24 April 2022

News and notes
Double trouble
The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

In the media
The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
What's hot in the media this month.

Special report
Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine
War diary (Part 2)
"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

Technology report
8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

Featured content
Wikipedia's best content from March
We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

In focus
Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia
A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

Gallery
A voyage around the world with WLM winners
Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

Interview
On a war and a map
How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serendipity
Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

Traffic report
Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Recent research
Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images
And other new research findings

News from the WMF
How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

Essay
The problem with elegant variation
An elegant Wikipedia essay.

Humour
Really huge message boxes
A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

From the archives
Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization
A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

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