Module:Signpost/index/2013

return { {		date = "2013-01-07", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Featured content in review", subhead = "Over the past year, 963 pieces of featured content were promoted.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "inreview"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-07", subpage = "News and notes", title = "2012—the big year", subhead = "The movement, now in its second decade, is growing apace in its international reach, cultural and linguistic diversity, technical development, and financial complexity.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"educationprogram", "englishwikipedia", "newsandnotes", "education", "foundation"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-07", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "Meta, where innovative ideas die", subhead = "The project has long been an out-of-the-way corner for technocratic working groups, unaccountable mandarins, and in-house bureaucratic proceedings.", authors = {"Jan eissfeldt"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "wikimedia", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-07", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Looking ahead to 2013", subhead = "Following on from last week's reflections on 2012, this week the Technology report looks ahead to 2013, a year that will almost certainly be dominated by the juggernauts of Wikidata, Lua and the Visual Editor.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"lua", "tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport", "wikidata"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-07", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Where Are They Now? Episode IV: A New Year", subhead = "We'll spend this week looking back at the trials and tribulations of the WikiProjects we encountered in 2012. Where are they now?", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "First arbitration case in almost six months", subhead = "The opening of the Doncram case marks the end of almost 6 months without any open cases, the longest in the history of the Committee.", authors = {"James"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Flag Manual of Style; accessibility and equality", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"J36miles"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "manualofstyle", "accessibility"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Featured articles: Quality of reviews, quality of writing in 2012", subhead = "Continuing our recap of the featured content promoted in 2012, this week the Signpost interviewed three editors, asking them about featured articles which stuck out in their minds. Two, Ian Rose and Graham Colm, are current featured article candidates (FAC) delegates, while Brian Boulton is an active featured article writer and reviewer.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Investigative report", title = "Ship ahoy! New travel site finally afloat", subhead = "After six years without creating a new class of content projects, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has finally expanded into a new area — travel.", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"investigativereport", "plagiarism", "specialreport", "licensing"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Launch of annual picture competition, new grant scheme", subhead = "On January 16, voting for the first round of the 2012 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year contest will begin. Wikimedia editors with 75 edits or one project are eligible to vote to select their favorite image featured in 2012. ... On January 15, the foundation launched its latest grant scheme, called Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).", authors = {"Mono", "Jan eissfeldt"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"contests", "newsandnotes", "wikimediacommons", "contests"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Special report", title = "Loss of an Internet genius", subhead = "Comforting those grieving after the loss of a loved one is an impossible task. How then, can an entire community be comforted? The Internet struggled to answer that question this week after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, a celebrated free-culture activist, programmer, and Wikipedian at the age of 26.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"openaccess", "specialreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Intermittent outages planned, first Wikidata client deployment", subhead = "The Wikidata client extension was successfully deployed to the Hungarian Wikipedia on 14 January, its team reports. The interwiki language links can now come from wikidata.org, though \"manual\" interwiki links remain functional, overriding those from the central repository.", authors = {"Aude", "Mono", "Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"servers", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-14", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Reach for the Stars: WikiProject Astronomy", subhead = "This week, we set off for the final frontier with WikiProject Astronomy, started in August 2006 using the now-defunct WikiProject Space as inspiration, home to 101 pieces of Featured material and 148 Good Articles maintained by a band of 186.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-21", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Doncram case continues", subhead = "The opening of the Doncram case marks the end of almost 6 months without any open cases, the longest in the history of the Committee.", authors = {"James"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-21", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wazzup, G? Delegates and featured topics in review", subhead = "This week, the Signpost's featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured topics. We interviewed Grapple X and GamerPro64, who are delegates at the featured topic candidates.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "inreview"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-21", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Requests for adminship reform moves forward", subhead = "Various proposals, ranging from as large as a transition to a representative democracy to as small as a required edit count and service length, have been debated on the RfA talk page in the last three weeks.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "reformingrfa", "requestsforadminship", "adminseries"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-21", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Data centre migration successful", subhead = "Data centre switchover a tentative success: On 22 January, WMF staff and contractors switched incoming, non-cached requests (including edits) to the Foundation's newer data centre in Ashburn, Virginia, making it responsible for handling almost all regular traffic. For the first time since 2004, virtually no traffic will be handled by the WMF's other facility in Tampa, Florida.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-21", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Say What? — WikiProject Linguistics", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Linguistics. Started in January 2004, the project has grown to include 7 Featured Articles, 4 Featured Lists, 2 A-class Articles, and 15 Good Articles maintained by 43 members. The project's members keep an eye on several watchlists, maintain the linguistics category, and continue to build a collection of Did You Know? entries. The project is home to six task forces and works with WikiProject Languages and WikiProject Writing Systems.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Doncram continues", subhead = "The Doncram case has continued into its third week.", authors = {"James"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Administrator conduct and requests", subhead = "New discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"J36miles"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "administrator"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Listing off progress from 2012", subhead = "This week, the Signpost featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured lists. We interviewed FLC directors Giants2008 and The Rambling Man as well as active reviewer and writer PresN.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "In the media", title = "Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia", subhead = "Hoaxes draw media attention: On New Year's Day, the Daily Dot reported that a \"massive Wikipedia hoax\" had been exposed after more than five years. The article on the Bicholim conflict had been listed as a \"Good Article\" for the past half-decade, yet turned out to be an ingenious hoax. Created in July 2007 by User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a, the meticulously detailed piece was approved as a GA in October 2007. A subsequent submission for FA was unsuccessful, but failed to discover that the article's key sources were made up. While the User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a account then stopped editing, the hoax remained listed as a Good Article for five years, receiving in the region of 150 to 250 page views a month in 2012. It was finally nominated for deletion on 29 December 2012 by ShelfSkewed—who had discovered the hoax while doing work on Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs—and deleted the same day.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"hoaxes", "inthemedia", "opinion", "women", "inthenews", "gardner"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Khan Academy's Smarthistory and Wikipedia collaborate", subhead = "To many Wikimedians, the Khan Academy would seem like a close cousin: the academy is a non-profit educational website and a development of the massive open online course concept that has delivered over 227 million lessons in 22 different languages. Its mission is to give \"a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.\" This complements Wikipedia's stated goal to \"imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge\", then go and create that world. It should come as no surprise, then, that the highly successful GLAM-Wiki (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) initiative has partnered with the Khan Academy's Smarthistory project to further both its and Wikipedia's goals.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Lessons from the research literature on open collaboration; clicks on featured articles; credibility heuristics", subhead = "A special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist is devoted to \"open collaboration\".", authors = {"Taha Yasseri", "Piotr Konieczny", "Aaron Shaw", "Tilman Bayer", "Lui8E"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"recentresearch", "research", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Developers get ready for FOSDEM amid caching problems", subhead = "As reported in last week's \"Technology Report\", the WMF's data centre in Ashburn, Virginia took over responsibility for almost all of the remaining functions that had previously been handled by their old facility in Tampa, Florida on 22 January. The Signpost reported then that few problems had arisen since handover. Unfortunately that was not to remain the case, with reports of caching problems (which typically only affect anonymous users) starting to come in.", authors = {"Jarry1250", "Federico Leva"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"conferences", "developers", "mediawiki", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-01-28", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Checkmate! – WikiProject Chess", subhead = "Checkmate! — WikiProject Chess: When we challenged the masters of WikiProject Chess to an interview, Sjakkalle answered our call. WikiProject Chess dates back to December 2003 and has grown to include 4 Featured Articles and 15 Good Articles maintained by over 100 members. The project typically operates independently of other WikiProjects, although the project would theoretically be a child of WikiProject Board and Table Games (interviewed in 2011). WikiProject Chess provides a collection of resources, seeks missing photographs of chess players, and helps determine ways that Wikipedia's coverage of chess can be expanded.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Portal people on potent potables and portable potholes", subhead = "This week, the Signpost's featured content section continues its recap of 2012 by looking at featured portals, a small yet active part of the project. We interviewed FPOC directors Cirt and OhanaUnited.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "portals"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "In the media", title = "Star Trek Into Pedantry", subhead = "On 30 January 2013, Kevin Morris in the Daily Dot summarised the bitter debates in Wikipedia around capitalisation or non-capitalisation of the word \"into\" in the title of the upcoming Star Trek film, Star Trek Into Darkness.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Article Feedback tool faces community resistance", subhead = "Article Feedback Tool faces community resistance: Article feedback, at least through talk pages, has been a part of Wikipedia since its inception in 2001. The use of these pages, though, has typically been limited to experienced editors who know how to use them.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"articlefeedbacktool", "newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "Special report", title = "Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications", subhead = "Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: On February 12, 2012, news of Whitney Houston's death brought 425 hits per second to her Wikipedia article, the highest peak traffic on any article since at least January 2010. It is broadly known that Wikipedia is the sixth most popular website on the Internet, but the English Wikipedia now has over 4 million articles and 29 million total pages. Much less attention has been given to traffic patterns and trends in content viewed.", authors = {"West.andrew.g", "Milowent"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"specialreport", "vandalism", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Wikidata team targets English Wikipedia deployment", subhead = "Following the deployment of the Wikidata client to the Hungarian Wikipedia last month, the client was also deployed to the Italian and Hebrew Wikipedias on Wednesday. The next target for the client, which automatically provides phase 1 functionality, is the English Wikipedia, with a deployment date of 11 February already set.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"englishwikipedia", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-04", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Land of the Midnight Sun – WikiProject Norway", subhead = "Land of the Midnight Sun: This week, we took a trip to WikiProject Norway. Started in February 2005, WikiProject Norway has become the home for almost 34,000 articles about the world's best place to live, including 16 Featured Articles, 19 Featured Lists, and nearly 250 Good Articles. The project works on a to do list, maintains a categorization system, watches article alerts, and serves as a discussion forum.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "WebCite proposal; request for adminship reform", subhead = "WebCite proposal: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"J36miles"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "requestsforadminship", "citations"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "Featured content", title = "A lousy week", subhead = "Six articles, one list, and fourteen pictures were promoted to \"featured\" states this week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "In the media", title = "Wikipedia mirroring life in island ownership dispute", subhead = "Foreign Policy has published a report on editing of the Wikipedia articles on the Senkaku Islands and Senkaku Islands dispute. The uninhabited islands are under the control of Japan, but China and Taiwan are asserting rival territorial claims. Tensions have risen of late—and not just in the waters surrounding the actual islands.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "News and notes", title = "UK chapter governance review marks the end of a controversial year", subhead = "Wikimedia UK, the non-profit organization devoted to furthering the goals of the Wikimedia movement in the United Kingdom, has published the findings of a governance review conducted by Compass Partnership.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia", subhead = "Wikipedia has a long, daresay storied history with hoaxes; our internal list documents 198 of the largest ones we have caught as of 4 January 2013. Why?", authors = {"Resident Mario"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"hoaxes", "opinion"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Wikidata client rollout stutters", subhead = "The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-11", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Just the Facts – WikiProject Infoboxes", subhead = "Just the Facts: This week, we got the details on WikiProject Infoboxes.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"infoboxes", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-18", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Featured content gets schooled", subhead = "Two articles, nine lists, and thirteen pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "schools"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-18", subpage = "In the media", title = "Sue Gardner interviewed by the Australian press", subhead = "Sue Gardner's visit to Australia sparked a number of interviews in the Australian press, and she commented on Australian plans to surveil personal internet and telephone data.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"interviews", "inthemedia", "inthenews", "gardner"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-18", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikimedia Foundation declares \"victory\" in Wikivoyage lawsuit ", subhead = "Wikimedia Foundation declares 'victory' in Wikivoyage lawsuit: On February 15, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) declared 'victory' in its counter-lawsuit against Internet Brands (IB), the owner of Wikitravel and the operator of several online media, community, and e-commerce sites in vertical markets. The lawsuit clears the last remaining hurdles for the WMF's new travel guide project, Wikivoyage.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"legal", "newsandnotes", "wikivoyage", "foundation"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-18", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Better templates and 3D buildings", subhead = "As of time of writing, twenty wikis (including the English, French and Hungarian Wikipedias) are in the process of getting access to the Lua scripting language, an optional substitute for the clunky template code that exists at present.", authors = {"Jarry1250", "Dschwen"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"lua", "tech", "templates", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-18", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Thank you for flying WikiProject Airlines", subhead = "This week, we put our life in the hands of WikiProject Airlines. Starting in July 2005, the project has improved articles relating to airline companies, alliances, destination lists, and travel benefit programs. WikiProject Airlines has accumulated over 4,000 pages, including 4 Featured Articles and 26 Good Articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Wikivoyage links; overcategorization", subhead = "Current discussions include...", authors = {"J36miles"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "wikivoyage"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Blue birds be bouncin'", subhead = "Six articles, three lists, and twelve images were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this month.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "In the media", title = "Former WMF board member creates \"Wikipedia Corporate Index\" for Fleishman-Hillard PR agency", subhead = "Ex-WMF trustee creates \"Wikipedia Corporate Index\" for PR agency: On 13 February 2013, PR Report, the German sister publication of PR Week, published an article announcing that PR agency Fleishman-Hillard was offering a new analysis tool enabling companies to assess their articles in the German-language Wikipedia: the Wikipedia Corporate Index (WCI).", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews", "board"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "News and notes", title = "\"Very lucky\" Picture of the Year", subhead = "The Wikimedia Commons 2012 Picture of the Year contest has ended, with the winner being Pair of Merops apiaster feeding, taken by Pierre Dalous. The picture shows a pair of European Bee-eaters in a mating ritual—the male bird (right) has tossed the wasp into the air, and he will eventually offer it to the female (left).", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "pictureoftheyear", "arbcom"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers; EPOV instead of NPOV", subhead = "Wikipedia not so novel after all, except to UK university lecturers: \"Wikipedia and Encyclopedic Production\" by Jeff Loveland (a historian of encyclopedias) and Joseph Reagle situates Wikipedia within the context of encyclopedic production historically, arguing that the features that many claim to be unique about Wikipedia actually have roots in encyclopedias of the past.", authors = {"Piotr Konieczny", "Taha Yasseri", "Hfordsa", "Sage Ross", "Daniel Mietchen", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"recentresearch", "research", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Wikidata development to be continued indefinitely", subhead = "Wikimedia Germany (WMDE) this week committed itself to funding the Wikidata development team, ending fears that phase three would be abandoned.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-02-25", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "How to measure a WikiProject's workload", subhead = "How can we measure the challenges facing a project or determine a WikiProject's productivity? Several prominent projects have been doing it for years: WikiWork.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-04", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Slow week for featured content", subhead = "Three articles, six lists, and three pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including the article on \"Laura Secord\", who was a Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 best known for warning the British of an impending American attack.", authors = {"Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-04", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Outing of editor causes firestorm", subhead = "\"WP:OUTING\", the normally little-noticed policy corner of the English Wikipedia that governs the release of editors' personal information, has suddenly been brought to wider attention after long-term contributor and featured article writer Cla68 was indefinitely blocked last week. This snowballed into several other blocks, a desysopping by ArbCom, and a request for arbitration.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "outing", "wikipediocracy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-04", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "We must do more to turn readers into editors", subhead = "There seems to be rooted a belief that using Wikipedia means just reading the articles, and that editing is something that someone, hypothetically, might do, but not really more likely than randomly counting to 7,744.", authors = {"Ypnypn"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-04", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Television Stations", subhead = "This week, we tuned to, a project that dates back to March 2004, focusing on local stations, national networks, television markets, and other topics related to television channels in North America, the Caribbean, and some Pacific countries.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Doncram case closes; arbitrator resigns", subhead = "There are three open cases, and a final decision has been given in the Doncram case.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "resign"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Batman, three birds and a Mercedes", subhead = "Twelve articles, five lists, and eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including an image of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a front-engine, 2-seat luxury grand tourer automobile developed by Mercedes-AMG.", authors = {"Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "From the editor", title = "Signpost–Wikizine merger; new writers", subhead = "Signpost–Wikizine merger: I am pleased to announce that the Signpost and Wikizine have reached an in-principle agreement that will see Wikizine published as a special Signpost section at the beginning of each month.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"fromtheeditor", "signpost"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Finance committee updates", subhead = "During March, three of the Wikimedia Foundation's grantmaking schemes on Meta will reach important crossroads, which will shape how both the editing communities and Wikimedia institutions handle the distribution of donors' money across the movement.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"finance", "newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Article Feedback reversal: watershed moment?; plus code review one year on", subhead = "Article Feedback reversal: The WMF has aborted a plan to deploy version 5 of the Article Feedback tool (AFTv5) rolled out to all English Wikipedia articles.", authors = {"Mono", "Jarry1250", "Kozuch"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"articlefeedbacktool", "codereview", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-11", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Setting a precedent", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court Cases.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Another arbitrator resigns; Norton case closes", subhead = "Richard case closes: On Thursday, arbitrator Coren resigned, following closely on the heels of Hersfold's resignation on Wednesday. There are two open cases. A final decision has been given in the Richard case.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "resign"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wikipedia stays warm", subhead = "Nine articles, seven lists, eleven images, and one topic were promoted to \"featured status\" this week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Hahc21", "Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "Interview", title = "Meeting in the middle: Wikipedia and libraries", subhead = "Ask librarians what they think about Wikipedia and you might get some interesting answers. Some will throw up their hands about the laziness of the Google generation and their overdependence on Wikipedia. Some see it as the \"competition\". And some will tell you it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.", authors = {"The Interior"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"glam", "interviews", "libraries", "templates", "interview"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Resigning arbitrator slams Committee", subhead = "Just two months into his second term as an arbitrator on the English Wikipedia, Coren resigned from the Committee with a blistering attack on his fellow arbitrators, saying \"it can no longer do the job it was ostensibly elected for\".", authors = {"Tony1", "Neotarf", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "newsandnotes", "resign"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Visual Editor \"on schedule\" for July rollout", subhead = "Visual Editor \"on schedule\": The WMF's engineering report for January was published this week, giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-18", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Making music with WikiProject Composers", subhead = "Making music: This week, we composed a tribute to WikiProject Composers. The project was created during the final hours of 2004 and finalized in early January 2005. It has grown to encompass over 8,000 pages, including 26 Featured Articles and 23 Good Articles. WikiProject Composers faces a difficult workload, with a relative WikiWork rating of 5.45.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"music", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Two open cases ", subhead = "This case, brought by Mark Arsten, was opened over a dispute over transgenderism topics that began off-wiki. The evidence phase was scheduled to close March 7, 2013, with a proposed decision due to be posted by March 29.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "Featured content", title = "One and a half soursops", subhead = "Seven articles, one list, six pictures, and one topic were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Hahc21", "Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German-language Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews", subhead = "Sue Gardner to leave WMF; German Wikipedians spearhead another effort to close Wikinews: Ranked as one of the most powerful women in the world by Forbes, Gardner is widely associated with the rise of the Wikimedia movement as a major custodian of human knowledge and cultural products.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"executivedirector", "foundation", "gardner", "germanwikipedia", "newsandnotes", "wikinews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "Recent research", title = "\"Ignore all rules\" in deletions; anonymity and groupthink; how readers react when shown talk pages", subhead = "A paper presented at last month's CSCW Conference observes that \"Mass collaboration systems are often characterized as unstructured organizations lacking rule and order\", yet Wikipedia has a well developed body of policies to support it as an organization.", authors = {"Amir E. Aharoni", "Piotr Konieczny", "Taha Yasseri", "Oren Bochman", "Heather Ford", "Tilman Bayer", "Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia", "Daniel Mietchen"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"policy", "recentresearch", "research", "researchreport", "afd"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "Technology report", title = "The Visual Editor: Where are we now, and where are we headed?", subhead = "Since its inception in May 2011, the Foundation's Visual Editor project has grown to become one of its main focuses. As the project nears its two-year birthday, the Signpost caught up with Visual Editor project manager James Forrester to discuss the progress on the project.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"signpost", "tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-03-25", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "The 'Burgh: WikiProject Pittsburgh", subhead = "Our travels have brought us to Pittsburgh, the American city known for steelworks and bridges.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Three open cases ", subhead = "A case brought by Lecen involves several articles about former Argentinian president Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877).", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "Featured content", title = "What the ?", subhead = "The Signpost interviewed prolific featured content creator and former Signpost \"featured content\" report writer Crisco 1492 about ? and Indonesian cinema. ? was the \"Today's featured article\" for 1 April 2013. 1 April is popularly known as April Fools' Day in many countries.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Funding for the Wikipedia Library and six other projects; April Fool's Day ructions", subhead = "Grants given for Wikipedia Library, six others; April Fool's Day ructions: The first round of individual engagement grants (IEGs) have been awarded, disbursing about $55.6k (€42.7k) to seven applicants.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"aprilfools", "awards", "glam", "libraries", "newsandnotes", "wikipedialibrary"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "Special report", title = "Who reads which Wikipedia? The WMF's surprising stats", subhead = "Who reads which Wikipedia?: Dutch-born Erik Zachte is the driver of the WMF's statistical output, and he writes that the \"report card\" and accompanying traffic statistics comprise \"enough tables, bar charts and plots to keep you busy for a while\".", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"specialreport", "statistics", "wikimedia"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Wikidata phase 2 deployment timetable in doubt", subhead = "Users of ten Wikipedias got access to phase 2 of Wikidata following its first rollout to production wikis.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"englishwikipedia", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-01", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Special: FAQs", subhead = "This week's Report is dedicated to answering our readers' questions about WikiProjects. The following Frequently Asked Questions came from feedback at the WikiProject Report's talk page, the WikiProject Council's talk page, and from previous lists of FAQs.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Subject experts needed for Argentine History", subhead = "The arbitration committee is looking for expertise in Argentina and the Spanish language for a case involving former Argentinean president Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877).", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wikipedia loves poetry", subhead = "Four articles and two pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "News and notes", title = "French intelligence agents threaten Wikimedia volunteer", subhead = "Last Friday, the Wikimedia movement awoke to news that one of their number—Rémi Mathis, a French volunteer editor—had been summoned to the offices of the interior intelligence service DCRI and threatened with criminal charges and fines if he did not delete an article on the French Wikipedia about a radio station used by the French military.", authors = {"Cantons-de-l'Est", "The ed17", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"censorship", "newsandnotes", "stateactors"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Testing week for developers and their deployments", subhead = "Testing week: The deployment of phase 2 of Wikidata to the English Wikipedia, originally scheduled for 8 April but delayed due to technical problems, may be rescheduled again as the result of community resistance.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"developers", "englishwikipedia", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Earthshattering WikiProject Earthquakes", subhead = "This week, we felt the world tremble in the presence of WikiProject Earthquakes. The project was started in May 2008 to deal with articles about earthquakes, aftershocks, seismology, seismologists, plate tectonics, and related articles. While the project has seen success building 14 Featured Articles, one A-class Article, and 21 Good Articles, a fairly heavy workload remains, with a relative WikiWork rating of 4.94. WikiProject Earthquakes maintains a portal, a list of open tasks, a popular pages listing, and an article alerts watchlist.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-08", subpage = "Wikizine", title = "Introducing Wikizine; WMF scales back feature after outcry", subhead = "WMF scales back feature after outcry: Numerous Wikimedia Commons editors have chimed in on the Wikimedia Foundation's deployment of a new feature to its mobile website. Allowing anonymous users to register and upload pictures for use in an article, the feature was placed prominently at the top of Wikipedia articles in multiple languages.", authors = {"Mono"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikimedia", "foundation"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-15", subpage = "Featured content", title = "The featured process swings into high gear", subhead = "Four articles, twelve lists, and seven pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-15", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Another admin reform attempt flops", subhead = "The most recent move to reform the requests for adminship process on the English Wikipedia has failed, after a complex and drawn-out three-step procedure for community input was subject to decreasing participation as time wore on and came up with no clear consensus.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"adminseries", "newsandnotes", "reformingrfa", "requestsforadminship", "administrator"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-15", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "How do we fix RfA inactivity?", subhead = "It has been well documented that less and less new Requests for adminship are being filed. Are there simply too many disagreeing views for us to reach a consensus?", authors = {"AutomaticStrikeout"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-15", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Unity in Diversity: WikiProject South Africa", subhead = "Unity in Diversity: South Africa: This week, we ventured to WikiProject South Africa. The project was started in February 2005 and is home to thirteen pieces of featured material, two A-class articles, and twenty-one good articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Sexology case nears closure after stalling over topic ban", subhead = "The Sexology case is nearing completion after arbitrators were unable to agree on a topic ban for one of the participants.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Batfish in the Red Sea", subhead = "Nine articles, four lists, eight pictures, and one topic were promoted to \"featured\" status this week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "In the media", title = "Wikipedia inaccurate, says Florence; New Wikipedia app for breaking news", subhead = "An article by John Sweeney published on 22 April 2013 on scnow.com, the website of the Florence, South Carolina Morning News, reported that Florence city officials have taken to monitoring and correcting the Wikipedia article on their city.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "women", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Milan conference a mixed bag", subhead = "The Wikimedia Conference, for the first time, included groups that wish to be considered for WMF affiliation as thematic organisations.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"conferences", "newsandnotes", "wikimediaconference", "chapters"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "Technology report", title = "A flurry of deployments", subhead = "On Monday, the English Wikipedia became the 12th wiki to be able to pull data from the central Wikidata.org repository, with other wikis scheduled to receive the update on Wednesday.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"englishwikipedia", "tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-22", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Editor Retention", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with a project that develops tools and methods for improving the user experience in the hope that new users will continue editing the encyclopedia, to spread WikiLove, welcome new users, encourage civility, and other related activities.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Sexology closed; two open cases", subhead = "The Sexology case closed shortly after publication with no changes.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wiki loves video games", subhead = "Nine articles, three lists, three pictures, and one topic were promoted to \"featured\" this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "video"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "In the media", title = "Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax", subhead = "On 24 April 2013, novelist Amanda Filipacchi published what turned out to be an influential op-ed in the New York Times; illuminating the unusual background of the Yuri Gadyukin hoax.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe", "Go Phightins!"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"categorization", "hoaxes", "inthemedia", "women", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp", subhead = "The Funds Dissemination Committee released its recommendations to the WMF board last Sunday. The news that the Hong Kong chapter's application for US$212K had failed was followed by a strongly worded resignation announcement by Deryck Chan on the public Wikimedia-l mailing-list.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "glam", "newsandnotes", "fdc"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Sentiment monitoring; Wikipedians and academics favor the same papers; UNESCO and systemic bias; How ideas flow on Wikiversity", subhead = "Sentiment monitoring; UNESCO and systemic bias; and more: A report on an online service which was created to conduct real-time monitoring of Wikipedia articles of companies, and more.", authors = {"Piotr Konieczny", "Oren Bochman", "Taha Yasseri", "Jonathan T. Morgan", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"coi", "flow", "recentresearch", "research", "wikiversity", "researchreport", "bias", "bias"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "Technology report", title = "New notifications system deployed across Wikipedia", subhead = "This week saw the deployment of the Echo extension, also known as \"notifications\".", authors = {"Legoktm", "Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week", subhead = "Most popular Wikipedia articles: The WP:TOP25 and WP:5000 reports chronicle the most popular Wikipedia articles on a weekly basis.", authors = {"Milowent", "Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-04-29", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Japanese WikiProject Baseball", subhead = "This week, we traveled to the Japanese Wikipedia's WikiProject Baseball for perspectives from a version of Wikipedia that treats WikiProjects as their own unique namespace (プロジェクト:) independent of \"Wikipedia:\".", authors = {"Mabeenot", "Oda Mari"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-06", subpage = "Featured content", title = "WikiCup update: full speed ahead!", subhead = "May sees the beginning of Round 3 of the 2013 WikiCup, with 33 of the original 127 competitors remaining. ... six articles, ten pictures, and two portals were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"J Milburn", "Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"contests", "featuredcontent", "portals", "wikicup"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-06", subpage = "In the media", title = "New Wikipedia for Schools edition; Anders Behring Breivik's Wikipedia contributions", subhead = "On 26 April 2013, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation published an article reviewing Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik's edits to the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"englishwikipedia", "inthemedia", "schools", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-06", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Candidates nominating for Foundation elections; Looking ahead to Wikimania 2014", subhead = "Although not yet in great numbers, candidates are coming forward for Wikimedia Foundation elections, which will be held from 1 to 15 June.", authors = {"The ed17", "Tony1", "Rcsprinter123"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "events", "newsandnotes", "wikimediafoundation", "wm2014", "singleuserlogin", "wikimania"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-06", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Foundation successful in bid for larger Google subsidy", subhead = "The Wikimedia Foundation will be receiving more than $100,000 worth of free developer time courtesy of internet giant Google, it was announced this week. The funds, allocated as part of Google's Summer of Code programme, will support up to 21 student developers through three months of coding time.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "wikimediafoundation", "technologyreport", "technologyreport", "megacorps"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-06", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Earn $100 in cash... and a button!", subhead = "This week's English Wikipedia project, WikiProject Biophysics, is home to several experts in their fields and a collaboration with the Biophysical Society, and it's hosting a contest through July 15 for $600 in cash and a ticket to the Biophysical Society's annual meeting in San Francisco.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-13", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Race and politics opened; three open cases", subhead = "The Race and politics case has been accepted for arbitration, and the evidence phase is now open. Two other cases remain open.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "scientology"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-13", subpage = "Featured content", title = "A mushroom, a motorway, a Munich gallery, and a map", subhead = "Fourteen articles, three lists, and three pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia, including Boletus luridus, seen above.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent", "gallery"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-13", subpage = "In the media", title = "PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients; can Wikipedia predict the stock market?", subhead = "An article published on May 10 on Odwyerpr.com written by Greg Hazley documented a \"spar\" between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and public relations firm Qorvis partner Matt Lauer, who disputes Wikipedia's guideline discouraging public relations firms from editing articles on their clients.", authors = {"Go Phightins!"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-13", subpage = "News and notes", title = "WMF–community ruckus on Wikimedia mailing list", subhead = "The removal of administrator rights from all volunteers on the Wikimedia Foundation's official website sparked a highly emotional reaction on the Wikimedia-l mailing list—one of the largest off-wiki methods of communication for the Wikimedia movement.", authors = {"The ed17", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"mailinglists", "newsandnotes", "singleuserlogin"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-13", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Knock Out: WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts", subhead = "This week, we spent some time watching WikiProject Mixed Martial Arts, which was started in August 2005 and has grown to include 12 Good Articles and a Featured List.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-20", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Up in the air", subhead = "Nine articles, six lists, and eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-20", subpage = "Foundation elections", title = "Trustee candidates speak about Board structure, China, gender, global south, endowment", subhead = "Nominations closed last Friday for the three community-elected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) ten-member Board of Trustees—the ultimate corporate authority of the worldwide WMF. The Board has influential roles and responsibilities over one of the most powerful global information sources on the Internet.", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"board", "elections", "globalsouth", "wikimediafoundationboard", "china", "women", "wikimedia", "foundation"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-20", subpage = "In the media", title = "Qworty incident continues", subhead = "Salon.com published another article detailing ongoing incidents with Wikipedia user Qworty and his role in the controversy involving Amanda Filipacchi's op-ed, including a series of revenge edits against Filipacchi in the days after she released it.", authors = {"Go Phightins!"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-20", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Spanish Wikipedia leaps past one million articles", subhead = "On 16 May, the Spanish Wikipedia became the seventh Wikipedia to cross the million article Rubicon, a symbolic yet important achievement.", authors = {"Hahc21", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "spanishwikipedia"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-20", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Classical Greece and Rome", subhead = "This week, we traveled to WikiProject . The project was started in May 2006 and has 37 featured articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Life of 2π", subhead = "Twelve articles, four lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "Foundation elections", title = "Candidates talk about the Meta problem, the nation-based chapter model, world languages, and value for money", subhead = "The elections for the three community seats on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees start on 8 June. This second and final part of the interview explores two broad themes: Meta, the site that hosts movement-wide coordination; and offline entities—the chapters and the new thematic organisations and user groups.", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "elections", "wikimediafoundation", "wikimedia", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "In the media", title = "Pagans complain about Qworty's anti-Pagan editing", subhead = "In the continuing saga of User:Qworty's outing as author Robert Clark Young, several blogs and websites covered the now-banned user's anti-Pagan editing. In an article published on 22 May 2013, TechEye described Qworty's edits as a \"reign of terror\" and were pleased to find that he had not succeeded in removing several prominent Pagan biographies from the encyclopedia.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood", "Go Phightins!", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "News and notes", title = "First community election for FDC positions", subhead = "First-ever community election for FDC positions: Alongside the Signpost's interviews with WMF Board candidates, we asked the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee and its Ombudsperson position a series of questions relating to the positions they may be taking on.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "newsandnotes", "fdc"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Motivations on the Persian Wikipedia; is science eight times more popular on the Spanish Wikipedia than the English Wikipedia?", subhead = "An article in Library Review offers a much-needed comparison of data from a population of editors outside the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Piotr Konieczny", "Aaron Halfaker", "Taha Yasseri", "Daniel Mietchen", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"englishwikipedia", "persianwikipedia", "recentresearch", "research", "spanishwikipedia", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Amsterdam hackathon: continuity, change, and stroopwafels ", subhead = "Second only to the technical track of Wikimania in terms of numbers, the Berlin Hackathon (2009–2012) provided those with an interest in the software that underpins Wikimedia wikis and supports its editors a place to gather, exchange ideas and learn new skills.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"developers", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-05-27", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Geographical Coordinates", subhead = "This week, we plotted out the demarcations of, which aims to create a single standard of handling coordinates in Wikipedia articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Return of the Discussion report", subhead = "This is mostly a list of requests for comment believed to be active on 4 June 2013 linked from subpages of Wikipedia:RfC or watchlist notices.", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "templates", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "Featured content", title = "A week of portraits", subhead = "Five articles, four lists, and thirteen images were promoted to \"featured\" status this week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "From the editor", title = "Signpost developments", subhead = "I am excited to announce that a Portuguese-language journal, Correio da Wikipédia has been launched by Vitorvicentevalente. It has just published its third edition, and I encourage readers who speak the language to read and contribute to its already-expansive coverage of the Portuguese Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"fromtheeditor", "signpost"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "In the media", title = "China blocks secure version of Wikipedia", subhead = "An article on TheNextWeb.com says that the Chinese Government has effectively blocked Wikipedia by cutting off access to the HTTP Secure (https) \"workaround\", almost completely cutting off access to those in China.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"censorship", "inthemedia", "inthenews", "stateactors"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "News and notes", title = "\"Cease and desist\", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; could WikiLang be the next WMF project?", subhead = "\"Cease and desist\", World Trade Organization says to Wikivoyage; Could WikiLang be the next WMF project?: On 31 May, the Wikimedia Foundation's Legal and Community Advocacy team announced that the Wikivoyage logo would have to be replaced, because it has become the subject of a cease-and-desist letter from the World Trade Organization (WTO).", authors = {"The ed17", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "wikivoyage"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Developers accused of making Toolserver fight \"pointless\"", subhead = "Developers accused of making Toolserver fight 'pointless': Last week, the Signpost reported on a feeling at the Amsterdam hackathon that Toolserver developers were coming round to the idea of migrating to Wikimedia Labs.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"developers", "tech", "toolserver", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-05", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Operation Normandy", subhead = "This week, we reflect on the anniversary of D-Day by storming the shores of, a special initiative of WikiProject Military History.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Two cases suspended; proposed decision posted in Argentine History", subhead = "Two cases, Race and politics and Tea Party movement have been suspended. Argentine History remains open, and a proposed decision was posted on 12 June.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "VisualEditor, elections, bots, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "elections", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "visualeditor", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Mixing Bowl Interchange", subhead = "Seven articles, two lists, five pictures, and one topic were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "In the media", title = "VisualEditor will \"change world history\"", subhead = "In an article published by the Huffington Post's United Kingdom edition, writer Thomas Church asserts that the new VisualEditor will change history, literally. It says that Wikipedia's mark-up language has been to its advantage, as most people didn't bother trying to learn it", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "visualeditor", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "News and notes", title = "How Wikimedia affiliates are spending $8.4 million; PRISM scandal", subhead = "Late last year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) awarded $8.4 million in donors' money to 11 Wikimedia entities, including the Wikimedia Foundation and 10 nationally defined chapters. Under this arrangement, these organisations are required to issue quarterly reports on how far they have progressed towards their declared programmatic and financial goals. The FDC has now announced that all 11 completed and submitted their reports by the 1 April deadline, and have responded to each.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "foundation", "affiliates"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "The tragedy of Wikipedia's commons", subhead = "I've long thought that we should get rid of the Wikimedia Commons as we know it. Commons has evolved into a project with interests that compete with the needs of the primary users of Commons and the reason it was created. It's also understaffed, which results in poor curation, large administrative backlogs, and poor policy development.", authors = {"Gigs"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "digitalmedia", "wikimediacommons"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Who holds the throne?", subhead = "Last week's most popular article list on the English Wikipedia was dominated by the massively popular TV series Game of Thrones, which claimed six slots in the top 25, including the top three. Its popularity was likely stoked by the most recent episode, The Rains of Castamere. Bollywood continued to increase its share of views as well, aided by the tragic suicide of star Nafisa Khan.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-12", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Processing WikiProject Computing", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Computing. Started in October 2003, the project has grown to include 17 featured articles, 11 featured lists, 3 pieces of featured media, and 80 good articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "The Farmbrough amendment request—automation and arbitration enforcement", subhead = "Richard Farmbrough was set to have his day in court, but as events transpired, this was not to be so. On 25 March 2013, an accusation was made against Farmbrough at Arbitration Enforcement (AE), claiming that he violated the terms of an automated edit restriction. Within hours, Farmbrough had filed his own request with the arbitration committee, citing the newly filed AE request and claiming that the motion was being used \"in an absurd way\" in the filing of enforcement requests: \"I have not made any edits that a sane person would consider automation.\"", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "administrator"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Citations, non-free content, and a MediaWiki meeting", subhead = "A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"citations", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "mediawiki", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Cheaper by the dozen", subhead = "Eleven articles, twelve lists, and eleven pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "In the media", title = "South African learners want Wikipedia; Editing of Israel topics", subhead = "Memeburn.com published an article on the yearning of students in South Africa for free knowledge through Wikipedia Zero.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Andreas Kolbe", "Emily Temple-Wood"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Swedish Wikipedia's millionth article leads to protests; WMF elections—where are all the voters?", subhead = "With erysichton elaborata, the Swedish Wikipedia passed the one million article Rubicon this week. While this is a mostly symbolic achievement, serving as a convenient benchmark with which to gain publicity and attention in an increasingly statistical world, the particular method by which the Swedish site has passed the mark has garnered significant attention—and controversy.", authors = {"The ed17", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "newsandnotes", "swedishwikipedia", "bots"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "Two responses to \"The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons\"", subhead = "Two responses to the 'Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons': Following last week's op-ed by Gigs (\"The Tragedy of Wikipedia's Commons\"), the Signpost is carrying two contrary opinions from MichaelMaggs, a bureaucrat on Wikimedia Commons, and Mattbuck, a British Commons administrator.", authors = {"MichaelMaggs", "Mattbuck"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "digitalmedia", "wikimediacommons"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Technology report", title = "May engineering report: Flow enters consultation phase and other headlines", subhead = "May engineering report published: The WMF's engineering report for May was published recently on the Wikimedia blog and on the MediaWiki wiki (\"friendly\" summary version), giving an overview of all Foundation-sponsored technical operations in that month.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"flow", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Most popular Wikipedia articles of the last week", subhead = "The season finale of Game of Thrones ensured that the epic high fantasy series would dominate the top 10 again last week; however, it was joined by Maurice Sendak and Man of Steel.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-19", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "The Volunteer State: WikiProject Tennessee", subhead = "This week, we visited WikiProject Tennessee, a project dedicate to the state at the geographic and cultural crossroads of the United States.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Argentine History closed; two cases remain suspended", subhead = "Argentine History was closed. Two cases, Race and politics and Tea Party movement, remain suspended until July.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Privacy policy, X!'s edit counter, old rangeblocks, and the Article Incubator", subhead = "A list of current discussions on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "editcounter", "editcountitis", "englishwikipedia", "incubator", "policy", "privacy", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wikipedia in black + Adam Cuerden", subhead = "This week, the Signpost interviews Adam Cuerden, a Wikimedian who has been for years gathering featured pictures, and who constantly participates in what could be his favourite part of the project. Cuerden dedicates most of his time to scanning and restoring old, valuable illustrative works. He explains to us how the featured process works, its relation with other parts of the encyclopedia, and how pictures evolve before reaching featured status.", authors = {"Hahc21", "Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "In the media", title = "Daily Dot on Commons and porn; Jimmy Wales accused of breaking Wikipedia rules in hunt for Snowden", subhead = "The Daily Dot has examined the perennial controversy over explicit or pornographic media on Commons. This latest salvo was touched off when Russavia uploaded a portrait of Jimmy Wales made by the artist Pricasso, who paints with his genitalia.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood", "Go Phightins!", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"edwardsnowden", "inthemedia", "jimmywales", "porn", "inthenews", "wikimediacommons"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Election results released", subhead = "Less than three days after the close of voting, the volunteer election committee posted the results on Meta. The worldwide Wikimedia movement has elected three WMF trustees for two-year terms on the 10-seat Board: Samuel Klein (supported by 43.5% of voters), Phoebe Ayers (38.3%), and María Sefidari (35.6%). The new trustees will take their seats at a critical time for the movement: one of the first tasks in their terms will be to help the Board to find and approve the new executive director to take up the top job when Sue Gardner departs.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "newsandnotes", "fdc"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Most controversial Wikipedia topics, automatic detection of sockpuppets", subhead = "A comparative work by T. Yasseri., A. Spoerri, M. Graham and J. Kertész looks at the 100 most controversial topics in 10 language versions of Wikipedia, and tries to make sense of the similarities and differences in these lists.", authors = {"Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia", "Taha Yasseri", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"recentresearch", "research", "sockpuppetry", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Most-viewed articles of the week", subhead = "With most TV shows on hiatus for the summer, attention has turned to movies, celebrity and sports. The dramatic events at the 2013 Confederations Cup drew massive attention, as did summer blockbusters like Man of Steel and World War Z. But the most searched event of the week was the tragic and unexpected death of popular actor James Gandolfini on June 19.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-06-26", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Fashion", subhead = "This week, we walked the runway with . Started in March 2007, the project is home to 4 Featured Articles and 41 Good Articles. The project has a lengthy list of how you can help and a list of Article Alerts.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Tea Party movement reopened, new AUSC appointments", subhead = "Following a one-month period of moderated discussion, Tea Party movement has been reopened by the Committee. The proposed decisions are currently being voted upon. Race and politics remains suspended pending the return of User:Apostle12.", authors = {"James"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Snuggle, mainpage link to Wikinews, 3RR, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "wikinews", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Queen of France", subhead = "Four articles, four lists, and fifteen pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Pine", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "In the media", title = "Jimmy Wales is not an Internet billionaire; a mass shooter's alleged Wikipedia editing", subhead = "Amy Chozick's profile of Jimmy Wales in the New York Times sparked significant controversy in international news outlets this week, including from Wales, who responded to the piece as a whole with a lengthy talk page statement.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood", "The ed17", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "jimmywales", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikipedia's medical collaborations gathering pace", subhead = "Wikimania 2013 is to start in five weeks, and includes a presentation by James Heilman of Wiki Project Med and Lori Thicke, president of Translators Without Borders (TWB).", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"medical", "newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "Technology report", title = "VisualEditor in midst of game-changing deployment series", subhead = "The VisualEditor extension has gone live by default to registered users on the English Wikipedia, marking a huge milestone in a project that has taken the best part of a decade to reach fruition. The extension was previously described as \"the biggest and most important change to our user experience we’ve ever undertaken\" by the WMF team behind it.", authors = {"Jarry1250"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Yahoo! crushes the competition ... in Wikipedia views", subhead = "The real world made a strong showing in the top 10 last week, as news stories such as Yahoo!'s purchase of Tumblr, the murder of Odin Lloyd, the continuing drama over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ill-health of Nelson Mandela crowded out the usual roster of TV shows, movies, websites and video games. Not that they were entirely excluded, of course.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport", "megacorps"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-03", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Puppies!", subhead = "This week, the Signpost went to the kennel and interviewed WikiProject Dogs. The project has several featured and good articles, along with a large number of \"Did you know\" entries. We asked three project members about the challenges of creating, curating, and maintaining canine content in an increasingly dog-obsessed world.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Featured article process governance, signature templates, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "Dispatches", title = "Infoboxes: time for a fresh look?", subhead = "The fundamental idea of an infobox is clear: keep it simple and limited to essentials. At some point, however, these basic principles seem to have been abandoned, in favour of an approach akin to \"the more the merrier\".", authors = {"Brian Boulton"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "Featured content", title = "The week of the birds", subhead = "Five articles, six lists, and ten pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikimedia Foundation Board appoints world expert in women's issues, global south", subhead = "In apparent acknowledgment of the urgency of two issues facing the Wikimedia movement—the need to engage both women and the global south—the WMF Board has appointed Ana Toni as one of its four expert members. Toni will bring rare expertise to the movement, and the Signpost understands that her skills in advocacy and her key roles in international NGOs are likely to be a natural match with the WMF as the hub of disseminating free knowledge around the world.", authors = {"Tony1", "Emily Temple-Wood", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"globalsouth", "newsandnotes", "wikimediafoundationboard", "foundation"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "It's time to stop pretending the English-language Wikinews is a viable project", subhead = "This is Wikinews' fundamental problem: it can neither do a good job providing a summary of world news, nor does it have any special focus that it does well. It's a collection of random articles, with only the occasional, passing resemblance to important current events.", authors = {"Adam Cuerden"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "wikinews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Inflated view counts here, there, and everywhere", subhead = "The most-viewed articles on the English Wikipedia last week include...", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-10", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Not Jimbo: WikiProject Wales", subhead = "This week, we traveled to Cymru with the folks at WikiProject Wales.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"jimmywales", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-17", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case opens; July 22 deadline for checkuser and oversight applications", subhead = "The case Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds was opened. Voting on the Tea Party movement case continued, after a failed attempt at moderated discussion. A group tasked with deciding the content of the lead section of the Jerusalem article has reported back to the committee. Applications for checkuser and oversight permissions close on 22 July.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "checkuser"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-17", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Documents and sports", subhead = "Four articles, five lists, and sixteen pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-17", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikimedia Foundation's new plans announced", subhead = "Last week the Wikimedia Foundation released its annual plan for July 2013 to June 2014. It provides a surprisingly frank view—of past achievements and failures, and future goals and risks—that could be afforded only by a non-profit that is confident and beholden to no commercial or political interests.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "signpost", "wikimediafoundation", "employee"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-17", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Most-viewed articles of the week", subhead = "The most-viewed articles on the English Wikipedia last week include...", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-17", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Square Enix", subhead = "This week, we explored the fantasy worlds of video game developer Square Enix by interviewing . The project began in September 2006 as a spin-off of WikiProject Final Fantasy, but today covers that, Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and a variety of other game series, with exceptions explained in the interview below. The project is home to 32 pieces of Featured material and 104 Good and A-class articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Infoboxes case opens ", subhead = "The case Infoboxes was opened. The evidence phase continues in Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds. Voting on the proposed decision continues in the Tea Party movement case.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Partially disambiguated page names, page protection policy, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "policy", "protection", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Engineering and the arts", subhead = "Twelve articles, seven lists, and eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "In the media", title = "Wikipedia flamewars", subhead = "The Washington Post reported Tuesday on the most controversial articles on various language Wikipedias as determined by a cross-continental research group.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "jimmywales", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikivoyage turns ten, but where to now?; Wikipedia Zero expands into India", subhead = "Contributors to Wikivoyage, the sister project adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation last year, are celebrating their 10th anniversary this week. ... The Wikimedia Foundation has announced via press release that it has partnered with Aircel to provide free mobile access to Wikipedia.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"mobile", "newsandnotes", "wikipediazero", "wikivoyage"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Gleeless", subhead = "Death hangs over the top 10 this week, as tragic deaths both past and present continued to cast their pall over an already troubled world. The death of Corey Monteith led to a spike in interest in the man himself, his girlfriend and co-star Lea Michele, and the show that made them both famous, Glee.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-24", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Religion", subhead = "This week, the Signpost delved into the vast and complex areas of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that make up religion. has been around since 2005 and has a complex scope, in that it only takes articles that deal with religion in a non-sectarian sense, along with any articles that do not have a dedicated daughter project.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Race and politics case closes ", subhead = "The case Race and politics was closed, while three other cases remain open.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Defining consensus; VisualEditor default state; expert and layperson terms in article titles", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia this week include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "visualeditor", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Caterpillars, warblers, and frogs—oh my!", subhead = "Eight articles, five lists, seven pictures, and one topic were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Gearing up for Wikimania 2013", subhead = "The ninth annual Wikimania conference will open in just over a week at the Jockey Club Auditorium, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Wikimania is for people worldwide who have an interest in Wikimedia Foundation projects. It features presentations and discussions on those projects, on free knowledge and content, and on related social and technical issues.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"events", "finance", "inthemedia", "newsandnotes", "wm2013", "wikimania"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "The VisualEditor Beta and the path to change", subhead = "One of the narratives I've heard a lot is that Wikipedia is unable to change, that it's too stagnant, too poorly resourced, too inherently resistant to change. I don't believe that at all.", authors = {"Erik Möller"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "visualeditor"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Napoleon, Michael Jackson and Srebrenica across cultures, 90% of Wikipedia better than Britannica, WikiSym preview", subhead = "An ArXiv preprint titled \"Highlighting entanglement of cultures via ranking of multilingual Wikipedia articles\" is about the Wikipedia articles on individuals and their position in the hyperlink network of the articles in each Wikipedia language edition, considering the whole hyperlink network.", authors = {"Taha Yasseri", "Han-Teng Liao", "Piotr Konieczny", "Jonathan Morgan", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"polishwikipedia", "recentresearch", "requestsforadminship", "research", "wikisym", "researchreport", "bias", "bias", "britannica"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Bouncing Baby Brouhaha", subhead = "Somewhat predictably, the birth of a new heir to the House of Windsor on 22 July led the English-speaking world to suddenly embrace Monarchism. In honour of this occasion, the Traffic report will be assiduously employing British spelling and dating conventions. Cheers.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-07-31", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Babel Series: Politics on the Turkish Wikipedia", subhead = "This week, we visited the Turkish Wikipedia for an interview with VikiProje Siyaset (WikiProject Politics). The project began in April 2010 and has sustained a small but enthusiastic group of editors focusing on both the domestic politics of Turkey and international politics. The basics for article quality and importance ratings have been determined, but tracking this data has not yet become widespread on the Turkish Wikipedia. The project maintains a portal, a variety of resources, and a rotating selection of images to spruce up the project's page.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Fourteen editors proposed for ban in Tea Party movement case ", subhead = "Fourteen editors have been proposed for a six-month page ban in the Tea Party movement case. In the Infoboxes and Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds cases, the workshop and evidence phases have closed, and proposed decisions are scheduled to be posted.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Civility policy, geographic names, CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more", subhead = "CheckUser and Oversighter candidates, and more: Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "checkuser", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "oversight", "policy", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "Featured content", title = "The great Colorado River and the mysterious case of the grand duchess", subhead = "Mysterious case of the grand duchess: The week's newest featured content includes...", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Chapters Association self-destructs", subhead = "The opening days of the annual Wikimania, referred to as the \"pre-conference\", are not typically newsworthy. This changed dramatically when the Chapters Association council met on Thursday.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17", "Emily Temple-Wood"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "events", "newsandnotes", "wm2013", "wikimania", "chapters"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Greetings from the graveyard", subhead = "It's crickets and tumbleweeds this week, as the top 10 sees its lowest view-count since the project began. If Wikipedia were selling anything, we'd be having a fire sale by now.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-07", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Freedom of Speech", subhead = "This week, we journey into a WikiProject that focuses about what keeps Wikipedia running, the freedom of speech.", authors = {"Buffbills7701"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes; invitation to comment on applicants for checkuser and oversight ends 16 August ", subhead = "Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case closes: The Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds case has closed, with a unanimous decision to desysop a Wikimedia Foundation employee and indefinitely ban another editor. The Tea Party movement case has stalled yet again, in the wake of a controversial proposal to ban 14 editors. A proposed decision in the Infoboxes case was scheduled to be posted on 14 August.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "checkuser", "infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Wikivoyage, reliable sources, music bands, account creators, and OTRS", subhead = "Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "music", "templates", "wikiprojects", "wikivoyage", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wikipedia takes the cities", subhead = "The week's newest featured content includes seven articles, four lists, and twelve pictures.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "In the media", title = "Chinese censorship", subhead = "One major story that came out of Wikimania was Jimmy Wales' statements at the conference that he would prefer to have Wikipedia banned entirely in mainland China than censored as it is currently.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "News and notes", title = "\"Beautifully smooth\" Wikimania with few hitches", subhead = "About a thousand Wikimedians journeyed to Hong Kong this week for the annual Wikimania conference, the annual gathering of the Wikimedia movement. Wikimania, which has been held since 2005, serves as the principal physical meetup for Wikimedians around the world.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"events", "newsandnotes", "wm2013", "wikimania"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "Special report", title = "Jimmy Wales: media favors entertainment over raising public awareness", subhead = "Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and its public face to most of the media, has declared that media organizations are missing out on the \"opportunity of the century\" by not conducting true investigative reporting into American surveillance practices, a debate kindled by information leaked by Edward Snowden.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"events", "jimmywales", "specialreport", "wm2013", "wikimania"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-14", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "For the love of stamps", subhead = "WikiProject Philately", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Proposed decision posted in Infoboxes case; Tea Party movement case continues ", subhead = "Proposed decision posted in Infoboxes case; Tea Party movement case continues: A proposed decision has been posted in the Infoboxes case that includes statements on metadata and microformat issues.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Skyscrapers, Gibraltar DYKs, Four Award, Secure login, and more", subhead = "A new post in the WMF blog describes Assistant Professor Amy E. Hughes' experience in the Wikimedia Education Program with a two term graduate class on Western theater history.", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"awards", "blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "login", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Afrobeat", subhead = "Seventeen articles, three lists, and three pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "From the editor", title = "Call for contributors", subhead = "Contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do, and the need for an independent, volunteer-run Signpost continues to grow, given the increasing complexity and financial expenditures of the global Wikimedia movement.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"fromtheeditor"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's coming out as transgender", subhead = "Wikipedia's Manual of Style marches into Manning's sex change: In one of the more surprising turns of events surrounding the WikiLeaks saga, US soldier Bradley Manning announced a change in his sexual identity last Thursday.", authors = {"Neotarf", "Emily Temple-Wood", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"manning", "manualofstyle", "newsandnotes", "protection"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Generating musical scores with LilyPond", subhead = "Thanks to a new MediaWiki extension, editors can now use the popular LilyPond format to embed musical scores in articles.", authors = {"Adam Cuerden", "Kirill Lokshin"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"music", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Bad Cat", subhead = "The arrival of the final season of Breaking Bad, arguably the most critically acclaimed TV series since The Wire, has spurred interest across the board, with two entries in the top 10. A Google Doodle to celebrate the birthday of physicist Erwin Schrödinger gave entries for both the man and his ill-used cat. This week was also another banner week for Indian viewers, with four India-related topics in the list, including no. 1, no doubt aided by the celebration of that country's Independence Day on August 15.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-21", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Today's article for improvement", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with the folks behind Today's Article for Improvement, commonly shortened to TAFI, which Coin945 notes is pronounced \"taffy\". The initiative began in July 2012 as an attempt to \"use widespread collaborative editing to improve articles... over a short time frame.\" Two of the project's touted accomplishments are improving the articles for Sea and Entertainment from start-class to Good Article status. In addition to drawing veteran editor attention with a Community Portal widget and weekly announcements posted to subscribed talk pages, TAFI briefly appeared as a box on Wikipedia's main page welcoming new editors to contribute. Plans are ongoing to return TAFI to the main page.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "Featured content", title = "WikiCup update, and the gardens of Finland", subhead = "The 2013 WikiCup competition is entering its final round. Eleven articles and nine pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "J Milburn"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"contests", "featuredcontent", "wikicup"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "In the media", title = "Chelsea Manning, Box-office predictors, and 'Storming Wikipedia'", subhead = "Wikipedia's gender identity MOS section and its effect on Chelsea Manning was both praised and emulated in the media this week. ... Coverage of the distributed open collaborative course called \"Storming Wikipedia\" continued this week.", authors = {"Emily Temple-Wood", "Andrewman327", "NickPenguin"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "manning", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Looking ahead to Wiki Loves Monuments", subhead = "Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), Wikimedia's annual volunteer-driven and the world largest photo contest, is gearing up to be conducted throughout September 2013. The event, originally developed in the Netherlands in 2010, has gone global with 34 countries taking part last and 49 this year.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "wc2014", "wikilovesmonuments"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "Recent research", title = "WikiSym 2013 retrospective", subhead = "98 registered participants attended the annual WikiSym+OpenSym conference from August 5-7 at Hong Kong's Cyberport facility.", authors = {"Piotr Konieczny", "Taha Yasseri", "Brian Keegan", "Dario Taraborelli", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"recentresearch", "research", "wikisym", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Gallery improvements launch on Wikipedia", subhead = "Wikipedia's traditional image gallery format, produced by the markup, has remained largely unchanged for years. The resulting layout, seen below, does not adapt well to variations in image size, and has been characterized by some critics as aesthetically unappealing.", authors = {"Adam Cuerden", "Kirill Lokshin"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"gallery", "tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Reddit creep", subhead = "The debt that Wikipedia owes sites like Reddit or Google often goes unacknowledged around here. If the purpose of Wikipedia is to bring knowledge to the world, then it is sites like these that are actually doing it.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-08-28", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Loop-the-loop: Amusement Parks", subhead = "This week, we secured free admission for WikiProject Amusement Parks, the project dedicated to amusement rides, roller coasters, theme parks, traveling carnivals, and funfairs.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes; Infoboxes nears completion", subhead = "Manning naming dispute case opens; Tea Party case closes ; Infoboxes nears completion: The dispute over the title for the Manning article escalated quickly to arbitration levels, as the Bradley/Chelsea Manning naming dispute case was accepted for arbitration.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes", "manning"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Arbcom election procedures, Wiki Loves Monuments, Privacy policy, FDC, and more", subhead = "As mentioned in \"In the news\" on Wikipedia's main page, the Library of Birmingham in the United Kingdom has opened. This interior photo was taken a week before opening. The article reports that the library \"has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe.\"", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "elections", "englishwikipedia", "metawiki", "policy", "privacy", "templates", "wikilovesmonuments", "wikiprojects", "arbcom", "fdc", "ace"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Bridging the way to a Peasants' Revolt", subhead = "Four articles, four lists, and eight pictures were promoted to 'featured' status this week on the English Wikipedia", authors = {"Hahc21", "Adam Cuerden"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "In the media", title = "Manning \"put back in the closet\"; State involvement in the Azerbaijani Wikipedia", subhead = "Manning \"put back in the closet\"; State involvement in Azerbaijani Wikipedia: After media praise for Wikipedia's decision to move the Bradley Manning article to Chelsea Manning, the reversion of that page move on August 31, after a discussion in which several hundred Wikipedians participated, has so far triggered less favourable feedback, as well as a blog post from Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner expressing her disappointment with the decision.", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "manning", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Privacy policy debate gears up", subhead = "On September 3, the Wikimedia Foundation launched the second stage of the process to improve the privacy policy implemented on most Wikimedia sites, including Wikipedia and its sister projects, by publishing a policy draft.", authors = {"The ed17", "Andrew Gray"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "policy", "privacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Making Wikipedia more accessible", subhead = "In this week's \"Technology report\", we explore ways of making Wikipedia more accessible to users of screen readers. Graham87 is a highly active contributor who is also blind and accesses the site through a screen reader.", authors = {"Adam Cuerden", "Graham87", "Kirill Lokshin"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "visualeditor", "technologyreport", "technologyreport", "wikidata"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "No accounting for the wisdom of crowds", subhead = "A news-heavy week offers some insight, perhaps, into humanity's priorities.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-04", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Writing on the frontier: Psychology on Wikipedia", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with the minds behind WikiProject Psychology. The project was created in March 2006 and has grown to include 14 Featured Articles and 43 Good Articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = " Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute; Infoboxes case closes", subhead = "Workshop phase opens in Manning naming dispute ; Infoboxes case closes: Discussion over the Manning title dispute was off to a running start as evidence and workshop phases continued in the Bradley/Chelsea Manning naming dispute. The Infoboxes case closed with topic bans for two users, and a recommendation for community discussion of infoboxes.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "infoboxes", "manning"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Tintin goes featured", subhead = "Four articles, eight lists, and eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status this week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Hahc21", "Crisco 1492"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "In the media", title = "Lawyer goes to court to discover Wikipedian's identity; Storming Wikipedia; Wikimedia UK Secretary in conflict-of-interest controversy; Does Wikipedia need a \"right to reply\" box?", subhead = "'The National Law Journal reported on September 9 that lawyer Susan L. Burke has been taking legal steps to discover the identity of Wikipedia editor . Zujua had edited her biography, allegedly adding misleading content about various lawsuits in the process", authors = {"Andreas Kolbe", "Go Phightins!"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "wikimediauk", "inthenews", "biography"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "News and notes", title = "As deadline approaches, Individual Engagement Grants looks for ideas", subhead = "The deadline for proposals to the Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) volunteer committee on Meta will pass on 30 September. The program is designed to fund projects that tackle long-term problem and have a significant editing community impact; it has previously supported solutions like The Wikipedia Library, which improves Wikipedian access to online reference sources like JSTOR (see Signpost coverage).", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Syria, celebrities, and association football", subhead = "oh my!: While the Syrian Civil War crept its slow way into the minds of the public, with a new fourth related entry in the top 25, the top 10 remained dominated by celebrity, mainly sports and music. Two megabucks transfers stimulated public interest in football/soccer ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, while Lil Wayne's public apology ahead of his latest album release sent him to the top.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-11", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Traveling to Indonesia", subhead = "WikiProject Indonesia: The Signpost went to Indonesia this week.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-18", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Hurricane Diane and Van Gogh", subhead = "Thirteen articles, six lists, and five pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status last week on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Hahc21", "Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-18", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Third time's the charm: the FDC's newest round of funding requests", subhead = "The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC), the volunteer-led body that evaluates chapter and (for the first time) thematic organizational annual plan grant requests to the Wikimedia Foundation, is preparing for its third round of public proceedings to deliberate on the distribution of several million US dollars of Wikimedia movement funds.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "fdc"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-18", subpage = "Technology report", title = "What can Wikidata do for Wikipedia?", subhead = "In this week's \"Technology report\", we look at how the growth of Wikidata can benefit Wikipedia. Gerard Meijssen is a highly active contributor and frequent blogger about Wikidata. We asked him to share his thoughts on how the new project benefits Wikipedia.", authors = {"Adam Cuerden", "Kirill Lokshin"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "wikidata", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-18", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Twerking, tragedy and TV", subhead = "The top 10 is bookended by unlucky dates, as Friday the 13th fell just after the anniversary of 9/11. Breaking Bad's final season continued to draw attention, while interest in Miley Cyrus's youthful exuberance is fading only slowly.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-18", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "18,464 Good Articles on the wall", subhead = "This week, the Signpost headed to WikiProject Good Articles. As of publishing time, out of the 4,331,477 articles on Wikipedia, only 18,464 are rated as \"good\" (about 1 in 235).", authors = {"Buffbills7701"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"goodarticles", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wikipedia takes the stage", subhead = "Twelve articles, six lists, and five pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Pine", "Hahc21", "Cdtew"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "In the media", title = "Fox News: Wikipedia abandons efforts to purge porn from online encyclopedia ", subhead = "Fox News writer Perry Chiaramonte published an article detailing Wikipedia's alleged abandonment of its fight to remove pornography.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Andrewman327"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "porn", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Last call for Wiki Loves Monuments; Community–WMF tension over VisualEditor", subhead = "On 30 September, Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM), the Wikimedia community's global photo competition, will reach to the end of its submission period. The proceedings have been underway since the first of this month; national juries will start reviewing submissions for the first round of selections after it closes ... Community aggravation with one of the Wikimedia Foundation's signature initiatives, the VisualEditor, came to the fore again this week with the announcement and implementation of code blocking the tool.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "visualeditor", "wikilovesmonuments"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "Q&A on Public Relations and Wikipedia", subhead = "Over the last year, there's been extensive debate about whether public relations professionals and other corporate representatives should participate on Wikipedia and, if so, to what extent and what kinds of rules should be followed.", authors = {"David King"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"opinion", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Automatic detection of \"infiltrating\" Wikipedia admins; Wiki, or 'pedia?", subhead = "A conference paper makes a rather serious claim: \"We find a surprisingly large number of editors who change their behavior and begin focusing more on a particular controversial topic once they are promoted to administrator status.\"", authors = {"Brian Keegan", "Piotr Konieczny", "Aaron Halfaker", "Jonathan Morgan", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"educationprogram", "recentresearch", "research", "stevejobs", "researchreport", "education"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Look on Walter's works", subhead = "The saga of Walter White, chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin, as told in the critically adored television series Breaking Bad, has been a water-cooler necessity for years, and now, as it nears its end, audiences are feverishly following every plot thread to guess what the finale will reveal.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-09-25", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Babel Series: GOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!", subhead = "This week, we continued our exploration of other language editions of Wikipedia by visiting the Spanish Wikipedia's Wikiproyecto Fútbol (WikiProject Football).", authors = {"Mabeenot", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Infoboxes: After the war ", subhead = "Editor's note: To go beyond the mere facts of cases, the \"Arbitration report\" invited several editors who participated in the recent Infoboxes case to comment on infoboxes: what they are, where new users can go to find out about them, specifications and protocols, best practices, and how the upcoming community discussion recommended by the Committee in the case decision should be framed.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "essays", "infoboxes", "templates", "afd"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "References to individuals and groups, merging wikiprojects, portals on the Main page, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "mainpage", "portals", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Bobby, Ben, Roger and a fantasia", subhead = "Six articles and two pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Dank"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "News and notes", title = "WMF signals new grantmaking priorities", subhead = "In what will be remembered as a game-changing week for Wikimedia grantmaking, the Foundation's executive director, Sue Gardner, published a forthright and in places highly critical statement, Reflections on the FDC process, and grantmaking staff revealed that the WMF will significantly strengthen its targeting of optimal impact in funding.", authors = {"Tony1", "Crisco 1492", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"chapters", "globalsouth", "grantmaking", "newsandnotes", "fdc", "employee"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "Op-ed", title = "Commons medical diagnostic images under threat from unresolved ownership", subhead = "Medical images have transformed many aspects of modern medicine. Over the past two decades the increasing sophistication of MRI, CT-scanning, and X-ray techniques has made these technologies the cornerstone of diagnosing a range of conditions, replacing what used to be largely guesswork by doctors. They can be the difference between life and death for a patient, and their importance is underlined by the tens of billions of dollars spent on them annually just in North America. For Wikimedia Foundation projects, advanced images are now a powerful tool for describing and explaining, and educating our worldwide readership of medical articles.", authors = {"James Heilman"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"images", "medical", "opinion", "digitalmedia", "healthandmedical", "wikimediacommons"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-02", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "U2 Too", subhead = "This week, we revisited the enthusiastic editors at WikiProject U2. Started in June 2007, the project has grown in spurts, resulting in a collection of 8 Featured Articles and 24 Good Articles. The project maintains a to do list, portal, and a list of references.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Manning naming dispute and Ebionites 3 cases continue; third arbitrator resigns ", subhead = "A proposed decision has been posted in the Manning naming dispute. The workshop phase of the Ebionites 3 case closes 13 October. Arbitrator NuclearWarfare has resigned.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "manning", "resign"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Under the sea", subhead = "Seven articles, six lists, and twelve pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Hahc21", "Armbrust"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "In the media", title = "College credit for editing Wikipedia", subhead = "The University of California, San Francisco attracted substantial media attention over its new course offering that will give credit to fourth year medical students for editing Wikipedia articles about medicine.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Andrewman327", "Andreas Kolbe"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Wiki-PR's extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed", subhead = "Extensive network of clandestine paid advocacy exposed: An investigation by the English Wikipedia community into suspicious edits and sockpuppet activity has led to astonishing revelations that Wiki-PR, a multi-million-dollar US-based company, has created, edited, or maintained several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients using a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"coi", "newsandnotes", "paidadvocacy", "wikipr", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Shutdown shenanigans", subhead = "If you're living in the United States, what did you do during the government shutdown? Well, it seems most people watched the final episode of Breaking Bad.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-09", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Australian Roads", subhead = "This week, we moved to the esoteric world of Australian roads.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Manning naming dispute case closed", subhead = "Manning naming dispute case closes: The Manning naming dispute case has closed, with a strong and unanimous statement by the Committee against disparaging references to transgendered persons. Sanctions were enacted against six editors.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "manning"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Ada Lovelace Day, paid advocacy on Wikipedia, sidebar update, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "coi", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "paidadvocacy", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "Featured content", title = "That's a lot of pictures", subhead = "Six articles, two lists, and thirty-three pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Cdtew"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Vice on Wiki-PR's paid advocacy; Featured list elections begin", subhead = "Media coverage on Wiki-PR, the multi-million-dollar US-based company that has broken several policies and guidelines on the English Wikipedia in its quest to create and maintain thousands of articles for paying clients, continued this week with a feature story by Martin Robbins in the British edition of Vice magazine.", authors = {"The ed17", "Jayen466"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"coi", "elections", "newsandnotes", "paidadvocacy", "wikipr", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Peace-ful potpourri", subhead = "Peaceful potpourri: A slow week, with low overall views and the Top 10 dominated by longstanding pages. Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron's outer space-set action art film, not only held its position at the top of the US box office but climbed to the top of the Wikipedia chart as well, showing that it has become a major talking point.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-16", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Heraldry and Vexillology", subhead = "This week, we studied coats of arms and flags with the folks at WikiProject . Started in September 2006, the project has grown to include 20 Featured Articles and nearly 50 Good Articles. The project maintains a portal, a list of resources, and a variety of images and templates.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "More discussion of paid advocacy, upcoming arbitrator elections, research hackathon, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "coi", "discussionreport", "elections", "englishwikipedia", "paidadvocacy", "research", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Your worst nightmare as a child is now featured on Wikipedia", subhead = "Twelve articles, four lists, and four pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia this week, including the article on cabbage.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "In the media", title = "The decline of Wikipedia; Sue Gardner releases statement on Wiki-PR; Australian minister relies on Wikipedia", subhead = "MIT Technology Review published a long article on what it called \"The decline of Wikipedia\". Editor involvement has decreased since 2007; according to the article, this has had an adverse qualitative effect on content, particularly on issues pertinent to non-British and American male geeks.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Andreas Kolbe", "Andrewman327"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "wikipr", "inthenews", "gardner"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Grantmaking season—rumblings in the German-language community", subhead = "The next twice-yearly round of Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) grantmaking is soon to close for community questioning and commentary. Ten nation-based Wikimedia chapters and one thematic organisation are asking for a total of more than US$5M of donors’ money from the Foundation’s renamed annual plan grant process. Aside from Wikimedia UK ($708k), the three biggest asks are from the German-speaking chapters: Wikimedia Germany is asking for $2.4M and Wikimedia Austria $311k; and the German-language-related Swiss chapter is applying for $500k.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"grantmaking", "newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Your average week ... and a fish", subhead = "Media, sports and Google Doodles dominate, though a very odd fish decided to crash the party.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-23", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Elements of the world", subhead = "This week, we headed to an elementary subject with WikiProject Elements. Founded by Mav in 2002, this project has grown to have 19 featured articles, 2 featured topics, and 68 good articles. The project also has a list of templates, and a periodic table of elements filled with pictures.", authors = {"Buffbills7701"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Wrestling with featured content", subhead = "This year's WikiCup competition has finished, while three articles, five lists, and six pictures, were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Hahc21", "Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"contests", "featuredcontent", "wikicup"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "In the media", title = "Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?", subhead = "While giving a speech on behalf of a gubernatorial candidate, Paul advocated his pro-life position, and compared allowing unrestricted abortions to the film Gattaca. He went on to use strikingly similar language and phraseology in his speech to what the Wikipedia page reads. The Washington Post's article conceded that Wikipedia is a widely used source for trivial information, but mocked the fact that a politician would view it as a reliable source.", authors = {"Go Phightins!"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"inthemedia", "plagiarism", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?", subhead = "In January we raised several potentially troublesome issues for the Wikimedia movement in taking on Wikivoyage, including the apparent inadequacy of the English Wikivoyage sex-tourism policy, hurriedly strengthened against mention of child sex after our inquiries. However, both sex-tourism and illegal-activities policies remain equivocal about how the site should treat entries about sex tourism more generally, and drugs that are classed as illicit in almost every country. Yet the Signpost has found it remarkably easy to locate material in Wikivoyage that violates both the spirit and the letter of the policies.", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "wikivoyage", "women"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "Recent research", title = "User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. YouTube", subhead = "User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube: Laura Stein, a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, has concluded that, based on her comparison of user policy documents (including the Terms of Service) of YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia, Wikipedia offers the highest level of participation power overall.", authors = {"Han-Teng Liao", "Piotr Konieczny", "Taha Yasseri", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"recentresearch", "research", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "Traffic report", title = " 200 miles in 200 years ", subhead = "The top 10 encapsulates the history of human aviation; at #1, a Google Doodle celebrating the 216th anniversary of the first parachute jump; at #10, the enduringly popular scifi film Gravity, a paean to human spaceflight. It's odd to think it's taken us 200 years to travel about that many miles up.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-10-30", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Special: Lessons from the dead and dying", subhead = "With Halloween, the Day of the Dead, and other gloomy celebrations this week, we're taking a look at Wikipedia's dead and dying. For some dead WikiProjects, the sole purpose of their life was simply to serve as a warning to others. Some of these projects may still be salvageable, but for most, a revival is unlikely. Here are some projects that never got off the ground and the lessons that can be gleaned from their follies", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"esperanza", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = " Ebionites 3 case closed", subhead = "The Ebionites 3 case has closed with an interaction ban for the two editors involved in the dispute.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Sockpuppet investigations, VisualEditor, Wikidata's birthday, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "sockpuppetry", "templates", "visualeditor", "wikiprojects", "meta", "wikidata"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic", subhead = "HMS Hood, one of the most famous warships of the Second World War, was a battlecruiser and therefore part of what is now the largest featured topic on Wikipedia: \"Battlecruisers of the world\". The topic was promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week alongside eleven articles, three lists, four pictures, and two other topics.", authors = {"Cdtew", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Alleged \"outing\" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban", subhead = "As part of the second major \"outing\" controversy to hit the English Wikipedia in less than a year, the Chelsea/Bradley Manning naming dispute was dragged into the spotlight yet again when the English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee ruled by motion to remove the administrator tools from and ban long-time Wikipedia contributor Phil Sandifer.", authors = {"The ed17", "Andrew Lih"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Danse Macabre", subhead = "It's fair to say that commemorating death was a strong theme this week, with Lou Reed's passing generating interest, as well as a Google Doodle celebrating the costume designer Edith Head. And of course, the world's greatest celebrations of the dead, Halloween and the Day of the Dead, were also popular this week.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-06", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Accessibility", subhead = "This week, we spent some time with, a project that strives to make Wikipedia accessible for users with disabilities. The project improves Wikipedia's guidelines and Manual of Style, collects useful templates and scripts, and provides support to impaired Wikipedians.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects", "accessibility"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Commas, draft namespace proposal, education updates", subhead = "Commas, Draft namespace proposal, education updates, and more: Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "educationprogram", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta", "education"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "Featured content", title = "1244 Chinese handscroll leads nine-strong picture contingent", subhead = "Five articles, two lists, one topic, and nine pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Hahc21", "Planet Herald", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Trademark at issue again with the Italian Wikipedia and wikipedia.it", subhead = "The Italian-language Wikipedia community has overwhelmingly voted to request the Wikimedia Foundation's assistance in recovering wikipedia.it, a website that has been frequently confused with the Italian Wikipedia.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"italianwikipedia", "newsandnotes", "trademarks"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "Special report", title = "FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance", subhead = "The supporting staff of the Wikimedia Foundation’s powerful volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) have released their assessments for the third half-yearly round of funding applications. The applications for the newly named annual plan grants were submitted by affiliated entities on 1 October, and comprise a total of more than US$5M in bids.", authors = {"Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"specialreport", "wikimedia", "fdc", "employee"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Google Doodlebugs bust the block", subhead = "The numbers this week are beyond anything that has been seen since this report began. The top view count beats the average by an order of magnitude. Usually the appearance of numbers this big on the list is due to spamming, but in this case it seems they are due to honest interest; more specifically, Google Doodles, which for the first time claimed all five top slots. This column has raised numerous times the power of a Google Doodle to shine light on Wikipedia, but the wattage has never been as high as this.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport", "megacorps"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-13", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "The world of soap operas", subhead = "This week, we followed the intricate storylines of WikiProject Soap Operas.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Arbitration Committee election opens; WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators", subhead = "WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators: Back in March, when the March 25 Arbitration Report covered the Audit Subcommittee appointment discussion, a statement from the WMF legal division clarified its position that access to deleted revisions required an RFA or RFA-identical process; therefore AUSC committee appointments were not open to non-admins. The WMF legal team has now further clarified its position, saying that running for and winning an election for arbitrator would qualify as the type of rigorous community selection process required for the checkuser and oversight rights held by arbitrators.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport", "elections", "administrator"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "Book review", title = "Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive", subhead = "Peter Burke's A Social History of Knowledge: Volume II: From the Encyclopédie to Wikipedia is a broad and wide-ranging look at how knowledge has been created, acquired, organized, disseminated, and sometimes lost in the Western world over the last two and a half centuries, a sequel to his 2000 book covering the prior three centuries, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot.", authors = {"Gamaliel"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"bookreview"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Rockin' the featured pictures", subhead = "Four articles, five lists, and thirty-four pictures were promoted to 'featured status' this week, including an image of a small fraction of the 18,000 taxis that serve Hong Kong.", authors = {"Cdtew", "Dank"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "From the editor", title = "The Signpost needs your help", subhead = "As I said in August, contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do. The genre is refreshingly different from that of Wikipedia articles, and can allow writers to use a different range of skills. The need for an independent, volunteer-run Signpost continues to grow, given the increasing complexity and financial expenditures of the global Wikimedia movement, not to mention the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"fromtheeditor", "signpost"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting", subhead = "The Wikimedia Foundation has sent a formal cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR—the public relations agency accused of breaking Wikipedia policies and guidelines by creating, editing, and maintaining several thousand articles for paying clients through a sophisticated array of accounts. The Foundation's attorneys, Cooley LLP, have demanded that Wiki-PR's employees abide by the site's Terms of Use and the language of a community ban from the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"The ed17", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "newsandnotes", "paidadvocacy", "termsofuse", "wikimediafoundation", "wikipr", "arbcom", "termsofuse", "paidadvocacy", "paidadvocacy"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Ill Winds", subhead = "It's not hard to guess which event is leading interest in the top 25 this week. The sheer scale of Typhoon Haiyan is staggering; estimates place its maximum windspeed upon first landfall in the Philippines on November 6 at 315 km/h, which would make it the most powerful tropical cyclone ever to reach land. To date, the storm has killed nearly 4000 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 4 million homes.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-11-20", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Score! American football on Wikipedia", subhead = "This week, we headed over to WikiProject National Football League. With 10 Featured Articles, 61 Featured Lists, and 142 Good Articles (as of publication), this WikiProject has done a lot of work improving American football articles.", authors = {"Buffbills7701"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "Arbitration report", title = "Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case opens; New discretionary sanctions draft proposal available for review  ", subhead = "The Ottoman Empire–Turkey naming dispute case has opened. The second draft of the discretionary sanctions proposal is now open for review.", authors = {"Neotarf"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"arbitrationreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Musical scores, diversity conference, Module:Convert, and more", subhead = "Recent discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "conferences", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "music", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "Featured content", title = "F*&!", subhead = "Seventeen articles, four lists, and twenty-eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status in the last two weeks.", authors = {"The ed17", "Dank"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "News and notes", title = "One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions", subhead = "The sister project Wikisource, the digital library that hosts free-content primary sources, is now a decade old. Wikisource, which now has versions in 63 languages, is the sixth type of project to reach ten-year milestone and will be the last until 2016. The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee has published its recommendations to the Board of Trustees on 11 new applications for annual grants by 11 WMF-affiliated organisations. The maximum total budget for the current and upcoming March rounds is US$6M.", authors = {"The ed17", "Tony1"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "wikisource", "fdc"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Reciprocity and reputation motivate contributions to Wikipedia; indigenous knowledge and \"cultural imperialism\"; how PR people see Wikipedia", subhead = "Wikipedia works on the efforts of unpaid volunteers who choose to donate their time to advance the cause of free knowledge. This phenomenon, as trivial as it may sound to those acquainted with Wikipedia inner workings, has always puzzled economists and social scientists alike, in that standard Economic theory would not predict that such enterprises would thrive without any form of remuneration.", authors = {"Piotr Konieczny", "Brian Keegan", "Nicolas Jullien", "Amir E. Aharoni", "Henrique Andrade", "Tilman Bayer", "Daniel Mietchen", "Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia", "Dario Taraborelli", "Aaron Halfaker"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"images", "recentresearch", "research", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Kennedy shot Who", subhead = "Summary:Doctor Who nearly got cancelled in its first week because its premiere was swamped by coverage of the JFK assassination, which happened the same day. Thankfully, producers saw fit to rerun it the next day, which is now its official anniversary date.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-04", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Electronic Apple Pie", subhead = "This week, we returned to WikiProject Apple Inc. for a peek at their newest articles about the latest in gadgets and software. The last time we took a bite out of WikiProject Apple, they had just finished merging WikiProject Macintosh and WikiProject iPhone OS. Today, the project is hard at work rewriting their primary article, improving the subject's outline, and adding to the project's list of 25 Good Articles and 6 Featured Articles.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Viewer discretion advised", subhead = "Three articles, one list, and eight pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia last week.", authors = {"Planet Herald", "Brambleberry of RiverClan", "Dank"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "In the media", title = "Edward Snowden a \"hero\"; German Wikipedia court ruling", subhead = "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales caught headlines last week when he referred to former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden ... Loek Essers of the International Data Group, (IDG) News Service is reporting that a German court has held Wikipedia liable for its content, but still does not have to fact check the information in advance.", authors = {"Go Phightins!", "Mark Miller"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"edwardsnowden", "germanwikipedia", "inthemedia", "inthenews"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "Interview", title = "Wikipedia's first featured article centurion", subhead = "Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion: On 7 December, Wikipedia editor Wehwalt reached the momentous milestone of 100 featured articles with History of Chincoteague, Virginia. Quite apart from the reading and research, that's around three-quarters of a million words of finalised text, not counting footnotes, image captions and the rest.", authors = {"Brian Boulton"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"interviews", "interview"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "News and notes", title = " Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced", subhead = "Amid great anticipation the international prize winners have just been announced for the fourth annual Wiki Loves Monuments, now the world's largest photographic competition and one of the biggest events on the Wikimedia movement's calendar. ... The first prize has gone to David Gubler's photograph of a Swiss train crossing a viaduct.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "wikilovesmonuments"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "Technology report", title = "MediaWiki 1.22 released", subhead = "On 6 December, the latest version of the MediaWiki software was released. In development from March 2013 through October 2013, the release featured anti-spam and counter-vandalism improvements.", authors = {"Legoktm"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"mediawiki", "tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list", subhead = "When one edits this page for too long, one is tempted to appoint oneself as the psychoanalyst for the human race, or at least the English-speaking portion thereof. Since nearly everyone uses Wikipedia, the constant stream of TV updates, pointless celebrity scandals, and inquiries after who has died can seem like a dreary peek into humanity's surprisingly banal collective consciousness.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"deaths", "statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-11", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "WikiProject Wine", subhead = "This week, the Signpost interviewed the Wine WikiProject.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Usernames, template data and documentation, Main page, and more", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "mainpage", "templates", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Triangulum, the most boring constellation in the universe", subhead = "Seven articles, three lists, and eight pictures were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.", authors = {"Brambleberry of RiverClan", "Dank", "Hahc21"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "News and notes", title = "Nine new arbitrators announced", subhead = "A little more than six days after the close of voting, the results of the annual Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) elections have been announced. Of the 22 candidates, 13 managed to gain more supports than opposes, though only one gained the support of more than half of the voters. Eight were elected to two-year terms, and a ninth will serve for one year.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "Technology report", title = "Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset", subhead = "This week, the GLAMWikiToolset, or GWToolset, is being deployed to the Wikimedia Commons. It allows for GLAM organizations to batch upload content based on various metadata stored in an XML schema. In the past this has been done by various bots, but now it will be easier for GLAMs to do it directly.", authors = {"Legoktm"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"tech", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "Traffic report", title = "Hopper to the top", subhead = "An animated Google Doodle for computer programmer and naval rear admiral Grace Hopper generated another record-breaking hit count for the year, though the count for the list overall was lower than for that of the previous holder.", authors = {"Serendipodous"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"statistics", "traffic", "trafficreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-18", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "Babel Series: Tunisia on the French Wikipedia", subhead = "This week, the Signpost interviewed the Tunisia WikiProject on the French Wikipedia.", authors = {"Mabeenot", "Benzband"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"frenchwikipedia", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "Discussion report", title = "Draft namespace, VisualEditor meetings", subhead = "Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include...", authors = {"Pine"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"blogs", "discussionreport", "englishwikipedia", "templates", "visualeditor", "wikiprojects", "meta"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "Featured content", title = "Drunken birds and treasonous kings", subhead = "Five articles, two lists, and five pictures were promoted to \"featured\" status on the English Wikipedia.", authors = {"Brambleberry of RiverClan"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"featuredcontent"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "News and notes", title = "IEG round 2 funding rewards diverse ambitions", subhead = "A significant move by the Wikimedia Foundation has been to broaden the types of activities it funds to develop several different programs for judging and allocating that funding, and to set up volunteer committees that initially assess applications for funding.", authors = {"Tony1", "The ed17"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"newsandnotes", "ieg"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "Recent research", title = "Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments", subhead = "Analyzing edits to the-then 46 largest Wikipedias between July 9 and August 8, 2013, a study identified a set of about 8,000 contributors with a global user account who have edited more than one of these language versions in that time frame.", authors = {"Daniel Mietchen", "Maximilian Klein", "Piotr Konieczny", "Tilman Bayer"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"elections", "recentresearch", "research", "vandalism", "researchreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "Technology report", title = "OAuth: future of user-designed tools", subhead = "OAuth: future of user designed tools: Last month, the OAuth extension was deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. OAuth is a standard used for allowing users to authenticate third-party applications, also known as consumers, to take actions on their behalf.", authors = {"Legoktm"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"oauth", "tech", "toolserver", "technologyreport", "technologyreport"}, meta = {"-1"}, },	{		date = "2013-12-25", subpage = "WikiProject report", title = "More Great WikiProject Logos", subhead = "We saved one last special report for 2013. After our well-received review of great WikiProject logos a couple years ago, it was only a matter of time before we collected a new batch of interesting iconography that showcases the creativity of the Wikipedia community. Hopefully, these logos will also inspire other projects to liven up their drab pages.", authors = {"Mabeenot"}, piccy = {credits = "", filename = "", license = "", scaling = "", xoffset = "", yoffset = ""}, tags = {"awards", "wikiprojectreport", "wikiprojects"}, meta = {"-1"}, }, }