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From the editors — What happened at Wikimania?
Please share your Wikimania 2017 experiences!

News and notes
Basselpedia; WMF Board of Trustees appointments
Some of the goings-on from Wikimania 2017.

Featured content
Warfighters and their tools or trees and butterflies
Take your pick of the best of Wikipedia.

Traffic report
A fortnight of conflicts
White supremacists v. anti-fascism groups, Mayweather v. McGregor, Moon v. Sun.

Special report
Biomedical content, and some thoughts on its future
Wikipedia's medical and scientific content has come a long way since 2001. Here are some thoughts on how it may continue to evolve.

Recent research
Discussion summarization; Twitter bots tracking government edits; extracting trivia from Wikipedia
A list of recent research publications on various topics.

In the media
Google's Ideological Echo Chamber; What makes someone successful?
Plus the latest reports of vandalism and mistakes in Wikipedia.

WikiProject report
WikiProject YouTube
WikiProject YouTube is a new project on both English and Simple English Wikipedia.

Technology report
Latest tech news
Syntax highlighting, failed login notifications, watchlist filters, and more.

Wikicup
2017 WikiCup round 4 wrap-up
Ships, typhoons, birds, and more!

Humour
Bots
They do the things you don't want to do (and sometimes things you don't want done).

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