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Wikipedia Weekly Episode 13 Released: N/A

WikipediaWeekly Episode 13.

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The Panel

Using Skype to record the conversation - can handle up to 10 people simultaniously. Hosts

• Fuzheado | Talk
• Tawker

Panelists

• Daveydweeb
• Witty lama

Planned Content

Introduction

• Opening music...
• Introduction of panelists (with small personalised comment)
• Index of what we will talk about - record at conclusion and edit in later

Breaking News

• Essjay not a professor with four degrees, as New Yorker reported. (Messedrocker)
  • Community in a bit of disarray
  • Jimmy Wales and Wikia supporting Essjay
    • Just a note that this was covered in an "emergency" recording at around 0600 March 2 UTC, but the recording did not turn out okay. This itself might deserve a whole episode, rather than just a section in an episode. – Chacor 03:27, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
• Who knew that the internet/computers has a patron saint - Isidore of Seville!? [1]
• Valentines Day top link from google.com on Feb 14th "special google logo". Were there any significant changes? diff?
• Was there an increase in our Alexa rating as a result of Chinese New Year (Feb. 18th) like there was last year? WP now one of the top 10 sites in the U.S.
• The new Wikipedia:Featured sounds and relatively new Wikipedia:Featured topics processes. Positive steps in the drive for quality.
• Jason Calacanis gives three examples on how Wikipedia prevents community participation[2]: lack of WYSIWYG editors in articles and discussion pages, and extensive use of IRC.
• Daniel Brandt deletion debate.
• Slate article about author being deleted Timothy Noah. [3]

Special Report

• "Why RfA is Broken" (prerecorded this??)
• Interview with Wikidocumentary folks in Beijing (Fuzheado)

Wiki Industry

Conservapedia, a religious-conservative version of WP started in November. Has received some publicity recently and gone wholly semi-protect (due to vandalism). their main criticism of WP is that we use English spellings (sometimes) and the BCE/CE convention. See also: Eagle Forum, its parent organisation.

The World According to Wikipedia

The Top 100 pages at Wikipedia.

Conclusion

• How to contact us
• Digg our podcast!
• Sign off
• Closing music...