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This user has been on Wikipedia for 13 years and 14 days.	This user is a witness to the early days of the Internet	0.00100% This user has edited 615 of the 61,551,603 pages on the English Language Wikipedia.
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This user is a proud member of the WikiFun Police.	This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.	This user is a participant in WikiProject Star Wars.
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Photo Of The Day For 09/30/2024

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Current Events for 09/30/2024 @ 15:24 UTC

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• In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans to win the AFL Grand Final (Norm Smith Medal winner Will Ashcroft pictured).
• Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed by an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, Lebanon.
• Hurricane Helene leaves more than 100 people dead across the southeastern United States.
• British actress Maggie Smith dies at the age of 89.
• Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Roy Clay
• Fredric Jameson
• Mercury Morris
• Sayuri
• Dick Diamonde
• David Graham

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In the media

Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"

ANI (but probably not the one you're thinking of), bias and bans, crisis and Clover, Engelhorn's euros, and will the zoomers inherit the project?

Legaleagle86 – CC BY-SA 3.0

Community view

Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus

In response to a takedown request, Wikipedia editors reached a consensus on how to handle it appropriately.

Hawkeye7 – CC BY-SA 4.0

Serendipity

A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics

User Hawkeye7 opens up on his experience as a media representative following the Australian team at the latest Summer Paralympics in Paris.

Selected by HouseBlaster – Walters Art Museum – CC BY-SA 3.0

Opinion

asilvering's RfA debriefing

User asilvering reflects on their recent successful request for adminship.

Hugo Sundström – CC-BY-4.0

News and notes

Are you ready for admin elections?

More changes to RfA on the way in October, final results for the U4C elections revealed, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

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Are Luddaites defending the English Wikipedia?

Picture this: medicine, drugs, JFK, Cleopatra, anachronism, and global catastrophe.

HaeB – CC0

Recent research

Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors

And other recent research publications.

Piotrus – CC-3.0

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Jump in the line, rock your body in time

Band reunions and Beetlejuice!

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