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An independent internal news bulletin for the members of the Wikimedia community

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In the news

 * [In defense of Wikipedia] - Bryn Neuenschwander aka Marie Brennan, an American fantasy author, wrote on Science Fiction & Fantasy Novelists site article "Research for Writers #2: In Defense of Wikipedia". Good sum of arguments in favor of Wikipedia. Guardian and Arabian Business have stories about him, as well.
 * http://www.sfnovelists.com/2011/09/16/research-for-writers-2-in-defense-of-wikipedia/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Brennan
 * http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/18/hari-fake-quotes-training-peter-preston
 * http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-bashing-journo-hari-admits-plagiarism-420786.html


 * [Unethically abusing Wikipedia] - The Economist published the story about Independent journalist Johann Hari, who used pseudonym to harass rival journalists. He made personal apology in Independent. Wikizine reported about this incident in the previous Opinion Edition.
 * http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2011/09/unethical-journalism
 * http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-a-personal-apology-2354679.html
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Hari
 * http://en.wikizine.org/2011/09/wikizine-opinion-year-2011-week-38.html


 * [Wikipedia accurate on cancer facts, but...] - DoctorsLounge published the article about the study "Wikipedia Accurate on Cancer Facts, But Hard to Read". That story has been republished by a number of news outlets.
 * http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/hd/23109
 * http://www.rocketnews.com/2011/09/wikipedia-accurate-on-cancer-facts-but-hard-to-read-study-healthday-2/
 * http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/16/wikipedia-cancer.html
 * http://machineslikeus.com/news/cancer-information-wikipedia-shown-be-accurate
 * http://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-accurate-cancer-facts-hard-read-study-231410261.html
 * http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/15478525/wikipedia-accurate-on-cancer-facts-but-hard-to-read-study


 * [Poor readability] - In related news, instead of transferring the whole news about cancer facts, French Tribune extracted in sensationalist way just "Wikipedia Offers Poor Readability!" Anyway, what should be expected from an organization which keeps default Drupal favicon on their site!
 * http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/117221-wikipedia-offers-poor-readability
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
 * http://tinyurl.com/6c22ff7
 * http://drupal.org/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupal

From Wikipedia

 * [WikiProject Cannabis] - WikiProject Cannabis is dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of cannabis, including articles relating to hemp and marijuana legislation, effects, policies, trends, activists, organizations, culture, and other aspects of the plant.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cannabis


 * [Caral] - Caral was a large settlement in the Supe Valley, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru, some 200 km north of Lima. Caral is the most ancient city of the Americas, and is a well-studied site of the Caral civilization or Norte Chico civilization. Caral was inhabited between roughly 2600 BC and 2000 BC, enclosing an area of more than 60 hectares. Caral was described by its excavators as the oldest urban center in the Americas, a claim that was later challenged as other ancient sites were found nearby. Accommodating more than 3,000 inhabitants, it is the best studied and one of the largest Norte Chico sites known.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caral
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte_Chico_civilization


 * [Loveland frog] - The Loveland Frog (otherwise known as the Loveland Lizard) is said to be a humanoid creature with the face of a frog and is described as standing roughly 4 feet (1.2 m) tall with green leathery skin. It walks upright and has webbed hands and feet, and was allegedly first spotted in Loveland, Ohio. It is generally considered a cryptid—a creature rumored or reported to be living, but with no confirmable proof.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog


 * [Argan oil] - Argan oil is an oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree, endemic to Morocco, that is valued for its nutritive, cosmetic and numerous medicinal properties. The tree, a relict species from the Tertiary age, is extremely well adapted to drought and other environmentally difficult conditions of southwestern Morocco.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argan_oil


 * [Clathrate gun hypothesis] - The clathrate gun hypothesis is the popular name given to the hypothesis that rises in sea temperatures (and/or falls in sea level) can trigger the sudden release of methane from methane clathrate compounds buried in seabeds and permafrost which, because the methane itself is a powerful greenhouse gas, leads to further temperature rise and further methane clathrate destabilization – in effect initiating a runaway process as irreversible, once started, as the firing of a gun.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate_gun_hypothesis

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