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The Signpost: 30 July 2014

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Book review: Knowledge or unreality?

Recent research: Shifting values in the paid content debate

News and notes: How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?

Wikimedia in education: Success in Egypt and the Arab World

Traffic report: Doom and gloom vs. the power of Reddit

Featured content: Skeletons and Skeltons

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Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

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Sunday August 17: NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share

You are invited to join the the Wikimedia NYC community for our upcoming wiki-salon and knowledge-sharing workshop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Sunday August 17 NYC Wiki-Salon and Skill Share (RSVP).

2pm–5pm at Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway (5th floor).

Afterwards at 5pm, we'll walk to a social wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant (to be decided).

We hope to see you there!--Pharos (talk) 15:58, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 06 August 2014

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Technology report: A technologist's Wikimania preview

Traffic report: Ebola

Featured content: Bottoms, asses, and the fairies that love them

Wikimedia in education: Leading universities educate with Wikipedia in Mexico

News and notes: "History is a human right"—first-ever transparency report released as Europe begins hiding Wikipedia in search results

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The Signpost: 13 August 2014

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Special report: Twitter bots catalogue government edits to Wikipedia

Traffic report: Disease, decimation and distraction

Wikimedia in education: Global Education: WMF's Perspective

Wikimania: Promised the moon, settled for the stars

News and notes: Media Viewer controversy spreads to German Wikipedia

Op-ed: Red links, blue links, and erythrophobia

In the media: Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes

Featured content: Cambridge got a lot of attention this week

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:56, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Request for arbitration

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Hi Timothy, would it be possible for you to arbitrate on this issue?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shudra#Scholarly_referenced_content_on_this_page_is_being_removed.

As you can see here I have made repeated requests to the editor not to use the offensive word "untouchable" to describe Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the man who drafted the Indian Constitution. The use of the derogatory and racist word -- which has no relevance to the article -- has been rationalized with some incredible "racist" logic. Also, every statement I have made in the article is backed by research evidence, some of which I had provided in the citation to the article, and some of which I have provided on the Talk:Shudra. But instead of discussing my edit my version has been repeatedly reverted and I have been given a 3 revert warning. Since I have taken the discussion to its logical conclusion it would be nice if the arbitrator could come in and resolve the matter.

This was my edit, with citations and hyperlinks, which was reverted to a "racist" and "biased" stub with no citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shudra&diff=next&oldid=621626375

I had posted this issue on the dispute resolution board (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Shudra) but the other editor had it closed saying, perhaps correctly, that dispute resolution, at that stage, was premature. I have tired to post there again but since my summary of dispute didn't show up after saving the page I thought I would ask you. If this dispute doesn't come under your purview I would appreciate it if you could guide me to the right place. Thanks. -Spark121212 (talk) 22:51, 19 August 2014 (UTC)