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In the media

Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation

Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.

Robert Hertel – CC 2.0

News and notes

Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan

Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Paul M. Barrett1, Kimberley E.J. Chapelle, Casey K. Staunton, Jennifer Botha & Jonah N. Choiniere – CC BY 4.0

Serendipity

Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles

Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.

Virgin Islands DOJ – public domain

Disinformation report

Epstein's obsessions

The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.

John P. McCrae – cc-by-4.0

Technology report

Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges

A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.

ERIC SALARD – CC BY-SA 4.0

Traffic report

Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics

I'll have the usual!

SkaterbyAssociation – CC0

Opinion

Incoming Incurables

A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.

Pbroks13 – cc-by-sa-4.0

Crossword

Pop quiz

Sharpen your pencil. How well do you really know Wikipedia?

Punch – PD

Comix

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