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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==
 
==National Wiki Edits Examiner==
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* '''[http://archive.is/Wd3Y5 Wikipedia rejects name for South Beach neighborhood]''' - May 25, 2011
 
* '''[http://archive.is/Wd3Y5 Wikipedia rejects name for South Beach neighborhood]''' - May 25, 2011
''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
 
* '''[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
 
* '''[http://archive.is/S8xTF Wikimedia Foundation board does not change]''' - June 22, 2011
''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
 
* '''[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
 
* '''[http://archive.is/WPcNc Wikimedia UK trustee finds his hands tied]''' - November 29, 2011
''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
 
* '''[http://archive.is/LT9cw Wikimedia UK stonewalling effort to see documents]''' - December 20, 2011
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* '''[http://archive.is/BUJre Unmasking Victoria Taylor as a Wikipedian]''' - July 4, 2015
 
* '''[http://archive.is/BUJre Unmasking Victoria Taylor as a Wikipedian]''' - July 4, 2015
''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])
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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])
    
* '''[http://archive.is/ipnxn 5 Travel Tips for Wikipedians Going to Mexico City]''' - July 15, 2015
 
* '''[http://archive.is/ipnxn 5 Travel Tips for Wikipedians Going to Mexico City]''' - July 15, 2015
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* '''[http://archive.is/khSgu Deciding the fate of images at Wikimedia Commons]''' - November 22, 2015
 
* '''[http://archive.is/khSgu Deciding the fate of images at Wikimedia Commons]''' - November 22, 2015
''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...'' ([http://archive.is/AFJne slideshow])
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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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