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[edit] January

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 1, 2 January 2008

• WikiWorld comic: "John Lasseter"

• News and notes: Stewards, fundraiser, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Scouting

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 2, 7 January 2008

• From the editor: Stepping in after delay

• New Wikipedia discussion forum gains steam

• WikiWorld comic: "Goregrind"

• Wikipedia in the News

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 3, 14 January 2008

• From the editor: A new weekly feature

• Special: 2007 in Review

• Wikimania 2009 bidding ends, jury named

• Controversial non-administrator rollback process added

• Supposed advance draft of Jobs keynote surfaces on talk page

• WikiWorld comic: "The Nocebo Effect"

• News and notes: Fundraiser ends, $500,000 donation, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Tutorial: Fundamentals of editing

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 4, 21 January 2008

• Special: 2007 in Review, Part II

• New parser preprocessor to be introduced

• Commons Picture of the Year contest in final round

• WikiWorld comic: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"

• News and notes: Freely-licensed music, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 5, 28 January 2008

• From the editor: New feature

• Special: 2007 in Review, Part III

• Signpost interview: John Broughton

• New parser preprocessor introduced

• Best of WikiWorld: "Truthiness"

• News and notes: Estonian Wikipedia, Picture of the Year, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Tutorial: Reporting and dealing with vandals

• WikiProject Report: Molecular and Cellular Biology

• Wikipedia Dispatches: Banner year for Featured articles

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] February

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 6, 4 February 2008

• Special: 2007 in Review, Part IV

• Tensions in journalistic use of Wikipedia explored

• Best of WikiWorld: "Calvin and Hobbes"

• News and notes: Milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Tutorial: Adding citations

• Dispatches: New methods to find Featured Article candidates

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 7, 11 February 2008

• Petition seeks to remove images of Muhammad

• Foundation's FY2007 audit released

• Vatican claims out-of-context Wikipedia quote was used to attack Pope

• Best of WikiWorld: "W"

• News and notes: Working group, Wik-iPhone, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Tutorial: Basic dispute resolution

• Dispatches: Great saves at Featured article review

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 8, 18 February 2008

• From the editor

• Michael Snow, Domas Mituzas appointed to Board of Trustees

• WikiWorld: "Thinking about the immortality of the crab"

• News and notes: Administrator desysopped, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Tutorial: Getting an article to featured article status

• Dispatches: FA promotion despite adversity

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 9, 25 February 2008

• Signpost interview: Michael Snow

• Controversial RfA results in resysopping of ^demon

• Sockpuppeting administrator desysopped, community banned

• Two major print encyclopedias cease production

• WikiWorld: "Hyperthymesia"

• News and notes: Wikimania Call for Participation, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• WikiProject Report: Family Guy

• Dispatches: A snapshot of featured article categories

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] March

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 10, 3 March 2008

• Wales' relationship, breakup with journalist Rachel Marsden raises questions about possible improprieties

• Eleven users apply for bureaucratship

• Signpost interview: Domas Mituzas

• Role of hidden categories under discussion

• Book review: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual

• Military history WikiProject elections conclude, nine elected

• Best of WikiWorld: "Extreme ironing"

• News and notes: Encyclopedia of Life, Wikipedian dies, milestones

• Dispatches: April Fools mainpage featured article

• WikiProject Report: Football

• Tutorial: How to use an ImageMap

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 11, 13 March 2008

• From the editor

• Accusations of financial impropriety receive more coverage

• Best of WikiWorld: "Five-second rule"

• News and notes: New bureaucrat, Wikimania bids narrowed, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Vintage image restoration

• WikiProject Report: Professional wrestling

• Tutorial: Summary of policies

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 12, 17 March 2008

• Best of WikiWorld: "The Rutles"

• News and notes: Single-user login, election commission, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Changes at peer review

• WikiProject Report: Tropical cyclones

• Tutorial: Editing Monobook, installing scripts

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 13, 24 March 2008

• Single User Login enabled for administrators

• Best of WikiWorld: "Clabbers"

• News and notes: $3,000,000 grant, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Banner shells tame talk page clutter

• WikiProject Report: Video games

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 14, 31 March 2008

• Wikimania 2009 to be held in Buenos Aires

• Sister Projects Interview: Wikisource

• WikiWorld: "Hammerspace"

• News and notes: 10M articles, $500k donation, milestones

• Dispatches: Featured content overview

• WikiProject Report: Australia

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] April

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 15, 7 April 2008

• April Fools' pranks result in temporary blocks for six admins

• WikiWorld: "Apples and oranges"

• News and notes: 100 x 5,000, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Reviewers achieving excellence

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 16, 14 April 2008

• From the editor

• Interview with the team behind one of the 2,000th featured articles

• Image placeholders debated

• WikiWorld: "Pet skunk"

• News and notes: Board meeting, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Featured article milestone

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 17, 21 April 2008

• BLP deletion rules discussed amidst controversial AFD

• Threat made against high school on Wikipedia, student arrested

• Global login, blocking features developed

• WikiWorld: "Disruptive technology"

• News and notes: Wikimania security, German print Wikipedia, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Monthly updates of styleguide and policy changes

• WikiProject Report: The Simpsons

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] May

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 18, 2 May 2008

• From the editor

• Wikimedia Board to expand, restructure

• Arbitrator leaves Wikipedia

• Bot approvals group, checkuser nominations briefly held on RfA

• WikiWorld: "World domination"

• News and notes: Board elections, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Did You Know ...

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 19, 9 May 2008

• Sister Projects Interview: Wikiversity

• WikiWorld: "They Might Be Giants"

• News and notes: Board elections, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Featured content from schools and universities

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 20, 12 May 2008

• Explicit sexual content draws fire

• Sighted revisions introduced on the German Wikipedia

• Foundation receives copyright claim from church

• Board to update privacy policy, adopts data retention policy

• Update on Citizendium

• Board candidacies open through May 22

• Two wiki events held in San Francisco Bay Area

• New feature enables users to bypass IP blocks

• WikiWorld: "Tony Clifton"

• News and notes: Autoconfirmed level, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Changes at Featured lists

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation

[edit] Volume 4, Issue 21, 19 May 2008

• Pro-Israeli group's lobbying gets press, arbitration case

• Board elections: Voting information, new candidates

• Sister Projects Interview: Wikibooks

• WikiWorld: "Hodag"

• News and notes: Russian passes Swedish, milestones

• Wikipedia in the News

• Dispatches: Good article milestone

• Features and admins

• Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

• The Report on Lengthy Litigation