Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-09-25/News and notes

Chapter updates
The Wikimedia Foundation released a report following their Wikimedia France site visit (see previous Signpost coverage), as well as grant expectations for 2017-2018. Wikimedia France held a General Assembly on 9 September 2017:

Wikimedia Macedonia was de-recognised after the termination of their Chapter Agreement on 10 September 2017. This followed the suspension of chapter benefits in February due to "long-standing non-compliance with reporting requirements".

Wikimedia Israel celebrated their tenth anniversary on 6 September with an event that included the presentation of "Wikimedia Awards for the promotion of open knowledge in Israel". These were the first awards from a Wikimedia affiliate for "significant contributions to promoting Wikimedia’s vision." The four winners were: Further information is available on the Wikimedia Blog.
 * Israel Internet Association
 * Haifa University
 * Former Minister of Education Rabbi Shai Piron
 * Oren Helman, former director of the Government Press Office

ACTRIAL
The Autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) began on 14 September 2017 and will last for 6 months. The WMF will study the impact on newly registered accounts, quality assurance processes, and content quality. Information gathered during the trial period will be reported to the English Wikipedia community, and the community will decide if any additional steps should be taken based on the results.

Brief notes

 * 2017 CUOS appointments: There are nine CheckUser and five Oversight candidates for the community to review, ask questions of, and comment on, until 29 September 2017.
 * New administrator: The Signpost welcomes the English Wikipedia's newest administrator, Ansh666.
 * New HQ: The WMF is moving its San Francisco headquarters to One Montgomery Tower (see additional Signpost coverage).