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When people disappear

In Spain, generations have abandoned villages. In such a situation, how do you keep track of their histories?

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Wikimedia Research Newsletter, February 2016

Wikipedia and paid labour; Swedish gender gap; how verifiable is “verifiable”?

With contributions by: Nicolas Jullien, Piotr Konieczny, and Tilman Bayer

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The new alchemy: turning online harassment into Wikipedia articles on women scientists

By day, Emily Temple-Wood is a biology student. By night, she writes Wikipedia articles on women scientists—one for every harassing email she receives.

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Understanding Wikipedians, and narrowing the gaps: Rebecca O’Neill

Rebecca O’Neill is helping both to plug gaps in Wikipedia’s coverage of women in art while simultaneously researching why people even want to.

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The International Francophone Contribution Month is here

During March, across all French-speaking territories, Wikimedians are organizing dozens of events, training workshops, conferences, and photo walks to gather local contributors and promote the Wikimedia projects.

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Community digest: “No matter how old you are, you can edit Wikipedia and be recognized for it”

An interview with Tal Zussman, a student who recently received the English Wikipedia’s “Editor of the week” award.

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Join the 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Art+Feminism announces the third annual international Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, with 125 events taking place in over 20 countries on every inhabited continent.

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News on Wikipedia: what candidates are readers flocking to in the US presidential race?

The race to become the next United States president is intensifying as the two main political parties, the Democrats and Republicans, are holding caucuses and primaries to determine who their candidates will be in the coming two-person general election.

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Wikimedia Foundation details requests to alter or remove content in new Transparency Report

The latest Transparency Report covers the time period from July to December 2015, during which we received 220 alteration or takedown requests, none of which were granted. We also received 25 user data requests, only one of which was granted.

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Looking ahead to the future of the Kannada Wikipedia: Vasanth S.N.

Vasanth S.N. talks about his 10-year long journey as a Wikipedian, the challenges he is facing in his home project (the Kannada Wikipedia), and his plans for the future.

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