Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-08-30

• News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
  

The oldest surviving Wikipedia edit restored to article history, Wikimania, and the mystery of a disappearing Funds Dissemination Committee.

• In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
  

Working with leadership and the community, taking on both operational and strategic responsibilities

• In the media: Many layers of fake news: Fake fiction and fake news vandalism
  

And the media report it all

• Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
  

Can we survive without IP addresses?

• Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
  

And some summer flicks with the usual heroes and villains

• Op-Ed: We couldn't have told you this, but Wikipedia was censored
  

Should we break the law or publish the truth?

• Opinion: The Curious Case of Croatian Wikipedia
  

Or how to make a concentration camp disappear?

• Community view: Chinese Wikipedia and the battle against extradition from Hong Kong
  

From streets to Wikipedia - What are editors from Hong Kong facing?

• News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
  

Emna Mizouni was named the 2019 Wikimedian of the Year.

• Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
  

A roundup of many recent publications examining Wikpedia's gender gaps in participation and content, and their possible reasons

• On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
  

A selection of good news and encouraging stories that are from the Wikiverse