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  1. Spreading information in the Wikimedia world

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    We need to work to be open for participation for those who want to participate—and in the Wikimedia movement, that requires a lot of translation.... Read more

  2. Community digest: WikiTungi is building city-based Wikipedia communities in Odisha, India; news in brief

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    WikiTungi, a city-based Wikipedia community that helps Wikimedians within a city meet, learn from their shared experiences and assist leadership development. In addition, this week’s news in brief includes an effort on the Telugu Wikipedia to improve machine-translated articles. ... Read more

  3. Wait, what? How a double-agent codenamed Zigzag two-timed everyone

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    Eddie Chapman, a former safecracker, worked for both sides in World War II, and had three fiancées. He also may have saved London from many bombings. ... Read more

  4. Wikimedia Research Newsletter, January 2017

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    Special issue: Wikipedia in education
    With contributions by Piotr Konieczny and Tilman Bayer... Read more

  5. Wikimedia Foundation appoints Chief Talent & Culture Officer and Chargée d’Affaires (Vice President)

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    Joady Lohr and Anna Stillwell, the current leaders of Wikimedia Foundation’s Talent & Culture department, will be assuming permanent senior leadership roles as Chief Talent & Culture Officer and Chargée d’Affaires (Vice President).... Read more

  6. Community Digest: Using data to visualize Wikipedia knowledge gaps; news in brief

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    This group has compared data from Wikidata to define the knowledge gaps on Wikimedia projects about Africa. The resulting visualizations helped make the gaps easier to understand for anyone. In addition, this week’s news in brief includes the second WikiCite in Vienna, the Danish and Ukrainian Wikipedia communities celebrate their Wikipedia anniversary, an effort to commemorate the WWI era o... Read more

  7. Wikipedia builds a digital library system

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    Through the Wikipedia Library program, the resources available to Wikipedians continue to grow, allowing these editors to use the best sources available to improve Wikipedia.... Read more

  8. Node 6 at Wikimedia: Stability and substantial memory savings

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    Node 6 has delivered on stability and performance, setting a new benchmark for future releases. When combined with our shared library infrastructure and deployment processes, we are in a good spot with our Node platform: it lets our engineers focus on delivering reliable features for users and minimizes time spent on unexpected issues.... Read more