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• Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins ▲ 44
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• The Wikipedia Adventure ▲ 44
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• Wikipedia Signpost: Crypto and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no! ▲ 38
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• Could folks please help me get DigitalOcean onto wikipedia? (deleted thrice) ▲ 38
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