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I thought I had posted the WikiSym CfP already, but apparently not. Reminder: the Research paper deadline is March 7, only a week away! the workshops deadline is March 21 And yes, this is the conference I am chairing this year! I am very excited to have WikiSym’s intensive research focus co-located with Wikimania, the [...]

Listen. Allow me to be your god. Let me take you on a journey beyond imagining. Let me tell you a story. So begins The Hakawati, a novel by Rabih Alameddine, a Lebanese-American author who interweaves the magical stories of the Middle East with the story of a young man growing up in Beirut in [...]

Joe Janes wrote a column about Wikipedia in the latest American Libraries. And then I posted a big-ass comment about why librarians should edit Wikipedia (which they published, happily). ZOMG WORLDS COLLIDING LOOK OUT ABORT ABORT (For the Wikipedians who may read this, Professor Janes taught me a lot of what I know about how [...]

This is a followup to my post from last June, exactly eight months ago, where I listed several things I wished would happen in Wikimedia, including better outreach materials, better communication with researchers, better event support, and reader feedback tools. To date, two items on the list has been fully accomplished — the books extension [...]

me: “i have all the harry potter dvd collection i am a big fan of harry potter i have seen every movie he has made” Dear OKCupid, I do not think I am actually a 70% match with this person. kthxbai. love, me. Austin: lol I think Harry Potter is a really cool guy He [...]