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List of press coverage from August to October 2014

Wikimania

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Ground Report: The Wikipedia Convention and Amanda Knox
Times Higher Education Wikimania: student medics get credit for webside manner
The Daily ProthomAlo Progress Bengali Wikipedia (Bengali)
Guardian Histropedia – tool to visualise history unveiled at Wikimania
Guardian Wikipedia isn't perfect, but as a model it's as good as it gets
Le Monde Wikipédia en quête de nouveaux contributeurs
Heise Online: Wikimania: Die Wikipedia als soziale Maschine
RIA Novosti Wikimania, motor de ideas y proyectos del libre acceso al conocimiento
YouGov British people trust Wikipedia more than the news
Tech Times Monkey selfie makes Wikimedia go bananas
Guardian Wikipedia can be read on mobile for free in developing world
BBC The World of Wiki
Breitbart Wikimedia launches viral attack on Europe's 'right to be forgotten'
The New Yorker Wikipedia Defends the Monkey Selfie
Public Library of Science Wikimania: We need to choose the main stream over our small pool
ElEconomista.es Wikipedia, contra el derecho al olvido: "Desaparecen enlaces sin explicación"
El Huffington Post 'Selfie' del macaco: ¿de quién son los derechos de la foto?
Guardian Go ahead: waste a day on Wikipedia. It's good for the future of humanity
Guardian Jimmy Wales is wrong: we do have a personal right to be forgotten
BBC Wikipedia 'completely failed' to fix gender imbalance
Red Orbit Wikipedia Founder Vows To Fight The Censorship Of “Right To Be Forgotten” Regulations
L'Huffington Post Wikipedia contro il diritto all'oblio: "Vallanzasca è fuori. Internet sta diventando un luogo crivellato di buchi di memoria"
Hamburger Abendblatt David Slater vs. Wikipedia: Wer macht sich hier zum Affen?
Guardian The Guardian view on Wikipedia
RT 'History is a human right': UK govt. Wikipedia edits obscure high profile killings
Forbes From Monkey Selfies To The Right To Be Forgotten, Wikimedia Talks Transparency
Public Library of Science A license to please
Telegraph Information Commissioner defends 'right to be forgotten'
PCMag Who Really Owns a Monkey's Selfie?
Huffington Post Wikipedia Is In A Pretty Weird Battle Over A Monkey Selfie
BuzzFeed No, Wikipedia Doesn’t Think A Monkey Owns The Copyright On This Selfie
Le Figaro Le selfie d'un singe au cœur d'une bataille de droit d'auteur
Wired If a Monkey Can Own a Selfie, What Other Rights Should It Have?
Channel 4 Twitter bot will monitor government Wikipedia changes
SC Magazine Wikipedia contests EU ruling on 'right to be forgotten'
BBC Photographer 'lost £10,000' in Wikipedia monkey 'selfie' row
The New Zealand Herald Right to be forgotten is web 'censorship' - Wikipedia
Digital Spy Wikipedia holds vote to determine who owns monkey selfie
Mirror Wikipedia to vote on monkey selfie to decide whether it should take the picture down
Le Monde Des articles de Wikipedia censurés par Google au nom du droit à l'oubli?
Guardian Wikipedia's monkey selfie ruling is a travesty for the world's monkey artists
Guardian Whose truth is Wikipedia guarding?
Guardian Monkey owns selfie, claims Wikimedia
My Science Work Wikipedia, Sharing Democratically
Times Higher Education 'Right to be forgotten' comes under attack
Guardian Wikipedia UK chief: 'UK produces 20% of all articles'
Repubblica Diritto oblio, la protesta di Wikipedia: "È profondamente immorale"
The Times of India Monkey owns copyright for selfie, Wikipedia tells photographer
BBC British photographer in Wikipedia monkey selfie row
Gulf News Photographer goes bananas over monkey selfie
BBC Wikipedia: The book...
BT Wikipedia attacks web censorship
Sky News Wiki Backs Monkey In Selfie Copyright Row
Irish Examiner Wikipedia page for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch still in Google search
Huffington Post Wikipedia Edits From Government Computers Sought To Downplay Killings Like Jean Charles de Menezes
GMA News The monkey did it! Wikipedia upholds monkey's copyright to own selfie
First Post Selfie by a monkey: Why Wikipedia won't delete this one picture
iReporters TV How An Ape Selfie Caused Trouble Between Photographer And Wikipedia
El País Wikipedia considera el derecho al olvido una forma de censura
E&T Wikipedia fights back against ‘right to be forgotten’
Guardian Wikipedia edits made by government sought to minimise high-profile killings
Wired Wikipedia publishes takedown and de-linking requests
The Drum Wikipedia accuses photographer of Macaque-handed copyright claim over monkey selfie
The Irish Times Google removes Wikipedia link to former criminal ‘the Monk’
Herald Scotland Wikipedia condemns ruling on the right to be forgotten
Breaking News.ie Wikipedia page for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch still in Google search
Fudzilla Wikipedia told to “forget” historical information
The Australian Wikipedia’s best ever monkey selfie sparks primate copyright row
Independent.ie Hutch’s bid to wipe out past from cyberspace
Delhi Daily News Copyright row erupts over monkey 'selfie'
Terra.com.br 'Selfie' de macaco gera briga entre fotógrafo e Wikipédia
The Washington Post If a monkey takes a selfie in the forest, who owns the copyright? No one, says Wikimedia.
Irish Mirror Convicted criminal Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s Wikipedia page has request to be removed from online search results
Al Jazeera America Wikipedia defies Europe's 'right to be forgotten' rule
Telegraph Wikipedia founder: EU's Right to be Forgotten is 'deeply immoral'
Al Jazeera Balkans Wikipedia otkrila 'zaboravljene' linkove
La Tercera "Selfie" de un mono provoca polémica en Wikipedia por derechos de autor
El Periódico Wikipedia se niega a borrar el 'selfie' de un mono
Salon Wikipedia at war! “Monkey selfie” sets off bizarre copyright dispute
ITV Monkey 'selfie' picture sparks Wikipedia copyright row
International Business Times Google Removes More Than 50 Links to Wikipedia Content
Evening Standard Help! I’m a Wiki-geek: Nimrod Kamer on his addiction to Wikipedia
BoingBoing Human photographer goes ape over monkey photo decision
The Wire The Best of Wikipedia's Rejected Takedown Requests
Gizmodo Wikipedia Reveals Which Pages the "Right to be Forgotten" Law Killed
International Business Times 'Communist' Wikipedia Faces Lawsuit Over Monkey Selfie Copyright Dispute
Digital Spy Wikipedia refuses to remove 'monkey-owned' photograph
Venture Beat Wikimedia transparency report reveals hundreds of takedown requests, 57 links removed by Google
Business ETC Photographer loses battle with Wikipedia over this amazing monkey selfie
PC Pro Wikipedia highlights five articles "forgotten" by Google
Time Wikimedia Foundation Releases Its First-Ever Transparency Report
The Verge Wikimedia denies photographer's claim to a monkey's selfie
Daily Mail Wikipedia attack on 'censorship'
Metro Wikipedia, photographer (and presumably monkey) in copyright row over black macaque selfie picture
Telegraph Wikipedia founder: History is a human right
NY Mag This Monkey Sort of Owns the Rights to Its Selfie, Says Wikimedia
Independent Google removes links to notorious criminals' Wikipedia pages
Phys Wikipedia says EU court ruling is Web 'censorship'
Reuters Wikipedia fights back against Europe's "right to be forgotten"
Daily Mail Wikipedia rejects photographer's claim of copyright over famous monkey selfie - on the grounds that the ape took it!
ITProPortal Monkey selfies and Aboriginals: Wikipedia founder brands Google censorship "immoral"
Telegraph Wikipedia refuses to delete photo as 'monkey owns it'
Telegraph Government computers used to alter Wikipedia entries on high profile killings
Huffington Post Monkey Selfie Picture Is Fair Game Says Wikipedia
Channel 4 Government Wiki edits downplay high profile killings
La Vanguardia Esta semana: Wikimania
BBC Wikipedia 'not perfect but improving' says founder
Guardian Wikipedia swears to fight 'censorship' of 'right to be forgotten' ruling
Guardian Wikipedia boss Lila Tretikov: ‘Glasnost taught me much about freedom of information’
9To5Google Wikipedia stands up against ‘right to be forgotten,’ uploads Google removal notices
Huffington Post Wikipedia Won't Delete Photo As Monkey 'Owns' It
Huffington Post Wikipedia Publishes Full List Of 'Right To Forget' Requests
Press Association Wikipedia attack on 'censorship'
Washington Post Google has scrubbed 50 links to Wikipedia, thanks to the ‘right to be forgotten’ law
Ars Technica “Memory holes” blanket Wikipedia as links disappear in search results
Daily Dot Wikimedia Foundation officially condemns 'right to be forgotten'
Independent Wikipedia warns that EU legislation will create 'Orwellian memory holes' in the internet
Press Association Wikipedia Attack on 'Censorship'
Digital Spy Wikipedia refuses to remove 'monkey-owned' photograph
Fast Company Wikipedia Publishes First-Ever Transparency Report—And There's A Funny Story About A Monkey
Mirror Wikipedia refuses photographer's request to remove animal selfie because MONKEY took the picture
PC Pro Wikipedia highlights five articles "forgotten" by Google
Express Wikipedia guru blasts European court after slamming ‘forget me’ laws
Tech Crunch Attacks Europe’s Right To Be Forgotten Ruling As Threat To Its Mission
TheNextWeb releases first transparency report: Over 300 content edit and takedown requests rejected
TheNextWeb Wikimedia slams ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling, creates page for Wikipedia link removal notices
IB Times Google Removes More Than 50 Links to Wikipedia Content
Tech City News Wikipedia refuses over 300 censorship requests, insists ‘history is a human right’
BBC Wikipedia reveals Google 'forgotten' search links
NYTimes Bits blog Wikipedia Details Government Data Requests
Telegraph Wikipedia link removed from Google under 'Right to be Forgotten'
Time Wikimedia Foundation Releases Its First-Ever Transparency Report
Time Out London Wikimania! Head to Wikipedia’s first ever London festival
BBC Wiki wars: Do Wikipedia's internal tiffs deter newcomers?
The Next Web Wikimedia’s annual Wikimania conference is coming to London in 2014
Guardian Armenians asked to write Wikipedia entries to promote culture (This project has a slot on the wikimania meetups list.)

Wikipedia and Wikimedia related (key stories only)

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Wikipedia emerges as trusted internet source for Ebola information http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/wikipedia-is-emerging-as-trusted-internet-source-for-information-on-ebola-.html]
WilliamFry.ie Monkey business over copyright dispute
ibtimes.co.uk Nude Celebrity Hacking Scandal: Jennifer Lawrence's Nude Pics Surface on Wikipedia Page
Cosmopolitan.co.uk Jennifer Lawrence's Wikipedia page trolled with nude photos

(Note - this story appeared many, many times and since it is not a Wikimedia UK story there is little value repeating all instances here)

Liverpool Echo 'I'm not Bungle': Mersey politician's denial after Wikipedia prank
Daily Mail I'm NOT Bungle, insists UKIP deputy leader after internet pranksters edit his Wikipedia page to claim he starred in 70s children's TV show Rainbow
The Poke [UKIP Chief Forced To Deny He Played Bungle in Rainbow http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/10/19/ukip-chief-forced-to-deny-he-played-bungle-in-rainbow/]

(This story appeared in several other outlets)

UK Progressive You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story
LSE blog Wikipedia’s open content production platform creates significant spillover benefits that encourage users to contribute further.
Telegraph Polish town to build statue honouring Wikipedia
Independent Wikipedia monument to be built in Poland

(Note: this story received significant coverage, all in a similar vein. As it's not a WMUK story and we aren't quoted, there's little sense recording it here)

Huffington Post UK Nobel Prize Winner Jean Tirole's Wikipedia Page Needs Some Tidying Up
Liverpool Echo Government issues new Wikipedia rules for Whitehall staff after civil servant posted Hillsborough slurs
Cambridge News New 'Wikipedia' for genome data access
Daily Mail Long headline but basically the story is about a man who walked on a high wire between two sky scrapers. During the walk someone edited his Wikipedia biography to say he had died.
Metro Footballer Kolo Toure's Wikipedia article playfully amended after he plays well against Real Madrid. Yes, this is news. No, really.
i100 The weirdest Wikipedia pages ever deleted
This is local London Details from Wikipedia page of former Enfield North MP Joan Ryan mysteriously removed
Daily Mail General story about people from US Congress editing Wikipedia. Sigh.
BBC Wikipedia 'foresees virus outbreaks'
Daily Mail Smithsonian works out 100 most influential Americans by Wikipedia page views
Telegraph Russian library to launch rival to "untrustworthy" Wikipedia
British Council 80 moments that shaped the world - Creation of Wikipedia is ranked 47
BBC News Russia plans alternative Wikipedia
Channel 4 News Government user edits Wikipedia to smear FIFA
Truth-out.org When Facebook Is the Internet: Zero-Rating and the Global Net Neutrality Debate - piece critical of Wikipedia Zero and sets this in context against Facebook Zero etc
Washington Post Wikipedia's complicated relationship with net neutrality
Telegraph Wikipedia asks French help to explain cheese with WikiCheese
Techcrunch Firefox redesigns its search interface - now includes one click results for Wikipedia
New Statesman Who's the Whitehall civil servant who spends hours editing footballers' Wikipedia articles?
Business Insider Australia Wikipedia Wants Its Users To Buy It $6000 Worth Of French Cheese Despite Sitting On $27 Million In Cash
The Register Wikipedia won't stop BEGGING for cash - despite sitting on $60m
Culture24 Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia inspired replication of Magna Carta at the British Library
Live Science Wikipedia's gender problem gets a closer look
Huffington Post Rosie Stephenson, the woman who wrote over three thousand articles on Wikipedia
Slate Encyclopedia frown - Wikipedia is amazing but it’s become a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess.
Gizmodo This beautiful galaxy is actually a stunning visualization of Wikipedia
Telegraph (City Diary column) snippet criticises the WMF fundraising campaign as data held outside US and shared with partners
Venture Beat Google plans to integrate its fact database - Freebase - into Wikidata
Times Higher Education Book review of Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, by Nathaniel Tkacz
Telegraph Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales says MPs should vote electronically - comments are a bit of a mess...
BBC Radio 4 - excerpt from the Today programme Jimmy Wales speaks with Speaker of the House John Bercow about digital democracy - sadly, no mention of our own project on this.
Digital Spy UK Jimmy Wales responds to Gamer Gate criticism
Venture Beat The top 10 most edited Wikipedia articles of 2014: Ebola, Malaysia Airlines, and … some surprises
Wikipedia year in review video on YouTube
qz.com The top-viewed Wikipedia page for every day of 2014
Gizmodo 9 Of The Weirdest Wikipedia Pages We've Ever Seen
Huffington Post 49 most entertaining Wikipedia entries ever

Wikimedia UK directly created or quoted

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Daily Record Highland League goalkeeper has a bigger Wikipedia page than Barcelona star Neymar
Telegraph Why can't nobodies have lengthy Wikipedia profiles?
Metro Scottish Highlands goalkeeper creates detailed Wikipedia page worthy of a Premier League star
Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2811950/Semi-professional-keeper-Scottish-Highland-League-bigger-Wikipedia-page-England-international-Joe-Hart.html Semi-professional keeper in the Scottish Highland League has bigger Wikipedia page than England international Joe Hart
Mirror Meet Fraser Hobday: The amateur goalkeeper with a bigger Wikipedia page than Neymar
Director magazine 8 ways to sharpen your presence on Wikipedia - the article actually gives more information about the pitfalls and makes it clear that companies shouldn't undertake CoI editing.

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+*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/strangest-wikipedia-entries_n_6463488.html 49 most entertaining Wikipedia entries ever]
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