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[edit] January

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 1, 2 January 2007

• Effort to modify fair use policy aborted
• Esperanza organization disbanded after deletion discussion
• WikiWorld comic: "Thagomizer"
• News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 2, 8 January 2007

• Special: 2006 in Review
• Another newspaper columnist found to have plagiarized Wikipedia
• Blogs track attempts to manipulate articles
• Nutritional beef cooks PR editor
• WikiWorld comic: "Facial Hair"
• News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 3, 15 January 2007

• Special: 2006 in Review, Part II
• New arbitrators interviewed
• Cascading protection feature added
• WikiWorld comic: "Apples and Oranges"
• News and notes: Fundraiser continues, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 4, 22 January 2007

• Wikipedia modifies handling of "nofollow" tag
• WikiWorld comic: "Truthiness"
• News and notes: Talk page template, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 5, 29 January 2007

• Foundation names advisory board, new hires
• Court decisions citing Wikipedia proliferate
• Microsoft approach to improving articles opens can of worms
• WikiWorld comic: "Hyperthymesia"
• News and notes: Investigation board deleted, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] February

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 6, 5 February 2007

• Foundation organizational changes enacted
• Group of arbitrators makes public statement about IRC
• AstroTurf PR firm discovered astroturfing
• WikiWorld comic: "Clabbers"
• News and notes: More legal citations, milestones
• Wikipedia in the News
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 7, 12 February 2007

• US government agencies discovered editing
• Comment prompts discussion of Wikimedia's financial situation
• Board recapitulates licensing policy principles
• WikiWorld comic: "Extreme ironing"
• News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 8, 19 February 2007

• From the editor
• Arbitrator Dmcdevit resigns; replacements to be appointed
• Essay questions Wikipedia's success: Abort, Retry, Fail?
• In US, half of Wikipedia traffic comes from Google
• WikiWorld comic: "Tony Clifton"
• News and notes: Brief outage, milestones
• Wikipedia in the News
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 9, 26 February 2007

• Three users temporarily desysopped after wheel war
• Peppers article stays deleted
• Pro golfer sues over libelous statements
• Report from the Norwegian (Bokmål) Wikipedia
• WikiWorld comic: "Pet skunk"
• News and notes: New arbitrators appointed, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] March

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 10, 5 March 2007

• New Yorker correction dogs arbitrator into departure
• WikiWorld comic: "The Rutles"
• News and notes: Picture of the Year, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 11, 12 March 2007

• Report of diploma mill offering pay for edits
• Essay tries to clarify misconceptions about Wikipedia
• Blog aggregator launched for Wikimedia-related posts
• WikiWorld comic: "Cartoon Physics"
• News and notes: Wikimania 2007, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 12, 20 March 2007

• WikiWorld comic: "Wilhelm Scream"
• News and notes: Bad sin, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 13, 26 March 2007

• From the editor
• Patrick and Wool resign in office shakeup
• WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"
• News and notes: Board resolutions, milestones
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] April

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 14, 2 April 2007

• Poll finds people think Wikipedia "somewhat reliable"
• Wikipedia biographical errors attract more attention
• Association of Members' Advocates nominated for deletion
• Reference desk work leads to New York Times correction
• WikiWorld comic: "Charles Lane"
• News and notes: Alexa, Version 0.5, attribution poll
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 15, 9 April 2007

• Danny Wool regains adminship in controversial RFA
• Leak last year likely to produce changes for handling next board election
• Association of Members' Advocates' deletion debate yields no consensus
• WikiWorld comic: "Fake shemp"
• News and notes: Donation, Version 0.5, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 16, 16 April 2007

• Encyclopædia Britannica promoted to featured article
• Wikipedia continues to get mixed reactions in education
• WikiWorld comic: "Hodag"
• News and notes: Wikipedia television mention makes news, milestones
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 17, 23 April 2007

• Administrator goes rogue, is blocked
• Wales unblocks Brandt, then reverses himself
• Historian detained after his Wikipedia article is vandalized
• Efforts to reform Requests for Adminship spark animated discussion
• Canadian politician the subject of an edit war
• Virginia Tech massacre articles rise to prominence
• Wikipedia enters China one disc at a time
• WikiWorld comic: "Buttered cat paradox"
• News and notes: Unreferenced biographies, user studies, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 18, 30 April 2007

• Students in Western Civilization course find editing Wikipedia frustrating, rewarding
• Statistics indicate breadth of Wikipedia's appeal
• Featured lists reaches a milestone
• Backlogs continue to grow
• WikiWorld comic: "Calvin and Hobbes"
• News and notes: Board resolutions, user studies, milestones
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] May

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 19, 7 May 2007

• Four administrator accounts desysopped after hijacking, vandalism
• Debate over non-free images heats up
• Norwegian Wikipedian awarded scholarship
• News and notes: Election volunteers, admin contest, milestones
• Digg revolt over DVD key spills over to Wikipedia
• Update on Wikimania 2007
• WikiWorld comic: "Friday the 13th"
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 20, 14 May 2007

• Administrator status restored to five accounts after emergency desysopping
• Academic journals multiply their analyses of Wikipedia
• User committed identities provide protection against account hijacking
• WikiWorld comic: "Ubbi dubbi"
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 21, 21 May 2007

• Corporate editing lands in Dutch media
• Spoiler warnings may be tweaked
• WikiWorld comic: "Disruptive technology"
• News and notes: LGBT project mention, milestones
• Features and admins
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 22, 28 May 2007

• Controversy over biographies compounded when leading participant blocked
• Norwegian Wikipedian, journalist dies at 59
• WikiWorld comic: "Five-second rule"
• News and notes: Wikipedian dies, Alexa rank, Jimbo/Colbert, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] June

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 23, 4 June 2007

• From the editor
• Sockpuppeting administrator desysopped, banned
• Admin restored after desysopping; dispute centers on suitability of certain biographies
• Controversial RFA suspended, results pending
• Dutch government provides freely licensed photos
• WikiWorld comic: "John Hodgman"
• News and notes: Another Wikipedian dies, brand survey, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 24, 11 June 2007

• From the editor
• Privacy report lists Wikipedia among best sites, but needing improvement
• Board candidacies open, elections planned
• WikiWorld comic: "Why did Mike the Headless Chicken cross the road?"
• News and notes: Ontario error, no consensus RFA, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 25, 18 June 2007

• From the editor
• Wikipedia critic's article merged
• Board election series: Election information
• Admin account apparently compromised, blocked
• Controversial RfA withdrawn, bureaucrats fail to clarify consensus
• WikiWorld comic: "They Might Be Giants"
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 26, 25 June 2007

• Board election series: An interview with the candidates
• RfA receives attention, open proxies policy reviewed
• WikiWorld comic: "Thagomizer"
• News and notes: Logo error, Norwegian chapter, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] July

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 27, 2 July 2007

• IP unwittingly predicts death: "Awful coincidence"
• Board elections open
• German chapter relaunches website, arranges government support
• WikiWorld comic: "Cashew"
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 28, 9 July 2007

• Seven administrators request promotion to bureaucrat status
• Board election series: Elections closed, results pending
• Wikimedia Foundation hires consultant, general counsel
• Newspaper obituary plagiarizes Japanese Wikipedia
• WikiWorld comic: "Ann Coulter"
• News and notes: FA stats, top information site, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 29, 16 July 2007

• From the editor: Filling in with a new feature
• Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected
• British agency cites Wikipedia in denying F1 trademark
• Two new bureaucrats promoted
• Wikipedian bloggers launch "article rescue" effort
• Book review: The Cult of the Amateur
• WikiWorld comic: "Charles Lane"
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 30, 23 July 2007

• WikiWorld comic: "World domination"
• News and notes: "The Wikipedia Story", visa ruling, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 31, 30 July 2007

• From the editor: Another experiment and Wikimania
• Report on Citizendium
• Response: News from Citizendium
• User resigns admin status amid allegations of sock puppetry
• WikiWorld comic: "Mr. Bean"
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] August

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 32, 6 August 2007

• Committee makes statement on U.S. chapter
• About: The Wikipedia Plays
• Review: The Wikipedia Plays
• WikiWorld comic: "Terry Gross"
• News and notes: Similpedia, milestones
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 33, 13 August 2007

• CC 3.0 licenses accepted on Commons
• Reviewing five software requests
• WikiWorld comic: "2000s"
• News and notes: Meetup, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 34, 20 August 2007

• Bad Jokes, Deletion Nonsense, and an arbitration case
• WikiScanner tool creates "minor public relations disasters" for scores of organizations
• WikiWorld comic: "Tomcat and Bobcat"
• News and notes: Wikimania '08, 200 x 100, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 35, 27 August 2007

• WikiWorld comic: "Helicopter parent"
• News and notes: Court case, BJAODN, milestones
• Wikipedia in the news
• Features and admins
• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] September

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 36, 3 September 2007

• From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales

• WikiScanner tool expands, poses public relations problems for Dutch royal family

• WikiWorld comic: "George P. Burdell"

• News and notes: Fundraiser, Wikimania 2008, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 37, 10 September 2007

• From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales

• An interview with Jimbo Wales

• WikiWorld comic: "Godwin's Law"

• News and notes: 2,000,000, Finnish ArbCom, statistics, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 38, 17 September 2007

• From the editor: Reader survey

• Wikimedia treasurer expected to depart soon

• WikiWorld comic: "Sarah Vowell"

• News and notes: Template standardization, editing patterns, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 39, 24 September 2007

• From the editor

• Wikimedia announces plans to move office to San Francisco

• WikiWorld comic: "Ambigram"

• News and notes: Times archives, conferences, milestones

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] October

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 40, 1 October 2007

• WikiWorld comic: "Buttered cat paradox"

• News and notes: Commons uploaders, Wikimania 2008/2009, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 41, 8 October 2007

• From the editor: New feature

• Study examines Wikipedia authorship, vandalism repair

• Myanmar article renamed to Burma after unrest

• WikiWorld comic: "W"

• News and notes: Wikimania 2008, Flickr image tool, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• WikiProject Report: Biography

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 42, 15 October 2007

• From the editor: Brion Vibber interview

• Wikimania 2008 awarded to Alexandria

• Board meeting held, budget approved

• Wikimedia Commons reaches two million media files

• San Francisco job openings published

• Community sanction noticeboard closed

• Bot is approved to delete redirects

• License edits under consideration to accommodate Wikipedia

• WikiWorld comic: "Soramimi Kashi"

• News and notes: Historian dies, Wiki Wednesdays, milestones

• Wikipedia in the news

• WikiProject Report: Military history

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 43, 22 October 2007

• Fundraiser opens, budget released

• Biographies of living people grow into "status symbol"

• WikiWorld comic: "George Stroumboulopoulos"

• News and notes: Wikipedian Robert Braunwart dies

• WikiProject Report: League of Copyeditors

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 44, 29 October 2007

• From the editor: Interview with Florence Devouard

• Page creation for unregistered users likely to be reenabled

• WikiWorld comic: "Human billboard"

• News and notes: Treasurer search, fundraiser, milestones

• WikiProject Report: Agriculture

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] November

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 45, 5 November 2007

• Wikimedia avoids liability in French lawsuit

• WikiWorld comic: "Fall Out Boy"

• News and notes: Grant money, fundraiser, milestones

• WikiProject Report: Lists of basic topics

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 46, 12 November 2007

• Unregistered page creation remains on hold so far

• WikiWorld comic: "Exploding whale"

• News and notes: Fundraiser, elections galore, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Missing encyclopedic articles

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 47, 19 November 2007

• Signpost interview: Florence Devouard

• Author borrows from Wikipedia article without attribution

• WikiWorld comic: "Raining animals"

• News and notes: Page patrolling, ArbCom age requirement, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: History

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 48, 26 November 2007

• Arbitration Committee elections: Candidate profiles

• WikiWorld comic: "Cursive"

• News and notes: Ombudsman commission, fundraiser, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Education in Australia

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] December

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 49, 3 December 2007

• Signpost interview: New Executive Director Sue Gardner

• Arbitration Committee elections: Elections open

• Possible license migration sparks debate

• Featured articles director names deputy

• Software bug fixed, overuse of parser function curtailed

• WikiWorld comic: "Wordplay"

• News and notes: Wikipedian honored, fundraiser, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: LGBT studies

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 50, 10 December 2007

• Wikipedia dragged into German politics over Nazi images

• Wales’ comments on citing Wikipedia produce BBC correction

• WikiWorld comic: “Kilroy was here”

• News and notes: Elections, Wikimania 2009, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Greater Manchester

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 51, 17 December 2007

• From the editor: ArbCom elections, holiday publication

• Former Wikimedia employee's criminal history detailed

• Möller resigns from board, joins foundation as employee

• Google announces foray into user-generated knowledge

• WikiWorld comic: "Tractor beam"

• News and notes: Elections, Wikimania 2009, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Plants

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 3, Issue 52, 26 December 2007

• Wales appoints six arbitrators

• Board approves expansion, up to 11 trustees possible

• WikiWorld comic: "Molasses"

• News and notes: Stewards, Senate testimony, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: India

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation