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Wikipedia Weekly Episode 13
Released: March 6th, 2007

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The Panel

Using Skype to record the conversation - can handle up to 10 people simultaniously. Hosts

Fuzheado | Talk
Tawker

Panelists

Planned Content

Introduction

Opening music...
Introduction of panelists (with small personalised comment)
Index of what we will talk about - record at conclusion and edit in later

Breaking News

Daniel Brandt deletion debate.
Slate article about author being deleted Timothy Noah.
Jason Calacanis gives three examples on how Wikipedia prevents community participation: lack of WYSIWYG editors in articles and discussion pages, and extensive use of IRC.
Who knew that the internet/computers has a patron saint - Isidore of Seville!?
The new Wikipedia:Featured sounds and relatively new Wikipedia:Featured topics processes. Positive steps in the drive for quality.

Special Report

"Why RfA is Broken" (prerecorded this??)
Interview with Wikidocumentary folks in Beijing (Fuzheado)

Cultural Moment

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Explain significance and interesting pop-references. (audio file here)
Maybe we could play one of the Featured Sounds as it is a new programme on en:WP (and probably a first on all langauge Wikipedias).

Interlingua

Wiki Industry

Conservapedia, a religious-conservative version of WP started in November. Has received some publicity recently and gone wholly semi-protect (due to vandalism). their main criticism of WP is that we use English spellings (sometimes) and the BCE/CE convention. See also: Eagle Forum, its parent organisation.