en.Wikizine.org

=== Technical news ===

The [Search] function now require all given terms to match by default.
You can use options like;
* stuff AND (foo OR bar)
* stuff "foo bar"

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/20327

=== Policy ===

-[CheckUser] The policy for CheckUser has gone live this week.
A quote from the policy: "The tool is to be used to fight vandalism or
check abuse of sockpuppets,
for example when there is a suspicion of illegal voting.
It must be used only to prevent damage to one or several of Wikimedia
projects."

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser_Policy

=== Politics ===

-[Access Denied!] after China blocking Wikipedia, next the Kurdish
Wikipedia is now blocked in Iran.
The other versions are not (yet) blocked.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/25494
http://ku.wikipedia.org/

=== Stats ===

-Erim Zachte has released the new stats, based on the SQL-dumpfiles of
Saturday, November 5 2005.
The do not contain visitors stats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/Sitemap.htm

- [Wiktionary] has 100,000 articles in English.
http://en.wiktionary.org

=== Other news ===

-[Physical Wiki] Semapedia.org provides a service to create tags to be put
on objects
in the real world. With those tags and a cellphone you can request the
relevant article.
http://www.semapedia.org/


=== Quote ====

"[Wikipedia is] like a sausage: you might like the taste of it,
but you don't necessarily want to see how it's made"
- "Who knows?", The Guardian, Tuesday, October 26, 2004

=== Editorial comment ===

So, that is it. Number 0. The experiment is over. The feedback about
Wikizine was limited but enough.
I can now confirm that there will be Wikizine next week. I will try to
make some publicity about Wikizine.
Now everbody may know about it. The first issue of Wikizine, number -5 , is
sent to about 40 listmembers.
We now have about 55 members. What it will be for number 1 I will tell you
next week. Bye!

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Editor: [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]]

Labels: censorship, checkuser, editorial, Iran

=== Technical news ===

-[China] After the move to the Korean cluster for an short time Wikipedia was back online in China.
But it is blocked again.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/25245

=== Foundation ===

-[UN & Wikipedia] The UN is holding the second of two gatherings for its "World Summit
on the Information Society" [WSIS] in a few weeks ( www.itu.int/wsis/
). Wikimedia is sending representatives to the event. Translations are needed.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/25199
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Translation_requests/WSIS


-[Answers.com] the co-operation with Wikipedia and Answers.com gives unrest in the community
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/24/167217&tid=95&tid=187
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Tools/1-Click_Answers
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4714
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4790
http://webwereld.nl/articles/37979/wikipedia

=== Stats ===

- The Frisian Wikipedia has reached 2,000 pages.

=== Feedback request ===

This is number -2 of Wikizine. In a few weeks I need to dicide of the expermiment of
Wikizine will stop or not. If you have commons about Wikizine please let my known.
wikizine at wikipedia.be

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Editor: [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]]

Labels: answers.com, censorship, china

=== Technical news ===

- Wikipedia blocked in China

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/25111

-[Specify Skin] You can include inside the url the skin to be used, also
for anonymous users.

Like;
useskin=cologneblue
useskin=chick
useskin=standard

Example;
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin?useskin=standard

=== Foundation ===

-[Wikimedia 2006], the conference for all users of Wikimedia projects will
be held in Boston, USA
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4652
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006

-[Answers.com] and Wikimedia Foundation to Form New Partnership
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4627 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.foundation/4722

=== Stats ===

-The Serbian Language Wikipedia has reached 15,000 articles with the
article Krakow.
http://sr.wikipedia.org/

-The Ilokano Language Wikipedia has reached 100 articles with the article
Taoismo.
http://ilo.wikipedia.org/

=== Other news ===

- Wikimedia in the media [Sept. 25 -- October 15 2005]
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.misc/25079

- The New Student's Reference Work, 1914 (Public Domain) is now online
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_Student's_Reference_Work http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:LA2-NSRW

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Editor: [[w:nl:gebruiker:Walter]]

Labels: answers.com, censorship, china, skin, wikimania 2006