being released. After appearing in four games for [[Lausanne HC]] of the Swiss [[National League A]], he retired from hockey. Internationally, Leblanc played in the [[2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament]], where Canada won the gold medal, and in the [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]], where he helped [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]] win a silver medal. Leblanc was considered a [[Draft (sports)#Draft bust|draft bust]], having failed to reach his potential and retiring from hockey at an early age.
*The '''[[1966 New York City smog]]'''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Brandt Luke Zorn|Brandt Luke Zorn]])</small> was a historic [[Air pollution|air-pollution]] event in [[New York City]] that occurred from November 23–26, that year's [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] holiday weekend. It was the third major [[smog]] in New York City, following events of similar scale in 1953 and 1963. On November 23, a large mass of stagnant air over the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] trapped pollutants in the city's air. For three full days, New York City experienced severe smog with high levels of [[carbon monoxide]], [[sulfur dioxide]], smoke, and haze. Smaller pockets of air pollution pervaded the [[New York metropolitan area]] throughout other parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. On November 25, regional leaders initiated a "first-stage alert" in the city, state, and neighboring states. During the alert, leaders of local and state governments asked residents and industry to take voluntary steps to minimize emissions. People with respiratory or heart conditions were advised by health officials to stay indoors. The city's garbage incinerators were shut off, requiring massive hauling of garbage to landfills. A [[cold front]] dispersed the smog on November 26 and the alert ended. A medical research group conducted a study estimating that 10 percent of the city's population suffered some negative health effects from the smog. City health officials initially maintained that the smog had not caused any deaths, but studies have found that 168 people likely died because of the smog, and 366 people likely had their lives shortened. The smog served as a catalyst for greater national awareness of air pollution as a serious health problem and political issue. New York City updated its [[New York City Administrative Code|local laws]] on air pollution control, and a similar weather event passed in 1969 without major smog. Prompted by the smog, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and members of Congress worked to pass federal legislation regulating air pollution in the United States, culminating in the 1967 Air Quality Act and the [[Clean Air Act of 1970|1970 Clean Air Act]]. The 1966 smog is a milestone that has been used for comparison with other recent pollution events, including the [[Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks|health effects of pollution from the September 11 attacks]] and [[pollution in China]].
*'''''[[Nil Battey Sannata]]'''''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Numerounovedant|Numerounovedant]])</small> (English: ''Zero Divided by Zero Equals Nothing''; slang for "Good For Nothing"), released internationally as '''''The New Classmate''''', is a 2016 Indian [[Comedy-drama|comedy drama]] film directed by [[Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari]] in her feature debut. Produced by [[Anand L Rai|Anand Rai]], Ajay Rai, and Alan McAlex under the banners of [[Colour Yellow]] and [[JAR Pictures]], the film was co-written by Iyer, Neeraj Singh, Pranjal Choudhary, and [[Nitesh Tiwari]]. [[Swara Bhaskar]] starred as Chanda Sahay, a high-school drop-out household maid and single mother of a sullen young girl named Apeksha, played by Ria Shukla. The film's theme is a person's right to dream and change their lives, irrespective of social status. Released in India on 22 April 2016, ''Nil Battey Sannata'' was distributed by [[Eros International]] and garnered critical and audience acclaim.
*The '''[[name-letter effect]]'''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Edwininlondon|Edwininlondon]])</small> is the tendency of people to prefer the [[Letter (alphabet)|letters]] in their [[Personal name|name]] over other letters in the [[alphabet]]. Whether [[Human subject research|subjects]] are asked to rank all letters of the alphabet, rate each of the letters, choose the letter they prefer out of a set of two, or pick a small set of letters they most prefer, on average people consistently like the letters in their own name the most. Crucially, subjects are not aware that they are choosing letters from their name.
*'''[[Isabelle Eberhardt]]'''<small> ([[nominated]] by [[User:Freikorp|Freikorp]])</small> was a Swiss explorer and writer. As a teenager, Eberhardt published short stories under a male pseudonym. She was considered a proficient writer on the subject of North Africa despite learning about the region only through correspondence. She moved to Algeria in May 1897 where she dressed as a man and converted to Islam, eventually adopting the name '''Si Mahmoud Saadi'''.
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* [[Ajay Devgn]] is an Indian [[Bollywood]] film actor, director and producer who has acted in, directed, and/or produced '''[[Ajay Devgn filmography|over 100 movies and three television shows]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Ajay Devgn filmography/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Skr15081997|Skr15081997]])''</small>, his first movie being in 1985 (''[[Pyari Behna]]'') and his most recent in 2017.
*[[Rhode Island]] is a [[U.S. state|state]] located in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern]] [[United States]]. According to the [[2010 United States Census]], Rhode Island is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|8th least populous state]] with 1,052,567 inhabitants and the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|smallest by land area]] spanning 1,033.81 square miles (2,677.6 km) of land. Rhode Island is divided into '''[[List of municipalities in Rhode Island|39 incorporated municipalities]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of municipalities in Rhode Island/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Mattximus|Mattximus]])''</small>, including 8 cities and 31 towns, grouped into 5 historic [[County (U.S.)|counties]] which have no municipal functions as the state has no county level of government. The entire area of the state is governed by town administrations except for areas within the boundaries of cities.
* Australian children's musical group [[The Wiggles]] have released '''[[The Wiggles discography|seventy-seven total albums]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The Wiggles discography/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:SatDis|SatDis]])''</small> (comprised of forty-eight [[Album|studio albums]], three [[Album#Live|live albums]], eight [[Compilation album|compilation albums]], one [[audiobook]], four [[karaoke]] albums, one [[extended play]] and two [[Single (music)|singles]]). Thirteen of the group's albums have been [[ARIA Charts#ARIA certifications|certified]] by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) as gold, platinum and double platinum. Two of their albums have reached the top 20 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Albums Chart]].
*[[Norwich City F.C.]] is an [[association football]] club based in [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], and was founded in 1902. As of the [[2017–18 EFL Championship|2017–18 season]] they play in the [[EFL Championship]]. The club's first [[Manager (association football)|manager]], [[John Bowman (footballer)|John Bowman]], was appointed in 1905. Since then, '''[[List of Norwich City F.C. managers|39 men have held the job]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Norwich City F.C. managers/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] and [[User:Dweller|Dweller]])''</small> on a permanent basis. As of May 2017, the former [[Borussia Dortmund]] reserve-team coach [[Daniel Farke]] occupies the role. [[Ken Brown (footballer)|Ken Brown]] holds the record for most games in charge, with a total of 367 between 1980 and 1987. Excluding caretaker managers, the shortest reigns were those of [[George Swindin]] and [[Jimmy Jewell]], who both managed 20 games.
*[[Kane Williamson]] is an international [[Cricket|cricketer]] who represents the [[New Zealand national cricket team]]. As of May 2017, he is the [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of the team in [[One Day International]] (ODI) and [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) formats. A right handed top order batsman, he '''[[List of international cricket centuries by Kane Williamson|has scored seventeen and nine]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of international cricket centuries by Kane Williamson/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Vensatry|Vensatry]])''</small>[[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in [[Test cricket|Test]] and ODIs, respectively. In January 2015, former New Zealand cricketer [[Martin Crowe]] noted that, "we're seeing the dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman" in Williamson. His 69-[[Delivery (cricket)|ball]] 100 [[not out]]—made against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] in October 2011—is the fourth fastest ODI century by a New Zealander. His highest score of 145 not out came against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] in January 2013. He has scored centuries against all Test-playing nations except West Indies. Four months later, he became the sixth player to score 10 Test centuries before the age of 25 when he made 132 against [[England cricket team|England]] at the [[Lord's]]. In August 2016, he became the fastest and youngest player to score centuries against all Test-playing nations in the format. As of May 2017, he has the most Test centuries for New Zealand. Williamson has played 39 T20Is since his debut in October 2011 and is yet to score a century in the format; his highest score remains 73 not out.
*In [[baseball]], a [[Hit (baseball)|hit]] is credited to a [[Batting (baseball)|batter]] when he reaches [[first base]] – or [[Extra-base hit|any subsequent base]] – [[Safe (baseball)|safely]] after hitting a [[fair ball]], without the benefit of an [[Error (baseball)|error]] or a [[fielder's choice]]. '''[[List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders|One hundred fourteen different players]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Bloom6132|Bloom6132]])''</small> have recorded at least six hits in a single nine-inning [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) game to date, the most recent being [[Anthony Rendon]] of the [[Washington Nationals]] on April 30, 2017. Regarded as a notable achievement, five players have accomplished the feat more than once in their career; no player has ever recorded more than seven hits in a nine-inning game. [[Davy Force]] was the first player to collect six hits in a single game, doing so for the [[Philadelphia Athletics (1860–76)|Philadelphia Athletics]] against the [[Chicago Cubs|Chicago White Stockings]] on June 27, 1876.
*[[Mel Gibson]], [[Order of Australia|AO]], is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter with '''[[Mel Gibson filmography|dozens of films and television productions]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mel Gibson filmography/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Bluesphere|Bluesphere]])''</small> to his name including appearances in in the ''[[Mad Max (franchise)|Mad Max]]'' and ''[[Lethal Weapon (franchise)|Lethal Weapon]]'' blockbuster film series, acting in and directing the Academy Award winning ''[[Braveheart]]'' in 1995 and directing the Academy Award winning ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'' in 2016.
*''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'' is a 2016 American [[Romance film|romantic]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[Comedy-drama|comedy-drama film]] written and directed by [[Damien Chazelle]]. Starring [[Ryan Gosling]] and [[Emma Stone]], the film focuses on two young people struggling to make ends meet in Los Angeles, while pursuing their dreams as artists. The film was successful at the box office, earning over $430 million against its $30 million budget. [[Rotten Tomatoes]], a [[review aggregator]], surveyed 332 reviews and judged 93% to be positive. The film has been '''[[List of accolades received by La La Land (film)|nominated for 250 awards, winning 108]]'''; its direction, screenplay, music and the performances of Gosling and Stone have received the most attention from award groups. ''La La Land'' received 14 nominations (winning 6) at the [[89th Academy Awards]] tying records for most nominations by a single film with ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950) and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997). The film garnered a leading seven [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations, and the film also led the [[70th British Academy Film Awards]] with five wins and 11 nominations.
*The American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Rise Against]] has '''[[List of songs recorded by Rise Against|recorded 128 songs]]''', which include 115 original songs and 13 [[Cover version|covers]]. The band was formed in 1999, and signed a [[recording contract]] with the [[independent record label]] [[Fat Wreck Chords]] the following year. During the early part of their career, Rise Against's music was characterized by its gritty combination of [[hardcore punk]] and [[melodic hardcore]]. With the release of ''Appeal to Reason'', the band's music shifted toward a more accessible and radio-friendly sound, with greater emphasis on production value. Rise Against is well known for their outspoken [[social commentary]], which often permeates their lyrics. Of the band's 128 songs, fifteen have been released as [[Single (music)|singles]], while three have been [[Promotional single|promotional singles]]. Their best charting singles are "[[Help Is on the Way]]", which reached number eighty-nine on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]; and "Savior", which held the record for the most consecutive weeks spent on both the [[Hot Rock Songs]] and [[Alternative Songs]] charts, with sixty-three and sixty-five weeks respectively. Two singles from ''Siren Song of the Counter Culture'', "[[Give It All]]" and "[[Swing Life Away]]", helped broaden Rise Against's mainstream appeal.
*The '''[[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress]]''' is an award presented annually at the [[Hong Kong Film Awards]] (HKFA). It is given to honour an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film]]. The [[1st Hong Kong Film Awards]] ceremony was held in 1982. Since its inception, 78 actresses have been nominated for the award with 25 actresses winning at least one of the 35 awards. As of 2017's [[36th Hong Kong Film Awards]], [[Kara Hui|Kara Wai]] is the most recent winner for her role in ''[[Happiness (2016 film)|Happiness]].''
* [[North Somerset]] is a [[unitary authority]] in the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Somerset]], England. In the United Kingdom, the term [[listed building]] refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance; Grade II* structures are those considered to be "particularly significant buildings of more than local interest". There are '''[[Grade II* listed buildings in North Somerset| 80 Grade II* listed buildings in North Somerset]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Grade II* listed buildings in North Somerset/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Rodw|Rod]])''</small>. The oldest are [[Norman architecture|Norman]] churches. From the [[Middle Ages]] onward there are more churches and some manor houses, such as [[Tyntesfield]], [[Clevedon Court]] and [[Leigh Court]], with their ancillary buildings. The list includes several village or church crosses and monuments in churchyards. More recent entries include [[Birnbeck Pier]] which was designed by [[Eugenius Birch]] and opened in 1867, and the [[Blagdon Lake#Pumping station and Visitor Centre|Waterworks at Blagdon]] which was completed in 1905.
* [[Jeff Gordon]] is an American racing driver who drove in the [[NASCAR]] [[Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series|Cup Series]] full-time from 1993 to 2015, winning 93 Cup Series races and four Cup championships. Over the course of his racing career, Gordon won a total of '''[[List of NASCAR race wins by Jeff Gordon|98 NASCAR races]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of NASCAR race wins by Jeff Gordon/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Bcschneider53|Bcschneider53]])''</small>, 93 of which were in the Cup Series.
* [[Test cricket]] is the oldest form of [[cricket]] played at [[International cricket|international level]]. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full Members|Full Member]] nations of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC). '''[[List of Australia Test cricket records|Australia holds many Test cricket records]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Australia Test cricket records/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Ianblair23|Ianblair23]])''</small> including having played 801 Test matches resulting in 377 victories, 215 defeats, 207 draws and 2 ties for an overall winning percentage of 47.06, the highest winning percentage of Test playing teams.
* American band [[Ivy (band)|Ivy]] has recorded '''[[List of songs recorded by Ivy|78 songs,]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs recorded by Ivy/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Carbrera|Carbrera]])''</small> and material for six [[Studio album|studio albums]], one [[extended play]] (EP), and for various [[Compilation album|compilation albums]] and [[Soundtrack|soundtracks]].
* American band [[Death Grips]] has released '''[[Death Grips discography |71 musical works]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Death Grips discography/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Littlecarmen|Littlecarmen]])''</small>, comprising of six [[Studio album|studio albums]], one [[compilation album]], three [[Extended play|extended plays]] (EPs), one [[mixtape]], seven [[Single (music)|singles]], eight [[Promotional recording|promotional singles]], three [[Remix|remixes]], and 42 [[Music video|music videos]].
* '''[[Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]''' <small> ''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Jackdude101|Jackdude101]])''</small> can be found in every [[Amusement park|theme park]] resort property owned or licensed by [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]], the theme park and vacation resort segment of the larger [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Company]]. Each Disney theme park resort has a rail transport system serving its general resort area, whether it's a [[monorail]] system located inside the Disney resort properties in the United States and Japan, or a conventional rail system connecting external rail networks to the Disney resorts in France and China. The Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chain of theme parks is the largest on the planet by annual attendance with over 140.4 million visitors in 2016, and the rail systems located inside its properties play key roles as modes of transportation and as attractions for its visitors.
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* '''[[Wikipedia:Featured topics/Current Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre championships|Current Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre championships]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/Current Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre championships/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:MPJ-DK|MPJ-DK]])''</small> In [[professional wrestling]], [[Championship (professional wrestling)|championships]] are competed for in pre-determined matches and as a result of [[Narrative thread|storylines]] by a [[professional wrestling promotion]]'s roster of wrestlers. As of 2016, the Mexican ''[[Lucha libre]]'' or [[professional wrestling promotion]] known as [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"; CMLL) promotes 23 different championships; 12 championships are designated as World Championships for various weight divisions, 5 championships are on the national level, and 6 championships are on the regional level. The championships are divided into multiple weight classes, as well as gender specific and size-specific divisions. There are thirteen male singles championships spread out over various weight classes, three championships for [[tag teams]], three for ''Trios'' (three-man teams), two for female competitors, and two for ''[[Mini-Estrella]]'' competitors. The oldest CMLL championship is the [[Mexican National Welterweight Championship]], created on June 17, 1934, which is also the oldest, still active, championship in professional wrestling.
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=== Kalanick's nipples ===
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The anatomy of [[Uber (company)|Uber]] co-founder [[Travis Kalanick]]'s chest area, more exactly his nipples, has been the talk of the month. That is at least what one can gather from a [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wikipedia-editors-have-been-arguing-about-travis-kalanicks-nipples-for-3-years ''Motherboard'' article] (June 9), in which the author Sarah Emerson asks why Wikipedia hasn't replaced the image with any of the "dozens of fair use, high-resolution options" [https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=travis%20kalanick&license=2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C9 on Flickr]. This because she fails to understand our strict policy on fair use images, disallowed when free alternatives are available. However, she's partly correct that there exist a few alternatives, like [https://www.flickr.com/photos/techcrunch/7979998220/ this one] by ''TechCrunch''.
The article includes two screenshots of "heated" debate from [[Talk:Travis Kalanick|the talk page]] spanning three years. However, this discussion only included six comments in total, one of which pointed out that the nipples were worth some $2.1 billion each. Normally I would have applied {{tlx|citation needed}} to such a statement, but given that a 5-minute Uber fare in central [[Stockholm]] costs me $13, I'm not so surprised that the pennies trickle in for the CEO. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
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=== Episode #138 of ''Drama on the Hill'' ===
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The reality drama series that is the [[Donald Trump presidency]] continues onwards with its latest breathtaking episode. In a shocking development ''Newsweek'' [http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-obstruction-justice-wikipedia-page-russia-investigation-james-623213 reports] (June 8) that with the help of the Twitter account [https://twitter.com/CongressEdits @CongressEdits] they've been able to uncover a traitor within the midst of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. As the [[Comey hearing]] unfolded, a rogue agent used a House IP address to [[Special:Diff/784477444&oldid=781746147|add a controversial example]] of obstruction of justice to our encyclopedia. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
=== In brief ===
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*'''Building a [[paywall|wall]], and letting readers pay for it''': [[Katherine Maher]] described "[[alternative facts]] [as] nothing new" in an interview with a Swedish newspaper, based on the title of the [[Subscription business model|pay-to-read]] piece. (''[https://www.svd.se/wikipedia-chefen-alternative-facts-ar-inget-nytt Svenska Dagbladet]'', May 22) <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
*'''Wikipedia HacKeD!1''': Another day, another tabloid hack who doesn't know the meaning of the word. Yet again has the media described an article suffering from [[Special:Diff/784654912|common vandalism]] following the British election as being "hacked" ([http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dup-wikipedia-page-edited-show-10592410 ''Daily Mirror''], June 9). To quote the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-06-09/In the media|last issue of ''The Signpost'']], it is indeed "a sexy word to use in a headline". <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''"Turks click away but Wikipedia is gone"''': In early April, the Turkish government [[2017 block of Wikipedia in Turkey|blocked access to Wikipedia]]. While the news was covered online and around the world, the best<small><sup>[COI]</sup></small> writing on the subject comes from ''[[n:Turkey blocks Wikipedia, alleging smear campaign|Wikinews]]'' (May 2). <small>[[User:Czar|C.]], [[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''Jimmy on tour''': Wiki founder Wales found a moment to mention his start-up, Wikinews copycat [[Wikitribune]], while discussing the Facebook echo chamber in a [http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/16/facebook-fake-news-echo-chamber-jimmy-wales-wikipedia.html ''CNBC'' interview] (June 16) earlier last week. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''Oh, to be young and free!''' Do you remember those times? Wikipedia was but a mewling infant, with fewer articles than [[List of lawsuits involving Donald Trump|Trump had lawsuits]]. ''VatorNews'' sure [http://vator.tv/news/2017-06-13-when-wikipedia-was-young-the-early-years does!] In a recent [[Throwback Thursday|throwback]] article (June 13) they did a recap of Wikipedia's history – from [[Nupedia]] to now. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''<s>secure.wikimedia.org</s>''': [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wikipedias-switch-to-https-has-successfully-fought-government-censorship ''Motherboard''] (May 26) and [https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/https-wikipedia-censorship-encryption ''Siliconrepublic''] (May 30) wrote pieces about Wikipedia's 2011 switch from HTTP to [[HTTPs]] – adding another layer of security for readers against govermental spying and censorship. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''The ''Signpost'' in the media''': A [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-02-06/Special report|special report from February]] written by {{noping|Smallbones}} about paid editing has gotten traction in the "real media", and has been discussed in an article by [http://www.timesofisrael.com/wikipedia-vs-banc-de-binary-a-3-year-battle-against-binary-options-fake-news/ ''The Times of Israel''] (May 29). <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''Wikipedia lives to lobby again''': It feels like just yesterday Wikipedia [[Protests against SOPA and PIPA#Wikimedia community|protested]] against the proposed American legislation SOPA/PIPA. Now Wikipedia has launched [[meta:FairCopyrightOz|FairCopyrightOz]], teaming up with organisations in favor of [[History of fair use proposals in Australia|fair use in Australia]]. The campaign has been covered by [https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/05/wikipedia-is-joining-the-fight-to-update-australias-fair-use-laws/ ''Gizmodo''] (May 22), [http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/fair-use-wikipedia-targets-australians-in-bid-to-change-the-law-20170521-gw9kzq.html ''The Sydney Morning Herald''] (May 21) and others. <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''I hear 'Happy Birthday' is in order!''' ''The Wire'' [https://thewire.in/143631/happy-birthday-odia-wikipedia/ passes on] their congratulations (June 4) to the [[Odia language|Odia]] Wikipedia community, which just turned 15. Join ''The Wire'' and ''The Signpost'' in giving them a big round of applause! <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
* '''Dead suits brought back to life''': After [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-10-21/News and notes#Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA dismissed|Wikimedia's lawsuit against the NSA was dismissed]], the WMF appealed the ruling, and the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to review the suit. ''Vice News'' [https://news.vice.com/story/newly-revived-wikipedia-suit-could-reveal-secrets-of-nsa-surveillance-program believes] this "could reveal secrets of [the] NSA surveillance program" (May 24). <small>[[User:Josve05a|J.]]</small>
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=== Wikimedia Foundation changes ===
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The Wikimedia Foundation [[:mw:Wikimedia Engineering/June 2017 changes|has announced]] a reorganization of the Product and [[mw:Wikimedia Technology|Technology]] departments. The re-org is expected to deliver better product development with community engagement and an audience-based approach, a more efficient pipeline and to "better prepare our engineering teams to plan around the upcoming movement strategic direction". In the new organization, the Product department will be renamed the [[mw:Wikimedia Audiences|Audiences]] department. The Editing team becomes the Contributors team; the Reading team the Readers team. The Discovery team will be distributed to the Readers team and the Technology department (but will still [[mw:Wikimedia Engineering/June 2017 changes/Update on Discovery|work together on various projects]]). The Fundraising Tech team will be moved to the Technology department. Team Practices group members working directly with teams in the Audiences and Technology departments will move into those teams, and the rest will move to the Talent & Culture department, under the newly-appointed T&C Chargée d’Affaires [[wmf:User:AStillwell_(WMF)|Anna Stillwell]]. Four audience verticals will be condensed into three: Readers, Contributors and Community Tech. The Design Director role will be reintroduced.
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* '''New administrators''': There were no new administrators created since {{U|ONUnicorn}} as reported in the previous edition of ''The Signpost'', and no new [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|requests for adminship]] in the month of June. <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
* '''Milestones''': The following Wikipedia projects reached milestones: 1,000 articles: [[:bi:|Bislama]] (7 April 2017); [[:dty:|Doteli]] (21 May 2017<!--recounted-->). 2,000: [[:olo:|Livvi-Karelian]] (21 March 2017); [[:lo:|Lao]] (28 April 2017). 5,000: [[:zh-classical:|Classical Chinese]] (4 February 2017); [[:kv:|Komi]] (11 March 2017). 10,000: [[:xmf:|Mingrelian]] (1 May 2017); [[:cdo:|Min Dong]] (12 June 2017). 20,000: [[:qu:|Quechua]] (15 February 2017); [[:ia:|Interlingua]] (1 April 2017); [[:su:|Sundanese]] (16 April 2017); [[:azb:|South Azerbaijani]] (27 May 2017). 50,000: [[:bn:|Bengali]] (30 April 2017); [[:ml:|Malayalam]] (2 May 2017); [[:jv:|Javanese]] (7 May 2017). 100,000: [[:ta:|Tamil]] (8 May 2017). 500,000: [[:ar:|Arabic]] (6 March 2017).
* '''Wikimedia Strategy''': [[m:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2|Cycle two]] (discussion of five thematic clusters) concluded on June 12. The strategy team is adjusting the process, and cycle three (defining a direction based on thematic clusters) is due to kick off in July. <small>[[User:Altercari|A.]]</small>
*'''Fair use''': Wikipedia has launched [[meta:FairCopyrightOz|FairCopyrightOz]], teaming up with organisations in favor of [[History of fair use proposals in Australia|fair use in Australia]]. Among [[m:Talk:FairCopyrightOz#Campaign_Report|the metrics]], 12 million banner impressions in the first ten days, and over 67,000 landing page views in the first week. <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
*'''WikidataCon 2017''': [[d:Wikidata:WikidataCon_2017|WikidataCon 2017]] registration, scholarship applications, and call for submissions are open. The event will be held 28 – 29 October 2017 in Berlin. <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
*'''WMF Board Governance Committee''': James Heilman joined the WMF committee as a volunteer and advisory member. According to [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-June/087791.html the announcement] on Wikimedia-l, Heilman will be a non-voting member of the Board Governance Committee and his tenure will serve as onboarding in case of future Board appointment. James edits the English Wikipedia as [[User:Doc James|Doc James]] and is an administrator. <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
*'''I4OC''': On April 6, 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/04/06/initiative-for-open-citations/ announced] that they, along with [https://i4oc.org/#publishers 29 publishers] and [https://i4oc.org/#stakeholders various organizations] had founded the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) aimed at making citation data freely available for anyone to access. <small>[[User:Eddie891|E.]]</small>
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I come late to the [[wikt:vision thing|vision thing]]. I remember still that when I was standing for the Foundation Board in 2006, one Wikimedian described my platform as "pragmatic", though not in a good way. I suppose I have usually felt that the main way to build an encyclopedia is an enormous amount of painstaking effort. Right now, though, I feel the need to kick up a fuss.
The catalyst was the latest in the WikiCite conference series. I missed the [[m:WikiCite 2017|Vienna meeting]] in late May, but it was clearly vibrant in a way that can only be welcomed. I started the ''Facto Post'' mass message to bottle the buzz.
===Backstory: Wikimedia integration===
I count myself as a four-tab Wikimedian. This means that when I sit down to my machine, I have Wikipedia, Commons, Wikisource and Wikidata tabs open. I have been heavily involved with Wikisource since 2009, and Wikidata since 2014. I arrived on Wikipedia in June 2003.
So, where is Wikimedia heading right now? I have taken part in the [[m:Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017|current Wikimedia movement strategy exercise]], and have mixed feelings about it. Radicalism? I don't see it there.
I have tried thinking about Wikimedia integration around Wikidata. I think this is happening, but it is hard to explain to anyone not already a Wikimedian working on several of the sister projects. Some people seem to feel threatened by Wikidata. Others regard it, with rather more justification, as the [[sonic screwdriver]] of the Wikimedia universe: [[Brion Vibber]] is supposed to have said that it solves all problems.
===Presentation and content===
I put my head over the parapet with [[s:Wikisource talk:Wikimedia Strategy 2017#Greater scope for data, citation reform and integration on Wikipedia, and make the clear case for our place in education]]. What would I be meaning there?
"Citation reform" suggests something is broken. Not everyone would agree. But consider whether the reader is able to view Wikipedia references consistently, in a given style. Is there a setting in "Preferences" for that? No, there may be 100 different referencing styles used in Wikipedia, and by convention there has to be a good reason for an editor to change the referencing style in an article. Normally, and this is a strength of Wikipedia, the reader is the customer here. In the way references are presented, the original author of an article has more of the status of someone who is "always right", in selecting the citation style.
Software engineers are going to recognise the issue here, namely [[separation of presentation and content]]. The essential content of a reference can be displayed in numerous ways, e.g.: which comes first, given name or family name of an author (content)? The reader who really wants family name written first, which always reminds me of old library card indexes, could in principle have that option via "Preferences" (presentation). That is a futuristic idea: another is that we should actually know the area of text that a reference applies to. (Strange but true, we don't now.) In any case, Wikidata could do the job of implementing the separation.
===Integration: a fresh take===
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Here and now, I'm still talking about integration, but in a more encyclopedic way. Crucially, too, in a community way. The input-output issues around Wikidata now seem like a good way to understand things in the large, not just Wikidata's place among sister projects. Wikidata inputs (automated, semi-automated, and via the fact mining which I'm working on at [[m:Grants:Project/ContentMine/WikiFactMine|WikiFactMine project]]). Holding areas such as [https://tools.wmflabs.org/mix-n-match/#/ mix'n'match], potentially [http://librarybase.wmflabs.org/wiki/Librarybase:Home LibraryBase]. Wikidata outputs, not just to infoboxes but via [https://query.wikidata.org/ SPARQL], and some form of WikiCite export (in other words, reuse of bibliographic and citation data held in Wikidata).
What I was saying in detail about citation reform is a technical possibility once the WikiCite project takes hold. It is a good example of a way ahead. I would think less of a Wikimedia movement strategy that didn't mention such things.
So I mean to take "post-Wikidata" seriously. About five years since its inception, there is a new perspective available, coming from Wikidatans, but not only them. Librarians find it of interest, some of the open science crowd, those looking for the salvation of [[digital humanities]].
===''Facto Post''===
I felt, already last summer, that Wikidata was undeniably doing something for the digital humanities, moving our take beyond GLAM. See {{noping|Andrew Gray}}'s blogpost in the first issue of ''Facto Post''. People really should get behind new tech possibilities for Wikimedia, I say. I believe that the "technophile versus Luddite" stand-off is divisive rather than helpful. I respect the caveat-oriented scepticism that is appropriate to new technology, but the difference between entering a caveat and nitpicking is a judgement call. So, I will go so far as to question the judgement of those who can only find nay-saying in their hearts.
To get past the title, ''Facto Post'' is a play on words. ''Ex post facto'' is Latin for "retrospectively", so reversed is possibly "prospectively"? But the play is also from the middle of "WikiFactMine", on which I'm currently working: I have a summer job as Wikimedian in Residence, at [http://contentmine.org/ ContentMine], whose project it is. Fact as in "fact mining", a subarea of [[text and data mining]], for us the extraction of scientific facts from original papers. Some of them are headed for Wikidata, as referenced entries.
[[Tim Berners-Lee]] himself is planning a revised Web; he [https://www.wired.com/2017/04/tim-berners-lee-inventor-web-plots-radical-overhaul-creation/ praised our governance], if adding that Wikipedia is not perfect. And it is not. We are still straining to adjust Wikipedia to the [[semantic Web]] concept, his previous version. In fact, the potential is only just becoming apparent in terms of Wikimedia content being much more easily manipulated. Taming the plethora of referencing styles is just a start. The excitement is emergent, not just another "[[wikt:next big thing|next big thing]]". I sought to nail it in the [[User:Charles_Matthews/Facto_Post#Editorial|Editorial]] to the first issue of ''Facto Post''. No doubt several passes will be needed.
Sign up to the [[Wikipedia:Facto Post mailing list|''Facto Post'' mailing list]], do.
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==="Wikipedia, work, and capitalism. A realm of freedom?"===
:''Review by [[User:Hexatekin|Dorothy Howard]]''
In his first book, ''Wikipedia, Work, and Capitalism. A Realm of Freedom?'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lund|first1=Arwid|title=Wikipedia, Work, and Capitalism|date=2017|publisher=Springer: Dynamics of Virtual Work|isbn=9783319506890}}</ref> [[:sv:Arwid Lund|Arwid Lund]], lecturer in the program of Information Studies (ALM: Archives, Libraries and Museums) at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden investigates the ideologies that he believes are shared by participants in peer-production projects like Wikipedia. The author typologizes the ways that Wikipedians understand their activities, including “playing v. gaming” and “working v. labouring,” (113-115) to explore his hypothesis that “there is a link between how Wikipedians look upon their activities and how they look upon capitalism.” (117) Lund characterizes peer-production projects by their shared resistance to information capitalism—things like copyright and pay-walled publishing, which they see as limiting creativity and innovation. His thesis is provocative. He claims that the anti-corporatist ideologies intrinsic to peer production and to Wikipedia are unrealistic because capitalism always finds a way to monetize free content. Overall, the book touches on many issues not usually discussed within the Wikipedia community, but which might be a useful entry point for those who want to consider the social impacts of the project.
Lund uses a combination of social critique and qualitative interviews conducted in 2012 to provide supporting evidence for his thesis. One recurrent theme is that Wikipedia is part of a larger trend in [[gamification]]—a design technique developed in [[Human–computer interaction]] (HCI) to describe the process of using features associated with "play" to motivate interaction and engagement with an interface. One example he gives is that editors report that they find Wikipedia's competitive and confrontational elements to be game-like. (143-144) He also claims that Wikipedians' descriptions of their work and play balance changes as they take on more levels of responsibility and professionalism in the community, such as [[Wikipedia:Administrators|adminship]]. Still, it’s highly questionable whether the 8 interviews, which mainly focus on the [[Swedish Wikipedia]], are a sufficient sample size to make his claims scalable.
The culture of Wikipedia valorizes altruism in its embrace of volunteering for the project to produce information for the greater good. Lund argues that Wikipedians' belief in the altruistic aspect of the project, makes it easy for them to depoliticize their work and to ignore the how Wikipedia participates in the corporate, information economy. To him, Wikipedia is symptomatic of the devaluation of digital work, when in past generations, making an encyclopedia might be a source of income and employment opportunities for contributors.
So, he argues, contributors believe that peer production represents a space of increased autonomy, democracy, and creativity in the production of ideas. But from his view, attempts at a “counter-economy,” “hacker communism,” or “[[gift economy|gift economies]]” (239, 303) are prone to manipulation, because we can’t create utopian bubbles within capitalism that aren’t privy to its influence. Still, peer production projects operate as if creation of value outside of the capitalist system is possible. Lund argues that Wikipedia cannot avoid competition with proprietary companies which see Wikipedia as a threat, and have an interest in harvesting its content for their own benefit. (218) Yet it would be nice if he brought in more examples to make this claim. The reader is left wondering who these corporate interests are, and what exactly they derive from Wikipedia. Having this information would help us understand where Lund is coming from.
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Although the word “work” in the title might suggest that Lund focuses on wage labour, the author’s aims are more broad, and he uses the word to connote a variety of aspects of social, value-producing activities. (20) Namely, the production of “[[use-value]],” the Marxist term for the productive social activity of creating things which are deemed useful and thus of value to be bought and sold in the market (even if producers don’t consider their work to be commodities). He draws from Marxist thinkers and semioticians, among them [[Valentin Voloshinov|V.N. Volosinov]], [[Terry Eagleton]], and [[Louis Althusser]], to unpack different approaches to describing why Wikipedians might feel like they are playing when they are really working. (107-108) Marxists call such assumptions “[[false consciousness]],” but the concept is difficult because it requires us to analyze manifest and latent (discursive and non-discursive) awareness. It would have been useful for Lund to look at how the fields of anthropology or psychology talk about ideology. Both fields have extensively researched the topic. More stringent ethnographic or qualitative methods might have also made his argument more convincing. But, based on the references he provides, it seems that the book's target audience may be media theorists and social scientists, people who already familiar with Marxist [[Political economy|political economy]].
Lund makes a compelling case that capitalism instrumentalizes freely-produced knowledge for its own monetary gains. Meanwhile, he says, Wikipedia's design and its heavily ideological agenda, make it difficult for the community to address the issue. The book is an interesting contribution to ongoing conversations about how Wikipedia and projects motivated by [[copyleft]] principles can be defined from a social perspective.
===How does unemployment affect reading and editing Wikipedia ? The impact of the Great Recession ===
:''Review by [[User:Tbayer (WMF)|Tilman Bayer]]''
A discussion paper titled "Economic Downturn and Volunteering: Do Economic Crises Affect Content Generation on Wikipedia?"<ref>{{Cite conference| publisher = Social Science Research Network| last1 = Kummer| first1 = Michael E.| last2 = Slivko| first2 = Olga| last3 = Zhang| first3 = Xiaoquan (Michael)| title = Economic Downturn and Volunteering: Do Economic Crises Affect Content Generation on Wikipedia?| location = Rochester, NY| date = 2015-11-01| url = http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2710625}}</ref> investigates how "drastically increased unemployment" affects contribution to and readership of Wikipedia. To study this question statistically, the authors (three economists from the [[Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung|Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)]] in Mannheim, Germany) regarded the [[Great Recession]] that began in 2008 as an "exogeneous shock" that affected unemployment rates in different European countries differently and at different times. They relate these rates to five metrics for the language version of Wikipedia that corresponds to each country:
:"(1) aggregate views per month, (2) the number of active Wikipedians with a modest number of monthly edits ranging from 5 to 100, (3) the number of active Wikipedians with more than 100 monthly edits, (4) edits per article, and (5) the content growth of a corresponding language edition of Wikipedia in terms of words"
For each of these, the Wikimedia Foundation publishes monthly numbers. Since the researchers did not have access to country-level breakdowns of this data (which is not published for every country/language combination due to privacy reasons, except for some [https://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportsCountriesLanguagesVisitsEdits.htm monthly or quarterly overviews] which the authors may have overlooked, but only start in 2009 anyway), "to study the relationship of country level unemployment on an entire Wikipedia, we need to focus on countries which have an (ideally) unique language". This excluded some of the European countries that were most heavily affected by the 2008 crisis, e.g. the UK, Spain or Portugal, but still left them with 22 different language versions of Wikipedia to study.
An additional analysis focuses on district-level (''Kreise'') employment data from Germany and the German Wikipedia, respectively. None of the five metrics are available with that geographical resolution, so the authors resorted to the geolocation data for the (public) IP addresses of anonymous edits (which for several large German ISPs is usually more precise than in many other countries).
In both parts of the analysis, the economic data is related to the Wikipedia participation metrics using a relatively simple statistical approach ([[difference in differences]]), whose robustness is however vetted using various means. Still, since in some cases the comparison only included 9 months before and after the start of the crisis (instead of an entire year or several years), this leaves open the question of seasonality (e.g. it is well-known that [[:File:Wikimedia_pageviews_year-over-year_comparison_(since_May_2013).png|Wikipedia pageviews are generally down in the summer]], possibly due to factors like vacationing that might differ depending on the economic situation).
Summarizing their results, the authors write:
:"we find that increased unemployment is associated with higher participation of volunteers in Wikipedia and an increased rate of content generation. With higher unemployment, articles are read more frequently and the number of highly active users increases, suggesting that existing editors also increase their activity. Moreover, we find robust evidence that the number of edits per article increases, and slightly weaker support for an increased overall content growth. We find the overall effect to be rather positive than negative, which is reassuring news if the encyclopedia functions as an important knowledge base for the economy."
While leaving open the precise mechanism of these effects, the researchers speculate that "it seems that new editors begin to acquire new capabilities and devote their time to producing public goods. While we observe overall content growth, we could not find robust evidence for an increase in the number of new articles per day [...]. This suggests that the increased participation is focused on adding to the existing knowledge, rather than providing new topics or pages. Doing so requires less experience than creating new articles, which may be interpreted as a sign of learning by the new contributors."
The paper also includes an informative literature review summarizing interesting research results on unemployment, leisure time and volunteering in general. (For example, that "conditional on having Internet access, poorer people spend more time online than wealthy people as they have a lower opportunity cost of time." Also some gender-specific results that, combined with Wikipedia's well-known gender gap, might have suggested a negative effect of rising unemployment on editing activity: "Among men, working more hours is even positively correlated with participation in volunteering" and on the other hand "unemployment has a negative effect on men’s volunteering, which is not the case for women.")
It has long been observed how Wikipedia relies on the leisure time of educated people, in particular by Clay Shirky, who coined the term "cognitive surplus" for it, the title of [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-09-06/Book review|his 2010 book]]. The present study provides important insights into a particular aspect of this (although the authors caution that economic crises do not uniformly increase spare time, e.g. "employed people may face larger pressure in their paid job", reducing their available time for editing Wikipedia). The paper might have benefited from including a look at the [[m:Editor Survey|available]] demographic data about the life situations of Wikipedia editors (e.g. in the 2012 Wikipedia Editor survey, [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AEditor_Survey_2012_-_Wikipedia_editing_experience.pdf&page=24 60% of respondents] were working full-time or part-time, and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Editor_Survey_2012_-_Wikipedia_editing_experience.pdf&page=23 39%] were school or university students, with some overlap).
===Briefly===
====How complete are Wikidata entries?====
:''Author's summary by [[User talk:Ls1g|Simon Razniewski]]''
While human-created knowledge bases (KBs) such as Wikidata provide usually high-quality data (precision), it is generally hard to understand their completeness. A conference paper titled "Assessing the Completeness of Entities in Knowledge Bases"<ref>{{Cite conference|
publisher = ESWC| last1 = Ahmeti| first1 = Albin| last2 = Razniewski| first2 = Simon| last3 = Polleres| first3 = Axel| title = Assessing the Completeness of Entities in Knowledge Bases | date = 2017| url = https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2MlOICNWBqIdkhKeFdYWXJhWnc}}
</ref> proposes to assess the relative completeness of entities in knowledge bases, based on comparing the extent of information with other similar entities. It outlines building blocks of this approach, and present a prototypical implementation, which is available on Wikidata as Recoin (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Ls1g/Recoin).
===="Cardinal Virtues: Extracting Relation Cardinalities from Text"====
:''Author's summary by [[User talk:Ls1g|Simon Razniewski]]''
Information extraction (IE) from text has largely focused on relations between individual entities, such as who has won which award. However, some facts are never fully mentioned, and no IE method has perfect recall. Thus, it is beneficial to also tap contents about the cardinalities of these relations, for example, how many awards someone has won. This paper<ref>{{Cite conference|
publisher = ACL| last1 = Mirza| first1 = Paramita| last2 = Razniewski| first2 = Simon| last3 = Darari| first3 = Fariz| last4 = Weikum| first4 = Gerhard| title = Cardinal Virtues: Extracting Relation Cardinalities from Text| date = 2017| url = https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04455}}
</ref> introduces this novel problem of extracting cardinalities and discusses the specific challenges that set it apart from standard IE. It present a distant supervision method using conditional random fields. A preliminary evaluation that compares information extracted from Wikipedia with that available on Wikidata shows a precision between 3% and 55%, depending on the difficulty of relations.
====Conferences and events====
See the [[m:Research:Events|research events page on Meta-wiki]] for upcoming conferences and events, including submission deadlines.
===Other recent publications===
''Other recent publications that could not be covered in time for this issue include the items listed below. [[m:Research:Newsletter#How to contribute|contributions are always welcome]] for reviewing or summarizing newly published research.''
:''Compiled by [[User:Tbayer (WMF)|Tilman Bayer]]''
*'''"Learning by comparing with Wikipedia: the value to students’ learning"'''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meseguer-Artola|first=Antoni|date=2014-05-26|title=Aprenent mitjançant la comparació amb la Wikipedia: la seva importància en l'aprenentatge dels estudiants|url=http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=78030705006|journal=RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal|language=en|volume=11|issue=2|pages=57–69|doi=10.7238/rusc.v11i2.2042|issn=1698-580X}} ("Learning by comparing with Wikipedia: the value to students’ learning", in English with Catalan abstract)</ref> From the paper: "The main purpose of this research work is to describe and evaluate a learning technique that actively uses Wikipedia in an online master’s degree course in Statistics. It is based on the comparison between Wikipedia content and standard academic learning materials. We define this technique as ‘learning by comparing’. [...] The main result of the paper shows that [...] active use of Wikipedia in the learning process, through the learning-by-comparing technique, improves the students’ academic performance. [...] The main findings on the students’ perceived quality of Wikipedia indicate that they agree with the idea that the encyclopaedia is complete, reliable, current and useful. Although there is a positive perception of quality, there are some quality factors that obtain better scores than others. The most valued quality aspect was the currentness of the content, and the least valued was its completeness."
*'''"Use and awareness of Wikipedia among the M.C.A students of C. D. Jain college of commerce, Shrirampur : A Study"'''<ref>{{Cite journal| issn = 2277-4262| last = Pathade| first = Prasad R.| title = Use and awareness of Wikipedia among the M.C.A students of C. D. Jain college of commerce, Shrirampur : A Study| journal = International Multidisciplinary e-Journal| url = http://www.shreeprakashan.com/Documents/20150409030847244.13.%20Prasad%20R.%20Pathade.pdf}}</ref>
*'''"Comparative assessment of three quality frameworks for statistics derived from big data: the cases of Wikipedia page views and Automatic Identification Systems"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| conference = European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics (Q2016)| pages = 16| last1 = Reis| first1 = Fernando| last2 = di Consiglio| first2 = Loredana| last3 = Kovachev| first3 = Bogomil| last4 = Wirthmann| first4 = Albrecht| last5 = Skaliotis| first5 = Michail| title = Comparative assessment of three quality frameworks for statistics derived from big data: the cases of Wikipedia page views and Automatic Identification Systems| location = Madrid| date = June 2016| url = http://www.ine.es/q2016/docs/q2016Final00316.pdf}}</ref> From the abstract: " We apply these three quality frameworks in the context of 'experimental' cultural statistics based on Wikipedia page views"
*'''"Discovery and efficient reuse of technology pictures using Wikimedia infrastructures. A proposal"'''<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.5281/zenodo.51562| last1 = Heller| last2 = Blümel| last3 = Cartellieri| last4 = Wartena| title = Discovery and efficient reuse of technology pictures using Wikimedia infrastructures. A proposal| journal = Zenodo| url = https://zenodo.org/record/51562}}</ref> From the abstract: "With our proposal, we hope to serve a broad audience which looks up a scientific or technical term in a web search portal first. Until now, this audience has little chance to find an openly accessible and reusable image narrowly matching their search term on first try .."
*'''"Extracting scientists from Wikipedia"'''<ref>{{Cite conference| pages = 8| last1 = Ekenstierna| first1 = Gustaf Harari| last2 = Lam| first2 = Victor Shu-Ming| title = Extracting Scientists from Wikipedia| booktitle = From Digitization to Knowledge 2016| date = 2016| url = http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/article.asp?issue=126&article=003&volume=}}</ref> From the abstract: "... we describe a system that gathers information from Wikipedia articles and existing data from Wikidata, which is then combined and put in a searchable database. This system is dedicated to making the process of finding scientists both quicker and easier."
*'''"Where the streets have known names"'''<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Springer International Publishing| isbn = 9783319420882| pages = 1–12| editors = Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Sanjay Misra, Ana Maria A. C. Rocha, Carmelo M. Torre, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan, Elena Stankova, Shangguang Wang (eds.)| last1 = Almeida| first1 = Paulo Dias| last2 = Rocha| first2 = Jorge Gustavo| last3 = Ballatore| first3 = Andrea| last4 = Zipf| first4 = Alexander| title = Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2016| chapter = Where the Streets Have Known Names| series = Lecture Notes in Computer Science| date = 2016-07-04| chapterurl = http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-42089-9_1}} {{closed access}}</ref> From the abstract: "We present (1) a technique to establish a correspondence between street names and the entities that they refer to. The method is based on Wikidata, a knowledge base derived from Wikipedia. The accuracy of this mapping is evaluated on a sample of streets in Rome. As this approach reaches limited coverage, we propose to tap local knowledge with (2) a simple web platform. ... As a result, we design (3) an enriched [[OpenStreetMap]] web map where each street name can be explored in terms of the properties of its associated entity."
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===Sister projects in search results===
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When you search on Wikipedia you can now find pages on other Wikimedia projects that could be relevant. They appear next to the search results. By introducing this feature, the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Discovery|Discovery department]] hopes to provide visitors with additional information, and reduce the likelihood of searches returning zero results. This also raises the visibility of sister projects, and may encourage visitors to explore these projects further, and potentially contribute to them. Some communities have already had [[mw:Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements#Current_Search_Examples|similar functionality]] via custom JavaScript.
On English Wikipedia, [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)/Archive_135#RfC:_sister_projects_in_search_results|a Village Pump RfC]] was held to determine which sister projects should be included. There were concerns that "content returned by some projects is too often irrelevant, problematic, outdated, spammy, or in some other way contradictory to the aims and purposes of [English Wikipedia] and not really what we want to send our readers to". The RfC [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_155#Follow-up_to_the_RfC_for_sister_projects_in_search_results|resulted]] in the following projects being approved:
*[[s:|Wikisource]]
*[[wikt:|Wiktionary]]
*[[q:|Wikiquote]]
*[[voy:|Wikivoyage]] (title matches only)
[[c:|Commons]] multimedia, [[n:|Wikinews]], and [[v:|Wikiversity]] results will not be shown. [[d:|Wikidata]] and [[species:|Wikispecies]] are not within the scope of this feature.
Results from [[b:|Wikibooks]] are also currently displayed, in contrast to the RfC closure; a [[phab:T168697|Phabricator task]] has been opened requesting their suppression.
Since the feature was enabled, there have been multiple requests for an opt-out option. A way to collapse the sister project results was suggested on a [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Search_results_from_sister_projects...|Village pump (technical) thread]]:
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While at a [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Disable.2Fopt-out_option_needed_for_sister_projects_search_results|Village pump (proposals) discussion]], code to remove those results was posted:
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===WMF data scientist answers the Internet's questions===
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[[Aaron Halfaker]] ([[User:EpochFail]]), a [[data scientist]] with WMF, conducted an [[Reddit#IAmA_and_AMA|Ask Me Anything]] session with Reddit contributors on 1 June (UTC). The [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6epiid/im_the_principal_research_scientist_at_the/ question-and-answer session] attracted 118 comments and covered Halfaker's [https://www.technologyreview.com/s/544036/artificial-intelligence-aims-to-make-wikipedia-friendlier-and-better/ ORES] AI-based antivandal project and AI construction in general, Wikipedia editing for wider audiences, Reddit, and AIs for content generation, including [[automatic summarization]] for unseen ''Twin Peaks'' episodes. <small>[[User:Bri|B.]]</small>
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===In brief===
'''New [[Wikipedia:User scripts|user scripts]]''' to customise your Wikipedia experience
*[[User:Evad37/MoveToDraft|MoveToDraft]]{{#tag:ref|Copy the following code, '''<span title="Click here to edit your common.js page" class="plainlinks">[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/common.js&action=edit click here]</span>''', then paste:<br /><code>importScript( 'User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js' ); // Backlink: [[User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js]] </code> }} <small>([[User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js|source]])</small><span id="User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js" class="scriptInstallerLink"<!--supports automated installers, do not remove-->></span> by [[User:Evad37]] – move undersourced articles to draft space, including cleanup and author notification. Useful for [[WP:NPP|New Page Reviewers]].
'''Newly approved [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]] tasks'''
*[[:User:WugBot|WugBot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/WugBot 2|task 2]]) – Moves (tentatively) approved hooks from the main DYK nomination page to the approved sub page.
*[[:User:Monkbot|Monkbot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Monkbot 12|task 12]]) – Removes/replaces {{tlx|London Gazette}} parameters that have been deprecated and/or are no longer supported
*[[:User:PrimeBOT|PrimeBOT]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PrimeBOT 13|task 13]]) – Replaces magic words with templates
*[[:User:CensusBot|CensusBot]] ([[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CensusBot |approval]]) – Checks total population and ranking values in U.S. State page infoboxes, and edits to add official values from U.S. Census Bureau API's
'''Latest [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News|tech news]]''' from the Wikimedia technical community: [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/24|2017 #24]] & [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2017/25|#25]]. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are [[m:Tech/News/Archives|available on Meta]].
*'''Problems'''
**[[mw:ORES|ORES]] had some problems on 13 June between 16:00 and 19:40 [[w:en:Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]. It has now been fixed. {{small|1=([[wikitech:Incident_documentation/20170613-ORES|Wikitech incident documentation]])}}
*'''Recent changes'''
**Some wikis have the larger and brighter [[mw:OOjs UI|OOjs UI]] edit page buttons. When you write an edit summary there you can now see how many bytes you have left before the summary is too long. {{small|([[phab:T165856|Phabricator task T165856]])}}
**<code>[[wikitech:Irc.wikimedia.org|irc.wikimedia.org]]</code> has to be rebooted. This will probably happen on 21 June. It may be postponed. Some tools use this to get the recent changes feed. They will not work when it is down. {{small|([[phab:T167643|Phabricator task T167643]])}}
**<span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> <code>Special:PageData</code> will be an entry point for machine-readable page data. {{small|([[phab:T163923|Phabricator task T163923]])}}
*'''Future changes'''
**You will soon be able to get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account. You can test this on the [[testwiki:Main Page|test wiki]]. This will only work if they fail to log in to your account. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/LoginNotify]
**Wikimedia wikis use [[mw:Offline content generator|OCG]] to create PDFs. The OCG code has a lot of problems and will stop working. It has to be replaced. An alternative is [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:ElectronPdfService|Electron]]. You can [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Reading/Web/PDF Functionality|tell the developers]] what you need the PDF service to be able to do. Electron now works on all Wikimedia projects. {{small|([[phab:T165956|Phabricator task T165956]])}}
**Administrators can soon search for deleted page titles and find results that are similar to what they searched for. Today the search only finds pages that are exactly the same as what you search for. This is to make it easier to find pages when you don't know the exact title. Administrators on Arabic, Catalan, English, Persian, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian Wikipedia and on mediawiki.org can test this by adding <code>&fuzzy=1</code> to the end of the web address when looking at [[Special:Undelete|Special:Undelete]]. {{small|([[mw:User:Smalyshev_(WMF)/Archive_search|MediaWiki.org page]], [[phab:T109561|Phabricator task T109561]])}}
**<span title="Advanced item">[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|15px|link=]]</span> [[w:en:Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] in templates will be stored in a separate page in the future. You can now see how the [[mw:Extension:TemplateStyles|TemplateStyles extension]] works on [https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/TemplateStylesTest Beta Labs].
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:''The [[Wikipedia:Top 25 Report|Top 25 Report]] summarizes the most popular articles each week, drawing from [[User:West.andrew.g|Andrew West]]'s [[User:West.andrew.g/Popular pages|Top 5000]] list. We often republish the top 10. Here are all 25, with commentary by [[User:OZOO|OZOO]], [[User:Igordebraga|Igordebraga]] and our own [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]].''
=== Summer blockbusters and sports, Trump and world events ===
It has been an eventful week in the world of Wikipedia page views. [[Gal Gadot]] (retaining first place from last week) was buoyed by the success of the [[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|''Wonder Woman'' (2017 film)]], which took second place. The [[2017 NBA Finals]] kept [[Kevin Durant]] (#3), [[LeBron James]] (#11), [[Steph Curry]] (#17), the [[Golden State Warriors]] (#21) and [[List of NBA Champions]] (#10) in the top 25. Despite mixed reviews, [[The Mummy (2017 film)|''The Mummy'' (2017 film)]] was propelled to #5. Other entertainment figures and productions ranked high as well. A movie about [[Tupac Shakur]] shot him up to #12, ''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]'' was propelled to #14 and ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' was catapulted up to #19 after the release of a fifth season.
On a sadder note, injury and [[Deaths in 2017|deaths]] (#9) also ranked high on the list. The deaths of [[Adam West]] (#4), and the injury of [[Steve Scalise]] (#8) featured prominently. <small>[[User:Eddie891|E.]]</small>
The twenty-five most popular articles on Wikipedia for the week of June 11, 2017, were:
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|[[Gal Gadot]]
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|1,233,820
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|Having made her name playing [[Gisele Yashar]] in the ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'' franchise, Israeli actress and model Gadot has moved on to playing [[Diana Prince]], aka [[Wonder Woman]] in the nascent [[DC Extended Universe]]. The character debuted in last year's ''[[Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''; Gadot returns as Wonder Woman in the [[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|eponymous film]]. And on the subject of that film... <!-- Taken from OZOO-->
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|[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|''Wonder Woman'' (2017 film)]]
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|1,192,581
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|...it is second in this list. [[Patty Jenkins]] has directed the fourth film in the [[DC Extended Universe]], and the first superhero movie from a major studio to have a female lead since 2005's ''[[Elektra (2005 film)|Elektra]]'', since when there have been three new [[Batman|Batmen]], two new [[Hulk (comics)|Hulks]] and two versions of the [[Fantastic 4]], to give you an idea of how long that is in film-making time. The film has thusly obtained some symbolic value as a test of the viability of female led movies in the modern era, and with a gross of $571.8 million to from opening day to June 19, it's probably passed. <!-- Taken from OZOO-->
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|[[Kevin Durant]]
|[[File:Kevin Durant Feb 2014.jpg|centre|100px]]
|1,053,517
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|Top scorer for [[Golden State Warriors]] in every game of the [[2017 NBA Finals]], unanimously named the winner of the [[Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]].
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|[[Adam West]]
|[[File:Adam West as Batman.jpg|centre|100px]]
|961,246
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|The late [[Batman]] actor saw much interest after his death on June 9, at 88 years old. He, while mainly known for being Batman in the 1960s, also played opposite [[Chuck Connors]] in ''[[Geronimo (1962 film)|Geronimo]]'' (1962) and [[The Three Stooges]] in ''[[The Outlaws Is Coming]]'' (1965). He also appeared in the [[science fiction]] film ''[[Robinson Crusoe on Mars]]'' (1964), and performed voice work on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' (2001), ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (1992, 2002), and ''[[Family Guy]]'' (2000–2017).
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|[[The Mummy (2017 film)|''The Mummy'' (2017 film)]]
|[[File:Tom_Cruise_avp_2014_3.jpg|centre|100px]]
|896,532
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|The 2017 American [[Action film|action]]-[[adventure film]] debuted to negative reviews. The film has grossed $295.6 million (up to June 19). While it was the largest global debut for [[Tom Cruise]], the film was largely a flop in the United States. It only made $31.7 million of the originally projected $35–40 million (second behind ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]''). In its second weekend, ticket sales dropped 56% to $13.9 million, and fourth place at the box office.
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|[[Grenfell Tower fire]]
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|836,550
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|The 24 storey building was struck by a fire on June 14. 79 people are presumed dead as a result of the fire, and all of the building's inhabitants are homeless. The fire burnt for around 24 hours and was fought by hundreds of firefighters and 45 firetrucks. The fire is the deadliest fire in mainland Britain since the start of the 20th century.
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|[[Darth Vader]]
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|778,261
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|There has lately been a revival of interest in this famed villain. The announcement (and subsequent release) of a new comic about Vader in late March (and early June) may be driving traffic.
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|[[Steve Scalise]]
|[[File:Steve Scalise official portrait.jpg|centre|100px]]
|747,127
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|Steve Scalise [[2017 Congressional baseball shooting|getting shot]] has a lot of people heading over to his Wikipedia page to figure out, "Who exactly is Steve Scalise?" The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] current [[United States House of Representatives]] Majority Whip and representative for [[Louisiana's 1st congressional district]], serving since 2008 (and as House Majority Whip since 2014). Before that, Scalise served for four months in the [[Louisiana State Senate]] and twelve years in the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]]. Scalise's condition has improved from "imminent risk of death" to "critical" with "vital signs stabilized." Scalise is still in intensive care and is likely to be in the hospital for weeks. On a brighter note, the [[Congressional Baseball Game]] was not cancelled due to the incident, and in fact attracted a larger crowd than usual, raising over $1 million for charity.
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|[[Deaths in 2017]]
|[[File:3DPrinted skull 20151124090811.png|centre|40px]]
|689,172
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|The near-ever-present list of the deceased stayed in the same place this week while losing about 11,000 views in total.
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|[[List of NBA champions]]
|[[File:Walter A Brown Trophy.png|centre|50px]]
|675,034
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|For the third year in a row, the [[NBA Finals]] came down to the Golden State Warriors against the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]], with the former winning.
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|[[LeBron James]]
|[[File:Lebron wizards 2017.jpg|centre|100px]]
|643,575
|[[File: Symbol support vote.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|Good Article]]
|The professional basketball player was at the forefront of the Cavaliers' effort to win in the finals for the second time in a row. Despite scoring an average of 33.6 points per game, it was not enough this time for the Cavs to overcome the deficit and they lost, 1–4.
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|[[Tupac Shakur]]
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|610,200
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|Shakur is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, and occasionally one of the greatest artists of all time. The release of ''[[All Eyez on Me (film)|All Eyez on Me]]'' has spiked his popularity again, fittingly, just as he would have been nearing 46 years of age.
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|[[Otto Warmbier]]
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|607,175
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|The recent spike in popularity was driven in the earlier part of the week by the release – after eighteen months in captivity – of this 22 year old American by North Korea. However, Warmbier succumbed to his injuries after six days.
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|''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]''
|[[File:Pasek_and_Paul_-_Benj_Pasek_and_Justin_Paul.JPG|centre|100px]]
|578,312
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|This musical, following a high school senior with [[social anxiety disorder]] in the turmoil that follows a classmate's death saw an increase in views following the [[71st Tony Awards]], in which it was nominated for nine awards, winning six including [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]], [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Score]], and [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]] for its lead [[Ben Platt (actor)|Ben Platt]].
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|[[Rafael Nadal]]
|[[File:Rafael Nadal Indian Wells 2016.jpg|centre|100px]]
|577,002
|[[File: Symbol c class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|C Class]]
| "The King of Clay" has proven his dominance yet again. He won the [[2017 French Open]], bringing his total [[French Open]] wins to an astounding 10. Only one player has ever topped that in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament, [[Margaret Court]] with 11 [[Australian Open]]s.
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|[[Earth]]
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|571,679
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|It's the Earth.
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|[[Stephen Curry]]
|[[File:Stephen Curry close up.jpg|centre|75px]]
|562,359
|[[File: Symbol b class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|B Class]]
|Oft considered the greatest shooter in history, Curry proved his dominance yet again, seizing the championship title, after narrowly being denied last year.
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|[[Donald Trump]]
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|526,315
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|Trump's back. Well he was never ''really'' gone. As it is, he appears on the list again, this time due to reversing the [[Cuban Thaw]] policies of Obama, his predecessor.
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|''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
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|494,706
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|The release of the fifth season of the popular [[Netflix original]] about women in prison sent it up to #19.
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|[[ICC Champions Trophy]]
|[[File:131106-N-TX154-133 (10822728965).jpg|centre|100px]]
|471,026
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|When things are big in India, they are ''really'' big. Everywhere.
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|[[Golden State Warriors]]
|[[File:Golden State Warriors wordmark.png|centre|100px]]
|449,547
|[[File: Symbol b class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|B Class]]
|The Warriors won their fifth championship against the Cavs. They took their lead early, and held on to it with the help of two players you may have heard of. [[Kevin Durant]] and [[Steph Curry]].
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|[[Floyd Mayweather, Jr.]]
|[[File:Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at DeWalt event.jpg|centre|75px]]
|436,040
||[[File: Symbol c class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|C Class]]
|The undefeated five-division professional boxing world champion announced he has seen a contestant emerge from a whole different sport: MMA star [[Conor McGregor]] (#24), who [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor|will fight Mayweather]] in August. <!--From OZOO or Igordebraga-->
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|[[Pound sterling]]
|style="text-align:center;font-size:300%"|£
|432,583
||[[File: Symbol c class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|C Class]]
|From Brexit to the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|snap election]], this currency just can't seem to get a break. Regardless, most traffic is probably driven by... you guessed it, [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/6gz7oe/til_the_british_pound_is_the_worlds_oldest/ Reddit].
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|[[2017 ICC Champions Trophy]]
|[[File:OCS_Stand_(Surrey_v_Yorkshire_in_foreground).JPG |centre|100px]]
|421,569
|[[File: Symbol start class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|Start Class]]
|The 2017 edition of this quadrennial cricket tournament was held in England and Wales. [[India national cricket team|India]] returned to the final, held on June 17, but lost to neighbour/rival [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]. <!-- from the top 25 report-->
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|[[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|[[File:The opening of the Confederations Cup 2017 in St. Petersburg 12.jpg|centre|100px]]
|420,904
|[[File: Symbol start class.svg|centre|16px|link=Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades|Start Class]]
|In preparation for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], Russia is receiving the continental champions, plus current world champion Germany, in a tournament that started on Saturday. [[2013 protests in Brazil|Like in the previous edition]], it is being held amidst [[2017 Russian protests|nationwide protests]] – but not exactly tournament related, despite [[List of 2018 FIFA World Cup controversies|plenty of reasons they could be]]. <!-- from top 25 report-->
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