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12 December 2024
News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited Op-ed: On the backrooms by Tamzin In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge? In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing
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WP:NEWS

There are various sources of news about Wikipedia, The Wikimedia Foundation that supports the project, and other related Wikimedia projects.

Wikipedia

The Signpost (Shortcut: WP:POST, RSS). The Wikipedia community newspaper that is written by volunteers and published biweekly.
Wikipedia:Goings-on (Shortcut: WP:GO). Weekly news and updates about existing or new projects or initiatives of Wikipedians.
Wikipedia:Press coverage (Shortcut: WP:PRESS). What news media say about Wikipedia
Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter (Shortcut: WP:ANEWS). Monthly newsletter containing topics of interest to Wikipedia administrators.
Wikinews:Category:Wikipedia, archives of news about Wikipedia
News aggregators: Google News · Techmeme
WP:WikiProject Newspapers for the WikiProject on improving articles about newspaper

Topic-specific newsletters

Other irregular newsletters exist. This list is limited to those which have updated at least once in the last year.

The Bugle, the Military history WikiProject's newsletter (monthly)
Books & Bytes, The Wikipedia Library's newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors
VisualEditor
WikiProject Yorkshire
WikiProject Christianity
WikiProject Tree of Life

Several Wikiproject-specific newsletters exist; however, most are inactive. As of April 2019^[update], out of 128 WikiProject newsletters, 9 could be considered active.

Wikimedia

Global message delivery/Targets (21 items) -- List of a number of individual newsletters that provide global message delivery
Tech News, news about software changes, published weekly
This Month in Education, written by Wikimedia users; contains international reports regarding Education collaborations of the past month related to Wikimedia, Wikipedia and sister projects of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikimedia News. Cross-project news, primarily project milestones.
Wikimedia goings-on. More cross-project news.
- Wikidata News
- MediaWiki News

Wikimedia Foundation

Other news sources

There are also places in Wikipedia and its sister projects that publish articles on current events and the latest world news using Wikimedia software.

Wikinews, sister project dedicated to news
Portal:Current events
Template:In the news

Planet Wikimedia, weblog aggregator, information about it at meta:Planet Wikimedia
Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly, irregular podcast of audio information regarding Wikipedia and our fellow projects
Wikipedia in the media. Mentions of Wikipedia as a topic unto itself and as a reference resource
m:Press clippings, daily updates of Wikimedia projects in the news.

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English Wikipedia	Administrators Bunbunmaru Shinbun (2nd Ias distribution) Discontent Content GLAM Goings-on New pages patrol Scripts++ The Signpost VisualEditor WikiCup Wikipedia Weekly TheWikiWizard
WikiProjects	Doctor Who Guild of Copy Editors Lichen task force Malaysia Medicine Military history: The Bugle Tree of Life Tropical cyclones: The Hurricane Herald Worcestershire Yorkshire
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v t e Wikipedia community
For a listing of current collaborations, tasks, and news, see the Community portal. For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the Dashboard.
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Awards and feedback	Reward board Contests A nice cup of tea and a sit down Charitableness WikiLove Compliment before criticism Kindness Campaign Thanks!
Maintenance tasks	Task Center Open tasks Backlog Category Admin category Edit requests Category Database reports Category tracker Dusty articles Special pages New pages Recent changes Controversial issues
Administrators and noticeboards	Administrators' noticeboard Incidents Edit warring Vandalism Admin dashboard Admin requests Closure Page protection User permissions Sockpuppets Open proxies Revision deletion Oversight Request Usernames Changing Title blacklist OTRS Bureaucrats' Requests for adminship and bureaucratship Arbitration Committee Requests Enforcement
Content dispute resolution	Requests for comment Third opinion Dispute resolution noticeboard Biographies of living persons Conflict of interest External links Fringe theories Neutral point of view No original research Reliable sources
Other noticeboards and assistance	Regional notice boards Requests for help Category Asking questions Teahouse Help desk Reference desk Adopt-a-user Copyright assistance Copyright investigations Text problems Media questions Resource requests Mergers History mergers Moves Page importation Spam Blacklist Whitelist Bots Education General sanctions Editor sanctions Long-term abuse
Deletion discussions	Guide Admin Today Articles Templates Files Categories Redirects Miscellany Speedy Proposed BLP Review Undeletion Arguments to avoid Arguments to make Article Rescue
Elections and voting	Requests for comment (meta) Wikimedia Foundation elections WP Democracy Voting is not evil Milestones
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Wikimedia

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