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In brief
edit- Wikipedia discussion about the war in Gaza keeps spilling over into the real world: A recent decision to rename the article Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza as Gaza genocide, which followed a lengthy talk page discussion, is being covered by an ever-growing number of media outlets worldwide. The latest ones to join the list are Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which has also highlighted a notable rise in the amount of daily pageviews since the title was changed, and German portal Israelnetz—published by evangelical association Christliche Medieninitiative pro —which has stated that the page's title was "altered at Israel's detriment", while noting how a deletion discussion over the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia is currently taking place.
- See previous Signpost coverage about the controversy surrounding this article, as well as the discussion about the reliability of the Anti-Defamation League on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, here and here.
- Boolean roulette: Musicians and YouTubers Andrew Huang and Tom McGovern recently challenged themselves to write a full song from scratch by using a random Wikipedia article as an inspiration. Helped by Matt Inouye's tool WikiRoulette, the two artists eventually resolved to turn a... Boolean circuit into a metaphor for a meaningful relationship. You can hear the final result of their efforts—with some help from Gabi Rose—at this link.
- Portland pol possible problems post paid: 2020 Oregon Ballot Measure 107 allows campaign finance disclosure regulations in the state of Oregon, which may have been violated, in addition to irregular expenditures of taxpayer funds not allocated to campaigning:
- https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/08/19/47364945/portland-elections-office-investigating-rene-gonzalez-for-using-taxpayer-funds-on-wikipedia-edits: "It's unclear which fund the money for the Wikipedia edits came from, and why the money didn’t instead come from Gonzalez's mayoral campaign funds." (Portland Mercury)
- https://www.koin.com/news/portland/rene-gonzalezs-office-under-investigation-following-wikipedia-spending/ – Gonzalez claims "the money went to train staff on how to follow Wikipedia standards", not to conduct impermissible campaigning (!) (KOIN Portland CBS affiliate)
- Commissioner Rene Gonzalez now the subject of Portland campaign finance investigation (KGW Portland NBC affiliate)
- https://www.npr.org/2024/08/13/1198912671/1a-08-13-2024 "Why All Roads Of Inquiry Lead To Wikipedia" 1A (radio program) (NPR)
- The Editors reviews and events:
- https://www.studlife.com/scene/2024/08/13/stephen-harrisons-debut-novel-says-wikipedia-matters-regardless-of-what-your-middle-school-teachers-might-say
- https://www.wfaa.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning-texas/287-6ff87475-8f7c-48e4-b1db-0d748f5b289d (WFAA Dallas)
- New America/Arizona State University Future Tense event
- Numlock News
- Wikimedian of the year: https://www.thoroldtoday.ca/local-news/niagara-resident-named-wikimedian-of-the-year-9367981
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