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In the media Predicting the flu; MH17 conspiracy theories
2014-11-05
Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories: "Rachel Feltman, in The Washington Post (November 4), examined research in which a team, mostly from Los Alamos National Laboratory, headed by Kyle Hickman developed a model that enabled them "to successfully predict the 2013-2014 flu season in real time" by employing "an algorithm to link flu-related Wikipedia searches with CDC data from the same time." Apparently when individuals search for information about the flu and its symptoms in Wikipedia when they feel ill, this generates data useful in forecasting the the flu season."
Maps tagathon Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend
2014-10-29
Rather than the usual WikiProject Report, this week our guest author Jheald is telling us about a campaign to identify thousands of old maps which have been digitised, to make them available for georeferencing and upload
News and notes "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results
2014-08-06
The Wikimedia Foundation has published its first transparency report, covering from July 2012 to June 2014. The move comes on the same day the organization announced that Google, in order to comply with a recent court order upholding the "right to be forgotten", has removed a number of Wikipedia articles from their European search results.
News and notes Wikimedia conferences—soul-searching about costs, attendance, and future
2014-04-02
The run-up to the conference has seen the unfolding of two fractious threads on the Wikimedia public mailing list, both of which may serve as background for the last session at Berlin: "Future of the Wikimedia Conference".
In the news Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
2012-03-05
Technology report Incremental dumps help mirrors, full screen search helps mobile visitors, and two MediaWiki releases help external sites
2011-12-05
Technology report Foundation appears correct to back improved smartphone support; and how a Reddit slip meant no-one could read anything for thirty minutes
2011-11-28
Recent research WikiSym; predicting editor survival; drug information found lacking; RfAs and trust; Wikipedia's search engine ranking justified
2011-10-31
In the news Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references
2011-09-26
News and notes Foundation looking for "storyteller" and research fellows; new GLAM newsletter; brief news
2011-03-07