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The Signpost: 31 July 2013

Op-ed: The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change

Recent research: Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview

Traffic report: Bouncing Baby Brouhaha

WikiProject report: Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia

News and notes: Gearing up for Wikimania 2013

Arbitration report: Race and politics case closes

Featured content: Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!

Discussion report: Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles

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113	Erotophobia (talk)	Add sources
90	Unification of Karnataka (talk)	Add sources
59	Daivadnya Brahmin (talk)	Add sources
2	Vauraddeancho Ixtt (talk)	Add sources
6	Traction City (novella) (talk)	Add sources
110	Dandeli (talk)	Cleanup
30	Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors (talk)	Cleanup
10	Vilas Sarang (talk)	Cleanup
115	Taluks of Karnataka (talk)	Expand
2	State Highway 2 (Karnataka) (talk)	Expand
637	Didn't It Rain (Hugh Laurie album) (talk)	Expand
115	Konkani people (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
6,246	PRISM (surveillance program) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
36	Konkan Maratha (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
24	Siddapura, Uttara Kannada (talk)	Merge
26	Savji (talk)	Merge
8	Las Vegas College (talk)	Merge
25	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance (talk)	Wikify
20	Ramakshatriya (talk)	Wikify
231	Solapur (talk)	Wikify
1	Charekone (talk)	Orphan
1	Aruvu (talk)	Orphan
26	Ethnic groups of Tamil Nadu (talk)	Orphan
5	Acacia Demonstration Gardens (talk)	Stub
3	Nandangadda (talk)	Stub
3	Bakutotsu Kijūtei (talk)	Stub
20	Baraduke (talk)	Stub
2	Soyuz 7K-TK (talk)	Stub
14	Sadashivgad (talk)	Stub

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