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Gregory Kohs was Examiner.com's only citizen journalist assigned to exclusively cover Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. Kohs held this role from July 2010 until July 2016, when Examiner closed down due to financial insolvency. Over that span of time, he published 90 different articles which collectively received over 80,000 page views. Archived copies of these articles are kept here for posterity.

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[[Directory:Gregory J. Kohs|Gregory Kohs]] was Examiner.com's only citizen journalist assigned to exclusively cover Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. Kohs held this role from July 2010 until July 2016, when Examiner closed down due to financial insolvency. Over that span of time, he published 90 different articles which collectively received over 80,000 page views. Archived copies of these articles are kept here for posterity.

==National Wiki Edits Examiner==

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* '''[http://archive.is/Wd3Y5 Wikipedia rejects name for South Beach neighborhood]''' - May 25, 2011

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''On the afternoon of May 18, a Miami-based executive specializing in hotel real estate wanted to give a name to the famously ritzy section of South Beach along Collins Avenue, between 24th and 15th Streets. We know this...''

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''On the afternoon of May 18, a Miami-based executive specializing in hotel real estate wanted to give a name to the famously ritzy section of South Beach along Collins Avenue, between 24th and 15th Streets. We know this...'' ([http://archive.is/ERNlf map]) ([http://archive.is/nzK1r photo])

* '''[http://archive.is/EoNWk Wikimedia Foundation and its CTO no longer fit]''' - June 6, 2011

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* '''[http://archive.is/S8xTF Wikimedia Foundation board does not change]''' - June 22, 2011

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''The non-profit foundation that is responsible for Wikipedia and multitudes of smaller sister projects announced the results last week of its board of trustees election. As reported earlier here at Examiner, the foundation determined that its best interests...''

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''The non-profit foundation that is responsible for Wikipedia and multitudes of smaller sister projects announced the results last week of its board of trustees election. As reported earlier here at Examiner, the foundation determined that its best interests...'' ([http://archive.is/Lh0F8 photo 1]) ([http://archive.is/IBev2 photo 2]) ([http://archive.is/6TaQl photo 3])

* '''[http://archive.is/5HFwQ Wikipedia reveals Top 10 most contentious people]''' - July 11, 2011

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* '''[http://archive.is/WPcNc Wikimedia UK trustee finds his hands tied]''' - November 29, 2011

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''Earlier this month the new charitable organization, Wikimedia UK, received its government clearance to operate as a non-profit in the United Kingdom. The mission of the Wikimedia UK, a spin-off from the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/KRLef link])

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''Earlier this month the new charitable organization, Wikimedia UK, received its government clearance to operate as a non-profit in the United Kingdom. The mission of the Wikimedia UK, a spin-off from the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/KRLef link] with photo)

* '''[http://archive.is/LT9cw Wikimedia UK stonewalling effort to see documents]''' - December 20, 2011

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* '''[http://archive.is/elp1t Wikimedia Foundation caught self-promoting on Wikipedia]''' - February 21, 2015

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''On Thursday, February 19, the organization that operates Wikipedia posted a blog article that proudly declared, "Research finds the Wikimedia Foundation to be the largest known Participatory Grantmaking Fund". Shortly after this was published, the Wikipedia criticism...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/xLwx4 link])

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* '''[http://archive.is/ln4dn How to spread misinformation on Wikipedia]''' - May 2, 2015

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''Imagine it's 1918. World War One has drawn to a close in Europe. The city of Cleveland founded its own orchestra. And over in Japan, the Sagami Railway is nearing completion of its first section...''

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* '''[http://archive.is/BUJre Unmasking Victoria Taylor as a Wikipedian]''' - July 4, 2015

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''In the United States, the tenth-most popular website is Reddit.com, a message-based social networking and news sharing site. Yesterday, Friday July 3rd, the various message boards of Reddit erupted in turmoil. Volunteer moderators have shut...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/dbfVs link]) ([http://archive.is/YBpGZ photo 1]) ([http://archive.is/2L3JL photo 2]) ([http://archive.is/lQG0B photo 3]) ([http://archive.is/G0EiP photo 4])

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* '''[http://archive.is/ipnxn 5 Travel Tips for Wikipedians Going to Mexico City]''' - July 15, 2015

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''The excitement is in the air. A veritable fiesta of sun-starved Wikipedia nerds and nerdettes will descend on Mexico City today (from July 15-19, 2015) to participate in their biggest annual wiki-conference: Wikimania. While salmon...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/xJK4Y link])

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* '''[http://archive.is/pwWM3 Jimmy Wales shames PR editors]''' - July 27, 2015

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''Some companies, like General Motors, Procter & Gamble, and Apple, spend many millions of dollars in promotional advertising campaigns. Other companies, like Rolls-Royce, Krispy Kreme, and the makers of Sriracha hot sauce, allocate no money toward traditional ad...''

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* '''[http://archive.is/EgGKo Wikipedia's Ketel of conflict of interest]''' - September 23, 2015

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''Surely readers are tiring by now of the news stories identifying people or companies "caught" editing their own Wikipedia articles. These "investigative" reports seem to appear like clockwork, every few weeks or so. This week, it...''

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* '''[http://archive.is/khSgu Deciding the fate of images at Wikimedia Commons]''' - November 22, 2015

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''What Wikipedia did for encyclopedias, Wikimedia Commons attempts to do for photo albums. A database of nearly 30 million freely usable images and other files, Wikimedia Commons is where so many of us turn in search of that perfect...'' (included [http://archive.is/AFJne slideshow], with this [http://archive.is/o2cYS summary slide])

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* '''[http://archive.is/3G72M The doctor is out says WMF board]''' - December 29, 2015

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''Late yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation board of trustees voted to remove one of its own members, Dr. James Heilman, from that governance body. Heilman, an emergency room physician from Canada, had just been appointed to the wiki...'' (alternate [http://archive.is/9mwln link])

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* '''[http://archive.is/w20wY Stanton Foundation manipulating Wikipedia again]''' - April 26, 2016

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''An anonymous investigator blew the whistle today on Liz Allison, the primary director of the $228 million Stanton Foundation. Allison was caught editing Wikipedia's article about her own organization, despite having a huge personal financial conflict of...''

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* '''[http://archive.is/XqgSF Diversity Conference at National Archives bars entry to news reporter]''' - June 16, 2016

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''The National Archives will be the site tomorrow of a controversial "Diversity Conference" hosted jointly by the Wikimedia DC organization and the federally-funded Archives. The June 17-18 conference is billed as "open to everyone...''

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