Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode49

Episode 49: Use mine it’s bigger
Released: May 15, 2008

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The Foundation board reorganization and Wikicouncil passed on for now
- Simple version - from blog [1]
- Official version - longer [2]
- Wikicouncil - Lodewijk and others chime in [3]
- Starting a Projects council - Be bold, and do it :)
Stable versions on German Wikipedia, already 7% of articles have it?
- Graph of which ones have been sighted - http://toolserver.org/~aka/cgi-bin/reviewcnt.cgi
- Bugrequest/Idea for feature - stable version link - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14001
Lawsuits thing (from the news)
- WorldNetDaily and porn and FBI? Verifiable?
  - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=63722
- Scorpions cover. Encyclopedic or pornographic?
- Lawsuit for Section 230
Erik thing
- Valleywag article and associated commentary
  - First article [4]
- Valleywag article about "Greek" wrong, should retract
- Coverage: Mashable [5], Cyde [6], Danny [7], Andrew [8], Wikip [9]
- Foundation-L moderation
de publishes wiki http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/wikipedia-to-be-published-controversy-ensues.html
- Bertelsmann deal
Lawsuit http://www.out-law.com/page-9095
- The case against the Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed on 7/1/08.^[1]
Jimmy Interview from last week

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